Comments on: Generative iPod? Deep Modular, Generative Music System Bound for iPhone, Phones, Windows, Mac

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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:09:32 +0000

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By: Create Digital Music » iPhone News: iDrum, BtBx In, Mixtikl Out, Strain with Apple Rules Showing

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:49:38 +0000

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By: intermorphic.com Blog » Blog Archive » Mixtikl for iPhone / iPod touch - Intermorphic postpones development for now

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:25:09 +0000

[...] We are really sorry to report this, as we really wanted to get the Mixtikl mobile music creativity system running on iPhone / iPod touch (see Create Digital Music). [...]

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:46:14 +0000

Hi Chris,

Sorry to hear you had problems! The learning curve usually takes an hour or two, at which point most of our users have a “Eureka” moment and it all starts to click. :)

Mixtikl is a totally different kettle of fish, in that it allows you to “mash-up” all sorts of content including generative; I do hope you give that a try when it comes out later this year.

With best wishes,

Pete

By: chris vine

chris vine — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:43:50 +0000

Sorry to be a little negative here, but I found Noatikl to be as unintuitive and constipated as its name. I remember back in the olde days of Atari using an algorithmic program called “M” that still runs rings around any of today’s contenders. I love programs that open up creative doorways – but Noatikl just presented me with walls…it is probably my fault, of course.

By: Ipods That Compose Their Own Music, Almost Here. on PSFK

Ipods That Compose Their Own Music, Almost Here. on PSFK — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:02:14 +0000

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By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:24:34 +0000

Fiz: so glad to hear you’re getting a lot out of Noatikl!

Peter: many thanks for keeping your readership up-to-date with what we’re up to.

Pete

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:22:57 +0000

That video looks like iTunes. Did I miss something?

The video is one created by a Noatikl user, Mark Harrop. He created the audio with Noatikl, and put it up with visuals on Vimeo! There are quite a few Noatikl recordings and tutorials on both Vimeo and YouTube.

Hoping this helps!

Pete

By: fiz

fiz — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:33:06 +0000

Noatikl is a main focus of mine these days, thanks to your previous article about it Peter. After digging into its somewhat plain software interface a little bit, it seemed like my computer popped open into a whole different kind of music-making animal. Being able to shape a self-generating composition in real-time really has shifted how I approach composition, questioning a lot of my assumptions as I go. But for me this is less of an intellectual exercise and much more like rolling down the windows (pun) on my laptop and opening it up to the wide unknown. After a few hours of tinkering with different sounds, different synths, and different tonal combinations, I find myself easing into a slowness of listening to a field of emerging sound that feels wildly creative…even though I seem to be doing very little. It’s my idea of “Zen” in the best sense of the word — and I get why Noatikl’s developers called their first generation of this software “Koan”.

I’m psyched about what Mixitl’ll be like…maybe it’ll inspire me enough to buy a cell phone :)

By: bliss

bliss — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:18:56 +0000

Anyway, that Mixtikl sounds great. Probably would have to watch out for for snoozing passengers on the subway.