via monome, via Wired "Los Angeles musical group Fol Chen has created a strange new instrument that lets listeners re-create the band’s unique sound.
The device, called a Tetrafol, is a wooden tetrahedron that can manipulate sound. Its guts sense orientation and motion and use those movements to modify the playback of sounds. Each device comes loaded with mini-compositions created by Fol Chen, but users of the Tetrafol can also upload their own sounds to manipulate..."
"Interesting green sparkles of light projected onto the side walk from the store "Faces", in Northampton Ma. The music is "Polytonal Piece", an assignment for a New England Conservatory class taught by Hankus Netsky, around 1995. The influence is definitely in part from Miles Davis, from "In A Silent Way", and that electric modal period.
Synesthesia: Not the colors, but the texture of the bouncing balls of light go together with the music relative to my synesthetic sense.
"Twisted Tools is excited to announce the release our latest sample pack, TRANSFORM.
TRANSFORM is an extensive collection of field recordings, sound effects and designed sounds developed by sound designer Jean-Edouard Miclot (a.k.a. JEDSOUND). Bundled with sample mappings for many popular formats, TRANSFORM's painstakingly recorded and processed sounds will find their home in the arsenals of sound designers, editors and music producers alike.
AVAILABLE NOW @ http://twistedtools.com/
Audio Demo made by Richard Devine using sounds from the sample pack.
Motiongraphics and Editing by axiom-crux.net
FEATURES:
Over 1.64 gigabytes of field recordings, sound effects and designed sounds
24bit/96khz WAV audio embedded with Soundminer enriched metadata
46 sampler instruments for a variety of popular *formats
*Ableton Simpler/Sampler, Battery 3, EXS24 MKII, Kontakt 3, Maschine and Reaktor 5
A brand new version of Twisted Tools' MP16, called MP16c
Kore and Maschine templates for MP16c
TouchOSC MIDI and OSC template for MP16c
Kyma Instrument
Bonus kit by Richard Devine
Additional content by Twisted Tools and Jedsound"
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
"Twisted Tools Releases TRANSFORM
by Jedsound
New sample collection provides a variety of sound effects for both sound design and music production
San Francisco, November 15th, 2011 - TRANSFORM is an extensive collection of field recordings, sound effects and designed sounds developed by sound designer Jean-Edouard Miclot (a.k.a. JEDSOUND). Bundled with sample mappings for many popular formats, TRANSFORM’s painstakingly recorded and processed sounds will find their home in the sonic arsenals of sound designers, editors and music producers alike.
TRANSFORM features over 1.6 Gigabytes of 24-bit/96khz audio, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer enriched metadata and processed using a plethora of sound design tools, such as Symbolic Sound’s Kyma.
Whether you’re a sound designer needing a massive Hollywood impact, an editor looking for a radio stinger or a musician wanting to add some ice crunch to a snare...or bass wobbles made from a processed moose, TRANSFORM has something for you.
TRANSFORM comes with sampler presets for the EXS24MKII, Kontakt, Battery, Maschine and Reaktor, as well as the all new MP16c sampler for *Reaktor. To top it off, we’ve included MP16c templates for Maschine, Kore and TouchOSC for the iPad, as well as bonus material by Richard Devine.
*Reaktor Player format not supported
Pricing
$69
About Twisted Tools
TWISTED TOOLS specializes in creating innovative and user friendly instruments, effects and sample libraries.
About JEDSOUND
Jean-Edouard Miclot is a French sound designer living and working in Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with Stuart Wilson, Steve Bigras, Zak Belica, Brad Hillman and Samuel Lehmer. Jean-Edouard is currently a sound designer at Ubisoft."
"Converted my rack mounted synth into one with a keyboard. Achieved by combining an Alesis 25 key controller with my Korg MS-2000BR. There is only one power supply(the korgs) and the Korg still has the external midi input available."
"November 21, 2011: Moog Music launches Season Two of Moog Sound Lab, a unique performance series giving artists the opportunity to experiment with various forms of synthesis and soundscaping. Season Two marks a partnership with music tastemaker, SPIN.com. SPIN will exclusively present one performance from each session.
Moog Sound Lab Season Two’s debut episode features a distinctive performance by Twin Shadow, who applies synthesis to organically re-invent his breakthrough songs “Castles In The Snow” and “Slow”. The on-line series is creatively engineered and filmed at Moog Music's factory in Asheville, North Carolina by Moog’s in-house multi-media production team.
Little Dragon, The Antlers, Ra Ra Riot, and Megafaun join Twin Shadow for the second season of Moog Sound Lab. Each band re-imagined two of their songs while experimenting in Moog's gear rich, black box studio space within its working factory. Combining artists' untethered creativity with access to the full catalog of Moog's handcrafted electronic musical instruments, Moog Sound Lab offers viewers a rare view of performances usually reserved for private rehearsals and experimentation that take place regularly at the Moog factory.
Viewers may watch one performance exclusively on SPIN.com and the other at moogsoundlab.com. The episodes will debut on the first and third Mondays of each month. Little Dragon's session will premier December 5th.
Season One of Moog Sound Lab featured Tegan and Sara, Phantogram, OK GO, Junip, Dorit Chrysler, and The Dandy Warhols, which can be viewed at moogsoundlab.com.
