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Showing posts with label STEIM. Show all posts

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 21, 2010

BugNews - September -> WOM events and Auctions

via Tom bugs on the BugBrand mailing list:

"Hi All,
Last time I wrote I was just beginning the move to new premises. It has been a big shift, but things really are coming together now and I'm finally getting back to some regular work. I'm quite aware that there is still not much 'available' (whether standalone devices or modular) at the moment, but I'm trying to get things properly geared up for some new bits before the end of the year. I've also got a few WOM events coming up and given the number of requests I've had for kits, I'll certainly be making some more available - more below..

So here are a few bits of news:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

*** 1 - WOM events & kits ***

In October I have two days at STEIM in Amsterdam holding classes to build the Workshop Oscillator Machine kits.
The dates are Monday 11th October and Tuesday 12th October, each day between 10am & 4pm and costing 85euro per kit,
Spaces are already filling up (15 per day), so if you're interested do book soon via their website.
There will also be a small show/talk on the Tuesday evening after the workshop.

There will finally be a local Bristol WOM event in November at the Arnolfini.
This one is on Saturday 6th November between 11am and 5pm and costs £50 to attend.
Again this is limited to 15 places, so please book well in advance via the Arnolfini Booking Office.

Since I last did any WOM events I've had a constant trickle of requests to make more WOM kits available. Finally I'm pulling my finger out and will soon be offering some WOM-PRO kits - the same as the regular events kits but with improved potentiometers (dials) like on the Board/Postcard Weevils. The first lot of these should be ready in a month or so, probably around the time of the STEIM events. Of course, I'll do a mailout when these kits are going to be available.

WOM infos

*** 2 - Auctions ***

Two items of note coming up in the next couple of days:::

i) After the Ebay auctions of last month, I've got one more item - a really nice 1Frame BugBrand Modular setup with Joystick Controller!
Lots of info about it is included in the listing - [link - and captured in this post]
The auction finishes on Thursday 23rd at about 4.40pm (UK time)

ii) Then on Saturday 25th there is the wonderful & worthy 'Great Art Jumble' just down the road at Bristol's Cube Cinema. This is a fund-raiser for the Haiti Kid's Kino Project.
You can read more about it on their blog: http://nanoplex.cubecinema.com/blog/ and there's a whole load of people donating items for the auction. I've dug out an old Weevil Frame (from 2005) so do pop along if you're interested - the event takes place from Midday to 5pm and entry is free!


*** 3 - the New Place***

If you're interested, you can see some development pics on this MuffWiggler thread: http://muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21012

*********************************************

So, in essence --> more news next month!
Best wishes & cheers,
Tom"

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

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Only DIY


YouTube via firestARTerFHolle | September 01, 2010

"featuring new and old developments from Thomas Margolf : Speaquencer, Drum Trigger Sequencer, Midi-Master-Clock Module and the popular DIY projects Gorf, Midibox 16 and Midibox SID."

Only DIY 2nd

firestARTerFHolle | September 01, 2010

"featuring new and old developments from Thomas Margolf : Speaquencer, Drum Trigger Sequencer, Midi-Master-Clock Module and the popular DIY projects Gorf, Midibox 16 and Midibox SID."

Side note: now and then I get word verification when posting. For this one the word was STEIM. Thought that was a bit in spirit / interesting.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Steim Cracklebox 2nd release limited edition #80 of 500

via this auction

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Dirty Carter event at STEIM

flcirk by Chris_Carter_

"Mine & John Richards combined (& cross interactive) set-up for live performance on 3rd June.
www.steim.org/steim/events.php?event=339"


See the Dirty-Carter project flickr set for more.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Bianca Holst plays the Web


YouTube via herowouters — May 30, 2010 — "Gaudeamus Electronic Music Festival, 2006. Bianca Holst plays the "Web", an interface designed by STEIM Amsterdam."

