This is the setup I used live with Qwire, and why it took a 6-foot rack.
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Here is a one-hour video—grainy from Beta to VHS transfer—but direct from the board, so sounds great thanks to attentive mixing by Jay Kadis:
This was our best performance, and I will posting the audio soon.
931212 version
take out bass from seq
let intro stretch slightly
light setup for first solo
BH
thematic solo (see notebook)
improv
CC longer
FM
BH & CC pizz anticipate chord riff (notes)
whole opens
return to bass riff opening
FM continues bass riff
synth bass
after FM in groove SJ bass solo short
ends with SJ return to opening bass theme
FM fades out to switch sounds
barry thematic solo
enter chris under with chord riff
add fred
ebow effects first
then join chord riff
stanley sigs end by joinign chord riff
all play 3 times and stop
improve drum track
Text section of Synthphony Score
after trading 4s, start seq for 3 solos
after trading fours
jerkiness, weirdness, humour
check midinote used to start sequencer
CC first solo
FM drum things behind
SJ delay bass part
fred solo like on 931017
steambells falls apart into
echo fills
chris starts
barry joins
FM bass part
SJ asian percussion
BH and CC duet intensify then quiet
SJ intro bass them A-F#
BH picks up A-F# theme improv foreground til
SJ starts darksoft patch
BHCC fill there
SJ does orch high chords (just a few)
FM brings in opening patch
all fade to black
This show actually opened the Computer Music Festival sponsored by San Jose State; particularly, by friend and former teacher (c.1972) Allen Strange.
