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Monday, May 30, 2011

BEAM FESTIVAL

"24-26 JUNE 2011

Sarah Nicols and her colleagues at Brunel University are hosting their first edition of the BEAM Festival (Brunel Electronic & Analog Music Festival) between 24-26 June 2011. The program features some of the best in today’s experimental electronic music including Tim Exile, Stelarc, Jennifer Walshe, Leafcutter John, Philip Jeck and more. STEIM is a proud partner of the festival, contributing to the concert and workshop programs. Check out the line-up, and participate in the festival!

http://www.beamfestival.com/

Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London, UB8 3PH

BEAM is a high-tech music weekender, an experimental playground of homemade instruments and sonic robots. Featuring three days of performances, installations, discussions and workshops, BEAM explores the physical virtuosity of electronic music; everything at BEAM moves. An international line-up curated for veterans and beginners alike, BEAM takes place at Brunel University, NW London (Metropolitan Line).

Tickets and programme at www.beamfestival.com

Festival pass £25 - ONLY £50 with accommodation until 9 June
Day passes from £10 Sunday, £15 Friday and Saturday Concessions available
Workshop tickets now on sale for Tom Bugs, STEIM & Dirty Electronics

Festival Highlights include:

PERFORMANCES

Stelarc and Jennifer Walshe; Chikashi Miyama (Angry Sparrow); Sarah Angliss; Ryan Jordan; Leafcutter John; Tim Exile; Stephen Cornford; Atau_and_Adam; Alex Nowitz; Philip Jeck; Tim Exile; DJ Sniff; STEIM and more

WORKSHOPS

Build your own WOM (simple electronic noise synth kit ) with Tom Bugs; create a Cracklebox with Daniel Schorno of STEIM; Dirty Electonics with John Richards Plus free workshops: Psychedelic Goggle with Ryan Jordan; AV Micro-Controllers with Chikashi Miyama and Music from Motion with Sarah Angliss.


INSTALLATIONS

Installed work by Aleks Kolkowski, Ray Lee and BEAM OPEN SPACE artists; Sonic Picnic with Paul Whitty & Felicity Ford; SARC's brain-powered sleepover on Saturday night - bring a sleeping bag!

See the website for full programme details and tickets www.beamfestival.com

BEAM Festival is funding by Arts Council England¹s Grants for the Arts."

This one in via brian comnes.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Particles In A Box

via rkm: "A few years back I built a cracklebox into an altoids tin. It seemed like a fun toy at the time, but it's proved to be one of my favorite mix fillers. It's a blast through a delay and phase shifter. I've never put my hands on a real cracklebox, so it's hard to say if it behaves like the original or not. Here's a track featuring my homebuilt unit:"

Particles In A Box by are.kay.more
"Some piano samples abused with dblue's Glitch VST plugin. A Cracklebox clone chirps noises in the background. Release date: Sep 23, 2010"

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

DIY PARTS KIT for STEIM CRACKLE BOX / KRAAKDOOS

via this auction
"COMPLETE SET OF PARTS for the STEIM KRAAKDOOS / CRACKLE BOX

Check my other auctions for more DIY kits.

No need to search for any rare parts. No ordering from
different places and paying multiple shipping costs!
1 x uA709HC Op Amp (metal can)
2 x BC547B Transistors
2 x BC557B Transistors
1 x 1M ohm Resistor
2 x 10n Ceramic
1 x 2.7n Ceramic
1 x 100n ceramic
1 x 100μf electrolytic
1 x On/Off Switch
1 x Battery Clip
1 x 8ohm Speaker"

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Filth/Dubstep Siren/Synth


YouTube via iowanchef | August 21, 2010

"Inspired by the classic Crackle Box (or "Kraakdoo") and Dub Siren circuits, these synths are based on a 4093 Quad NAND chip with metal foil tape creating the "keys." An interpretation of the example given in the book Handmade Electronic Music, I find the sounds created in this fashion match up quite well with some of the rougher, uglier dubstep varietals; filth, gore, etc."
more vids here

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Steim Cracklebox 2nd release limited edition #80 of 500

via this auction

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

testing diff metal can ex comp opamps in cracklebox krakadoos


YouTube via horchacha
"using a real nice tube/metal can socket

testing random metal can ext comped op amps
in cracklebox circuit

they all sound like hell

-
dave wright
www.notbreathing"

Monday, December 14, 2009

STEIM@40! Last event: Patterns & Pleasure

"STEIM@40! Last event: Patterns & Pleasure

Martin Brandlmayr / Percussion and computer
Pierre Bastien / Self-made mechanical instruments
Franck Smith / Handsonic and effects
dj sniff / Turntable and computer

The STEIM@40! was a celebration of STEIM’s 40 year history through a diverse program of events. We would like to conclude this series by looking into new themes.

