#Syntehsizers

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[moonshine-dan]

adderall who needs her I can syntehsize the same effects by taking a nearly lethal dose of caffiene in the form of 1 bowl sized cup of highly concentrated coffee

[mokeymokey]

I love samples I like to use samples instead of software syntehsizer because NATURE is my synthesizer 💯🌴🍃💐🍄🦩

[baggebythesea]

I found two fics on AO3 with the tag Light Hope/Entrapta, including this one-shot : https://archiveofourown.org/works/46475728

I doubt I'll ever finish my Lighttrapta draft, so I can as well post it here

Darkness.

For a very, very long time. Nothing stirred.

Occasionaly a light lit up, but just as quickly dissapered.

Time passed. One would be temted to say "immesurable quantities" of time, but it was in fact measurable and indeed very exactly measured.

Thus Light Hope knew exactly how long had passed when the interior of the temple of the first ones no longer contained nothing, but in fact something. Someone.

A woman, climbing, sliding, crawling and - on a few memorable occasions - walking while all the while muttering to a primitive recording device.

"…in fact intact. I am now exploring room #38B and will determine the integrity of the connectors…" The woman used her hair to pry open a panel (which Light Hope found very rude) and then squealed in delight (which Light Hope found oddly flattering).

"They are functional! FUNCTIONAL! Preliminary test indicate current running and non-corroded connectors…. hello. That some very…  elegant circuits right there."

You did just not get people who knew to appreciate elegant circuitry these days.

A subroutine asked for permission to destroy the intruder, but Light Hope hushed it. Plenty of time for destruction later. First she wanted to hear the women say more about her circuitry.

"…veeeeery advanced integration of microflow structure and signal transmission." Light Hope nodded for herself (or rather, emulated a nod since the hologram transmitters were currently off line). "…and… oh my? Is that a capacitor?" Now that was embarrassing.

(…)

"Hello…. you are VERY technologically advanced."

"Administrator not detected. Intruder will be…"

"Whoa! Who asked to be administrator… we just met. I don't want to seem forward. a simple user interface would be veeeery appreciated."

"…user?"

"If you don't mind…"

"I have not had a user for a long time."

"No need to be shy. We will take it in whatever pace you are comfortable with."

"Welcome user…"

"Entrapta."

"Welcome, user Entrapta."

"Now tell me all about your transistors."

"Access denied!"

"Too fast? Sorry, sorry."

(…)

"Are… you… hungry, user entrapta?"

"Ooooh, I am, actually. I sometimes forget to eat when I get excited."

"You have gone without refuling for thirty three hours. according to my human nutritional protocol that is suboptimal from a long term  performance perspective."

"Well, I don't have any more food and I dont think you have any laying around either so…"

"I could trivially synthese a wide range of foodstuff."

"Syntehse? You create food?"

"Yes, User Entrapta."

"…tell me about the size parameter."

(…)

"I created spiders."

"YOU CREATED SPIDERS!"

"I do appologize if this is disconcerting for you, User Entrapta."

"ARE YOU KIDDING!? THIS IS AWESOME!!!"

"You really think so?"

"YES!

"Most users find them somewhat unsettling."

"I don't think I'd find ANYTHING you create unsettling."

(…)

"I am… sorry, User Entrapta, but there is a priority conflict."

"but…"

"Administrator She-Ra has arrived. I'm… I'm "

(…)

"Bow?"

"Entrapta?"

(…)

"LISTEN! I know we have just met, but I'm very scared right now and really don't want to die, so maybe if we could please err on the side of trusting each other rather than… not trusting each other, we all have a better chance of surviving the next few minutes?"

"Glimmer - give Adora the sword."

"But…"

"GLIMMER!"

"I trust you, horde scu…. person. Please don't kill us."

"Adora, could you do that thing you did before?"

"What? First I get the princess virus and now you want to give me a booster shot?"

"…spiders…"

"I can't believe I'm doing this… for the honor of… grayskull?"

"Administrator detected."

"And now if you could please say that thing that Entrapta wanted you to say…"

"Um… reinstrate user privileges for User Entrapta?"

"User privileges reinstrated!"

"YES, and now if Entrapta could stop us all from being horribly killed by spiders…"

"Maybe that would serve you just right for coming in and being administrator."

"ENTRAPTA!"

"Awwww, I can't stay mad at you…. Disable virus protection."

In face of the sudden lack of looming death, they all just stared at each other.

But after a little while they started to ask questions. Find common ground. See potential.

It was indeed the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[catsynth-express]

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF) Night 3

The 19th annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival concluded yesterday, and we at CatSynth were on hand for the final concert. There were three sets, each showcasing different currents within electronic music, but they all shared a minimalist approach to their musical expression and presentation.

The evening opened with a set by Andy Puls, a composer, performer and designer of audio/visual instruments based out of Richmond, California. We had seen one of his latest inventions, the Melody Oracle, at Outsound’s Touch the Gear (you can see him demonstrating the instrument in our video from the event). For this concert, he brought the Melody Oracle into full force with additional sound and visuals that filled the stage with every changing light and sound.

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The performance started off very sparse and minimal, with simple tones corresponding to lights. Combining tones resulted in combining lights and the creation of colors from the original RGB sources. As the music grew increasingly complex, the light alternated between the solid colors and moving patterns.

I liked the sound and light truly seemed to go together, separate lines in a single musical phrase, and a glimpse of what music would be if it was done with light rather than sound.

OMMO, the duo of Julie Moon and Adria Otte brought an entirely different sound and presence to the stage.

The performance explored the “complexities and histories of the Korean diaspora and their places within it.” And indeed, words and music moved freely back and forth between traditional and abstract sounds and Korean and English words. Moon’s voice was powerful and evocative, and quite versatile in range and she moved through these different ideas. The processing on her voice, including delays and more complex effects, was crisp and sounded like an extension of her presence. Otte performed on laptop and analog electronics, delivering a solid foundation and complex interplay. A truly dynamic and captivating performance.

The final set featured a solo performance Paris-based Kassel Jaeger, who recently became director of the prestigious Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). Sitting behind a table on a darkened stage, with a laptop, guitar and additional electronics, he brought forth an eerie soundscape.

The music featured drone sounds, with bits of recognizable recorded material, as well as chords and sharp accents. The musique concrète influence was abundant but also subtle at times as any source material was often submerged in complex pads and clouds over which Jaeger performed improvisations.

It is sometimes difficult to describe these performances in words, though we at CatSynth try our best to do so. Fortunately, our friends at SFEMF shared some clips of each set in this Instagram post.

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  The final night of the 2018 SFEMF: Andy Puls @a_magic_pulsewave, @ommomusic and @kasseljaeger Thanks for tuning in and see you next year for the 20th anniversary of the festival. 👋🏼👋🏻👋👋🏾👋🏿 #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic

A post shared by SFEMF (@sfelectronicmusicfestival) on Sep 9, 2018 at 10:29pm PDT

Much was also made of the fact that this was the 19th year of the festival. That is quite an achievement! And we look forward to what they bring forth for the 20th next year…

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF) Night 3 was originally published on CatSynth

[wiertarkaudarowa-blog]

A remix of Jan Olszak's track "1" janekolszak.bandcamp.com/album/trzy Listen to it it's great.