Hardware & I

Because I’m often more than one in my head, I like softwares but I like hardwares too.
We are all dual, but in my case, being also Design the Media & Protofuse, I’d like to merge all inside one (astral) body named Julien.

Mates, it is hard sometimes, but  finally, if I was one and only one, it wouldn’t be fun would it be ?

This is why, today, after an hard work around the MatriX, I want to make a “unifying (astral) hardware”

It would be software inside hardware, music inside software, engineering but artistic project.

I had some hardware experiences like the protodeck (huge) controller
I designed some other little machines like a monome clone.
But purpose was more to make controllers, I mean: machines I could use to control something (software or other machines)

Here are some unrevealed before photographies from the making of the Protodeck !!

Now & because Protofuse became a huge part of my life (huge projects coming, 2 gigs in that only week in UK, remix & mastering for friends too), I WANT to make a sound machine for me but for you too.

It would pop out ambient & zen sounds, in a relaxation purpose
You could use it everywhere and even load my own sounds produced each month.

Firstly, I’d like to know if you’d like to grab one in the case I’d bring them to life.
Please comment your opinions & feelings about that

I just created a closed facebook group in which I’ll invite only very close collaborators & some friends too in order to share & discuss about my designs.
Check the group and eventually ask me if you think I forgot to  join your profile to it : https://www.facebook.com/groups/215860821831464/ 

Take care.

2 lives performance scheduled in UK

I’ll play 2 music live performances very soon in UK in Leicester.
Thanks to Sean and the team to have invited me.
I’m sure we’ll have fun

Check the event global schedule here

Here is a VERY smal extract of the live I’ll perform on next saturday (the 14th)

Here are all the informations required:

Friday 13th january
Between 7:30pm – 11:00pm @ Fabrika, Humberstone Gate, Leicester
One sound performance exploring ambient soundscapes & haunting noisy drones.
This will be very close from what I’m currently composing for my Lovecraft’s project.

Saturday 14th january
8:30pm @ Phoenix Square, Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG
One sound performance exploring syncopated rythmed & noisy glitches IDM.

I hope to meet you there!

I can also link my artistic website here: protofuse.net

The NEXT sequencer playing SKANNER

(check the video at the end of this article)

SKANNERis a synthesizer based on scanned synthesis, made by Native Instruments as a REAKTOR‘S ensemble (an ensemble is like a max patch, a bunch of visualized objects connected with cords)

Scanned synthesis involves a slow dynamic system whose frequencies of vibration are below about 15 Hz. The ear cannot hear the low frequencies of the dynamic system. So, to make audible frequencies, the “shape” of the dynamic system, along a closed path, is scanned periodically. The “shape” is converted to a sound wave whose pitch is determined by the speed of the scanning function. Pitch control is completely separate from the dynamic system control. Thus timbre and pitch are independent. This system can be looked upon as a dynamic wave table. The model can be compared to a slowly vibrating string, or a two dimensional surface obeying the wave equation.  (WIKIPEDIA)

Its guts look like this  Continue reading »

Uncanny Sequencer in the real world

My friend & beta tester Tristan Héau tweaked & composed a track with The Uncanny Sequencer.

Track made using Uncanny Sequencer for the drums and a Theremin (instrument by Puremagnetik). Mixing standard 4/4 with 5/4 divisions.

I really thank him a lot. Designing tools and seeing (listening) people using it, independantly from you is … like magic.

I’d like to make a kind of sequencer contest.
It would be named:   The Uncanny Contest

You can already send me your sequence (NO MP3, please links to soundcloud), and I’ll compile that and publish you on designthemedia.com I’ll post them in the forum here: http://designthemedia.com/topic/64-the-uncanny-contest/

Some music feelings

This is a short post.
I swear I won’t make only big ones.

I want to compose my ambient album.
This is one of my main music sides.

Because I really like Lovecraft horror tales and because it really inspires my sound design and even my composition approach, I ‘d like to dedicate that album to his mythology & abysses.

I’ll probably make short videos where I could explain with words why I chose this sound or that soundscape, related to this infinite resource of inspiration.