After a long break I’ve got started again with Reaktor. I’d forgotten how much fun it was.
Category: Music
Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.
Revisiting Nine Horses
I had a 40 minute drive to do (each way) today and realised that my iPod was completely out of charge, so I had no choice but to take a couple of CDs with me for the journey. One of these was Nine Horses ‘Snow Bourne Sorrow’, which, in hindsight, as it’s been a snowy day, perhaps wasn’t such a good idea.
Anyway, I listened to Snow Bourne Sorrow on the way home, and I was so pleased that I did. It has amazing songs, but most of all I was impressed with the quality and poignancy of the lyrical content. I’d forgotten these songs, and they deserve a listen quite regularly. So I think a Nine Horses re-listen is on the way for me very soon.
My new little toy, Pico Paso
Bleep labs sticker
The entire manual
The device
The box
I do love the Bleep Labs.
Some thoughts from the mobile music makers meet up
This was posted over at Palm Sounds. I thought it was worth say just how interesting the meeting was. Thought provoking doesn’t do it justice at all in fact. It’s been on my mind ever since and I’ve been considering what it means.
But I think it’ll take time to get a considered response together, and it might be a long one.
Setting up the MIDI Molecule
So I’ve connected the UNO R3 into the MIDI element. I’ve downloaded the code, but as I’ve gone to verify it I’ve got problems. This might take a bit longer to sort out than I imagined!
Shruthi progress
Shruthi-1 with boards spaced
Only just enough room!
It’s getting there slowly.
Laurie Spiegel
I couldn’t resist getting a Laurie Spiegel t-shirt after discovering her music and work recently. So here they are, both together.
By the way, Lauris Spiegel’s album “The Expanding Universe” is excellent and well worth a listen.
The Next Element: Pure Data Input
Whilst I’d like to see a Pd input into the Molecule Synth I’m not quite sure how that would work in practice. It’s interesting for sure, but what would it do and how?
I’m sure that Travis already has a great idea for both the what and the how. I hope he’ll let us know soon though.
New music from Steve Jansen
As a long time fan of Steve Jansen’s work it was great to try out hear something new from him. I really enjoyed this track and I’m looking forward to listening to the next one that’s just been released.
I am Ashley Elsdon 