Author Archives: Jordan Hochenbaum

MU-303 (TB-303 style in Reaktor)

In the works here at FlipMu is a new 303-style synth made in Reaktor. Modeled after one of our favourite synths of all time, the Roland TB-303 with a bit of modern beefyness. Heres a short live jam strutting some of its capabilities…

Generative Lines Experiment #1 in Quartz Composer

Spent some time today giving a Quartz Composer lesson and wrote this audio-responsive composition based on basic line structures. Some simple but effective tricks in there, and a bit of interaction with the mouse as well. Streaming in HD is recommended as even in HD some of the lines disappear and resolution is lost in [...]

RA Writeup on LA Monomeet 2011

Nice review from the guys over at Resident Advisor on the LA Monomeet. Thank you! http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10230

Chronome @ LA Monomeet 2011 Tomorrow

Come join us tomorrow at the Downtown Independent for the LA Monomeet 2011. We’ll be presenting the Chronome for the first time in public, with a short presentation and performance. We’ll also be unveiling new software we’ve been developing for configuring your nomes called Nomestate. The night will be filled with lots of other performances and presentations, [...]

Locked in the Groove: MIDI Sync & Passing MIDI Between 2+ Computers in Ableton Live (Mac)

Experimenting with different MIDI sync options has sync has been a labour of love here at FlipMu. As a duo, FlipMu regularly performs syncing two laptops running Ableton Live. As part of the Machine Orchestra we have further explored the laptop ensemble as we work with nearly 20 computers and musical robotics. With the release [...]

Beat Stew Vol 3. Featuring FlipMu, the Proximal Crew, Matthewdavid and More

Owen and I are happy to be alongside the Proximal crew, MATTHEWDAVID and many others on the latest installment of Beat Stew. The theme is Future Funk this time in prep for Benedek‘s forthcoming release featuring Dam Funk so we excited all around Its free, smooth, and definitely funky so download tonight! The album is [...]

Hello, from Oslo Norway.

Just wanted to say a quick “hei” to everyone from Oslo! I am here with our good friend Dimitri Diakopoulos to attend and present some work at this years NIME conference. This afternoon we presented the SmartFiducial (more info / source / instructions will be up here very soon) and the NotomotoN, our beloved 12-armed [...]

FlipMu Live w/ Lorn + more

If you’re in Wellington March 3rd, you won’t want to miss out as we play alongside the likes of Lorn, Alphabethead, Mr. Mime, D:unk, and Excelle. Where: San Fran Bath House When: 9pm – 5am More information can be found on the facebook page here

Te Papa Installation + Machine Orchestra Live in Auckland & Wellington

Attention all Kiwis, Owen and I will have an installation at Te Papa Museum in Wellington, NZ and will also be performing as part of the Machine Orchestra in two shows this month. We will be doing a Bricktable installation as part of the Our Sounds event Sunday August 15th, 2010 and will run for [...]

Thank you, Jaymis.

+1000 to Jaymis for installing the new CSS plugin @ Noisepages (our lovely host and tech community). As previously mentioned, after upgrading to WordPress 3.0, the plugin we use to define custom CSS (which is how we mold and layout our website) broke. Today Jaymis installed a new (WordPress 3 compatible) CSS plugin and we [...]