By Hank The Curmudgeon
Greetings And Salutations! First off Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Wacky Festivus and/or anything else you can celebrate. Oh, if I don’t get #4 out by the end of year Happy New Year! May you have a safe and wonderful holiday season. Here’s hoping you get that soldering station or capacitor assortment you’ve been dreaming about. Now onto this episodes insanity…
Selected Videos.
“Miniature” Microtonal Udderbot & Dulcimer Duet
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZjrdmG2FsY[/youtube]
Frank Giorgini’s Udu Utar Played by Brian Melick. Thanks to Gene Barth for finding this video!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxwGSTgMNU[/youtube]
#11 Math.
Your generic ubiquitous Switchcraft #11 1/4″ Open Frame Mono Jack…shopped around on 11/26/10.
But Hank, you whine, why didn’t you note the prices on eBay? Because the jacks may, or may not, be available, shipping can be outrageous, I don’t want to wait 2+ weeks for Taiwanese post, I’ve seen the plating flaking off due to corrosion, etc. That’s why I didn’t list eBay…but I’m not ruling eBay totally out.
If ANYONE knows of better prices for Switchcraft #11’s PLEASE contact me! *We have some Plastic Stereo jacks in GetLoFi.com/shop
DIY Heavy Metal.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/tristan_shones_sound_machines.html
http://www.tristanshone.com/ Go explore the individual instruments at: http://www.tristanshone.com/soundmachines/
Ballet Mecanique At The National Gallery Of Art
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0H8ztju78[/youtube]
Interesting background material:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil
Ooo Shiny…Hi-Tech Shiny. @ “Only” $12,843.77 each we’ll take a dozen! http://www.reactable.com/products/live/
Urban Planning Meets A Music Sequencer?
Thanks to Chicago Buck for finding this. http://isleoftune.com/ There is some very interesting potential for teaching musical theory and composition to someone who has no music background or training.
Can One Really Bend “Star Wars”?
Or at least use it as a sample source? Yes!!! http://amzn.to/geZjRV If anyone follows through with this I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
Virtual Breadboard.
Sadly NOT a dynamic circuit simulator but still a neat idea. Plus it’s great if you need a graphic illustration in your handouts for a class! http://musicfromouterspace.com/ElectronicTools/virtualbreadboard/index.html
Extra Credit: What circuit do I have loaded in this example?
$1.2M Accordioning Brass Musical Watch. Even if I had $1.2 M to waste I’m not so sure a watch, this or any watch, would be on the shopping list… http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/25/12m-accordioning-bra.html
Performance: Catherine Brisset On The Cristal Baschet And Gilles Dalbis On Percussion. What? You don’t own a Cristal Baschet!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzDFnqGwC_o[/youtube]
Nicely Done 555/556 Time Page. Good clear explanations of our little friend Mr. 555 and what he is capable of. http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/555timer.htm
Jumbo Otamatone: DIY Seed? First watch the video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_1WvxYBGTk&feature=channel[/youtube]
Now, ignoring the silly giant musical note form factor, this would be an easy DIY project coupling either a DIY ribbon controller or a COTS ribbon potentiometer such as http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/5832-SoftPot-Linear-Potentiometer-500mm.aspx with almost any VCO or APC circuit. Now the question becomes what goofy package can you house this in to make a bunch of money.
After You’re Done With That Holiday Brew…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uSvFVqlLKM[/youtube]