The Technofunk Collective In Action

This video captures Canada’s Technofunk Collective in action.  Technofunk’s recent performance at the Fritz Helder and the Phantoms CD release party unveiled their prototype “reactifunk” table. Through some reverse engineering and loads of tinkering the collective has adapted the basic software of the funkiest musical instrument in the world, the Reactable. Inspired by Bjork’s recent live… Read More The Technofunk Collective In Action

Giant Wiimote-Based Mashup-Controller For Ableton Live

The Evolution Control Committee have invented a rear-projected infrared-activated faux-touchscreen mashup controller…hacked from the Nintendo Wiimote. It’s a bizarre McGyver – but you got to love the giant screen and the “insanely overloaded Ableton Live” running on it. According to the ECC, the Mashup Controller is “the secret sauce that makes The ECC’s Wheel Of Mashup live… Read More Giant Wiimote-Based Mashup-Controller For Ableton Live

Gorgeous Multi-Touch Musical Instrument

This video, even though it over uses the “Bourne” effect, converted me to a believer in giant multi-touch interfaces. Spaces is an interactive multi-touch musical application. Designed as a minimalist interface to free musicians from traditional compositional markers such as frets and keys, the environment enables musicians to compose intuitively through immediate visual and sonic… Read More Gorgeous Multi-Touch Musical Instrument

Using A Monome To Control Audio & Video At The Same Time

Jan van Nuenen‘s Flowers is an interesting experimental electronic music video that explores the idea of using the Monome to control audio and video generation at the same time.  Here’s how it works: The home made Monome is connected to a max/msp patch called boiingg (great app for the monome). Max sends midi to Ableton… Read More Using A Monome To Control Audio & Video At The Same Time