I never knew this, but manta rays jump out of the water. Now you know this, too.

In our breakout at Unleash we talked about some of the key principles to creating content, none of which involved big dollars. And to illustrate the concepts of brainstorming and scripting we created this promo on the day of Unleash with a Flip Mino camera. Unfortunately we had some technicals issue loading it in so quickly… otherwise we would have run it as part of the second session’s counter. But you can view it here.

Want to experiment with sound and noise? Look no further than Noiseplug 1.8, available now, for free, right here.

I downloaded it and it confused me profusely, but I think that’s part of the joy and challenge.

In keeping the same vein as the series promo, here’s the opener for Identity Theft.

Why is it that common items look so, so beautiful close up with a dreamy audio score?

macro kingdom from clemento on Vimeo.

The other day I was in the mood for an afternoon cup of coffee. Our in-office brewers makes a full pot, but I only had a few scoops of Starbucks (leftovers from a previous brewing) in my office.

I decided to go all MacGyver on that cup and make my own mini brewer.

Allow me to share some images from parts of the NewSpring 10th anniversary backstage experience. Thank you especially to the volunteers for all your sacrifice to make this happen. The best is yet to come.

What? Final Fantasy is coming to the iPhone? This really takes me back to my younger years. I don’t know that I’d have the time to invest in these games again, but what a cool idea.

I’m very much looking forward to RJD2’s new album Colossus… it releases this week. Here’s a little sampling. Also it might be the best use of a minotaur in a music video.

It may not do it for you, but that biting analog squelch is just plain beautiful to my ears.

As the epic series Lost draws to a close, let’s all gather and remember the biggest question we’re all still asking…

Macro shots of fluids with a lovely soundtrack, what’s not to love?

A month or so ago I picked up a new audio experiment, nanoloop. Maybe it’s a toy. Maybe it’s an instrument. It’s a bit of a blur, but that’s part of what makes it fun.

nanoloop is “a synthesizer / sequencer cartridge for Game Boy consoles,” according to the site. It was developed by Oliver Wittchow. With this cartridge you have access to a 4-track audio sequencer. There are 2 monosynth tracks (designated “r” and “l”), a polysynth (”s”), and a rhythmic noise track (”n”). Combined together with some deft programming you can create bleeps and blips that sound like Daft Punk in Hyrule. And if you organize your digital snippets well you can use the interface to perform it all live.

What fascinates me is the re purposing of an electronic device into something that, in the right hands, can produce valid musical ideas. Anything can become an instrument. And it doesn’t have to be all that cost prohibitive.

Here is one of my first experiments into the nanoloop.

A special thanks to Bayshorts for donating the Gameboy.

If you haven’t had the chance to catch this take a look.

If you’ve been wishing for a monome they’ll be releasing a batch of 200 of the new greyscale 64’s on January 1, 2010, at 1:00pm. Monome.org has details.

grayscale sixty four from tehn on Vimeo.

Oh yes. Looking forward to this.
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My my. This looks fun. And at under $50 everyone can get in on the grid-based fun. The Bliptronic 5000 is just begging to be hacked.

More in the category of “tiny mograph,” here’s a little promo I built to run last weekend advertising our Christmas Eve services. Built in After Effects, I utilized the oft-ignored Echospace to move around the swatches of green and red.

Details on the next one here.

Elbow beta version from Pauk on Vimeo.

Home for Christmas, NewSpring’s new series, begins this coming weekend.