out standing in the field
Merry Christmas from The Field Guide
Did you ever ask Santa for a pinball machine? Did you ever hope to find a drum machine under the tree? Now both of your wishes can come true (sort of) with Pinball Drummer, a simple, standalone drum machine that uses lo-fi pinball machine samples.
Pinball Drummer Screenshot
Download Pinball Drummer (.zip file: 11.3 MB)
I made Pinball Drummer as a birthday gift for my friend Bruce. I created it using MaxMSP. The sounds originated from Bruce’s Coney Island pinball machine. It should be a cross-platform application. I’ve tested it on Macs; no experience with running it on a PC, yet.
Happy Holidays from The Field Guide!
Related Posts| Print article | This entry was posted by Holland Hopson on December 25, 2008 at 3:37 pm, and is filed under Music, Software. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed. |
Arduino On Board
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
I recently ordered an Arduino board to try another approach for getting sensor data into my computer. More and more of my students are using them, too, and I wanted some first-hand experience. Most of my previous work has been with the Basic Stamp family of boards. The Arduino arrived this week and I promptly
Max Multitrack Mojo
about 6 months ago - No comments
I’m in the middle of recording a number of my pieces for banjo and electronics for a forthcoming CD. (Stay tuned for more info!) All of the works involve live, interactive processing of the banjo sound and sometimes the voice as well. This processing is done in Max and is driven by analysis of both
Favorites from 2009
about 8 months ago - 2 comments
Here are few favorite picks of recorded media, live shows and print from 2009. As usual, I’m not much of an up-to-the-minute consumer so some of this may be old news. The exception here are the live shows, of course, so let’s start there… Live Music My two favorite shows were at EMPAC. The pummeling
More Wichita Mind Control
about 8 months ago - No comments
Jason Cosco was kind enough to post a video of me performing Wichita Mind Control for bent electronics with MaxMSP at the Upstate Artist’s Guild Gallery last April. This was the premiere performance of the piece. Though my pieces often changes incrementally (or sometimes substantially) as I continue to perform them, this first shot at
Holland Hopson at Signatures – Art Night at Proctors
about 8 months ago - No comments
I’ve been remiss posting about this event, but below is a last-minute blurb. If all goes well, this will be the premiere of my new 6-channel hemispherical speaker. I’ll post more on that project soon. Holland Hopson plays music for banjo and electronics at Signatures Wine Bar, Proctors in Schenectady on Friday December 18th, 5:30pm
Making Tracks for the TrackBox
about 9 months ago - No comments
I saw this “cyber” Monday special from audioMIDI.com: Nomad Factory’s Blue Tubes Trackbox for $15 (expires Sunday 12/6). I downloaded it to see if it might replace the TubeMP 12AX7 tube preamp I use between my banjos and audio interface. I use the preamp to soften the tone of the admittedly harsh piezo contact mics
Tax Refund
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Here’s your tax refund from The Field Guide: two new recordings from my recent Albany Sonic Arts Collective performance at the Upstate Artists Guild. See photos from the show here. The first piece features an in-progress version of my Fender Telecaster morphing into an electric 6-string banjo. I replaced the lowest string on the Tele
Live Gets an Edit Button from Max
about 1 year ago - Comments Off
Cycling ’74 and Ableton have provided a peek at Max for Live, the fruit of their partnership announced a few years ago. No specific release date or pricing information is available. Cycling 74′s David Ziccarelli writes about the origin of the project and reasons for both Live and Max users to be interested. Read it
Stikkit Shuts Down
about 1 year ago - Comments Off
I just got word that the online service Stikkit from Values of n is closing (along with the related I Want Sandy service). I hadn’t used Stikkit for over a year, so discontinuing the service won’t have any immediate impact on my online life. But I’m sad to see it go because it was such
One 4 One on 8/4/8
about 2 years ago - Comments Off
I’ve just added a new album on amiestreet.com. One 4 One is a live recording of interactive electronic music from a performance at the Impulse/Response series in Troy, NY. The title of the album is a play on the direct, one-to-one relationships between performer and computer that I was deliberately avoiding. Plus, the performance took
Comments are closed.
about 1 year ago
Holy crap this is awesome! Merry Christmas indeed!
about 1 year ago
Bruce has sent a correction: the pinball machine is the Cyclone. See the Internet Pinball Machine Database for details.