Thursday September 17th 2009, 10:57 pm
Filed under: This & That
Well I don’t seem to have much to write about…it’s kind of a lie but at the same time it feels like I’d just be going over much of the same.
So here’s a quick run down:
• I’ve started BETA testing Max4Live. • Been making some great noise devices/contact mics • Really enjoying designing my very own piece of video processing software, tailor made ;-) • Making VERY positive progress on my solo album (the first since Jan. 2008) and this will see the light of day sometime in Feb. 2010. • Sorting out stuff for my appearances at Electrofringe, Newcastle. • Been tying up various loose ends before I fly off to San Francisco for the remaining of the year – sadly leaving AXXONN on hiatus for 3-4 months.
Wednesday September 09th 2009, 12:46 pm
Filed under: This & That
I’ve been wanting to make some looping cassettes for a long time now and it just randomly came to me that they could also be used as an FX processor. Looking for new ways to effect my sound as I’m working on my current album I remembered the Tape Loop and decided to make one, it took all of about 5 minutes before I was drowning in a World of warm tape saturated distortion
The Tape Loop – cut the tape, make a loop, stick it together with tape, put it back together and you have a looping cassette tape of about 5 seconds
Then I realised that if I have a lead going into the input on the recorder and another coming out of the monitoring output and press record, the sound in and out is being manipulated by the tape (slightly delayed of course) — Noise Out!
Saturday September 05th 2009, 8:01 am
Filed under: This & That
Yes things have gotten back to some normality, it’s taken a solid 5 days to get over the rough patch of the jet lag but it’s still lingering, I have to admit I wasn’t expecting it to be as rough as it was.
Throughout the lag though I’ve still been working hard on a bunch or stuff, I’m not one to let tiredness get in the way of productivity.
……………….
……………….
Ive been steadily progressing with Max/Msp/Jitter with a few patches here that I’ve made. I love the symmetry and how it looks on screen.
A patch I made to put my old FC-50 Foot Pedal into action (that was otherwise useless)
A little buffer/indexing/octave shifting/delay patch which is at this stage very useful for processing but I also plan to make it more useable live, most like will mix it in with Jitter as well.
……………….
……………….
AXXONN played there first show back on home soil only a little after 3 days from getting off the plane, both Ian and I were a little un-enthused (due to jet lag) about playing but once we got to the venue, got set up and soundchecked the switch was flicked and we were ready to rip it. We got some good feedback and I think the audience could see the improvements made from our many dates OS.
You can download a live bootleg that Bredan Eales over @ http://www.turnitupto10.blogspot.com took at X&Y Bar on Thursday night just been.
Tuesday September 01st 2009, 9:13 pm
Filed under: This & That
Got back to Brisbane the other yesterday night morning, I’m not really sure even what day it is…suffwering from jet lag quite a bit today…can/t even write or speell…//
