CP 1919 Tutorials

YouTube Uploaded by TheStrangeAgency on Oct 20, 2011

Note the first video in this playlist was previously posted here. You can skip it if you've seen it.

Playlist:
CP 1919 - 1 - Harp Effect Tutorial
CP 1919 - 2 - Frozen Fluid Tutorial
CP 1919 - 3 - Keyboard Tutorial
CP 1919 - 4 - Flowing Fluid Tutorial
CP 1919 - 5 - Chord Insanity Tutorial

CP 1919 - The Strange Agency LLC
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SuperStoke - Stochastic Granular Drum Machine from The Strange Agency

YouTube Published on Jul 19, 2012 by TheStrangeAgency

"stochastic granular drum machine!
soon, for iOS :)"

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MegaCurtis for iOS Now Available

"Awesome successor to Curtis!

Completely rewritten for better performance, longer recording time, session recording, polyphony, high-res display and more!

☢ 80% DISCOUNT FOR A LIMITED TIME! ☢

See it in action at:

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Granular synthesis works by combining many tiny grains of sound from an existing recording, generally creating new sounds with the textural properties of the original.

Granular synthesis allows you to regenerate the recording, playing it forward or backward at any speed, to skip around the recording playing tiny slices of it at random, or to loop a small portion with a varying loop size.

Check out Curtis Heavy, the free original version for a taste and come back here for more!"

You can find a video of MegaCurtis here.



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Donut - Loading Files

YouTube Uploaded by TheStrangeAgency on Oct 20, 2011

"New version of Donut the two-dimensional looper for iPad featuring file loading."

Donut - The Strange Agency LLC
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Richard Devine - Objects Of Granularity on Curtis for iPad

Objects Of Granularity by RichardDevine
"This track was composed for the "Curtis" (iphone/ipod/ipad) app by The Strange Agency. This piece is a Acousmatic composition based on everyday found objects. I recorded various wine glasses, gears, metal, motors, Ratchets, chimes, croaking frog scraper, Indian bells, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Santoor, waterphone, piano, hematite magnets, processed voice, underwater ambiances, computer, and sprinkled bits of Buchla 200e/Doepfer Euro rack Modular.

All of the sounds originally captured at 24-bit 96khz with a Neumann RSM 191 A/S stereo shotgun mic, SMK4060 Stereo Matched 4060-BM Miniature Omnidirectional Microphones and Sound Devices 702 recorder. Download the wave in 16-bit 44.1khz wave:)

Process and further granulate my piece with the"Curtis" app version 1.1 here on the itunes store."

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Curtis vs radio demo

Curtis vs radio demo from strange agency on Vimeo.

"Curtis granular synthesizer is finally live on the App Store! Here's a medley of tweaks to live radio recordings."
Note I created a Curtis Granular label below. Click it for more and be sure to see this post.

MegaCurtis 1.3

YouTube Uploaded by TheStrangeAgency on Mar 26, 2012

"New features coming to MegaCurtis version 1.3

MegaCurtis can turn any recording into a musical instrument. Check it out on the iOS App Store!"


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Sound Scope Pro video theremin

Sound Scope Pro video theremin from strange agency on Vimeo.

"A preview of the upcoming pro version of Sound Scope with completely rewritten audio engine, kuzmoscillator modulator, more range, and higher resolution!"
You can find the free version on iTunes here:

fluid synth prototype

fluid synth prototype from strange agency on Vimeo.

"fluid simulation becomes an oscillator. for the iPhone?"

Curtis UI Study

YouTube Uploaded by TheStrangeAgency on Nov 16, 2011

"Exploring"

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TEC port A - chimes

TEC port A - chimes from strange agency on Vimeo.

"Porting an old project to iPad: audio sequencer based on a neural network."

Curtis Granular Synthesizer iPad app running in Buffeater

YouTube via prettyhatedmachine | January 03, 2011 |

"This is the Curtis Granular Resynthesizer app for the ipad.I ran the audio into Reaktor using Buffeater for effects.Well worth it!"


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Sound Scope Space on iPad

YouTube via iballzinfo | November 12, 2010

"Kero demos the Sound Scope Space application on iPad.

iBallz help protect your investment. Does your iPad have Ballz?

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Sound Scope Space demo

Sound Scope Space demo from strange agency on Vimeo.

"The software formerly known as Sound Scope Pro has been dubbed Sound Scope Space. It nears release, and we tremble with anticipation!"

ExtraSlice Released

ExtraSlice Quick Intro

YouTube Published on Jul 25, 2012 by TheStrangeAgency
Update: Re-Published on Jul 26, 2012 by TheStrangeAgency
"ExtraSlice is the future of the DJ experience! Live today! $.99, limited time!
Juggle beats, chop, screw, shuffle, dice and slice with the latest iteration of our critically acclaimed Slice series."

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Donut™ Feeding Self

Donut™ Feeding Self from strange agency on Vimeo.

"Play-through recording with Donut™ prototype, first with headphones, then full-on feedback."

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Spoke drum machine prototype

Spoke drum machine prototype from strange agency on Vimeo.

"first demo of Spoke, coming to iPhone!"

1973 Moog Satellite With an Interesting Bit of Synth History

YouTube Uploaded by richspe on Mar 6, 2012

via this auction

Read the description for an interesting bit of synth trivia involving this individual synth. The story starts at the second image below.

"I purchased this Moog new in 1973. It was occasionally used in a recording studio I owned. As you can see it shows little use. Also included are the user’s guide, service manual, and a tech bulletin with detailed tuning information. The user's registration guide is useful for basic settings for most musical instruments and a variety of other strange sounds. A year or two ago I tuned this Moog and cleaned all key contacts planning to sell it, which I didn’t move ahead with for some reason. It was working great. Now it works great some of the time and other times the tab settings don’t change the sound, as they should. Not sure what the problem is. It seems to be somewhat temperature related in that when the temperature is cooler it generally works fine. Perhaps a transistor needs replacing or something else. I am selling it as-is with no returns. The service manual has a full schematic, parts list, and picture views of the PC board. See the video I made 2/29/12 below, at which time it was working. This synthesizer has a great bass sound.

More than you wanted to know: It was used to produce the first radio/TV commercial for electronic money transfer, which became today’s ATMs. Yes, a Lincoln Nebraska savings and loan company started electronic money transfer. It was called TMS, transmatic money service. TMS service was at a special service counter in chain grocery stores. It was very rudimentary, sort of like going to a bank and requesting money from a saving account – no mag card or machine was involved.

The savings and the loan company that pioneered TMS knew that the banking industry would use legal means to shut down this service and that the courts would decide if TMS was legal. The banks claimed that the savings and loan company had not chartered a branch operation through the Banking Dept. of the State of Nebraska, which in their view was required for any money transaction. Not knowing which way the courts would rule the ad agency for the savings and loan company had me do a relatively low cost track rather than purchase a track from the jingle-jungle in Dallas Texas. ATMs are everywhere today so we know how the court ruled. At that time I think I was recoding with my Ampex 440, 4 track recorder (like the Beatles used early on), or an 8 track Ampex 350 deck with 440 electronics. Some of my synthesizer settings for the TMS commercial are written in the back of the user’s guide on blank registration pages. I know some say this is a wimpy synthesizer, but the fact remains that it has that great full Moog sound and it is a quick way to lay down a bass line, banjo track, or a track using any of the other great sounds it will create."

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