Singing Into Synthesizers! Techniques and Concepts for Performing With Vocalists!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2021
- Katrina Cain returns for a collaborative conversation about bringing vocal performances into the modular realm with our pal Jacob!
Jacob put together a modular system designed to provide different vocal effects and processing, as well as two smaller "control pods" for Katrina to use as she performs.
Join them as they explore how to use comparators to track and divide pitches, multi-tap delays and loopers for rhythmic and polyphonic overdubs, as well as discuss some of the techniques they use to integrate a vocal performance with a synthesizer.
For a more in depth look at some of the modules and concepts used in this video check out Jacob's Signal article on this rig : www.perfectcircuit.com/signal...
Listen to Katrina's music and check out the rest of her work:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4eF4t...
Instagram: katrinacainmusic
TH-cam: @KatrinaCain
Gear List : www.perfectcircuit.com/catalo...
Timeline:
0:30 - Intro
1:38 - Performance Demo
2:20 - Comparators!
3:25 - Verbos Multi-Tap Delay (Katrina's Fave)
4:40 - Intellijel Rainmaker
6:20 - Filterbanks and Crossfaders
7:40 - Breakdown on the Control Pods
9:20 - Katrina's Thoughts on the Pods and Working with Modular
12:00 - Thoughts on Vocals as an Instrument
12:50 - Performance Demo
14:30 - Outro - เพลง
Is it weird that perfect circuit is kind of a pilgrimage destination for me?
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"We created an envelope where we could feed Jim's (Morrison) track into the Moog so that he could play any note on the keyboard and it would process his voice (...) "I then added a little delay and fed the whole thing into an infinite tape repeat. That was hand-played."
-Bruce Botnick on recording and processing Jim Morrison's voice for the song 'Strange Days', that was about 54 years ago (!)
So that's what made that unusual warbling effect. Interesting! There's also the last PBS interview when Jim describes "one man singing or talking with ... electronic set ups"
This video turned out to be more entertaining and educational than I had expected. Thanks, Katrina and Jacob!
really loved this! especially interesting to hear Katrina's insights from a perspective of someone unfamiliar with modular synths. this sparked some ideas for me on how I could use my guitar in conjunction with my modular setup. great!
Katrina's insight was pretty sick, and she seemed like she was really interested! And on top of all of that, her voice is amazing
I have the ability to run vocals through my Arp2600, but have a hard time wrapping my head around the more complex concepts. thanks for this!
What a great idea to make synths accessible to other fields of artists. I’d like to see what Katrina comes up with after experimenting for a while
Thank you for sharing this! I loved the discussion between Katrina and Jacob - for someone new to modular like myself, I really appreciated the "outsider" fresh perspective and feedback from Katrina. I think sometimes those in the know, forget that to the rest of us we have no idea how any of this is accomplished! lol To that point...I would LOVE to see a list of ALL the modules - or better yet a link to a MODULAR GRID setup - and a detailed "patch map" of how it is all connected - it would be a fantastic learning tool to see how/what is involved and all the hard work Jacob did to figure it out and set it all up. Great job!
Welcome katrina to the rabbit hole of modular synth
Thank this channel for giving a whole new perspective to music, providing content about instrument combinations that would instead break my bank.
Thanks for taking my suggestion (or arriving at it independently)! Looking forward to the jams
Thanks Katrina and Jacob! Very cool video! Getting flashbacks of the intro to the 'Heroes' tv-series and
I definitely got a lot of interesting ideas of this weird but wonderful musical performance for my next track!
Thanks! Sounds wonderful..adding a rainmaker to the list.
brb gonna go order this exact setup
great ideas, I will definitely be treating my vocals with modular on the upcoming NICU album and this gives me some concrete plans and inspiration
I'm running my vocals through my hydrasynth and this just have me some great ideas to work into my setup, Thank you ❤️❤️
How are you able to do this? I have a hydrasynth
@@jjjohnson834 you go in through either of the mod inputs to the ring modulator. You can turn down the ring mod so you don't hear it, but keep the mod depth up. I'm using a mixer for my mic, then out of a send on that to the Hydra. I don't think the Hydra would accept a mic level input directly. You can latch a note without any of the oscillators playing if you wish, then apply any of the effects to your voice.
aha, good subject for discussion!
Excellent video… I really liked that we had her opinion as someone whos never used this. Clever use. About this : what’s the patching on the NCOM ??? Curious about doing the exact same thing with mine.
Cool ideas! :)
Cool stuff. I'm hoping next month you can just plug the mic straight into a ConVertor for preamp, ENV following, pitch tracking, VCA and oscillation :)
I love the vocal/pitch trick you do with the NCOM. Would this work with any comparator module, like the Joranalogue Compare?
It would be super cool to have a vocoder alongside the comparator
I want more! Lol.
Hi I know you mention a few modules here..would you mind listing everything you are using? It would help immensely. Trying to plan a system.Thanks( OK I looked in the transcript .)
Her Chants remind me of OOIOO
a japanese experimental band
what mic are they using? i have the same input module they are using but none of my microphones work with it.
What comparator is he using?
HIII thank you for the information, say hi from chile, we are two friends of music, and your post was perfect for our processes of evolution, thanks for the organization with the reference and tips. visit as!
This isn't going to be made private is it? I gotta go to the store.
No you can watch it when you get back !
Perfect sized suitcase in a delightful light blue.
What is that overdrive/distortion?!
What you're probably hearing is the R*S NCOM, a comparator based on a Serge design
What is the comparator module?
Ah, Random*Source/Serge ÷NCOM
you decided to use a POS mic like a sm58? that is a choice.
6:15 😎😂
Insert shots. More insert shots when referring to modules.
3:47 mmm
Crap I missed the first few minutes. Ignore this, I’m just leaving a comment to remind me to come back later when it’s not a live premiere.
Listen once good to old Cabaret Voltaire Americans .
😍 Feel like a Siren has hypnotized me ... heheh.
A lot of the items on your 'Gear List' is out of stock! Ridiculous!
they just made some noise and people here piss their pants WTF ?
13 minutes talking and 2 minutes singing. Guys what happened?
Hey John, here is what I think happened (from an Australian Alien perspective) : I feel the title is accurate and indicates fairly clearly that this is a discussion/demonstration video - if you want to see a performance there are many on TH-cam. To be honest, I feel like these presenters balanced it really nicely; covering the functionality and signal flow in an accessible and thorough way. You didn't ask for 'my' opinion but I took the rhetorical question addressed to 'Guys' as an opening for dialogue. I hope you're safe and well and singing with synthesisers.
Peace from Australian Aliens
"Techniques and Concepts for Performing with Vocalists"