I've been neglecting my musical experiments for too long. My Yamaha Motif 8 is about 9 years old, and my last copy of MOTU Digital Performer is on a computer that died in 2007 or so. In the past, I found that immersing myself in wave forms and playing around with sound synthesis was quite relaxing. I miss it.
Since I'm not a performing musician, I told myself not to trouble with researching electronic keyboard/workstations and fancy software. The practical thing to do is to stick with Garage Band to give life to the musical ideas that pop into my head. I've played with music-making on my iPhone and iPad, hoping it would dampen my electronic music urge, but wasn't quite right.
What to do? I still am not sure what I will do. However, a link from a tweet by the Tornado Twins caught my eye today. It led me to a short video that put me back into the music-creating groove. Even if you aren't into music technology or electronic music, you might enjoy the opportunity to view musical creation visualized in the video, and appreciate the enthusiasm of the twin.
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I plan to devote periodic posts to music technology in the future a bit more frequently than in the past. It is a topic that is dear to my heart.
A little "history":
In the early 1990's, I bought an Ensonic KS-32 weighted-action keyboard. I was exasperated by the 250-page manual that came with my keyboard. It was time to upgrade the computer, so I got a Mac Performa 600 CD, and purchased the very first version of MOTU's FreeStyle software to ease the music creation process. I have been pleased with all of my MOTU products over the years, as well as the excellent tech support.
MOTU Freestyle Sequencing Software (review)
Mike Collins, Sound on Sound, 1995
