Comments on: Monome 256 in Action, Availability Soon http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Vlad Spears http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-272845 Vlad Spears Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:54:01 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-272845 Here's a gorgeous video example of mlr, the live loop cutting app Brian's using above. What's going on in Joe's video is more immediately obvious than in Brian's. I don't think what Joe is doing with his Monome 40h, laptop running mlr and instruments in this video comes even close to musical "cheating." Check it out: http://vimeo.com/311236 Here’s a gorgeous video example of mlr, the live loop cutting app Brian’s using above. What’s going on in Joe’s video is more immediately obvious than in Brian’s. I don’t think what Joe is doing with his Monome 40h, laptop running mlr and instruments in this video comes even close to musical “cheating.”

Check it out: http://vimeo.com/311236

]]> By: luke http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-269838 luke Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:57:56 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-269838 forget about the monome - great table/bench! industrial steel, i'll buy one of those. ;-) forget about the monome - great table/bench! industrial steel, i’ll buy one of those. ;-)

]]> By: ed http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-267359 ed Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:52:28 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-267359 The packaging is great. It's nice to see a small operation that pays attention to details. The music piece makes me want to buy a wurly. The packaging is great. It’s nice to see a small operation that pays attention to details.

The music piece makes me want to buy a wurly.

]]> By: Damon http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-267004 Damon Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:29:33 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-267004 Well, now I am a bit embarrassed. I have been a bit negative about so many of these alternative controllers. But my mistake was in concluding that everyone who is creating these things, has an intention of mass marketing them. With that in mind, I assumed most of these genuinely clever controllers just did not have something that would likely appeal to a mass market. It did not occur to me that some folks simply create them for fun, and have no intention of marketing them. Whoops! I failed to consider that people make these things with more than 1 intent. My bad. Blessings, Damon Well, now I am a bit embarrassed.

I have been a bit negative about so many of these alternative controllers. But my mistake was in concluding that everyone who is creating these things, has an intention of mass marketing them. With that in mind, I assumed most of these genuinely clever controllers just did not have something that would likely appeal to a mass market. It did not occur to me that some folks simply create them for fun, and have no intention of marketing them. Whoops! I failed to consider that people make these things with more than 1 intent. My bad.

Blessings,
Damon

]]> By: Vlad Spears http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266975 Vlad Spears Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:53:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266975 >he reaches over and plays the piano LOL... I meant Wurlitzer, too! >he reaches over and plays the piano

LOL… I meant Wurlitzer, too!

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266911 Peter Kirn Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:20:50 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266911 Oh, and the video is from http://vimeo.com That's totally unconnected to CDM, and it's Brian's choice, not ours -- but it also happens to be, by far, CDM's current fave for video services! I expect once we start adding some new video content we'll use that rather than roll our own Flash player; it's just too nice. Oh, and the video is from http://vimeo.com

That’s totally unconnected to CDM, and it’s Brian’s choice, not ours — but it also happens to be, by far, CDM’s current fave for video services! I expect once we start adding some new video content we’ll use that rather than roll our own Flash player; it’s just too nice.

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266908 Peter Kirn Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:19:13 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266908 Erm, yes, seeing as that IS a Wurlitzer, sounds like a Wurlitzer, and has the Wurlitzer logo, I'm going to chalk this up to the various decongestants I'm on. ;) mlr, definitely, it's good stuff -- and also suggests ways in which you could build your own Max / Pd / Reaktor / whatever software for your own purposes. Erm, yes, seeing as that IS a Wurlitzer, sounds like a Wurlitzer, and has the Wurlitzer logo, I’m going to chalk this up to the various decongestants I’m on. ;)

mlr, definitely, it’s good stuff — and also suggests ways in which you could build your own Max / Pd / Reaktor / whatever software for your own purposes.

]]> By: Vlad Spears http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266886 Vlad Spears Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:57:52 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266886 @Myles: It looks and sounds like Brian's using mlr with live input. I don't know if you're familiar with Monome hardware and software... mlr is a live sample cutting/looping application which can be downloaded from monome.org. Listen after he reaches over and plays the piano then returns to the 256 - you can hear him play what sounds like the recorded motif in altered form. @Myles: It looks and sounds like Brian’s using mlr with live input. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Monome hardware and software… mlr is a live sample cutting/looping application which can be downloaded from monome.org. Listen after he reaches over and plays the piano then returns to the 256 - you can hear him play what sounds like the recorded motif in altered form.

]]> By: myles http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266853 myles Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:07:08 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266853 Wow, great musical performance from Brian. I wonder if people will view it as "cheating" that you can load up an entire library of pitched sounds but only those in a certain key so that you never play a "bum" note? Anyway, you can see the obvious advantage of more buttons here! Great stuff. Also, what video player / service is that? It's great quality compared to Youtube and how it hides the transport controls so you get 100% pure video is a nice touch. It seems connected to CDM so is it embedded on your servers? Me out for now! Wow, great musical performance from Brian. I wonder if people will view it as “cheating” that you can load up an entire library of pitched sounds but only those in a certain key so that you never play a “bum” note?

Anyway, you can see the obvious advantage of more buttons here! Great stuff.

Also, what video player / service is that? It’s great quality compared to Youtube and how it hides the transport controls so you get 100% pure video is a nice touch.
It seems connected to CDM so is it embedded on your servers?

Me out for now!

]]> By: Jim http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266847 Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:00:57 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/09/17/monome-256-in-action-availability-soon-in-person-in-new-york/#comment-266847 Brian (tehn)'s piece was probably composed out of samples from the wurlitzer he plays, not a rhodes. Brian (tehn)’s piece was probably composed out of samples from the wurlitzer he plays, not a rhodes.

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