MOTU Volta ramps automated with a Mackie Control:
LFO speed (driving the clock of an analog sequencer)
filter cutoff
filter resonance
VCA envelope attack
filter envelope attack
oscillator PWM
Z5000 CV in
VCA amount controlling Z5000 reverb return into mix
Clifford Stoll TED Talk on learning, teaching, measuring the speed of sound, Bob Moog, the future and a lot more...
via Drew Scheidler on analogue heaven:
"Totally worth 18 minutes of your life !"
Analogue solution para Buchla 100 y EmsVCS3 from Estudio Baboon.
Pieza para Modular Analogo Buchla 100 y EMS VCS3
Magic Table from Sean Lee.
Magic Table creates visual traces and abstract sound effects based on the movement of objects between its surface and a webcam mounted above. The tangible user interface was on display at the N.Y.U. Interactive Telecommunications Program 2008 winter show.
For more on Magic Table and Seung Jun Lee's other interesting interactive projects, check out seungjlee.com.
Josh Freese's second solo album, Since 1972, drops today. I thought my album release last year was over the top... Josh has gone totally nuts on this one.
There are 11 different price packages ranging from a $7 download [including 3 videos] all the way up to a $75,000 once-in-a-lifetime Freese fest:
$75,000 (limited edition of 1)
-Signed CD/DVD and digital downloadWhat a deal!
-T-shirt
-Go on tour with Josh for a few days.
-Have Josh write, record and release a 5 song EP about you and your life story.
-Take home any of his drumsets (only one but you can choose which one.)
-Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL's Lamborgini OR play quarters and then hop on the Ouija board for a while.
-Josh will join your band for a month...play shows, record, party with groupies, etc....
-If you don't have a band he'll be your personal assistant for a month (4 day work weeks, 10 am to 4 pm)
-Take a limo down to Tijuana and he'll show you how it's done (what that means exactly we can't legally get into here)
-If you don't live in Southern California (but are a US resident) he'll come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks.
-Take a flying trapeze lesson with Josh and Robin from NIN, go back to Robin's place afterwards and his wife will make you raw lasagna.
Back to the Future "The Power of Love" music video by Jazwardo
Went to an AFI screening of Back to the Future last night. It was the first time I'd seen that 80s classic on the big screen since it came out. I remember sneaking in to see it with my dad and little brother on the Wednesday opening night in 1985 because it had sold out hours before. Actually we saw it again that weekend because it was so good.
What a great flick! Definitely in my top 10 movies of all time. Seeing it last night reminded of how great everything was... the story, the script, the actors, the action, the music... Yes, I used to rock out to that Huey Lewis & the News "Power of Love" song!
On to the Gear...
Erlewine Chiquita travel guitar in the early super amp scene.
Imagine playing through that guitar rig!
Ibanez black Strat copy [Roadstar RS430BK?] used in Marty McFly's audition with his band, the Pinheads.
1963 Gibson ES-345TD with Bigsby, a guitar that wasn't invented in 1955. Apparently they also had an ES-5 Switchmaster on the set that was period correct, but it wasn't used on camera because it wasn't as cool.
It's funny how Chuck Berry's cousin, Marvin, calls him to let him hear Marty McFly's guitar playing. And that scene where Marty wakes up his dad to scare him by blasting "Edward Van Halen" through his Walkman is hilarious.
Back to the Future teaser
More Back to the Future trivia from imdb:
The device in Doc Brown's lab that Marty plugs his guitar into is labeled "CRM-114," which was the name of the message decoder on the B-52 in Dr. Strangelove, and the serial number of the Jupiter explorer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, both directed by Stanley Kubrick. Also in A Clockwork Orange, a 'Serum 114' is used.
The sound effect used for the wind-up toy car in Doc's demonstration to Marty was the same sound effect used for the time machine in the movie The Time Machine (1960).
Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge won the Academy Award for Sound Editing for their work on Back to the Future.
Back to the Future original trailer
mp3HD: The future of recorded music?
The new lossless mp3HD file format retains all the benefits of mp3's but with audio quality identical to an original CD-quality recording at 16bit/44.1 or 48kHz. Backward compatible to mp3.
mp3HD overview:
Check out ninja2009.com for a free download of the tour sampler of Nine Inch Nails - Jane's Addiction + Street Sweeper music.
New 2009 versions! All previously unreleased.
NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler EP tracklist:
Available for free as:remix.nin.com > log in > mix > download multi-tracks"Jane's Addiction Drops Two Free New Trent Reznor-Produced Tracks" article on billboard.com.
The Make Noise Wogglebug is a step forward in the evolution of Grant Richter's 300 series Wiard Wogglebug #5 and DIY Wogglebug #3. The Wogglebugs use smooth and stepped fluctuating random voltage sources like Don Buchla's Model 265 "Source of Uncertainty" module.
Tony Rolando's new Eurorack Make Noise version of the Wogglebug includes functions never before found in a Wogglebug:
The classic EMI Type 1400 press at the original EMI vinyl pressing plant [now Portalspace Records - part of the Vinyl Factory group] in Hayes, Middlesex.
via kraftfuttermischwerk.de
"Light painted" Gibson Les Paul guitar images colored in Photoshop and synced to poorly-timed audio by OOgle Flix.
