It was fun showing kids that we can "listen" to sound in mediums other than air

Maker Faire + The Raspberry Pi Weather Station

I went to Maker Faire up in San Francisco over last weekend. Life has been crazy getting ready for it, and keeping my other projects at least treading water. I went

It was fun showing kids that we can "listen" to sound in mediums other than air

Maker Faire + The Raspberry Pi Weather Station

I went to Maker Faire up in San Francisco over last weekend. Life has been crazy getting ready for it, and keeping my other projects at least treading water. I went

imP

imP Lives!

I’ve been calling my new piezo disc impedance matching circuit the imPiezo, but I (and a few others) have decided that was a silly name. Meet the imP, all housing and

imP

imP Lives!

I’ve been calling my new piezo disc impedance matching circuit the imPiezo, but I (and a few others) have decided that was a silly name. Meet the imP, all housing and

2013-05-03 14.47.01

imPiezo

I’ve just completed the design and beginning to build the imPiezo, an impedance matching circuit for piezo discs. The improvement on the sound is significant, much more reasonable response from the

2013-05-03 14.47.01

imPiezo

I’ve just completed the design and beginning to build the imPiezo, an impedance matching circuit for piezo discs. The improvement on the sound is significant, much more reasonable response from the

cuspfinpin

Cusp~ Updated, New Experiments

A few things here: First, a new version of the catastrophe external (see here and here) has been uploaded. to replace the older code. It has been slightly optimized, but also

cuspfinpin

Cusp~ Updated, New Experiments

A few things here: First, a new version of the catastrophe external (see here and here) has been uploaded. to replace the older code. It has been slightly optimized, but also

Working Hard

General MIDI, Performing, Projects

So, these weeks are flying by. What’s on the docket- I’m beginning development of a longer piece that I’ll perform next year at UCSD. The performance will be called “Celebrating One

Working Hard

General MIDI, Performing, Projects

So, these weeks are flying by. What’s on the docket- I’m beginning development of a longer piece that I’ll perform next year at UCSD. The performance will be called “Celebrating One

Makes Brendan happy.

Pop Suckets, Lecternette, Jazz, Noise Set, Polynomials

Oh boy! My week to relax (last week) turned pretty busy. A lot of stuff got done. Probably should’ve broken this up into several little posts/updates, but I had no time!

Makes Brendan happy.

Pop Suckets, Lecternette, Jazz, Noise Set, Polynomials

Oh boy! My week to relax (last week) turned pretty busy. A lot of stuff got done. Probably should’ve broken this up into several little posts/updates, but I had no time!

An update photo of the cusPi, showing additional controls and wiring.

cusPi, Speaker Stands and SMC Paper

What I have been calling piCusp clearly should be called cusPi. Anyway, the cusPi is growing everyday. I’ve added a new set of controls, three pushbuttons, four potentiometers and two PSP

An update photo of the cusPi, showing additional controls and wiring.

cusPi, Speaker Stands and SMC Paper

What I have been calling piCusp clearly should be called cusPi. Anyway, the cusPi is growing everyday. I’ve added a new set of controls, three pushbuttons, four potentiometers and two PSP

bauhaus

EKK:LoFi Sounds in HiFi Spaces

I’m taking a class this quarter with Miller Puckette, Sharokh Yadegari, Katharina Rosenberger and an interdisciplinary group of graduate students from music, theater and visual art at UCSD and design students

bauhaus

EKK:LoFi Sounds in HiFi Spaces

I’m taking a class this quarter with Miller Puckette, Sharokh Yadegari, Katharina Rosenberger and an interdisciplinary group of graduate students from music, theater and visual art at UCSD and design students

piCusp detail

piCusp

Last week’s crazy work with the kids is over, and it was a fabulous experience. The kids were absolutely great, I learned a lot working with them, and had some fun

piCusp detail

piCusp

Last week’s crazy work with the kids is over, and it was a fabulous experience. The kids were absolutely great, I learned a lot working with them, and had some fun

Breadboarding with the kids. We made Forrest Mims III's Audible Light Meter, a simple phototheremin.

Teaching!

All this week, my Spring break, I’m working with Fab Lab San Diego and La Jolla Country Day teaching a class in electronics for middle schoolers. It is quite an experience, working

Breadboarding with the kids. We made Forrest Mims III's Audible Light Meter, a simple phototheremin.

Teaching!

All this week, my Spring break, I’m working with Fab Lab San Diego and La Jolla Country Day teaching a class in electronics for middle schoolers. It is quite an experience, working

cuspUpdate

Cusp~ compiled for 32-bit

Update on post here. Basically, I got the damn thing to compile in 32-bit after remaking/compiling my polynomial library. In retrospect, I should’ve just put the damn poly solver in the

cuspUpdate

Cusp~ compiled for 32-bit

Update on post here. Basically, I got the damn thing to compile in 32-bit after remaking/compiling my polynomial library. In retrospect, I should’ve just put the damn poly solver in the

cusp-tilde

Cusp~ and Performance

First and foremost, finally finished my cusp catastrophe (see post here) Pd extern. I’ll be posting the code, the extern, a test patch and a demonstration as some as it gets

cusp-tilde

Cusp~ and Performance

First and foremost, finally finished my cusp catastrophe (see post here) Pd extern. I’ll be posting the code, the extern, a test patch and a demonstration as some as it gets