Performing a Logic production with Synths: ROLI Seaboard, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, Equator 2, OB6
27Hey all! I'm super excited to announce the launch of my new book "Performing Electronic Music Live", which is now available for pre-order from Routledge.
This tutorial video accompanies chapter 6 of the book, which is about live synthesis and sound design. In this video, I demonstrate how you can perform live with synths. My setup includes an OB6 hardware synth and a ROLI Seaboard, controlling the Equator MPE soft synth in Logic Pro X. You can also read a summary of the book chapter below.
** Video content
00:00 Introduction
01:22 the setup - hardware
01:58 the Logic project
02:34 routing
02:53 MIDI Polyphonic Expression, ROLI Seaboard and Equator2
08:20 MIDI routing, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim OB-6
10:57 full performance
** Equator 2 Chiptune preset pack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYDN2u3qgnY
https://roli.com/products/sound-store/chiptune-bubblegum?region=eu
** About chapter 6 "Live Synthesis and Sound Design":
Electronic music is defined by synthesis and sound design. Artists, companies and brands have unique sonic personalities that are instantly recognizable by their fans and customers. We can create unique sonic signatures through composition, arrangement, vocal styles, recording techniques, mix parameters and more – but electronic music would not exist without synthesizers and samplers. Synthesizers and samplers are well-loved for their impressive sound-producing capabilities. They also look and sound great on stage and allow us expressive control over the sound, in the moment.
This chapter discusses sonic branding, synthesis technology, introducing synthesis techniques like additive, subtractive, FM, waveshaping, sampling, granular, wavetable and physical modelling synthesis. It debunks typical controls like oscillators, amplifiers, amp envelopes, filters, modulation, clocks, effects and more. Next, the chapter offers an overview over the rich history of artists shaping their sound through synthesis and sampling. The last section shows how synths and samplers can be used on stage, introducing techniques for both hardware and software synthesizers.
** Find out more about the book on the companion website:
performingelectronicmusic.live
** Order the book here:
https://routledge.pub/PerformingElectronicMusicLive
** More about the book:
Performing Electronic Music Live
This comprehensive book lays out the conceptual approaches, tools and techniques for performing electronic music, from DJing, DAWs, MIDI controllers, traditional instruments, live sound design, hardware setups, custom software and hardware to live visuals, venue acoustics and live show promotion. Via the companion website, performingelectronicmusic.live, readers can expand on their knowledge with hands-on video tutorials for each chapter.
Live music is exhilarating – it creates life-changing experiences and powerful emotions. Technology can make us feel empowered, enable us to overcome limiting beliefs and allow us to achieve a high level of creative expression, no matter our background or skillset. The options are virtually endless, ranging from laptop setups to new instruments built from scratch. Through case studies and contrasting tutorials by successful artists, Kirsten Hermes guides us through many different ways in which you can create memorable experiences on stage. This is backed up with historic and scientific facts ranging from psychology to marketing. The book also features interviews with highly accomplished musicians and practitioners, including superstar trance DJ Alex M.O.R.P.H., BBC Audio R&D and live show designer Laura Escudé, who has worked with Kanye West, Missy Elliot and Herby Hancock.
The book is not a dogmatic to-do list, but rather, it explores many contrasting examples of successful approaches, to help you turn overwhelm into inspiration. Whether you are a student, hobby producer or a more advanced performer, this book gives you a comprehensive overview over your options. Students of music production courses, particularly at postgraduate level, but also researchers in the field of creative-focused performance technology will find this to be a useful, all-encompassing resource, with many starting points and resources for a deeper creative exploration.
"Performing Electronic Music Live" is part of the "Audio Engineering Society Presents" series.
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