Guitar / Max5 / Music / Tools - Software — No comments
25
Nov 08
AvolsFX
The AvolsFX are ready for beta testing (other testers than myself that is…). More modules will be available as they are finished, but these five are the starters. The sonic possibilities goes from nada (bypass) via subtle tremolo, delay, kompression and drive to complete madness. The ringmodulator can be anything but subtle, however capable of some very nice sounds.
There are so many things going on right now, and I am working on a project that occupy my daytime, so now as this system is ready for beta testing, it is a matter of bugfixing and polish before I put it out for anyone to get it. Pricing is still TBA.
Cheers
Arve
Bad decisions / Computers - general — No comments
25
Nov 08
Especially when data is lost. My web host has had a server issue, and as I, stupidly, relied on their backup routines, I have no other backup than their old one from a to long ago. Sorry.
No use crying over lost posts, but it is very annoying. It is like a fire in a paper stack or something. I’ll make my own backup to keep things safe hereafter. But do I have to print things on wet paper to keep stuff safe?
cheers
Arve
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09
Oct 08
Had to change because the fjords was constantly loaded as a mess in Firefox 3. I like Firefox, so therefore, until I get another blogsystem up, this will be it. Please send me an email if you encounter problems around this site. I want you to have a smooth visit, and a nice ride home.
cheers
Arve
Guitar / Max5 / Tools - Software — No comments
09
Oct 08
So this:
is the Ringmodulator in the …..avols family. Think of it as a a meltingpot for a sinusoid: The modulation frequency is composite to get a mellower sound. It works! Audio example? No, not yet. I am still separated from my guitar’s better half, the amp. Please bear with me on this one… I guess you wouldn’t bring your dog to a catshow, and therefore I won’t record with a dog just because my cat isn’t at home. There is nothing wrong with my cat though. Short story shorter: I left my amp (the cat) at the place I am going to move to, and the moving thing was postponed.
By the end of November there will be audio!
Uncategorized — No comments
01
Oct 08
When developing new products an inevitable part of the process is the presentation of things. Therefore I have been reading, looking and thinking about presentation techniques today, and one of the presenters I watched doing his magic is Keith Barry. I am puzzled, amazed and inspired by this video over at ted.org.
Have a look around at ted.org as this site contains a myriad of interesting stuff in a many categories.
Seth Godin’s blog is also a very valuable resource.
cheers
arve
General / Guitar / Max5 / Music / OS X / Samplitude / Tools - Software — 2 comments
07
Aug 08
The “My Screen is My Repatcher”-thing is coming together and the Driveavols is almost done:
I really like this drive. It growls at the low end, smoothes the middles and tames the treble. It is basically what I have wanted in my signalchain for a very long time. I’ll post audio examples along with those other modules when everything is finished at version 1.0. It will not be long now.
Operation: The gain controller goes from zero to noise and the cutoff balances the trebles. The volume keeps everything at the right side of too loud. I like it and use it on vocals as well. I like singing through this thing as the drive is easily controlled by the loudness of the voice.
Cheers
Arve
Concert / Music — No comments
31
Jul 08
I don’t know where I read about this recording first but I sure did read it and went to www.npr.org and got me a 2 hour and 20 minutes Tom Waits concert. That is like getting fed on the 120th day on a desert island without nothing to eat but stone. Perhaps not, but ever since the Norwegian opera said no I have been almost in tears when reading reviews of his masters concerts.
Even if you do not like Tom Waits’ music, go to NPR anway because there is a lot of other good stuff as well!
cheers
Arve
Computers - general / OS X / Samplitude / Tools - Software — No comments
25
Jul 08
I have hesitated the whole bootcamp thing because I did not want to reboot to get into Windows to find out that I have to reboot because I forgot something. Therefore, after Anders Tveit showed me his virtual world, I jumped on VirtualBox and took my Macbook with me. VirtualBox did not work with the CodeMeter dongle that Samplitude just have to have in its keyhole to get going.
Very well. There is no other reason than Samplitude and a few programming tools for the occasional MCU, for me to ever get into Windows nowadays so that was it for VirtualBox on my computer.
Then I installed VMware and everything was fine. VMware let me run Samplitude on Windows while checking email, skyping and surfing while programming Max/MSP tools for my Goldwasser on OS X. And performance seems to be good enough for me. Happy days until something comes up wrecking the horizon. Until then I enjoy my Samplitude and could not be less bothered. I really like this virtualization thing.
cheers
Arve
Max5 / OS X / Tools - Software — No comments
08
Jul 08
The Manual Grainer has come one step closer to version 1.0:
Things added from 0.2 are:
- Preset handling finished
- Edit stored presets
- Edit sound range (time) and normalize + store as new file
- Listen to unprocessed sound when editing buffer content
Things to come (list will expand):
- Build new track from selection
- The “My Screen is My Re-patcher” system as a effect pool for each track
- Open Sound Control
Cheers
Arve
Guitar / Max/MSP/Jitter / OS X — No comments
05
Jul 08
UPDATE:: Tremolo/Ringmodulator module added! The Tremavols is both a tremolo and a ringmodulator. Flip from one mode to the other with the button that says tremolo in the image. The Tremavols has separate frequency setting for the tremolo (tremolo rate) and the ringmodulator (modulation frequency).
So this is the expanded family in beta < 0.5:
Biggest change is that the re-patching of signals from input to output has been added and works as it is supposed to.
I have also added a meter out and bypass in each module. This is as true bypass as true bypass has ever been and when a module is bypassed it is toned down (as you can see in the Delavols).
Preset handling is separate from the modules and allows morphing between presets.
TODO:
- Implement user interface for preset handling (selection and morphing and a system for mapping of hardware controllers to the preset system.
- Make a ring modulator module (updated 07.06.2008)
- Make an overdrive module
- Make a reverb module.
- Make a VST-host module
This system will be for sale. Pricing is TBA.
Cheers
Arve
