Re: AphexTwin

I believe he uses some mac gui software, can't remeber the name, but it
allows you to manipulate the spectral data and triggering and whatnot
through a paint program like gui, is it koan or something? I'm sure he
uses a lot of different things, but from what I heard he was also
performing live, and doing a lot with this particular mac software.



On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Paul Barrett wrote:

> hi,
> 
> > I always thought that Aphex Twin, somehow, composed his
> > crazy rhythm structures using CSound.  Perhaps these were
> > just music geek rumors.
> 
> they may have been rumours, they may not have.  A lot of
> what is said about him is true, and a lot isn't.
> 
> I think he did/does use csound and similar ( I know
> Autechre do use Max/MSP. )
> he also afaik built his own synths and used other stuff.
> 
> you do not need something like csound to do drums like he
> does.  you could probably do it in any wave editor or any
> sequencer.
> 
> > Any idea how the hell he
> > seemlessly manipulates his drums?
> 
> I'm not at all sure what you mean by "seamlessly
> manipulates."
> 
> He has all sorts of processing tricks, I am sure.
> 
> I know his music very well and own lots of it, so if there
> are particular examples of what you're looking for, give me
> the track name, and time in the track if applicable, I will
> take a listen tonight and see if I can intuit what I think
> he might be doing.
> 
> I suspect that as with most interesting percussion
> (including that of live drummers) it has to do with
> attention to detail combined with experimentation.  I don't
> think there is anything mystical or even necessarily highly
> complex going on.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Paul
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