This is the continuation of this and this post after yet another year of practice. All tracks are real-time compositions (i.e. musical improvisation) played in 2024 at my home studio. It’s just me, and all you hear is played live with no overdups (here is a video where you can see how this works; note that I play the drums with my feet and the...
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This is the continuation of this post after a year of practice, and I’m just beginning. Here is the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa). These are all real-time compositions (i.e. musical improvisation) played on April 2023 and later at my home studio. It’s just me, and all you hear is played live with no overdups (here is a...
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Welcome to my new new toy. It’s an M1 Mac mini running MainStage with a couple of great plug-ins such as Trilian, EZ Drummer, Pianoteq and Ample Guitar L and LP. After a bit of experimenting around I was finally able to create a decent setup with MainStage, so that I can play the bass on the lower part of the Motif keyboard, the piano on the upper part, and the...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on December 29th 2019 at Rochus’ home studio. Beat Föllmi: VoiceLive, Solo Synth, Organ, PianoRochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Brasses, E-Piano, Guitar, Foot Drums) Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa): Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track...
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VerilogCreator is a QtCreator plugin. It turns QtCreator into a Verilog 2005 IDE. The plugin is still work in progress, but it already has enough functionality to analyze existing code bases or to develop new code. The current version supports Verilog 2005 syntax checking/coloring and semantic code navigation/highlighting; there are build configurations for...
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FlowLine2 is a modelling tool supporting Functional Analysis and Business Process Modelling using Event-driven process chain (EPC) syntax with BPMN extensions (instead of Functional Flow Block Diagrams). It also integrates an outliner with cross-link capabilities, Lua scripting and a full text database with built-in search engine. Here a selection of relevant literature...
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WorkTree is a project planning and analysis tool supporting the Critical Path Method (CPM), the Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) as well as the Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS) concept. It also integrates an outliner with cross-link capabilities, Lua scripting and a full text database with built-in search engine. Here a selection of relevant...
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CrossLine is an outliner with sophisticated cross-link capabilities in the tradition of the well-respected  Ecco Pro. It implements the concept of “Transclusion” proposed by Ted Nelson and – among others – implemented in the legendary Objectory SE tool by Ivar Jacobson. It is also a full text database with built-in search engine. An outliner (or...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on December 30th 2014 at Percussion Atelier. Roli von Flüe: Tenor Sax, Bass & Alto Clarinet Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Pianos, Guitars) This is the second session of Roli, Beat and Rochus in 24 years! That’s plug and play indeed 😉 Here’s the music...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on August 22th 2014 at Percussion Atelier. Beat Föllmi: Percussion, Balaphon, Drums, Organ, Echo Rochus Keller: Piano, Shruti Box, Organ, Mini Marimba, Slonding Chandra Ndugu Family: Voices Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on July 31th 2014 at Rochus’ studio. Gregor Müller: Piano, E-Piano, Synth, Guitar, Bass Rochus Keller: Bass, E-Piano, Big Band, Guitar, Foot Drums Guaranteed no acoustic instruments, even if you hear some 😉 – no overdups or retakes aswell. Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on June 19th 2014 at Rochus’ studio. Christine Kessler: Alto Sax Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Brasses, E-Piano, Guitar, Organ, Foot Drums) This is the second session of Christine and Rochus as a duo (see also the first session). Again we didn’t make use of any compositions, arrangements or agreements but instead...
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Real-time composition (i.e. musical improvisation) on February 12th 2014 at Rochus’ studio. Christine Kessler: Soprano & Alto Sax, Flute Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Pianos, Guitar, Foot Drums) This is the first session of Christine and Rochus as a duo. We didn’t make use of any compositions, arrangements or agreements but instead spontaneously played out...
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We’re being heard – even more! According to Webalizer, ~312 Gigabytes have been downloaded during the whole year 2013; this is twice as much as in 2012. Here’s the one year Webalizer statistics (January to December 2013): From July to December 2013 ~200 Gigabytes or ~33’000 songs have been downloaded in total; thereof 29’300 downloads are...
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Real-time composition on November 30th 2013 at Percussion Atelier. Christine Kessler: Glasharfe, Sax, Flöte, Säge, Obertongesang Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion, Hang Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Pianos, Guitars, Foot Drums) Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa): Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 And...
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Real-time composition on September 6th 2013 at Percussion Atelier. Simone Baumann: Voice, Piano Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion, Voice Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Piano, Guitar, Foot Percussion) Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa): Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 And here are some pictures: [Show as...
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Real-time composition on August 9th 2013 at Percussion Atelier. Luis Paulo Alves Oliveira: Drums, Percussion Simone Baumann: Voice, Piano, Percussion Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Guitar, Pianos, Brass, Foot Drums) Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa): Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track...
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Real-time composition on May 31th 2013 at Percussion Atelier. Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion Rochus Keller: Keys (Bass, Guitar, Pianos, Brass, Foot Drums) Bebi Tulu Watoto: Voices Here’s the music (License: Creative Commons by-nc-sa): Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Here are some other tracks we played on September 9th...
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And yet again for something completely different 😉 I’d like to introduce my new toy: the VoiceLive 2 by TC HELICON. This tool is just amazing. If you start to play around with it the day is over like nothing. Again I play the bass with my left hand, the keyboards with my right hand, which also controls the harmonics of the VoiceLive, and the drums with my feet;...
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