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Some interesting things I found recently:

# A Deal You Can’t Refuse | ryangruss.com

Ryan is about to release Volume II of his subscription based drum loops service, so in the next few days you can get over 200 loops for only $9.95.

As I’m putting the finishing touches on Gruss Loops Volume II, I realized I should make you painfully aware of the sweet deal that currently lays before you. You see, since I’m offering the loop packs as a subscription service, there will be over 200 loops available over the course of the next two days. That’s right. You could sign up now, grab Volume I right now AND Volume II in another 24 hours…. all for the rock bottom price of $9.95. You can even cancel after you nab both of the packs. See if I care (you cheap bastard). I know you’ll be back for more.

# SX-150 synth mod instructions, schematics and code

MrBook did a lovely Arduino hack on the Gakken SX-150, adding MIDI and audio out.

Many people have asked about the instructions and code for the SX-150 mod I did to add MIDI and Audio out, therefore I’m posting the plans for everyone to try. By using the Arduino as the brains of the operation, a lot of other options are available for the mod, really the sky is the limit. If you do any cool hacks to it, by all means, please let me know.

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Some interesting things I found on August 28th, 2008:

# Hands-on with Aurora, Open Source DJ Control Surface, Shipping Now

Peter Kirn takes the Aurora for a spin:

The Aurora is called a DJ “mixer,” but it’s really a control surface. It connects via a USB jack for power and to transmit serial-over-USB data, then uses free software to translate that data to MIDI messages for use with software like Ableton Live. The project is the work of a three person team, with Matt Aldrich designing electronics, Mike Garbus designing firmware, and Maro Sciacchitano working on the form factor and look and feel. They have an impressive background in making stuff. I got to hang out with Matt in Boston, where he’s joined MIT’s Media Lab Responsive Environments group, so I expect more good projects out of him soon. Matt and I talked frankly over coffee and pastries about the strong suits, weak spots, and future of the device and other projects.

# PaperGuitar.com – Lots of papercraft guitar models.

# MAKE: Blog: Review – Gakken analog synth kit – Collin Cunningham: The SX-150 kit is very easy to use and some modding ideas are bound to come to mind should you get your hands on one. At the very least, you can choose from a number of included decorative decals – and at the more advanced end, schematic and code for using MIDI input has already been posted. I'm sure more sweet DIY add-ons are in the works – very awesome.

# Electronic Attack in the Mix August 2008

A number of musicians from the Electronic Attack forum (German) have contributed tracks to a Mix, which has been released in August 2008.

It is available for free download and includes a nonstop DJ Mix as well as the single tracks.
Tracklist:
01 - DirtyBreaksEnsemble - Tacky's Beach ~ 0:14
02 - LandSchall - Spirania ~ 3:12
03 - Nice - Funky Mull ~ 7:39
04 - Motone - Tequila Sunstroke ~ 10:24
05 - Yosh - Warmull ~ 17:01
06 - The MM Project feat. Mulli - I Will Rule The World ~ 19:43
07 - NukeArts - Bondo ~ 22:27
08 - Planet Ugh - Bodywave ~ 25:43
09 - Audiohead - Circle Jerk ~ 29:15
10 - Verstaerker - Acidmull ~ 32:10
11 - Audiohead - Circle Jerk (ReWork) ~ 37:54
12 - Le Gourmet - Ugly Mouth Jerk Face ~ 40:56
13 - Motone - D3pth ~ 44:24
14 - hello.jpg - Naked Mole Step ~ 49:12

# Theremin to MIDI Control program in Pd

Charles Martin writes:

Over the weekend I wrote a simple program in Pd that analyses an audio input and then uses pitch and amplitude information to output a midi control value.

# OpenStomp(TM) Coyote-1 – The world’s first open source guitar pedal – Available now from the OpenStomp shop (US and Canada only at the moment). Price : $349 USD.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on March 26th, 2008:

• Beamer Arduino – Scott Hansen posts a video of his friend Beamer’s Arduino Sequencer prototype.

From Beamer’s photoset @ Flickr.

• 3 dimensional photo-realistic paper portraits and sculptures by Bert Simons – These are papercraft sculptures made in the same way as the familiar papercraft houses and animals.
• All-Arcade Ableton Live Controller, DIY Hardware by The Prevolt – All arcade hardware, aluminum top panel by FPE, and a nice wood case courtesy of my man Michael Yates. It uses all key commands through a custom driver to handle playback, effects, editing, warping, UI, mouse clicks, scroll messages, and more.
• Advertising Vs Reality – A Product Comparison Project – Food never really looks like it does on the box it came in, does it?

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on March 20th, 2008:

• Guitar Hero: On Tour Interview
  Karthik Bala says:

  We figured that attaching a full-size guitar or even a mini-guitar would be too awkward to play on the road, hence the design of the more compact Guitar Grip, which gives you the tactile sense of the fret buttons, with the touch screen depicting the strings of the guitar (instead of a strum bar).

Guitar Hero: On Tour – The Guitar Grip

• Paper Circuitry at Home: Electric Origami – Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories combines basic electronics (an LED Throwie) and papercraft (a traditional origami balloon) to make what might be called an "LED Foldie."
• Custom turntables – Mike Disher based his turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet.
• Califaudio: M-Resonator – Sonic Alienator + Synth Mangler – TB-303 running through a sonic destruction trio of effects: Jomox M-Resonato, Frostwave Sonic Alienator and Effector13 Synth Mangler.
• Circuit Bend Your Face: Chop Box – A mute pedal for chopping up sounds.
• Humanworkshop.com – Cinematic breakbeat, glitchy music, drum & bass, mash-ups, free samples and loops, Humanworkshop radio and lots more…

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on January 1st, 2008:

• Tony-b Machine – Have fun with this flash synth box.
• IVY – manipulability & customization – When you purchase IVY, it appears to be a normal hard disk, but when you start using it by storing data, it will alter its skin visualising the content of the hard disk, using an OLED screen
• DRAGONAUT – The Paper Titan – Dragonaut is a cardboard robot that uses an Arduino kit to give him life
• New York Times – Radiohead – In Rainbows – Radiohead talks about In Rainbows with NYT

Oh, and happy new year to you!

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on December 12th, 2007:

• A special “Where’s WALL-E” edition of Why For? – Jim Hill tries to put together a definitive list of where the in-jokes & self references in Pixar’s feature films & shorts are located.
• Tiny Buildings – A collection of tiny buildings handcrafted from business cards, packaging and other nice papers.
• CLAASSEN & PARTNER: MSKYO – A ghettoblaster in a granny trolley…
• Iconfactory Float – Light, airy icons for your desktop.