That’s it! Airteq has truly touched your soul!
You are diving into a long-standing musical tradition. On the instrumental side, there's the programmatic music of the 19th century, preceded by the descriptive music of the French Baroque masters. On the electronic side, you have the French musique concrète, which evolved into what we now call acousmatique (though nowadays, due to Anglo-Saxon influence, people use the term "cinematic" a lot), as well as the very German tradition of Hörspiel, or radio drama.
Making music with extra-musical elements is incredibly inspiring, telling a story beyond the music itself, even if we ultimately choose to keep the plot hidden, as so many of us do.
Airteq, with its highly organic foundation, deeply tied to something material and acoustic rather than electronic, is perfect for this. In fact, electronic music in this vein (electroacoustic, acousmatic, or whatever you want to call it) usually relies very little on synthesis, if at all. Instead, it uses mostly or entirely field recordings and post-processing, precisely because it seeks that organic feel.
Congratulations! Hopefully, we'll see more examples like this around here so we can break away from the standards that are already everywhere.
Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:jmanrique wrote:Indeed, it’s hard to understand Airteq's purpose, especially compared to the other two products from the same company, which are completely self-explanatory. Airteq seems geared towards production, sound design, etc., more for people into electronic, experimental music, or soundtracks.
I was in the open beta, and the same thing happened to me at first. Given the name, I expected it to be something along the lines of Modartt: a simulation of aerophones, like the ones by SWAM, for example. But it wasn’t, and it took me a while to get my head around that concept of an organ with LFOs and envelopes.
Now, though, I think it does have its place in that 'cinematic' world, as they call it nowadays, and in more experimental electronics (not EDM, of course).
navindra wrote:Organteq has a very clear target audience. What exactly is the target audience for Airteq?
I guess Airteq is more targeting Hans Zimmer or A. R. Rahman than a normal user.
I find it maddening to use personally.
"It's hard to understand Airteq's purpose....."
It is clear to me that Airteq isn't for everyone. It is not a "normal instrument." Not for everyone.
And when I read Modartt's explanation (the "why" or "how" from the ground up):
”Airteq is not a sample library and not a traditional synthesizer. It generates sound in real time from a physical model of air flowing through virtual pipes”
”For composers, sound designers and musicians looking for organic movement, physical variability and evolving acoustic-like textures.”
I got a question:
Would you recommend Airteq to everyone? I answered: "No, not to everyone." After using it was easy to say.
I have several recordings in Recordings featuring Modartt's software.
Here is my new recording, as an example.
Airteq. A Fantasy Story.
Accidents happen so easily. Alarm bells are ringing; no help is coming. In the end, not even a call for help gets through. Sad. More and more windows are breaking...
As Modartt say: "For cinematic atmospheres and expressive sonic exploration".
Please use headphones.
https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=13532
All the best, everyone
Stig
