Month: October 2013

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Kyma Arrives


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It’s been a remarkable few days. My new Kyma system (pronounced KEE-muh, not k-EYE-muh, as I had always thought) arrived on Monday. Unfortunately, my studio wasn’t quite ready for its new resident; as an audio supercomputer in its own right, the Pacarana hardware engine that Kyma uses for its actual computation requires a dedicated audio

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ROLI and the Seaboard Visit New York


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This past Friday, October 11, the folks from ROLI gave the Seaboard its North American debut in New York City. I was lucky enough to be there, and here’s a little sample of what it was like. There will be more later – including a 3D version – but for tonight, I just want to

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Jordan Rudess at the Seaboard


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One of the many highlights of ROLI’s Friday visit to New York was Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s hands-on Seaboard demo. Here are both the standard video, and the extra bonus 3D version. Both feature the same content, but if you have a pair of anaglyph glasses, you can watch in the miracle of stereo

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First Things First


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Yesterday was a significant day in my nascent personal Seaboard saga. I woke at 6:00am EDT, and decided to try calling London before the rest of the U.S. stirred and got the same idea. I wrestled with the international number for several attempts – did you know that if you hold down the zero key

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