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Tag: synthesizers

  • Dx7

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    Το θρυλικό Yamaha DX7 συναντά τη βυζαντινή παρασημαντική. Ένα σκίτσο του Χρίστου Μητσάκη, που αποτυπώνει με ακρίβεια τη μικροτονική φύση της βυζαντινής μουσικής και τη δυνατότητα του DX7 να την αποδώσει με καθαρότητα και χαρακτήρα. Η τεχνολογία της FM σύνθεσης και η παραδοσιακή σημειογραφία συνυπάρχουν εδώ σαν δύο γλώσσες που τελικά μιλούν το ίδιο πράγμα:…

  • Trikala music video

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    Μουσικό βίντεο. Σύνθεση ηλεκτρονικής μουσικής του Γιάννη Σπυράκη An ambient electronic composition created with the OsciLLot modular environment in Ableton Live and Arturia Pigments. Soft pulses, layered tones, and calm textures shape a minimal, atmospheric sound.

  • 13-EDO music

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    This ambient electronic composition is based on the 13-EDO music scale. The tuning introduces unfamiliar interval relationships, shaping a calm, sustained sonic space with subtle shifts in pitch and harmony.

  • Roland Gaia

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    This composition features the Roland Gaia synthesizer alongside VST instruments such as Reaktor, Diva, and Pigments. The combination of hardware and software synthesis creates a rich and evolving sound environment, blending analogue-style textures with modern digital processing.

  • Planet Earth

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    Audio Planet Earth Description A slow-moving ambient electronic music composition shaped through analogue synthesis. The composition was created using the Diva synthesizer, which offers a warm analogue sound.

  • Arturia Synthx synthesizer

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    My ambient electronic composition, created with Arturia’s Synthx, focuses on soft evolving textures and spacious atmospheric layers.

  • Μεγάλη Εβδόμαδα 2026

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    A restrained Holy Week sound study built around bell tones from Diva and the DX7. The Gaia provides the underlying pads, while the bells carry the weight and clarity of the piece—slow, deliberate, and focused.

  • Analog Piano

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    Analog Piano is an ambient electronic composition created as an experimental exploration using the J74 Progressive tool. The piece focuses on evolving harmonic textures and subtle chord movement, blending analog warmth with generative progression techniques. Through minimalism and atmospheric layering, it reflects a process-driven approach where technology and musical intuition interact fluidly.

  • Study of an impossible waveform

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    A study of a waveform that refuses to stay still.The synthesizer becomes a lens: oscillators drifting, filters bending,LFOs reshaping every contour before it can take form.Sound in continuous transformation.

  • Bells in 19-EDO

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    Ioannis Spyrakis
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    An ambient electronic composition for bells in 19-EDO with gentle rhythmic patterns articulated through percussion.