Trailer for the Loveparade 2008 in Dortmund, July 19th – what some call “the greatest Party in the world”. Announced artists include: Richie Hawtin, Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Craig, Dubfire, Anja Schneider, Audion and Underworld.
Remember yesterday’s post about real-time 3D acoustic rendering? I said: Can you imagine entering into a 3D world of ambient sound-objects, where your perspective, and the location of the objects, affects what you hear? This video, JumpBean Synth from Angry’s Tripping The Universe, appears to explore a similar idea, if on a basic level.
Erik Rask and Mika Forsling, aka Lurmusic, are couple of musicians from Malmo, Sweden, working with interactive performance and live loop music. They are known for their electronica shows where they combine projections that react to the music. Their latest project includes one Arduino board, the Tinker.it software to communicate to Flash and a shield… Read More The Bizarre World of Lurmusic
This is a demonstration video showing real-time 3D acoustic rendering, using the Phoenix gaming engine. Developer David Rosen discusses this in depth in his paper Real-time 3D Acoustics Rendering: Abstract It is common for real-time systems to render 3D sounds by simply panning the sound from left to right and adjusting the volume based on… Read More Real-Time 3D Acoustics Rendering
I’ve had my eye on the Boss RE 20 Space Echo, which is based on the classic Roland RE201 tape echo, for a while. The RE 20 Space Echo basically reproduces many of the effects that are possible using an analog tape delay, but does it in a reliable, affordable digital package. This video shows… Read More Boss Space Echo Reincarnates Classic Electronic Music Tape Effects
Gadget.Brando.Com.HK has a DJ Plasma Light that reacts to music to create an interactive light show. They are super-cheap – $18. Cheap enough to tempt me to get several. Let me know if you’ve used these and, if so, what you think. Features: DJ Plasma Indication Tube ON/OFF power switch Lightning or Music/Sonic switch Music/Sonic… Read More DJ Plasma Light Reacts To Sound
Above, Duran Duran covers Kraftwerk’s Showroom Dummies during their Red Carpet Massacre show on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City on November 6, 2007. Below, Kraftwerk performing Showroom Dummies live at Coachella 2008. Duran Duran may win this round. But Señor Coconut , below, may get the prize for “most original cover”. Are you… Read More Duran Duran VS Kraftwerk
OT: I love hypnotic electronic music, especially when you’ve got some trippy visuals to go with it. Dynamically generated visuals seem like a natural pairing with live electronic music. The Metalab Metamatrix is a fantastic DIY project that uses 3456 Leds,1 FPGA, 1 mini ITX board and the contributions of over 20 people. If you know of any… Read More Awesome LED Visualizer
The Wilhelm Scream may be the most famous movie sound effect of all time: [display_podcast] It’s a scream that’s been used in movies for over 50 years, becoming a sort of inside joke among filmmakers. It was used in all six Star Wars movies, Poltergeist, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monty Python and… Read More The Wilhelm Scream: The Amen Break Of Movie Sound Effects
Sound synthesized by computer on the fly, according to interactions caused in the virtual world by the user.
