Trio for Cello and Digital Processor-1st part

Trio for Cello and Digital Processor plays with rhythmic hockets and explores the sonorous possibilities of the cello.

The digital processor is not intended to actually alter the cello sound in any significant way; rather, it sends the cello sound to the left and right speakers a half second and a full second later than the original acoustic sound. The resulting piece is in effect a cello trio, although it would be virtually impossible to accurately coordinate three live players to the degree required in the piece.

The piece's harmonic palette is wide; at various points references to music as diverse as Varese's Poeme Electronique and Bach's chorale Es ist genug are incorporated into the texture.
PART 2 IS AT:
youtube.com/watch?v=bSpJAvMEn3A

STEREO VERSION OF ENTIRE PIECE IS A AVAILABLE AT:
www.vimeo.com/1656195

recorded by Barry Werger,Ullanta Arts

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cello
• classical
• trio
• electronic
• processor
• delay
• tom
• flaherty

[TomFlaherty2]

Thanks!

The piece was first performed (way back in 1991) with a general purpose processor (hence the name) but it only uses a simple stereo delay. (.5 seconds left, 1.0 seconds right. Parameters never change, although the listener might suspect they do.) These days I use a small MAX/MSP patch in a laptop.

-Tom

[CelloLoop]

Wonderful! Please tell me: is the processor sth different than a delay?

Thanks

CelloLoop