Percussa AudioCubes http://www.percussa.com Helps you create the music hidden in you and your computer. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:18:12 +0000 en Puremagnetik launches Selector contest http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PercussaAudiocubes/~3/498868476/ http://www.percussa.com/2008/12/30/puremagnetik-launches-selector-contest/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:04:54 +0000 bschiett http://www.percussa.com/2008/12/30/puremagnetik-launches-selector-contest/

Puremagnetik just launched a sound design contest. The goal is to create a collection of drum racks and clips in Ableton Live using a sound set they provide.

Percussa is sponsoring the contest with coupons for 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place winners, valid for AudioCubes hardware, software and swag in the Percussa Shop!

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Introducing myself, I am Camille Troillard and I am an music artist and programmer.  When I am not busy writing songs for my band Neïmo, I write code for my software, OSCulator.  You see, I like nothing more than creating things, and the cooler they are, the better.

A year ago, Kim Cascone, a very active composer from San Francisco told me that I could be interested in a intriguing device called the AudioCube.  I already felt that it would be a great addition to OSCulator.  That’s when I met Bert, and discussed with him how we could manage to use the cubes in my application.

Bert actually suggested something better than just a remote collaboration, he offered me to join the Percussa team and take part to a challenging and exciting partnership.  So here I am, with my first contribution to the AudioCubes: a library that lets you use the cubes with your own programs.

The library is written in C and is available for Mac OS X and Windows.  The goal is to make a library that is robust, easy to learn, and that covers most the functionalities the cubes are offering.  We think that this component makes a good foundation that will help AudioCubes enthusiasts to develop innovative and creative new applications.  We even have some new stuff in stores, but I’ll let Bert show you that when it’s time …

The libcube library is available right now and includes two detailed examples of how to use it.  I am looking forward to speaking with the developers at the “developer corner” in the Percussa’s forums!

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Making loops with single AudioCube from percussa on Vimeo.

Chris from UCSD emails us with a patch in Max/MSP and accompanying video in which he uses a single audiocube to create loops.

the audiocube’s 4 sensors control 4 parameters of a VST instrument, which are recorded into a looping sequencer and played over the original recording, allowing the performer to create a loop quickly and shape the sound and musical patterns using has hands and fingers, like a piece of clay.

the parameters are recorded in high resolution and speed for smooth continuous control.

the patch will be released as a standalone application in the next months. More info about Chris’ work at http://alloyelectric.com/

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FL Studio Slicex controlled by single AudioCube from percussa on Vimeo.

Dan from Schaack Audio just sent us this cool video of a single audiocube controlling the slicex in FL Studio. Dan is building a new version of MIDIBridge using Raw Material’s JUCE framework.

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We have been publishing videos for a while on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/percussa, which has been really useful to show some of the great stuff you can do with AudioCubes.

We recently bought a HD camcorder, and decided to start using Vimeo for publishing our videos. This allows us to publish higher quality video and tutorials, making it easier to learn about music technology. You can visit our Vimeo profile at http://vimeo.com/percussa

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AudioCubes FL Studio Tutorial by Spyro from percussa on Vimeo.

Spyro made a package of FL Studio examples for AudioCubes which accompanies the video. Download here: http://www.divshare.com/download/6137902-7d0.

More info about Spyro and his work:

Real Name: Matias Monteagudo
Aka’s: Spyro, Montéz, Tony Alpha
web: www.spyrofunk.com (website) / http://spyro.mediashift.net/klanglabs/ (VST plugins development)

Graduate as “Bachelor in Music under composition area” at the IUDEM, Caracas. Spyro has worked in areas such as movies, short films, TV spots, documentaries, theater, art exhibitions, plain gigs and fashion shows

His recent works includes the soundtrack and sound design for “Plan B” (a local action movie) Also 2D Animation and music/effects for the “Prolapio” series of humour shortfilms, and around 200 TV spots for clients including Toyota, Ford, Schick, Coca-Cola, SubWay, Kraft, Movistar, Bayer, Glade, Pfizer, Energizer and Kosiuko.

In 2005 after his participation in the Red Bull Music Academy on Seattle, Spyro is very proud to release a 5 Songs EP called “Biodegradable” with the label Yoruba Records, owned by his fellow friend, great musician and master DJ, Mr. Osunlade

Spyro also spend a lot of time making VST plug-ins for his brand called KlangLabs, his most known plug-ins are “Vokko” a stereo vocoder, “StompBud” a virtual “body sounds” sample player, and “BackMan” a realtime in-sync backwards audio processor.

Participations - Releases:

  • 2008 - Acid Mechanics - (Estrela Records, Salzburg Austria)

  • 2007 - WetDreamTeam “Lollipop” - (Schmiede Hallein - Austria)

  • 2007 - Chuck Norris “Houdini” - Spyro Remix (Caracas, Venezuela)

  • 2007 - Los amigos invisibles “Amar es algo mas” - Spyro Remix (NY, USA / Caracas, Venezuela)

  • 2007 - Tony Alpha “Cave Canem” (Beware of the dog) - Axis of evil 12inch (Estrela Records, Salzburg Austria)

  • 2006 - Spyro “Quinta Anauco - Raspaito de Tamarindo” Nueva Onda Nueva (compilation, Fundación Nuevas Bandas, Caracas)

  • 2006 - “Biodegradable” EP (Yoruba Records, NY/Greece)

  • 2006 - Spyro “Miami Spice” - “Miami Spice” 12inch (Estrela Records, Salzburg Austria)

  • 2006 - Spyro “Tonada del Cabrestero” - “Simon Remixes” (Mega FM, Caracas)

  • 2006 - Spyro “Paz Inferior” - “Caracas” (MiniCord compilation, Caracas)

  • 2005 - Spyro “Bad Habit” - “Dance Venezuela” (Gozadera records, NY/Caracas)

  • 2005 - Spyro “I Guess” - “Chill Out Venezuela” (Gozadera Records, NY/Caracas)

  • 2005 - Spyro/Maliq “Songs for my children” - “RBMA 2005″ (RBMA - Seattle/Austria)

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straker on monome and audiocubes from cassiel on Vimeo.

Nick from Cassiel, a well known Max/MSP Ninja just sent us this cool video in which he uses the cubes and a monome with his shard, straker and shado software.
Visit his website for more info about his excellent work at http://www.cassiel.com/

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One of our active live audiocube users, Kipp, sent in this video showing how he conducts his live DJ set and gives his audience an understanding of what he does through visuals.

www.myspace.com/runninthingsrecords
www.myspace.com/olias

Thanks!

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The past weeks we’ve had some issues with our online shop, blog, forum and main website. We’ve decided to move to a new hosting provider, so everything should be back to normal now. Thanks for your patience!

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We just released a new sound pack for AudioCubes, the fourth in the series. The pack contains a collection of custom built demo songs and midi bridge patches ready to load & play in the Fruity Loops environment. The pack contains 3 demo songs each offering a different musical and cube assignment angle and contains over 50 original patterns designed for the FL environment and has been produced exclusively for Percussa Audio Cubes by CueSounds. More information at http://shop.percussa.com/future-space-for-fl-studio-and-audiocubes.html

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