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Flipmu video from the LA Monomeet
December 16th, 2011 – 12:22 pm
Our friend took some short video clips of us playing at the Monomeet at the downtown Independent this week. We got a chance to use the finished Chronomes as well as our new version of Nomestate. Was a great event, and cool to see so many other Monomers play a set. Thanks to everyone who organized the night and hopefully we’ll see everyone again soon.
New Chronome Build Instructions
December 16th, 2011 – 3:11 am
We cleaned up the build instructions for the chronome, and put the steps up to compile and install the custom version of serialosc
Chronome @ LA Monomeet 2011 Tomorrow
December 11th, 2011 – 5:14 pm
Come join us tomorrow at the Downtown Independent for the LA Monomeet 2011. We’ll be presenting the Chronome for the first time in public, with a short presentation and performance. We’ll also be unveiling new software we’ve been developing for configuring your nomes called Nomestate.
The night will be filled with lots of other performances and presentations, including Alfred Darlington (Daedelus), Brian Crabtree & Kelli Cain (Monome), and many others.
Great explanation of bypass capacitors
October 29th, 2011 – 10:28 am
A good friend of ours, Jim Murphy, is currently in New Zealand working on his PhD in musical robotics. He passed along this link to a great explanation of the use of bypass or decoupling caps.
Jim and I had a lengthy discussion recently about the use of capacitors in the Chronome circuits to filter out high frequency switching noise. Its nice to have some good old fashioned oscilloscope images to confirm whats going on.
Updated NomeState SerialOSC
October 28th, 2011 – 1:02 pm
Fixed a small bug with the CC messages. You can Download the new version here.
Locked in the Groove: MIDI Sync & Passing MIDI Between 2+ Computers in Ableton Live (Mac)
October 23rd, 2011 – 1:34 pm
Experimenting with different MIDI sync options has sync has been a labour of love here at FlipMu. As a duo, FlipMu regularly performs syncing two laptops running Ableton Live. As part of the Machine Orchestra we have further explored the laptop ensemble as we work with nearly 20 computers and musical robotics. With the release of Ableton Live 8.2.5 nearly two months ago came improved MIDI sync stability between 2+ computers, and because we get asked and teach all the time how we sync our machines, we thought we’d share with you our preferred methods of getting two or more computers with Ableton Live midi sync’d. As a bonus, we also show you how to also share midi over the network with 1-click. And so without further ado, lets get Locked in the Groove.
(Disclaimer: this tutorial only directly applied to Mac OSX. Sorry PC users but well try to do a PC Tutorial soon!) Read More
Reaktor app works with serialOSC and all Monomes
October 22nd, 2011 – 6:27 pm
I just updated our basic OSC to MIDI Reaktor app to work with the new /grid Monome protocols, and their serialOSC app. Lots of copy pasting and cabling, so I’ve been putting it off; however, with the Chronome group buy happening, I am going to modify it to support pressure and color.
We’ll put links up for it soon.
Radio Interview With Radio NZ
September 9th, 2011 – 11:20 am
Radio NZ invited me to come and talk with them about algorithmic processes in composition, and how contemporary work is looking into machine musicianship and autonomous agents. Had chance to share some music from Xenakis, Autechre, and our friend’s project “Difficult Media” (Jim Murphy, and Carl Burgin)
RGB grid controller round up on CDM
August 8th, 2011 – 7:04 pm
Peter Kirn has written a round up of the current offerings of RGB grid controllers, including a number of open-source DIY projects. Nice mention of the Chronome, as well the Octinct and several others. Looking forward to the first group buy of Chronome boards in September.
Owen Vallis
Jordan Hochenbaum