I just met him for the first time 2 months ago at middlesex. he was immediately nice, we had a good conversation about together fest and a mutual friend who had passed away. I was looking forward to the next time I ran into him. thanks for sharing the news.
I made a simple app that makes it possible to use the Ableton Move as a generic MIDI control surface. it's available for free on github. check it out! youtu.be/3MFJ3M2qzuE #ableton #abletonmove #midi #synth #synthsky
a cyberdeck with an ableton move controller running bespoke
the cyberdeck closed in its case
further progress on the bespoke cyberdeck. it's held together nicely with an aluminum frame now, all super sturdy and opens/closes without anything getting squished or falling out. I was planning to add an aluminum faceplate, but it looks cool in this exposed form, so I'll leave it as-is #synthsky
a small portable computer in a "cyberdeck" configuration using an ableton move to control bespoke synth
work in progress #bespokesynth #synthsky
there's a part of me that _likes_ having everything exposed and messy... but I've finally admitted to myself that it's impractical to stick to that ideal
here's a look at a new "interface" module, now available in the latest bespoke nightly: youtu.be/doDEtCytQGA #bespokesynth
here's a demo of bespoke's new latencycalculator module, plus a fun accidental discovery that you can use it to measure real-world distances (???) youtu.be/9TesmE8e3-A #bespokesynth
tassel cowboy was the life of the party
awesome times playing #somerville #porchfest yesterday with acid basket!
and once I get this technical part out of the way, the actual "recreate the move workflow" part can begin!
I'm using the move's "control live" mode, and having bespoke pretend to be live. much of the "control live" mode works very similarly to push 2, so I'm able to leverage a lot of the push 2 API that ableton generously released on github, and just need to adapt a few things to work with move instead.
I really love the move hardware and workflow, but (as is my way) I really want the ability to push it a little further add my own features. my goal is to recreate much of the move's functionality within bespoke, paired with bespoke on a steam deck, to make a mini music-making station.
...and it's pretty similar in many ways. the display format for the screen is pretty wild though. once I get further along, the code for this will go up on bespoke's github as well.
I'm using the public push 2 API (github.com/Ableton/push... and github.com/Ableton/push...) which was mindblowingly awesome of them to release, and then doing some reverse engineering from there. I've got a head start since I already wrote bespoke's push2 integration (github.com/BespokeSynth...) ...
and away we go!
ableton move controller with "bespoke" printed on the display
I really love figuring out how to make hardware do stuff that it's not meant for
there's so much I want to do with bespoke, and so few decades left to achieve it!
woah, sweet: the ableton move uses a very similar protocol as the push 2 for communication, so with only a minor tweak, bespoke already has some minimal move support
an ableton push 2 connected to a steam deck running bespoke synth
sweet! I plugged the push 2 into the steam deck, and the integration with bespoke works out of the box, I didn't have to fix anything!
bespoke synth running on steam deck
bespoke deck
thanks paul! finally in the clear and out of quarantine
email review request for a child's unicorn diary set that was purchased as a christmas gift for my kid, with little apparent contextual awareness that we're in a gift-buying season
"hello, 40 year old man, now that it's several days before christmas: what did you think of that unicorn diary set that you purchased from us in early december? what do you mean, you 'haven't opened it yet'?"
thanks chris! pretty much all better now, and the quarantine period is finally over tomorrow
how does bluesky work? what's the vibe? do I do hashtags here? #bespoke #bespokesynth #synthsky
how did I find the time to put out a new release of my open source project during the height of the christmas season, you ask? why, I simply contracted a rare influenza-A strain and have been living in my basement in quarantine, which is a pretty effective way to clear your calendar.
hello everyone! yesterday was the december solstice, so let's start our new solar year with a new version of bespoke: 1.3.0! download at bespokesynth.com or on github, and here's a song to celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjR...
