As many people may know, I write what I can when I can.  The longer the interval the more stuff. So, here is some catchup!

• Meet Up
• Post NAMM
• As seen on my radar scope
• iPad

Meet Up

Special thanks to everyone who came out this past Sunday. The meet up was really cool. Dawrin Grosse did a wonderful job. Special thanks to him.  We do have video, we are working on that…

The next meet up is February 28, 2010 at 7pm at the Walnut Room. This is the a Controllerism special we are calling “The Petting Zoo“. I will have more details out soon, but for now I will drop the short list:

• Jazz Mutant Lemur
• Monome 128
• Launchpad (I will not be presenting)
• DJ Tech Tools MIDI Fighter
• Percussa Audio Cubes
• Snyderphonics Manta
• Livid DIY (this product is still in beta testing, but we have access to it already)
• Arduinome (wiki link – this is a Aruino chip that works like a Monome)

So, pretty good huh? This is definitely a first as far as I know. The intent is to end the evening with a number of small and discrete workstations where each one of these is set up and available for testing and questions after the presentations.  So we will NOT be talking at you, instead we will be sharing. Only at NAMM or Messe will you see this many controllers on Ableton!

I think there is more swag available too (no promises, hopefully no one actually hung them self on the lanyards).

March 14 is Cache Flowe as our guest. Here is a collection of the visuals he is working on (flicker). This is gonna be great!

Post NAMM

Not much really. I covered most of the best stuff already. We do have “The Bridge” on the way. On that topic, I am looking for any collaborator/takers on getting a site up for this topic. We own the domains seratoableton.com and serato-ableton.com. All I need is content! Contact me on this (info [at] the site in your URL bar is the email).

Best synths and keyboard article / NAMM round up.

Here is a day 3 review on Synthtopia. Thanks Mark at Modulate This!

http://www.abletonserato.com/ good stuff? Time will tell.

As Seen On My Radar Scope

What is in your DJ bag? I found this informative. (soul)

When Ableton meets Serato is one of the best Q&A’s I have seen.  Worth reading if you  are interested in “The Bridge”.

Ghetto fab home made controller :

How many know about phase cancellation?  As a self declared PWM junkie, this is right up my alley, check out the post at Ableton Tweets. video too!

Off topic a little but good stuff – the 4th amendment in the cloud.

How to make a Vocoder in Ableton:

Video processing device for Max (for Live) from Cycling 74. This is not my strength or a topic I chase, but the article is detailed and informative.

Yet another Bridge video (YABV): There are more on the Vimeo page.

[Live] “Bridge” 2/4 from Masato TSUTSUI on Vimeo.

So, is Pinky cool? This could see me getting Max for Live a little faster.  Let me know!

Oliver (Things to Come) chimes in on The Bridge. He likes!

Oh, how I long for you… tube drum machine.

iPad

I want. I think the unit is a total flop in general, but the ability to control Ableton is already there. A full 10″ touch screen interface is so worth $499, even if it is flawed and generally received as iFlop. Sorry to the fanboy crowd, I am reading well over 10 times more “Apple is dumb” articles than praise for the unit.

Regardless, I want one. Here is an article on the implications for the audio engineer.

More soon! Warp your world! –Marc