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January 21, 2008
"I can count every star in the heavens above but I have no heart I can't fall in love…"
Here's my favorite talk from 243c "I can count every star in the heavens above but I have no heart I can't fall in love…" presented by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The presentation shows all the uses of computer in music, our fears and our hopes. If you have time to watch, it's definatley worth it -
Bourgeois culture was paralyzed and finally overrun by modern technologies which broke through the traditional class barriers. It went into a panic and produced these very stupid technophobic manifestos and images e.g. of "the computer". Pop music discovered and explored the computer not only as a musical instrument but also as something to sing and reflect about in a less aversive way. In doing so it influenced the conception people had of computers. The public image of computers was shaped by groups such as Kraftwerk as well as through obscure Schlager songs such as France Gall's "Computer No. 3". Not only was that image influenced by high culture computer panic but also by naïve technomania, and so it delivered the very dialectics of the computer as a means of cultural technology in capitalist society."I can count every star in the heavens above but I have no heart I can't fall in love…" - Link.
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Jan 21, 2008 01:00 AM
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January 20, 2008
Football helmet guitar lets you rock out on the field
Just in time for the end of football season comes the "Football Helmet Guitar", a hybrid helmet and guitar that lets you rock out while catching a pass in the end zone. The guitar features interchangeable face masks so that you can match the color of your favorite team, a built in speaker, football shaped guitar picks, but you'll have to get your own stickers for the logo of your team. Hopefully you'll be using this to rock out at a SuperBowl party, otherwise you might need to change your band's theme
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 20, 2008 06:11 AM
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January 18, 2008
"Korg" lunchbox synth
lunchbox synth - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 18, 2008 06:00 PM
Electronics, Music |
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Bubblegum sequencer - Making music with candy
Hannes Hesse & Andrew McDiarmid sent in this sweet project! -
The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software. Finally, people can't claim anymore that electronic music isn't handmade.Bubblegum sequencer - Making music with candy - Link.Here's how it works: A grid of holes, consisting of several rows with 16 holes each is the canvas. On it, you arrange colored gumballs. The 16 columns represent the 16th-notes in a measure. Each color is mapped to a specific sample.
Because the output is generated in the form of MIDI events, the Bubblegum Sequencer can be used to control any kind of audio hardware or software.
If you'd like to know more about the Bubblegum Sequencer, read our paper (CHI 2008 Extended Abstract Format).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 18, 2008 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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January 17, 2008
Sonic Wargame joins mob rule to live performance
In an attempt to make the often crowded and unwieldy dance club scene more engaging, "Sonic WarGame" by Dutch musician and maker, Xavier Van Wersch, allows four single players or two teams of two players each to compete in a collaborative sound installation. The aim is to vote for other players (or musicians) using this custom built console and in turn create a sonic composition based on how many votes each artist receives. Think of it as "Rock Band" meets "Survivor" where all the votes count in order for the composition to continue. The project will be in action at the "Club Transmediale 2008" this February in Berlin. Pretty interesting concept for an interactive performance, we just wonder how melodic the end result turns out.
Sonic Wargame - Link, Photos, [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 17, 2008 10:00 AM
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January 16, 2008
Solenoid concert
Here's a "software-sequencer which controls 8 solenoids that knock on different things and therefore produce rhythmic noise. Made with Puredata, an Arduino and a homemade relayboard to control the solenoids".
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Jan 16, 2008 05:00 PM
Arduino, Music |
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HOW TO - Make your own metronome
Daniel writes -
...some days ago I have made a simple project in which I created a metronome using some simple parts you can find in any electronic shop. And I decided to share with everyone this blog. So if you are interested, so let’s start!HOW TO - Make your own metronome - Link.Hmm, what is a Metronome?
“A metronome is any device that produces a regulated audible and/or visual pulse, usually used to establish a steady beat, or tempo, measured in beats-per-minute (BPM) for the performance of musical compositions. It is an invaluable practice tool for musicians that goes back hundreds of years.
