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Abandoned Toys

2008-07-30T18:04:20Z

Is anybody else completely loving the new album "the witch's garden", by Abandoned toys? I think its the best ambient album I have come across in years. If you don't own a copy, you should really look into finding a copy. I think they have some clips of it on their site at:

http://www.abandonedtoys.com/

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Melted Rubber Humans

2008-07-29T12:53:43Z

The Melted Rubber Humans are an experimental electonica outfit that live in the hinterland of the insane fringe. Influences include Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, The Orb, Public Image Limited, Samlas Mammas Manna & Faust.

So, if that tickles yer tastebuds, go give them a listen at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Melted+Rubber+Humans
find out more at
http://www.myspace.com/captainmelted

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多么刺耳的是被增添的三人組合？

2008-06-08T01:37:58Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/augmentedtriad

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new video

2008-06-06T18:48:15Z

a new video for a remix made by crystal noise can now be seen at myspace page here is a link:

myspace.com/lemonchill1

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Cymatics and Mathematica

2008-05-27T13:29:07Z

Has anyone tried experimenting with cymatics on the wolfram program mathematica?

Best! Jenna
jnorth@webmail.sfai.edu

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PLEASE HELP BY BEING A CRITIC TO MY NEWEST SONG.

2008-05-22T16:06:11Z

O.k So I started my own tribe yesterday and here is a song I posted please help by giving your ideas on how I can make it better.

senduit.com/fca832
personally I like the drums a lot but I feel that one of the sounds is two forward so This other version is my rendition.

senduit.com/8d3768

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I just finished reading This is Your Brain on Music

2008-05-05T22:04:54Z

it's a good book on the human musical experience from a cognitive science angle.. :)

peace
-cpr

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acoustical levitation

2008-05-03T19:39:20Z

with all the recent discussion of cymatics i thought you all might appreciate this. there is a video link at the bottom of the page. http://www.livescience.com/technology/061129_acoustic_levitation.html

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Trade Fire Spinning skills for DJ Skillz

2008-03-27T04:21:48Z

Trade Fire Spinning skills for DJ Skillz

Hey Whats up guys, I've been spinning around the bay for the last 4 years and have always wanted to learn how to DJ.

We can do this anyway you want. Lets make deal.

Myspace.com/Pyromanikk

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Any free ware Osciliascopes out there???

2008-03-04T14:15:49Z

I need something that can read out and freeze, you know, just like a real one... only free; ) I want to work with micro tones et al..

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Grand Theft Audio: The Top 10 Sample Cliches Of All Time.

2008-02-29T07:32:20Z

new blog entry - http://www.beathive.com/station/node/28

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adam and eve now on release-records!

2008-02-25T18:25:45Z

the song adam and eve is now available on a new compilation called animalis musicalis now on release-records!

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brain modulator

2008-02-18T20:51:32Z

a dude I know from way back made a reaktor ensemble which reminded me of this tribe!

http://www.metrothegnome.com/reaktor/brainmodulator2.zip

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A couple other cubase questions..

2008-01-31T06:46:33Z

I am running cubase sx3 on a macbook pro.

Here are a few questions riddling my brain. Maybe yall can help me?

Is there an easier way (than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHfN9yeuoew )to sidechain effects in SX3?
I mean JeeZe! That's anoying. Even following the steps in this tutorial, I don't really get a sidechain. I don't have the "compadre" compressor used in the video, just the compressor bundled with cubase, maybe I am doing it wrong?

Why does the vb-1 produce so many high frequency clicks? Is there any way around this without having to make it sound "soft"?
Are ther 2 versions of the vb-1? I have heard rumors of a silver colored one that doesn't produce clicks.

Are all audio tracks monophonic? Which is to say, can they only play one audio clip at a time. Overlaping segmants are not combined.

Thanks for your help.

>Your friend,
Adam

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Using Logic's ES-1 in Cubase?

2008-01-31T01:21:20Z

Is there any way to use the es-1 (or any of the other logic bundles synths) from within cubase?

I would like to avoid a rewire, and I would also like to avoid having to bounce down to an audio file and importing it into cubase.

>Big Hugs,
your friend,
Adam

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Mac DAWs...

2008-01-26T07:49:20Z

Switching over to a macintosh.

I have been a long time cakewalk user, but i don't want to run windows on the mac.
So, i am considering cubase as my daw, but i have heard 4 is a bit crashy and buggy for macs. would anyone here recomend a different version of cubase? Are the older versions also buggy, are they just about as capable?

If cubase is a bad choice for a mac, can anyone recomend a DAW that is similar to cakewalk sonar?

Thanks so much!
>Your friend,
Adam

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The Science of Water

2008-01-20T19:01:54Z

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1598503208400404583

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I'll try once more: Does anyone have contact with our moderator?

2008-01-17T03:32:53Z

It appears that Rev Aeron, the moderator of this tribe no longer comes to tribe anymore.

Does ANYONE know how to contact him?

He had me submit tracks for an Industrial/Noise album a couple of years back and
I've never heard what happened to that material.

I'm dying of curiosity to know what has become of him.

If anyone knows him, please let me know because I've completely run out of contacts for the
him. We were on really good terms when I last heard from him a couple of years ago,
so I doubt he'd want to avoid me.

Thanks for anyone's help in this.

yours, rick walker

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GReen tea looper for KYMA...

2008-01-15T05:36:50Z

I am a long time kyma user.

I remember some years back some developers called "green tea" offered a set of their home made prototypes for looping and memory writing. Has anyone ever used these? Anyone willing to sell or trade a copy? I can't find it anywhere.

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New Track Up...

2008-01-09T04:33:18Z

it's called "13 feet below" :

http://www.myspace.com/orbiculus

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Why, if sound waves travel faster through water, will the pitch of a metal gong go down when you immerse it?

2007-12-19T23:42:37Z

Actually, the pitch of any resonant object goes down when immersed in water?
.....at least to the person who is listening to it through the air outside the water.

I can't figure out the physics of this phenomenae...........any fluid physicists out there to
help me explain this to my students?

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missing souls single update

2007-12-12T05:44:31Z

the single missing souls will be release in the begining of 2008

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New track--Soulsurfur--12-9-2007

2007-12-10T05:51:18Z

http://www.musicv2.com/listen.php?m=41310
A hard funky psy-break.......

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Copmuter noise slipping through the fambric of my perception...

2007-11-26T23:15:22Z

I recently switched to a vaio laptop and can hear little computational noises through my sound card once in a while. What is that coming from and how can i stop it, eh?

I also upgraded my monitors to dynaudio bm5a 's. Is it possible that these are helping me pick up on these little noises?

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Tuva Camp 2008

2007-11-17T20:51:35Z

Dear Friends

Thank you for your interest to our music.

Last summer we held a throat singing camp in Tuva.

We had 14 students from around the world - 8 of them were from the US, 2 from Australia
2 from Denmark, 1 from France, 1 from England.
After arriving in Tuva, the students spent 1 week in Kyzyl, the capital city.
They were able to see many tourist attractions, see a Tuvan shaman,
and attend the Naadym - National Harvest Celebration.

The students then went on to spend 1 week in the deep taiga, with members of the Tuvan throat singing group Chirgilchin,
learning various styles of throat singing, traditional Tuvan instruments, as well as the Tuvan language.

