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Some interesting things I found recently:

# Jethroe DJ FX

Jesse Terry writes:

Here’s a little master bus effect rack for Live 8 that I put together. This is the one used in the APC40 video. Thanks to Ableton user joesapo, I used some of his effect racks as components in this one.

Fade to Red uses Live 8’s new modes for the delays, for some nice dubby delay, similar to an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man.

# The Altmann DIY Turntable

Charles Altmann writes:

After the success I had with my homebrew tonearm, I decided to build a turntable that is able to fathom the sonic delicacies that the tonearm is able to produce.

Those who visit my sites regularly already know that I am a sucker for natural tone. Therefore the turntable is made to large parts out of wood. Wooden base, wooden motor base, wooden turntable-platter, wooden tonearm. Some ideas make this turntable easy and cheap to build. Depending on your local price for wood, and your ability to find some surplus parts, total cost can be as low as $50,-

Some interesting things I found recently:

# Rhythm Ring: Interactive Rhythm Sequencer – The Rhythm Ring interactive rhythm sequencer is an engaging musical device that enables the user to create a plethora of rhythms and beat patterns with the touch of their own fingers.

Besides being fun to play with, the Rhythm Ring provides a tangible method of arranging a musical rhythm. In our design, the user can arrange beats and modify them in real time by moving steel ball bearings between holes—a physical representation of notes on a musical staff. The Rhythm Ring continuously loops up to three tracks, each with its own voice. A central ring of LEDs provide the user with live feedback for current "playhead" position, and bright LEDs pulse when a note is played due to a detected bearing. The three tracks allow the playback of three different percussion sounds: snare, hi-hat, and bass drum.

The Rhythm Ring is the ECE 476 Final Project by Brian Yung (bmy5) & Hanson Jiang (hcj4).

# Randy George Music – Randy George is a classical thereminist. The theremin, invented in 1919 by Russian physicist, Lev Sergeyevich Termen, is an electronic musical instrument, played entirely without physical contact. Randy aims to share the theremin with the world and restore its reputation as a serious musical instrument.

Randy is also part of this Daft Punk – Something About Us – Daft Loop Love performance.

Ableton Live looped cover of Something About Us by Daft Punk, performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled software electric bass, drums, synth, vocoded vocals, and solo theremin, recorded in a single pass, with a single camera.

Check the YouTube video info for more details.

# MAKE: Blog: Sad news.. Mark Hoekstra of Geektechniques has passed away – more info (in Dutch) on the Bright.nl site.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on November 27th, 2007:

• Wiinstrument – Ever wanted to have a cheap external MIDI controller that’s wireless? Or to play a groovy drum loop in your sequencer without having to set note delays manually? Wiinstrument is a MIDI instrument that is controlled by a connected Nintendo Wii remote.

Wiinstrument on Leopard

• Geek Hacks Laptop, Puts in Electric Guitar (with Video) – Musician/geek Ben decided to dispose of his old laptop by putting it in an electric guitar.
• Pushpin MIDI Music Synthesizer for the Game Boy Color – Pushpin converts your Game Boy into a MIDI ready device that you can control from any keyboard, sequencer, or software.
• Native LucasArts games emulation makes iPhone absolutely perfect – Play your favorite LucasArts games on your iPhone with ScummVM.
• human after all: about daft punk’s bearbricks for alive 2000 – A limited edition pair of Daft Punk Bearbricks, meant to coincide with the release of Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 CD. Medicom will release 3000 of these toys on December 5, package them with a copy of the CD and sell it for 5250 Yen ($48), presumably in Japan.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on October 25th, 2007:

• Daft Punk promotes new album with a widget – Daft Punk’s new live album, Alive, is promoted with an embeddable widget, which allows visitors to listen to previews of new tracks, buy the single, read Daft Punk?s biography, read the newsletter, and see a photo gallery of the band.
• Little People – Nuart show – Wonderful little people installation at Nuart. Make sure to check all the images.

Little People installation at the Nuart show

• Shure SM58 Mic Torture-Tested: Takes a Licking? – Being used to hammer nails, dropped a couple of meters, frozen, dunked in water, driven over by a car and more…
• Iconfactory Trick or Treat – A free set of Halloween icons.