One of the highlights of the Eigenharp Developers Conference was the creation of the first Eigenharp Tau Whisky Dispenser Prototype.
John Nolan remember is was discussed on the forums and with the help of John Lambert and some tidbits from the Eigenlabs factory, they were able to create the first working prototype.
All details can be found on John Nolan’s blog.
Posted in Instrument, Tau.
– January 27, 2012
Last weekend the first Eigenharp Developers Conference took place in Dartmoor, UK.
It was wonderful to meet up with all the users and to play music together after the sessions and the pair programming. In a matter of hours new working agents were already up and running, this promises great things for the future. We’ve started on overview of the agents that are currently being worked on, it’s quite an interesting list.
One very interesting announcement from the conference is that agents can now be built by using the binary installation of EigenD, which includes an SDK as of version 2.0.35-experimental. Additionally, these agents can now directly be built into a binary package that can easily be distributed or even sold. Given enough interest, this could even be done straight from the Eigenlabs website.
The developers that participated in the conference have continued the drive and contributed back the agents they developed into the contrib repository on GitHub. The developers section on the forums is also buzzing with enthusiasm.
Here are some pictures and a video from the event, technical session videos and documents will be posted soon. Some of the presentation slides are already available as PDF downloads.
(Fun bonus, check out the Eigenharp Tau Whisky dispenser)
Eigenharp DevCon 2012, a set on Flickr.
Posted in EigenD, Instrument.
– January 27, 2012
Spyzer is a Brazilian group considered by the critics, one of the best electronic live shows of the world.
With nearly 350 shows between the years 2009 and 2012, Andy (vocals an synthesizer), Jay (percussion, drums and vocals), Lhux (guitar and live visual production) and Rick (sax, eigenharp, didgeridoo and others) mix traditional instruments with others innovators.
Here’s a video they made about their usage of the Eigenharp Pico:
More information about Spyzer:
http://www.spyzer.com
http://www.youtube.com/spyzerlive
http://www.facebook.com/spyzerprofile
Posted in Instrument, Live, Pico.
– January 27, 2012
As I’ve been studying the Eigenharp during the last year, I recorded a number of compositions, sketches and covers on the instrument. This is a compilation of the best ones, hope you enjoy them.
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– January 6, 2012
Eigenlabs has created a three-month rental scheme for the Pico and the Tau that allows you to conveniently try out an Eigenharp before committing to a full purchase. If you decide to go ahead and buy the instrument following your rental, they simply deduct the rental fee and return shipping fee that you have already paid, from the standard purchase price.
More information here:
http://www.eigenlabs.com/rental/
Posted in Instrument, Pico, Tau.
– January 6, 2012
bar|none wrote an extensive blog post about the state of the Eigenharp and what’s coming in 2012. He also talks about his experience as a musician and very early adopter (he got one of the first Alphas).
He closes with:
I do now see how the original vision will become reality for users. This is an amazing instrument and platform. There is no equal anywhere. Yes it is complex, but it now hides this complexity under a mature, accessible and very capable host while allowing access and extensibility to all levels of player from beginner to pro users as well as to programmers wishing to extend the platform. Even if you never changed out a sound in the factory setup, you could play, learn and enjoy this instrument for a lifetime.
Head over to his blog for this very interesting read:
http://bar0.blogspot.com/2012/01/eigenharp-2012-preview.html
Posted in EigenD, Instrument.
– January 2, 2012
A small gift for the New Year, an instrumental composition on the Eigenharp Alpha “That What Remains”.
This combines many thoughts and feelings that go through me when thinking about what remains after people left this earth.
– January 2, 2012
On December 30th, Richard Lainhart passed away due to complications after surgery. I only exchanged brief messages with Richard and would have liked to know him better personally. Richard’s passion for emotional electronic music has inspired me a lot over the last years. His approach to using the Haken Continuum with his Buchla 200e modular analog synthesizer are in my opinion landmarks that paved the way to playing electronic instruments as expressively as traditional instruments.
Take a while to browse though his Buchla website and certainly don’t miss his performance of Messiaen’s “Oraison”
Posted in Instrument.
– January 1, 2012
Every Monday at 16h00 CEST we’ve been meeting in a virtual Eigenharp Clubhouse using Google+ Hangouts.
It has been a lot fun and very interesting with a great attendance! There are several regular attendees (Geert, Mike, Antonio, Dragica, Chris, Larry) and we’ve had everyone from passionate existing users, excited new users and people interested in learning more about the instrument.
Don’t hesitate to join us next time at:
https://talkgadget.google.com/hangouts/extras/talk.google.com/eigenharpclubhouse
If you missed the previous clubhouses, you can find all the recordings on LiveStream.
Posted in Demonstration, Instrument, Tip, Tutorial.
– December 14, 2011
Last night I posted my first improvisation video with the my Eigenharp Alpha Hang Drum setup, so I thought it would be time to post the Belcanto to create it also.
You can download the script from here:
Eigenharp Alpha – Hang Drum script
Make sure you use at least EigenD 1.4.8, I updated some of the Belcanto with newer constructs which will only work with the latest release.
It’s important to read the instructions in the script, here’s a copy of those:
Continued…
Posted in Alpha, Configuration, Setup.
– December 8, 2011
