wire to the ear » ToneMatrix http://www.wiretotheear.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:46:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Old and new sound generators in the rain. http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/29/old-and-new-sound-generators-in-the-rain/ http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/29/old-and-new-sound-generators-in-the-rain/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 11:09:43 +0000 Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=2933
yr3wk48 moog & tonematrix from longcat on Vimeo.

A few posts back I compared Retro vs Future audio producing technique videos. Today’s video shows old and new working together. The Moog Opus 3 was released in 1980. Vintage Synth Explorer has the Opus Manual available for download: click here ToneMatrix, Andre Michelle’s Tenori-on software clone is pure 2009: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

“With the ever wonderful moog opus 3, and the insanely addictive tone matrix from andre michelle… it’s freely usable so long as you have the most recent flash update, it reminds me of early software drum machines like hammerhead… it seems he is creating a whole reason-ish music creation world online all run with flash, it’s quite heavy on the CPU but very interesting x lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix the moog is still missing it’s string sound, but one of it’s faults allows me to just have the filter with no sound underneath which you hear at the beginning… i love this synth x” – longcat

Thanks for Robbie Knight for this video. Isn’t time shifting on a rainy (in NYC at least) Friday nice?

Related post: Thoughts and photos from the Tenori-on Berlin event.

]]> http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/29/old-and-new-sound-generators-in-the-rain/feed/ 2 ToneMatrix comes to the iPhone as SoundMatrix. http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/09/tonematrix-comes-to-the-iphone-as-soundmatrix/ http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/09/tonematrix-comes-to-the-iphone-as-soundmatrix/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 14:39:39 +0000 Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=2861 tonematrix

I love the Tenori-on. If it were a bit cheaper I would surely have bought one by now. I went to the official coming out party in Berlin and saw first hand how far creative artists can take the Lite-Bright impersonator. André Michelle is a wonderful software developer who has a website which is calls a Laboratory. On his page he has physics and music demos that run inside a browser. Some of his creations are impressive and touch on the future of software interfaces. One of his toys the ToneMatrix is a pseudo Tenori-on albeit a simple one. It doesn’t go deep as a real Tenori can but the basic grid pattern note fun part is there. You can find ToneMatrix on his Laboratory page and also as a tool inside HobNox’s awesome Audiotool website (browser based techno studio). Another place you can now find ToneMatrix is on an iPhone rebranded as SoundMatrix (iTunes link). It’s free so go make some zen bleeps.

Update: Twitter user @Candy Cane let me know there is another Tenori app for the iPhone called Melodica (iTunes link).

Related post: Thoughts and photos from the Tenori-on Berlin event.

]]> http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/05/09/tonematrix-comes-to-the-iphone-as-soundmatrix/feed/ 1