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…
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 the Vimeo conversion. Enjoy!
Looks like the 2012 version of Crosspack adds an extra 1kb to the compiled arduino-usbserial.hex file. This causes the file to be too large, and overlap with the Arduino DFU Bootloader. Using the older 2010 version seems to solve this issue. Additionally, we found an easier “all in one” command for building the .hex file, and then loading it to the Arduino.
The updated info can be found here
This update fixes stuck notes from the chronome and adds smoother pressure data. Let me know if there are any issues that pop up.
Download and install the new firmware https://sourceforge.net/projects/thechronome/, and then rebuild and install the new libmonome.
cd libmonome
git pull
make clean
./configure
make
sudo make install
**note: if you have already built the older version of chronome/libmonome then you don’t need to rebuild libconfuse or liblo.
If you haven’t installed libmonome yet, then see here for instructions on how to build and install chronome/libmonome
We just updated the Arduinome firmware from a .pde to a .ino file, as well as some other small fixes. Let us know if there are any issues with uploading the firmware using Arduino version 1.0
We also updated the Arduinome parts list and instructions for changing the UNO serial number.
Thanks to GreaterThanZero for helping out with his thoughts on the process. We’ve updated the instructions to help clarify putting the boards in DFU mode, checking to see if they are in SFU mode, and how to see if the new Serial Number has taken.
Made some major changes to the serial protocol for the chronome. It now fully supports the ROW, COL, and MAP calls with rotation. I’ve also tried to add a basic debounce to grid/key messages.
These changes require the new firmware (version 1.12) to be loaded onto the arduino, and for the new chronome/libmonome to be compiled and installed. Should only take a few minutes to update everything.
If you have already installed chronome/libmonome then you can do the following to update your version using terminal:
cd libmonome git pull make clean ./configure make sudo make install
**note: if you have already built the older version of chronome/libmonome then you don’t need to rebuild libconfuse or liblo.
If you haven’t installed libmonome yet, then see here for instructions on how to build and install chronome/libmonome
The ATChopperV2.ens is a Reaktor patch that streams in audio and allows you to chop, or re-sequence the audio in real time. The chops are all set to a quantized grid based off of the host tempo (similar to how MLR works, but as a VST). Additionally, the buttons 0-7 can be mapped to MIDI CC messages to allow for control from an interface (like the monome, arduinome, chronome, launchpad, etc).
Our friend David Howe just finished his first version of MLR for Reaktor.
Nice review from the guys over at Resident Advisor on the LA Monomeet. Thank you!
Owen Vallis
Jordan Hochenbaum