2015-12-07
In this blog post, I’d like to talk in more detail about topology mode in MIDIBridge, and share some videos made by AudioCubes users showing the power of topology mode and AudioCubes.
For those of you who don't know topology mode yet, it's a powerful mode in MIDIBridge that gives you orientation info as well as distance info at the same time when two cubes detect each other in an AudioCubes network of up to 15 wireless audiocubes.
You can send this data via MIDI note trigger information as well as distance data (MIDI CCs) at the same time to any software or hardware instrument you can imagine, to turn routings on or off between synth or effect modules, while at the same time changing modulation depth of the routings or other parameters.
Check out below a couple of videos made by AudioCubes users in which they show how you can use topology mode with Reaktor and U-HE ACE synthesizer.
In the video, you can see how Mark is able to patch U-HE's ACE virtual analog synthesizer on-the-fly using the AudioCubes. The location and orientation of the cubes determines which modules are patched together. Distance between cubes changes modulation depth.
In the second part of the video he uses distance between cubes to change patch connections. The CC values of the distance signal between the cubes changes the patch connections. No mouse required and much faster than patching using real cables :-)
Mark Mosher is a synthesist, electronic musician, and performer from Boulder Colorado. He's been creating with synthesizers and samplers for over 20 years. He performed on keyboards in an award winning rock band for over 13 years and has been performing as a solo and collaborative electronic artist for over 5 years locally and at festivals, concert halls, theaters and university across the US. Learn more about Mark's artistic adventures at http://www.markmoshermusic.com
Salamanderanagram worked on a very cool effects processor using the AudioCubes Topology and Reaktor. The processor contains effects such as a bit crusher and stutter.
He mapped the AudioCubes such that when two cubes are placed next to each other, one of the modules in the effects chain is activated, and when he moves the cubes closer together, the amount of effect applied is changed. This works for all cubes simultaneously and in real time, and all wireless :-) In the video, he also explains how the data from the AudioCubes flows into and controls Reaktor, and how he built the effects chain in Reaktor.
Salamanderanagram is a musician, computer programmer, and Reaktor tutor. You can find more Reaktor videos at reaktortutorials.com and download his finished ensembles from the Reaktor User Library.