GridFest Monome Meetup Set For May 6-8 In Santa Fe (Details + A Rant)

GridFest, a monome meetup, is scheduled for May 6-8, 2011 in Santa Fe, New Mexico: In the spirit of collaboration, as it is exemplified by artistic endeavor, the monome community is once again organizing a large scale event showcasing the broad spectrum of talent of monome users. Artists from around North America will be attending… Read More GridFest Monome Meetup Set For May 6-8 In Santa Fe (Details + A Rant)

New Music For A New Instrument – Stretta & The Arc

Matthew Davidson (Stretta) has posted these videos, demonstrating a new instrument, the Arc, in action. The Arc, made by the creators of the monome, is a high-end, hand-crafted high-resolution knob controller for electronic music. Davidson’s first piece, soome, above, is an improvisation for piano, monome, arc and an application he created, grainstorm: I’m using a… Read More New Music For A New Instrument – Stretta & The Arc

Analogue Is The New Digital – Modular Music Box Inspired By The Monome

The Modular Music Box, by monomatic, consists of several interconnected, plug-and-play devices that collectively reproduce the functionality of the familiar 19th century clockwork musical instrument. Here’s what Monomatic has to say about the Modular Music Box: At the heart of the piece is a custom-made electro-magnetic rotary sequencer. Melodies are stored on a series of… Read More Analogue Is The New Digital – Modular Music Box Inspired By The Monome

mlrv 2.0 Hypersampler Is Free – Unless You Want Your Name On the Startup Screen In Huge Text

This is an intro to mlrv 2.0 – a hypersampling instrument for grid-based music contgrollers like the monome, Livid ohm/block, Novation Launchpad, and Akai APC/MPD. The software allows a sound file or live recording to be mapped across each row (or grid cell) and assigned a triggering behavior. Within this simple set of constraints and… Read More mlrv 2.0 Hypersampler Is Free – Unless You Want Your Name On the Startup Screen In Huge Text