new years

posted Dec 31, 2008

edison strikes again.

we’re very grateful for all of the kind and talented people who have continued to keep this community alive, enthusiastic, and inspiring. 2009 holds much promise—we’re looking forward to seeing what surprises arrive.

ps. january orders are coming very soon. mark your calendar if you’d like to get a device.

two hundred video clips

posted Dec 13, 2008

timelapse by tomaradze. see his nicely documented kit build log.

the monome group on vimeo just exceeded 200 video clips (much thanks to corporation), and over 300 clips tagged monome more widely on the site.

cdm winter guide 08

posted Dec 12, 2008

createdigitalmusic has put together a virtual-physical crossover internet publication (on demand via lulu) which features a bit of monome and an introductory dialog on open hardware in addition to many other nice topics:

cdm winter guide 08

red green blue

posted Dec 10, 2008

it’s happened. talk here.

open orders for new kits

posted Dec 08, 2008

the 40h kit allows you to assemble your own 40h-like device. please read this guide before ordering!

we’ve sold out.

mlr v

posted Dec 06, 2008

new mlr based app by t.gill with %: mlr v (talk here)

kits monday

posted Dec 05, 2008

new edition of kits available this coming monday, december 8. order links will be posted at 1pm EST. open orders.

monome and ableton live

posted Dec 03, 2008

from the beginning people have been creating new ways of interfacing monome devices with ableton live. it started simply by having keypads send midi notes and lights activated by incoming midi notes. we’ve come a very long way, as the above video demonstrates: sevenuplive by makingthenoise using java.

also check out other ableton live interfacing projects: pages allows multiple applications to run at once, with multiple ableton-specific modes. monome basic uses the liveAPI and python. drumwreck, liveio, and livestep by anton interface with live in various ways.

transition

posted Nov 27, 2008

soon we’ll be relocating to the catskills. the monome factory will live in the huge barn shown above (when there is not snow on the ground.) we’re planning various endeavors to make our workplace carbon neutral, the land abundant, and our days full of antics.

avant urb has a great preview of several innovative applications.

squid soup posted documentation from their recent installation at the victoria and albert museum in london.

also check out this super-flat kit by rohdaten.

we’re proud to be (sortof) in the december 1 new yorker thanks to flying lotus.

and friday is buy nothing day.

look and look

posted Nov 22, 2008

brought to you by cassiel, an impressive sequencer riding on his compositing and sprite library, shado

brought to you by peterflat, running his own open-source mpc inspired app, npc

ps. new edition of kits coming very soon.


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