One Bit Music by Tristan Perich is a CD jewel case-sized device that will bump lo-fi glitch/dance whenever you plug in a pair of headphones. Perich will demo and explain the project at the dorkbot nyc meeting on Wednesday, September 7th at 7pm at Postmasters Gallery (459 West 19th Street in Chelsea).
Oh man DJ Aptem is the coolest! First off, he’s Russian and has a sweet buzz-cut. Secondly, he built a pair of cassette-turntables with a jog wheel, pitch controls, eqs and the like! Retro and cool, but also effective in self-sampling and sweet tape-scrubbing based bring-me-back-to-paris-in-1948-babeee kinda stuff. Definitely building me one a them as soon as I get my maxp/msp and sensors on. Check out the musicthing posting or go directly to his russian website. Seriously, this thing and a tape delay would be the sexiest combo I can imagine. Oh man.
An update on the crazy correspondence-via-email-elicits-real-mail front:
Staffer Matt Lewkowicz was recently inspired by William Schaff’s Chaise Two mail art and made an envelope of his own.
Once William got a hold of Matt’s new design, he sent us a new surprise which incorporates stickers from medium’s sticker sheet, beth brandon’s sticker sheet, Matt’s envelope, and John Wayne by U.S. Postal.
Check it below, and download and print your own to send to a friend! Or post your own mail art by leaving a comment or emailing us!
For more mail art, check out William Schaff’s website.
Bennett the Baker here. Our friends, the computers, make many noises…
Balldroppings and Candy cane are two interactive audio-visual tools that make a variety of delightful treats for the hungry remix chef. We want to make use of these delicious ingredients, so here’s a simple demonstration on how to capture the computer’s sound output, without actually physically having to do it with a mixer. From there, one can take the tasty morsels into the sequencing kitchen (ProTools, Logic, Digital Performer to name a few… even an MPC!!!) and cook up some savory flavors.
One of my favorite features on the new Chaise website is the logo. The 200 pixel by 150 pixel gallery displays interactive/generative experiments in flash, shockwave, proce55ing, java, or anything that can be embedded in a webpage.
The inaugural interactive object is a a custom version of Cursor Mates, created by Loren Klein. The playful environment rewards and surprises the more time one spends with it.
For those of you interested in contributing, email jesse to get the ball rolling and start playing with the base image.
Flux Factory in Long Island City, New York offers free workshops on topics ranging from knitting with plastic to pinhole photography.
Upcoming Workshops
April 10, 2005 – DIY Video Projector
For those who are tired of waiting for video projector prices to drop to what you may consider “affordable”. Learn how to make your own high end video projector for less than a tenth of the cost.
April 17 & 24, 2005 – Video Blogging
Videoblogging is a new form of expression. There’s a fast growing group of individuals who use videos as a main form of blogging. This series of workshops will cover how to videoblog and what others are doing and how to connect to them.
Any interest in a multiple-cycle, multiple-participant transcontinental remix project? We’re talking beats and pieces, melodies and self-sampling, and all the nastiness that can ensue from passing sounds through many robots.
One person starts as a material-generator, the next takes that and makes a ditty out of it, the next adds pieces of tone or rhythm, and so on and so on, son. Let’s get busy!
email remix@chaisemagazine.org
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For the inaugural “hands on” post, here’s two tutorials for creating useful production tools at a (relatively) inexpensive cost
