I will be performing an ambient live looping set for The Fuse Factory at It Looks Like It’s Open Saturday, 9.24.16, with Jacob Wick and The Ghost. Â Here’a a little demo of the kind of work I’ve been doing lately, along with the Facebook event info:
I will be performing an ambient live looping set for The Fuse Factory at It Looks Like It’s Open Saturday, 9.24.16, with Jacob Wick and The Ghost. Â Here’a a little demo of the kind of work I’ve been doing lately, along with the Facebook event info:
Just uploaded a new live looping improvisation to YouTube. I’m starting to get a better feel for the amazing Ditto X4 Looper from TC Electronic, but still feel like I’m only scratching the surface of what it can do. Â That’s always the mark of a good piece of gear — when one knows it will take a while to exhaust its creative possibilities, if ever.
You can also download the track on SoundCloud.
Thanks for watching! Â 😀
Recently upgraded my pedalboard with the new Ditto X4 Looper from TC Electronics. I was using my trusty Boss RC-2 for years, but the following features on the Ditto X4 hooked me:
– two independent loop buffers that can be run simultaneously or serially;
– MIDI syncable;
– decay knob removes earlier layers to combat loop monotony;
– effects that are actually useful — half/double speed, buffer lock, fade out;
Still getting to know this new piece of kit, but so far I’m quite impressed. Will definitely make it easier to create the live soundscapes I’ve been focused on of late.  Here’s a quick video of some layered improvisation:
I’ve been participating in the 2016 weeklybeats.com project wherein an artist is tasked with writing a new track every week for a year.  I am focusing on live looping improvisation, creating spontaneous guitar soundscapes in one take.  The Music page now features a playlist of these works, and I’ve uploaded a video of one of the performances to YouTube.  I also submitted this video to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, if you’d prefer to check it out on their site.
Thanks for listening! Â 🙂
My newest game, Droplettes Holiday Edition – a simple puzzler, is live on the App Store!
Check out more info at the app site, or head over to the App Store and download it for free!
NTHSynth is happy to announce a new sound toy app on the App Store.
Shapes, colors, sound! Make music in seconds with Color Chime.
Tap to create a melodic sound collage. Includes simple controls for timbre, scale, tempo, delay, filter cutoff and filter resonance.
Color Chime is an amusement park for your fingers and a bubble bath for your ears.
Snowchime for iPhone® and iPad® is the first app from NTHSynth.
Snowchime is free through December 19, 2013. Download now from the App Store℠:
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Cycling 74 has published an article I wrote on their site about an awesome teen center in Ann Arbor called the Neutral Zone, and how they are using Max. These kids are doing some amazing things.