Ohm64 Ableton Live Remote Script

YouTube via lividTV — May 18, 2010 — "Here is a quick video of the Ohm64 remote script for Ableton Live. This script was created by Mike Chenetz from max4live.info and it gives you APC40 style control over Live including the red box. No midi mapping required, total plug and play. If there is something else you like to see let us know and we will include it in the final version."

iPAD REBIRTH RB338 Synth and Drum Machine PART 202 Intro and History of The Beats

YouTube via VJFranzK — May 18, 2010 — part 202 of 303

Rebirth on iTunes:


iPad prices on Ebay
iPhones on Ebay

TERMINALBEACH: The Heart Chamber Orchestra, Biofeedback Performance, From 2006

YouTube via MediaArtTube — May 18, 2010

"The Heart Chamber Orchestra - HCO - is an audiovisual performance. The orchestra consists of 12 classical musicians and the artist duo TERMINALBEACH.
Using their heartbeats, the musicians control a computer composition and visualization environment. The musical score is generated in real time by the heartbeats of the musicians. They read and play this score from a computer screen placed in front of them.
HCO forms a structure where music literally "comes from the heart".
The debut performance of HCO was in Trondheim/Norway in October 2006, during the festival for electronic arts and new technology, Trondheim Matchmaking. The orchestra was the Trondheim Synfonietta
The musicians are equipped with ECG (electrocardiogram) sensors. A computer monitors and analyzes the state of these 12 hearts in real time. The acquired information is used to compose a musical score with the aid of computer software. It is a living score dependent on the state of the hearts.

While the musicians are playing, their heartbeats influence and change the composition and vice versa. The musicians and the electronic composition are linked via the hearts in a circular motion, a feedback structure. The emerging music evolves entirely during the performance.The resulting music is the expression of this process and of an organism forming itself from the circular interplay of the individual musicians and the machine.

A project by TERMINALBEACH initiated and produced by TEKS - Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre in cooperation with TRONDHEIM SINFONIETTA
supported by:
Norsk Kulturrad // Trondheim Kommune // Sor Trondelag Fylkeskommune
Fond for lyd og bilde // PNEK // Atelier Nord
More info: http://www.heartchamberorchestra.org/..."

SAIC Instrument Construction Class - May 2010

YouTube via yakthekyle — May 18, 2010 — "More video of the students work in the Instrument construction class that I TA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago"

NEW 2010 Optigan Disc - PIANOSCAPE

YouTube via peahix — May 18, 2010 —

"Now available for pre-order at http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan/inde... is our brand new Optigan disc: PIANOSCAPE! When we've reached 15 pre-orders, we'll go to press with the limited run of 25 discs.

The dusty old Winter spinet piano we recorded for this disc is the very same piano that Pea Hicks learned to play on, and is also the source of the photos on the jacket cover and in this video. This demo recording is just a quick improvisation to give you an idea of the overall sound possibilities of this disc. Toward the end, we've flipped the disc over so you can hear with it sounds like running backwards. Here's the blurb from the back of the jacket:
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They said it couldn't be done, but we've done it! We've brought the sound of a spinet piano to the Optigan Music Maker in a way that is both musically captivating and strangely haunting. You'll enjoy creating your own piano soundscape by merely pressing a few buttons and playing a few keys.

Now we're going to test your creativity! Try playing this music program disc with an of the Optigan Music Books. Give up? Next, try holding down as many of the keys as you can. Ah, that's nice. Now it's your turn to challenge your friends and family to create their own piano soundscape. Pianoscape!

Playing tips:
The attack of the keyboard piano tones are staggered across a 16th-note grid, such that by playing chords with your right hand, a windchime-like arpeggio effect is achieved. A drum loop is provided to help with your timing. The bass notes are staggered on a 1/2-note grid, and the chords on a 1/4-note grid.

Optigans equipped with a spring reverb will provide the most haunting sound, which is further enhanced by inserting the disc upside-down for backwards play."

