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Tanais Fox's 16-stribe project gets fancy

2010-03-22T09:36:00.003-04:00

Check out these images on Make Blog of Tanais Fox's drawing for a milled aluminum case to hold 16 stribe1 kits.

sound meets kit meet art

2010-03-21T07:55:00.002-04:00

Check out this beautiful pocket oscillator kit, idyllic beach not included. via Make

stretta C74 interview

2010-03-18T09:36:00.001-04:00

stretta gets some well-deserved attention. Gotta check me out (e.g. afford) this M4L thing!

Phineus + Twine

2010-03-01T12:27:00.002-05:00

<a href="http://phineus.bandcamp.com/track/midifier">midifier by phineus</a>

twine: midi files
phineus: knobs/309

some recent trax from phineus

2010-02-15T19:23:00.006-05:00

<a href="http://phineus.bandcamp.com/album/hckdmlnbllr">manimalis by phineus</a>

<a href="http://phineus.bandcamp.com/track/uphanded">uphanded by phineus</a>

<a href="http://phineus.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-circuit-man">wearethecircuitman by phineus</a>

Cymatics = Visual Sound

2010-01-31T08:09:00.001-05:00

Cymatics Scientist Says Sound is a Bubble, Not a Wave by Jodina Meehan
Check out the cool article linked above...

I've always thought of sound waves this way, but had never seem them represented like this. This is a great way to think about sound when mic'ing instruments or creating sound art.

monomnichord by Calum Scott

2010-01-23T06:56:00.000-05:00

monomnichord from Calum Scott on Vimeo.

"A max/msp patch that uses a monome 40h and a stribe to emulate a Suzuki Omnichord."

It's wonderful to see music being made with a stribe1 alongside a monome.

2010-01-02T10:10:00.000-05:00

wearethecircuitman.phineus.ep

stretta's procedures

2009-11-20T06:44:00.003-05:00

maxforlive: stepfilter from stretta on Vimeo.

stretta continues to blow my mind - this time with his monome app 'step filter' running inside Ableton Live

KORG MicroSampler

2009-11-19T11:49:00.001-05:00

A nice run-thru of features on the new bang-for-buck sampler from KORG

2009-11-08T09:17:00.002-05:00

via Anarchy Rice

Novation’s new ~~monome~~ controller in action. 3-color buttons, seamless integration with Ableton Live. Only apparent drawback is it only does MIDI via Automap mode. But at only $200! street it's definitely worth exploring.

I wonder when they're gonna make a Stribe?

Chladni form as output?

2009-10-23T18:41:00.005-04:00

Weird thought of the day:

Thinking about capturing 2D blobs and turning them into sound. What about 2D blobs made by sound?

What if you videotaped the changing design on a chladni plate and then used software to turn that video into sound?

I posted earlier about a Chladni plate powered by a speaker.

Touching the Sound

2009-10-20T10:20:00.003-04:00

Touch Loop Navigator from christian bannister on Vimeo.

Check out this great project at subcycle.org.

subcycle labs is the creative work of christian bannister a musician, designer and developer located in portland, oregon

Foxy's 16-stribe monster

2009-10-20T06:58:00.003-04:00

16-Stribe Monster from Stribe Forum member Foxy

16 Stribes will be mated to a variety of button pads. See the build log and current status here

Foxy's next challenge is getting the Max patches sorted. I'm still a bit all-thumbs with Max myself. I can probably cobble something together, but if someone has or can make an elegant solution to run 2 8-stribe Stribes (2 Arduinos) and 2+ monomes (not sure if he's going Arduinome or using monome boards), please give a shout-out on the Stribe Forum!

Monome Meet 2009

2009-10-10T06:52:00.006-04:00

video still of MakingTheNoise

I would have loved to be at this event in Princeton Oct 3 but just couldn't work it out. Hopefully there will be a next time... Some consolation is this great Vimeo page with tons of great footage: http://vimeo.com/groups/monomeetfall2009 as well as some awesome live sets!

~~I hear there were also some great live performances in the evenings so when I find some video or audio of those I'll post them here...~~

Listen: Monome-Made Music, from tehn to Daedelus
By Peter Kirn

or

Latest tracks by monomeet

phineus: Not On

2009-10-09T20:20:00.002-04:00

phineus: Not On by phineus

Stribe / Livid Concept Sketch

2009-09-27T17:43:00.001-04:00

Stribe/Livid Hybrid Concept
Borrowed the case shape from the Livid "Tactic" http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_other.php for these concept sketches

See: http://www.soundwidgets.com/2009/01/monome-40h-3-stribe1-modules-granular.html

2009-09-17T05:29:00.000-04:00

Moldover's new CD not only delivers music, it completely redefines what it means to "play an album"... Moldover's CD packaging itself IS a new musical instrument! The CD is mounted on a custom designed circuit board, intricately patterned and powering a "light-Theremin". Yes! You play the artwork and it makes sound!

Pretty dang clever!

First Industrial Stribe application

2009-09-15T09:52:00.000-04:00

from CuriousInventor.com:

TracyEvansProductions, a company that specializes in interactive tradeshow exhibits and other multimedia, has integrated Stribes into a kiosk that interactively explains the interaction of water and oil in wells for Schlumberger.

Kudos to Scott Driscoll @ Curious Inventor for making this all happen Stribe-wise!

The Drum Buddy

2009-09-09T08:27:00.000-04:00

Super-limited-edition drum gizmo - I love this thing - and the demo is too cool. I guess Laurie Anderson has one. I've thought of a similar concept but on a much larger scale, using different length rods rotating around a pole and IR triggers... anyways, check out the vids and an in-depth article at: matrixsynth. Be sure to stick out the video to the part where he brings in the scratchy record. Awesome.

Visit quintronandmisspussycat.com and freshkillsflagship.com for more info, images, & music.

Monome on Letterman

2009-09-04T16:44:00.000-04:00

At the end he asks her what it is and and pokes at the buttons and she says it's her Twitter thing. Too bad she didn't give monome.org a plug, but hey it's totally featured so...

New v of Tony B Machine

2009-08-07T08:49:00.000-04:00

It will make them boogie! Instadance-hall smackdown fun.

http://www.tony-b.org/

Stribe Duo with potentiometers, joystick

2009-07-13T10:22:00.001-04:00

Curious Inventor made a cool custom Stribe1 "Duo" with some pots and a joystick.

More here: http://soundwidgets.com/smf/index.php?topic=266.msg1030#msg1030

Chladni Plate

2009-07-11T09:02:00.000-04:00

Chladni Song by Meara O'Reilly, film by Lisa Foti-Straus

This phenomenon was known at least as far back as 1680. Ernst Chladni published his technique to demonstrate the phenomenon in 1787 (wikipedia: Ernst Chladni), using a bow against a piece of metal sprinkled with flour. Nowadays a speaker is placed under the plate to more accurately control the amplitude and pitch of the signal to be displayed. Which actual patterns appear are affected not only by the pitches and resonance, but also by how the plate is physically attached and (presumably) the location of the speaker.

Here's a good explanation: Chladni Plates

And here's how to build yer own, via Make magazine: http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol16/?pg=128