"Galway Bay" sung by Dolores Keane.
Memories of Ireland...
The sound of Celtic music, the scenery of Galway, the view from the Cliffs of Moor...
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Sound Transform Systems Serge Creature M-odule + Moogerfooger MF-104Z delay captured with a Kodak Zi6 in macro by hexenduction.
via muff wiggler
creature photos
Going to the Pink Floyd Experience concert at the Orpheum Theater in LA last night made me wish I could see David Gilmour, Roger Waters and the rest of the surviving members of Pink Floyd get back together again...
Improvisation from Skot Wiedmann.
Video of that wild Motus Mavis star-shaped synth I was blown away by at NAMM.
Awesome.
via matrixsynth
Saw Blindoldfreak - Cyrusrex + Anon at Knitting Factory in Hollywood last night [3/10/09].
Alessandro Cortini [NIN/Modwheelmood] rocked the Buchla 200/200e for his first US concert as Blindoldfreak. I'm always up for the rare chance to catch modular synths in action live, and Cortini put on a great show.
I was really impressed with the variety of amazing sounds and smooth transitions Cortini came up with using the dual Buchla setup. From immersive drones to electronic beats to blips and bleeps to beautiful melodies... Really cool stuff. He took full advantage of the Buchla's ability to save and recall patch settings to keep a good flow to the set.
Gear: Buchla - Line 6 DL4 - Future Retro Mobius + SM57 [through the Buchla]
Anon opened the night with a laptop + turntable DJ set. Cyrusrex went on next with some laptop glitch. After Blindoldfreak's set, all 3 artists jammed together. Modular madness! Alessandro on Buchla, Anon on TR-808 and Cyrusrex on Macbeth M5 modular + lots of pedals.
Cyrusrex toys: Roland TR-808 + TB-303 - Frostwave Resonator + Sonic Alienator - Z.Vex - MXR - TC - Moogerfooger Delay - Electro-Harmonix POG + Holy Grail + more...
Check out Blindoldfreak "1" on iTunes here.
Sound designer/composer/Spectrasonics producer Diego Stocco's Music From Sand uses only the sounds of sand to create the audio captured with a McIntyre Acoustic Feather contact microphone and DT Series piezo film transducers.
More info and pics at behance.net.
my first solo concert on saturday night was a blast!
28 february 2009
the night really meant a lot to me. it fulfilled part of a dream i had 13 years ago: to begin to tell the story of my life and dreams.
setlist:
gear:
de:construction artists:
it was an honor and a pleasure to play with such unique and talented artists. the all-in jam at the end was great!
thanks to all who helped make the show a reality: my family and friends, the de:constuction artists, especially abre ojos for setting up the gig, essylt for the pics, everyone who helped with gear and software at the last minute, everyone who made it to the show, everyone who spread the word, so many to thank...
thank you!
this is the beginning... and there's much more to come...
Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction 2009 tour dates:
Fri-May-08 West Palm Beach, FL [Cruzan Amphitheatre]
Sat-May-09 Tampa, FL [Ford Amphitheatre]
Sun-May-10 Atlanta, GA [Lakewood Amphitheatre]
Thu-May-14 Albuquerque, NM [Journal Pavilion]
Fri-May-15 Phoenix, AZ [Cricket Wireless Pavilion]
Sat-May-16 Chula Vista, CA [Cricket Wireless Amphitheater]
Mon-May-18 Las Vegas, NV [The Pearl]
Wed-May-20 Irvine, CA [Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine Meadows]
Fri-May-22 Mountain View, CA [Shoreline Amphitheatre]
Sun-May-24 George, WA [The Gorge - Sasquatch Festival] *** NIN Update
Tue-May-26 Englewood, CO [Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre]
Wed-May-27 Kansas City, MO [Starlight Theatre]
*** Fri-May-29 Chicago, IL [Charter One Pavilion] NINE INCH NAILS Only
Sat-May-30 Noblesville, IN [Verizon Wireless Music Center]
Sun-May-31 Clarkston, MI [DTE Energy Music Theatre]
Tue-Jun-02 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
Wed-Jun-03 Darien Lake, NY [Darien Lake Amphitheatre]
Fri-Jun-05 Camden, NJ [Tweeter Center At The Waterfront]
Sat-Jun-06 Holmdel, NJ [PNC Bank Arts Center]
Sun-Jun-07 Wantagh, NY [Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater]
Tue-Jun-09 Columbia, MD [Merriweather Post Pavilion]
Wed-Jun-10 Burgettstown, PA [Post-Gazette Pavilion]
Fri-Jun-12 Charlotte, NC [Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre]
*** Sat-Jun-13 Manchester, TN [Bonnaroo Festival] NINE INCH NAILS Only
These are just the first dates to be officially announced. There will be more.
Update: NIN Sasquatch Festival date at the Gorge on May 24 added.
