monome_news

small is beautiful

Tue, 06 May 2008 02:50:03 GMT

this thursday may 8 at 8pm: small is beautiful: an approach to design and business

we’ll be giving a presentation on the development of monome’s business practice, which emphasizes minimalism, transparency, and local, responsible production. much of our success we attribute to our very supportive and active user community—we’d be glad to meet those of you in the los angeles area.

this coming sunday, may 11 at 8pm, pieces of pretty. music by ezra buchla (viola, electrons), amy radunskaya (cello), brian crabtree (magic boxes). join us for an evening of moving sounds small and large.

all events are free at machineproject.

machineproject benefit

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:56:48 GMT

machineproject continues to impress us with inventive, relevant, and fun events. it’s a truly exceptional institution which bridges interests, disciplines, and communities.

we have offered machineproject three of our monome 64 devices for a silent fundraising auction. proceeds from sales will support the institution and future happenings.

over the years machineproject has been a source of great encouragement and inspiration for us—both in our unconventional creative practices or our lofty business endeavors.

if you’re interested in bidding, send an e-mail to michele@machineproject.com with “monome” and your bid in the subject line.

bidding ends monday, april 28th at noon PST. winners will be contacted promptly.

international buyers must pay $50 shipping and are responsible for all import taxes (based on $450).

discuss this in the forum.

also, this sunday we’ll be hosting a presentation on natural building which is open to the public.

westward

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:59:31 GMT

we’re on our way to machineproject for a short residency.

this thursday (april 17) at 8pm brings performances by david chiesa/mathieu werchowski (france), kobol (mexico/LA), tehn (philadelphia), and daedalus (LA) at the steve allen theater for $10.

(ps. that orange thing is a custom keypad-less 40h kit.)

many thanks

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:01:00 GMT

we’d like to extend our great thanks for the many extraordinary gifts we’ve been receiving—locally made chocolate, postcards from faraway places, music and video, home-made beer, discounts on hardware, various music software, bizarre surplus electronic parts… but most importantly thank you for the continual stream of encouragement and enthusiasm. your support and kindness has kept us moving in a positive direction.

spring workshops

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:21:12 GMT

we’ll be teaching some workshops soon. follow links for registration. we expect these to fill quickly.

los angeles at machineproject starting april 22: max/msp/jitter
los angeles at machineproject starting april 19: felt + circuits
philadelphia at the hacktory starting june 17: max/msp/jitter

we tilt

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:12:00 GMT

application and video by squidie. nibbles (snakes) using the internal accelerometer to detect tilt.

numerous other videos appeared without us noticing recently.

self organizing

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:07:51 GMT

long-exposure photo by barrys used as cover art for a collaborative monome-user album entitled miximal (download it here). contributions by makingthenoise, %, edison, jacobian, lokey, wingo, ghosts of the field, and c1t1zen.

shipping update: sixty four

we received a shipment of walnut enclosures this weekend and are assembling units to be shipped out to the patient 100 people who paid in the second batch of sixty four orders. unfortunately our first enclosure delivery was smaller than we expected, so many will go out next week when we receive the remainder of parts and finish assembling. it may take us up to three weeks to build, test and ship these units and we will do so according to order position in the queue. please don’t e-mail us asking your position. you’ll receive a UPS tracking number when your order ships.

thanks for your patience!

shipping update: kits

we’re still moving through kit orders and continue to send payment links. currently we’re waiting on a new delivery of keypads. we will email an invoice when your place in line comes up and we have kits ready to ship.

40h kits tomorrow

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:50:31 GMT

information about the 40h kits

tomorrow we’re start sending out invoices to people who have placed an order request. it’ll take us some time to work through the request list, please be patient. we’ll be invoicing according to our current stock, which will replenish as we receive new shipments of keypads.

you’ll be able to choose your kit configuration and quantities when you receive your invoice.

see some examples of user kits from our new wiki which is a collective work in progress—contributions welcome!

new release dates

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:51:56 GMT

we just finished shipping the first batch of the sixty four—on to the second batch. we’ll start shipping in about two weeks, it’ll take us up to four weeks to finish assembling and shipping. please do not contact us and ask when your unit will ship. if you’ve paid, you’ll get your device by the end of march at the latest.

40h kits start shipping soon. this means if you’re on the request list we’ll be sending you an invoice next friday, february 22. if your invoice goes unpaid for a few days we’ll pass your order to the next person in line. if you expect problems, contact us.

here are the upcoming release dates:

one twenty eight (edition of 100): may 30

two fifty six (edition of 100): august 1

sixty four (edition of 200): october 3

place an order request if you’re looking to get any of our devices.

interview for cycling74

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:26:12 GMT

cycling74 makes max/msp. we did an interview for them.