March 09, 2008
Scratching Hand!
Thanks dylan!
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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
Download Pocket Guitar Via
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September 08, 2007
Musical/Sound interface for Mario Bros
Linked from odbol.com I found this. Audio control interface for Mario Brothers!
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August 23, 2007
MPC1000 Ring
So, I'm thinking you'd need to have some fairly extraordinary skills to wear this ring without looking like an absolute dick. Still, nice idea.
From artist Bill McMullen, Via the excellent news.com.au
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June 24, 2007
Nerds Gone Wild!
In non-onetonnemusic related news, I've been doing a bunch of bits and pieces for Nerds Gone Wild! It's a free magazine, distributed here in Australia, but it doesn't suck, and you can also download complete pdf issues for those of us who don't live downunder. For example you can read up on Why it's fun to hate Sony written by yours truly. There's lots of nerd articles, reviews and tasty giblets for the nerd about town.
Futhermore, in an tantalizing development, Nerds Gone Wild has launched their website and while I'm sure there's tweaks and things to be done, already you can check out some juicy content and be excited. Hurrah!
Nerds Gone Wild Magazine - at least partly responsible for my lack of updates!.
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March 16, 2007
Astrocat will play for you a symphony of space
He's sitting on a keyboard, so I think I am in the clear to post this.
Related: whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com
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February 11, 2007
New iPod Announced!
Sony has conceded defeat in the gadget wars, so to recoup some of their recent losses they have teamed up with Apple to create the amazing WalkPod:
Source: Say no to crack
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February 03, 2007
Music nerd fun with Patent Search
How do you know you are in desparate need of a life? When searching google patent search for patent filings for music gear seems like a good idea.
"An electronic music synthesizer is disclosed in which the sound producing chain includes a voltage-controlled oscillator, band-pass filter, low-pass filter, and amplifier in which selected control currents are supplied to low impedance points within the synthesizer circuit from a resistor matrix"
Oh my! This reads like geek porn. And another one!
Ibanez TS-9 (tubescreamer) Patent
he invention relates to the provision of a sustainer that is compatible with single coil pickups and stacked, single coil pickups. In this regard, feedback is substantially eliminated by processing and altering the direct electromagnetic radiation emitted by the driver.
Bit-tunes fans will LOVE the description given to the Gameboy Patent application - Electronic Gaming Device with Pseudo Stereophonic Sound Generating Capabilities. Come on Nintendo, it didn't sound that bad did it? Oh yeah it did.
Sadly my search for Robot Monster & Kilbot didn't turn up anything interesting. I did however find a AMUSEMENT DEVICE SIMULATING A GUITAR CONTAINING A CONCEALED WEAPON (!)
Love it. Thankyou internet.
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August 29, 2006
Air Guitar Extravaganza.
This thread has been copied straight from AIF (a design nerd forum I happen to a member of).
And was entirely the work of Def, Etcher & Vidman who are truly gods amongst men, they straddle the earth with their mighty man legs and pluck her strings in a glorious cacophony of concentrated awesome.
I have uploaded it to onetonne's server to preserve this moment in time.
Lots more after the jump.
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August 21, 2006
Super Mario Bros Theme Tune on 11 string bass
You know I'm a sucker for video game theme tunes. Super Mario Bros on 11 String Bass as performed by Jean Baudin.
Via Neatorama
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Using Windows Sound Recorder for good instead of evil...
Got to be seen to be believed. It takes a while to get started so bear with it...
SoundRec32 Rocks! Thanks again Paul!
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June 05, 2006
Free EMU IIIX Sample Library CDs
I'm in the middle of cleaning up my study. (It's a horrible mess) And I came across these. They're sample library CDs for the EMU IIIx (Edit: I think they also work the EMU ESI-4000 units maybe? I can't remember to be honest). I used to work at a music shop and they were lying around upstairs in our miscellaneous broken bits department (that's where your stuff goes to die when you take it back to the shop and they don't do anything to fix it).
Anyway, they weren't doing a great deal there, and I was optomistic that I could find a program to extract the samples because I didn't have the EMU hardware. About a zillion years ago these cds retailed for $125 each (AUD) here in Australia but now they're pretty much worthless unless you have a way of extracting the samples or the appropriate hardware.
