ESP System
(Extended Sitar Performance System)

©1998 Tim White

The ESP system expands the range of the traditional sitar using traditional
sitar techniques to control analog and digital electronic music processes.

Currently the system consists of:

Hardware (roughly in order of connection starting at the sitar)

1) Roland RK-2A Hex pick-up (attached to the bridge of a traditional sitar with a made plate)
2) Roland GI-10 (midi to pitch converter)
3) Home-made cv-to-MIDI converter
4) MPU-104 midi input selector
5) Opcode Professional Plus MIDI interface
6) Power Macintosh 8500
7) MPU-105 midi output selector
8) TX7, TX81Z, M1, Mirage, SPX-90, Disklavier, Niche (and any gear I can get my hands on)
9) Home-made QUAD box (works in conjunction with two Niche modules and a MAX patch)

Software for the ESP has been developed using the following:

1) Opcode's Max (an interactive graphic programming environment)
2) HMSL
3) Grain Wave (Mike Berry)