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Jan 16, 2008 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Otto project amplifies hidden sounds
"Otto" which means "ear" in Greek, is a device that amplifies hidden sounds in the environment using suction cups and magnets. Used as multiple units, the project can produce a layered sonic experience through emitting ambient sounds. Pretty interesting idea for creating a musical performance of sorts, we just wonder exactly how melodic the resulting sound could be or if it would just result in a lot of white noise.
Madsounds / Otto - Link, [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 16, 2008 08:00 AM
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Driving down the musical highway
Next time you are driving down the road you might have to turn down the stereo in order to listen to the soundtrack. Some engineers at the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute in Japan have developed "Melody Roads" that use cars as tuning forks to play music as they pass over them. The concept uses grooves that are cut into the cement at specific intervals in the road surface. Playing off the regular sounds you hear when driving over a speed bump, the grooves are cut in such a way that driving over them creates an audible note. Now, if we can just figure out how to hook up "Rock Band" to this?
Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute - Link, [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 16, 2008 06:00 AM
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January 15, 2008
Wireless MidiTron
Eric released a new wireless MidiTron -
MidiTron™ Wireless is a wireless sensor-to-MIDI interface. It consists of a compact sensor interface/transmitter unit and a corresponding receiver/output unit which interfaces via USB or MIDI. It provides 20 inputs in any combination of up to 10 analog inputs and 20 digital inputs. Sensor inputs are converted and sent wirelessly to a receiver unit, which outputs MIDI messages.It is designed to be a small, flexible, robust, long-range solution for creating wireless sensor controllers for real-time use in performance, installations and other scenarios.
MidiTron™ Wireless Features
- Small transmitter (2 5/8" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"); encloses internal antenna and 9v battery
- Can be worn on body
- 1000 foot range under ideal conditions; several hundred foot range possible even with obstructions
- Uses 900 MHz frequency band for less interference than the increasingly crowded 2.4 GHz band
- Uses highly reliable RF chip set proven in live performance situations
- Eight selectable channels allow eight units to be used simultaneously or channel switching if interference is encountered
- Continuous re-transmit of sensor values virtually eliminates drop-out or lost data
- Very low latency transmit (maximum 7 ms with all sensors enabled)
- Very low latency USB and MIDI output (actual latency system dependent)
- Normal (7-bit) and high (10-bit) resolution analog modes available
- Easily configured with menu-driven programming patch
- No network configuration required as with Bluetooth or WiFi
- Standard MIDI and USB-MIDI input/output ports
- With USB, appears on computer as a standard MIDI device with no special drivers required
- Once configured, can be used as a standalone MIDI device without a computer
- Several interchangeable styles of connector boards allow flexibility in making sensor connections
- Three-pin style connector board allows direct interfacing of popular sensors available from other manufacturers
Related:
MidiTron, Fully Assembled. MidiTron is a new MIDI to real-world interface designed to simplify the process of creating sensor- and robotics-based electronic art projects. It is easily user configurable and provides 20 terminals of digital and analog inputs and outputs in any combination. Get it at the Maker Store.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 15, 2008 12:01 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits, Music |
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January 14, 2008
BeatBearing sequencer
Peter Bennett, a PhD student at the Sonic Arts Research Center in Belfast, made this sequencer that you program with ball bearings. It has four tracks: kick, snare, hi-hat, and cowbell. - [via] Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jan 14, 2008 06:00 PM
Arts, Music |
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Vinyl making a comeback?
Seems like every couple years a vinyl comeback article makes the rounds, maybe it's really going to happen! -
From college dorm rooms to high school sleepovers, an all-but-extinct music medium has been showing up lately. And we don't mean CDs. Vinyl records, especially the full-length LPs that helped define the golden era of rock in the 1960s and '70s, are suddenly cool again. Some of the new fans are baby boomers nostalgic for their youth. But to the surprise and delight of music executives, increasing numbers of the iPod generation are also purchasing turntables (or dusting off Dad's), buying long-playing vinyl records and giving them a spin...Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - TIME - Link....Big players are starting to take notice too. "It's not a significant part of our business, but there is enough there for me to take someone and have half their time devoted to making vinyl a real business," says John Esposito, president and CEO of WEA Corp., the U.S. distribution company of Warner Music Group, which posted a 30% increase in LP sales last year
Related:
Recording vinyl to digital - Link.
