Cross Modulation Nocturne

mosc · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject: Cross Modulation Nocturne

Here is a short compostion. It is a nocturne using a technique called cross modulation which is discussed in this forum topic: http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-7256.html

This lasts about 4 minutes and is in three movements. The second and third are connected.

This piece has lots of harmonics that come from the cross modulation. Processing this into mp3 really mellows it out. Encoding/decoding is much less objectionable than I would have thought it would be. Shocked

I hope you enjoy it.

XImprov-072705-2.mp3

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Cross Modulation Nocturne
By Howard Moscovitz
Copyright 2005 by Howard Moscovitz

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deknow · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject:

Ha ha... you know hi brows don't clap between movements. Very Happy

The only thing hi brow about me is my high brow. Laughing

orczy · Joined: Mar 30, 2005 Posts: 161 Location: Australia

I enjoyed this Howard. The whole thing seemed to be moving toward the last movement, like a corkscrew. The first movement introduced the listener into the soundworld, the second is a closer look, and the third (to me) seemed like a reflection on all that went before, almost sad.
I think the third movement was the most successful, I liked the groove it develops, and the "voices" are clearer.
All in all, an enjoyable listen, with humour in a similar way to that of Wishart "Tongues of Fire", or Ligeti "Artikulation".

mosc · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

Thanks. This corkscrew thing is pretty typical of free improvization. I've not heard it described this way, but it certainly applies.

blue hell · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Cross Modulation Nocturne

Jason · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

I like it mosc!
Interesting textures and depth. Cool

jksuperstar · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:32 pm Post subject: bump

two things: was it the G2/Kyma/and(or) other?

and, if it's not too much to ask, I'd really love to *hear* this at it's "best". To me, I think the harmonics playing together is what makes it capture me. If you can, can you either post or email it to me at a higher rate? (or better, in ogg vorbis at high rate)? Hate to have you do make work, but those harmonics...

mosc · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

OK, the answer is G2. Sorry for the drama. I love excitement. Laughing

Hmm. I will try to do a high bitrate Vorbis version. This will be interesting...

Thanks for the good words and encouragement everyone.

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Stanley Pain · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:32 am Post subject:

beautiful. i particularly like it at around the 2:50 mark. have you posted the patch up?

mosc · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

By now, I've forgotten what patch I used.

Thanks for the kind feedback, Stanley...

CaringSpirits: you seem to be on the wrong forum... Shocked

Stanley Pain · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

no problem. how many oscillators did you use, and was there any live interaction, or did you use evelopes/lfos/sequencers?

mosc · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Two oscillators are really all you need for lots of amazingly diverse timbres. At the Modular 2003 Conference in London I gave an entire performance on one NM1 patch that was similar to the one included in the link attached. I posted the latest version of this that is stored in my G2.

http://electro-music.com/forum/post-88856.html#88856

I use this a lot. For example, it is the heart of this noodle.

http://electro-music.com/forum/post-85283.html#85283

Scott Stites · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

Set the controls for the heart of the noodle. This is powerful stuff, Howard.

Cheers,
Scott

cappy2112 · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject:

I think I had missed this one. that's very nice. I would like to ask you how much indeterminacy there is in a piece like this one and if you can predict the outcome.
hint: the is no wrong answer Cool

mosc · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

There is a lot of indeterminacy when improvising with such flexible instruments, but the whole thing is under the control of the musician. No two improvisations are going to sound exactly alike but there are many idioms, motifs, gestures, and other stylistic elements that are consistent though my work.

elamont · Joined: Jan 11, 2007 Posts: 3 Location: California

I'm not sure how I missed this one earlier. Powerful describes it perfectly!
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L´Andratté · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:54 pm Post subject:

very beautiful especially the third movement!

mosc · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:32 pm Post subject: