It's been a while since my last Lo-Fi Orchestra performance, so today I thought I'd do something special. If you follow my blog, you might know I quite like contemporary ideas in music. I implemented Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood on relays and have experimented with phasing in relays, sequences and more recently … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – 4’33”
Category: Lo-Fi Orchestra
The Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer
I've had a few queries asking what some of the different sections of the Lo-Fi Orchestra are and whilst there is a bit of explanation in the post Introducing the Arduino Lo-Fi Orchestra! it doesn't really break down the projects in an easy to see way. And the orchestra as grown a little since then … Continue reading The Lo-Fi Orchestra Explainer
Lo-Fi Orchestra – John Miles Music
The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents this performance of "Music" by John Miles. "Music was my first love, and it will be my last.Music of the future, and music of the past. To live without my music, would be impossible to do.In this world of troubles, my music pulls me through." -- John Miles (1947-2021) … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – John Miles Music
The Electric Lo-Fi Orchestra Concerto for a Rainy Day
The Electric Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the Electric Light Orchestra's Concerto for a Rainy Day. Every since doing my Lo-Fi Orchestra Mr Blue Sky I wanted to complete the whole Concerto, and here we are: Standin' in the Rain Big Wheels Summer and Lightning Mr. Blue Sky Featuring 11 Arduino Nanos, 6 Arduino Unos, 1 Arduino … Continue reading The Electric Lo-Fi Orchestra Concerto for a Rainy Day
Lo-Fi Orchestra – Fanfare for the Common Man
Here is another piece for my Arduino tones- Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. This is scored for four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum and tam-tam. The Arduino tones provide the brass. The VS1053 provides the timpani and bass drum, but the tam-tam was a bit problematic. Eventually I decided … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Fanfare for the Common Man
Lo-Fi Orchestra – Janacek Sinfonietta
I've been thinking about other things I could play on my Arduino tones and they seem particularly suited to fanfares, so here is the opening movement of Janacek's Sinfonietta. For details of the projects used in this performance: Arduino Tone One Year On! Arduino MIDI VS1003 or VS1053 Synth https://youtu.be/BroTjZgu1Bs All music rights and copyright … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Janacek Sinfonietta
The Complete Lo-Fi Planets
Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presentation of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite is now complete. The original Lo-Fi Orchestra project started off as an attempt to bring a range of my "Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects" together to "perform" a single piece. After a number of initial performances, I decided to take the … Continue reading The Complete Lo-Fi Planets
Lo-Fi Orchestra – Neptune from The Planets
Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the final piece, Neptune, from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This features the Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and LEDs on the celesta, the Arduino MIDI VS1053 Synth as the 'harp', and the Raspberry Pi, Clumsy MIDI and MT32-Pi using the Fluidsynth soundscape as the voices. This has been programmed … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Neptune from The Planets
Lo-Fi Orchestra – Uranus from The Planets
Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Uranus from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This is using the same Lo-Fi Orchestra setup as Jupiter, which is detailed in full here, but you can listen out for the MT32-Pi on timpani once again, the Adafruit feather on xylophone, and heavy use of the PWM and … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Uranus from The Planets
Lo-Fi Orchestra – Dance of the Knights
The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the Dance of the Knights (also known as "Montagues and Capulets") from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. Some of this was taken from the MIDI file sequenced by George Pollen. https://youtu.be/BvLWuo4fulY All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin
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