John Kannenberg’s Reductive Waves is a meditation on the visualization of sound, via contrasting natural and human-crafted environments. It features two main visual elements, the first of which is non-manipulated video footage of light moving across his living room wall, shot during a summer sunrise. The second is a series of digital images created via… Read More Visualization Of Sound
In this video, Chris Bryant shows you how to create a classic synth sound using the key input on the Digidesign Expander/Gate plug-in, an old Boss drum machine hihat sample and the Xpand virtual instrument.
This how-to, from Stretta, demonstrates how to use a modular synthesizer to create a vocal “aahh” sound.
This is a demo of a MaxMSP patch which implements the Live API Hack by MDK It features a 5 x 40 clip grid that grabs Clip and Scene names as well as clip colors from the current Live set. I use it to control Ableton Live with an inexpensive touchscreen monitor. More on the… Read More Control Ableton Live With A Touch Screen Monitor
This short music video for Play Dead by Bjork and David Arnold features 240 still photos joined together in two different ways to produce timelapses of the rotation of the night sky around the pole over a 7 hour period. Shot at the Stockport Observatory, to the North of Adelaide, SA, home to the Astronomical Society of… Read More South Celestial Pole Animation
This post may bring out the right-wing hater synth fan brigade, but this video, from the Bam Factory (RevoLucian and Don Phillips, Jr.), is pretty funny and does a great job of remixing recent political speeches from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and others. via Sarah Palin, The Nucular Maverick
The Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) is a large-scale, computer-mediated ensemble that explores cutting-edge technology in combination with conventional musical contexts. Founded in 2008 by director Ge Wang and students, faculty, and staff at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), this unique ensemble comprises more than 20 laptops, human performers, controllers,… Read More The Stanford Laptop Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbeMwl_PA6A N.E.R.D.’s Pharrell Williams shares his views on music, life, energy, and technology video from Microsoft Windows’ I’m a PC campaign. He doesn’t ever get around to talking about Windows, does he?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDmBx4R-Gas Two videos that look at how vinyl records are made. via cratekings
Remember filling in those little ovals on tests in school with #2 pencil? Now you can do something really fun with a #2 pencil! Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw. It’s an easy DIY project that lets you create a basic musical synthesizer that uses the conductive properties… Read More Make Music With A #2 Pencil