Detachment 3 Website Live - Archangel Sequencer Touchplate Info

http://www.det3.net/
Their first product is the Archangel analog sequencer and touchplate controller which has been featured in previous posts (see the Detachment 3 Engineering label below). The following is a brief description of the Archangel which is currently listed at $1795 for Late Summer. Be sure to see det3.net for more including media.

"Archangel at its core is a 4-row 16-step analog sequencer with integrated 16-pad touchplate controller. The layout of the sequencer allows for instant access to every function available. Archangel can be its own timing master as well as slave to MIDI, DIN sync or an external clock pulse. The sequence length can be set from 1 to 16 stages, and step size can be adjusted from 1/32nd note to two bars. To speed composition and improvisation Archangel has an integrated multi-scale quantizer."

Roland System 100m + Oberkorn MK3 Analogue Sequencer

YouTube via smashgods — May 17, 2010 — "Here is an Analogue Solutions Oberkorn MK3 analog sequencer connected to a Roland System 100m modular synthesizer. I've sequenced a simple bassline and added a few tweaks for interest. Enjoy."

Circuit bent dual drum machine

YouTube via stylinghead — May 17, 2010 — "Matching drum circuits with independent pitch controls and human contact points and 1/4 inch outs. Bent by Billy Neenos of Bent Not Broke."

Circuit bent delay pedal self oscillation and human contact organ 1

"stylinghead — May 17, 2010 — Bent by Billy Neenos of Bent Not Broke."

Circuit bent delay pedal self oscillation and human contact organ 2


Circuit bent delay pedal with drum machine


Circuit bent delay pedal with synthesizer

Effeweam

Effeweam by stretta
"analog modular synth synthesizer electronic stretta

Original composition. All modular synth+minimoog. No DSP aside from a single reverb.

I gave myself until today to get this project to a point where I could publicly preview it. I still have a few concerns that may be addressed by re-orchestrating, mixing, or redoing a few parts. But, for now, I need to put this, and the rest of 'A Funneled Stone' aside (probably for the best) while I take the opportunity to record a new ambient piano project. (if you're curious about the reason, check my blog http://stretta.blogspot.com)

I pulled my minimoog out to test it prior to releasing it for a brief rental stint. I discovered a few things.

First, even though my kids are constantly surrounded by electronic music gear, they both loved the minimoog. I had thought it was the novelty of an unfamiliar device, but there seems to be something about it that really draws them in, especially my daughter.

Second, inserting a minimoog into this kind of composition instantly gives it 'that' moog modular character. You'll hear what I'm talking about. I don't have an S-trig cable (one is on order) so I'm controlling the minimoog with volta entirely though the three CV inputs: pitch, amp and filter. When I get the cable I'll be able to use the on-board envelopes, but what you're hearing here is the minimoog driven by cwejman envelopes.

Oh, one more thing about the mini that I found interesting was how all the knobs are in musically-useful ranges. Obviously, all instruments strive for this, but it turns into a major tradeoff between flexibility and resolution where it matters. Resonance, for example, had a huge tonal range in an area that I'm accustomed to a fairly small range. So, the mini is an exceptionally limited instrument, but the whole thing is one big sweet spot."

Highly Liquid MIDI CPU

"Instant DIY MIDI Controller / MIDI Encoder

Features
* Fully assembled: simply attach your own switches, potentiometers, etc.
* Accepts input from switches, switch matrices, potentiometers, rotary encoders, or digital & analog signals
* Monitors up to 128 switches, 14 potentiometers, or 12 encoders
* Allows mixed input types
* Generates virtually any type of MIDI message
* Merges MIDI input with locally-generated messages—multiple units share a single MIDI Out port
* Standard MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports
* Measures 66mm × 38mm (2.6" × 1.5")
* Powered via battery or DC supply between 3.3V and 12V
* User-upgradable firmware"

http://highlyliquid.com/midi-controllers/midi-cpu/