This summer, we are trying to get 2 groups to go to Tuva again, in either June or July.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Please check our photos made by Russell Roesner - our student.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertdanger/sets/72157602427847575/

Thank you
Alexander

www.purenaturemusic.com
www.chirgilchin.com

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Supersonic Zen 2008 WORLD Music Gatherings

2007-11-05T08:30:53Z

2008 WORLD MUSIC GATHERING
http://www.worldgathering.net/2008
http://tribes.tribe.net/worldgathering
http://groups.google.com/group/worldgathering
http://groups.myspace.com/2008gathering

Worldwide Celebration of Music, Truth, Harmony - and all the things which make life Good. Gatherings and Music Events Around the World throughout 2008 in association with 2008 WORLD GATHERING.

Welcome to the Project - A Worldwide Celebration of Music and Life in 2008

In celebration of the magical music, great hopes and life-filled ideas which were born during the late 1960's explosion in popular music, we propose musical events and gatherings are held around the world during 2008 to celebrate 40 years on from the late 1960's popular music revolution.

Theme for 2008: ‘2008 World Gathering for Music, Truth and Life'.

JOIN US in 2008 - David, Michael, and Friends

Send us details of YOUR 2008 music event, or holistic gathering which includes music, and we will add your details to our event/gathering listings for 2008. Contact: http://www.worldgathering.net/2008/contact.html

2008 World Music Gatherings: http://www.worldgathering.net/2008/gatherings1.html

Theme music for 2008 WORLD GATHERING - Supersonic Zen: http://www.worldgathering.net/dave.html

Concepts of Supersonic Zen: http://www.worldgathering.net/2008/supersonic.html

Supersoniczen Zoom Music: http://www.worldgathering.net/2008/music.html#zoom

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Join 2008 WORLD MUSIC GATHERING...
2008 World Gathering at TRIBE: http://tribes.tribe.net/worldgathering
2008 World Gathering at GOOGLE: http://groups.google.com/group/worldgathering
2008 World Gathering at MYSPACE: http://groups.myspace.com/2008gathering
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2008 WORLD MUSIC GATHERING - http://www.worldgathering.net/2008

Please send to friends and post at your lists

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lemonchills new album is out!

2007-09-23T06:26:27Z

here is a link to some samples from the album:

www.myspace.com/lemonchill1

enjoy

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MAJOR problem in sonar 6 HELP!!! please

2007-09-02T16:06:35Z

Hey folks.

Major problems with sonar 6

Recently, it's been taking a little longer than usual to save my project, it is getting big. The per project audio folder is about 1.3 gb. So even though it now takes several minutes for the save to happen, i thought it was to be sort of expected given the large size. Well, it started getting so slow during the save in the last week that if you went to click on the screen during the save the program would stop responding and crash, losing all unsaved data. That really sucked a few times this week.

Well, trying to be patient, i started just letting the computer do it's thing for several minutes during the save. Last night every time i tried to save, eventually (after about 8-10 minutes) sonar just closed it's self without warning or saving!

I tried everything INCLUDING wiping the hard drive clean and reinstalling all my software/ pluggins etc. Still giving me that awefull error!

I have ad-aware and avg running on the computer and am running the latest update of sonar.

WTF!?!

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New Tribe....Songwritters

2007-08-30T02:56:57Z

SongWritters
http://tribes.tribe.net/963b1f92-281c-4bcf-b395-325a809d1b54?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B963b1f92-281c-4bcf-b395-325a809d1b54%5D
public - created 08/28/07
This is a tribe to share and enjoy origional songs and Music
Whenever possible we provide links to audio and video(such as you-tube)
The loneliest feeling in the world is creating music alone
Here we can all share and give constructive critism...and expand our musical minds
Let us know when and Why you wrote the song
Who are your influences...feel free to post lyrics and links to other insperational artists as-well
And please post photo's of you and/or your band in our photo gallery as well as cool links to your bands homepage

FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY
http://tribes.tribe.net/b9b544af-89e5-4aa7-8dec-c917f83c3bd7?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Bb9b544af-89e5-4aa7-8dec-c917f83c3bd7%5D

Religious and Spiritual Art (Apparitions

http://tribes.tribe.net/eb5f7908-cda1-40f9-9648-e8b00b84292f?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Beb5f7908-cda1-40f9-9648-e8b00b84292f%5D

Famous Quotes and Short Stories tribe
http://tribes.tribe.net/8644c865-e362-4b4d-917e-a8ca42c4fd9d?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B8644c865-e362-4b4d-917e-a8ca42c4fd9d%5D

BIRDMAN - tribe.net:

http://tribes.tribe.net/25a1f4a7-b777-4adf-8c62-1f418aaf0d64?current=tribeallposts&set=y#tabs

Subliminal Messages and Propaganda - tribe.net:
http://tribes.tribe.net/e388baea-51eb-417f-9390-06fe37f92e41

PROPHETS and VISSIONARIES... WE ARE... - tribe.net:
http://tribes.tribe.net/bac54dd7-c43a-45c5-a716-6d241843a31f

SongWritters
http://tribes.tribe.net/963b1f92-281c-4bcf-b395-325a809d1b54?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B963b1f92-281c-4bcf-b395-325a809d1b54%5D

AMAZING ART

http://tribes.tribe.net/29104d87-26ac-4a27-a01c-ac24e71ecf8a?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B29104d87-26ac-4a27-a01c-ac24e71ecf8a%5D

Folk Art and Pop Art ( Folk- N- POP )

http://tribes.tribe.net/95d03c97-1166-4b76-88ea-d1b3ae450e28

The Prophecy of Magog - tribe.net:
http://tribes.tribe.net/d64e82b0-72ef-4c72-b5e7-299383c1d4e0

WARTIME
http://tribes.tribe.net/542c9b86-93b1-4b12-bc96-a754f89c5e8e?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B542c9b86-93b1-4b12-bc96-a754f89c5e8e%5D

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Clip automation problems with Sonar 6

2007-08-19T12:22:28Z

I just upgraded from sonar 4 to sonar 6 when i bough a new computer. I don't know if this problem is in the software, or my settings or in my hardware.
I use lots of gain envelopes on my audio files for mixing. In cakewalk, the envelopes are not always being followed, and sometimes they are being followed "late". So, the audable changes in amplitude are not happening, or are not synched with the automation properply.

Anyone know why this is happening?

>your friend,
Adam

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- Badschematic Netlabel seeking submissions for compilation project

2007-07-05T22:56:24Z

Badschematic is a new netlabel devoted to unusual and challenging audio works. We are currently taking submissions for a compilation album

to be released freely online in MP3 format.

If you are interested in submitting your audio please Send an email to contact-at-badschematic-dot-info
In the subject line, please include the phrase "compilation submission".
In order to be considered, your email must contain the following information :

1. Your full legal name.
2. Your geographic location (City, State/Province, and Country).
3. The artist/band name associated with the material you are submitting.
4. Links to the appropriate audio files in 320kbps MP3 format. Messages containing email attachments will not be accepted.
5. A link to your homepage.

Feel free to submit as many tracks as you like. Some tracks which are not included on this compilation may be considered for future release.

All submissions (except those containing email attachments) will be listened to and Badschematic will do its best to reply one way or the other to every submission it receives.

