Mr.Flakey

Month: December 2009

  • Update: dschihadelay v1 – a (better) glitch delay

    Probably the last update for 2009, after some sleep and feedback as well, there is a new version of dschihadelay.

    Besides fixing some bugs (synchronisation, randomisation and panning), the device is now fully truly stereo, meaning that both input channels get processed. For modulation purposes, the boundaries for the different ranges (delay time, feedback amount, filter cutoff) can now be automated with Live due to introduction of the Live UI dials (designated “min” and “max”).

    In terms of the signal path, you can choose either to use a mixed wet/dry signal or only the wet portion of the sound via the “Mixed” switch. The Filter can be placed in two positions, either within the feedback loop (“Inside” switch), behind the delay unit (“Post” switch).Of course, you can use both of them as well.

    Please be careful with the resonance settings, especially when activating the filter within the feedback loop.

    Download

    dschihadelay.amxd v1


  • dschihadelay – a glitch delay

    When cleaning up my laptop, I came across monohad a former project of mine where I embarked on porting the Apparat performance patch dschihad to Max5 while enabling it to be used with the monome. Eventually, I abandoned (or should I say “paused”) the project when the patch got too big and too resource-hungry.

    Still, there are some goodies in the code, so I just took the random delay section and made that little m4l audio device. Essentially, it is a random delay with random feedback, random filter cutoff and random panning. quite some randomness, so I suggest to put a limiter behind it, otherwise you might risk your expensive gear.

    In more detail, it is a single-tap delay unit with random delay times (the range can be chosen) which is synced to the Live transport with a variable frequency. The range for the feedback amount as well as the range for the filter cutoff can be chosen using the two sliders. It also allows to freeze the feedback, in that case, a limiter would be essential.

    The toggles on the left hand side switch off the different parts of the device (feedback, filter, panning). Please note that for now, only the left input channel is processed. If anyone is interested, I might change that to stereo mode.

    Download

    dschihadelay.amxd

  • The year is coming to an end

    headphone-commute-150…..and everywhere, the online ratings and “Best of” selections are popping up (pretty sure  rapidshare and others see some major traffic increase as well). If you are keen, that guy keeps quite an impressive list of “Best of” lists and rating through out the net.

    One of my personal favourite are the reviews on Headphone Commute, this year coming as 15 different lists of their 10 favourite albums of 2009, each list with a different theme. Good stuff also comes from Drowned in Sound, Pitchfork and – for the more electronically minded – from Little White Earbuds, the Resident Advisor Poll and last but not least BLEEP.

  • Update: MonoMIDI 1.0

    There is an update coming your way, mainly centered around MonoMIDI. It now supports a Multisampling Mode which makes your drum sequences even more humanized by choosing samples out of a pool of 8 for each note lane. It is best to be used with a Drum Rack.

    For each of the samples within the pool, one can define the relative probabilities for that sample to be chosen which allows you to create dynamic sequences in realtime just by changing the probabilities.

    Apart from that, MonoMIDI now also sports a Probability mode where the velocity of a note is used as a means for the probability that the note will be played. Low velocity = low probality.

    I also fixed a bug with the MIDI transpose which would lose note-offs when transposing during an open note.

    MonoMIDI 1.0 requires MonoInterface 1.0. See here for the other devices.

    Download
    MonoMIDI 1.0

  • family travelling

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    Thanks to the generous paid parental leave scheme in Germany, we have been lucky to take our three month old daughter over to Western Australia to explore some beautiful spots quite away from the masses for the last three months. It’s all over now, but you can read and view up our trip here.

  • MonoLive – Monome for Live

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    Since the release of Ableton Live 8, there has been quite a buzz around Max4Live, the common project of Ableton and Cycling’74. By integrating the powerful Max/MSP/Jitter platform, the promise was to actually enable the users to extend Live with MIDI and audio effects, virtual instruments, customized control surfaces, video playback devices………..

    After a rather long beta phase, it has finally surfaced on 23rd november, and it seems to be a pretty good job. Particularly pleasing for owners of the “new kids on the block” in the Live controller world Launch Pad and APC 40 who are just waiting to put those user modes to work.

    In order for my beloved monome 64 not to be left behind, I made a set of devices which will allow you to make the little 8×8 controller your one-stop shop for controlling Live.

    MonoLive consists of four devices:

    • MonoInterface is the central hub communicating with the controller and the other devices
    • MonoMidi allows you to control a Live MIDI track (clip launch, solo/mute, EQ settings), including MIDI Editing for drum sequencing, patterns and arpeggios with up to 64 steps
    • MonoAudio puts you in control of a Live Audio track (clip launch, solo/mute, EQ settings) as well as controlling the loop length a la Traktor.
    • MonoBufferShuffler is based on the factory BufferShuffler device but has been enhanced to allow controlling it via the monome. The standard functionalities such as clip launch.

    In addition to those features, MonoLive can do a little bit more:

    • Support of up to 5 return tracks for bus effects
    • Support of up to 7 FX tracks for modulation of the audio stream
    • Transposition up/down
    • Smooth transition of send values and EQ settings over time.
    • Clip overview mode to support up to 49 tracks with 64 scenes
    • MIDI overview mode to support MIDI clips over 4 octaves and 64 steps
    • Optional Tempo tilt
    • MIDI humanisation mode

    The documentation is included with the devices, just download below and start pushing some buttons. I also provided a demo LivePack based on the free Swayzak LivePack available on the Ableton site.

    Have fun and let me know how it goes…..
    Download

    MonoLive v0.91 (update without using 3rd party externals)
    MonoLive Demo LivePack