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January 30, 2008
Jack's Castle - Falling EP Launch
'Bout time I did another poster. Yes, I still do them. You should get me to do one for you. They cheer me up.
This is for Jack's Castle, who is launching their cracking EP Falling. It's at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, which is one of the best pubs in the universe, so you should go along. You can listen to the EP online on their website, to see if it's your speed. If it is, then shine on you crazy diamond you, and get tickets from the Corner Box Office on 03 9427 9198 or book online at cornerhotel.com
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January 21, 2008
Pocket Guitar for iPod Touch & iPhone
The creator says: "PocketGuitar is a virtual guitar for iPhone and iPod touch. You can even have guitar sessions with the songs in your iPod!"
I'd be a bit careful about using the word "Sessions" lest a certain other copyright holder came crashing down on one's head
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Producer Masterclass with Bushwacka!
Here's a clip courtesy of Computer Music Magazine that has Bushwacka! explaining the production process for the Layo & Bushwacka! track After The Love, it's 48 minutes long, so make yourself a cuppa before you settle in to watch it!
Thanks dylan!
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January 20, 2008
Percussa Audiocubes @ NAMM
Previously on onetonne: Percussa Audiocubes youtube Clip
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Bubblegum Sequencer
Niceness!
Bubblegum Sequencer via gizmodo.com
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January 19, 2008
Wii Music Details Emerge
Some details are starting to emerge regarding Wii Music, it sounds a little convoluted, but I'm sure that it will be quite intuitive in terms of gameplay, given that this will be pitched at the non-gamer casual market as much as the gamers.
-Wii Musics Gamplay is based around Play Sessions
- You will have various songs from the Nintendo Sound Team.. Expect OLD BGMs to brand new ones.
- You will have different parts.. meaning Folk Guitars, Base Guitars, Trumpets, Maracas, Marimbas etc. over 40 parts will be available.. You can also be the conductor.. Each Part has different controls..
- For example the Trumpet will make strong sounds if you keep the wii mote at a high angle and weak sounds if the angle is low.. If you play drums you can use two wii motes.. If you are playing guitar you will use the C button as a pick. It does not limit itself in chords but you can play single sounds too.
- You can play 6 parts together.. Up to 4 parts can be played by humans..the others will be played by the CPU..
- Replay options
- Release date in 2008 TBA
Quote taken from NeoGAF Forums Post.
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January 14, 2008
Nodal 1.0 - Generative Software for Music Composition
...a generative software application for composing music. It uses a novel method for the notation and playing of MIDI based music. This method is based around the concept of a user-defined graph. The graph consists of nodes (musical events) and edges (connections between events). You interactively define the graph, which is then traversed by any number of players who play the musical events as they encounter them on the graph. The time taken to travel from one node to another is based on the length of the edges that connect the nodes.
And it's also a lovely idea. The space between the points on the grid defines the time between notes. It outputs midi so you just have to voice it using whatever you happen to have, but this is perfect. From my perspective this is a great fit for the monome/tenori-on crowd who are on a budget (but still have a mac lying around - I mean who doesn't these days?)
Grid based music systems are fascinating, and seem to be experiencing some sort of renaissance at the moment.
Nodal is a research project from Monash Universities Centre for Electronic Media Art.
Thanks dylan!
Thoughts after playing with it for a little while: It's a lot of fun, and pretty cool. It only takes a moment to setup with simple synth, and I'm thinking not a bad way to get some interesting MIDI with which to work with. I like that it's quite polished in terms of interface and and sometimes it's a little counter intuitive, I think that's because I'm learning it rather than because it's massively flawed. I want to run it into Abelton Live and see how that works for me next, I suspect that I'll be able to make it sound a lot better again. Highly recommended for (a free) download.
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