They are: Emulator Standards, Vintage, World Percussion/Ensemble, Sound Effects & Emu Classics.
So. If you have the appropriate hardware and are willing to take a picture of your EMU box with a bit of paper with "onetonnemusic is rather good" or something to that effect written on it, I will mail out these sample cds to you free. Email info at ausmusician.com to enter. First in, best dressed!
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April 27, 2006
Pirate Spotting in the modern age
Absolutely excellent. Very timely and amusing. Via electronic freedom foundation.org
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April 11, 2006
File: under Electroplankton, Cthulhu & Blues
Over on the shiny new CDM forums I came across this comment from Thomas from Milezero.org
Actually, I recently finished a sketch of an electroplankton song, in case anyone wants to hear.
And here's the link.
Basically. It's absolutely fantastic. Its a electroplankton composition, which is a blues song about HP Lovecraft's 'The Shadow over Innsmmouth'. What's not to love? This song rocks. Featuring lyrics such as "Yeah a whole lotta time till the shugga starts to roam!" it's got nerd cred in bags. It combines all sorts of pop-sub-culture references into a rather catchy tune. I dig it, and so will you (if you are a certified music nerd). Get it now!
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March 30, 2006
BBC's music cubes
Okay some explanation may be required. If you head over here you can create your very own music cube. The idea is that you can select music genres that reflect your taste. You can then put this anywhere, or just play with it yourself. Folks can tune into BBC radio stations that stream that kind of music online.
If you are anything like me, I listen to a wide variety of tunes, and to have access to high quality online radio is a lovely thing. The quality of the streaming is very respectable as well.
I love the bbc is doing all this fantastically progressive work with new media, and is another reason why publically funded broadcasting is a good idea. They've released symphonies online, they are making many of their tv shows available online (albiet to UK based visitors - as they have paid the UK television license which funds the bbc) and much more.
The genres you can choose from is a little limiting, but I feel that the music cube you see here is a reasonable representation of the kind of music that I'm personally into. There's also an element of personal identity that you build through your musical tastes, and this is a nice reflection of that.
It's a fun excercise to put this sort of thing together so give it a try!
BBC Music Cubes thanks dylan!
Streaming radio i also like:
gaming fm - video game music
soma fm
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March 19, 2006
nintendo music live performance
For those of us not lucky enough to live where they have concerts of video game music (read japan) you should perhaps have a look at this.
It's a live recording of the Mario and Zelda Big Band from 2003. I must stop writing this so that I can pay proper attention to the clip while my girlfriend is busy on the phone. Let my nerdy mario + nintendo related proclivities continue unabated...
This comes via my new video game blogging favourite 4 Color Rebellion, which by the way is a rather fine site. Mario & Zelda Big Band Live - Google Video
Related: Do check out gamingfm.com they have a lovely selection of video game tunes, with classic console, total pc, modern console and the complete selection of video game sounds. gaming fm.com
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February 08, 2006
wheelchair in moshpit
Awesome.
Thanks Jade!
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January 24, 2006
super mario world live soundtrack
Some achievements are for the good of all mankind. This is one of them... The Super Mario World recorded with full instrumentation. Sometimes very faithful to the original and sometimes just plain out there. You gotta hear the "p block special do the mario". Mariocore. Excellent.
The creator of this amazing effort deserves a hearty big pile of cash for their amazing interpretation of the Super Mario World soundtrack. Not just for nostaligic value either, this is a genuinely impressive work. I've listened a few times through and each time I get a smile out of it. Go get it now.
Archive.org - Super Mario World Live Soundtrack and XOC's myspace page
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October 03, 2005
audio engineering: the gospel according to jp22
This is too funny not to pass on. If you have an even rudimentary understanding of audio engineering there's big music nerd laughs to be had over on recording.org. The protagonist is a guy called jp22. He's damn sure he knows what he's talking about. Everyone else is a bit dubious...
Here's a sample:
JP22: I could easily give back any minimal dynamics lost compressing with a bit more eq on my mixer
BrianAltenhofel: That says it all. That was the first sign you didn't know what you were talking about.
JP22: Oh yeah? Meaning, I can easily bring up the highs (HF's or MF's) on my mixer's eq and once again bring back or hear what I lost dynamically, its simple, if I take a little out at the beginning of the chain with compression I can cerntainly just as easily put it back towards the end of the chain. Shows how much you know!
