ale{atori}c » monome

orange clouds (no. 13)

aleatoric — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:15:37 +0000

an IDM track put together on the day in mid-december when this photo was taken.

composed with monome 64 and ableton 8 using stretta’s polygome (for max for live).

your future, mule armadillo (no. 10)

aleatoric — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:23:49 +0000

Here’s one using Stretta‘s inspirational polygomé on the monome as an arpeggiator for both the bass synth and the vibraphone.

#10 “Your Future, Mule Armadillo” (7:05, 9.7MB mp3)

krzysztfsh (monome fun, part three).

aleatoric — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:32:06 +0000

here’s the third in this week’s song of the week series using the monome and boiinngg.

for this one i used a synth called automat which is really nice (and free).

this setup happens to do a great Krzysztof impression (apologies to mike) although some might say it’s more Raymond Scott or Terry Riley-like.

i have video for this as well, which i may upload later.

krzsztfsh (5:20) 7.4MB mp3

inseaish (monome fun, part two).

aleatoric — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:06:25 +0000

banksy graffiti art on st claude ave

again, using the monome and boiinngg, a quick improvisation.

it’s frighteningly easy to make get a terry riley / steve reich type thing happening.

so much fun, i could do this forever…

inseaish (6:56) mp3 9.6MB

monome fun, part one.

aleatoric — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:49:37 +0000

here’s a video of me having fun with the monome. i am using a Max patch called boiinngg to trigger the drums in Ableton Live, using the Impulse plugin.

monome 64 + boiinngg from aleatoric on Vimeo.

can a video be “song of the week”? sure!

monome.

aleatoric — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:36:47 +0000

… how can something that has no capability to make sound on its own be so inspiring and useful to a musician?

above: the monome64, a totally configurable input/output light/button box that works with Max/MSP, chucK, OSC (Open Sound Control) and MIDI.

designed and built by hand by a couple in the catskills who are committed to open-source and sustainability (as well as a refreshing minimalistic aesthetic). with a really friendly and creative user community, there are loads of free applications for it that you can edit or add to. search vimeo for “monome” on to see what i mean.

image from monome.org.