Stumbled upon the Tweet a Sound application the other day, and thought it was pretty interesting.  Tweet a Sound is a desktop application, created using Max/MSP, that allows a user to create various 60 second sound clips using the synthesis engine, and once completed, you can upload the sound script to your twitter. The idea is to copy the sound script from twitter, and paste it into your Tweet a Sound application. By doing so, you’re able to decipher the sound of the sound script, and you can play back what other users create. Kind of a nice and creative way to communicate with others. For more information on Tweet a Sound, be sure to visit » sound + design. You can also follow sound + design on » twitter.

Tags: MaxMSP, Nueva Forma, Sound + Design Synthesis, Sound Scripting, Tweet, Tweet a Sound, Twitter

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 7:46 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The only real news we can see about Live 8 is through their video presentations, which are actually quite good. They go on to talk about their latest and greatest improvements with the application, new partnerships and new specifically-made devices.

I’m just having a hard time really hearing the thunder of the improvements. The upgrade from 6 to 7 was huge, enabling multi-core support, not to mention adding a slew of new add-on instruments for sound design and just plain fun. The new improvements, although great, really, just don’t feel as crazy awesome as the last upgrade.

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Tags: Ableton Live, Akai, Bob Staake, Cycling74, DAW, hardware, MaxMSP, Software, Upgrade

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 18th, 2009 at 12:25 pm and is filed under Music, News, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Okay, there’s no other way to put it: I love RjDj. I want to buy an iPhone or iPod touch just to have that application at my fingertips. For the rest of you that aren’t in the know on this, RjDj is an incredible application based on PD (Pure Data), a program similar in structure to that of Max/MSP. The application was developed by a team led by Michael Breidenbruecker and it utilizes the built-in features of the iPhone and iPod Touch, being a mic, accelerometer and ear-phone jack. You can experience an array of RjDj “scenes” that come with the app when you buy the album as well as create your own- we’ll get to that in a minute before you wet your shorts.

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Tags: Apple, Application, Color Cubic, Colorcubic, Development, iPhone, iPod, MaxMSP, Music, PD, Pure Data, RjDj, Software

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 am and is filed under Music, News, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.