Social Distance II with Corrector Records Live Stream

Posted on March 29, 2020 by John C.S. Keston

Saturday, March 28, 2020 I had the privilege of performing a solo, electronic, live-streaming set for Social Distance II with Corrector Records. I played first followed by live coder Mike Hodnick AKA Kindohm, and Carl Fisk AKA Mount Curve. The series aims to fill a void left by the lack of live concerts while raising funds to help support artists who are struggling financially.

Fortunately the bulk of my income is from teaching at a university (now entirely online), but many of my musical mates rely on performing almost daily to make ends meet. Due to lockdowns and gig cancellations for preventing the spread of COVID-19 they are making little to no income. Please help support artists in need at https://www.givemn.org/story/Epf3ag. If you are an artist in need of assistance apply for funds at https://springboardforthearts.org/additional-resources/personal-emergency-relief-fund/.

My set was improvised using the Sequential Prophet REV2 with realtime, generative sound design handled by an application I recently released titled REV2 Degrader™. I also played Rhodes electric piano and processed and looped things with the Korg KP3+, and Moog Minifooger Delay.

REV2 Degrader™ Demo Video

Posted on March 3, 2020 by John C.S. Keston

This video demonstrates a few of the features in REV2 Degrader™. Please visit the following links to purchase REV2 Degrader or read the documentation:

https://audiocookbook.org/rev2-patch-degrader/
https://audiocookbook.org/rev2-degrader-documentation/

REV2 Degrader™ Available for Pre-order

Posted on February 23, 2020 by John C.S. Keston

The software I used to design the AudioCookbook REV2 Experimental Patch Bank has been refined and developed into a standalone application titled, REV2 Degrader™. It is currently in beta and will be available in early March, 2020. If you’re interested in getting a head start a pre-order page is available. Currently Mac OS is supported and a Windows version is planned. Demo videos are also coming soon.

Video: REV2 Patch Degrader Demo & Sounds

Posted on February 26, 2019 by John C.S. Keston

This video describes and demonstrates the device I designed to create most of the patches in the REV2 Experimental Sound Set available here on AudioCookbook.org:

https://audiocookbook.org/prophet-rev2-patch-set/

I am hoping to make it available sometime in the next few months if I can gage enough interest for a release. To hear five minutes of just the patches (no talking) please skip to 9:56. Also a complete playlist of all 128 patches is available on SoundCloud:

Prophet Rev2 Experimental Patch Bank Now Available

Posted on February 10, 2019 by John C.S. Keston

Since November of 2018 I have been working on developing a collection of experimental patches for the Sequential Prophet Rev2. This was a ton of work, partially because I developed a custom Max for Live device specifically to explore more experimental soundscapes but well worth it. I am quite happy with the results and have made the patches available for purchase here on AudioCookbook.org. Checkout all 128 patches in this playlist or have a listen to a few of my favorites below.