April 18, 2008
Cat + Theremin = Awesome.
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March 23, 2008
guitar hero on tour
On one hand, this promo video makes Guitar Hero On Tour look absolutely horribly shit awful. On the other hand, the video makes Guitar Hero On Tour shit awful.
I digress. I'd want to try it before I wrote it off, but I'm pretty sure whoever they paid to make that clip is the same guys responsible for the advert for the Nintendo Powerglove. (video after jump for your reference)
I love Guitar Hero on Wii and I love my DS. Will I be getting GH:OT? I don't know. Hopefully it's more fun than it looks in that clip.
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March 09, 2008
Scratching Hand!
Thanks dylan!
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January 21, 2008
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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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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Wearable MIDI trigger devices: Drum Pants
I see your wah wah boots and raise you with Drum Pants! This are apparently the creation of Tyler Freeman, a new wave artist working with code and techno-tomfooler instead of paint. (loosely lifted from his site: odbol.com
Basically it's a cheap MIDI keyboard (in this case a PSR-200) gutted and the keys replaced with little piezo trigger patches which are then sewn into the pants. The triggering of the piezo transducer is then voiced through the midi device and speaker of your choice.
The future of drum pants:
It would also be fun to employ a set of drumsticks for more precise drumming, but unless you're going to surgically attach them to your hands, you won't be a true cyborg.
More clips after the jump.
Via Gizmodo.com
This clip features Tyler combining the drum pants with a Loopstation
Crazy Brazilian clip featuring a band with more obvious triggers on pants. Not a bad old groove happening actually.
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September 03, 2007
Percussa Audio Cubes
You know me. I loves my you-tubin'. But look! more tangible interfaces and they look like fun. Plus lights!
See more on their you-tube user page or at percussa.com
Via Matrix-Synth
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September 02, 2007
Jam Sessions for DS
Rounding out this evening's you-tube festival, here's a lovely quick explanation of Jam Sessions DS.
I think this is the English Version of the japanses title Hiite Utaeru DS previously blogged here .
I forgot to follow this up, and now I must! More videos after the jump.
You get the idea. Nice.
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Sony Rolly
This is interesting. If it's real it appears to be a little music reactive toy that does not much apart from flashes different colours and dances to music.
Nice.
Via the new and fancy gadgets.boingboing.net
p.s Sony this still doesn't excuse you for the PlayStation 3, or the rootkit debacle, or any other act of insane hubris you've recently been accused of.
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Tenori-On Price and another video
So apparently launch price is going to be 599 Pounds Sterling. The high price is mostly due to almost completely hand made production process.
It's still the hotness, and I still want one.
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August 21, 2007
Wah wah boots = excellent.
This is absolutely fantastic. Don't want to spoil it, just watch!
Via Music-Thing
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August 19, 2007
DSMidiWifi youtubery!
I am a bit of a fan of the work of tobw, and I'm happy to belatedly report that there's some groovy little videos of dsmidiwifi on youtube to demonstrate the potential of the very same. The potential for the DS as a musical input device is tremendous and I love seeing clips like this. The homebrew community for the DS is amazing.
Another video after the break.
Benji7905 writes:
I did a Kaoss pad for the DS, using PALib and DSMidiWifi libs. The DSMidiWifi team already did a Kaoss Pad demo for their lib but I wasn't happy with it, so I did one myself. Here are the features so far : When you touch the screen, it sends 3 CC : one for the X axis, one for the Y axis and a third CC corresponding to the status of the screen : 128 when it is pressed, 0 when it's released. A and B can send CCs too, just like the sreen press : 128 when it's pressed, 0 when it's releasedThat way you can do a nice effect with a Beat Repeat and an AutoFilter in Ableton Live, like on a real Kaoss Pad
Excellent work!
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June 25, 2007
Theremin Cover of Crazy
This is all over the tubes, but if you haven't seen it... You should.
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April 05, 2007
Super Mario Theme on Percussion
I'm such a sucker for this kinda junk.
Via dsfanboy. Thanks rowan!
Bonus fret tapping double neck guitar Mario themetune after the jump.
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March 13, 2007
The worst film clip in the world contest!
I challenge you to find a more awful film clip!
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March 05, 2007
Great clips - Cornelius Fit + Others
Via the swarthy and devastatingly handsome Centripetal Notion
Also! There is a bonus clip of Cornelius' Drop after the jump, and also the clip for Smoke which is also fantastic
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February 18, 2007
Cakewalk Youtube Channel Launched
The team at Cakewalk have launched their own Youtube channel which is already packed with tutorials, cakewalk promo stuff, tips, techniques and other goodies. This goes along with their myspace page which is a rather nice touch. I think what differentiates the Youtube channel, is the time and effort they've put into to getting that content online and accessible. Good on them!
Cakewalk Software Youtube channel Via Harmony Central
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February 16, 2007
Piano playing cat!
Via boingboing
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February 14, 2007
Dj Wiij on Traktor
I just lost this post because I closed the wrong window. Argh. You're going to get the abridged version now. DJ Wiij.com features a bunch of great clips of the Wii remote paired up with mixing software (such as Traktor).
