Les Chemins de Traverse

Premier jour de l'Académie La Côte 2023. Masterclasses, conférence sur la lutherie augmentée (changée in english au dernier moment!), introduction aux ateliers de la semaine: une journée riche en rencontres et en échanges. La semaine s'annonce intense et très positive!

Arrivée à Nyon (VD/CH) à la veille du début de l'Académie La Côte. Nous sommes (presque!) prêts pour l'accueil des étudiants.

(This news is part of the Harpejji solo project)

When I play the harpejji, I usually run the bass side through an equalizer to get a more balanced sound over the whole instrument. Then I've got some reverb and, from time to time, a couple of effects. I've been doing it through my usual gig rig, with a laptop and a rack with a big sound interface, a reverb unit, a mixer... It works very well, but it makes moving the whole thing quite tiresome.

I've got this bela board sleeping on a shelf... wouldn't it be cool if I could use it as a very portable DIY FX box?

However, after some exploration, it seems pyo doesn't work any more on the bela, and I don't want to develop a whole new processing chain with a new tool. I guess I'll have to find another way to do it...

(This news is part of the Harpejji solo project)

When I bought my harpejji back in 2013, the only available case was a very sturdy, but also very heavy, flight case. That doesn't encourage carrying the instrument around. So I decided to purchase a soft case with backpack strap so that it gets easier to take it with me for a rehearsal or a gig. As it happens, the Mono Vertigo Keyboard 61 Case fits the instrument perfectly!

Après un passage à l'Atelier des Carrels où ils ont notamment entendu Le Dragon Ivre (extrait de Dragonfly), des élèves de 3H (environ 7 ans) ont dessiné et écrit ce qu'ils ont entendu. Quel cadeau de bénéficier de leur regard neuf sur notre musique!