pre-gig testing [with monome & arc]

YouTube Uploaded by cassieldotcom on Jan 11, 2012
Just some blinky light p0rn.

"Ableton Live, Max, Java, Python, Clojure, arc and monomes being tested."

2ChnTst

2ChnTst from Primus Luta on Vimeo.

"#laproject two channels (DnB)"

portamentos

portamentos from stretta on Vimeo.

"demonstration of portamentos which is an application designed to take advantage of a technique of abstracting high resolution parameter data onto the monome grid.

The grid displays several parameters (pitch, amplitude level, attack, decay, portamento time and filter cutoff) per step. Instead of using the grid to enter in data, which would be fairly coarse, the grid is used to indicate parameter value and to select which parameter and step is in focus. The parameter value is abstracted twice, both on the grid and arc ring. Once any parameter is selected on the grid, the value for all visible steps are displayed."

stretta's plane m | vi | cv released

Full details on STRETTA


"you don't need an arc to make use of plane. Also, you don't need a modular synth. plane m|vi|cv works perfectly well as a monophonic MIDI sequencer. Any size monome grid will work, but monome emulators may not."

Looks like the site has a new looks as well.

monome tuner

monome tuner from stretta on Vimeo.

"semitone and strobe tuner display using a monome grid and arc"

plane - m | vi | cv

plane - m | vi | cv from stretta on Vimeo.

"hardware: monome 512, monome 64, monome arc4
software: plane

I recorded this video with me talking over it, explaining things, but I liked it better without the voiceover, so I left it out.

I've always loved step sequencers and I see the monome as an opportunity to address some of the grey area between the one knob per function analog step sequencer and step sequencers with memory. The idea is to increase the available note range without sacrificing precision and increase the available sequence length range, without sacrificing direct manipulation and feedback. So, when the arc came around it seemed like a useful navigational tool to manipulate a large plane of data.

I've been referring to plane as a platform because there are a number of variations I want to implement using the underlying development. This version is optimized to serve as a control voltage source. As such, it produces a lot of outputs. The top row is step enable/disable which is typically used to fire off envelopes. Plane is generating control voltages directly. There are no intermediate bits of software or virtual instruments in-between plane and the end of the patch cords controlling the modular.

The row underneath it the playback loop ruler. Pressing anywhere in the ruler area moves the playback loop to that location. A chorded gesture changes the loop size. One section of the sequence can be edited while playback is occurring elsewhere.When the loop ruler goes off the visible edge of the grid, it lets you know in which direction the active stuff is happening.

Included is a very nice saw cloud simulation of multiple detuned oscillators with adjustable fatness which you can plug directly into your modular.

Also included is direct, accurate CV control of an oscillator via a closed-loop calibration procedure. Of course, MIDI output is also available.

This version of plane uses scale degrees and passes though my modal scale quantizer, so you can switch scales on the fly. You can also use a MIDI keyboard to transpose.

Or, it can also follow a programmed chord progression score, allowing you to improvise with a step sequencer within the harmonic framework of a lead sheet.

The bottom two encoders on the arc are serving as looping automated CV sources.

You don't have to use an arc with plane, you can navigate with the mouse or keyboard or powermate. Also, you don't need a 512 monome. All monome sizes are directly supported and can be hot swapped."

plane 032211

YouTube Uploaded by stretta on Mar 21, 2011

"this video begins with the sound of angry cat plucking"

plane 032111

Uploaded by stretta on Mar 21, 2011

http://stretta.blogspot.com/2011/05/plane-m-vi-cv.html

Update: Top video with voice over:


Uploaded by stretta on May 8, 2011

Arcorder 0.1 - quick test

Arcorder 0.1 - quick test from made by robot on Vimeo.

post.monome.org/​comments.php?DiscussionID=11834

MoA

MoA from Primus Luta on Vimeo.

"A little improv on the new live layout. The layout is not finished but operational. Unfortunately I chose the wrong camera angle but you can still get the gist. Builds first and then the Arc stuff comes in.

ArcSynGran + ArcSynPong + mnlg"

clARCk and Kradle POC

clARCk from made by robot on Vimeo.

"Like a clock, only on an Arc from monome. Silly technical demo app, but it translates hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds onto the arcs 64 led displays. If you don't count the numbers and read them as clock faces it actually works.

