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Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the #meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Try sonifying data free, with the MFA Datafree MIDI Generative Tool for Ableton Live.
I did a step-by-step walkthrough on how to use freely accessible temperature data from @openmeteo@fosstodon.org ! Here's the last week or so in Berlin.
More:
https://cdm.link/sonify-data-in-ableton-live-with-a-free-midi-tool/
Gives me some ideas for more to do with Open-Meteo, too.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
That time NIN made a perfect ambient industrial soundtrack for Quake:
https://cdm.link/that-time-nin-made-a-perfect-ambient-industrial-soundtrack-for-quake/
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Max for Move: run RNBO patches on Ableton Move -- like Granulator III:
https://cdm.link/max-for-move-rnbo/
Had this for a few days now, so here's a report. (See also their Raspberry Pi target!)
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Come down a rabbit hole of experimental Irish music, 1960 - 2026 -- with handmade instruments, tape experiments, 1983 live performance, strange Windows media art, alien abductions, and punching a critic live on the BBC.
And happy St. Patrick's Day.
https://cdm.link/tour-irelands-experimental-music-history-handmade-instruments-and-all/
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Oh yeah, since Linux users have joined the conversation -- screencasting platform and tool of choice?
This looks promising... also dig that background...
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Each of the sounds I made for Baby Audio Grainferno, the unique new granular instrument.
Free download for Grainferno + more tips + #creativecommons-licensed audio: https://cdm.link/free-experimental-and-ambient-bank-for-grainferno-plus-sound-design-tips/
[includes an updated download now]
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
So, Bandcamp users -- how is it going with the Stripe payment rollout for you?
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Pikimov, free motion and video app, is now standalone for Mac and Windows:
https://cdm.link/pikimov-offline/
Hopefully Linux soon, too.
Pikimov already looked great, but now there's an offline/standalone download, thanks to supporters. You have to pay $6/mo as a supporter, but *unlike* certain prominent subscriptions, there's no commitment, and your download requires no connection/authorization!
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Pi Day: Hear and see approximations for Pi — and learn about shaders, too:
https://cdm.link/pi-day-bad-pi/
This starts with AV renditions of "bad Pi" and winds up with a 7th-century Indian mathematician trying to transform the future and the unsung achievements of Bhāskara's *daughter*.
#piday spinning out of control!
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Pi Day: Kyoto's Chino Yoshio and Sine Wave Marimbas and Cherry Blossoms.
https://cdm.link/pi-day-chino-yoshio-and-sine-waves/
#piday on CDM
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
If you're looking for something to play with this weekend, go granular -- a full bank of free Baby Audio Grainferno sounds (you can also load in the trial version), plus CC-licensed source loops.
All that and more tutorials from Baby Audio and Sonic State and more sound tips from me.
https://cdm.link/free-experimental-and-ambient-bank-for-grainferno-plus-sound-design-tips/
(this story was temporarily down while I sorted out a preset metadata file I accidentally corrupted -- it's now fixed!)
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Sitka’s excellent Gravity clock Eurorack module is now open-source -- support hardware DIY and support Ukrainians!
Details, videos, and alternate firmwares...
Thanks for your amazing work as always, @oleksiy@sonomu.club
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
The magical world of Grainferno from Baby Audio -- drag a sample or two in and explore. It's all based on unique, pitch-aware, per-grain processing. I talked with developer Joel Keohane to learn more about what's inside:
https://cdm.link/inside-baby-audio-grainferno/
Oh yeah, and of course Curtis Roads fans will want to get into the weeds with us about exactly implementationsof granular synthesis.
My sounds here (sound pack coming next)!
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Bitwig Studio 6 is out of beta, and the “workflow update” is worth the wait.
What's new, where to get started learning:
https://cdm.link/bitwig-studio-6-is-out-of-beta-and-the-workflow-update-is-worth-the-wait/
That's especially relevant if you're trying to put together tools for Linux, I might add...
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Y'all, it was health care and real estate speculation we were trying to survive but sure fine your chatbot I guess is impressive...
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Dorico is quietly working through your Western notation wishlist:
https://cdm.link/dorico-is-quietly-working-through-your-western-notation-wishlist/
This is a free point update, but I go into some context about why minor updates are so huge in scorewriting tools, some history, and what can happen outside common practice Western music. @dorico@mas.to
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
The great Andre Louis @FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com takes us on a tour of Move and its accessibility features.
Who should watch this: everyone. Sighted people, to understand these needs. Move fans, to check out Andre's awesome demo of Move Everything features. Sighted developers of hardware and software, to understand needs of the visually impaired.
https://cdm.link/move-everything-visually-impaired-guide/
With everything else going on in the world, making music more open to everybody seems even more valuable.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
I can see the numbers from in-person events in Berlin. I would just love it if calls to support the forcibly displaced would spread. We need German culture/media; we need international culture/music.
This is really the easiest charity ever. You could give *one dollar/one euro*. That's the makings of a meal. It also adds up.
But we need help spreading the word. Pictured: Egna Legna Besidet (Amharic - “us migrants for us migrants”)
https://cdm.link/community-led-efforts-in-lebanon-supporting-the-displaced/
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Internet has again plunged to near-zero in Iran. That means our friends and colleagues are out of touch with loved ones.
Because of the outage, it may not look like it's working, but you should try running Conduit on a spare phone or computer.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Éliane Radigue has died at 94; portraits - "the sound before sound":
https://cdm.link/eliane-radigue-portraits/
An enormous loss. Looking back in portraits, interviews (EN, FR), remembrances (including the essential writing of Louise Gray).
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Ardour 9.2 is out today. It's extraordinary how much depth this fully free and open-source DAW provides. And now it'll feel a lot more comfortable to users of other DAWs, too. We aren't talking enough about @ardour@fosstodon.org --
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the # meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Valdivia, Chile to Tampere, Finland, a livecoding Solstice is on right now with TOPLAP - https://cdm.link/2023/12/solstice-2023/ - oh yeah, which livecoders following me here, say hi! @toplap@assemblag.es @slovenski_toplap@dogodki.kompot.si