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Group 4_
Aaron Onchi, Betty Sanchez, Roberto Gutierrez, Frank Durán , Belén Olaya García
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
Group 4_
Aaron Onchi, Betty Sanchez, Roberto Gutierrez, Frank Durán , Belén Olaya García
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
The mess of today's experiment of generating DC signals in Reason and routing them to moogerfoogers -> Like a ReVolta!
As if I needed another large, unwieldy vintage organ...I found this awesome Hammond B-3 clone for $100 in a local store. It's an Italian-made Crumar T2. I've seen them go for $300-$500 with a dead key..there's no foot pedal for swells, and I don't think the fold down legs were still on the case body (it's one that stays "in" the case when you take the lid off....but I have total Stereolab delusions I'm seriously considering indulging.
This set has separate receiver and power supply/deflection chassis. Apart from the cabinet, it is apparently the same as the TV53 and TV63.
Static
a. inactive, not in physical motion
b. of or relating to bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
c. a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
Pulse
a. rhythmical beating, vibrating, or sounding
b. a transient variation of a quantity whose value is normally constant
c. an electromagnetic wave or modulation thereof of brief duration
Shot in Tokyo with Canon 350D and 5D DSLRs, processed with Lightroom (raw files color adjustment and resizing)/VirtualDub (deshaker/deflicker filters)/Sony Vegas (editing). Original rendered in full 1080 HD@30p.
Music : Edge to Life by Recoil on "Bloodline". Available from all major music outlets.
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Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Samuel Cockedey.
Group 4_
Aaron Onchi, Betty Sanchez, Roberto Gutierrez, Frank Durán , Belén Olaya García
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
ArtScience celebrates 25th anniversary
Paradiso, Amsterdam 2015
Loudthings is an audiovisual account of an expedition into the inside world of the computer. Using a set of elementary instructions such as modulation, masking, and feedback, Telcosystems programmed a self-organizing network of algorithmic processes for the creation of spatial image and sound. The result is a non-referential world which strains the senses; an exploration along the borders of human perception, through worlds of multiplying and mushrooming clouds of light and sound, through worlds of mesmerizing spatiality and interfering landscapes.
Loudthings has been nominated for a Tiger Awards for Short Film at IFFR 2008 and won the Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival 2009 and the Grand Prix 2008 at 25 FPS festival in Zagreb Croatia.
Loudthings premiered at the IFFR film festival Rotterdam in 2008, and has been shown since at festivals such as Ann Arbor film festival, EX-IS Seoul, EMAF Osnabruck, IKFF Hamburg, VideEx Zurch, 25FPS Zagreb, NFF Utrecht, ISFF Lille, Spectropia Riga.
Loudthings was made possible by the generous support from: Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, The Netherlands Film Fund, The Rotterdam Film Fund, ThuisKopie Fonds.
Telcosystems
Gideon Kiers, David Kiers and Lucas van der Velden are the founding members of Telcosystems. Lucas van der Velden (1976, Eindhoven) and Gideon Kiers (1975, Amsterdam) studied at the Interfaculty Image and Sound, a department of the Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. David Kiers (1977, Amsterdam) studied at the Sonology department of the Royal Conservatoire.
In their audiovisual works Telcosystems research the relation between the behavior of programmed numerical logic and the human perception of this behavior; they aim at an integration of human expression and programmed machine behavior. This becomes manifest in the immersive audiovisual installations they make, in films, videos, soundtracks, prints and in live performances. The software they write enables them to compose ever-evolving audiovisual worlds. Telcosystems’ installations and films focus on real-time, self-structuring, generative processes, in their live performances they focus on the interaction with these processes. Their work is the result of an ongoing search for an own language of non-referential image and sound, and is characterized by lucid and restrained aesthetics, closely related to the technology they use. In interaction with machines Telcosystems fuse the auditive and visual domains into one immersive spatial experience that explores the limits of the human sensory apparatus.
The NetClock/2 receives and demodulates the WWVB 60 KHz time signal. Once the signal is decoded, the NetClock/2 provides accurate and traceable time data. Or did...
Above is an historical picture, clock locked to WWVB on April 1, 2012.
WARNING: Spectracom receivers extract the carrier from WWVB using a PLL to discipline a local oscillator. The new phase modulation scheme, to be activated by NIST in July, 2012, does not allow carrier extraction... and impacts Spectracom's WWVB products ability to decode time-of-day reliably.
Translation: Netclock/2 will fail. It will unlock from "time sync" and begin freewheeling when the change is initiated. It will become a boat anchor.
The good news: cheap consumer clocks will work better.
Jamis DXT Dual Sport Bicycles ON/OFF road hybrids: What are they? This is a hybrid with a mountain bike position but with road wheel 29” 700c wheels that are a bit wider then road hybrids so they are great for all round use: roads, dirt roads, a bit of mud as well. You can put wider tires with bigger tread as well if you want to go hard core off roading. They also have suspension forks and mountain bike gears so they are like a light weight fast mountain bike.
The dual-sport DXT’s are pumped-up, go-anywhere/do-anything versions of our Allegro fitness bikes. With more gearing range to take on steeper hills and tougher terrain. Wider tires with a trail-capable tread for access to more riding areas, both paved and packed. And disc brakes and suspension forks for real off-road exploration and off-pavement adventure.
