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"

Monome Arc - Further Explorations (in three parts)

Published on Feb 11, 2018 Genshi Media Group

"Further explorations with the Monome Arc and Ansible module. Patch notes are as follows:

• Part One - Arc/Ansible is using the "Levels" app, with Arc's rings 1 and 2 in "Note" mode; sequencing Mutable Instruments Rings and Intellijel Plonk respectively, and Arc's rings 3 and 4 are modulating various parameters. Delay is from the Erica Synths Black Hole DSP, and Granularizing (not a real word) and Reverb from Mutable Instruments Clouds.

• Part Two - Arc/Ansible is using the "Cycles" app, with all 4 rings modulating the CV of all the modules.

• Part Three - Arc/Ansible is again using "Cycles" app, this time with the Synthesis Technology E352 Cloud Terrarium replacing the Rings and Plonk modules."

ARC Serge TKB

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video upload by ARC

ARC Serge TKB eurorack sequencer: Patch examples


Videos from 2017.

via this auction

"This is the Serge TKB module that was used as the in-workshop demo unit, appeared in the YouTube training video for the module [above] and was photographed for the ARC website - very very light use, some typical rack rash from mounting to rack (current photos of actual unit). Great chance to get a good deal on a lightly used module in excellent shape - direct from ARC!

ARC Serge Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer eurorack module, direct from manufacturer.

Module Width: 70hp
Mounting Depth: 25mm
Current Draw: 20mA (+12v), 5mA (-12v)"

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Monome Arc Encounters by Craig Anthony Perkins

Monome Arc - First Encounter from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.

"First encounter with the Monome Arc. Coincidentally, the card I randomly pulled from my box of Oblique Strategies said 'Abandon normal instruments'. That's got to be a sign..."


Monome Arc - Second Encounter (Eurorack version) from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.

"A short, quick second encounter with the Monome Arc, this time with a small Eurorack setup consisting of the Monome Ansible module, Mutable Instruments Rings + Clouds, Make Noise Morphagene, and the Erica Synths Black Hole DSP."

8Dio Deep Quintet Strings - Official Walkthrough

video upload by 8dioproductions

"Deep Quintet Strings is the world's first string library with 9-way Round Robin legato, capturing the realism and beauty of these concert instruments at an unprecedented level. Repetition is such a key component of musical phrasing, but playing repeated notes here doesn't mean you'll be hearing the same sample over and over again. Each Quintet note is fresh and organic, with no trace of the robotic "machine gun effect."

Featuring two Violins, one Viola and two Cellos, Deep Quintet Strings allows you to solo, mute or pan between each of the instruments whenever and however you like. You can even move between close and distant mic positions, which gives you complete flexibility to shape this String Quintet and its studio environment.

We stand for only the best in musicianship, and Quintet Strings has all the intricacy and expertise you would expect from us, putting fully dynamic and moving performances at your command. Recorded in a controlled studio environment, Deep Quintet Strings was produced with incredible attention to detail and without compromise.

From nimble notes and nervous vibratos, to long sweetly evolving arcs, we've provided natural and nuanced articulations to convey a wide emotional spectrum. Over the years, we've developed techniques to capture the passion of a full performance in every note, and you can feel it here under your fingertips. Get lost in the intensity of Deep Quintet Strings today.

Available now for $150

https://8dio.com/products/quintet-str...

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0:00 - Intro
1:52 - Legato in Kontakt
3:20 - UI & Quintet Overview
4:56 - Arc Glance Poco Vibrato
6:20 - Arc Demos (Full Quintet)
6:48 - Arc Short Senza Vibrato
9:30 - Arc Short Multo Vibrato
10:14 - Mic Control
13:38 - Arc Trailing Vibrato
15:00 - Arcs & Legato Demo
16:58 - 9-Way Round Robin Legato
18:48 - Twin Violins Legato
21:08 - Viola Legato
23:26 - Twin Cellos Legato
24:14 - Quintet & Anthology Strings
27:32 - Twin Violins Legato Agile
30:40 - Outro & Live Demos"

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."

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 Norns/fates + ARC + 16n Faderbank: Study 001

Allinaire

"Monome Norns/Fates controlled by ARC & 16n Faderbank. Performed Live.
ARC controls 4 virtual 'Tape' heads in Fates ASH app. The ARC controls position, speed, direction & pitch in very high resolution increments.
The 16n Faderbank is midi mapped to the parameters in ASH to control the number of grains, grain size, grain spread for each tape head and a master reverb.
All sounds and loops from Fates - no external effects or processing. The output is recoded back into Fates via the Record App running simultaneously.
The 4 loops were made prior on other fates apps and recorded via Fates then loaded into ASH."

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.

