Timothy Didymus Installations
22nd Aug 2014 by Tim Cole
August to September 2014
There are 3 new Timothy Didymus generative music installations coming up - be sure to try to get to one if you can! He is using MIDI note information generated from Noatikl for a piece called Harmonica Automata. Noatikl will be driving his hand built midi-controlled chromatic Glass Harmonica automata live.
Check out a a video of the Glass Harmonica sound installation: youtu.be/NNwBr6wAyaA.
Check out a recording of his Glass Harmonica on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/didymus/glaz-ouija.
Timothy is an accomplished generative musician. Back in 1995-7 he used Koan Pro to create the generative music pieces in Float.
30th August: WTF 2014 Festival, Falmer UK
Tickets: By invitation only (see link below)
Gig Info: wtf2014.beatabet.net/WTF2014.html
Sept 13th: Newhaven Fort, Newhaven, UK
Tickets: These have unfortunately already sold out!
Gig Info: fortprocess.co.uk/
Post Event Review: The Quietus
26th-27th September: Continual Tones, Ashburton, Devon UK
Tickets: Free: No tickets required!
Gig Info: ashburton-art-festival.squarespace.com/, info@ashburtonartfestival.org
ashburton-art-festival.squarespace.com/timothy-didymus
Hot news: The BBC interviewed Timothy at the event about the Glass Harmonica. Listen to the interview at the bottom of Ashburton Festival page.
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Mixtikl 6 arrives
8th June 2014 by Tim Cole
Now with Soundfont support & MIDI out ... and much easier file sharing
After rather a long time in the works we yesterday released Mixtikl 6 for iOS, as well as Android versions for both the Amazon Appstore and (at long last) Google Play. We also released Noatikl 2.5 to boot! See the Noatikl and Mixtikl forums for full details on what is in each.
We wanted to improve the reliability of our apps and to that end we have now integrated HockeyApp. This will be in all future app releases as it lets us find out *fast* about any crashers, meaning we can look to fix them fast.
Another thing we wanted to do was to make it much easier to share content between all the different versions of Mixtikl and Noatikl - that was a lot of work but that is now done. All files in Mixtikl 6 / Noatikl 2.5+ are saved to the "Intermorphic/" folder e.g. Mac: ~/Music/Intermorphic. Using a flat folder means it should now be a snap to share between apps. (see here for more info on transfering files).
There is a lot of shared capability under the hood in this release, which is one of the reasons why all these apps came out at once. One of the things under the hood is the improved Wavetable Unit. The Wavetable unit now makes it easy to use SoundFonts, and we also include 6 new wavetables in the above releases - great quality SF2 files for Drums Acoustic, Piano Upright, Piano Electric, Guitar 12-String, Synths, E-Perc.
Being able to support SoundFonts means that you can now use your own (if you can make your own!), or use some purchased from some third party, made available on a CD etc etc. There are loads of SF2 out there, meaning you can quickly and easily extend the sound palette you have at your disposal for creating generative music.
We hope you enjoy the latest releases and updates, and future ones to come. Thank you for using our apps!
Timothy Didymus live with Noatikl
13th March 2014 by Tim Cole
Hand-built Harmonica driven by Noatikl MIDI
On Saturday 15th March Timothy Didymus is performing live at The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton UK, with Lewis Forder and Alice Jones (XPERIMENT/PUBLIK).
It is a small, intimate gig, and he is using Noatikl to play his hand built midi-controlled chromatic glass harmonica automata live.
There are a small number of tickets going at £5 each, so get one now if you want to go!
Check out a recording of his glass harmonica on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/didymus/glaz-ouija.
Tim is an accomplished generative musician. Back in 1995-7 he used Koan Pro to create the generative music pieces in Float.
Gig Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/359832074156202/
For XPERIMENT/PUBLIK see: www.xperimentpublik.com/.
Laurence Stevenson
7th March 2014 by Tim Cole
Radio show "The Arms of Morpheus"
Scots-born Canadian Laurence Stevenson is a retired, international award-winning radio producer. He is also a mobile music creator who likes things spare and sloooooow, with no audio clutter.
He's been using our software since the days of Koan. Way back then he was using it to create sonic beds for his CBC Radio Show (Outfront). These days he has transitioned to using Noatikl Mobile and Mixtikl Mobile.
For fun, he runs a late-night radio show on his local community station where he puts out "The Arms of Morpheus - The Sleep Show". This is broadcast at midnight, 3 nights of the week (currently Sun, Mon and Tues). He's uploaded recordings of his shows to PRX, and they are definitely worth a good long listen. Get ready to kick back as there are 34 so far, each about 1 hour long :).
"The Arms of Morpheus": https://www.prx.org/p/112493.
How does he do it?
Rather incredibly, he creates these shows on iPad and records them on an ancient netbook using Adobe Audition. Typically his process is to use 3 mobile apps concurrently. Outputs are layered simultaneously in real time via Audiobus where FX and looping are added to taste (AUFX:Dub and AudioReverb mainly).
He uses a number of apps, but the mainstay of his setup is Mixtikl (used all by itself) or Noatikl for driving, via MIDI, whatever synth tickles his fancy that day. His favourite synth apps to use with Noatikl are: Alchemy, Animoog, Addictive, M3000HD (mellotrons!), Magellan, Sunrizer and Thor.
When he hasn't totally maxed out his 16gb with free apps du jour, he loads on SampleTank for things like vibes, etc. Ambient sounds he usually records with his Tascam recorder hung out of the window wherever he is.
If you want to hear what our apps can help with or are just a big fan of ambient or drone, then check out a master at work. In fact, just check out his recordings whatever!
In his words: "Thank you for making this kind of thing possible."
In our words: "Thank you for making and sharing it - here's the link again!"
"The Arms of Morpheus": https://www.prx.org/p/112493.
The March Deals
4th March 2014 by Tim Cole
We thought that as Spring is in the air we might as well get some 25%-off deals going - all the more so because we have not done any deals for a while now.
From March 3rd to March 22nd there is a 25%-off coupon ("DISCMARS322") you can apply to any retail purchases made via the Intermorphic Web Store.
In that March period we are also running a few one-off days where we are reducing by 25% the price to purchase Noatikl via the Apple Mac App Store and Apple AppStore. However, we are not announcing the days of the latter, so if you want Noatikl at a special price then keep your eyes open!
Why the seagull? I guess because deals can be hard to spot some times!