I've recently picked up a bluetooth adapter and have a couple of Wii remotes, so I better check this out before the Zeitgeist changes and I have to buy another video game console and re-purpose whatever controller that has.
Check out djwiij.com via GoNintendo
More clips after the jump.
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February 13, 2007
Nina Simone Clips
I love boing boing, which is where i got this amazing clip from. It's a rare clip of Nina Simone from 1962 performing the Israeli folk song Eretz Zavat Chalav u'Dvash or Land of Milk and Honey.
After the jump is a selection of other Nina Simone clips from around the same vintage. Nice way to check out older performances and rarities. Performances like these need need to be seen. Having them available to see improves your quality of life, thankyou YouTube uploader.
Here's an improvisation from 1961
When I was In My Prime - 1961. Really lovely and mournful performance too. Just wonderful.
Zungo - 1961. This is introduced at the end of the previous clip.
For All we Know - 1961. Lovely song, and there's some really nice arpeggiated harp and piano in there that is frankly, inspiring.
I Love You Porgy - 1962.
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February 12, 2007
Zelda theme tune on theremin(!) + others!
If you're not a video game music fan, avert thine eyes.
I feel angry that I didn't come up with idea first, but over on dsfanboy you can see the mario themetune played on 15 different instruments. Scarily enough I have seen quite a few of these before.
:( I think I nerd pwnd myself.
Still. I'm a nerd and I'm up for a challenge. I present to you (found on youtube obviously) the Zelda theme tune on Theremin!
More Zelda Video Sillyness after the jump. Including, Legend of Zelda Medley in String Quartet Form, accordian, a cosplaying nerd on flute, bass guitar, and Ocarina. And and also how to play the Zelda theme tune on piano. Plus some extras. In your face dsfanboy ;).
Legend of Zelda Medley in String Quartet Form
I... just don't know how to describe this. But it's awesome.
Zelda theme on Electric Guitar
Zelda on Ukelele
Zelda (Ocarina of Time Medley) on Accordian
Zelda on Ocarina!
Lost woods Theme Tune - blindfolded on piano
Zelda Kokiri Forest Theme
How to play Zelda's lullabye tune on piano
Cosplaying nerd playing lullabye on flute.
Ordon theme on bass guitar
Zelda @ Video Games Live
Zelda on harmonica
And last but certainly not least. Zelda 2: Adventure of Link theme on big-ass organ. For an absolutely massive sound.
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February 09, 2007
Super Mario Theme on Flute
I'm sorry.
Via Joystiq
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February 06, 2007
Discovering Electronic Music 1983 Style
Title pretty much says it all. Lovely dodgy looking footage, vintage gear and it's educational! I'm pretty sure in their own sherry infused way, the Museum of Techno is a homage to this.
You'll love this film if you love analog synthesizers, electronic music (historic, not electronica), or music geeks. : ) Lots of cool oscilloscope shots, primitive sequencers, etc.
Oh yes, we do.
Parts 2 & 3 embedded after the jump.
Part 2
Part 3
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January 23, 2007
Beatboxin'
Cribbed from the mighty music thing.
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October 30, 2006
Commodore 64 Orchestra
It's really an ad for CD/DVD coming out in 2007. But i'm a total sucker for this stuff.
Via Destructoid. Also check out the C64 Orchestra Myspace page
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October 27, 2006
Mozarts 40th, Rollerblades & Wine Bottles
via (again) Centripedal Notion
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Jonathan Coulton - The Future Soon
This is genius.
Jonathan Coulton via Centripedal Notion
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September 08, 2006
More video game music sillyness
No really. I will stop soon. I can stop anytime I like. I don't have a problem.
Who are you calling an addict?
Put yer dukes up!
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The Beatboxing Parrot
Once again. I have to point out that I am legally bound to post videos like this. Sorry. Also I am headed off for a week's holiday tonight, so don't wreck-up the place!
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September 03, 2006
Aleatoric Composition... THE MOVIE!
In my screen debut, I present to you, aleatoric composition THE MOVIE! Starring me. This outlines the method for this method of composition in a (hopefully) fairly simple straightforward & accessible manner. Please forgive the average sound and video quality, last night was the first time I have ever edited video, and I spent several hours trying to figure out how to get it uploaded and have it play correctly.
You can download the midi result here. Should you wish to do something with this midi file, please do so, I would love to hear (geddit?) from you.
As a follow up to this post on Aleatoric Composition, I was contacted by a writer from Future Music Magazine, which has spurred Dylan & myself onto more work in this area.
This time we went down to the train station and recorded an entire platform of video, and scored it as faithfully as possible in Sibelius. I took a little bit of liberty with what exactly made up each note - as at the far ends of the train station the grubby marks (notes) get pretty faint, and I didnt want 24 bars of silence before anything at all happened.
Dylan was along for the ride, and I have supplied him the midi. I'm going to have a tinker with it, and see what can be done using the music composed from the train platform. If we manage to cobble something that's not entirely awful together, you can expect another youtube monstrosity from yours truly.