Fast Tires: The advantage of large diameter wheels is getting a lot of press these days with all the noise and news about 29’er mountain bikes. We like to think that the DXT is one of the original 29’ers. With big 700c hoops (same as a 29’er) that roll over bumps & holes better than smaller diameter 26” or 27.5” wheels, and with a bigger contact patch for greater traction and control. But in the case of the DXT, with a smaller 40c width & smoother tread that significantly reduces rolling resistance over fatter, knobbier mountain bike tires for faster sailing on streets and paths.
Absolute versatility: Every DXT offers a full complement of eyelets and rack mounts to simplify installation of carriers and fenders. We even include bosses on the underside of the seatstays for installation of a ring lock. Ring locks are tremendously popular in Europe. A simple turn of the key immobilizes the rear wheel and prevents someone from riding off with your bike.
Go Anywhere. Do Anything: The drivetrains on our DXT bikes feature long cage ATB rear derailleurs, full-size triple chainring cranksets and big 11-34 or 32T cassette blocks. This gives you the dual advantage of having high road bike gearing for controlled pedaling at speed on descents and low mountain bike gearing for easier pedaling uphill.
Full Shimano Shift Systems: Fully integrated shifting systems offer the most precise and reliable performance. That’s why every DXT offers Shimano shifters, Shimano front and rear derailleurs, Shimano cranksets and Shimano cassettes.
Awesome brakes: The advantages of disc brakes over rim brakes on a versatile bike like the DXT far exceed their sole disadvantage, weight gain. Besides their incredible power and modulation, they’re just plain safer, especially in the rain. Once rims get wet or muddy, using friction to stop the wheel at its circumference is less efficient than using friction to stop a less wet or muddy small diameter disc near the center of the wheel from rotating. And eliminating the rim from braking surface duties results in a longer lasting wheel
Suspension When you need it, Lock out when you don’t: The advantage of a suspension fork should be intuitively clear: hit a bump and absorb it. Hit a bump and stay in control of your bike. But suspension isn’t always desirable. When riding on smooth pavement or climbing, pedaling energy and power can be absorbed and dissipated by the movement (bobbing) of the fork. Enter lockout. With a flip of a knob on the top of the fork, the fork’s travel can be locked from movement, allowing the bike to be 100% responsive to pedaling input .
Adjustable Cockpit height (stem adjustment): Proper fit on your bike is critical for maximum performance and comfort. That’s why we offer the patented ATS adjustable threadless steering system on the Allegro Elite and Comp models. Whether you want to fine tune your ride and establish the perfect fit, or change it regularly to suit different terrain, with this stem, adjusting your handlebar height is as easy as adjusting your seat post height. You can even adjust it quickly while out on a ride.
2016 DXT Sport $586 WAS $853
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2015 DXT SPORT STEP THROUGH $599 WAS $955
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2015 DXT COMP $817 WAS $1279
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2016 DXT COMP $699 WAS $1069
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2016 DXT ELITE $899 WAS $1459
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2017 DXT SPORT $771
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2017 DXT SPORT FEMME $771
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Kate Beck
Modulation , 2010
Graphite of paper on aluminum floated in maple frame
12 x 12 inches
PG# KB.0014
Pelavin Gallery is proud to announce a solo exhibition of recent work by American artist, Kate Beck. This show will include large scale poured oil paintings and graphite drawings on aluminum panel. This will be Beck’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, and in New York City.
In this new body of work, Beck continues her engagement with repetitive tonal rendering as a means of interaction between light and shadow, human thought and consciousness, and the dynamic architectonics of space. This time she takes the essence of form further by using aluminum substrates, allowing modulating marks of graphite and poured oil to accumulate and shift amidst the confines of the geometric shapes. Tension oscillates between formalistic geometry and existential space; an allusion to thought and consciousness, and the passage of time.
For more information, please visit pelavingallery.com
Evil Twin : Circuit Bent Twin Neck Toy Guitar.
Each neck has a range of sounds, top one are leads, bottom one, riffs and rhythms.
The 2 necks can be pitched independently of each other and have their own volume controls and an LFO for modulation, with speed and depth controls. The original toy was a hideous orange colour with tiger stripes so I gave it a nice hazard warning stripes paint job.
Here is my new Horror OC, Killer Clown Orgodemir, the horror form of Orgodemir who is a killer clown who scares, terrorizes, attacks, tortures and kills people. He is empowered by madness and chaos. He even has his original powers from Dragon Quest VII with some ghoulish abilities (flight, superhuman speed, superhuman agility, superhuman strength, superhuman durability, superhuman flexibility, high-level intellect, mastery of disguises, sleeplessness, weapon proficiency, improbable weapon proficiency, feral rage, tracking, stealth, telekinesis, teleportation, immortality, shapeshifting, mischief mastery, reality warping, mind control, size modulation, dream manipulation, illusion manipulation, phobia intuition, clown mimicry, demonic clown mimicry, horror villain mimicry, insanity empowerment, chaos empowerment, balloon creation, balloon manipulation, card generation, card manipulation, toy manipulation, pain suppression, regenerative healing factor, body separation, head liberation, head reattachment, limb liberation, limb reattachment, rocket fists, performance art intuition, juggling intuition, magicians intuition, prank intuition, cartoon physics, fourth wall breaking, gag weaponry, miming, rule bending, clown magic, circus skills, demonic magic, madness manipulation, madness magic, chaos manipulation, chaos magic, dark arts, night vision, power fists, megaton punch, cutting, enhanced combat, impale, multi-hit strike, multi slash, severing, photokinesis/light manipulation, light generation, light infusion, light ball projection, light beam emission, light bolt projection, light blast, light vision, light bullet projection, light pillar projection, light spike projection, light slash, umbrakinesis/darkness manipulation, darkness generation, darkness infusion, darkness ball projection, darkness beam emission, darkness bolt projection, darkness blast, dark vision, darkness bullet projection, darkness pillar projection, darkness spike projection, darkness slash, elemental mixture, photo-umbrakinesis/light-darkness manipulation, fear inducement, death inducement, insanity inducement, chaos inducement and killing intent). He is based on Pennwise the Dancing Clown from IT (both miniseries and movie), Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), Harley Quinn, the Funtime Animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location and various clown villains and serial killers from various media.
