Kipp Wieland demonstrates how they do it in Cedar Rapids, IA, demoing a custom digital DJ setup. The system is capable of playing up to eight stereo elements at one time, be they whole songs, clips, or loops: “I loop everything that goes into it – even 9-minute tracks! I put this together when Mike (running… Read More DJing With Percussa Audiocubes
Peter Kirn posted an interesting look today at Mrmr – a platform for creating dynamic user interfaces on mobile devices. The above video shows its use on an iPhone in a recent audiovisual performance and ends with an interview with its designers. Simply put, Mrmr is a technology that lets you use ordinary cell phones and PDAs… Read More Mrmr Turns You iPhone Into A Multi-Person Multimedia Control System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BouY-tfFE This is a cool video demo via audiolemon of an interesting DIY touchscreen drum machine project. The audio & video are a little raw, but you can see this project has potential. Here’s a high level explanation of how this was put together:
Matthew Davidson demonstrates how to grind your computer to a halt as he runs multiple monomes on one computer, sets up beat sync with polygome, TR-256 and Digital Performer and OSC communication from polygome into Circle, all while recording a video demo.
rockin1208 demos using a Wiimote to control guitar effects: “To do the pitch bend stuff, I send Wii data to Max/Msp, which then sends MIDI data to my digitech Whammy pedal. Yes, the Whammy pedal has a MIDI input.” Anybody hack a Wiimote to do MIDI directly? via Caleb Kraft
Guillaume Evrard demos a real time sampler for Percussa Audiocubes. “I use Ableton Live to map my sounds on my MDP24, then I route the output of Live into Max/MSP using Jack Server (a really great free audio server),” explains Evrard.
The Hale Microsytems UMC32 is an OEM/DIY product designed to let you create custom user interfaces to control any software application that supports the MIDI protocol. The UMC32 provides the essential core (micro controller, power supply, USB functionality) to let you implement your choice of control elements (example: switches, pots and or faders). In short,… Read More Build Your Own USB-MIDI Controller
This video demos npc – a free new application for the monome. npc is loosely based on the akai mpc and uses any of the hardware available at monome.org. npc is also short for non-player character in advanced dungeons and dragons. NPC is a free download from FlatFlat.org.
JazzMutant has announced the upcoming release of a new firmware for their Lemur multitouch-screen controller. The version 2 firmware update offers a host of new object features. Workflow improvements, scripting additions and other features allow the controller to be used with some of the most popular software applications around, with Ableton Live users, in particular,… Read More JazzMutant Lemur Update
DrawSound (pdf link) is a musical instrument that combines multi-touch input technology with the expressive character of drawing. The instrument is intended to be used in two different art projects, The SINE WAVE QUARTET, and aeo. via Califaudio
