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Recorded improvisation: 19’23 Hardware Components: Scott Petersen/Ethan Bernard: Custom HEF4046BP audio feedback circuit Koma Elektronik: Field Kit FX Korg: Delay Monotron Technical description: This performance was accomplished through the slow rotation of a single potentiometer (one of six) that changed the internal feedback relationship between the three oscillators of the custom circuit. The knob was…
Read Morea.periodic FBS 3b
Scott Petersen: Koma Elektronik Field Kit and Field Kit FX. Recorded improvisation. Fixed media: 06’18 a.periodic: FBS 3b explores oscillation on large and small scales, both in terms of periodicity and control signals. Feedback channels are created such that oscillatory processes inhibit, sustain, and grow in predictable ways, creating a self-mitigating form of homeostasis where…
Read MoreElectric Phantasm: Triune Morphography
Electric Phantasm: Triune Morphography is a gestural exploration of continuous electronic sound space in three parts. Recommended listening is on a hi-fi audio system (mono is recommended) with capabilities to produce frequencies at or below 40 Hz. Otherwise, use of headphones with low-frequency extension. 0:00 – Part 1: Plasmontic Phase Disruption 4:35 – Part 2:…
Read MorePOSC31 Project
Below I will add recordings from a project with the working title “POSC31”. This project uses SuperCollider as a parameter generator (MIDI note and CC data) and the OP 1 synthesizer as sound generator (synthesis, frequency and dynamic filters). This marriage of software and hardware is something I have looked forward to exploring. Fragmentation: 6’00…
Read MoreSynth Jams (OMI)
One of the most regular practices of OMI members is the Synth Jam. These are informal live improvisations using hardware synthesizers and, sometimes, software as well. The Jams take many forms, but most recently they have moved online using Zoom to capture and enable collaboration and Twitch to live-stream. Typically, no preparation is done beforehand…
Read MoreColeoptera LC
Performed @ CCAM May 2, 2019 This live performance was dedicated to the memory of composer Allan Schindler and represents an organic eventualization of the impact Allan has had on my life and music. Coleoptera LC is the live-coding performance of a feedback-based synthesis instrument, coded in the SuperCollider programming language [see below], named Coleoptera.…
Read MoreColeoptera A.S. in Memoriam Allan Schindler
__ First performed November 7, 2018, Hatch Recital Hall, Rochester NY ‘Coleoptera A.S.’ is a 60″ fixed-media realization of a feedback-based synthesis instrument, coded in the SuperCollider programming language, named Coleoptera. Every sound in the piece was generated from the same nine lines of code by varying the input parameters to each new incarnation of…
Read More1204-06-12
— Media: 2-channel Audio 1204FX Mixer — This is an improvised “no-input” mixer piece utilizing the Behringer 1204FX analog mixer. For more information on the system and how it works, please see this page: https://www.scottericpetersen.com/1204-10-29/
Read MoreLive Electronic Improvisation @ IBeam, Brooklyn NY, May 28 2011
— Improvised Jointly with Brian Kane as El MuCo Scott Petersen, laptop and electronic instruments Brian Kane, laptop and electronic instruments — This performance features custom electronic instruments and software written in SuperCollider.
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— Improvisation with Brian Kane as El MuCo Notes for the premier, March 20, 2011 Scott Petersen, laptop and electronic instruments Brian Kane, laptop and electronic instruments — In this program we work with custom-designed electronic instruments, digital signal processing, and feedback systems. We have designed a digital modular system to allow maximal configuration/reconfiguration in…
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