Dragon Quest (c) Square-Enix and Armor Project
Killer Clown Orgodemir, idea and artwork (c) me
After lots of research into Fine Art giclée printing and artwork reproduction capture I am pleased to announce the arrival of my new print, 'If They Were Bunnies'. With this print I worked closely with the amazing Mark Parry, of The Artist's Print Room, whose eye for detail spot on. I was so impressed with Mark's work that I also commissioned him to photograph the artwork that I produced for the new Scaramanga Six album.
Aside from Mark's unparalleled photographic and reproduction skills, one of the major selling points for me, in using The Artist's Print Room, is his use of cutting edge Epson® HDX Ultrachrome archival pigments inks, as opposed to ordinary dye-base inks, which are more prone to fading over prolonged exposure to UV light.
At this point I'd like to interject an apology for the white balance on the photograph (which you see here) that I took of the finished 'If They Were Bunnies' print. In the actual print, the bunnies and border are the pure white of the paper, as opposed to the off white that you see here. My Bad!
I created the original image for 'If They Were Bunnies' by first selecting a newspaper image of British police officers attacking demonstrators. I then placed a clear animation cell over the image, and painted out the protestors - replacing them with my own cartoon rabbits. After scanning the image I then tidied up a few bits on my laptop to heighten the contrast between the crisp graphic line work of the bunnies and the just about perceptible halftone modulations of the newspaper image.
As well as the archival pigment inks, that I previously mentioned, 'If They Were Buinnies' is printed on Hahnemuhle Bright White 310 gsm; an acid-free, premium heavy-weight archival paper. The image is 45.5 x 33 cm, and the paper size is 50.5 x 39.3 cm. Each print is signed and editioned (being from a limited edition of 100). The prints are also embossed with an authentication stamp in the lower left corners of the border.
For a limited period I'll be offering 'If They Were Bunnies' at the reduced price of £120 (usual price £150) to members of my mailing list, or to anyone wishing to join the list. So, if you are interested in one of the new prints, or just in joining my mailing list, please feel free to drop me a line at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk
Serotonin (pronounced /ˌsɛrəˈtoʊnɨn/) or 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Biochemically derived from tryptophan, serotonin is primarily found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, platelets, and in the central nervous system (CNS) of humans and animals.
It is a well-known contributor to feelings of well-being, therefore it is also known as a happiness hormone.
Approximately 80 percent of the human body's total serotonin is located in the enterochromaffin cells in the gut, where it is used to regulate intestinal movements. The remainder is synthesized in serotonergic neurons in the CNS where it has various functions. These include the regulation of mood, appetite, sleep, as well as muscle contraction. Serotonin also has some cognitive functions, including in memory and learning.
Modulation of serotonin at synapses is thought to be a major action of several classes of pharmacological antidepressants.
Serotonin secreted from the enterochromaffin cells eventually finds its way out of tissues into the blood. There, it is actively taken up by blood platelets, which store it. When the platelets bind to a clot, they disgorge serotonin, where it serves as a vasoconstrictor and helps to regulate hemostasis and blood clotting. Serotonin also is a growth factor for some types of cells, which may give it a role in wound healing.
Serotonin is mainly metabolized to 5-HIAA, chiefly by the liver. Metabolism involves first oxidation by monoamine oxidase ( MAO ) to the corresponding aldehyde. This is followed by oxidation by aldehyde dehydrogenase to 5-HIAA, the indole acetic acid derivative. The latter is then excreted by the kidneys. One type of tumor, called carcinoid, sometimes secretes large amounts of serotonin into the blood, which causes various forms of the carcinoid syndrome of flushing, diarrhea, and heart problems. Because of serotonin's growth promoting effect on cardiac myocytes, persons with serotonin-secreting carcinoid may suffer a right heart (tricuspid) valve disease syndrome, caused by proliferation of myocytes onto the valve.
