Curtis Roads and Granular Synthesis

Nice little vid series re: Curtis Roads and Granular Synthesis

'MOTHERBOARD - THE GRANULAR SYNTHESIS OF CURTIS ROADS'
from VBS.TV

My favorite part is where he compares granular synthesis to landscaping.

monomecontrol Max objects

A collection of abstractions created by James Drake in Max/MSP 5, used to build monome interfaces.

Discussion here: http://post.monome.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=4478

Time to get working on some stribecontrol objects!

low cost multi-touch for music

Multitouch Prototype 2 from Randy Jones on Vimeo.

My brother sent me this video of an awesome DIY multi-touch controller for music applications. No blinky lights, but it appears to be true multi-touch, pressure-sensitive, and the method is very clever. Plus the music apps look pretty cool so far.