SYNESTHETE - [technical know-how]

Terrible Machine

Todd Thille — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:00:00 +0000

“…a completely original exhibit: THE TERRIBLE MACHINE. This, the world’s first found-footage VJing game, will stand proud in the center…”

Terrible Machine is a two player VJ game experience realized in collaboration with robotkid. A VCR theme informs the design, with custom controllers being mounted onto VHS boxes. An Arduino UNO processes input from arcade style buttons. An intermediate program, built with openFrameworks, intercepts serial messages and turns them into OSC. Finally, Resolume Avenue receives the OSC and triggers playback of clips and compositions, allowing the players to mix on top of a backing audio visual loop.

Appearances:

Sep 19, 2013 XOXO, Portland OR

Sep 9-18, 2013 The Two Head Cleaners & A Microphone Tour!

9/18 - Phoenix @ Filmbar 8PM & 10PM
9/17 - Tucson @ The Loft @ 7PM
9/16 - Albuquerque @ The Guild @ 9:45 PM
9/15 - Denver @ Sie Film Center @ 7:30 PM
9/14 - Salt Lake City @ Brewvies @ 10:30PM
9/13 - Boise @ Spacebar Arcade @ 10PM
9/12 - Seattle @ Central Cinema @ 8PM & 10PM
9/11 - Vancouver @ The Railway Club @ 9:30PM
9/10 - Portland @ Holocene @ 9PM
9/9 - Eugene @ The Opal Center @ 8PM
9/8 - Sacramento @ The Comedy Spot @ 8PM
9/7 - Oakland @ The New Parkway @ 8PM & 10PM
9/6 - San Francisco @ The Roxie @ 9:30PM

Aug 14-22, 2013 Everything is Festival IV, the Cinefamily, Los Angeles.

GRAMMY SCREAM BOOTH

Todd Thille — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:40:48 +0000

Interactive Scream Booth for The GRAMMY Museum’s Golden Gods: The History of Heavy Metal exhibit. Following an interview intro, Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria shows how it’s done on their “Dear Insanity” song. Museum visitors can then have a try screaming over the backing track. As soon as they are done recording their masterpiece, they can play it back, seeing and hearing themselves in all their rock god glory.

Built with openFrameworks

Audio FX Lab

Todd Thille — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Michele Darling’s Audio FX Lab site has gone live in time for SXSW. Audio FX Lab is a source for premium royalty-free sound effects.The Drupal 6 site features a heavy customization of Ubercart to allow for selection from 10 different types of audio files, sample rates and bit depths. Design by Brian McDermott.

GRAMMY JUKEBOX

Todd Thille — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Programmed a 42” touchscreen panel to control an interactive jukebox for the GRAMMY Museum’s “Trouble in Paradise” exhibit. Built with openFrameworks.

GRAMMY Museum - Jukebox interactive from synesthete on Vimeo.

Scored - Méliès

Todd Thille — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Two 40 minute mixes of Georges Méliès 19th century cinema magic over a live score, improvised by MARK de CLIVE-LOWE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON & DEXTER STORY.

Part of an ongoing series presented by Scored - music in film.

Scored - Alice

Todd Thille — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

A sampling of scenes from 7 different filmed versions of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland spanning over 100 years. A tight 30 minute set included snippets of synced dialog over a live score, improvised by MARK de CLIVE-LOWE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON & DEXTER STORY.

Part of an ongoing series presented by Scored - music in film.

Maine Workshop

Todd Thille — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:20:07 +0000

Spent an intense week in Downeast Maine with Duncan Laurie. We put the quiet and solitude of the area to good use as we focused on reviving Duncan’s interest in sonification of small voltages present in plants and certain rocks.

The IBVA system was run through it’s paces and spewed forth copious amounts of MIDI data for processing in Ableton Live. A custom tube amplifier and single-driver speaker setup designed by Henry Platt brought the sounds to life with extreme fidelity.

The weeks efforts culminated in an inspired hour-long recording of a large granite block that Duncan had brought up to Maine from an ancestral home on Jamestown Island. The rock was located just at the edge of the broadcast range of the IBVA. Some speculation has ensued about the impact of emanations from the VLF array across the bay at Cutler Naval Base.

Dragonline Big Rock Maine by duncanlaurie

Scored - Androids

Todd Thille — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Scenes from Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, and Immortel (Ad Vitam) were chopped and remixed with a live score, improvised by MARK de CLIVE-LOWE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON & DEXTER STORY.

Part of an ongoing series presented by Scored - music in film.

Scored - OZ

Todd Thille — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Remixed five versions of The Wizard of OZ along with related shorts and animations. A live score, improvised by MARK de CLIVE-LOWE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON & DEXTER STORY brought the whole thing to life.

Part of an ongoing series presented by Scored - music in film.

Scored - The Wizard from synesthete on Vimeo.

Openhup

Todd Thille — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Drupal 6 site for Openhup, a “global fair trade ecommerce utility.” Developed with General Design LLC.