After an afternoon of testing, NetLag is now going live, kicking off from Melbourne right now. Tune in at http://mogulus.com/netlag/ over the next 5 hours to see artists from Australia, Japan and the USA! Update: Peter is on right now! To be followed by some new work from the LightRhythmVisuals AV Label. Update 2: Net […]
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NetLag: Vapour Trails Live Now
After an afternoon of testing, NetLag is now going live, kicking off from Melbourne right now. Tune in at http://mogulus.com/netlag/ over the next 5 hours to see artists from Australia, Japan and the USA! Update: Net Lag is over, but you can watch the streams on demand. Ed.: Sound didn’t seem to work for me […]
Modular Sound by Touch: Usine
Sensomusic Usine Touch Screen Edition by sensomusic Touchable, open-ended, modular sounds and music – it’s an appealing idea. I’d be remiss in talking this week about touch apps if I didn’t mention the free/cheap Windows tool Usine, which has recently made the jump to a touchscreen-optimized version. (Big thanks to alby75 in comments on our […]
Hands-on with Bloom, New Generative iPhone App by Eno and Chilvers
Bloom is a new generative musical application for iPhone and iPod touch, created by Brian Eno and software designer Peter Shilvers. It’s quite simple, but if you’re looking for some soothing musical strains to float out of your mobile Apple device, this is your ticket. At launch, you’re given a choice of either using a […]
Net-Lag: Global Live Streaming AV Performances Tomorrow Featuring CDM, LightRhythmVisuals and more…
Peter and I have been talking about running CDM-curated streaming events for a while, as a way for us to bring together artists from the incredible communities which have coalesced around this little corner of the web. A series of innocent discussions with Jean Poole last time I was in Melbourne seems to have been […]
Net-Lag: Global Live Streaming AV Performances This Thursday Featuring CDM, LightRhythmVisuals and more…
Peter and I have been talking about running CDM-curated streaming events for a while, as a way for us to bring together artists from the incredible communities which have coalesced in this little corner of the web. A series of innocent discussions with Jean Poole last time I was in Melbourne seems to have been […]
Touching Reaktor, with Touchscreen Laptop, Touch Projections
Having looked at two examples of what the Lemur multi-touch hardware can do, the videos above illustrate directly what I’m talking about when I describe two different approaches. Metrognome is an insanely-talented guru in the modular instrument/effects-building environment Reaktor. He’s working to build new live performance tools that meld live arrangement / remixing / DJing […]
A Multi-Touch Interface for Ableton Live, with the New Lemur Firmware
If you could control your music with all of your digits, and get interactive feedback on a display, what would your setup look like? Expert Lemur user and software engineer Bryant Place has one such answer. It shows off just how much the Lemur’s software has evolved over a series of revisions, and reveals a […]
Lemur, Star Trek-like Multi-Touch Hardware, Gets Firmware v2
The new Lemur v2 firmware powers an interactive setup with Ableton Live, with some help from the Live API. Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation saw this coming – computer display interfaces were destined to allow direct touch from all your fingers, with no mouse or stylus or clunky single-point interface intervening. Jazz Mutant’s […]
A MIDI-Ready Nintendo Game Boy, with Help From Arduino
Arduinoboy mGB from trash80 on Vimeo. Lovers of the sound of the original Nintendo Game Boy, the Minimoog of game systems with its distinctive, rich 8-bit sound, this may be the best solution for integrating it with other music gear. Our friend trash80, aka Timothy, has completed a project with open-source code for the affordable, […]