Four Pillars I

By Scott Petersen | November 17, 2012 | Comments Off on Four Pillars I
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Four Pillars I by scott eric petersen jan – 2011 For live electronics (supercollider) and 4 channel audio. This piece is the first of a series (still in progress) of pieces that explore feedback networks, interactivity (perceived) and aural serendipity. The recording below is one realization of the piece as each time the code is…

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“The Record Player is Broken”

By Scott Petersen | November 13, 2012 | Comments Off on “The Record Player is Broken”
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nov 2012 SuperCollider Code (executed in real-time.) I just finished a submission for the SCTweet-a-thon, this time being held at WOCMAT. (Please note that because of WordPress awesomeness (sarcasm… drip drip) the code below runs out of the visible area of the post.  You can see if all clearly if you copy and past it…

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El MuCo at ArtSpace: Instructions not Included

By Scott Petersen | November 8, 2012 | Comments Off on El MuCo at ArtSpace: Instructions not Included
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Brian and I have five of our hand-made musical instruments in the gallery at ArtSpace New Haven as part of an exhibition titled “Instructions not Included.” The exhibition will run from November 9 2012 – January 26 2013. The opening is tomorrow from 5-8pm at ArtSpace. Please feel free to join us and explore the…

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Evolution 1 Series

By Scott Petersen | September 16, 2012 | Comments Off on Evolution 1 Series
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I am pleased to present the first pieces recorded and produced in my recording studio. This set of pieces, Evolution 1a, 1b, and 1c were recorded over a period of 3 weeks. The works themselves are a blend of musical intuition (experience), planning, and chance. They are one-time creations and have not been edited. The…

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Make Testing Speakers for Free**

By Scott Petersen | July 31, 2012 | Comments Off on Make Testing Speakers for Free**
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Required Parts: 1-2 8 ohm speakers an enclosure (cardboard box, tea tin, coffee can, etc.) insulation (cotton, an old shirt, the hair you get from your pet when using the Furminator.) wire glue ( any will do, but… I cannot recommend a hot glue gun enough. see below) alligator clips (deluxe version) or just some…

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Raspberry Pi: first impressions

By Scott Petersen | June 21, 2012 | Comments Off on Raspberry Pi: first impressions
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Getting the Pi Baked I got my Raspberry Pi in the mail yesterday — a long anticipated event. My excitement was slightly deflated when I realized I didn’t have anything I actually needed to make the damn thing run: micro USB for power, an hdmi-dvi adapter so I could actually see and control it, and…

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Installing SuperCollider (w/Sced & Swing) on AVLinux: a quick guide

By Scott Petersen | June 8, 2012 | Comments Off on Installing SuperCollider (w/Sced & Swing) on AVLinux: a quick guide
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Let me put the following in the most tasteful way I can: the latest iteration of Ubuntu (12.04) is a total turd.  It is slow, clunky and terribly designed*.  Having had it with Ubuntu, I decided to shop around and try a few low-latency kernel audio/multimedia distributions.  Of those I tried there were a few…

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Sparkfun Amplifier Kit (and Power Supply Solution)

By Scott Petersen | October 31, 2011 | Comments Off on Sparkfun Amplifier Kit (and Power Supply Solution)
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The Sparkfun STA540 amplifier kit is a cool, fun to put together amplifier kit that employs the STA540 amplifier chip at the core of the device.  The chip itself is a 4-channel AB amplifier chip that can be employed in a number of ways depending on the circuit configuration.  The kit is really easy to…

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IBeam Laser Show (2011)

By Scott Petersen | October 23, 2011 | Comments Off on IBeam Laser Show (2011)
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It has been almost five months since MuCo performed for the 2nd time at Ibeam and for one reason or another the recording has sadly sat neglected on a hard drive since then.  I finally dug it out, mixed the tracks together (output of kane + scacinto) and here it is for your listening pleasure.…

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Love Local Design: video

By Scott Petersen | October 4, 2011 | Comments Off on Love Local Design: video
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Here is a great little animation Heather Strycharz did in After Effects. It promotes her new business and design concept Love Local Design. I did the little piano ditty. Check it out and check out her site! [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/29996396 w=400&h=225] Love Local Design from hstryk on Vimeo.

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