From once being an act of banging on things, rhythm has evolved into something that you carefully program through sequencer based instruments. Groove becomes an interesting space where complexity and intuition intersect. So how can we imagine new tools and ways to perform this new groove? How can we bang, sculpt and structure in real-time?

Come join us to see 4 solo musicians – all virtuosic and unique in their ways to generate rhythm.
Thursday, Dec 17 2009
Doors open: 20:00
Concert starts at 20:30
Charge: 5 Euros"
via facebook

Friday, October 02, 2009

parte2 para tocar


YouTube via etonepan. "1st finished piece!"

parte1 para tocar

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Työstö001


YouTube via taskent99. STEIM Crackle Box, BugBrand Bug Weevil and?
I recognize the pedal but can't place it.

Monday, September 21, 2009

STEIM "Zwarte Dozen Systeem" Modular

via Electronic Battle

"I visited Steim recently (www.steim.org, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Nico there very kindly allowed me to photograph their Black Box System, a modular synthesiser one-off built by Rob van de Poel in 1972."

Click on the images for the full size shots.






Sunday, September 20, 2009

Acoustic Synth Screen Recording


YouTube via taskent99
"Live recording and screen capturing with Steim Cracklebox,Keypad Cigar Box Synth and BugBrand BoardWeevil."

What happened in the shopping mall?

"Strange and Odd Movie by Kari A. Hautanen. Made with Canon PowerShot A520.Music by Ari Taskinen.Live improvisation with BugBrand BoardWeevil09&Monotoniclabs.com Type-N37 synthesizer. www.aritaskinen.info"

Electronic Sound Improvisation for Helsinki, Merihaka, Time-Lapse Movie

"Time-Lapse Movie with Canon D60 by Kari A. Hautanen and live improvisation with BugBrand BoardWeevil09 and Monotoniclabs.com Type-N37 synthesizer by Ari Taskinen.
www.aritaskinen.info"

Sunday, August 23, 2009

kraakdoos, cracklebox



YouTube via exhadley

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Michel Waisvisz - 2004


YouTube via STEIMTUBE
"Michel Waisvisz
The Hands and Crackle Synth
No Backup Concert
2004"

1976 - 1983 The Crackle Synthesizer
http://www.crackle.org/Crackle%20Synth.htm

Friday, January 23, 2009

STEIM Announces junXion © v4

"STEIM is happy to announce the release of junXion © v4.

junXion v4 is a Mac OSX data routing application that can process 'sensors' from any HID (joysticks, mice, touchscreens), MIDI, OSC, Audio, Arduino and Video device using conditional processing and remapping, with MIDI or OSC events as its output. This resulting MIDI or OSC data is then available to any audio or music software that runs on that Mac or can be send to external MIDI/OSC devices.

junXion v4 is a system whereby the user creates so-called 'Patches'. Each Patch is a connection between a sensor input (for example: 'joystick X-axis' or Video Event Object y-position) and an Action (for example: 'convert the sensor data into midi controller 3, but only under certain conditions'). The Action is a user selectable set of conditions and actions that determine what should happen with the input-sensor's data and what kind of MIDI or OSC data should be send out.

junXion v4 features

* recognition and usage of 8 types of Input Sensors
o Human Interface Events, such as joystick X-axis, mouse scroll wheel, touch screen Y-axis
o MIDI Events, such as MIDI note events from Port 1, Mod. Wheel events from Port 2
o Timer Events, internal data generating processes, up to 100 Timers can be used
o OSC (Open Sound Control) Events via network
o WiiRemote Events, the popular Wii controllers support (on bluetooth machines)
o Audio Events, as level and pitch tracking sensors
o Arduino Inputs, simply reading the sensors connected to an Arduino board and using junXion to process these
o Video Inputs, use live video image to extract a 'Video Object' out of movement, color recognition, etc.
* being resolution independent, junXion v4 can handle any input data up to 16-bit resolution
* one Input Sensor such as 'joystick X-axis' can be connected to multiple Actions, thus generating multiple MIDI/OSC events
* multiple Input Sensors can be connected to one Action, so for example several switches of your joystick can trigger the same Action
* (auto) scaling of the incoming data
* straight mapping from the incoming data into one of the available MIDI/OSC events
* remapping of the computer keyboard and mouse to MIDI/OSC events
* creation of analog style sequencers using junXion's Timers
* MIDI output port or OSC network port selectable per Action
* the possibility to simultaneously connect up to 15 USB input devices and route them to separate or common MIDI channels/ports (for example: you can for instance 'play' Ableton Live with two joysticks and the computer keyboard)
* external MIDI input data can be merged with junXion's MIDI data or reprocessed and even turned into OSC messages
* save/recall user defined configurations
* editable table based response curves for the translation of gestures into MIDI controller data
* an extended set of data conditioners and conditional data routing (for example: passing a threshold by moving a joystick will first trigger a note and than send its further movement data as MIDI controller data)
* 'Timers' for timed data streams triggered and 'steered' by external input devices (for example: use for simple sequencing)
* 'Audio Events' as sensors, for each audio input junXion can extract the Level and Pitch to be used as input data.
* 'Video Events' as sensors, for each in junXion's video object editor definable Object you get six different input sensors, such as x and y position.