In addition to animals, serotonin is also found in fungi and plants. Serotonin's presence in insect venoms and plant spines serves to cause pain, which is a side effect of serotonin injection. Serotonin is produced by pathogenic amoebas, and its effect on the gut causes diarrhea. I
ts widespread presence in many seeds and fruits may serve to stimulate the digestive tract into expelling the seeds. (Wikipedia, 2010)
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Optimizer IVs Active Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) by Impulse Dynamics. Intended for the treatment of heart failure through delivery of Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) signals
I have jumped, with these new shots, into high JPEG definition (JPEG Fine - 4 Mo) because now (as I educate my eye and improve my gaze...) I can sense and perceive the differences with the previous shots in JPEG Normal (2 Mo). And indeed, the picture is (much) more vivid, crystal clear, profound and with rejoicing and soft/brilliant colours and light modulations. :))
Specification
Coach Model MAN 18.350 HOCL/R
Chassis Length 11,850 mm
Chassis Width 2,526 mm
GVW 18,200 kg
Engine Type
Vertical, Water Cooled 6-cylinder 4-stroke Diesel Engine
With Common Rail Injection,
Exhaust Turbocharger and Intercooler
ECR, Replaceable Cylinders Liners
Engine Model MAN D2066 LUH13 Euro 4
Displacement 10,518 c.c
Maximum Output 257 kW (350 hp) @ 1,700 rpm
Maximum Torque 1,750 Nm @ 1,000-1,400 rpm
Bore 120 mm
Stroke 155 mm
Fuel Capacity 300 dm³
Transmission ZF 6S 1900 BO 6-speed Synchromesh Manual Transmission
ZF 6 HP 504C 6-speed Automatic Transmission
Voith D864.5 4-speed Automatic Transmission
Drive Axle MAN HY-1336-B
Suspension Capacity 13,000 kg
Front Axle MAN V9-82 SL
Suspension Capacity 8,200 kg
Brake
Dual Circuit Air Brake System to ADR Directives by Wabco
Front and Rear Axle Disc Brakes
Electronic brake system EBS (ABS, TCS)
Auxiliary Brake Manual Transmission: Engine Brake Valve (EBV)
Automatic Transmission: Integrated Retarder and
Water Cooled with Electric Pressure Modulation
Suspension
Air suspension with 6 identical rolling seals
With Integrated Elastic Stroke Limiter
Electronically Controlled Constant Entrance Height
Suspension Characteristics Under All Load Conditions
Front Suspension 2 x Air Bellows
2 x Shock Absorbers
1 x Level Control Values
1 x Stabilizers
Rear Suspension 4 x Air Bellows
4 x Shock Absorbers
2 x Level Control Values
1 x Stabilizers
Evil Twin : Circuit Bent Twin Neck Toy Guitar.
Each neck has a range of sounds, top one are leads, bottom one, riffs and rhythms.
The 2 necks can be pitched independently of each other and have their own volume controls and an LFO for modulation, with speed and depth controls. The original toy was a hideous orange colour with tiger stripes so I gave it a nice hazard warning stripes paint job.
The title “Unitxt” could be read as “unit extended” referring to a unit of a rhythmic grid or universal text referring to a universal language, e.g. mathematics: units, constants, measurements, prefix-, SI-system of units and is represented in spoken word and by codes in sound itself.
In collaboration with derivative’s touch designer software the original visuals, which are based on real-time manipulation/modulation of software-generated test patterns, has been expanded to a multi-screen set-up with a highly elaborated visual outfit to form an installation of an almost immersive quality.
This special set-up has been developed for more large scale venues and festivals of high demand. So far it has had presentations at Transmediale Berlin, followed by shows at Mutek Montréal and Sonár Barcelona.
credit: rubra
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
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Blue Aluminum Bluetooth (White Keyboard) Wireless Thinnest Slim Case Cover For iPad 2 3 Gen
Feather:
Blue Background Aluminum Faceplate (White Keyboard)
1.The Bluetooth keyboard of ipad is the world's thinnest, and it is just 16.5mm after the merger with ipad. single thickness of Bluetooth keyboard of ipad is only 11mm. The machine weighs just 280 grams, so that it is the world's best carry-on performance Bluetooth keyboard.
2.Maximum Scissor keyboard is designed for ipad, the keyboard pitch to 16.6mm. Chocolate-style keycap's design allows users to experience a more good sense compared to other Bluetooth keyboard. Undoubtedly, the experience of mobile Bluetooth keyboard is the best.
3.Enclosure made of aluminum alloys is used to make the machine more attractive, fashionable, and more integration with ipad native.
4.The Bluetooth keyboard of ipad can be used just by a movement to place ipad on the slot of machine, and is the world's most convenient to use
Description:
Function:
1.Bluetooth 2.0 interface standard
2.Operating Distance to 10 meters.