Thank you.
- Badschematic Netlabel
http://www.badschematic.info

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Does Rev Aeron still even come to TRIBE.NET anymore?

2007-06-08T18:43:35Z

I've written him three times with absolutely no reply.

A track of mine was to be on a complation he was putting out
and I"m trying to figure out if it ever was released afterall.

Does anyone know?

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relevant BC music conference/festival

2007-06-05T05:32:56Z

This festival in British Columbia (Jun 22-25) may be of interest to people in this tribe:

www.entheosgathering.com

"Daytime conference presentations include topics related to new media, cultural evolution, the power of shared intent, shamanic dance, and how sound frequencies can invoke biologically beneficial brain and body states. The proceedings are more than just lectures and are designed to provide an energetic experience to all participants."

The dance party aspect will definitely implement this intelligence...

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New Albion Records album release - Erdem Helvacioglu with Audiomulch

2007-04-08T15:36:37Z

Dear Friends,

I am happy to announce that my new solo album has been released by the US label "New Albion"!

Here is the link about the album at New Albion's web site : www.newalbion.com/NA131

This is an album of "solo acoustic guitar and live electronics". The whole album was recorded in real-time without any overdubs. I played the acoustic guitar and controlled the live electronics at the same time.

During the making of this album, Ovation Custom Legend 1869 acoustic guitar, TC Electronic Fireworx multi effects processor, Behringer FCB1010 midi foot controller and the software Audiomulch were used.

If you are interested in acoustic guitar, minimal ambient - electroacoustic music and the use of live electronics with Audiomulch, feel free to check out the album!

Thank you very much and best regards. Looking forward to your comments!

Erdem Helvacioglu

www.erdemhelvacioglu.com
www.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
New solo album is out now on New Albion Records:
www.newalbion.com/NA131

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New Label seeks new artists!

2007-04-03T15:09:53Z

http://electroconnect.net/ - we're focusing on the electro-house sound, please read the demo-submission guidelines carefully!
Thank you :-)

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Cymatics part 1 Bringing matter to life with sound

2007-03-25T20:34:06Z

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=2795869048702157810&q=Cymatics
28 min 10 sec

"Cymatics - Bringing matter to life with sound - part 1. (28mins) Features an introduction by Sir, Dr. Peter Guy Manners. Then extraordinary film clips of Hans Jenny experiments from the 1960's and early 70's"

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unusual technical oddity

2007-01-10T08:18:15Z

Here's an unusual technical oddity. Listen to the associated sound
file, it's very pinball-esque.

http://home.earthlink.net/~lenyr/alsounds.htm

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Middle C

2006-12-29T23:30:38Z

Who would'a thunk it:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200602/1567271.htm?sydney

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new track

2006-12-28T19:16:42Z

Seeking input/opinions/critiques...

It's called "Attack"

http://playdoughboy.promodj.ru/ - click on the floppy disk icon next to the track to download

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>>Futuresound Styleclash

2006-12-19T13:45:14Z

"Soundwaves vs. Fashion "
in a Futuresound Styleclash

.electronic/dub sessions
.>and runway fashion
.taped for global mobile
.>media broadcast

***youaretheshow!***

Wednesdays
7 - 9 Runway/Photo Shoot
9 - 1 Sound System Boom

Live:
Designer Soiree
Photo Flash
Video Capture
Runway Maneuvers

More electronic acts, fashion designers,
and models needed!
Send back your profile,
portfolio, mp3, and contact info.

D7
150 Folsom
SF, 94105

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Sound over matter

2006-11-22T06:37:19Z

So you think music is just a social game, do you?
Just some poetry put to sound structures made with instruments purchased in a music store and voted on by an audience of partygoers and industry sales teams.

Have you researched the effects of sound on material form???

Don't be naive. Do some research.
Here's some scientific observations on the effects of soundwaves on our physical surroundings and on the psychological state of those who hear the sounds.

OK all you stoner musicians out there. What are you really doing when you turn up your guitar amp or scratch those discs through a PA system???

Looky here:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2795869048702157810&hl=en

and if that isn't enough to chew on, try this:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7253148167375317006&hl=en

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Bids for Beats - Charity Auction - Final countdown!

2006-11-14T21:13:58Z

Join the biggest names in the dance music community raising funds for NextAid! Our goal to raise $20,000 will benefit the continuing development of our earth-friendly child support center in Dennilton, South Africa.

We're auctioning off everything from top DJ and studio gear, music production software, midi sample and loop libraries, flyer design and recording studio services, to once-in-a-lifetime experiences with your favorite artists! Also note that a generous private donor will be matching all proceeds, so your winning bid will go twice as far as it would otherwise. Seriously, there are some great deals available and it's for a great cause to boot!

You can check out the full auction catalog at http://nextaid.cmarket.com and learn more about our organizations' efforts at http://nextaid.org -- Thanks for your time!

Inlakesh,
Elias

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Moisture and Natural Head Drum Tuning

2006-11-05T23:06:46Z

The tautness of a natural drum head is related to
the moisture content in the head.

The less moisture, the higher the pitch of the drum

A curious phenomena happens every time I heat up a drum on a muggy day,
however.

when I first put the drum over the flame of my kitchen gas burner..............the
pitch immediately drops suddenly (and almost immediately) and the
becomes the slow climb up to a much higher pitch than originally.

Any of you sound scientists out there have a theory why that would happen?
It beats me................pardon the pun.

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New Track added!

2006-10-14T01:31:18Z

A cover of Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" - let me know what you think...
http://www.myspace.com/playdoughboymusic

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looking for work?

2006-10-04T19:11:46Z

i have been made aware of some job openings in the LA area.
the work includes QA testing for a major audio company.
if you feel you might have the related skills, please message me directly.

thanks!

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Anyone successfully using Pro Tools 7.1 on Windows XP X64 Operating System? --on XP Media Center O.S?( how about Acid and Ableton Live on....) ? thanks

2006-09-11T17:03:21Z

Anyone successfully using Pro Tools 7.1 on Windows XP X64 Operating System? --on XP Media Center O.S?( how about Acid and Ableton Live on....) ? thanks

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arduino / open source board

2006-09-10T21:10:19Z

What is Arduino?

Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board, and a development environment for writing Arduino software. The Arduino programming language is an implementation of Wiring, itself built on Processing.

http://tribes.tribe.net/arduino

Arduino can be used to develop interactive objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other outputs. Arduino projects can be stand-alone, or they can be communicate with software running on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP.) The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the open-source IDE can be downloaded for free.

Arduino received an Honory Mention in the Digital Communities section of the 2006 Ars Electronica Prix.

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Call for submissions Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art 2007

2006-09-06T08:47:31Z

Spark Festival of Electronic
Music and Art 2007

CALL FOR WORKS
University of Minnesota School of Music, Noel Zahler, Director Announces

2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art

Douglas Geers, Director West Bank Arts Quarter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus

Minneapolis, MN February 20-25

CALL FOR COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, and PRESENTERS Submission Deadline: September 30, 2006 (postmark)

The University of Minnesota School of Music is proud to present the 2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, February 20-25. The festival will be held on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (USA) and neighboring Minneapolis performing arts venues, and will feature guest artists Morton Subotnick, Richard Devine, and others to be announced.

