Reconnections: Emulation, Aesthetics & The Modular Synthesiser

O Connor DN. Reconnections: Emulation, Aesthetics & The Modular Synthesiser. In: AES Convention 154. Audio Engineering Society; 2023. Paper 107. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22079

@inproceedings{OConnor2023_22079,
  author = {O Connor, Dr. Neil},
  title = {{Reconnections: Emulation, Aesthetics \& The Modular Synthesiser}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 154},
  note = {Paper 107},
  year = {2023},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22079}
}

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AB  - Physicality is a key component of the synthesizer yet traditional protocols such as MIDI and programme banks / pre-sets provide a somewhat restricted exploration of sound. Musical interfaces such as the Modular Synthesizer (MS) allow for far more interaction and can produce a more unrestrained sense of sonic exploration approach to electronic music making. This paper considers the modular synthesiser as a conduit, as a reconnection to electronic musical instruments, interfaces and approaches of the past. The paper shed light on ‘Phonogene’ (1954), a multi-headed tape instrument, used by both Pierre Schaeffer and Iannis Xenakis at Radio France (GRM) during the late 1950s. Considered and discussed in parallel, Make Noise’s ‘Morphagene’, a modular synthesizer module, one utilised extensively by the author, which emulates the processes and aesthetics originally developed via the ‘Phonogene’.
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