- two microphones
- one (or two) mixing boards (16x4x2 or 16x8x2)
- one G3 blue and white (or a powerbook)
OR
- one PC but only if it's operating under unix / linux (windows not
allowed!)
[human being optional]
the following software:
1.)secret
2.)not telling
3.)search the web
4.)ask a computer 'musician'
5.)don't believe what you read in interviews
as for triggering stuff, you can buy all the necessary gear from radio
shack.
even though i missed their tour, i believe download used a fairly
'interactive' setup.
(anyone ever see a skinny puppy show? now that IS a performance)
the laptop concerts wouldn't be so, ummmm... 'removed' if the performer
took some time to integrate graphics and / or media. there's a ton of
programs which will interact with the sound being produced. (not just
fractals or cheesey array line screen saver ding dings... much more
elaborate realtime visual 'compostions')
op1
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op2 - op3
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op4
i believe a bunch of the cologne 'posse' along with atom heart and some
others that were mentioned in EQ said their setup mainly consisted of an
akai mpc2000, or one of the various 'phrase samplers' that are plentiful
on the market. maybe a few casio synths and some effects boxes /
pedals. the rest is pure noodling. (noodling not being a 'bad' term)
the dream machine would proably be any or most of the gear keith emerson
brought on stage. insanity at it's finest! (nothing beats a suspended
modular synth... well, christy turlington does.)
as for drums, i think metal cans (oil drums or aluminum garbage cans)
processed through a computer (or some other signal processing device)
would probably work well. (this has been done before...)
cevin key used a 'powerglove' thingy to trigger pad sounds when download
toured. the head gear thing might be a bit of a strain on the neck
after a while. (especially if you're doing staccato or arpeggio
'movements') if you can find one, there's some software that lets you
use nintendo's powerglove to procees or trigger events.
oh yeah, buy the musik kreis ms 20 CD <plag dich nicht> (a group which
is obsessed with the korg ms20), the crank CD <mille plateax> (lowres
making some tweaky yet beat structured chaos), and david kristian's
latest offering. (which is completely overwhelming given the amount of
patching / programming involved)
if you don't live in the state of maryland, be thankful.
ch.
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