Disqus - Latest Comments for tetramorph

Re: The Music of Faith: Thoughts on Theology and Religion

tetramorph — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:26:09 -0000

Fair enough. I'll keep thinking about it.

Re: The Music of Faith: Thoughts on Theology and Religion

tetramorph — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:40:49 -0000

Tony, I think your second statement above is still not, technically, theology, at least in "my" sense (for whatever that is worth). it is scholarly and rigorous reflection on doctrine. Theology is when I say: "when Jesus prays to the Father in the Spirit in Matthew, we contemplate our share in his own triune life," or something like that that interprets scripture. or it could be mystagogy, interpreting the ritual activity of the church: "in the epiclesis we call down the Spirit as Christ's body corporate and receive our own incorporation," etc. What do you think?

Re: The Stretta Procedure: We're going to need more patch cords...

tetramorph — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:59:11 -0000

Fantastic! I have now given in completely to my desire for a modular system. Now, I will simply start saving! Your brother is clearly creative and a maker as well. His work is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Re: The Stretta Procedure: What is the role of synthesis?

tetramorph — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:19:08 -0000

Totally agree. I too am disappointed with this misuse of the great name of "Jupiter" for another workstation. You predicted it EXACTLY.

You said:

"One knob per function with no modality. In fact, do it without an LCD display. If you need to access a display window for additional functions, fail. If you can't touch it, it doesn't exist."

You are dedicated to modular. I'm stuck with polysynths. But you are a designer, maker, etc. If you were going to make and market a new analog polysynth, what would you do? Describe the specs -- I would love to read about it!

(And you're right about menus: if you can't touch it, it isn't there. I love the sound of my A6, but I think I am going to have to sell it . . . It is not intuitive and I don't find myself drawn to it . . . That's too bad for a $3K price tag . . . so I think I am going to go for something Dave Smith. I've already got a computer -- it has all the menus I need and more. If I am going to buy outboard gear, then I want it to be analog in source and feel.)

Re: The Stretta Procedure: Happy 2011

tetramorph — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:34:45 -0000

I'm glad I never deleted the RSS feed. One can always hope.

I am glad your blog is back up. It is a great resource, and for someone who doesn't tweet, it has been my major way of keeping up with you as a "fan" and (I hope) an internet-friend.

God bless you, yours and your creative projects this new year.

Peace

Re: David Eagleman on Possibilianism at Poptech

tetramorph — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:23:55 -0000

His description of religion shows absolutely no nuance. It made it hard for me to take into account what was good about his presentation, which was, in the main, good.

Re: stretta

tetramorph — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:37:27 -0000

Stretta -- Thanks for letting us know why you have chosen to withdraw a bit from the internet community -- that you need to figure some things out. I hope that it is nothing too serious or difficult. Blessings on your work in figuring these things out. Whatever the case, I have enjoyed your blog, your music, and your contribution to the monome community. I miss and will miss your presence as part of my "internet community." I will be happy to see you return if you choose to do so. Whether you return or not, Godspeed. I pray that you and your family will be blessed with joy and abundance. Thanks for all that you have given to us. Peace -- Tetramorph

Re: Reality check

tetramorph — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:59:55 -0000

Yes, well put. I do sometimes wish that my arm-chair musical philosophy and theology resulted in anything near to an "arm-chair" like musical analogue to the kind of things that Eno has gifted us with. Oh well!

Re: Learning a new skill

tetramorph — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:53:25 -0000

Yikes. It's these kinds of posts that make me all self-conscious.

You can add me to your list of those guys that never gets to stage two. Well, that is an exaggeration. I feel like I know how to use, say, Logic, as a DAW, for my purposes -- I am not trying to be a groundbreaker or become famous or whatever.

But my Kaoss pad? My A6? Total noodling. Still.

But I am doing this for the joy of it as an avocation. So I think, for me, that I am okay allowing stage one to generate my ideas. That way, the noodling leads to finished products I could not have imagined "pre-noodle."

I cannot often achieve a match between a finished track and what I heard in my mind if I try to start idea first. But if I start with your phase one, noodling, first, then I make some stuff and take some joy in it.

I think, for me, that is probably going to have to be good enough, at least most of the time.

I am glad that you can get to phase two! And I love that you share what that produces.

Thanks

Re: Reality check

tetramorph — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:32:51 -0000

I find it interesting that two comments have already referred to Eno.

I put Eno into your "fill in the blank." There is a lot of great ambient stuff out there now.

I still think he is an amazing artist, but isn't your post a not-so-veiled critique of Eno and his ilk?