Code coming soon, with v0.2 which will include an alarm set functionality."

clARCk v0.2 from made by robot on Vimeo.

"Version 2 demo video, showing some of the interaction and the two views. It's been a nice warm up app for working with the Arc. I think clocks might become my new "hello world".

docs.monome.org/​doku.php?id=app:clarck"

Kradle POC from made by robot on Vimeo.

"Quick proof of concept mockup in Max for an Arc based Newtons Cradle style random sequencer (I guess it's technically not random at all). Using the drum sounds in the OOTB Max Java demo patch for ease. I'm not entirely sure it works as a drum machine, it's too all over the place. But I'll slap on some midi/osc outs and see how it sounds hooked up to a more ambient style sound generator.

This is very much POC, the hit zones are still off by a few all I do is check to see if the left one is within a range, and the right one is within a range, if so bang. I'm also considering adding a 2nd set of rotators which you control with the press, these would have a 1/2 intensity setting to differentiate and would also react with their neighbors, this might add to the speed of the collisions.

The spinning and velocity is a taken from a butchered copy of one of Strettas now deprecated 'primitives'"

Bells on Kradle from made by robot on Vimeo.

"Quick random improv using Kradle for the Monome"

Extreme Granulator Control Experiment

Extreme Granulator Control Experiment from bar|none on Vimeo.

"This is a fun test of the monome arc app platesHD controlling parameters of Robert Henke's M4L patch Granulator.

platesHD is basically a drawable LFO that is controlled by the monome arc. The HD version produces high resolution control ranges suitable for precision control way beyond midi's 127 CC values.

This works nicely for slowly scrubbing through a long sample or controlling things such as grain duration.

Thus was a quick iPhone grab, so the audio and video quality are not good. But that was not the goal here."

Extreme Granulator Abuse Part 2 from bar|none on Vimeo.

"This one you can't see the monome arc unfortunately, but we are scrubbing through a very long sample and exploring different treatments applied by plates HD controlling granulator, controlled by the arc.

Once you get some nice control curves and save them as presets, you can cycle through the presets. So your sweet spots become entire animated sequences of the grain synthesizer.

credit to Robert Henke for this amazing Granulator plug, Tehn at monome.org for the monome arc and original plates app. Stretta for this long sample from his modular that we are scrubbing."

Electric Dharma Wheels

Electric Dharma Wheels from bar|none on Vimeo.

"First play of Electric Dharma Wheels app from stretta on monome arc 4

App is available here
post.monome.org/​comments.php?DiscussionID=11552&page=1#Item_0"

holocene

holocene from stretta on Vimeo.

"hardware: arc4
software: electric dharma wheels

I received a production-run arc4 with the final firmware on Friday. This signaled a mad scramble to update my work for that and the latest serialosc with arc support so it'll be ready when people start receiving their units in a few days. So what do I do on Saturday? Make a new app, of course. Sure, that totally sounds like the responsible thing to do.

After receiving the arc4, I thought it might be a good idea to produce an example that demonstrates a 'bank' of encoder values that you can switch between. That gave birth to an application idea involving triggering modal notes from a pool of probabilities across three octaves of scale degrees. There is a separate bank of pitches depending on clockwise or counterclockwise rotation so you can shift the harmony with a simple gesture. The weighting of scale degrees is programmable and editable in real time on screen or with a MIDI controller. This allows for a more controlled structuring of compositional development over longer periods of time. The speed of the rotation determines how often a note is triggered, and can also be used as a modulation parameter for the FM synthesis engine.

Relevant synthesis parameters are also editable on the arc as the notes are triggered. The state of these parameters is overlaid on the LEDs, so interesting patterns emerge when this mode is engaged. There was a really awesome bug where switching editing modes also transposed the output modally, so I built in a score feature that allows you to advance a programmed chord progression with a button push.

A sit-the-arc-in-your-lap-and-doodle app has been on my mind a lot and I have at least three good starts in this area, but other priorities have often pushed these out of the way. The prototype arc2 I had lacked the mounting bracket for the USB cable and the logic board was floating free inside the enclosure, so I always had to use it (carefully) on a stationary, flat surface. It is really nice to have an arc that can be moved around or used in the lap. My cat disagrees.

