[UPDATE] This post has been updated to reflect better practices. Following my post for installing SC3.6 on Ubuntu (Xubuntu) where I advised readers of the awesomeness of #! (CrunchBang) linux I have decided to post a quick how-to for getting SC3.6 IDE installed on your CrunchBang system.
Continue ReadingMy 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…
Continue ReadingYesterday 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,…
Continue ReadingI am pleased to announce another experimental musical instrument workshop in New Haven, this time at MakeHaven (266 State Street New Haven CT.) The event page is below. From there you can RSVP if you are interested in coming! http://www.makehaven.org/event/experimental-musical-instrument-workshop-part-i Just in case you’re still not sold on the idea of whacky musical instruments, here’s…
Continue ReadingBecause all of the cool kids are going to MySpace and because I am not one to be left behind, I have recently updated my MySpace page with a lot of music. (and virtually nothing else.) www.myspace.com/scottepetersen If you don’t want to muddle through the sea of pretty icons and menus on this…
Continue ReadingHello all! Many apologies for my long absence – life happend between February and now and it sort of kicked my butt a little. By way of an apology, I would like to offer you a link to a new project I am doing: 375 Aural Assaults! You can check out the page for the…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingThese 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…
Continue ReadingIn 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…
Continue ReadingIn preparation for our workshop at Artspace, Brian and I met to quickly put together a few prototype instruments out of wood, screws, springs, etc. We basically wanted to see what we could do with next to no materials (and no preparation.) The following prototypes are the results of this first meeting.
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