Latest Release:
Echoproject
Posted on | September 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
Today I’m re-releasing my first solo album, from way back in the days of 2000–2001. It’s a multi-faceted collection of electronic tunes, meandering from ambient chill-out, to wobbly breaks & bass, to loungey four-on-the-floor house.
Previous Posts:
How To: Algorithmic Music with Ruby, Reaktor, and OSC
Posted on | November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
The basic idea is to use a simple OSC library available for Ruby to code interesting music, and have Native Instruments’ Reaktor serve as the sound engine. Tadayoshi Funaba has an excellent site including all sorts of interesting Ruby modules. I grabbed the osc.rb module and had fun with it.
I’m giving a brief presentation at the Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group (BArCMuT) meet-up tomorrow, un-officially as part of RubyConf 2009 here in San Francisco.
Here’s a link with downloads and code from my talk. It should be all you need to get started, if you have a system capable of running Ruby, and a copy of Reaktor 5+ (this should work with the demo version too).
Ruby mono sequence example:
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Ruby polyphonic drums example:
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Leave a comment below if you have any questions, or cool discoveries!
Machinedrum Recursive Sampling Test 02
Posted on | November 16, 2009 | 4 Comments
So this is another example of using the MD’s internal sampler to create a recursive “feedback loop” of sampling and resampling and resampling.… This has a tendency of psychedelically twisting the underlying beat. The way this stuff sounds has really surpassed my wildest dreams.
MD Recurse Test 02 by chakaharta
Machinedrum Recursive Sampling Test 01
Posted on | November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
This was a first test at using the Machinedrum’s internal sampler recursively. I was trying to emulate my fractal wavetables sounds in hardware, as closely as the MD could do it.
Cool Tricks For Better Mixes
Posted on | September 3, 2009 | No Comments
Recently slugged through mixdown on Super Broken — a track with a meaty kick, a bassline, a sub-bass line, and a ton of percussion. I found the following 5 tips invaluable.
Super Broken
Posted on | August 24, 2009 | No Comments
New unpublished track, should be coming out soon. Please leave a comment if you’re interested.
Mundae
Posted on | June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
Patchen Preston and I put together this gem of a downtempo track by trading loop bits over FTP as we composed them. All told, we stayed at it online for about 6 hours and came up with this piece.
Fractal Wavetables
Posted on | March 20, 2009 | No Comments
Based on work by composer Terran Olson, I’m releasing a Processing applet that lets you play with recursive/fractal sound synthesis by setting a few sliders.
The Plant
Posted on | July 10, 2008 | No Comments
Tech-house mini-album The Plant is out on Harmonious Discord.
Check it out at any of these fine locations:
Pacific Beats
Posted on | January 22, 2008 | No Comments
My moody / funky/ drum-heavy track Pacific Beats appears on this lovely sampler album put together by Harmonious Discord Recordings.
Head on over to the HD site for samples of all the fantastic cuts on this release, or pick up a copy at Beatport.
