Sunday, February 07, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Beardyman Live in the Underbelly: 1 Hour Set
Nice 1 Hour Beardyman set here on Youtube.
Labels: beatboxing, hardware, liveset, video
Thursday, January 14, 2010
NAMM 2010: Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg has announced an updated version of their popular Kaossilator. The Kaossilator Pro is basically a step up from last year’s model and is analogous to the MiniKP and its bigger brother the KaossPad 3.
The Kaossilator Pro takes the same basic hardware specs and idea of the KP3 and focused on a sound source rather than an effects source. The overall idea sounds extremely appealing and it features 200 sounds (still not a true synth though) along with the ability to load PCM samples. It is not quite the sampled based KP4 many were hoping for, but it is a good start.
NAMM 2010: AKAI APC20 – The Left Hand of Ableton Live
First news from NAMM is trickling in. Akai has announced a new version of their APC line with the APC20. This is essentially half of the previously released APC40 from last year. The new APC20 features everything but some send effects, additional knobs and the crossfader from its older brother.
From the press online it appears that the APC20 is meant to be more of a companion kit then a standalone. You can chain up to six of them together.
Price is $199
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Richard Devine Improvs on OpenLabs D-Beat
I have always loved the idea of the Openlabs gear, but the price often times made me cringe. Above is a great video showcasing what their newest box can do with some traditional and no so traditional Windows software.
Labels: hardware, improvization, video
Friday, November 20, 2009
Bernd Kistenmacher – Celestial Movments
A lot of the video and content that we post on here falls into the realm of what I would call “traditional” livePA, that is dance music being performance in a rave or club setting. Personally I am more more interested in alternative forms of live performance. It doesn’t necessarily have to be esoteric or new agey, but something that is just not the same. The video above I think is a nice illustration of that concept. Nothing complex is going on here visually, but performance is still wonderful to listen to.
via Matrixsynth
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Machinedrum Monomachine Liveset Practice
Quick Little liveset studio practice on just a Monomachine and Machinedrum
Monday, November 16, 2009
Ableton Live Controlled with Xbox 360 Controller
We have seen our fair share of Wii controllers, taking on software for live performance. I have not however, seen something directly controlling Ableton nor have I previously seen an Xbox 360 controller doing it. The video is a little grainy, but is a nice demonstration. Unfortunately, I don’t see any explanation of how it is actually done.
via MatrixSynth
Labels: circuit bending, DIY, software
Saturday, November 14, 2009
ProtoFields: Composed on a Buchla 200
Simply a tremendous demonstration of what a modular can do in the right hands.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Arduino Didgeridoo
Not really a LivePA video, but this is a fantastic video of a didgeridoo modified with an arduino chipset. Incredible how cool drone sounds can be.
Labels: circuit bending, DIY, hardware, video