El Dinosaurio Habla

2007, 8 channels

“El Dinosaurio Habla” is a piece for analog synthesizer and computer processing. The analog synthesizer is “El Dinosaurio”, an custom patchcord programmable analog synth designed and built from scratch in 1980/1981. The synth has been recently renovated to working order after 20 years of silence. A new module has been added that enables it to be controlled by MIDI from external keyboards and computers. The piece revolves around the SooperLooper open source program, a multiple looper inspired in the Lexicon family of hardware loopers. A total of 16 stereo loops are gradually filled with materials originated in real time in the synthesizer and textures are created, changed and destroyed as the piece evolves. The loops are rendered through 8 channel sound that surrounds the audience.

Performances

• LAC2008 (Linux Audio Conference 2008), Cologne, Germany, MArch 1st 2008
• CCRMA Modulations 2007, CellSpace, November 30th 2007
• CCRMA Fall Concert 2007, The Stage, November 9th 2007 (premiere)

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano

Composer, performer, lecturer and computer systems administrator at CCRMA, Stanford University

Quick Links

El Dinosaurio
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Music & Performances

Of Dinosaurs and Other Creatures
The Well Modulated Dinosaur
The Love Songs of Flying Dinosaurs
El PianoSaurio
Dinosaur He[a]rd!
Wings
Resurrections
Pia[NOT] Etude
The Miraculous Multiplication of Strings
Y Sonó Como Arpa Vieja
Un Esqueleto en la Cocina
The Hidden and Mysterious Machinery of Sound
Modulate me, please?
Space, S[acred|ecular]
Vox Voxel
Toast and Jam
Divertimento de Cocina
Velvet Skin, Heart of Steel
Fugue 1 (Fanfare)
Jurassic Modulations
Earth Songs
Dinosaur Skin
A Very Fractal Cat, Somewhat T[h]rilled
65 Second Bycicle
The Dinosaur At War
Exit Variations
El Dinosaurio Habla
Kitchen <-> Miniature(s)
Instant Knoll
iICEsCcRrEeAaMm
House of Mirrors
With Room to Grow
Knock knock, anybody there?
Three Dreams
Espresso Machine II
Hot'n Cold
Quest