Now in its fifth year, the Spark Festival showcases the newest groundbreaking works of digital music and art. Last year's festival included innovative works by over one hundred international composers and artists, including featured guest artists Alvin Lucier and Scanner. Leading scholars and technology specialists also presented papers relating to new technology and creativity. Audiences for the concerts, installations, and lectures last year totaled approximately 4,000 people and garnered multiple mentions in local and national media.

Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres.

Spark also invites submission of scholarly papers on Collaborative Arts, Interactivity, Cognition, Compositional and Artistic Process, Social and Ethical Issues in the Arts, Art, Music, Video, Film, Animation, Theater, Dance, Innovative Use of Technology in Education, Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality , intermedia composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware development, aesthetics, and history and all topics related to the creation of new media art and music. All accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings. Please see http://www.spark.cla.umn.edu/media.html for a PDF copy of the Spark 2006 proceedings and program.

MUSIC SUBMISSIONS
Music submissions will be accepted in four categories:

1. Concert works: Interactive works for acoustic instruments and electroacoustics (performance forces are available, TBA) Electroacoustic works with and without performers. Performance venues will accommodate 2-8 channel works and works with video. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of fifteen minutes or less are encouraged.

2. "Spark Nitelife": Experimental electronic performances in a "club-style" venue. Performers of various styles will be considered, including those influenced by IDM, hip-hop, glitch, jazz, and etc. Selected performers will be given sets of 15-30 minutes. Performance venue will accommodate stereo sound and video.

3. Installations: [See "Art Works" below]

4. Music with video [See "Art Works" below]

New!
Bob Dylan Events
In collaboration with the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in conjunction with its exhibition "Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966," we are inviting submissions in two special catagories:
Bob Dylan Remix Submissions: Submit your remix of a Bob Dylan work. Selected submissions will be programmed throughout the festival.
Bob Dylan Themed Installations: We are looking for installations that relates to the theme of "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966." Selected installations will be installed at the Weisman Art Museum and elsewhere throughout Spark Festival event locations.

To submit in either of these catagories, enter the online submission system and follow the instructions.

Software
A new submission catagory for software has been added. We are looking for applications that create, enrich, enhance, or contribute to the digital arts or the teaching of the digital arts. Selected applications will be given a demonstration area and poster presentation. Additionally, programmers may be invited to give a paper demonstration on their work.
To submit enter the online submission system and identify your submission as a Software Poster Presentation.

ART WORKS
Submissions will be accepted in three categories:

1. Installations and gallery works: A number of installation and gallery exhibitions will be mounted in various spaces on the UMN campus, including the Weisman Art Museum. Please include technical and space requirements with submission. Installations may be physical objects, video and/or sound projections, or combinations thereof. Artists may be required to provide some or all of necessary technology to mount installations.

2. Video: Experimental video works will be screened at multiple Spark events. Videos featuring digital music compositions (two-channel or Dolby 5.1) are welcome, but this is not required. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of twelve minutes or less are encouraged. Please submit on DVD (NTSC) or DVD data disk in mpg, mov, or avi file format.

3. Theater/Dance: A number of theatrical and dance works incorporating new technologies will be programmed at Spark 2006, with a special interest in shorter works that can be integrated into programs with music and video works. In addition, although not confirmed as of this writing, we hope to produce at least one performance in a dance theater with video projection and an Internet 2 connection. Please include performance venue and technical requirements with submissions.

PAPERS
Technical papers, lecture/demonstration, and workshop submissions that deal with topics relating to creating arts and music with new technology are encouraged, including Collaborative Arts, Interactivity, Cognition, Compositional and Artistic Process, Social and Ethical Issues in the Arts, Art, Music, Video, Film, Animation, Theater, Dance, Innovative Use of Technology in Education, Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality , intermedia composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware development, aesthetics, and history. Paper presentations will consist of a twenty-minute presentation and five minutes of Q/A, and all accepted authors must attend to present their papers.

Submissions should consist of a two-page abstract with bibliography. Camera-ready papers will be due on November 1, 2006.

Individuals may submit a maximum of one paper and one lecture/demonstration, and these will be submitted online. More information about the submission process will be available soon on the Spark 2007 website when the online submission procedure has been activated. All accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are invited to submit one work per category in up to three categories for consideration. All applicants must complete an online submission form on the Spark Festival website and include their submission number(s) with any physical media sent via postal mail. The submissions website will be at http://spark.cla.umn.edu/submissions.html and will be activated in late August. More details about the submission process will be available on the Spark 2007 website when the online submission procedure has been activated.

Regarding music and other performance works: Performing resources will be drawn from the University of Minnesota and Twin Cities area musicians. However, availability of musicians will be taken into consideration when selecting works, and therefore applicants are encouraged to bring their own performers when possible. More information about available performers will be posted on http://www.sparkfestival.org when the online submission procedure has been activated.

Composers and artists whose works are selected for inclusion are strongly encouraged to attend the festival. Scholars whose papers or demonstrations are accepted will be required to attend Spark to deliver their presentation.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Selected works will be announced by November 1, and travel and accommodations information will be posted on http://www.sparkfestival.org by the same date.

Submission deadline is September 30 (postmark). More information and the online submissions procedure will be posted soon on the Spark 2007 website at http://www.sparkfestival.org . Questions can be directed to the Spark hosts at sparkfst@umn.edu .

***submission deadline possibly will be extended, watch website for details***

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WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE (Now Available!)

2006-08-21T19:22:22Z

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2006

Contact: Ninah Pixie / UBUIBI
ninah@ubuibi.org
www.ubuibi.org

WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE (CD COMPILATION)

'Women Take Back The Noise', a 3-disc collection, features 47 women artists from all around the globe who work with SOUND in various ways, from ambient-electro-darkwave to some of the harshest noise ever burned onto spinning metallic plastic.

UBUIBI is now offering MAIL-ORDER for a limited time at www.ubuibi.org
(A list of distributors will be posted to the website shortly...)

(U.S. ORDERS ONLY via website - FOREIGN ORDERS - Please Contact Us Direct: via email: ninah@ubuibi.org)

The release is a LIMITED EDITION of 1,000. The packaging is handmade and contains a custom-designed, circuit-bent "noise cookie" device that makes NOISE when you touch it, lights up and plugs in via mini-jack. A soon-to-be collector's item.

