Caitlin's explains her team's Astro Pi Code and jams with waveforms created from historic ISS data.

Published on Jan 28, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"Team STEAMCademy's Astro Pi code is almost complete and here Caitlin demonstrates how it will (hopefully!) be used to collect data on board the International Space Station.

In a previous video she demonstrated how she can use the data to generate waveforms using the Synthesis Technology Waveedit program, and if successful in the Astro Pi competition she will use it to generate wavetables from this code.

Caitlin then has a quick jam with the Moog Mother-32, Roland System-1m and the e352 Cloud Terrarium using wavetables she has previously generated from historic ISS data."

Astro Pi / Tim Peake inspired piece created for the Brighton Modular Meet

Published on Jun 30, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

'We were thrilled to be invited to run a demonstration of the Mad Music Machine at the Brighton Modular Meet.

We thought it would be a good idea to create a patch using waveforms generated from our Astro Pi data with samples we created from the European Space Agency commentary of Tim Peakes flight from Earth to the International Space Station.

We used the Synthesis Technology WaveeEdit programme to create the wavetables which on the E370 are taken from the pattern formed by the humidity data recorded in our experiment. The E352 uses a sample of the engine noise of the Soyuz TMA-19M which on which Tim Peake travelled - this is modulated in cloud mode to give the 'engine' sounds.

As the data was generated on a Raspberry Pi so we thought it would be appropriate to use Sonic Pi for for the sequencing :)

Her Caitlin jams with that patch :)"

Update:

Caitlin's live performance at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 2, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"We had a fantastic time at the Brighton Modular Meet and met some wonderful people.

Caitlin enjoyed performing this and was very happy with the audience's reaction at the end!"

Caitlin creates wavetables for the E352 using data recorded on the ISS

Published on Jan 14, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"The Code Club that Caitlin attends has entered the Astro Pi competition. As part of their research we have been looking at historic data collected on board the ISS. Here Caitlin explains how she extracted cyclic data from it and used it to create wavetables for the E352 Cloud Terrarium.

Once she had created the .wav file she imported into the Synthesis Technology Waveedit program to create the wavetables (see one of her previews videos for details on how to use this program).

She then explains how she modulates the wavetables with MATHS before having a quick jam with her newly created wavetables!"

Synth Kid Caitlin back with TONTO

Published on Aug 1, 2019 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin was invited to a special backstage tour at the National Music Centre in Calgary.

This included the chance to try out some unique and historic instruments, the highlight for her was undoubtedly creating and playing a simple patch on TONTO."

You can find previous posts featuring Caitlin here. See the label below for more posts featuring TONTO.

Caitlin's live performance at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 2, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"We had a fantastic time at the Brighton Modular Meet and met some wonderful people.

Caitlin enjoyed performing this and was very happy with the audience's reaction at the end!"

Follow-up to this post.

Caitlin explains clocks with the Mother-32 clock and the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider

Published on Dec 29, 2017 The Mad Music Machine

"We have added a 4ms Rotating Clock Divider to the Mad Music Machine.

Here Caitlin uses it to explain synthesizer clocks by using a clock signal from the Mother-32 to trigger our Mutant Drums"

A quick jam with the E352 / Mother-32

Published on Jan 2, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"This was just a very quick jam as Caitlin wanted to say a quick thanks to lovely people at Synth Tech Modular who have been so supportive of her.

This is Caitlin's own intro and a simple sequence using the E352 & Mother-32. We didn't use any drum modules other than the triggered Mutant Clap which is being used as a filter. The System-1m provides a little bit of reverb,"

THE 15TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED

"SFEMF celebrates its fifteenth season with four exciting nights of performances featuring emerging and internationally renowned artists.

Thursday September 11 – Sunday September 14, 2014

Ezra Buchla
Nicolas Collins
Sarah Davachi
David Dunn
Headboggle + Caitlin Denny
Julia Mazawa
Joker Nies
Aki Onda
Christina Stanley
Xo Xinh
:zoviet*france:

9/11/14: Exploratorium
Kanbar Forum
Pier 15, San Francisco

9/12-14: Brava Theater Center
2781 24th Street (at York),
San Francisco

The 15th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival is proud to offer four evenings of stimulating performances by a diverse cadre of composers and performers in the electronic music field. This year's lineup includes a wide variety of electronic music, ranging from live tape collage, noise, musique concrete, and sound design to free improvisation. The featured artists utilize instruments such as analog synthesizers, home-brewed electronics, acoustic instruments, and laptop patches.

SFEMF has invited a distinctive group of artists from across the field of electronic music. On the main stage at Brava Theater Center we are presenting UK-based industrial-ambient legends :zoviet*france:, renowned electronic composer Nic Collins (Chicago), field recording maverick and live tape collagist Aki Onda (New York), violist/composer Ezra Buchla, German sound artist and circuit bender Joker Nies (Cologne), ambient electronic composer Sarah Davachi, violinist/composer Christina Stanley, electro-acoustic artist Xô Xinh, and ambient loop composer Julia Mazawa. And on our special opening night concert at the Exploratorium's Kanbar Forum, composer David Dunn and antic keyboardist Head Boggle (with live visuals by Caitlin Denny) will be playing through the immersive Meyer Sound Constellation system."

http://www.sfemf.org

This one in via Brian Comnes.

