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The future's so bright...RT @PropellerheadSW: Mats makes a fashion statement with his Moog analog shades #namm2012 http://t.co/geMb3p7d

RT @BoingBoing: Klaus Schulze, live Moog madness from 1977 http://t.co/prlF9sEq

@farylmonch Minitaur ships in March. We build them by hand, so the sooner you get in line for one, the better. Love, your friends at Moog!

Today we ship our 1000th MF-108 Cluster Flux. All the more reason for a Friday night celebration! http://t.co/lw4dc4W2

Thanks to @premierguitar for choosing the #Moog Lap Steel as an Editor's Pick for day 2 of NAMM 2012!

In an industry that seems constantly drifting toward more of the same, it takes some effort to dig in and find unique and useful controllers. The difficulty of further perfecting the workflow around two decks and a mixer is being realized by bother manufacturers and consumers as more modular setups and touch based controllers enter the market. While neither of those options have been perfected, they are being toyed with in more interesting ways than the past few years have shown us. The interesting thing to me about DJing these days is the ability to craft my own workflow. It is, in fact, what I spend the majority of my time focusing on when I get a new controller or software. Molding a new method with a standardized set of decks (two platters, two or four faders, and a bunch of buttons and knobs) can be interesting, but eventually they all just seem to feel the same. Enter the QuNeo.

Thanks to Premier Guitar for choosing the Moog Lap Steel as an Editor's pick for day 2 of NAMM 2012! http://t.co/M1P05zRL

Music is deeply tied up with motion; seeing that in a machine is somehow satisfying. Soundmachines, from the enigmatically-titled Berlin studio TheProduct*, is an interactive physical installation made from optical turntables. By moving the “tone arm” – really in this case an optical sensor attached to an extended mount – you can change rhythms and sound sweeps.

We’ve naturally seen many visualizations, tangible and digital, that make loops into wheels. But it’s worth noting the particular connection to a kinetic experiment by The Books’ Nick Zammuto from the film earlier this week. In fact, my one criticism of this piece is that the rhythms are so regular. Some syncopation in a machine like this would be not only pleasing, but immediately visible to the eye and therefore understandable. Perhaps even decoupling the wheels from the motor could allow a user to experiment with sound. That doesn’t mean you have to go from minimal techno to irregular chaos, but there’s quite a lot in between.

That’s not to take away from the impact of this piece, and in particular, the beauty of its installation. The presentation in an iconic object is a message in itself. And the circle remains the ideal design for a looped rhythm, embedded as it is in the repetition we perceive in our world.

http://www.the-product.org/soundmachines

More details:

Three units, which are resembling standard record players, translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software. The rotation of the discs, each holding three tracks, can be synced to a sequencer. The Soundmachines premiered on the Volkswagen New Beetle stand at the IAA motor show in late Summer 2011. In cooperation with the sounddesigner/producer Yannick Labbé of TRICKSKI fame, we developed three unique discs, each controlling one track of an Ableton Live Set exclusively made for the Event. The show was supported by a set of realtime generated visuals, running on a 25m wide LED wall. 
 One/One oneone-studio.com TheProduct* the-product.org

Client
 Volkswagen

Agency
 Vok Dams, Hamburg

Sounddesign/Producer IAA Yannick Labbé yannicklabbe.com

Special Thanks
 Matt Karau
 matt.karau.com Andreas Schmelas invertednothing.com

(See also a compelling-looking visual collage. It’s supposed to be set to John Cage’s “First Interlude,” but because of copyright concerns, is instead (arguably) set to Cage’s 4’33″. Let’s hope they don’t get sued for that.

Motion: Tutorial - #MadMapper Meets #Processing, #Modul8 Meets #Syphon, #Happiness Results http://t.co/rA4bFzFb

Moog & Wayne sitting in a tree... RT @waynecoyne: Happiness is making cosmic noise loops on the AniMoog!!!! http://t.co/FxwpgLk6

RT @sonicnick: WNAMM12: Moog Wins TEC Award for Slim Phatty http://t.co/s3ewqlKv #namm2012

Music: Beautiful Optical Turntables Generate Spinning Rhythms, powered by @ableton http://t.co/pBmnLfU9

(Video) Happy Phatty Friday! Watch the TEC award winning Slim Phatty go to work on this multilayered track. http://t.co/SjoWeUoA

Happy Phatty Friday! Love, your friends at Moog. In honor of the Slim Phatty's recent TEC award, here is a... http://t.co/ulYh3rCS

One of the heavily rumoured and accidentally leaked launched at NAMM 2012 were the new Rane mixers. Yes mixers plural as the baby Sixty-One and Sixty-Two 2 channel mixers were properly uncovered, rather than accidentally appearing on Instagram. We surrounded DJ Big Wiz as he gave us a complete walkthrough both mixers. Video after the jump.

@teamyacht Come visit us in Asheville y'all. The Moog sound lab needs you!

@leviathant hmmmm... Keep checking http://t.co/lNu67FZS. We haven't decided yet.

@JossMain @poly_bot Moog loves you!

@DaniKnowsWine daft punk has 5 voyagers. :)

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