47 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WORLDWIDE:

Aedria Hughes (USA)
A. L. Dentel (USA)
Alicia Wade (USA)
Analog Tara (USA)
Ava Mendoza (USA)
BCO Women's Auxiliary (USA)
bLevin bLectum (USA)
Cheryl E. Leonard (USA)
Christina N (AUSTRIA)
Choronzon (USA)
CJ Reaven Borosque (USA)
Cosey Fanni Tutti (UK)
Cyoakha Grace (USA)
Dark Muse (USA)
Elise Baldwin (USA)
Experiment Haywire (USA)
Fari Bradley (UK)
Fast!Fast!Cash! (USA)
Fe-mail (NORWAY)
Gydja (NEW ZEALAND)
Heidi Mortenson (GERMANY)
Hertta Lussu Ässä (FINLAND)
Hooray! For Old Timers (USA)
Insect Deli (USA)
ioioi (ITALY)
Irene Moon (USA)
Jessica Rylan (USA)
Kadet (USA)
Khate (USA)
Kunt (AUSTRALIA)
Leporidae (USA)
Maggi Payne (USA)
Meri von KleinSmid (USA)
Merlin Coleman (USA)
Messy (NETHERLANDS)
Michelle Webb (USA)
Michiko Kawagoe (JAPAN)
Nadin Katrin Buben (BELARUS)
Noveller (USA)
Passiflora (USA)
Priya Ray (USA)
Rotwangsrobot (UK)
Solanas (NEW ZEALAND)
Suzanne Quincey (USA)
VyL8 (USA)
Wisteriax (USA)
Xyramat (GERMANY)

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LUV - the sound + vid. (cens0red in the US 9 times)

2006-08-05T12:40:44Z

watch my newest transcendental track and video at:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/64004

And check out MySpace for onlySound:

http://www.myspace.com/joritokyo

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FREE Parncutt book available online

2006-07-28T19:58:56Z

Print it, quick, before the publishers change their mind!

http://www-gewi.uni-graz.at/staff/parncutt/hapa.html

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SEATTLE MICROTONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, JULY 20-23, 2006

2006-06-27T17:59:22Z

Seattle, Wa June 22, 2006 -- The Seattle Microtonal Guitar Festival brings together local and international acclaimed guitarists who are dedicated to exploring the musical universe of the “notes between the notes”. Western music is commonly played in a twelve note equal tempered system that compromises the basic physical laws of how sound is produced so that musicians can play in twelve different keys and stay relatively “in tune”. Musicians and music lovers – professional and amateur alike- will learn about why western music is generally “a little out of tune”, and will be offered demonstrations and performances exploring alternative tunings, temperaments and guitar systems by leaders in the microtonal guitar movement, Jon Catler, Neil Haverstick , Tom Baker, and Chris Morda. Innovative and rare instruments, including the single string monochord, fretless guitar, 19 and 34-tone Equal Temperament guitar, guitar in Extended Just Intonation, lap slide guitar, and 12-tone ultra plus guitars will all be featured, turning the head of the most knowledgeable guitar officianados and novices alike.

Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

July 20, 2006-Opening Night
Performances featuring Seattle Microtonal Guitarists Tom Baker on Fretless Guitar with The Tom Baker Quartet and Chris Morda on 12 Tone Ultra Plus and Lap Slide Guitar with Stone Crazy Blues Band
Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429B Eastlake Ave. E, Seattle, WA, $7 Doors open at 9 PM, Music begins at 9:30 PM

July 21-A night of Theory and Demonstration
Chris Morda-Monochord and Twelve Tone Ultra Plus Guitar, Tom Baker-Fretless Guitar, and Neil Haverstick-19 and 34 Tone Equal Temperament
1412 Performance Gallery, 1412 18th Ave E, Seattle, Wa, $5-15 sliding scale, all ages, Show Begins at 8 PM

July 22- A Night of Virtuoso Microtonal Guitar
Microtonal Guitar Pioneers Neil Haverstick from Denver, Co on Fretless in Guitar Just Intonation, 19 & 34 Tone Equal Temperament Guitar, and Jon Catler from New York, NY, on Extended Just Intonation Guitar and 12 Tone Ultra Plus Guitar
Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington Music Building, Tickets $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door, Doors open at 7:30 Show begins at 8

July 23-The Secrets of the Harmonic Series and Just Intonation
Jon Catler will be teaching material from his book THE NATURE OF MUSIC, explaining the mysteries of the Harmonic Series and the evolution of Catler's 64-note per octave Just Intonation scale. Also, sections on alternative temperaments (31-tone, 19-tone, 12-Tone Plus, 12-Tone Ultra Plus, etc).

Roberts Music Institute, 13417 N.E. 20th St, Bellevue WA, $15, 2-4 PM

Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853

About The Artists

Jon Catler is one of the world's leading innovators on microtonal guitar. For many years, Catler's life has been devoted to the exploration of the "notes-between-the-notes," or microtonal music. Specifically, he has devised his own system of tuning based on Just Intonation or the pure intervals of the Harmonic Series. He has redesigned his guitar to allow an unprecedented range of consonance and dissonance, alternating between a 62-note per octave fretted guitar and a fretless.

Noted for his work with legendary composer, La Monte Young, Mr. Catler was a featured soloist on the Gramavision double-CD La Monte Young and the Forever Bad Blues Band. He has also appeared as composer and performer on the Futurismo/Futurismi Festival, Manca Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Quebec Festival d'Ete, the Angelica Festival and the American Festival of Microtonal Music of which he is co-founder. Catler performed in the world premier version of Ives' 'Universe Symphony' at Lincoln Center, a climax of AFMM's 20-year history. Catler also performed on the original Harry Partch guitars with Newband in a performance of Partch's 'Oedipus' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

Neil Haverstick is one of the most sought after session players in Denver, Colorado. Haverstick has performed in a number of different situations, such as playing and recording with the Colorado Symphony, playing in orchestras backing such artists as Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Charley Pride, and with his own bands he has opened shows for B.B.King, Steve Miller, and King Sunny Ade; he has also backed up blues greats Jim Schwall and Joe Houston. As a freelance guitarist he has played blues, jazz, classical, country, flamenco, and folk, as well as plays, and many private functions.

Haverstick is also an accomplish composer, author, and educator. As a composer, Haverstick won Guitar Player magazine's 1992 Ultimate Guitar Competition (Experimental Division) with a 19 tone piece, "Spider Chimes." He also won the 1996 arts Innovation Award in Denver for another 19 tone song, "Jimmy and Joe," and the 1999 Composition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. As an author, Haverstick has written for Guitar Player and Cadence, and has written two music theory books. The late studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco, who called it “A great book, praised “The Form of No Forms”. Neil's latest book, "19 Tones: A New Beginning," is a look at the 19 tone system of tuning which Haverstick has been working in since 1989. As an instructor, Haverstick has taught hundreds of students, both privately and in classes. In October 2004, he taught a seminar on tunings at Berklee College of Music, on the invitation of fusion guitar maestro David Fiuczynski.

Guitarist Tom Baker has been active as a composer, performer and music producer in the Seattle new-music scene since 1994. He is the artistic director of the Seattle Composers' Salon, and co-founder of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO). Tom performs on fretted and fretless guitars, and has worked with many innovative musicians, including Stuart Dempster, William O. Smith, Christian Asplund, Chinary Ung, Ellen Fullman and Henry Threadgill. His first solo CD Sounding the Curve was released on the label Present Sounds in 2002.

The Tom Baker Quartet features drummer Greg Campbell, clarinetist Jesse Canterbury and bassist Brian Cobb. The Quartet has diverse musical backgrounds, which include jazz, modern classical, world music, and free improvisation. They have been working as a quartet since November of 2004, playing music by Baker and Cobb, as well as crafting beautiful and haunting improvisations. Their music blurs the boundaries between notated music and free improvisation; the unique sonic landscapes that result are grounded in history, while pushing at the boundaries of avant-jazz music.

