Orphion Ping Pong / SML: Bits + Pieces (2012)

Full video on SML Universe YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT4W0TkGy68

 

The instruments we use changes the way we play. The track was recorded and played live directly on the iPad using Orphion’s “3rds Matrix” grid.

 

The natural position of my right hand touches A4 and A#4. The natural position of my left hand touches F4 and D4. By shifting my hands a note to the left and to the top right, I get RH: F4 F#4 LH: C#4 A#3 and then RH: A#4 B4 LH: F#4 D#4.

 

The whole song are essentially repeated notes of the following

1L: D4 F4 1R: A4 A#4

2L: A#3 C#4 2R: F4 F#4

3L: D#4 F#4 3R: A#4 B4

 

I don't know what key these are in. I just play. And so while as a classically trained pianist I am conscious of the notes and key signature when I play on a conventional keyboard, Orphion’s seemingly illogical layout renders some nice experimental results which I enjoy.

 

I use the in-app recorder to record my live playing which I then email myself as an M4A file. The file is then placed into Ableton Live where I manually wrap my human-playing into something which sounds somewhat on time — though obviously the nice rubato are lost. I will work on getting something that is less machine like perhaps.

 

Then I layered some repeated tracks, and added some ping pong to the piece to give it some nuance together with some Lexicon reverb goodness. Mastered with Ozone 5 and voila.

 

24-bit 48kHz WAV download:

SML SoundCloud: sml8.it/ToyppS

 

Album: Bits + Pieces

Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080, 24fps, Progressive, 8 Mbps

Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

Length: 1 min 43 sec

Size: 14 MB

License: CCBY: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Date: 2012-12-29 (recorded) 2012-12-29 (processed)

Music: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Music

Media Production: SML Universe

Copyright: CCBY 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Music / SML Universe Limited

 

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