3.Modulation System:GFSK
4.Lithium Battery Capacity:160mA
5.Uninterrupted Working Time:55hours
6.Operatin Voltage:3.0-5.0V
7.Standby Time:60days
8.Charging Time:4-5hours
Material:Aluminum & Electronic Components
Package:1 x Wireless Keyboard (iPad 2/3 & Support is not include)
1 x USB Power Charger Cable
Compatible:
iPad 2/3 Gen
Heading: 1-2 business day
SELL $ 40.00
RETAIL PRICE $57.98
Speed and Range with Internet Security
•Good for surfing the Internet, email and online chat
•Simple and secure way to share your high-speed Internet connection
•Easy set-up with Smart Wizard® installation CD
•Works with computers with internal Wi-Fi adapter
•Automatically upgrades to the latest router firmware during installation
Features
•Internet sharing broadband router and 4-port switch
•Automatically upgrades to the latest router firmware during installation
•Configurable for private networks and public hotspots
•Double firewall protection from external hackers attacks
•Touchless WiFi Security makes securing your network easy
•Second internal antenna improves range
•Broadband (cable, DSL) Internet service and modem with Ethernet connection
•2.4 GHz wireless adapter or Ethernet adapter and cable for each computer
•Microsoft® Windows® Vista™, XP, 2000, NT, 98, Me, and any other operating system running a TCP/IP network
•Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 5.0 or Netscape® 7.0 or higher
Physical Specifications
•Dimensions: 28 x 175 x 118 mm (1.1 x 6.9 x 4.7 in)
•Weight: 0.26 kg (0.57 lb)
Routing Protocols
•Static routing with TCP/IP, VPN pass-through (IPsec, L2TP), NAT, PPTP, PPPoE, DHCP (client & server)
Application Support
•Works with most Internet gaming and instant messaging applications
Functions
•Automatically detects your ISP type, exposed host (DMZ), MAC address authentication, URL content filtering, logs of Internet activity
Physical Interfaces
•Internet/WAN: 10/100 Mbps (auto-sensing) Ethernet, RJ-45
•LAN: 4 ports 10/100 Mbps (auto-sensing) Ethernet, RJ-45
Wireless
•Network Speeds: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, & 54 Mbps (auto rate capable)
•Modulation Type: 802.11b: DSSS, CCK, DBPSK, DQPSK, 802.11g: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
Features
•Parental control
•Double firewall protection
•Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention
•Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK) and WEP
Antenna
•2 dBi
Power Adapter
•12.0V DC, 1.0A; plug is localized to country of sale
Warranty
•NETGEAR 1-year Warranty
Package Contents
•Wireless-G Router (WGR614v9)
•Smart Wizard installation CD
•Power adapter, localized to country of sale
•Ethernet cable
•Vertical stand
www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf
OK. Try this out. The computer knows what number you have chosen! Every time!
My first thought was that the government had progressed to being able to listen in to our conversations via computer....so I did the exercise using a silent count.....to my amazement the machine was able to predict my number......so...i knew something was up.....I knew that in order for the government to be able to use our computers in this way (without a simple listening device) they had to have an outside source which would bombard us with microwaves...out computers alone could not bring about the results that I was seeing, so what was the source of these waves?
of course, with an RF signal detector I knew I would probably be able to find the signal that the government was using in conjunction with a home computer, in order to either read our minds or cause us to do or think certain things....sxo i made some phone calls.....
Using a microwave signal strength meter, I borrowed from W.P.I. I have made several objective observations about these signals:
1. they tend to be beamed through the window of a room where one spends the most time, usually the window facing the front street
2. they are specifically directed to target and track a person inside his home
3. the tracking speed is slow, and when the target moves, the signal takes several seconds or minutes to search and find the target at his new location.
4. when the target enters an area in his home that the signal cannot reach, the signal goes on a wide search mode, thinking the target has left his home and is traveling about town.
5. when the primary window is blocked off, within days the signal finds another window or thin wall to penetrate
6. one can feel the effects of this signal, which may induce a dull headache or pressure in the temples
I now believe cell phone towers are used to generate these signals by triangulating hotspots on selected tracked targets. our own home computers perform the calculations necessary to alter the signal of each of three cell phone towers so as to triangulate a hotspot of signal at the target’s location. When the target moves, new calculations have to be made, which takes several seconds. Maybe something else generates the beams, like satellites.
These signals must consist of microwave carriers with ELF modulation, and perhaps with audio or text encoded messages. Some possibilities:
1. the microwaves resonate with DNA, can penetrate flesh and bone, pass through some walls and windows, and are already in use by cell phones.
2. these signals entrain brainwaves into a high-beta state, which causes aggression and stress, or an alpha level that induces hypnotic states and can induce one to think of a specific number.
3. besides the ELF waves that entrain brain states, the carrier may also convey audio messages. I have not verified what these messages are, but they could be something along the lines of “You are angry, You cannot think, You give up, You have no energy, or of course pick number 8…” These audio messages could be modulated into the microwave carrier via frequency modulation, while the ELF brain-entrainment signals could be amplitude modulated.
4. there may also be emotional signatures frequency-modulated into the carrier. These can induce anger, frustration, sadness, or essentially any human emotion into susceptible targets
so after much consideration there are two things I believe you can do. First, you can learn to better cope with these signals. The more you are in control of your own mind and emotions, and the more observant you are about your own behavior, the less influence these signals have upon your thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Knowing is half the battle.
Second, you can take additional steps to reduce the level of EM radiation in your home, by blocking these signals.Standard methods of blocking microwave mind programming signals consist of Faraday cages, but Faraday cages are difficult and expensive to build.
but by using this simple to construct hat you can block most but not all of the signals.....If you need assistance I can help you construct a hat of the right height. When using the hat the machine was only able to predict my number 3 out of the ten tries. One of the times the hat had slid down on my head so we can discount that as a false positive....
So,there you have it! Anybody need a hat?
architecture.arqhys.com/architects/antoniobonet-biography...
ANTONIO BONET. In 1942, Bonet participates in the constitution of the Organization of the Integral House in the Argentine Republic. The idea of the formation of its work ties it with the ideas suggested by Him Corbusier throughout the process of preparation of the Plan of Buenos Aires. "the routine servitude of conception submissive the outsider does not exist any worthy of consideration argument seriously nor even in that some Argentineans live" So that the initial note of a universal modulation does not take place in our country, whose hope appears in the immediate perspective of the world: on the area in catastrophe of the cities martyred by the war, the genius of the man already begins to project the new forms of the human coexistence. On the contrary, the essential circumstance of our historical youth and the one of our adventurous peace, locate to us in the moral obligation to create new forms of life anticipating us to whatever of project and of dream it even subsists in a world of towns in flames and ruins. This thought of Bonet, is taken from the N° Notebook 1 of OVRA, titled Study of the Contemporary Problems for the organization of the integral house in the Argentine Republic. Without a doubt, the text gathers part of the optimism of the Austral Group. But while this one was directed to the architects and its problems, in the OVRA manifesto the horizon is ampler, next to certain discovered nonfree of messianism of the American, coincident with other similar initiatives in other places of the continent.
