Cassiel’s straker on monome and audiocubes: The monome is being driven by the straker sequencing network, which is built using shado. The sound manipulation comes courtesy of shard, an algorithmic sample slicing plugin that we’ve used on stage a few times, most recently for a Future of Sound gig at (re)Actor3 in Liverpool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFo1l8SJeik In this demo video, Chris Warren is controlling a soft synth developed especially for AudioCubes by Percussa, to be released in the next few months. No setup or configuration necessary to make the cubes talk to the software, since the software was designed specifically for the cubes. No drivers necessary, and runs on Mac OSX… Read More Sound Design With Percussa AudioCubes
Image: percussa Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte has published a nice interview with Atlanta electronica artist Richard Devine.
Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte gave a presentation to the Brussels Girl Geeks earlier this week on the why and history of AudioCubes and Percussa’s mission. Here are the slides from Schiettecatte’s presentation.
Kipp Wieland demonstrates how they do it in Cedar Rapids, IA, demoing a custom digital DJ setup. The system is capable of playing up to eight stereo elements at one time, be they whole songs, clips, or loops: “I loop everything that goes into it – even 9-minute tracks! I put this together when Mike (running… Read More DJing With Percussa Audiocubes
In this video, Okudaira-san from MI7 Japan, is using a brainwave analyzer from IBVA to get signals from his brain into the computer, which control the red, green and blue color channels of a Percussa AudioCube. Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte is looking for cool AudioCubes demos, so if you’re using them in a unique way, let… Read More Brainwave Synthesis With Percussa AudioCubes
Guillaume Evrard demos a real time sampler for Percussa Audiocubes. “I use Ableton Live to map my sounds on my MDP24, then I route the output of Live into Max/MSP using Jack Server (a really great free audio server),” explains Evrard.
Percussa has announced a lot of AudioCubes news in the last few days: They announced a new AudioCubes Shop. The new shop offers software such as Propellerheads Reason and Ableton Live, and sound packs, besides the 2 and 4 AudioCube sets. It should also make it easier to order from anywhere in the world, track… Read More Percussa AudioCubes News
Percussa has released a free sound pack that contains 30 Drum and Bass style sounds in WAV format, from Loopmaster’s Artist Series of sound libraries, and a premapped Ableton Live 7 set for AudioCubes. Also – don’t miss our drum n bass AudioCubes demo video. Description: In contrast to the standard demo which is included with… Read More Free Drum And Bass Sound Pack For Ableton Live 7
David Battino over at EM has published a review of the Percussa AudioCubes, the exotic, illuminated music controller and audio processors. Boutique instruments naturally cost more, but you usually pay more for anything unique. Consider, too, that AudioCubes look striking, work with popular software, and offer enormous potential for customization. Inventor Bert Schiettecatte fairly bubbles… Read More Percussa AudioCubes Review