Convert vinyl records to MP3s... - Link.
Glasses made from vinyl records - Link.
HOW TO - Copy a vinyl record - Link.
Make your own vinyl record? - Link.
HOW TO - Convert vinyl to CD - Link.
Ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 14, 2008 05:00 AM
Music, Retro |
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Turn your home entertainment center into a relic from the past
This "Juke Box Entertainment Center" costs about $200 and makes it pretty obvious how old your media collection is by showcasing up to 104 CDs, 80 DVDs, VHS tapes, and your small, 27 inch TV. We like the homage to the past, but we wonder if its compact design makes it a bit difficult to find anything.
Juke Box Entertainment Center - Link, [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 14, 2008 04:00 AM
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January 13, 2008
HOW TO - Man an almost-no-solder electronic organ
Mark writes -
You remember Field of Dreams, the baseball fantasy movie where Ray Kinsella heard a voice that whispered, "If you build it, they will come," don't you? Well, ARRL Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME, has come up with a successor to his No-Solder Code Practice Oscillator project that--if you build it--is sure to spark delight and interest in children.HOW TO - Man an almost-no-solder electronic organ - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 13, 2008 07:20 AM
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January 9, 2008
Making Arduino sing, Part 4
Dave Fowler of uC Hobby continues his series on Arduino sound generation with an article on DAC (Digital-to-Analog) output options.
Arduino Audio DAC Options - Link
Related:
- Making Arduino sing, Part Three: Playing a melody - Link
- Making Arduino sing, Part Two - Link
- Making Arduino sing - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 9, 2008 12:00 PM
Arduino, Electronics, Music |
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The stribe - touch-sensitive mixers with a LED matrix
Interesting touch-sensitive mixers with a LED matrix under the faders, Soundwidgets writes -
The Stribe's original name was "xenome" - a nod to Brian Crabtree's amazing monome 40h project, which inspired me to build the first Stribe in the summer of '07. For many years, I'd been thinking about and experimenting with alternative interfaces, but it was Brian's monome 40h that made me realize such a project could be successful without needing to be "discovered", then manufactured and marketed by some huge conglomerate. Along the way I changed the name to avoid confusion and to more accurately describe the Stribe's function. Stribe means "stripe" or "striped cloth" in Danish.The stribe - touch-sensitive mixers with a LED matrix, thanks Felixe! - Link.Because Brian's monome is an open project, monome.org contains tons of great information including schematics for their circuits, the firmware source, the Max/MSP applications... everything is there to study and learn. By poking through their designs, circuits and code, and the freely provided
"how this works" Max/MSP examples, I was able to understand the basic ingredients that would be needed for my own project.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 9, 2008 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Open source hardware |
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January 7, 2008
Wine bottles + roller-skiing = musical instrument
Michel Lauzière, Master of the Unusual plays the "Toreador Song" from the opera Carmen using wine bottles while roller skiing past them, nice!- Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 03:00 PM
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December 31, 2007
Tube amp rebuild
I love old tube guitar amps. I wish I'd never gotten ride of mine. Here's a rebuild and mod of 1961 Kay 503A instrument amp.
Tube Amp Rebuild (and Mod) - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Dec 31, 2007 02:00 PM
Instructables, Music, Retro |
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December 20, 2007
Theremug - tea based theremin!
Theremug, a tea based theremin! Thanks Zach! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 20, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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TV-B-iGone
Bladdo writes -
Mitch the creator of TV-B-Gone gave us a truly great device. A tiny little keychain that has the ability to turn off or on virtually any tv in under 70 seconds. The only problem is people catch on... people know about tv b gones now adays and look for them. You have to come up with new ways to cloak your tvbg so you can turn off tvs in public and not get caught. Then I had this idea, what about a tv b gone in an ipod! I carried on with the idea and was quite satisfied with my results :)TV-B-iGone - Link.
Related:
HOW TO - Make a vintage remote TV-B-Gone case mod - Link.
Tv-B-Gone hat - Link.
TV-B-Gone - 20 IR LEDs + 9V = 90 ft range! - Link.
TV-B-Gone in the MAKE store - Link.
TV-B-Gone HIGH POWERED KIT! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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