Reflections of Antonio Bonet on the architecture: "the architectonic elements that will form the new city will be formed by a series, numerous, of structures little systematized. Those structures will be able to arrive to the maximum from their aesthetic, technical perfection and economic, since besides to be placed in free lands, its study must be based on the progressive improvement of such types, so as it has become in the great architectures of the past. Within those structures, that will be the expression of the effort of the social man, to obtain the order and the harmony of its time, never will be obtained to a freedom reached after the development of the life of the man like individual, and the one of its institutions. It is well certain that we are even far from that stage, But does not fit doubt that once demonstrated that the modern buildings can be developed in simple structures, more and more seemed to each other, it will make the importance powerful of this system. Those buildings will be used and the equipped for but diverse uses, without aging with it, although they will have to work at a time whose social programs, industrial, etc., are in permanent evolution. I am going to finish with the confession of my conviction of which to group the programs for the unification of the structures, is something enormously difficult, but some is no doubt that it is the way that will take us forms to the true architectonic of our time. in that the diverse social programs will be developed freely, cultural hygienic, etc., that must form the structure of the new society.
This triangle wave is the residual PWM signal (originally a square wave) after filtering through a simple RC network. The resistor is 1kΩ and the capacitor is 68nF. Amplitude of the 31.25kHz signal is about 0.6V. This seems a bit much to me, so I propose to try a more sophisticated active filter circuit. The scope is a rather beaten-up Philips PM3335.
UPDATE: This is the type of filter that I'm thinking of:
interface.khm.de/index.php/lab/experiments/arduino-dds-si...
Basically, the Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. As well as being capable of creating sound in itself, you can of course also play sound through the springs like a regular spring reverb - this makes for happy-fun-time finger-modulation of the reverb on whatever audio that's going through it. On top of this there's an analog multimode filter that can be used to attenuate or exaggerate certain frequencies in the sound, this is real handy while playing the springs as you can - for instance - cut all the highs and just make thunderous doomy sounds or do the opposite; cut all the lows and make that ear piercing high frequency special love. Also, it incorporates an LFO that's internally routable to the filter and that also has some external routing-stuff. The Ekdahl Moisturizer has tons of CV / Expression pedal options on the back for even more hillarious moments. The Moisturizer is a mono unit.
The Moisturizer was developed with the help of Jason Willett (Half Japanese, Leperchaun Catering), Martin Schmidt (Matmos, Instant Coffee), Joshua Atkins (Polygons, Major Powers), mom & dad and many more
Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.
Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization
Computational architecture and design course
Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.
Instructors:
Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]
Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]
Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]
MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]
Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]
ArtScience celebrates 25th anniversary
Paradiso, Amsterdam 2015
Loudthings is an audiovisual account of an expedition into the inside world of the computer. Using a set of elementary instructions such as modulation, masking, and feedback, Telcosystems programmed a self-organizing network of algorithmic processes for the creation of spatial image and sound. The result is a non-referential world which strains the senses; an exploration along the borders of human perception, through worlds of multiplying and mushrooming clouds of light and sound, through worlds of mesmerizing spatiality and interfering landscapes.
Loudthings has been nominated for a Tiger Awards for Short Film at IFFR 2008 and won the Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival 2009 and the Grand Prix 2008 at 25 FPS festival in Zagreb Croatia.
Loudthings premiered at the IFFR film festival Rotterdam in 2008, and has been shown since at festivals such as Ann Arbor film festival, EX-IS Seoul, EMAF Osnabruck, IKFF Hamburg, VideEx Zurch, 25FPS Zagreb, NFF Utrecht, ISFF Lille, Spectropia Riga.
Loudthings was made possible by the generous support from: Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, The Netherlands Film Fund, The Rotterdam Film Fund, ThuisKopie Fonds.
Telcosystems
Gideon Kiers, David Kiers and Lucas van der Velden are the founding members of Telcosystems. Lucas van der Velden (1976, Eindhoven) and Gideon Kiers (1975, Amsterdam) studied at the Interfaculty Image and Sound, a department of the Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. David Kiers (1977, Amsterdam) studied at the Sonology department of the Royal Conservatoire.
In their audiovisual works Telcosystems research the relation between the behavior of programmed numerical logic and the human perception of this behavior; they aim at an integration of human expression and programmed machine behavior. This becomes manifest in the immersive audiovisual installations they make, in films, videos, soundtracks, prints and in live performances. The software they write enables them to compose ever-evolving audiovisual worlds. Telcosystems’ installations and films focus on real-time, self-structuring, generative processes, in their live performances they focus on the interaction with these processes. Their work is the result of an ongoing search for an own language of non-referential image and sound, and is characterized by lucid and restrained aesthetics, closely related to the technology they use. In interaction with machines Telcosystems fuse the auditive and visual domains into one immersive spatial experience that explores the limits of the human sensory apparatus.
Some color modulation and washes. Still lots of work to do.
