Moving Brands - Muon Speakers Lunch, Sound Reactive Installation 2007

YouTube via MediaArtTube
"Made with Processing.
With a brief to simply create the ultimate, KEF assembled a cross-disciplinary team of designers and agencies to design, brand, and launch the most extraordinary audio speaker ever conceived.

The speakers themselves were created by visionary industrial designer Ross Lovegrove, and marry a sensual yet logical organic form to state-of-the-art audio technology, whilst the Muon identity and book, created by Farrow Design, reflects the speakers totemic sculptural form.

Moving Brands were commissioned to create an audio responsive visual installation to compliment Muon a liquid light experience and used a custom built sound-responsive visual engine to dynamically map liquid behaviours.

The resultant installations organic, responsive light-forms created an emotional aura around the speakers that perfectly encapsulates the dual inspirations of particle physics and Zen Buddhism from which Muon derives its name.

Credits
KEF
Ross Lovegrove
Farrow Design
Moving Brands

More info: http://www.movingbrands.com/?category..."

Wacky Tobacky - Muzik 4 Machines (follow me, 3rd try)

YouTube via muzik4machines

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gear used

Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums

Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)

Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)

Clavia Nord Micro Modular: Synth, bass, arpegios, pads, chords

Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping

Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay

Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter

Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)

Korg ER1: Distorted Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Dimebag Wha-Mixer)

DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)

Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)

Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess

DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition"

NOT NAMM: Division 6 Filtare SEIII for Eurorack Samples

samples to the right here

"The Filtare SEIII is a multimode, state-variable voltage-controlled filter that gives you low-pass, band-pass and high-pass outputs which are all simultaneously available. It also includes a notch output which allows you to change the balance between low-pass and high-pass. The SEIII uses discrete components but is based on SSM2040 architechture, giving you a very musical sounding filter. There are CV inputs for frequency and notch balance. The 1 V/O CV input for frequency tracks over several octaves so you can have the filter follow what you're playing on the keyboard or just crank up the resonance and use it as a sine-wave oscillator."

Jomox, Elektron, TC Electronic

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korg 72

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Hmm... I think this is the first Armadillo on the site.

KORG Poly-800 Videos via korgpolyex800 Including DIY

YouTube via korgpolyex800. via Nebula's Electric Domain
"In James own words...

I used Cubase 4 to record this. The drums are Halion One 909 type of patch, the Epiano was the Emagic EVP 73 and the vibe was the M-Audio Key rig. All other sounds including the Lead was the Atomahawk 800. The work you did on this machine is genious, talk about a second chance at life. I am quite sure we've all said thank you in some way but here it goes again. Thank you Michael. James Diamond Durant

Well thanks go to James for having kindly given me permission to put his great work up here for all to enjoy. Thanks James!"

Another demo - Korg Poly 800 MK1


"Mono recording with a little hall fx added but showing the extended parameters, portamento, second LFO and automatic Poly mode changing with program changes."

Korg Poly 800 and EX 800 with HAWK-800 mod kit


"A crude attempt at demonstrating the HAWK-800 kit installed in a Korg Poly-800 Mk1 and an EX-800. A little echo is added for efx but other than that there are no other synths or effects involved in this video. As an engineer, I am not that good at mastering, encoding, composition etc so you have to forgive me for the roughness of it all. The idea is to show MIDI control of the two synths and some of the other great features of the HAWK-800 and AtomaHawk upgrade kits. Look out for the VCF cutoff and Resonance control, the Chorus toggling, DCO MG via EG3, SLFO modulation of LFO's, random sample and hold and several other new features."

more videos here

Nonome the Monome emulator on Novation Launchpad

YouTube via lasercicalone
"Tested for the first time the Nonome, using the application Polygomè"

C74 Perspectives: Stretta

YouTube via cycling74com
"Matthew Davidson (Stretta) discusses his work, the Monome, and Max for Live. Video by Stretta."

A birds theme

YouTube via attorks
"My fiftiest video already. And we have a midget module in our midst! I bought a second hand Blacet MiniWave at the end of last year. I always wondered what the possibilities were with this module. I found the ModCan version somewhat expensive. The module was delivered last Monday. After fixing some problems with it, last night it was working. This evening I started the Doepfer sequencer with a 6 step sequence on row one and out of nothing the first sequence you hear was running out of the MiniWave using the standard bank 14. Row 3 with a 16 step sequence controls the variation of the wave of the MiniWave. Adding a high pitched 8 step sequence on row two for the self-built Modular resulted in a bird-like sound. Adding the Mellotron strings part on the Roland XP-80 was easy. Solo's on the Nord Lead 1 and the Waldorf Q Keyboard to add some variety."

DIY Beta Intro

DIY Beta Intro from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"Here is a preview of our ControllerDIY Board. In this video I show you how to wire a single slide potentiometer to the board with MIDI control. This board allows for digital, analog, and LED connections. If you want to skip my intro go to 2:47."