Heavy Rotations (2019) is a technical concept for a live electronic improvisation, relying on the use of time-code vinyl for the integrated control of spatialization and modular synthesizers. This strong connection between spatial and timbral parameters results in an enhanced spatialization experience. Heavy Rotations is composed for the EOC, using 8 modular systems and two turntables.

Technical Concept

The concept is based on an adopted version of the free timecode vinyl software xwax, as well as Puredata and SuperCollider. PD is used to generate LFO signals, which are sent to the modular systems as control voltages (CV). These CV signals are patched to timbral parameters on the systems by the musicians. The synth outputs are afterwards processed with a final VCA stage in SuperCollider and finally spatialized.