Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a mind-boggling video song, Andrew Keeping‘s ‘solo duet’ arrangement of the George Gershwin classic, Summertime.
The video starts off pretty normal, but Keeping pairs a traditional guitar performance with MIDI-guitar + BBC controlled virtual flute.
Here’s what he has to say about the technical details:
“Summertime” performed using the Godin Multiac Concert Grand SA guitar and the TEC Breath Controller with SWAM Flute by Audio Modeling.
In this video I record the guitar accompaniment using the RMC pickups on the Godin guitar going through my RME Fireface 802 into Cubase Pro9.For the Flute, I use the Godin in its MIDI capability by using the 13 pin DIN cable, into a Roland GR55 synthesiser. I take the midi out cable into my Fireface 802 audio interface and then into Cubase Pro9.
Beautiful work, gotta love the awesomeness of Godin guitars!
this title is overrated…a man with a guitar and a flute…
Please, no more click-bait titles. You are better than that.
Well done, Andrew. Its amusing to see so much high-tech make it possible to render a song, solo. I love Roland’s GR series, loopers and the like for those weirdly organic results. One-man bands are just fine with me, as a lot of them are really creative. I also love Gershwin in general. Playing *any* of his work really separates the dabblers from the happy fanatics. Check out “An American In Paris”. Its about as far from step-sequencing as you can get and its a fun music lesson all in one listening.
Boring, Click-bait.
Clickbait. Seriously, I have every intention of discontinuing my rss notifications from your site if you do this any more. No offence to the musician involved, just the journalist/editor responsible for the article and byline.
First world problems, illustrated.
What is the best way to convert guitar signal to synthesizer? MIDI guitar? MIDI convertor? Sonicsmith Convertor? RS-35?
Honestly, I wasn’t that shocked.