I recorded this video, holocene, as a demonstration of this app, which I'm calling electric dharma wheels. This is the raw output from the electric dharma wheels, with some Eos reverb added after the fact.

more information about monome can be found at monome.org

more information about me can be found at stretta.com"

monome arc four coming

via monome.org

"the arc four is a single row of four ringed encoders."

soome, stutter island & grainstorm - monome arc videos by Stretta

soome from stretta on Vimeo.

"Improvisation on piano and monome. I'm using a hand-built arc prototype, generously on loan from tehn, who is very busy building and shipping monomes, dealing with the transition to serialosc required by the new edition and finalizing the arc firmware. I'm sure he'd prefer to be playing with the arc himself.

hardware: monome arc2 (knobs) monome64 (buttons)
software: grainstorm

more information about monome can be found at monome.org

more information about grainstorm can be found at:
vimeo.com/​stretta/​grainstorm"

stutter island from stretta on Vimeo.

"stutter island is beat mangling software for the monome arc, designed for live remixing and dj-ing.

more information about the monome can be found at monome.org

more information about me can be found at stretta.com"

grainstorm demo from stretta on Vimeo.

"This video is a brief introduction to grainstorm, my granular synthesis application for the monome arc. Please take my enthusiasm as genuine, and not some marketing ploy by monome. They don't operate that way. I'm not trying to talk anyone into buying one. Quite the opposite as I think the initial production quantity is small enough benefit from a lower profile release to keep as many possible units out of the hands of people who wish to profit from the scarcity.

The arc isn't for everyone. Also consider the software available at launch: very little. My advice to those on the fence: wait. Also, don't base an arc purchasing decision on grainstorm.

Speech is a rather poor example, and in retrospect, maybe it wasn't a great choice, but I figured I had the soome video to show the more musical side.

vimeo.com/​stretta/​soome

Another typical result:

soundcloud.com/​stretta-samples/​grainstorm-experiement

Grainstorm has four independent buffers that can be controlled with the arc. Primarily, you use the arc to scroll through the buffer. A push turn gesture on the same encoder widens the window from which grains are drawn. This isn't really evident in the video. A snapshot of various playback parameters can be stored on the grid monome where the it can be played like an instrument or sequenced with the on board sequencer. You can record live audio into the buffer, or load audio from disk. Meaningful support for the arc4 would be fairly easy.

more information on the monome can be found at monome.org

more information about me can be found at stretta.com"

soome - An improvisation for piano and monome and arc

YouTube via stretta | Mar 2, 2011 |

Update: looks like this one wasn't ready. I'll let you know when/if it goes up again.

Update: The video plus one other is now here. "More cool stuff and free music to download at http://stretta.com

An improvisation for piano and monome

hardware: monome arc (the knobs) monome 64 (grid)
software: grainstorm

more information about the monome can be found at http://monome.org

more information about grainstorm can be found at:
vimeo.com/​stretta"

monome arc orders begin friday

monome: news

early arc experiment - monome arc details

early arc experiment from tehn on Vimeo.

"a micro-looper.

eight samplers, corresponding to columns of the grid.

record by holding second-from-bottom key.

focus arc to column by pushing bottom key.

left knob is loop selection. turn to move selection, push-turn to resize selection.

right knob is volume. turning changes velocity, not position, so a tremelo effect is easily achieved. pushing down stops the spin, like a turntable.

third key up is mute/unmute. top rows transpose up/down by octaves. top rows meter sound levels."

"how does it work?
the device connects to a computer and is powered by USB. when the knob is moved or depressed, data is sent to the computer. the application running determines what happens with this data, and may correspondingly send data back to the device, changing the light pattern.

as with our other devices, programming isn’t required, though you may find yourself wanting to learn. we’ve already begun writing applications and expect the library to grow quickly through community involvement."

via monome.org where you'll find additional details.

arc - something new from monome

via monome

"something new. ultra-high resolution optical rotary encoders, with push buttons. high-density variable-brightness led rings. two and four knob versions fit perfectly alongside other monome devices.

decoupled control, providing the same massive adaptability that monome pioneered five years ago.

orders and shipping in february. pricing, details, and media forthcoming."