Saxophone & Electric Power

For the sax16 convention at the sweelinck conservatorium Amsterdam

Transcript

1. HUBERT-JAN HUBEEK SAXOPHONE & ELECTRIC POWER
2. SAXOPHONE & ELECTRIC POWER GOALS & GAINS ▸ inspiration ▸ other ways to listen ▸ other ways to practise ▸ invent & create
3. PRACTISE ROOM THE OLD NECESSITIES ▸ metronome ▸ tuning machine ▸ books / recordings ▸ pencil
4. LAST WEEK JOBS USE CASES LAST WEEK… ▸ concert in theater (basclar/bari -> fx + wireless system) ▸ arrangements NSJO (notation software) ▸ preparing fado tour (audio file dropbox -> scoring/prct) ▸ recording commercial (recording software) ▸ lecture (keynote)
5. IPAD / IPHONE / PORTABLE DEVICES PORTABLE DEVICES ▸ Metronome ▸ Tuning machine ▸ Scores
6. IPAD IPHONE PORTABLE DEVICES IREAL ▸ iReal is a practise tool for jazz standards with practical editor. Fun to have band accompany you while practise scales
7. TOURING / TRAVELING TOURING & TRAVELING ▸ (portable devices to listen en read music) ▸ EWI (Electric Wind Instrument)
8. TOURING / TRAVELING EWI SETUPS ▸ practise ▸ music-minus-one
9. PRACTISE ROOM THE ELECTRIC REPLACEMENT ▸ gAssistant (speed up/down, transpose audio), free ▸ originally transcription tool
10. PRACTISE ROOM NOTATION FOR PRACTISE ▸ Notation software on different speed
11. ACOUSTICS AUDIO - SIGNAL PATH ▸ Natural sound ▸ mic ▸ electric signal ▸ (convert to bits) ▸ transform ▸ (convert to electric) => speaker
12. ACOUSTICS MICROPHONES ▸ Sound into electronic signal ▸ Different types, different uses. ▸ Price is a guess for quality.
13. ACOUSTICS SPEAKERS ▸ electronic signal into sound ▸ range of frequencies ▸ record with your headphone and visa versa
14. FX TRANSFORM(ERS) ▸ EQ transform band of signal ▸ COMPRESS transform ‘volume’ ▸ ECHO > DELAY > REVERB ▸ FUZZ - CRUNCH - DISTORT
15. FX EQ ▸ example of a band EQ ▸ amplifiers ▸ often suppress a band ▸ smile eq
16. FX COMPRESS / LIMITER ▸ Control volume ▸ loudness war ▸ control levels
17. FX ECHO DELAY REVERB ▸ repetition ▸ echo ▸ space as multiple reflections ▸ taj mahal
18. FX REVERB ROOM
19. STUDIO EFFECTS INLINE ▸ Just play with your effects ▸ in broadcast, ‘no time’ situation ▸ you are in total control INSTRUMENT EFFECTS RECORDING
20. STUDIO EFFECTS INLINE
21. STUDIO EFFECTS INLINE
22. STUDIO EFFECTS SEPARATED ▸ recording effects separately ▸ to balance later in the mix ▸ you trust engineer ▸ or be part of the mixing INSTRUMENT EFFECTS RECORDING TRACK EFFECTS RECORDING TRACK RECORDING TRACK
23. STUDIO EFFECTS PATCHING
24. DEMO SAX STAGE SETUP ▸ rumberger mic ▸ control with pedal
25. DEMO SAX VOLUME ▸ line in mic ▸ control with pedal ▸ piezo inside the sax ▸ neumann on stand microscope
26. DEMO SAX + EFX ▸ line in mic ▸ control with pedal
27. DEMO SAX + MIDI NOTE ▸ line in mic ▸ control with pedal
28. DEMO SAX + MIDI NOTE + VOLUME ▸ line in mic ▸ control with pedal
29. ANECDOTE SAX = SYSTEM ▸ measure tone height and volume => control other
30. ANECDOTE SAX TO CONTROL THE LIGHTS
31. LESSONS LEARNED CARRY & TEST ▸ learn to pack ▸ learn to setup ▸ learn to deal with crashes ▸ be aware of use of devices
32. USED SOFTWARE MAC SOFTWARE ▸ protools (paid) reaper(cheap) audacity (free)- recording ▸ sibelius / finale - notation (paid) ▸ ableton - stage + sound experiments (paid) ▸ max/msp (paid) pd(free)- stage + sound experiments ▸ gAssistant - varispeed recordings ▸ saxofun - iPad / appletv app
33. APPS SAXOFUN - IPAD APP
34. HUBERT-JAN HUBEEK SPEAKERDECK FACEBOOK: HUBERTJAN.HUBEEK TWITTER: @HJHUBEEK MAIL: S@XOFOON.NL IPAD APP STORE: SAXOFUN