Chris Morda has been active on the Seattle blues scene since 1999 and has developed a playing style firmly rooted in traditional blues along outside influences from his love of Indian Music he was exposed to while in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington. Chris is a private music instructor and has led blues ensembles at The Seattle Drum School, taught Blues History courses at the University of Washington’s Extension program, and taught private and group classes on The Overtone Series and its relationship to Vibrational Healing with Sound. Chris is an accomplished lap slide guitarist and has recently taken up The 12 tone ultra plus guitar designed by Jon Catler.

Joining Chris in The Stone Crazy Blues Band are Forrest Giberson (Bachelor of Music Degree in Studio Music and Jazz with Specialization in Performance, Music Theory, Music History and Composition, University of Miami) and drummer Lorne Watson (Bachelors of Music Education and Percussion Performance, Central Michigan University). The band recently released its debut recording, Barnyard Boogie and has been receiving quite a bit of airplay on Internet and International Radio. Their cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s Help Me has currently on been on RadioWave Monitor’s Top 20 Contemporary Blues Charts for Internet Radio for 15 consecutive weeks.

Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853

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Fundamentals - Light, Sound, and Geometry

2006-06-05T11:21:00Z

http://ascension2000.com/ConvergenceIII/c02-ltsndgeo.htm

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Insinuating melodic form

2006-05-27T00:13:26Z

After pondering the transmission of melodic patterns subliminally:
Method 1. You can't implant a melodic addiction unless you slowly train the recipiant with a sonic pattern. For pop radio the subliminal aspect works because the melody has already been intrained. So you may be able to activate a memory of a melody that the listener finishes from their memory. You could play only the first part and the rest might subliminally be filled in. Then you could do a series of other strong melody beginnings, thus creating a whole new piece of music out of last weeks pop trash.
Method 2. Spread psychotropics amongst the listeners and project a mind image propelled by hidden theta waves imbedded in the musics rythmic patterns. How are you at astral projecting?

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Intonation station

2006-05-16T21:35:48Z

I would like to thank this list for driveng my interest in tonality, what a most interesting topic for certified audiophiles :)

Someone I work with was telling me that major keys aren't actually perfect for a non-continuous instrument, even if the instrument has been tuned for a specific key.

I have heard about and think I understand just intonation, but what she said is that for a true perfect key on a non-continuous instrument, you have to choose more than which key you want that instrument to play, you have to decide on the octave too. She said this is why most of the original organ accompaniment in early christian hymnic pieces was played in minor keys, and then at the end resolved to major, middle C. She also said that this is why barbershop quartets sound so smooth, people can make very slight intonation changes on the fly to yield perfect harmony, even across key changes.

On a similar note, I just found this site which is pretty neat:
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/groven/compare.html

So my question is, since we have all of this digital equipment now, why are we still using well-tempered tuning? It's not like we have to re-tune our instruments... it just seems like everybody is stuck in piano-mode.

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pure data

2006-04-17T04:04:25Z

hey folks, a friend and I recently took a workshop in pure data, a graphical programming language developed by miller puckette of max/msp fame. though it is still maintained by him, it is an open source project with a large developer base. like max, it is used a lot for foofy computer music and art installations, it is quite capable of being used in conjunction with midi and light/heat/motion sensors and whatnot, it is obscenely versatile. we're definitely newbies to PD, but we'd love to find more folks interested in it. I unfortunately lost the contact info for the other 8 ppl that took the workshop with us here in portland...

if you are interested at all in audio or video creation and mixing and don't have thousands to spend on commercial, closed source software, this is really worth looking into. it is available for free at puredata.info. if u are familiar with max or reaktor, the interface will be almost intuitive for u, with objects "patched" together in a graphical environment which models the flow of commands. it is kind of hard to get off the ground (we're getting there), but once u do, u can do a lot with it.
if interested, join our tribe!
tribes.tribe.net/puredata

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Buzzmachines

2006-04-15T23:45:20Z

I was just wondering if anyone in here was familiar with www.Buzzmachines.com ? I have been using it for a while and found it wo be one of the greatest sound engineering tools EVER!!!! It takes a bit of processing and is strange to set-up. But, Once you have set it up. You can practically do anything. If any of you have tried it or want more info or share info about this program please join
http://tribes.tribe.net/93f8180d-ee75-42bb-b4b4-ed86f3f60f0c?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B93f8180d-ee75-42bb-b4b4-ed86f3f60f0c%5D

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does sound have any preference to moving up or down?

2006-04-15T00:53:49Z

hi,

i'm asking this question with respect to living in an apartment. i'm currently at the bottom level. i know that bass from my speakers will annoy my neighbor who currently is above me.

i'm going to move upstairs and am wondering if the bass will be better or worse for the neighbors who will soon be below me?

any thoughts?

thanks,
chendo
www.guerrillasoul.com

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F is for fourier, G is for genius

2006-04-11T06:33:52Z

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=eRlhKaxcKpA&eurl=http%3A//www.popmodernism.org/scrambledhackz/%3Fc%3D4&iurl=http%3A//static16.youtube.com/vi/eRlhKaxcKpA/2.jpg

Yet another reason why my babies will probably be european

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Musical Hallucinations

2006-03-10T01:27:55Z

Thu 21 Jul 2005
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1659122005

Constant barrage of music may leave us hearing things

EBEN HARRELL

EXPOSURE to music in everyday life is leading to an increase in the incidence of a medical condition in which a song or piece of music plays continuously in a person's head, scientists claimed yesterday.

Musical hallucination is a condition in which the brain hears phantom music. It is different than the common occurrence of "having a song stuck in your head" because the music is continuous and perceived to be real and external.

"Having a song in your head is quite normal every now and then. But musical hallucinations can be quite distressing," Dr Victor Aziz, a psychiatrist at Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff, said. "People find they can't sleep, can't think properly. It may interrupt them from doing something. It is serious."

Dr Aziz and a co-researcher, Dr Nick Warner, have published an analysis of 30 cases of the disorder in Psychopathology Journal. Based on their findings, Dr Aziz predicts musical hallucinations will become more common as people continue to be inundated by music from radios and televisions, and in lifts, gyms and shopping centres.

"People who are bombarded by music tend to hear music," he said. "I suspect the rates of hallucinations in orchestral players will be higher than normal. So, as we hear more music every day, cases will probably go up."

Officially, one in 10,000 people over the age of 65 suffers from the condition, but Dr Aziz believes the true number to be higher because of poor diagnosis and because many younger people have it as well.

Some patients say they learn to live with hallucinations, even finding them a source of comfort. One 28-year-old American said the music in his head reflected his emotional state. "It just plays in the background like the soundtrack playing in the background of a movie. Sometimes the music stops and it makes me feel out of place and time, like something's wrong."

In two-thirds of cases, patients reported hearing religious music; six heard Abide With Me.

"We speculate that people will hallucinate both pop and classical music in the future, because it is now more commonplace in our everyday lives," Dr Aziz said.

Research by neuroscientists has shown that the human brain uses special networks of neurons to perceive music. Brain scans of patients with musical hallucinations has shown these networks working almost identically during hallucination and during actual hearing: to the patients, the music is perceived to be real.

Dr Aziz said a third of the people in his study were deaf or hard of hearing. A vast majority of the others lived in isolation.

These results suggest musical hallucinations occur when people move from a stimulus-rich environment to one with few auditory stimuli.