4ms STS and E370 Drum Machine

Published on Mar 23, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

Another tutorial video from synth kid Caitlin!

"We have been invited to take the Mad Music Machine to the Horsham Piazza Italia Festival which features many Italian (and other) high performance cars.

We thought it would be fun to incorporate samples of these cars into our music. Here Caitlin creates a basic drum machine using drum samples in the E370 and cars sounds in the Stereo Triggered Sampler .

The E370 makes for a great drum machine as the drum samples are very are easily tuned and triggered."

Streetly Tapes for M-Tron Pro - Violins & Vox (No Talking)

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"Violins & Vox

Courtesy of Tron-meister, Nigel Hopkins, here's a no-talking, audio demo run-through of the Streetly Violins & Vox tapebanks, with a few patches thrown in for good measure.

As with all other Streetly Tape Volumes, Violin & Vox provides yet more sonic superfood for your M-Tron Pro, via a set of 25 tapebanks, this time focussing on the strong and varied vocal performances of Caitlin Downie and the virtuoso violin voicings of Claire Lindley.

As with all Streetly Tapes Volumes, this pack has been lovingly given the Streetly Skellotron treatment for that authentic sound of EMI tape wearing down playback heads.

Although these are recent recordings, thanks to the character introduced by the Skellotron processing, they have all the tron character you know and love, and sit perfectly alongside classic mellotron strings and choir recordings.

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/produc...

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Caitlin's joy at creating her first Mother-32 patch from scratch

The Mad Music Machine
Published on Aug 8, 2017

"We had originally created a simple Sonic Pi loop based on the opening bars from the White Stripe's 'Seven Nation Army' - the Mother-32 was first patched to sound similar to the original song - but Caitlin had other ideas! :)"

Too funny. So awesome!

4ms STS and Addictive TV Samples

Published on May 13, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"Addictive TV have released to the public samples from their amazing 'Orchestra of Samples' project. The samples were collected over a 4 year period and involve over 300 musicians from 30 countries.

Here Caitlin live jams with a few off those samples that we have loaded into the 4ms STS. Caitlin mixes those samples with our own sounds & sequences generated in the Mad Music Machine."

Caitlin making 'Whale Sounds'

Published on Nov 17, 2017 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin has been playing with the inbuilt Cross Modulation and Reverb/Delay effects on the Roland System-1m"

1066 - on a Modular Synth

Published on Mar 1, 2020 The Mad Music Machine

"A quick demo of a patch inspired by one of Caitlin's topics at the Secondary (High) school she now attends.

Here Make Noise René 2 is sequencing the 4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator, Synthesis Technology E352 & E370 (with VCA controlled by Doepfer A-178 Theremin). Voice Samples are controlled by the 4MS Stereo Triggered Sampler (further pitch-shifted by the QU-Bit Nebulae). Drones via the Mother32. Keys via Behringer K2. Drums via Mutant Bass and Snare.

A tiny bit of reverb via Soundcraft Lexicon unit."

Haven't seen her in a while. You can find additional posts featuring Caitlin here. Here she is with TONTO.

Caitlin explains modulation using an LFO and the intellijel Quad VCA

Published on Dec 26, 2017 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin overheard a (non synth) conversation about modulation and although she had been using it (without realising it) for some time, she was not sure exactly what it meant.

So once she understood the basic principle of using one signal to vary another, she decided to make a video."

Caitlin's first experiment with the Maths

Published on Jan 7, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"We had only 20 HP left in the current form of the Mad Music Machine and have used it all with a MATHS! - here Caitlin has a first experiment with it with the Roland System-1m to improve it's envelope and develop another voice from the main sequence controlled by the Mother-32."

A Merry Christmas from Caitlin and the Mad Music Machine.

Published on Dec 19, 2017 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin explains how we use the Moog Mother-32 to control and mix the outputs from the E352 Cloud Terrarium.

She then uses this patch, together with the Hexinverter Mutant Drums and the Roland System-1m, to play a special Christmas tune using Sonic Pi MIDI sequencing."

Caitlin demonstrates the Make Noise René 2 sequencer

Published on Nov 28, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin has been learning about René Descartes at school which inspired us to add a Make Noise René 2 and Tempi to the Mad Music Machine.

This a simple patch: René X channel to E370, Channel 1, René Y channel to the E352, René C channel to the System 1.

No other sounds sources or effects were used but we have a few extra patch cables to feed the audio to Bitwig for Analysis."

Bitwig Studio, Modular Synths & a Flute play No Limits.

Published on Aug 7, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin uses the Sixty Four Pixels Banana Split to connect Bitwig Studio to the Mad Music Machine.

She sequences the Mother-32, E352, Roland System-1m and the Hexinverter Drums from Bitwig and plays her flute over the top!"

Mutant Drums, System-1m, Mother 32 jam.

Published on Nov 14, 2017 The Mad Music Machine

"Caitlin finally let daddy have a play with the Mad Music Machine and he fed it notes from a well know Black Sabbath tune."