Undead Instruments - timeFrog II - Inertial Sensor Gestures from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

this is one crazy gizmo.

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The timeFrog II is a powerful and flexible MIDI device dedicated to music computer and MIDI applications.

The spin/inertial sensor provides a totally new kind of control surface, which opens new way for playing with parameters.

The 8 endless encoders, 4 potentiometers and 6 buttons form a functional and compact.

There is also a embedded 4 steps sequencer: 4x4 steps x 6 voices

This patch was setup in Ableton Max For Live using only two instances of SonicCharge's Synplant software synthesizer. These two patches where customized and designed to work with the timeFrogII. Creating for some very unique musical gestures. All sequencing and note generation is from the timeFrog controller.

Analog Vinyl Sampling from Ishac Bertran on Vimeo.

christian marclay used to do something similar in the 80s, where he would cut the vinyl then somehow glue them back togehter. this uses lasers of course, and while the effect is not as smooth as marclay's, the look very cool as objects unto themselves.

original video found on itsnicethat

 One of Ishac Bertran's disks.

and one of Marclays's Recycled Records from 1983