moognase - music for four moog instruments, 2000-2007
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:21 pm
hello,
i have put some music online that i played with 4 different moog instruments over the last couple of years.
at http://www.moognase.com you can listen to 4 pieces:
1) void - played on moog etherwave theremin/moog rogue (2000)
2) etherphone - played on moog rogue (2000)
3) knipselinchen - played on moog voyager (2003)
4) moscow 1979 - played on moog prodigy (2007)
i put this up just for the fun of comparing the different characters of these instruments.
listening to these songs, i feel that the moogs i owned and the one i have now all sound different:
1) the theremin obviously sounds pretty scary. it is quite hard to keep a perfect tone. that requires a very immobile stance, which i'm lousy at.
when making drone music, you can get some hurdy-gurdy-like tones. in this example though, it's all about scaryness. i recorded this in october that year, so it was close to halloween. i used samples and cut everything together in sonic foundry acid. there may be some odd glitches in the recording, as it's old.
2) the rogue sounds friendly, colorful and bright. i feel that the first part of 'etherphone' is warm, the last is cold.
together with the theremin and other things, i sold the rogue to buy a voyager.
3) the voyager is thumpy and bold. it sounds mature. i found its tone very good-sounding.
i sold it because it was a bit overbearing and complex for my use. i came to prefer extremely simple things with direct access to the sound, and i didn't want anything softwarish anymore. so i got a prodigy...
4) now the prodigy is raspy, playful, melancholic and colorated. i don't know if that's even a word. it has specific tone colors that i like. i really love its simplicity and the sound it makes. the absence of any possibility of saving patches is somehow closer to home for me.
i think of saving patches like some people may feel about getting their picture taken. like it takes away their soul. by not being able to save, you're kind of forced to respond to what you feel sounds right in the current moment. that makes every session totally unique. it can never be replayed exactly like last time. it's always fresh.
anyway, i'd like to invite you to enjoy these bits & pieces at
http://www.moognase.com
out of all my moogs, i love the prodigy most. it sounds good, it's easy to use, and the name is cool.
martin
i have put some music online that i played with 4 different moog instruments over the last couple of years.
at http://www.moognase.com you can listen to 4 pieces:
1) void - played on moog etherwave theremin/moog rogue (2000)
2) etherphone - played on moog rogue (2000)
3) knipselinchen - played on moog voyager (2003)
4) moscow 1979 - played on moog prodigy (2007)
i put this up just for the fun of comparing the different characters of these instruments.
listening to these songs, i feel that the moogs i owned and the one i have now all sound different:
1) the theremin obviously sounds pretty scary. it is quite hard to keep a perfect tone. that requires a very immobile stance, which i'm lousy at.
when making drone music, you can get some hurdy-gurdy-like tones. in this example though, it's all about scaryness. i recorded this in october that year, so it was close to halloween. i used samples and cut everything together in sonic foundry acid. there may be some odd glitches in the recording, as it's old.
2) the rogue sounds friendly, colorful and bright. i feel that the first part of 'etherphone' is warm, the last is cold.
together with the theremin and other things, i sold the rogue to buy a voyager.
3) the voyager is thumpy and bold. it sounds mature. i found its tone very good-sounding.
i sold it because it was a bit overbearing and complex for my use. i came to prefer extremely simple things with direct access to the sound, and i didn't want anything softwarish anymore. so i got a prodigy...
4) now the prodigy is raspy, playful, melancholic and colorated. i don't know if that's even a word. it has specific tone colors that i like. i really love its simplicity and the sound it makes. the absence of any possibility of saving patches is somehow closer to home for me.
i think of saving patches like some people may feel about getting their picture taken. like it takes away their soul. by not being able to save, you're kind of forced to respond to what you feel sounds right in the current moment. that makes every session totally unique. it can never be replayed exactly like last time. it's always fresh.
anyway, i'd like to invite you to enjoy these bits & pieces at
http://www.moognase.com
out of all my moogs, i love the prodigy most. it sounds good, it's easy to use, and the name is cool.
martin