Indeed. Head on over to recording.org and Roffle yourself some mayo.
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September 09, 2005
pathways to music video
Over on Get LoFi they have a rather nice video from 1972. It's an instructional slideshow with audio on the history of electronic music.
There's some fantastic potential for sampling the vocals to this, it's rather nicely narrated in that instructional video sort of way. It's also rather educational. Hurrah for education! Theres a 6mb and 40mb version, for the full experience I recommend the 40mb extravaganza.
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September 07, 2005
equalizer watch
I don't know what's more embarassing - the fact that this watch with a built in equalizer exists, or that I want one. Probably the latter. Reading the website it's not exactly clear if the EQ actually works - they say "equalizer effect" so I'm taking that as meaning that it could just be blinged out. Regardless, it looks pretty cool, and I don't know of many music gadget type watches so it gets a post.
High Frequency by Tokyo Flash Via Gizmodo Price converts to about $210AUD - Tasty.
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August 04, 2005
looking for a bully (australia only)
Just a quick one. On the forums we've got a researcher SBS tv looking for a bully/ex bully. They're doing a forum on bullying in two weeks time and want to find people who:
"Bullied someone while they were at school (either past or present) without realising the full implications of their actions at the time and now regret it and feel a bit bad. Let's call this the Remorseful Bully"
"Bullied someone at school (past or present) and don't think about it too much as it is not a big deal and every kids goes through it when they are at school and then grows out of it. Let's call this the Get-Over-It & It-Was-No-Big-Deal Bully"
Sounds like a pretty worthwhile thing. See the forum post for the full details.
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July 27, 2005
assorted konfabulatory audio sillyness
Konfabulator make a Mac/PC cross platform compatible host system for widgets. Widgets are little programs that sit on your desktop, they can be newsfeeds, weather updates, little quote generators, basically anything. A lot of the more popular Konfabulator plug-ins have shown up as Dashboard widgets for the Mac.
They've just been bought by Yahoo and now you can download the full version of Konfabulator for free. Why I think this actually of any interest is that you can get your hands on some little music making widgets and while they're only a momentary distraction, I was thinking of the potential of having really basic music tools at your disposal on the desktop of your machine. I'd love to see some more widgets that feature this kind of stuff where you can noodle out baby compositions and dump to Midi, or you could just record your system bus or whatever. At any rate. Konfabulator. It's now free. You might enjoy some of the musical widgets and have a bit of a laugh. You can customise the widgets also, and so it strikes me that we might be seeing more of these as Yahoo starts to expose it to a lot more users.
Here's the ones I've found so far if you come across any others let us know! Stonewave, Drumpad, MilliTron, VolBoard And Konfabulator.com for the program.
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July 06, 2005
wood ipod cover
Obviously the cold hard inhuman feel of white plastic wasn't the go for a modder who (at least on flckr) goes by the nick of ZapWizard. He's very carefully and meticulously crafted a wooden cover for his 4G ipod. That's right. Wood. Apparently the touchwheel still works (it's underneath the wood) as "Touch-wheels need an air-less dielectric to sense your[sic] touching the surface".
Which sounds fairly uber weenie to me, but I think it's looks rather funky, and I would proudly pull that out of my pants. *shifts in seat uncomfortably* Err. That didn't go quite right. Anyway. not to worry.
It's a rather remarkable homage to the wood panelled audio systems from the 70's. I would like to think that the iPod was only filled with Boney M and the BeeGees & Sesame Disco. But then I think that about all iPods.
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June 15, 2005
russian diy cassette dj setup
DJ Aptem has just become the weeny envy of many music nerds with his very fine homemade DJ Cassette Decks. He's deconstructed 2 variable speed decks, and fitted them into a mdf mixer type situation with a jog wheel, EQ and mixer. Very nice retro funk appeal going on here. I think the folks who still make cassette tapes should sit up and take notice, maybe try and start a vinyl style revival. Return of the dead formats!
Kinda cool DIY effort too - wonder if it was out of necessity or just because he could. Regardless, it's a a damn fine effort, looks rather nice and modular too.
