Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mercury from The Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Mercury from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This video features the Arduino Multi Mozzi String Synth quite heavily with the Arduino PWM MIDI Synthesis with Mozzi for most of the quadruplet runs in the flutes. The Arduino MIDI VS1053 Synth gives us the harp and the Adafruit Feather MIDI, Music and … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mercury from The Planets →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Procession of the Nobles

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the Procession of the Nobles from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera-ballet Mlada. This is a piece that I really don't hear played very much, but has a lot of appeal to me. This really features the quartet of the Arduino MIDI Multi-Tone Module on the brass fanfares. This has been programmed in from scratch … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Procession of the Nobles →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Venus from The Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Venus from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This features the Arduino MIDI R2R Digital Audio for the soft opening and the Arduino MIDI VS1053 Synth with a guitar sound as the "harp" and later the celeste. This performance really starts to show the limitations of the Lo-Fi approach to … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Venus from The Planets →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Those Magnificent Men (in their flying machines)

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the theme from the 1965 film "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" by Ron Goodwin. This is an arrangement originally for brass band, but unfortunately I've not been able to find the original arranger's name. https://youtu.be/gtHRl80DfFs All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Those Magnificent Men (in their flying machines) →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mars from The Planets

Inspired by the legendary Tomita, the Lo-Fi Orchestra presents Mars from Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. This features Arduino Mozzi FM Synthesis for the low, opening tune in homage to Tomita's amazing electronic rendition of Holst's masterpiece, and the distinctive 5/4 rhythm is emphasized using the Arduino relays. This has been programmed in from scratch from … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – Mars from The Planets →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Palladio

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the first movement from Karl Jenkins' Palladio. This feature the Lo-Fi Orchestra string section with additional support from the Arduino tones. https://youtu.be/uIQ-oXkDCyk All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin

Lo-Fi Orchestra – Carol Symphony Mvt III

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents the third movement from Victor Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony, as featured in the BBC's 1980s TV adaptation of John Masefield's "The Box of Delights". https://youtu.be/pX6G2a1NNFc All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin

Lo-Fi Orchestra – The Liberty Bell

The Lo-Fi Orchestra presents John Philip Sousa's The Liberty Bell. Adapted from a MIDI file by Scott Anderson obtained from https://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/. https://youtu.be/KLB42PPbZdU All music rights and copyright with original authors, composers, producers, artists, and so on. Kevin

Auduino Granular Synthesis – Part 2

After having an initial look at the Auduino project, I was very interested in finding out more about how it worked, but the Internet seems somewhat mute on the subject and I've not found any information from the original author. If you know of such a link, be sure to let me know (at the … Continue reading Auduino Granular Synthesis – Part 2 →

Lo-Fi Orchestra – 1812 Overture Finale

In celebration of this being the 100th post on this blog, the Lo-Fi Orchestra is proud to present the finale from Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Utilising elements of the MIDI file by Scott P. Anderson from Classical musical midi composers biography free classical midi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNIXccdZGl0&feature=youtu.be Featuring the full line-up from the Lo-Fi Orchestra with extra special … Continue reading Lo-Fi Orchestra – 1812 Overture Finale →