The top word is "fascists" - anyone know what the bottom word is?
From VintageSynth.com: The GR-700 is a stomp-box guitar synth with the same synth engine as the JX-3P. The G-707 is the flashy guitar controller which connects to the 700 via 24 pin cable. On the 707 guitar are knobs for the cut-off edit and LFO modulation! So now you can play synth sounds with the guitar instead of a keyboard. Sound-wise it's a pretty good synth. You will need the PG-200 programmer if you want to edit patches more easily. Recall patches by stomping on the foot pedals.
The GR-700 is a six voice polyphonic with two DCO's per voice which means analog oscillators and sounds with digital stability and control. The typical assortment of a resonant lowpass filter, ADSR envelope, LFO and oscillator sections are here with easy and straight-forward programming. The GR-700 and G-707 are used by Cirrus, Tim Skold with MDFMK, Amir Derakh of Orgy, Charlie Singleton of Cameo, T.G.Noyes, King Crimson, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Andy Summers of the Police.
With bivalve flange compression ratings heretofore unthinkable, this low-cost reengineering of the workhorse Tremulant Coraline TX12 is guaranteed to provide the ultimate in steam sequestration and harmonic regulation, providing superior memetic boost and reduced Blaylock emissions. And with the new Rosencranz-Hugyens Mach V zero-point phase-shift gasket locks, modulation breakdown is a relic of the past!
320x480@160 for iphone wallpaper goodness!
Sarah Perkins | Springfield MO
"Black Open Bowl" (2010)
copper, enamel
As a maker of hollowware, I use properties of the metal: the plasticity, the permanence and the dimensionality. As an enameler, I use properties of the glass: the preciousness, the surface qualities and the color. In my work these properties function together to make a whole, with the two materials complementing and completing each other, rather than one being visually more important than the other.
My work reflects my emotional response to my environment, often referring to landscape, body part or natural object. Some of the forms are based directly on plants, fruits, rock formations and other natural objects. The colors and enamel imagery are derived from natural objects as well because I find the natural modulations of color, texture and surface very appealing and very intimate.
Evil Twin : Circuit Bent Twin Neck Toy Guitar.
Each neck has a range of sounds, top one are leads, bottom one, riffs and rhythms.
The 2 necks can be pitched independently of each other and have their own volume controls and an LFO for modulation, with speed and depth controls. The original toy was a hideous orange colour with tiger stripes so I gave it a nice hazard warning stripes paint job.
Accompaying our March 2013 cover story on electronic music producer Junkie XL, here's a trove of gear pics he sent us personally! The SE MIDImoogs and MIDIminis featured a lot of control and modulation options not found on the original Moogs.
Equipped with sophisticated Enhanced Capture/Compare/PWM (ECCP) peripheral the Microchip PIC18F14K50 microcontroller could produce up to four PWM channel outputs. The enhanced PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) mode in ECCP peripheral is capable to drive the full bridge DC Motor circuit directly both in forward or reverse direction. It also could generate single PWM output on the selectable PIC18F14K50 pins when it configured in pulse steering mode. For more information you could visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=1461
Cheap ass way to create an analog signal from digital output. Pulse width modulation from Arduino used to control the brightness of the led.
Gustav Klimt
Portrait of a lady [1894]
Portrait von Frau Heymann ?
Historical Museum of the City of Vienna
As in the portrait of Marie Breunig it is assumed that Klimt referred to photos as the exactly set light, the texture of the skin and the modulation of the shadow suggest.
Source:
www.klimt.com/en/biography/1891---1898/details-klimt-dame...
"Architecture is a chained and fettered art. Far from being "frozen music," it is an art constantly attempting to realize in solid, stable form those effects which music is able to conjure up in an instant—effects which succeed each other rapidly during the progress of a musical work. Music can attain the colossal in a way which, in architecture, only the rarest opportunities render even remotely possible. Music can, in a few moments, admit us through vast portals into avenues, courts and halls of infinite extent and variety. Music can suddenly raise up an entire structure and, by the device of modulation, lift it on to a podium, abruptly recess its facades and turn them bodily into the sunshine. Music can etch silhouettes ten times more intricate than those of Dresden or London City, repeat them, increase or reduce them, hurl them into the distance or bring them before us in precise detail. Most of the essentials of architecture—mass, rhythm, texture, outline—are within music's power. Almost, the two arts are the same art, the one able to express nearly everything which the imagination is capable of conceiving, the other bound by the rigours of economy and use."
~ John Newenham Summerson, Heavenly Mansions and Other Essays on Architecture, ch. 5, AMS Press (1949)
So we definately have a special beast on our hands here.
At first glance 3 things about this controller stand out.
A. It's big
B Its's sexy
C ...And something's missing. Or should i say no more jog wheels.
Indeed removing the jog wheels is a bold step in a different direction that will not please all. Instantly I think of the #REALDJING campain launched recently by allstar DJs such as A-Trak, DJ Craze, Shifty and friends... who aim to bring back value to battle DJ techniques. Think scratching, mary go rounds, back spins, etc... paired with a modern flare of cue point juggling, finger drumming and manual beatmatching. In a nutshell the #REALDJING crew really seems to be promoting the idea of turntable gymnasts with rugged attitudes. Which means that removing the jogwheels from the flagship NI S8 controller places them at odds with practically all of the above.
So who is the Kontrol S8 for?
