YouTube via arthurpainter — June 14, 2010 — "Named after a variety of rose I encountered at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens last weekend, this improv takes the subtle grace of that flower and shapes it into a noisy rhythmic stomp around the garden. The word "noisette" implies a brevity of scale/length that I was aiming for. My EML 200 is the only source of sound/modulation/effects."
Update:
Andy Wig - EML Noisette 55
"arthurpainter — June 14, 2010 —
This (wholly different) version adds a bit of Roland TR-55 to the mix, a rather simple, but useful vintage drum machine. My EML 200 fills in the rest by sputtering in and out of the sound-field."
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"Becoming is an algorithmic composition program written in java, that builds upon some of John Cage’s frequently employed compositional processes. Cage often used the idea of a “gamut” in his compositions. A gamut could be a collection of musical fragments, or a collection of sounds, or a collection of instruments. Often, he would arrange the gamut visually on a graph, then use that graph to piece together the final output of a piece. Early in his career, he often used a set of rules or equations to determine how the output would relate to the graph. Around 1949, during the composition of the piano concerto, he began using chance to decide how music would be assembled from the graph and gamut.
In Becoming, I directly borrow Cage’s gamut and graph concepts; however, the software assembles music using concepts from the AI subfield of swarm intelligence. I place a number of agents on the graph and, rather than dictating their motions from a top-down rule-based approach, the music grows in a bottom-up fashion based on local decisions made by each agent. Each agent has preferences that determine their movement around the graph. These values dictate how likely the agent is to move toward food, how likely the agent is to move toward the swarm, and how likely the performer is to avoid the predator.
YouTube via atomolab — June 14, 2010 — "Shop here: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/atomolabs Hello World... This is a fast demo of the New "Krakken" analog Synth Module from AtomoSynth."
"Absolutely unique offer! After an intensive inspection of our inventory, we have found some rest quantities and can now offer the very last new units of this classic cult drum machine."
via motherboard.tv where you will find the full write-up. Note the documentary interview with Ray Kurzweil does not cover Kurzweil the synth company, but this should give you some insight on the man behind the company. You can spot some Kurzweil synths in the background. This one sent my way via Fabio Masseti.
Note Jörg Schaaf is the man behind Radikal Technologies and previously Quasimidi. Very Pink Floyd. Click here for all posts featuring Jörg Schaaf including video.
YouTube via graal7 — June 14, 2010 — "my version of kiew mission (tangerine dream) ,bonnus video :2001 space odyssey :programmed with motif xs sequencer and play live on motif ,moog and clavia nordwave.enjoy it!"
YouTube via MoogMusicInc — June 14, 2010 — "If you're an experienced Voyager player or are just thinking about taking the step up to one, these videos are for you. Brian Kehew (Moog Cookbook, The Who) unlocks the mystery behind every knob, switch, and button, revealing the secrets to putting your finger in the electronic pulse.
These videos taken from the Moog Sonic Infinity Series DVD collection are an easy way to learn more about this iconic synthesizer and about synthesis in general.
