Gianpaolo and Sara from sounDesign ran a panel/workshop last weekend at the Enterferenze New Art Festival, and asked some of us around the world to contribute. The topic was “Design o’ the times” based on the concept of time design.
I have been wanting to create a time-lapse phonography piece for some time now, so I [...]

Here’s an interesting project that Gabriel G aka AlphaCore is doing. He is coding live using the Ruby programming language to create MIDI events, which are then played through Tweet A Sound.

If you are interested in this kind of stuff, Gabriel has shared his work on the live Ruby music system:
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It has been far too long since I have written a post. I am totally absorbed in designing a new programme continuing with the theme of social sound design. It is no doubt keeping me very busy! I will give more details a bit later.
Max/MSP/Jitter Course
Last week I was in London attending an advanced [...]

Brian Green over at seeyouinsleep used Tweet A Sound and Ableton Live to create a cool little mashup.

I attempted to scare my friends on April Fool’s Day by creating an “apparition” of myself on Skype. As I was video chatting to my friends, I played a prerecorded video of myself walking in front of the computer and staring at my “live” self. I also affected my voice to make it extra frightening! [...]

Notice instrument number 35? After I posted Washing Machine Shoes, my friend Edu pointed me to this very interesting Spanish band called Cabo San Roque. They build a lot of their own instruments and not only sound good but also look like madness! They use a washing machine to trigger a massive music box, maybe [...]

I built a fun Max/MSP patch that utilises a webcam to interact with a computer-generated fly. The “fly” is created using optical flow-based tracking, which was produced through Jean-Marc Pelletier’s cv.jit externals. They’re great for doing anything with Computer Vision in Max/MSP/Jitter.
As a sound designer, I am obviously more interested in using Computer Vision to [...]

Today, my friend Edvard came to my house to play with Arduino. He ordered some flex resistors from the U.S. When you bend them, the resistance value changes, which makes it great for controlling Max/MSP. So we hooked up the Arduino board to Max/MSP and ran the FM Synth patch from an MSP tutorial.
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Music instruments are not only about their sound but also their aesthetics. Tim Kaiser pushes this notion one step further. He recycles old devices and sculpts them into instruments that are aesthetically pleasing both to the ear and eye. He performs them as an experimental music performer.
Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television [...]

Audio recording tips by Jack Black.

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