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Daft Punk - Something About Us - Daft Loop Love

YouTube via ooo6
"Ableton Live looped cover of Something About Us by Daft Punk, performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled software electric bass, drums, synth, vocoded vocals, and solo theremin, recorded in a single pass, with a single camera."
You can find more details including how to get the MP3 in the full description.

x0xb0x Bases Stand Alone Sequencer?

via Amos on the AH list:
"John Emond and I have been chatting recently about the possibility of taking the excellent analog sequencer found in the x0xb0x (q.v: http://www.ladyada.net/make/x0xb0x) and adapting it into a standalone x0x-style pattern sequencer.

This would be a simple affair, 1 octave of key-switches, 16 steps per pattern, control voltage and MIDI output, MIDI clock sync... the x0xb0x firmware would be used as a starting point, which means features like real-time or step-time pattern editing while the pattern is playing and synced to clock, pattern shift backwards or forwards by steps, on-the-fly transpose, realtime adjustment of pattern length.

Output is V/Octave by default, although John suggests adding a switchable Hz/V output option, which would certainly be a nice touch. He's also in favor of expanding the rather small output range of the x0xb0x to a range of 5 octaves.

So, before we get too deep into this project, it seems like a good idea to find out the general level of interest for such an animal. Who wants one?

I am presuming this would be offered as a PCB + bill of materials, source the parts and build it yourself kind of affair. At least, I'm not immediately volunteering to order and kit up a bunch of parts myself. Although, if a lot of people express an interest (as in, "I will definitely pay extra for a full kit") then it's definitely something to take into consideration.

So, please reply and let me know:

Do you definitely want a standalone, DIY sequencer like this?
Are you OK with a bare PCB and parts list, or is it important to get a
"complete kit?"
(note that a sequencer-only would not have any rare parts like the x0xb0x
uses - the rare bits are all in the synth section)
Has somebody already done this and we haven't noticed yet?

Tell me what you think. It's an exciting possibility, and I'm glad John has
stepped up to lend his enthusiasm to something I've been wanting to get
around to for a while...

Cheers,
Amos"

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Live Music Mess Around Canon 5d Mark II

Live Music Mess Around Canon 5d Mark II from corsiglia on Vimeo.
"Live Music Mess Around Canon 5d Mark II
Featured:
Korg Microkorg
DSI Mopho
Elektron Machinedrum"

Mapping the Ensoniq Fizmo

Dave Cornutt has taken on the daunting task of mapping out the Ensoniq FIZMO's MIDI implementation.

"I've done a bunch more work on identifying how to edit Fizmo patches via MIDI. I've got the NRPNs worked out for about half of the sound parameters, including some of the ones not accessible from the panel. I'll post an update in a few days with all of the ones I've managed to identify. The internal architecture turns out to have some similarities to the Ensoniq MR series."

You can find the full post on Sequence 15.