Allinaire Live: Monome Norns/Fates + ARC. Granular Synthesis. New Atlantis

video by Allinaire

"Monome Norns / Fates controlled by ARC and Faderbank. Live performance at 'New Atlantis, Artists Edition' at the Io Myer Theatre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Recorded 6th March 2021.
Testing the Quadraphonic sound stage at the theatre, this event featured several NSW modular and sound artists.
Huge thanks to Adam Hulbert of UNSW and New Sound Waves for organising and facilitating the event.
Video Synthesis and projection mapping onto the 4 screen panels by Adam Hulbert and Simon Trevaks (with Luke S Dearnley operating Vidiot during my set).
Quadraphonc sound in the Theatre but only stereo on this video - still some good sound panning and movement best heard on quality headphones or speakers.
Norns / Fates features several reels of material including field recordings of underwater audio from the Great Barrier reef off Carins QLD, percussion extracts from my Asalt studio piece & various Norns apps pieces and percussion.
Using Norns App ASH/ ANGL the ARC controls the pitch and speed in a high precision granular manner and Faderbank adjusts various other parameters.
4 Granular 'tape heads' are available concurrently and I swap out 'sound reels' during the performance.
The performance is basically made 'on the fly', by ear, by granularising the sounds into tiny pieces and adjusting parametaers to mix, smear, pan and resize & overlap grains.
Picked up some radio interference towards the end as well!
Thanks for watching."

Sequential Synth Tips With Zach Tenorio: Prophet X lo-fi Rhodes & Touch Slider Techniques

video upload by Sequential

"Welcome to 'Sequential Synth Tips,' where some of our favorite artists share their tips, tricks, and techniques on a Sequential synth. In this episode, we feature Arc Iris keyboardist Zach Tenorio programming an electric piano patch, and demonstrating performance techniques utilizing the touch sliders and pitch wheel.

Zach Tenorio-Miller is the keyboard player and co-founder of Providence, Rhode Island art-pop trio, Arc Iris. Zach has collaborated with a wide array of artists including Kimbra, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, AC Newman (New Pornographers), Gene Ween, and long time collaborator and mentor, Jon Anderson (Yes).

Follow Zach Tenorio / Arc Iris here:

http://www.arcirismusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/zachtenorio/

More about Sequential and the Prophet X:

https://www.sequential.com/product/pr..."

You can find additional Sequential Synth Tips here.

µMicrolooper & µGrainstorm for monome arc, grid and Ableton Live

Published on Sep 25, 2017 stretta

"Demo of µMicrolooper for monome arc, grid and Ableton Live"


Published on Sep 25, 2017 stretta

"Demo of µGrainstorm for monome arc, grid and Ableton Live"

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"

Introducing Arc Instruments - New Hardware Instrument Manufacturer & a Contest for Cold Hard Cash

Arc Instruments shared this teaser pic with us. The only detail currently revealed is that it will be a controller of some sort.  Note what appears to be a USB port on the side.

They are having a naming contest for the device.  The winner not only gets bragging rights for naming the instrument, but they also get cold hard cash! Hit the "Name Contest" link up on top of their new website, arcinstruments.ca, for full details. You can find some submissions up on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge here.

You can find Arc Instruments on Facebook here, and sign up for email updates on their website.

Serge Style Eurorack Modules Sequence

Published on Jun 27, 2018 Perfect Circuit Audio

"We put together this case with Serge inspired eurorack modules, the ARC TKB is used as the sequencer and Random Source make up most of the voice with the Befaco Rampage helping out with clocking and envelope generating.

Random Source: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/r...

ARC: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/arc

Rampage: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/b..."

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Modularctor for monome ARC 4

Modularctor from Pauk on Vimeo.

"My first m4l app for the monome ARC 4
It's a double CV/LFO controller to be used with DC output soundcards.
Took some code from Beap by stretta."

Update: Thread on the monome forum: http://monome.org/community/discussion/17468/new-arc-app-modularctor#Item_3

ARC Artificial Neural Network eurorack synthesizer module overview.

Published on Nov 7, 2016 ARC

"The ARC Artificial Neural Network is a collection of submodules for the creation and processing of control voltages, programmable logic, waveshaping, signal conditioning etc.

Two identical Threshold Logic Neurons are capable of patch programmable combinational and sequential logic. Each input is weighted and may be manually triggered.

There are also two identical Boolean Logic Neurons inspired by the Dual Logic Unit of the EAB video synthesizer.

Also included are several useful utility submodules: Dual Schmitt Trigger, Comparator, and Dual Not Gate."

See this post for details.

Dr. Who Theme Goes Tesla

Tesla Coils - Arc Attack - Doctor Who Theme Song - Makers Faire 2010 - San Mateo - No. 1

YouTube via wshsbro — May 23, 2010 — "ArcAttack employs a unique DJ set up of their own creation to generate an 'electrifying' audio visual performance. The HVDJ pumps music through a PA system while two specially designed DRSSTC's (Dual-Resonant Solid State Tesla Coils) act as separate synchronized instruments. These high tech machines produce an electrical arc similar to a continuous lightning bolt and put out a crisply distorted square wave sound reminiscent of the early days of synthesizers. i filmed this video @ makers faire san mateo expo center.... web site: http://www.arcattack.com"

Switch Riot on the Tesla Coil - Maker Fair 2010

"searcher938 — May 22, 2010 — Maker's fair 2010 tesla coil presentation. Arc attack (http://www.arcattack.com/) showed off some tunes with there tesla coils at this years makers fair event in San Mateo California."

This one in via thehollowhearts.com

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

GRAQC / ARC MIN.

GRAQC / ARC MIN. from Nicolas Rupcich on Vimeo.

"Video of a live recording for the track Arc Min."
"custom made modular synth, Korg R3, Moog Moogerfooger Murf, Thingamakit and Renoise."