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Handmade Music in Steim


YouTube via behanger. via odiolorgnette
"Registratie van Olaf Bloemberg van Steim's Handmade music avond. 17-02-10

Steim's page aboot this:
http://www.steim.org/steim/archive.ph...

To contact me:
http://blogger.xs4all.nl/krooshof/con...

Olaf's topic:
http://retecool.com/post/maar-wat-is-..."

Monday, December 28, 2009

Franck Smith solo performance @ STEIM, Amsterdam (2009)


YouTube via odiolorgnette
"Franck Smith solo performance at STEIM, Amsterdam, December 17th, during "Patterns & pleasure" event — mixing adapted turntable drumming and scratching technics on Handsonic HPD-15 w/ video-game esthetic and real-time electronic beat-making (No loops and no sequencer used here) IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES WHEN VIEWING VIDEO MATERIAL OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND SYSTEM.
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Rehearsals for Franck Smith @ STEIM's "Patterns & pleasure" event (2009)


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

"Patterns & pleasure" — 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?
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N.B. The routines obtained here were partly inspired -- in their content and esthetic -- by turntablists Qbert and D-styles . Although nothing can rival real vinyl manipulation by experts, a personal adaptation of these techniques on Handsonic makes imagine new ways in real time electronics.

Material used in this video:
- Handsonic (Roland HPD 15)
- Moog Bass Murf (MF-105b)
- Lo-Fi (LF7)
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See also specific Handsonic techniques on ‪http://www.youtube.com/handsonic1‬
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‪http://www.odiolorgnette.com‬
http://francksmith.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette
http://www.youtube.com/znshn‬
‪....................................... .

Handsonic "Franck Smith" turntable adapted techniques Roland HPD-15 drums electronics percussion scratching Q-bert D-Styles STEIM Moog Bass Mur"

follow-up to this post and this post.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Franck Smith, 17 Dec 2009, Amsterdam


YouTube via jacquestourneur.
"Franck Smith performing at STEIM, Amsterdam."
This video is from "STEIM@40! Last event: Patterns & Pleasure" previously posted here. You can find more videos of the event here.

via Frank Smith. Note Frank Smith is also part of * Zn'shñ • http://znshn.blogspot.comhttp://www.youtube.com/znshnhttp://www.myspace.com/znshn
prior posts here

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

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Crackle Synthesizer


YouTube via tikibosko
"Truus de Groot playing on the Crackle Synthesizer accompanied by the Putney Synthesizer, at STEIM 2009 for the Salton Sea Project sessions - filmed by Bosko Hrnjak"

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

STEIM on Vimeo - The Night of the Unexpected

The Night of the Unexpected from STEIM Amsterdam on Vimeo.


"The Night of the Unexpected is a one night festival in which the diversity and dynamics of the contemporary music practice are fully featured and explored. The format encompasses composed classical music, improvised music, pop music, electronic dance music and performances in which music is combined with visual arts are all included.

This year STEIM was involved in two acts: the installation work PulseFF by Jan-Bas Bollen was developed by Byungjun Kwon at STEIM, and the Nono piece Post-prae-ludium No.1 “per Donau” was rehearsed at the STEIM studios. As always STEIM contributed also with providing equipment.

Video by Theo Howard"

Kassen (DJ, performer, ChucK programmer) from STEIM Amsterdam on Vimeo.


"mprovising house music with custom software and game controllers
toplap.org/index.php/Kassen

STEIM Micro Jamboree 2008
Session 5: Rhythm and Sequencing for Live Performances
Dec. 10, 2008"
via CDM

STEIM on Vimeo

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

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Jon Rose with K-Bow - Feedback @ STEIM 2009


YouTube via bthrew
"Violinist Jon Rose controls feedback with the K-Bow, a bluetooth enabled sensor bow for string instruments. At STEIM, Amsterdam, 04/2009. Visit www.keithmcmillen.com for more information."

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]

> > > > > > > >
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
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