silicone keypad prototype!
I’m not sure yet if this is the right thing to do or not. But, that’s what all good science is built on: experiments. That clear silicone is awesome!
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Steve Cooley mix now on soundcloud
Hard to miss on this site, isn’t it. Well, here’s an easy way to check it out:
The Strangest Dream – Steve Cooley on Electronic Generation by stevecooley
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Steve Cooley live on Electronic Generation Radio
Electronic Generation **live** on Deepmixfm.com (Gumbo Soul Radio)
Every Wednesday 7:30 – 10 PST 10:30 – 1 EST
Listen: www.deepmixfm.com (use the shoutcast or iTunes links)
Host: Stevian (www.djstevian.com)
Chat: Yahoo IM (djstevian) or right on the site with ShoutBox
Guest DJ:
Steve Cooley
Steve Cooley is a musician, engineer, and fine artist in Campbell, California. He has been creating music on computers since 1990 and has multiple releases out on Dobox Recordings. Tonight he will be playing mostly his own tracks from the last 10 years.
Along with Derek Scott, he is creating a new hardware interface for computer music software, called “Beatseqr”. Check it out at http://beatseqr.com
Steve Cooley, Derek Scott, and Charles Johnson (aka QORSER) form the backbone of a band called Haptic Synapses, focusing on live improvised techno. Check out a ton of recordings at http://hapticsynapses.com
Be sure to check www.djstevian.com for current guest info and for Electronic Generation pod casts!
Respect,
stevian
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beatseqr on etsy
Hey, just testing out a wordpress plugin I’m writing to embed etsy items into wordpress posts… it’s working pretty well, and there’s room for improvement, but here we go:
Beatseqr - an arduino mega based computer interface
$299.00 USD
Click here to visit the Etsy page
Beatseqr is an arduino mega based computer interface. It is aimed at electronic musicians and visualists. By itself, it connects to a desktop app that runs on mac or windows and can send out OSC messages to arbitrary network ports. However, combine beatseqr with a tightly integrated sequencer like Dajis Systems' Steppa (included in the price) and you have a powerful interface to create a MIDI loop which you can use to control sounds from pretty much any music software that accepts incoming midi data. We've tested it out with Logic, Live, Reason, Quartz Composer, Max/MSP, PureData, and Processing. It works great!
The source code for the arduino firmware, the processing app, and the max/msp patch are all available for you to modify, customize, and improve as your skills will allow. You don't have to be technical to use beatseqr, but it will certainly help if you're thinking about modifying the firmware. You'll be using the free and open source Arduino IDE to do that. And hey, you'll be getting an Arduino Mega that you can take out of the beatseqr hardware and use for whatever you want.
There are a lot of videos and photos elsewhere.. here are some URLs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6Evcq3zuM
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2487807
http://vimeo.com/7409311
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecooley/sets/72157621882557089/
Loads of photos, videos, and a small but growing library of documentation is available on http://beatseqr.com
Notes about the photos... photos 1-4 are by myself, photo #5 is by my friend Donald Bell. Photo 4 is a size comparison next to a Roland TR909, but it's not included in this sale. Also, other photos feature laptops... they're also not included. Duh, right? :)
Shipping will be insured and with tracking numbers.
Photos from radio integrated 2010
our band Haptic Synapses did a live show using 3 beatseqrs at Radio Integrated in alameda on january 29th, 2010. Our friend Donald Bell stopped by for a test drive and took some nice photos, which are here:
