Livid Instuments
The Past is Tense: New Twists On Old Ideas.
The history of electronic music is littered with fights and compromises with nature. Many of the pioneers and experimenters abandoned the idea of imitation in synthesis, composition, and instrument design. Composers like Pierre Schaeffer, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Subotnick, and instrument makers like Leon Theremin and Donald Buchla, all embraced the idea that new technology could [...]
Categories: Controllers, Synthesizer News
CNTRL:R’s new Stepp:r’s
Absence of vowels notwithstanding, the new versions of the Synth and Drum Stepp:r Max for Live devices have been re-fashioned and augmented with some powerful yet simple features. The first thing that needed to be done was to wipe the sweat off our brows from the first release and consider how we could better unify [...]
Categories: Controllers, Synthesizer News
XPC Controllers – Back in Black
We’ve just redesigned and re-launched our new XPC controllers, now in black. The XPC controllers plug into the expansion port of your CNTRL:R, OhmRGB, and Block. These hand held controllers expand your realm of control without adding an entirely new controller. They simply plug into your expansion port with a single cable and don’t even [...]
Categories: Controllers, Synthesizer News
OhmRGB Slim
We’ve expanded the Ohm series an introduced a slimmer, simpler, and skinnier version of the infamous OhmRGB. The OhmRGB Slim features most of the features of the OhmRGB such as programmable RGB backlight buttons, high quality faders and knobs, and is housed in an all new aluminum body with a custom gun metal grey finish. [...]
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LeCODE – Lemurised CODE
Purely for fun I decided to recreate a CODE in code on Liines Lemur iPad app. This is only version 1 – proof of concept only . . . Further updates will make it more CODE-like – with Encoder style knobs, Livid Blue leds etc . . . Enjoy MM ^^LeCODE.pdf (59 KB) This post [...]
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SXSW 2012 Events
It’s SXSW time again here in Austin TX. SXSW is where an insane amount of creative people from all over the world, cram into our little city for a week of sensory overload. It’s kind of like Mardi Gras for artists, minus the beads and hand grenades. Some of the best events around town are [...]
Categories: Controllers, Synthesizer News
The Growth of CNTRL:R
When we first started working on integrating the CNTRL:R with Ableton Live, we had a vision of something that would take Live users beyond clips, warping, MIDI files, and tracks. Our “OhmModes” script for our OhmRGB and Ohm64 hints at some of what is possible with our “blank-slate” philosophy, providing three distinct setups from a [...]
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Cycling 74′s “Working With Hardware”
Peter recently went to the Cycling74 expo74 conference, and got to chatting with their “man of materials” Darwin Grosse. In the exciting environment of ideas and all things Max, they decided to do a three part series on how to work with controllers in Max on the Cycling74 website. Darwin kicked it off with a thorough introduction to [...]
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Visionary Instruments
Our friend Moldover has been using our Brains in his work for quite some time. Moldover introduced us to his friend Ben Lewry who has been creating some truly unique guitar designs through his company Visionary Instruments since 2008. Ben was looking for a good solution for integrating MIDI controls into his designs, and Moldover [...]
Categories: Controllers, Synthesizer News
NAMM 2012 Coverage
NAMM was a whirlwind for us this year. In addition to listening to ear wrenching guitar solos all day long, we got to meet a lot of good people and demo our new products. Our resident product specialist Gabe spent most of his time demoing and showing people how our stuff works. We also had [...]
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