Experimental Electronic Orchestration

Part of the Orc Mod Series. Experimental electronic orchestration.

I'm amazed at what you can uncover when you use a synthesizer and a keyboard workstation like the Korg Triton. The Triton has an amazing array of sounds that are very close to an actual instrument's output. Purists will roll their eyes and snicker, but to be able to compose—or as I refer to it, de-composing—in a small space is absolutely an astounding gift to the world of music.

I experiment with different instruments and settings; sometimes reinventing a particular sound or timbre till it's no longer recognizable, or perhaps just playing it straight. I do many short pieces looking for a sound or a phrase that I like, and this is one of them. I may or may not use what I create, and often it's years down the road until I get back to them. The discovery of a phrase or sound made long ago is often a basis for inspiration and gratitude, allowing me to use new technology to create, preserve, and have access to that moment at a future date.

Can you imagine what the Masters could have done with such options?

A bit of an idea originally written in 2011. Edited in 2014, May. Presented in 2020, July.

Cover drawing by Lorna Tiefholz