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Christian Martirano – Designsounds (sound designer)

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Christian Martirano

pH413 is proud to be working with some of the industry’s top programmers, designers, and musicians. We are working with Christian Martirano, an industry veteran serving the musical instrument manufacturing community. Mr. Martirano holds a Bachelor of the Arts in keyboard performance and composition, as well as a Master of the Arts in Teaching. He served as Director of Product Development for 12 years at Kurzweil Music Systems, a well-known synthesizer manufacturer where he was responsible for some of the most innovative synthesizers ever created.

Christian has programmed synthesizer programs for most of the major keyboard manufacturers including: Roland, Yamaha, Kurzweil, Korg, Nord, and others. He has also served as Director of International Business Development for Synthogy, creators of the industry benchmark for virtual piano recreation in software. The award winning Ivory Grand Pianos, Italian Grand, and Upright Pianos,  are recognized as the de facto in excellence. Christian programmed a special bank titled Beyond Piano; in addition, he created specialized programs and audio demos for their latest title, Upright Pianos, under the psuedonym of Ed Norton.

Christian is currently featured on many websites including Namba Gear, Clavia (Nord), M-Audio, MySpace, Sonik Matter, Electronic Musician Magazine, and his own site Designsounds. Programming instruments and computers for many Broadway shows and touring theater shows keeps him at the front of the technology.

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Christian Working at BearTracks Studio

Christian has designed a bank of combination programs for many of the most popular keyboard workstations that were designed for the worship experience. May churches and religious centers today rely on electronic keyboards for their musical worship services. As he is a choir director for St. Francis Xavier Parish in CT, and keyboardist with a worship band at the United Methodist Church also in CT, he knows what sounds are required to meet the musical demands for a wide variety of worship music ranging from classical sounds to contemporary rock and R&B faith based music. This bank of combinations was designed so that any keyboardist with minimal knowledge of electronics, could experience well-crafted multi-timbral programs such as Piano & Strings, Pipe Organ & Choir, Harpsichord & Strings as well as Rock Power Synth Layers, Power Grand Pianos, and screaming Organs used in the most contemporary worship music. Download this PDF for a complete list of the combinations. (pH413 Worship Combinations)

Christian at Right Track Studios

Most manufacturers workstations feature a single program mode and a multi-timbral mode. In single program mode, they offer a general assortment of individual instrument sounds.  They use the multi-timbral mode as a demonstration mode offering instant drum grooves and note patterns. The sound combinations are intended to show off their synthesis architecture, with little concern about whether they are useful or not. They DO NOT offer musically useful sound combinations. Many churches rely on substitute pianists when their keyboardist/organist can not make it for a service/mass. These substitutes are very intimidated and somewhat terrified by the complexity of today’s workstations. They are afraid that hitting the wrong button during the meditation might initiate a loud drum groove with hip-hop voices rapping, when they wanted to look for a piano and string combination.

This bank removes that fear by simplifying the operation of the instrument, giving confidence that the sound combinations are all refined and appropriate. The sound quality and playability of these combinations is excellent, and will make even the purest pianist or organist sound like they’ve played these instruments on a regular basis. pH413′s staff have auditioned and approved these combinations and believe this offering to be invaluable for your worship experience. Christian Martirano has programmed a soundset for your needs, as they are his needs as well.

Current keyboard workstations that are supported include:

Designsounds

• Korg M3 Expanded

• Kurzweil K2600 Series

• Yamaha Motif XS Series

• Roland Fantom X Series

Planned keyboard workstations for future support will include:

• Kurzweil PC3 Series

• Korg X50 Series

There is a reduced soundset available for the Clavia Nord Stage EX as well.

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