FilSynth explores the Philippines' cultural evolution between colonization and modernity. Sounds and melodies are presented through a custom-designed synthesizer composed of a series of unique sounds each representing a significant local narrative.
The FilSynth serves as a versatile tool, inviting musicians, designers, and creatives alike to weave together a symphony of significant objects, instruments, and people in order to produce Original Pilipino Music (OPM) that encapsulates the essence of Filipino identity.
Through this innovative synthesis of technology and tradition, FilSynth not only preserves Filipino heritage, but also evokes a profound understanding of what it means to be a Filipino, both in the past, and in the ever-evolving landscape of the future.
Sonic Legacy in the Philippines
Process:
The Filsynth publication features all the series of what Filsynth offers to the users. It includes process of how the recordings were made, objects used, sampling, plug in showcase, and the lyrics for the sample music video included in the pack.
Filsynth Series:Volume 1
Filsynth:Publication
The Filsynth publication features all the series of what Filsynth offers to the users. It includes process of how the recordings were made, objects used, sampling, plug in showcase, and the lyrics for the sample music video included in the pack.
Filsynth:Synthpad
A custom made launchpad with 9 buttons that have different colors representing their own narrative and the object/instrument the user wants to play with.
Filsynth:Sample Pack
A sample pack that can be extracted and opened using Ableton, or other music editing/mixing programs. It will also provide a VST plugin that uses specific effects used to manipulate the objects and instruments. It can be manipulated by the users if they wish to or make their own sounds.
Filsynth:VST Plug-in
A plug in that uses effects that were used to create the sample mix/pack sounds. These effects can be manipulated and changed based on the parameters the users wants.
Filsynth:Sample Music Video/Mix
A sample mix and musc video is included in the pack that showcases how these specific sounds from the sample pack are mixed and used to create a song. Lyrics are included within the Filsynth Publication.
Additional Plugins:
To create specific graphics similar to the music video, an additional plugin is downloaded. Ebosuite allows multiple videos and graphics to be combined and layered to create the effect.
Users would need to replace their midi tracks with the sample videos for the music video mix and manipulate them based on the effects that they want to create when making the video.