Although one could make the point that the S8 is a solid and very capable machine that will inevitably be used to play all types of music. It's energy is more closely alligned with the style of house, minimal, techno, and electronic music. This controller pratically begs it's users to start layering songs, samples, loops and effects together. As if each sound is a different brush strokes on canvass adding richness, character, and depth, the S8 will excell in the details, seemlessness, modulations, and the combination of individual instrument lines. This is great news for producers, as they will be able to deconstruct their original songs by seperating all the instruments to re-arrange and/or enhance them into brand new compostions and remixes LIVE. Not suprisingly this live aspect of creativity and performance is the direction Native Instruments have been pushing towards for many years now as they chant their battle cry: #FUTUREOFDJING.
Many will say that ideally you would want a controller that could progress in both worlds. Like Jack Nicholson said, "Why can't we just all ...get along?". But as of now, it seems that lines have been drawn in the sand #REALDJING on one side and #FUTUREOFDJING on the other.
But let's move past they hype and the hashtag wars. Here's my Traktor Kontrol S8 Pros & Cons Breakdown:
Pros:
1. DESIGN
Visually it's a killer straight out of the box and even more so once all the lights are on.
2. BUILD QUALITY
Superior build quality then all their previous controlers with full metal facing, glossy displays, and improved knobs and faders.
3. LESS "COMPUTER FACE" TIME
This is due largly to the addition of the two beautiful, clear, and vivid screens. It's not very exciting to watch an artist with his nose constantly tucked in his laptop screen. (something I'm also guilty of doing). But that's the good news. This feature will lead you into minimizing that time to concentrate on performing the instrument in a similar way that the the CDJs do.
4. EXTRA FX PLAYABILITY
Forge your singnature style with FX.
With the the extra knobs and buttons placed on the S8 will finally be able to take advantage of the 4 assignable FX units (with 3 fx in each). So theoretically you could have 12 fx at your fingertips routed to Deck A! But I know for me assigning 6 FX to Deck A and 6 FX to deck B will probably be more suiting and practical for a healthy workflow.
5. EXTRA HEADPHONE VOLUME
It's loud & Clear. For those who struggled with the S2's and the S4's headphone gain for cueing mixes in loud bars & clubs, struggle no more!
6. REMIX DECK CONTROL
Unleash your creative remix potential it's like having two F1s incorporated directly in your main controller.
7. EXTRA CONNECTIVITY
The most notable is the full 4 track mixer's
4 Ins (1 Line / Phono input corresponding to each deck)
Pairing it with turntables, CDJs, Effects Processors, Synths etc.. is simpler than ever.
2 Microphone inputs (XLR & 1/4" jack)
2 Headphone Inputs (1/8" and 1/4" jack)
2 Main Outs (RCA, XLR)
1 Booth Out (1/4" jack)
1 Midi In and 1 Midi Out
CONS:
1. NOT MIDI CUSTOMIZABLE.. YET.
So this seems to be the #1 concern as of now. I'm sure this will be fixed with software / firmware updates in the future but for now you must use the default settings. If you were one of those who liked to swap out the filter to get a Xone 4 band EQ you'll just have to shine it on for a little bit longer.
2. TOO BIG?
Depending on what you're used to, it might be too big to fit comfortably in many of todays small dj booths.
3. LESS SENSITIVE PADS
I've noticed the main pads are less sensitive than the S2 & S4 making them less conviniant for cue point juggling or finger drumming with out using more force (simply touching the pads is not enough they have to click)
4. NO MORE SCRATCHING AND BACK SPINS
As i write this the only scratching you can do with this controller is if the track is stoped using the touch strip. Awkward. So guess what, if you want to scratch, you'll have to hook up a turntable. Yet you know they could have added just a small button to switch from scratch mode to needle droop mode for the touch strip, but why didn't they do this? Which brings us to our next point.
5. QUESTIONABLE USE OF REAL-ESTATE
I feel like this 30% percent larger controller than the S4 could have easily packed in more functions. For instance they took away 1 of the 2 encoders previously used to loop, navigate songs in beatgrid increments, and beatmashing (in flux mode). These tasks become more demanding with a single encoder where where you constantly use your second hand to press the SHIFT botton. So if i want to simultaneously throw in a filter or another stylistic effect at that moment it becomes complicated. Again they could have easily kept the second encoder. Or they could have pusitioned the SHIFT key so it was close enough to the encoder to do both with one hand. Maybe the S16 will solve this problem. Next I can think of the assignement of the fx pannels to decks. They could have placed 4 buttons on the mixer one for each fx pannel. But yet again you have to use the evil SHIFT button to do the proper routing to fx pannel 3 and 4.
And i could go on about the use of the space things lacking and things awkwardly placed... But obviously it's probably not a deal breaker. It's just me thinking of how this could have been a better more perfect controller for my purposes.
In conclusion NI have made an impressive new DJing tool that will surely inspire producers and DJs alike to blur the lines between DJ sets and a Live sets. Is it perfect? No. Is it the best DJ controller by N.I. yet? Without a doubt! When it's all said and done the S8 will go down in history as the first serious DJ controller to lose the jog wheels marking a paragdim shift in Djing. Where DJs without vinyl and turntables will stop pretending to be mixing on turntables and allow themselves to sync tracks in order to concentrate more energy and creativity into their DJ sets. So keep mixing in the free world and doot-dola doot doo... doot doot.
13 Nov 2014