With no sound coming via the ears, the brain generates random impulses it interprets to be sound. The brain then matches these impulses to memories of music, and a song in the head begins. That may explain how Beethoven was able to compose music even after losing his hearing.

This article:

http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1659122005

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Sub 20 hertz

2006-02-25T21:01:45Z

Hiya

does anyone have any info/experience of producing sound below the 20 hertz barrier?

Ive heard that the effects on the human body can be quite surprising, including inducing a relaxing state by playing at 10 hertz, also at other levels, inducing the production of serotonin, and even involuntary bowel movement! (a brown note).

ta

Rich
Xx

http://tribes.tribe.net/projectx

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liclimbquid.mp3 - Ready for Error.Patterns and bent Glitch ?!

2006-02-01T10:17:21Z

A fresh excerption of my newest circuit bent and glitched
liveact for the next performance on february.
Feel free to hear trippy psyGlitch beats and hardest bendings
of my classic hardware and glowing cores.

http://www.myspace.com/joritokyo

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Reiki I Classes Now Forming-LA

2006-01-27T02:58:32Z

I am a Reiki Master relatively new to the Los Angeles Area. I am offering an introductory rate of $100 for the Reiki Level I class for any interested. The class includes an instructional guide, attunements and certificate. The class is forming now and should start somewhere in mid Febuary. This is a great way to start the new year by bringing the infinite Light of Reiki into your life. Heal yourself and those around you. I also offer Reiki II and III as well as Reiki Sessions for those interested. I can be contacted at carlydeloach@gmail.com or directly on my cell phone, 310-497-9393. Thanks for your interest.
Peace, Love and Light,
Master Carly DeLoach

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Ring Tones

2006-01-17T09:44:54Z

So I'm interested in making my own ring tones for my cell phone. Can anyone point me to a website with some good how to instructions, what format it has to be in how long can it be etc.

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A Meditation For Problem Solving

2006-01-13T04:07:50Z

Visit Music Therapy Section of my site

Rajeev Upadhye
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www.yuyutsu.biz

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mbira pickup problems

2005-12-15T23:05:06Z

hi there beautiful people...

I have an mbira (22 key thumb piano) that has two piezo electric discs built in under the keys as a pickup. My problem is that when i amplify it, even with the highs turned way down and the volume super low, my ears end up hurting like I spent all night with my head against a huge bass cabinet. And i know for sure it isn't my keyboard amp, cause it happens with any amp i use...

My intuition is that the pickups are just super sensitive and are picking up too much of the sound frequency. any suggestions? could i cover the pickups (already covered with wooden discs on top of soundboard) to minimize the amount of sound recieved. I know very little about this stuff and can use any help available, cause i gotta perform with this thing next week...

thank you

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Help me to understand FFT

2005-11-30T02:08:18Z

Hello,

I beseech ye
to help me
to understand FFT

I am trying to get convolution to work in PD - not just the demo patches but to be able to build a convolution patch from the ground up.

I understand that FFT takes a time domain signal and converts it to frequency domain. I understand how to make a hanning window. What I thought came out of the fft~ object in PD each sample was a list of frequency strengths: If the sample size is 64 then the sample would have 64 bins with each bin representing the strength of the frequency N*48000/N where N is the bin number. If you wanted to know the strength of the frequency 24000 Hz you would check bin 32. Of course ifft~ takes this data and turns it back into the time doman signal.

Of course this doesnt work, at least using this understanding I can get any fft business to work in PD, and the documentation sucks for low level explainations.

Can someone help me to understand fft, and specifically how it works in PD?
Or if you can get me to understand fft I might be able to translate that understanding to PD on my own. I have the Curtis Roads "the Computer Music Tutorial" but somewhere between the simple pictures and the sums as M goes from 0 to N-1 I get confused.

Thank you,
-aproximation

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faster faster faster!!!!!!

2005-11-12T23:41:27Z

this is more of a general music production observation/question..

I've noticed that when I listen to a tune I've created(mostly a breaks/electronica), I am fine with the speed of it for awhile and then eventually I start hearing it too slow, or it seems too slow to me...or if I take it to a boombox in a music label's office, I find its too slow when Ive previously listened to the same song the day before or hours before!

does anybody else have this issue? is it a psychoacoustic question? a psychological issue?

is it a cultural thing? I remember when Planet Rock came out it was the joint, but now to me it seems really slow compared to music today in a similar genre...

my own solution is to push the track almost as far as it can go to the point of almost sounding too fast and then I pull it back ...I find that with breaks tracks more often than in HipHop tracks BTW

I am open to creating more of a discussion about it...

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Sound Past Speed of Light?

2005-11-12T23:01:46Z

Could sound move at the speed of light?
1 November 2005

Can sound waves travel faster than the speed of light? Yes, says Joel Mobley, a physicist at the University of Mississippi in the US. In simulations Mobley has shown that ultrasound pulses could move at "superluminal" speeds when they enter water that contains thousands of tiny plastic beads.

Waves moving in a dispersive medium are described by a phase velocity and a group velocity. The phase velocity is the speed at which a wave of a single wavelength moves, and is typically about 1.5 kilometres per second for sound waves in water. However, pulses of light or sound actually contain a range of wavelengths that all move at different speeds: the group velocity is the speed at which the pulse itself moves.

In recent years, it has been shown experimentally that the group velocity of a laser pulse can exceed the speed of light in vacuum -- 300,000,000 metres per second -- in certain situations. However, special relativity is not violated in these experiments because they do not involve the transfer of information, matter or energy.

Measuring group velocity (pic: http://physicsweb.org/objects/news/9/11/1/051101.jpg)
Mobley has now calculated that the group velocity of a pulse of high-frequency sound waves could be increased by five orders of magnitude by sending it through a small chamber that contains about 8 millilitres of water and some 400,000 tiny plastic spheres. This means that the group velocity would exceed the speed of light in vacuum. The spheres have diameters of about 0.1 mm and account for about 5% of the volume of the water-bead mixture.

The increase in speed is caused by dispersion -- the phenomenon that causes different wavelengths to move at different phase velocities. When the pulse enters the mixture it experiences severe dispersion, which causes the different wavelengths that make up the pulse to travel at very different speeds. This changes the shape of the pulse and can result in the pulse itself moving faster than the speed of light. However, the dispersion also significantly reduces the intensity of the pulses.

"It has long been recognised that such velocities should be possible with acoustic waves," Mobley told PhysicsWeb. "My work shows that it can be done in a specific and very simple system and that extreme conditions are not necessary."

Mobley is now planning experiments to observe the superluminal velocities at the National Center for Physical Acoustics at Mississippi. The main challenge will be to increase the signal-to-noise ratio so that it is possible to detect the pulses, which will have been greatly reduced in intensity by the dispersion.

http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/11/1/1

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Analog Synth Schematics--help!

2005-10-11T23:30:17Z

Does anyone out there know where I could purchase/download a schematic for my CAT SRM II synth?
I've looked in several sites but all have the SRM one not two
any suggestions?

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New Abelton Set From Kraddy - Breaks/Glitch Hop

2005-10-05T20:18:42Z

For all the lovers of glitch, this mix is for you.

