Tutorial / How-to
Intro to SuperCollider 3 for the Uninitiated
There are so many good tutorials, books, and websites out there for learning SuperCollider that one may scoff at “yet another…” SuperCollider intro and for good reason. This article, however, aims to answer really basic questions at the absolute beginner level, questions such as “ok, but how do I get SuperCollider and what version do…
Read MoreNew SuperCollider on (x)Ubuntu
My page on installing SC3.x on Ubuntu has been a popular page here at scacinto.com. Because it was written 3+ years ago, and more importantly, because so much changed with the SC3.6 update I felt compelled to write up another tut. This time I’m installed 3.6.x on Xubuntu 13.10. The flavor of Ubuntu you choose…
Read MoreExperimental Musical Instrument Workshop @MakeHaven
Yesterday was the 2nd of what will now be three workshops I’m giving at MakeHaven hacker space in New Haven, CT. The first two focused on creating contact mics and designing and building acoustic instruments. The third workshop, TBA sometime in October, will center on basics of electronics and circuits, bending/hacking instruments, toys, household objects,…
Read MoreBatch Normalize and add Fades to Audio Files
A new project I have just started has had me editing a lot of relatively long audio files. I have to cut them up separating the noise from the spoken word, normalize each file, and add fades to the beginning and end. Then, I have to export them. I was using Audacity, which is a…
Read MoreINI Workshop Prototype Instruments pt. 2
These are the last of the prototype instruments I designed for the INI instrument workshop which took place last Thursday at Artspace New Haven. If you go to ininewhaven.com you can see some pictures and video from the event. Turnout was great and everyone had a swell time making things to make noise. We plan…
Read MoreHow to: Make Contact Mics
In preparation for our instrument making workshop at Artspace New Haven on December 13th, your intrepid guides Brian and Scott spent a foggy Sunday afternoon making contact mics from scratch. The below is both a how-to and an advertisement for the workshop. If you are around New Haven, please follow this link to the INI…
Read MoreXbee: Information and Resources
The XBee RF radio is certainly not new technology, but it remains a tried-and-true means of communicating with microcontrollers in DIY electronic projects. For those of you unfamiliar with the XBee, it is an RF radio module that can be attached to a circuit via a breakout-board and used to communicate wirelessly with that circuit,…
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