Re: More than the sum of their parts

tetramorph — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:09:49 -0000

Stretta, thanks so much for this great post. I am really starting to understand the "why modular" question.

Thanks to you, I see modular in my future.

I need space, money and time. But, in this post, you've convinced me why I should let go of my fears and start dreaming.

Thanks

Re: Empathy

tetramorph — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:05:42 -0000

Thanks for your very personal post.
I resonate with all of your insights.
I am sorry that they came at such a high expense.
You never say in what way you failed -- so I have no idea what genera or degree of failure you are talking about.
So I hope it is not flippant for me to simply say:
I am sorry.
Please keep creating things and sharing them.
You do not always fail.
Peace

Re: Early Messe Opinions 1

tetramorph — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:26:56 -0000

Wow. The Lucina. I didn't even know that advertisements were still made like that. It was kind of a surreal, slightly uncanny experience for me.

Re: Generative 1 - the results

tetramorph — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:17 -0000

Okay, got it. Thanks! Very beautiful. Sorry to have missed out on the machine itself. But I always enjoy adding your music to my library.

Peace

Re: Generative 1 - the results

tetramorph — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:38 -0000

Okay, thanks. I clicked the button, paid. What is next? Sorry to be so dense, but where / how do I access the download? Thanks!

Re: Generative 1 - the results

tetramorph — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:04:24 -0000

Stretta, I was crazy busy at work when you first put this out. I saw it pass through my reader and then out of site out of mind.

Are there any crumbs from the table for a late-comer?

Re: The pros and cons of various modular formats. An opinionated guide.

tetramorph — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:30:54 -0000

Stretta, that would be so rad. I humbly ask you to remember us little folk that still haven't made the leap to max 4 live. I'm still just doing it the old fashioned way as a separate max patch (runtime 5) with monomeserial. So for me, since it wouldn't be "plug-in-like," the parameter controls would have to be midi CC (I suppose?). I always look forward to your creations. Until then, peace during this busy time of your new year.

Re: The pros and cons of various modular formats. An opinionated guide.

tetramorph — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:20:11 -0000

Thanks for the encouragement to just go for it. Read my reply to Stretta, above, however. My situation puts the feasibility of just going for it into the (seemingly) distant future. That's why I long for some plug ins (or monome apps?) that could emulate this for me right now. Oh wells. Thanks and peace

Re: The pros and cons of various modular formats. An opinionated guide.

tetramorph — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:18:35 -0000

Oh no, I've been caught.

Yes, of course I should just go for it. I am not sure what is holding me back the most: money or space. I've recently lost a regular source of windfall that went to build my recently resurrected project studio. So there goes money for a while.

But another major issue is space. I've got two toddlers right now. I know I will someday go modular. But it may be at retirement! And then who knows what the scene will be like.

I'll still be counting on you for advice, though, Stretta. Thanks

Re: The pros and cons of various modular formats. An opinionated guide.

tetramorph — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:24:42 -0000

This is a really helpful breakdown. I still fear modular. And am strangely attracted. Some of what I love most about modulars is that they are their own entire self-contained electronic music system. Their CV sequencers, which can, themselves, then be modified by LFOs and the like, just make me crazy with gear-lust. For someone who can't go there yet: has anyone yet made, as plug-ins (AU, preferably, since I am still a mere Logic user) arpeggiators and sequencers that can be modified by, say side-chain or LFOs and that can trigger not just note info but also velocity, and, say, cut-off frequency or even resonance? Does that make sense? would it even work? If I could just get my own soft-synths and midi gear to do some of that wild electronic-music sequencing I could forgo the modular lust for another season. Thanks, again, Stretta. Peace

Re: maxforlive: monome integration

tetramorph — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:59 -0000

So how much does m4l cost? I suppose I had better start saving. Always paving the way for us, Stretta. Thanks.

Re: Feedback

tetramorph — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:06:01 -0000

I voted for vocal + electronic because I would like to hear more of your voice. However, I enjoy Error Correction and the Brood styles very much and listen to those albums fairly frequently.

Re: maxforlive: stepfilter

tetramorph — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:38 -0000

Both of these are beautiful. It sounds, from other comments, that you are going to also be working in MAX 5 as well, for those of us who won't be going to Live anytime soon. Could the step filter be an AU plug-in for Logic in a Max5 version? Thanks for all the things you give us.

Re: It's a trap

tetramorph — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:29:34 -0000

Stretta, thanks for your continued sane contributions to the electronic music and musical technology dicussions.

Re: Z-DSP Experiments

tetramorph — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:34 -0000

That was so much fun. Thanks.