Andromeda Electric Orchestra
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The Goals
The orchestra plans to achieve this with effects processors and sound effects. This will be done with the use of processors creating sounds with Delay, Chorus, and overdrive. Numerous other effects can be achieved by processing the strings, woodwinds, and even brass and percussion. The Orchestra also has at least one synthesizer and EWI’s in the orchestration. The EWI (Electric Woodwind Instrument) is similar to a keyboard synthesizer, but makes use of wind production to create the synthesized sounds. Even the percussion section has electric instruments to produce both percussive and sound effects.
AEO has a set orchestration, however there are plans to adding other instruments to specific musical pieces. These instruments include The Theremin and other non- traditional electric musical instruments.
The effects of the processing to the music
The orchestra has never been stagnate from its conception in around the Baroque Era. Each period added a new dimension. The Baroque Era was the foundations with strings and a few winds and the horn. The Classical Era expanded the woodwinds and the Romantic Era expanded the Brass. The 20th Century saw the expanding pallet of the percussion section, including the piano. The later part of the 20th Century moved even further by adding a few electric instruments, pre-taped sounds and recording. The musical pieces expanded alongside the expansion of the orchestra. So here in the 21st Century, where does the orchestral forces go? Andromeda Electric Orchestra seeks to finding this new path with electronics, electric instruments and effects. It may not be the only direction of the orchestra, but this is the vision of Alfred Surenyan.
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