Greg Wilder

Tag: studio

  • Doctor Body

    Doctor Body

    Doctor Body is a place for musical experimentation, boundary exploration, and live performance expression.

    It’s an ongoing musical collaboration between myself and Alison Wilder. Key to the process is this: everything we produce is handled/managed by each of us multiple times.

    The result is always something neither one of us would (or could) create. Eventually we find our way to an agreeable place and allow each other space to contribute what we wish. And the more we do it, the more comfortable we become in what is often an uncertain journey.

    … or said in a very different way …

    “Doctor Body will not help you to relive the warm glow of youthful love, or to remember how you danced on your wedding night, or be the soundtrack to your breakup.”

    Your millage may vary.

  • 2 Channels Deep

    2 Channels Deep

    Last March I reconfigured the studio to accommodate a wide 4 channel stereo speaker setup.

    I began developing several projects for this front-facing semi-circle, but found they translated horribly when condensed to stereo. Ironically, this was a sign that they were conceived well, but I found it frustrating that they weren’t portable.

    Happily, this March brought with it several studio upgrades along with a return to stereo monitoring.

    Doepfer LMK4+

    In anticipation of future live performances, I upgraded my master controller from the Roland RD-700GX to the Doepfer LMK4+ (TP/40GH).

    Happy fingers. But by far the biggest studio upgrade involved the bits that make the air move — the speakers.

    Adam S2V

    Great googily moogily.

    When I first powered on these Adam S2Vs I couldn’t pull away for hours. They are a miracle of engineering and a revelation for any willing pair of ears.

  • 4 Channels Wide

    4 Channels Wide

    I spent the last three weeks in Florida working with a 10-speaker dome configuration. But for reasons both musical and practical, I won’t be adopting the dome in my current workflow. At least not today…

    Some of my requirements that prohibit use of the dome include:

    • ease in travel and setup
    • flexibility in performance
    • sharing and distribution (i.e. web playback)

    But most of all, the dome seems best suited to aesthetically-focused acousmatic music. By contrast, the music I create relies heavily on creating the illusion of real acoustic instruments and is otherwise deeply rooted in our vast musical heritage.

    That said, the dome has inspired a few important changes to my studio. Specifically, I’ve expanded the available stereo image with two additional speakers placed roughly at three and nine o’clock.

    I suspect that a more detailed multi-channel image originating from the concert stage can overcome the aforementioned obstacles while providing the desired benefits. So far, my studio experiments have been very promising, but I’ll need to develop some repertoire and try it out in real performance spaces to know for sure…