Elysium Generative Midi Sequencer by LucidMac Software

Elysium by LucidMac Software

There are not many of us out there who are still looking for strictly a midi generator out of our music software, but there are some in the sea still. If you are looking for something a little bit more interesting from your midi sequencer then you may want to consider Elysium by LucidMac Software. Elysium is a generative midi sequencer that utilizes a unique honey comb type grid to build upon its sequences. It is strictly midi, but the creator states that you can render all the sequences out to another workstation such as Ableton Live or elsewhere.

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"Elysium is generative which relates to the way the music is created by building up a “system” composed of layers, cells, tokens, and playheads that combined, when “played”, to produce a sequence of notes."

It is available as a free download, but is Mac OS X 10.5+ only. Give it a download and let us know what you think.

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NIN Rehearsal with Lemur, Keyboards, Modulars, Macbooks

NIN: Echoplex - Live at Rehearsals, July 2008 from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

Ok, so this isn’t really a LivePA video, but NIN is one of the most interesting acts performing live. They always do something creative with their gear and this rehearsal video shows some drool worthy stuff on stage that they are using. It looks like they may have upgraded their Frankenstein Kaoss Pads to the new Lemur interfaces. For me, they look super sick!!!!

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Hercules DJ Control Steel Released on Dec 22nd

Hercules DJ Control Steel

It has been quite a while since I last saw a midi/DJ control surface that has interested me. M-Audio’s Torq Xponent from last year was a disappointment to many and Vestex seemed to be the only one with a solid control surface. Hercules however has come out with a rather interesting control surface that features 13 rotary switches, six faders, and 46 push buttons. Overall very nice specs for an extremely affordable price. It comes in at only $299.

Deadact.com: Embarassing Electronic Artists Who Fake It

http://www.deadact.com/

I think I may have just found our Doppelganger site. DeadAct is an online blog geared solely at showcasing electronic LivePA acts who blatantly fake their liveset. Love the idea, name and concept

“DeadAct.com is an online archive of videos found in the public domain that show electronic performers blatantly faking their "live set". To qualify as a Dead Act, the performer must have pre set out their performance in such a way that if they were to drop dead, the set would keep playing on as normal. Bonus points for fake knob tweaking, failed attempts to play real instruments , and good orgasm faces. ....Do they think we're stupid?”

TouchOSC w/ Novation Remote

Making the rounds this afternoon is the amazing implementation of TouchOSC on an iPhone paired up with a Novation Remote SL. TouchOSC takes the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol and puts it into a very slick software application for the iPhone or iPod touch. The result is a Lemur type interface for a fraction of the price. You can download it off the iTunes store now for $3.99.

TouchOSC Details

JayB Productions: Trance Live Studio Performance

Normally as of late I have been a little sick and tired of the studio live performance videos. They are all over Youtube and while they are cool, I have gotten bored of them. Hence they have not really showed up on the blog much (let me know if you would like to see otherwise). This video above however was just way too good to pass up posting however, because of the fact this guy is playing everything live. Good keyboard chops will get me every time.

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Out of Sequence - Live Techno Music Event in NYC

Hosts:
Tom Phonic, Dj Slouch & A-ux

Time and Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:00pm - 2:30am
Location: Karma Lounge (Basement)
Address: 51 1st Ave (Between 3rd and 4th Street), New York, NY 10003
Entrance: No Cover - Strictly 21+

Venue Phone:2126773160
Email: tomphonic@gmail.com

Description:
In the words of a friend -
Out of Sequence, 5 borough known spot for the real underground sounds of Live electronic/hiphop dance music. The line-up this time around shows Out of Sequence keeps it with a bump, a grind, a drink, a dance, and a damn amount of fun.

This is a real deal underground in the basement joint under the chill spot Karma Lounge with it's mad chill atmosphere with the Hookahs up top and the bump of the 808 kicks, and choppy grinding samples underneath.

Come enjoy the ill LIVE musicians, LIVE VJ's, LIVE sexy males and females having their drinks and fun! Nov. 13th, Karma Lounge, 9:30 doors till the night becomes day.

Live Techno:
Krts – www.myspace.com/krts
DJ Slouch – www.myspace.com/ianbradley
A-ux - www.myspace.com/auxmusic
D. Gookin - www.myspace.com/dgookin

Late Night DJ:
DJ Udachi - www.myspace.com/udachi

Live Visuals:
Bryan Teoh - www.bryanteoh.com
Peter Kirn - www.createdigitalmusic.com

8-Bit Guerilla

What we see here is 8-bit performer Waxin' Wary from Eugene, Oregon, using Milkytracker to do a live remix of an original tune by Portland, OR's 486 Kid on a handheld PC. To the side one can spot an amp with a deep-cycle battery strapped on the back, which is charged via solar panel before being taken out for a walk in the park.

Beardyman and a pair of KP3s

Here we see champion British beatboxer Beardyman at work demonstrating the live sampling and effects capabilities of the Korg Kaoss Pad 3, paired with a looping pedal. Truly hilarious and amazing.

Bloom for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Brian Eno, who has been exploring the outer fringe of electronic music since the 1970's, has again fused music and technological innovation in the creation of Bloom, a generative ambient music application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The user sits mesmerized, poking the screen, which responds both visually and musically, effectively turning the device into an interactive audiovisual ambient music generator. Bloom doesn't come off merely as a piece of software, but more like a combination of software and a music album which never sounds the same twice. While using generative and fractal music in regular electronica recordings is nothing new (Aphex Twin has done this to great effect), crossing it with a consumer device like the iPhone is definately a step in a new direction. I say that a user-editable version of this program would turn a lot of heads, and would lead to some more very interesting art and music. As it is, Bloom can be had via Apple's iTunes store for a paltry $4.00us.