Posts Tagged ‘electronic music’
FridayNightThing II (2011)
Here are some pictures and a short video from FridayNightThing II (Feb. 25th.) A big thanks to Heather for taking all the pics and video, editing them together, and putting them online. As always, a big thanks to all who came, participated, and spectated. The next FridayNightThing will be on Friday March 25th. Get out your pots and pans and plan on joining us!
Read MoreHoliday Jankotunes (Kidtunes) Sample Pack!!!
In the spirit of the holiday season, and to show all of you our fans how much you mean to us, El MuCo is giving away this free sample pack of Jankotunes magic! Many hours of toilsome labour went into editing this massive sample pack (over 32 samples!!!) for your artistic edification and pure enjoyment. We…
Read MoreFun with Feedback (and SuperCollider)
A couple of weeks ago I posted some audio and code examples of a software matrix mixer I made with SuperCollider. I thought a post going into some detail about feedback and how to code it may be of help to those new to the concept as a creative tool, or to using it within…
Read MoreVirtual Matrix Mixer (yes, in SuperCollider)
Kane and I recently dropped $170 at JameCo on potentiometers, switches, diodes, project boards, and more in anticipation of several MuCo projects we have been planning. The main project now after some op-amp FAIL last night (the FAIL being Mimms’s op-amp. Yes, there is a free version on the nets. No, we will not help…
Read MoreMixer Feedback Music: 1204FX Improvisation 2
WARNING: (every good post should begin with one!) Following any of the steps below to create feedback loops with mixers can harm your gear and more detrimentally, your ears. The results are often unpredictable and almost always extremely loud. The pulse waves created by these kinds of setups and heard in the recording below are…
Read MoreLost Voices of Blasphemous Friends
In 2006 I both completed recording for, and abandoned, a sound installation for 8 speakers. The work, originally titled Voices of Blasphemous Friends was intended for installation at a festival to which I was never invited. I recently stumbled upon the recordings, mostly in a state of discombobulation, and the 5 movements/excerpts I used to…
Read More(tiny) Nifty Codez
I realize from looking through this site that I need to start posting more code (and resulting recordings.) Part of my motivation is that SC3 (now 3.4!) never ceases to amaze me with its possibilities. One can, with a very small amount of code, achieve some incredibly intricate, beautiful sounds. The below is one example.…
Read MoreIntroducing The Little Princess!
What was once the hideous DJ Crappy Tunes (aka DJ Crappy Turntable) has been reborn as the beautiful and talented “The Little Princess!” To see/hear some of the genesis of this beautiful machine, please see our previous post. Below is the first video of The Little Princess. Here, Kane is taking her for a ride…
Read MoreStockhausen: Étude (musique concrète) 1952
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zFDumorPg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I recently ran across this piece which I had not previously heard. It is the first piece of musique concrète by Stockhausen composed in 1952-53 at the RTF in Paris. A quote about the work by Stockhausen from an online source:** “First I recorded six sounds of variously prepared low piano strings struck with…
Read MoreAudio/Video: Uncertainty Music – April 24th
[wpvideo PlQ8VSar] Here is some low-quality video from our show at The Big Room in New Haven. More details will follow. Below is audio only.
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