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Phineus + Twine

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:27:00 +0000

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

twine: midi files
phineus: knobs/309

some recent trax from phineus

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:23:00 +0000

<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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:09:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:56:00 +0000

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.

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:10:00 +0000

wearethecircuitman.phineus.ep

stretta's procedures

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:44:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:17:00 +0000

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?

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:41:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:20:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:58:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:52:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:20:00 +0000

phineus: Not On by phineus

Stribe / Livid Concept Sketch

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:43:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:29:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:52:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:27:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:44:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:49:00 +0000

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

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

Stribe Duo with potentiometers, joystick

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:22:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:02:00 +0000

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

New Stribe Goodies from Curious Inventor

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:04:00 +0000

Double: http://curiousinventor.com/store/product/292

Quad: http://curiousinventor.com/store/product/293

Shield: http://curiousinventor.com/store/product/290

Scott has been hard at work designing and making a simple system to connect multiple stribe kits together. The system includes a purpose-built shield that integrates a multiplexing circuit to use 12 sensors with the Arduino's 6 ADCs.

Curtis Roads and Granular Synthesis

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:00 +0000

Nice little vid series re: Curtis Roads and Granular Synthesis

'MOTHERBOARD - THE GRANULAR SYNTHESIS OF CURTIS ROADS'
from VBS.TV

My favorite part is where he compares granular synthesis to landscaping.

monomecontrol Max objects

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:12:00 +0000

A collection of abstractions created by James Drake in Max/MSP 5, used to build monome interfaces.

Discussion here: http://post.monome.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=4478

Time to get working on some stribecontrol objects!

low cost multi-touch for music

noreply@blogger.com (ultrajosh) — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:13:00 +0000

Multitouch Prototype 2 from Randy Jones on Vimeo.

My brother sent me this video of an awesome DIY multi-touch controller for music applications. No blinky lights, but it appears to be true multi-touch, pressure-sensitive, and the method is very clever. Plus the music apps look pretty cool so far.