System requirements

junXion v4 runs on any Macintosh computer with OS X 10.4 or higher.

Download demo

For support on STEIM software, please visit the support pages.

Tutorial on MIDI and Music Synthesis


Buy

junXion v4 can be ordered online for € 75 at the KAGI online store.
Registered junXion v1.4 users can update to v4 for € 60.

Users with a registration code for junXion v3 can use the same code for v4 - no upgrade is necessary.

[email addresses]

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Some of the above functionality has successfully been applied in other STEIM systems for live performance: LiSa, The Lick Machine, SensorLab. The Amsterdam based STEIM foundation and its researchers have been at the forefront of the invention of physical input devices and touch based hardware and software instruments for live electronic music performance since the early 70's. STEIM's director Michel Waisvisz is one of the driving forces behind performances with free-movement hand-worn sensor/keyboard instruments and has, together with programmer Frank Baldé, designed several hardcore performance systems.
> > > > > > > "

http://www.steim.org/steim/junxion_v4.html

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

STEIM Cracklebox

via brian c

"Here's a picture of my "new" Steim cracklebox... This is unit 70 of 500 produced in a third run from STEIM dated 2005.

The build quality is much better than I expected, it has a finger jointed wooden box and a hinged top - cool

I'm gonna mic it so I can sample it and run it through some effects."

Sunday, December 21, 2008

MkII Barbie Karaoke control voltage test


YouTube via eddie23a
"MkII Barbie Karaoke control voltage test with sequencer.
built at Steim, Amsterdam"

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

STEIM is safe!

You might remember this post on STEIM potentially losing their structural funding from the government (see that post for more). Well, it looks like they are safe!

"Dear friends,

We have good news: STEIM is safe for now and will be able to continue doing her work.

The Dutch Council for Culture has reversed their initially negative decision. They were without a doubt impressed by the well over 1000 insightful, eloquent, personal letters of support from all over the world, which we received in just under two weeks. This, as well as some other factors, played a large role in opening their perception of STEIM's importance and contribution to our community and field.

We cannot thank you enough. You helped us realize again how extensive and faithful the network around us is. We are excited and thrilled that we can keep working with you and continue to build collaborations, connections and exchanges.

STEIM is bound for change, but we will fight to keep its spirit intact. Michel Waisvisz has left us, but along with his legacy of inventions and a very human 'touch', he has left a dynamic team behind. Under the guidance of our new director, Dick Rijken, our task is now to create a new structure that will honour both our history as an institution and look forward into the future. STEIM is what STEIM does: supporting a wide community of artists and composers, musicians and other performers in their search for great art, on stage, in the studio, in gallery spaces and on the streets. We will continue to be a safe house for an international community, bringing people together in our guesthouse and studio's.

Together with you, we aim to remain both the oldest and the youngest electronic institute in the Netherlands and are thrilled to continue working with you.

STEIM"

Saturday, August 23, 2008

speakingObject


YouTube via ffoitl. via Music Thing.
"during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the "speakingObject" (no better title still). it's basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer. the two wires are just power and sound out. the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all.

links:
http://joerg.piringer.net
http://www.steim.nl"

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Michael Waisvisz - the Hands


YouTube via davidjmerrill. via Music Thing. Michael Waisvisz of STEIM and creator of the Crackle Box recently passed away.
"This is a video from the NIME conference in 2003. It features Michel Waisvisz, performing with his "Hands" musical interface."

Friday, June 20, 2008

RIP Michel Waisvisz of STEIM

"Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night after fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months.

He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director for 27 years. He left us on a day when artists and friends from around the world gathered downstairs to perform for a full-house season-closing concert.

Michel was a musician, visionary and occasional gardener - touched by sound and forever happy to be surprised. He was the source of an enormous surge of energy that continues to flow through STEIM into the world.

We will miss his touch, crackle, inspiration and constant improvisation of the now.

STEIM
June 19, 2008"
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