Related: Aleatoric Composition
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August 24, 2006
"Hey you now horny disco"
I am testing out Writer a beta blogging program from the Microsoft, so excuse me if something happens that is a little bit strange.
Talking about things that are a little bit strange, Tom from Music Thing brings us this.
It's just too good to be true. "Thankyou green light lovers. Hey you now. Hey you now horny disco." Excellent.
(Update. For anyone who is curious: Writer appears to blow - at least form the perspective of being able to read/edit the post from within Movable Type as it fills it full-o-tags(tm). Also it doesn't like more complex html it seems - such as the embed tag).
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August 21, 2006
Tenori-On Protype Video
In Tenori-On related news, there's a Siggraph promo video up on YouTube that has a short clip that has a what appears to be the prototype Tenori-On units, which look much more industrial than anything you may have seen on Yamaha's website. It's 1m45s into the clip.
Via Pixel Sumo
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August 19, 2006
The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New filmclip
I am a huge Moutain Goats fan. They're a band that do indy guitar folk perfectly. Its the kind of music that recognises that sometimes you feel shit, but picks you up and puts you back on your feet. (Second time In two days I'm using this phrase but) I certainly don't mean to come off as being twee, but hey there you go.
Here is the clip for Woke Up New, which is off their new album Get Lonely, which I just picked up today.
The clip is directed by Rian Johnston who directed the film Brick which is getting pretty good reviews I believe.
Moutain Goats - Official 4AD Site
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July 19, 2006
Excellent collection(s) of high quality music videos
On The Boards they have an excellent collection of video clips, of interest to me specifically are some lovely music film clips. At the time of writing, they're featuring the new Chris Cunningham clip, and a bunch of other great stuff. Nice. Bookmarked.
Update: Rowan just pointed me in the direction of:
Videoteque.org
So Hot Right Now
Antville
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July 01, 2006
Video game tunes on (insert wacky instrument here)
One of the thing that is of guaranteed interest from me is video game music stuff. A darling of the blog crowd is basically any recreation or rendition of classic video game tunes. This time, we have a guy on the pipe organs busting out some hits from Mario, Zelda & my personal favorite Chronotrigger. There's more as well, in the 22 odd minute video. Enjoy!
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June 23, 2006
The Museum of Techno
Every music nerd should look at these clips at the museum of techno and have a laugh. I'm pretty sure this reminds me of my art school days, where drinking alcohol that came in the box format seemed like a fantastic idea. And then getting down to some serious craft work, in my case, it was sewing bearsuits, but it seems these guys got down to some serious kraftwerk instead. Haw!
Feel free to click here, it'll take you the Museum of Techno.
Via Music Thang
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June 15, 2006
While my guitar gently weeps on ukelele
I make no apologies for this. While my guitar gently weeps. On ukelele.
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June 13, 2006
Harp Guitar Gathering
Here is a nice collection of clips of harp guitar players. I've always been fascinated by these guys. It would have most likely been my fanatical tea party fandom from a few years back that would have done the trick I think. (I must clarify that I mean the Good Tea Party stuff not the newer ones. The combination of beautiful alternate tunings and alternate instrumentation make that album an absolute classic. But I digress.
The instruments themselves look amazing, and you can catch a glimpse of other guitar rareities in the background as well. The clips seem to be taking a while to get down, so might be a tad 56k unfriendly. They're worth waiting for though!
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June 09, 2006
Animusic - Animated Music. (cooler than it sounds)
woah.
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Justin King - guitar virtuoso
I will get this embedded video thing out of my system shortly. In the mean time, enjoy the clip... This guy is incredible. (His personal site linked from Doolin wasn't working at the time of writing)
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Tenori-On Video Roundup
Thanks to some kind commentors on my CDM Article I have the 3 (count em' three!) Tenori-On videos to share.
The first is from Artfutura 05
2 more clips from Siggraph 2005 after the jump!
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Hannes Coetzee = legend
This is excellent. Hannes Coetzee playing slide with a teaspoon in his mouth leaving his left hand free to finger as per normal.
Via: Neat-o-rama
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May 20, 2006
Wii drum demo
I'm sort of the in the middle on writing a peice about Electroplankton for Nintendo DS, but I saw this and I just had to share. It's a demo from e3 of the Nintendo Wii's motion controller being used in a drum demo.
Looks and sounds like absolutely fantastic fun, and if Nintendo were to develop titles like this, it would be amazing. Of the 3 next gen console platforms to come out, the Wii really looks pretty amazing.
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April 12, 2006
Guitar Hero Controller + Max/Msp = Fun
In the department of more crazy things that can be done using Max/Msp (see: cycling74, is this hack that lets you use the PS2 Guitar Hero controller to control a simple sequencer. It assigns samples to each of the 5 fret positions (read buttons) and also input through the strumming lever. You can have up to 5 banks of samples, giving you 25 different samples to work with as well as the control achievable strumming.
This all sounds fairly hokey until you see the video in action and you start to appreciate the simple beauty of this idea. I really have to clear my desk and spend some quality time with Max/Msp because most of the time when I have a wild dream about a music interface or program, it usually already exists as a Max/Msp program.
Guitar Hero Interface to Sequencer Via Joystiq.com
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