It includes tracks from Kraddy, SOTEG, Lawgiverz, Lorin, edIT, and Jnr Hacksaw.
Glitch hop remixes and tweaky breaks that will infest your brain with nanospiders.

www.kraddyodaddy.com/audio/kraddy_livemix.mp3

Here's the tracklisting:

bellydancer : lorin + kraddy
conscious : kraddy
next episode rmx : kraddy
mos beautiful : kraddy
faux show : kraddy
dangerous rmx : kraddy
get ur freak on : edIT
akbar beat : soteg
property : kraddy
forgot about dre rmx : kraddy
godzilla : kraddy
ocill8 : jnr hacksaw
end of six : soteg
tunnel : lawgiverz
no turn unstoned: jnr hacksaw

Go to www.kraddyodaddy.com to join my mailing list
_______
Also be sure to check out all the artists on the mix - they all do some damage to the synapes:

SOTEG :: www.blessrecords.com ::

Lorin :: www.bassnectar.net ::

edIT :: www.myspace.com/edIT ::

Jnr Hacksaw :: www.jnrhacksaw.com ::

Lawgiverz :: www.trigger.uk.net ::

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FUTURESONIC 2006 - Call for submissions

2005-08-24T06:31:15Z

FUTURESONIC 2006
10 years of Futuresonic

International festival of electronic music and media arts
Venues across Manchester
July 2006

INDEPENDENCE - The '10 Years of Futuresonic' theme

Futuresonic 2006 will explore the state of independence today, and
showcase independent music, arts and technologies that are open,
emergent, collaborative and ad-hoc.

Celebrating collaborative cultures and independence movements - from
independent labels to peer-to-peer culture, from free parties to free
networks, from locative media to local food.

Deadline for initial expressions of interest - Wednesday 5 October 2005.

To learn more visit www.futuresonic.com.

Futuresonic 2006 will also host the final exhibition and conference of
PLAN - The Pervasive and Locative Arts Network. Further information
available soon via www.open-plan.org.

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PBR can Mic

2005-07-14T22:54:56Z

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/04/homemade-beer-based-condenser-mic.html

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What headphones does anyone prefer to do their monitoring when recording?

2005-07-14T20:39:20Z

Name and model please

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Sampling Theorem?

2005-07-10T17:55:05Z

Can anyone describe the finer points of the sampling theorem?

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Ambisonics Tribe!

2005-07-10T17:53:47Z

There is a new tribe who is looking for people interested in talking about Ambisonics
and other technologies capable of recording, reproducing, and manipulating a 3D
soundfield!

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Vocoding the hard way...

2005-07-07T03:13:35Z

Hi people,

I'm Dave the singer in the band Reactor. The last track on our debut album is a dark and bendy vocoder epic called 'Reaching Out'. It uses the traditional 'voice through chords' vocoder technique with one crucial difference. All the notes in the chords are independent lines which bend in different directions to make the chord changes. It's very trippy!

www.reactor-site.com/clips/reactor_reachingout_clip.mp3
(1Mb)

You can buy the album and get loads of free stuff at www.reactorsite.com (video, mp3s, sampled instruments, gallery etc)

Hope you like it!

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Cymatics

2005-07-06T20:07:00Z

...Hadn't ever heard of this 'discipline' before. Parts of it sound a bit new-agey and all, but an interesting idea nonetheless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_cymatics.htm
http://www.cymaticsource.com/

From the second link: "In his research with the tonoscope, Jenny noticed that when the vowels of the ancient languages of Hebrew and Sanskrit were pronounced, the sand took the shape of the written symbols for these vowels, while our modern languages, on the other hand, did not generate the same result!"

-if this is true, you'd think it would get a lot more press than just this.

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mbox on pc?

2005-06-29T01:11:49Z

Okay, I know this may be a religious issue... but I need some input.

I've got a laptop(gateway 4535GX) and I need to get better audio than my builtin sound card. I have used (don't laugh, it was cheap and I didn't have much cash) an external usb SoundBlaster Live! unit to do some recording.

I need to graduate up, and mbox is an option. Mac people swear *by* them. PC people seem to swear *at* them.

For those people who have actually gotten one to *work* with a PC, can you give me some ideas as to what you either had to start with that worked well, or if you had an epic saga getting one to work, what did you do? And which unit you got to work?

thanks
sg

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LA-July 2nd-Audiocrash-Hard Experimental Electronic Music

2005-06-26T20:02:05Z

saturday july 2nd
suburban theory presents

AUDIOCRASH
technobreakelectrocore

Uniting the California Hard Experimental Scene

SAN FRANCISCO
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kid kameleon
dj ripley
red max
r-type
filthmilk
heartworm
dj semtex
bass bin laden
666 gangstaz VS megabitch

LOS ANGELES
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sonic death rabbit (live PA)
baseck
violentfingers (live PA)
hatbox (live PA)
low tech (live PA)

$10 - 21 & over
9:30 pm - 5:30 am
Los Angeles Location
Call (323) 769-5844 for directions

Costumes are encouraged.

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EMP Workshop in a Transylvanian castle!!!

2005-06-26T14:38:54Z

EMP Workshop & Artist Exchange
9 July 2005 - 19 July 2005

40 people have the special opportunity of meeting some of the artists in the line up for 10 days to produce together with them some high quality electronic music! The best tracks made in that time will be released on a special compilation and will be played at Transylvania Calling Gathering 2005. The EMP Workshop takes place in and around of a castle in Transylvania not far from Hermannstadt / Sibiu which is surrounded by massive big walls.

If you ever wanted to have some experienced electronic music producers around you to give you tips and help you out where you get stuck, this is the chance to meet some of them and many others who decided to get into producing electronic music.
here some names :
Tamlin
Sienis
Loopus in Fabula
Squaremeat
Infinitium
Whicked Hayo
Atma & R´Tur

Participants of the Electronic Music Producer Workshop should bring theyr active small speakers, soundcard, headphones and laptops if they have. We will also provide around 10 working spotsYou will make music in groups and get assistance & lessons for fruity loops, cubase and other software from experienced producers. Pepe from Squaremeat will lead the Workshop! cost 10 euro per person and day. You need tent, sleeping bag, camping gear and some euro for food what cost little extra.There might be some sharerooms available for xtra costs in one of the many houses inside the walls, or you can even find another place somewhere in the village cause many people rent out rooms. Or you just camp on the green grass inside the walls which is included in the 10 euro. there is still about 25 spots left! so hurry up! :)
www.transylvaniacalling.com

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Sweet Turntable Mods

2005-06-20T17:12:47Z

Just as the title suggests.

http://www.cpcarts.org/kitundu/instruments.html

peace
-p

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ASIO 4 All ! free asio driver for any soundcard...

2005-06-20T16:58:53Z

http://www.asio4all.com/

now, when your friends want low-latency sound for making and recording music, you no longer have to tell them to buy an expensive pro-audio soundcard. There is a driver for most built-in sound cards that enables low latency ASIO performance. Best of all its free!

So hook up that midi keyboard and start playing those virtual synthesizers. record multitrack arrangements a mile thick- with ultra-low latency!!! And you don't need to buy an ASIO soundcard!!!

http://www.asio4all.com/

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Anyone know of software to record your settings?

2005-05-22T21:52:53Z

I have a Fostex VF-160 Hard Disk Recorder. Does anyone know of any software that i can run on my PC and record all of the settings that i used in a session?

This would be helpful for future recording sessions.

thanx..

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