Dear Ambit folks This email is generally of interest to those making sound work - be it music or whatever - however I have to say that because of this list i did attend Cavan's rocket making workshop yesterday at the Edinburgh Royal Observatory and it was brilliant. I want to make another one....(!)
I think it's great (for me especially) to see so many people asking about sound but I also agree with other comments on this list that debate should be brief and responses short. But can I ask that people posting messages put accurate subject headings as to what the mail is about - that's basic list etiquette and makes the list work best, I reckon. like most people, I am on a few different lists and no one likes to spend all day trying to work out if a message is relevant. OK, and now a longer message on sound stuff. 1. Someone was asking about are their any lap top folks out there making sound in this way ? Sure, ME ! I worked with loads of other great folks via the net (Frank Bretschneider / janek Schaefer / Smyglyssna / Third Eye Foundation) from electro-acoustic to dance to sound art to contemporary mouse music, to academic wank, you name it ! I am delighted there are others on the llist doing this also. Well I am a musician on www.bip-hop.com (buy my new album ! go on !!!) and I use a whole host of packages on the Mac platform. I use a lot of dsp stuff within bias PEAK and PLUGGO effects in Cubase and my soft sampler is the fantastic HALion on Cubase. I have millions of soft synths and samplers and started out mainly with shareware for the lot before I went and bought packages. This is not always the kit list of choice from cold austere electronic heids. I have interest in REAKTOR / MAX and so on, having worked a little with Autechre and SND in Sheffield - both of whom are purists in this way. But i don't want to spend all day programming - I think the best software is the often the simplest (or simplest designed) - I mean, I am a funded artist who uses IMOVIE !!! most people don't believe this when I tell them that - even though I trained on much more complex systems, but IMOVIE is extremely limited and I think less choice = more freedom, more clarity and focus for a project personally. It's not ideal for everything and is useless for a lot, but regarding sound stuff, DSoundpro is a great FREE mac sampler and it's fantastic. I like to think i abuse software rather than have people sneer at the fact I am a cubase user - it's what you do with it that counts... 2. Laptop Composition I am a big fan of Mego style Vienniese stuff but am getting a bit bored of that now. I suppose the current laptop classic is Fennesz's ENDLESS SUMMER which is a flawed masterpiece of sorts. I have a G3 and G4 - my G3 is the black variety and I currently learning STEIM's LiSa live sampling application on it. STEIM is based in Amsterdam and I have been invited to perform there recently. I am currently developing ideas to turn my recordings into live works so if anyone is interested in a laptop jam, preferably in Edinburgh then let me know ! Basically I am a sound collaborator and have made works with loads of others, but am now getting fed up with glitch culture...so that's me. =================================== Chris Dooks Artist in Residence Northern Region Film and Television Archive www.tees.ac.uk/artist =================================== Bovine Life Social Electrics Chris Dooks' debut LP featuring collaborations with Kohn, The Third Eye Foundation, Janeck Schaefer and many more all stars of the alt.electronic scene out in September on www.bip-hop.com and through all discerning retailers. =================================== Reciprocess Bovine Life and / or / Vs / Komet Chris Dooks and Frank Bretschneider's mp3 collaborative album out in November on www.bip-hop.com =================================== _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
