Synth Tattoos: Jo Ardalan’s Reaktor-Branded Wrist
Make no mistake: when it becomes part of the soul of music making, software gets under your skin and into your blood. So while Josh Mobley has his Reason tattoo, Jo Ardalan writes us to let us know she’s got Reaktor permanently embedded on her wrist.
Lest you think Jo’s some random fan, she’s not: she’s a veteran of Reaktor’s creator, Native Instruments, and Waxploitation, an experienced sound designer/editor/engineer, and founded the software developer – A&R – business development/consulting – community FixedNoise.com. In other words, a Reaktor tattoo really does mean to Jo what a Harley-Davidson logo or “Mom” might mean to someone else. Check out her MySpace page for more. (I actually was already familiar with some of Jo’s terrific sound designs for software; she’s done some great work.)
And as you can see in the photo below, she really does sport the Reaktor love while playing — and she’s also an Ableton user, presumably making another power user of the Live/Reaktor combo. (Hmm — meaning there’s also a candidate for her right wrist?)
Jo’s not alone in wrist-branding land. In case you haven’t been watching the CDM Flickr Pool, happiness is the Monome, Korg kontrolPAD, and Atari:
So, we’ve got Reason and Reaktor. And Atari. (Technically, they’re a music maker — think Atari ST. Or chiptune, for that matter.) Any suggestions on the ultimate Ableton or Max/MSP tattoo, which would seem to follow next? (Let’s see, Max/MSP — loadbang? Or actually a whole patch? Ouch.)
24 Comments
Leave a CommentWallace Winfrey
I think the most appropriate Max tattoo would be of a wirewhisk.
June 27, 2007 @ 12:21 pm
Peter Kirn
@Wallace: Nice. Best idea yet.
Gentle suggestion to Cycling ‘74: don’t “dogcow” the whisk or Max cartoon in Max 5, please. (Ubergeeks that you are, you should know what I mean.)
June 27, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
Lost
Moof!
June 27, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
Defyer
I’d love to see an Access (Virus) tatoo. I think that would look great :)
reFX Vanguard and Nexus also have some great logos.
June 28, 2007 @ 1:58 am
Christophe Stoll
at least, an atari st was my first contact with computer music. I made this tattoo to convey an inside branding to the outside :-)
June 28, 2007 @ 4:00 am
Peter
lsdj tattoo for the tie
June 28, 2007 @ 8:06 am
Brooks Courtright
I think that the Live logo is really neat, perfect for a tattoo. The loadbang idea is also a sweet idea. Nerdy, but sweet.
June 28, 2007 @ 9:23 am
Liz McLean Knight
wow.. uhm, I hope they’re all getting paid for being walking billboards…
… and I hope none of those companies decide to overhaul their brand at some point. I mean, it’d be pretty gauche to be walking around with a tattoo of this apple instead of this apple
June 28, 2007 @ 9:43 am
Peter Kirn
Liz, I think you’ve got it backwards as far as which Apple logo is cooler. ;)
June 28, 2007 @ 9:50 am
DJ McManus
Jo is the coolest!
June 28, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Sasa
Could somebody tattoo Ableton Live for a collection please? :)))
July 2, 2007 @ 4:27 am
Jo Ardalan
HAHA I can’t believe Peter posted this, how funny! Liz, I will be pleased if NI changes the Reaktor logo, mine will be vintage! My relationship with Reaktor started at version 3, and that’ll never change. :}
I think the Live logo would be neat too, but if I’m going to get anymore software ink…it’ll be OTTO or the Fixed Noise logo.
July 2, 2007 @ 5:04 am
Massiveheadpain
Getting my ableton logo tattoo next month – keep you posted!
July 4, 2007 @ 2:05 am
Face of Daniel
i have a windows tattoo on my forehead !
July 6, 2007 @ 5:24 am
Peter Kirn
Ah, but *which* Windows tattoo would be most appropriate? The new Vista orb? The XP style? The Windows95 logo? The old-fashioned four-paned window from 3.1 and earlier? ;)
Anyway, that’s nothing compared to OS/2 on your rump.
July 6, 2007 @ 9:18 am
Gordon
Gadget Freak Question: In the lowest photo with the Atari tattoo – what is that controller in top of the photo??
July 17, 2007 @ 12:35 am
Randall
Atari is cooler than NI. And Apple… naaa.. while it’s at the heart of all music making.. prolly the most important instrument in the studio, the vintage nod to Atari kicks butt.
July 18, 2007 @ 7:49 am
Christophe Stoll
@Gordon: It’s the KORG padKONTROL.
August 2, 2007 @ 10:51 am
loops
I just had to come back to this thread when I read this.
A tattoo of a TB-303
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/Psy-T/Image673.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/Psy-T/Image681.jpg
August 31, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
Lacey
Lacey…
10 out 10 for this post. Well written and information I can actually use. Thanks!…
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Harvey-Davidson logo?
Who’s Harvey Davidson? That would be a “whoops” tattoo.
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