Month: November 2024

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iPad OSC Tilt Controlling Pocket Dimension (MaxMSP & Open Sound Control)

Sending OSC messages from my iPad, transformed in Max/MSP, and used to control FreakshowIndustries’ “Pocket Dimension” plugin in real time.


The plugin itself has an XY axis, and I didn’t want to just sitting down wiggling a mouse around. Luckily, Freakshow Industries included MIDI control for the plugin (as from continuous controllers), so all I had to do was create an instrument track in Logic with the plugin, and then convert OSC data to MIDI CCs in Max.

Sorry if the aesthetics here aren’t up your alley, but hopefully the ideas here can be helpful!

Gear/Software in this video (not sponsored, but a few affiliate links):
Arturia DrumBrute Impact (affiliate links)
* Perfect Circuit
* Reverb
Elektron Analog Heat Mk. II (affiliate links)
* Perfect Circuit
* Reverb
TouchOSC
Freakshow Industries Pocket Dimension

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Colors of Noise (White, Pink, Red, Brown, Blue, Purple, Green Noise Explained)

I love noise. Here, I explain the different “colors” of noise (and why they have those chromatic names).

From our dear friends white noise and pink noise, to less familiar characters such as brown noise, and green noise, each type has a particular frequency spectrum and therefore different uses in synthesis and sound design.

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 0:16 White Noise and Spectra
  • 1:03 Pink Noise
  • 1:45 Logarithmic Perception and Pitch
  • 2:53 Red/Brown Noise
  • 3:58 Blue/Azure Noise
  • 4:13 Violet/Purple Noise
  • 4:29 Grey Noise
  • 4:53 Green Noise
  • 5:20 Velvet Noise
  • 5:35 Hot Pink Noise in Kyma
  • 5:48 Black Noise

More fundamentals of synthesis and MIDI here: