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O lucidissima

from formatBk by Ryan Patrick Maguire

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For many years, I used a Yamaha RM1x Sequence
Remixer to create electro-acoustic music until, in 2008, the machine mysteriously shut down. After
many failed attempts at repair, it was retired to a quiet closet shelf. This past summer, I came across the
forgotten sequencer and decided to bring it to school with me and attempt, again, to fix it. Happily, I
was successful and reclaimed hours of music I had previously composed and stored on the machine.

Shortly thereafter, I began sifting through and cataloguing this rediscovered material. Around the same
time, I started work on another project in which I intended to explore the use of granular synthesis. As I
shifted back and forth between recording granular synthesis improvisations and uncovering unfinished
projects on the RM1x, the two projects became one.

After quite some work, I came to feel that the piece needed a soprano voice. Selecting the mode and
tempo necessary to fit in with the material I already had, I sought out recordings of Medieval music for
solo voice. Originally planning to use these examples as a guide to composing a new melody, I
discovered a recording of a lengthy Hildegard von Bingen chant that fit exactly the mode and
tempo requirements of my piece. I used
SPEAR to analyze, resynthesize, and digitally alter the chant- the results of which provided the
finishing touches, and the title, for this piece.

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from formatBk, track released November 7, 2011
Tapestry / Hildegard von Bingen

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Ryan Patrick Maguire Chicago, Illinois

RPM is an audiovisualist searching for signals in static.


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