Preparation 2 creates a virtual world of augmented strings using our latest physical modelling techniques. Two strings collide with a rattle and a dynamic fret to deliver a rich palette of acoustic timbres, from unique instruments to experimental soundscapes.
Preparation is a physical modelling instrument based on nonlinear models of strings and collisions. Physical modelling of prepared strings Preparation is based on mathematical modelling of 2 basic elements; strings which can be configured as bars, and a rattling element. Each voice has a pair of strings connected by a rattle that reacts to the vibrations at each end. This uses the latest research in collision modelling to calculate the acoustic system in real-time. The strings have parameters for nonlinearity, inharmonicity, sustain and tone. The rattle has controls for the mass at each end, the gap from the strings, the stiffness, edginess, strength and its position. A low shelf EQ, overdrive and reverb units complete the signal chain, giving a wide range of sounds from cutting leads to epic soundscapes. See this tutorial post for further details.
Enter a sonic imaginarium where hard physics meets soft synth processing. Modus is a virtual world of conceptual instruments, modelled with cutting edge physical behaviours and acoustic properties.
Ready to expand your blues fingerstyle skills? In this eight-lesson video course, you’ll learn several great-sounding fingerpicking arrangements of well-known songs, such as “St. James Infirmary,” “Beale Street Blues,” “St. Louis Blues,” and more. In each lesson, you’ll gain valuable skills like thumb-finger right-hand independence, chord inversions, chromatic passing tones/chords, 6ths riffs, among others. By the time you’re through with the course, you’ll not only have several pieces added to your repertoire, but you’ll have sharpen you fingerpicking skills in general. These videos are designed for the late beginner-early intermediate player looking to improve their fingerstyle skills and learn some great tunes in the process. The course begins with several lessons from acoustic guitar wiz Gabe Andrews, the first of which is “St. James Infirmary.” Gabe shares a fairly bare-bones arrangement of this piece in D minor to get you started, which is comprised of only a steady bass and melody. Then it’s on to “Beale Street Blues,” which expands upon the bass/melody approach by adding more movement in both voices.
Ahead of a brilliant new album landing in September, we have the fabulous FAITHLESS on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound, and we’re combining the issue with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring two almighty groovy tracks remixed by the band’s co-founder Sister Bliss. We think this is one of the most uplifting records we’ve ever released. Bliss and her production partner Rollo have called the album ‘Champion Sound’ and it sees Faithless stepping back into the limelight following the death of their singer Maxi Jazz in 2022. It’s been a very emotional time for the pair, as they note in our in-depth interview, but they have now crafted what is probably the best Faithless long-player since ‘Reverence’, their 1996 debut. The vinyl version is a double set, with the tracks on each of the four sides seamlessly sequenced into exhilarating sonic stories. The lyrics are sharp too, as we’ve come to expect from a group that’s never been afraid to balance the hedonism of club hits like ‘Insomnia’ and ‘God Is A DJ’ with some deep and serious thinking.
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