You can see his flikr photoset here - also a nice chap seems to have mirrored some of his mix sets - which you can get to from the comments on the flikr photoset. Also check his website which is probably copping a mega hammering right now here
Via Engadget
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June 11, 2005
ipod man visits apple store
So clever. Guy dresses up like one of the black and white figures from the ipod ads. Enters store and starts dancing to Jet - Are You Gunna Be My Girl. Excellent. There's some truly fantastic bad-dancing to be seen here. 20mb quicktime file, so if you're on dialup be prepared for a wait.
I like the idea, and I love these stupid clips where people do just plain crazy stuff, and people dont react.
Anyhoo Something Awful - Ipod man visits an Apple store
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June 09, 2005
at-at boombox
So awesome I want to to cry - you gotta see the rest of the pics
AT-AT Boombox... Via screenhead
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May 19, 2005
spare a gold piece guvna?
Hamish Rosser drummer from the Vines is looking for work. Infact he's desparate enough to pop an ad in one of the Sydney streetpress magazines. It's amazing that you can be in a big that got so massive and still have very little to show for it.
The advert goes like-a this "Vines drummer available for gigs and recording. Hamish 0415 *** ***."
Here's the news.com.au article Thanks (e) from the OT forums!
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May 04, 2005
cliqhop
Sometimes you come across something so good online you can't believe your luck. An internet acquaintence of mine points me in the direction of somafm. I'm listening to the cliqhop station right now, and it's so damned good I cannot believe my painted-on made of paddle pop sticks and bad ham magyver style constructed - ears.
Cliqhop.pls <- you'll need a connection and software for streaming. After that... happiness.
Thanks to Don't Lament for this!
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May 02, 2005
really really busy...
...at the moment. So look at these instead. Pretty self explanatory! Thanks to min for these!
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April 26, 2005
speaker in traffic cone!
Stretching the my definition of cone, it looks more like an extruded triangle to me... Anyway. I also suspect this will upset google image searchers looking for the vicarious pleasure that is brought to them by searching for Various geometic shapes. They could be looking for some sort of construction advice, well it just got harder for them to find what they're looking for. This is yet another reason I love MusicThing.
This guy built a speaker inside a traffic cone. It's got a little amp in it, and apparently it sounds shit. Something's don't need to make sense, they're just right. Via MusicThing
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April 14, 2005
iLog v1 - too late for april fools?
Hrm. Well, here's something that if it was a real product would be kind of fun. I just kind of like the aesthetic. The little sample sounds are pretty full on experimental, (like the video clip), so who knows? It could be real. But somehow I doubt it. Kind of a fun little website to go with it to.
The Log1k looks like a good wheeze too. I love the idea of a self contained audio worstation - I think thats what appeals about sofware solutions for Pocket PC for me.
Go checkout the owl project Via We Make Money Not Art.
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the disco dance floor guys
Also in the random bucket for this fine rainy morning, is the the disco dance floor. Made from 1536 LEDs, capble of 30frames per second for colour changes, hooked up to a *nix love-in... It's "The First East Disco Dance Floor". This is so damn cool. A bunch of MIT kids have put it together and it basically a dance floor hooked up to a PC running the opensource xmms with a custom plugin to send it to the control software for the dance floor. Thats right, I said the control software for the dancefloor. It is truly the year 2005 when the floor gets a program too! You've gotta see the videos to truly appreciate the idea - it looks amazing in action.
Dance my little nerdies, dance! Via CreateDigitalMusic
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the next harddrive I buy will be a hitachi
Let's not pretend that this about better capacity for hard disk drives, lets not pretend I'm not excited by 10x the current storage for hard drives - let's just be grateful that Hitachi saw fit to put together such an awesome animation to explain a new technology. I doff my hat to you Hitachi.
Turn yo sound UP! Via the disco dance floor folks
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April 07, 2005
giant headphones
Are you frustrated with how your headphones are just not big enough? From the folks at mixco makers of interesting industrial design things come the giant headphone prototype. Which "look great dangling from the ceiling or placed on the floor. I'm totally into the idea of dangling them from the ceiling and not so into the floor idea.
Via MoCo Loco comes Mixko.net (Who also make giant keyboard key stools too!)
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April 05, 2005
moshgirl
Funny funny stuff. Make sure to scroll down after the first one. It gets better.
Thanks Montague!
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April 04, 2005
stop!
Thanks Jade!
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