replatrage
for bassoon and 2-channel computer-generated tape
Michael Hamman
NEUMA 450-99
Neuma Records
71 Maple Street
Acton, MA 01729
USA
PROGRAM NOTE
The bassoon is made from some wood and metal parts. Together these form
a resonant tube, a collection of precisely placed remote-control switches,
and a lip-controller. These components, taken together, generate particular
acoustic behaviors. Replatrage concerns a framework for the
differentiation of the instrument's technologies while urgently attempting
to cancel its "literature."
All the sounds on the tape result from computer-assisted transformations
of recorded bassoon sounds using a software system based on phase
vocoder analysis/resynthesis written by the composer.
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