Designing a piece of gear, an interface, is a musical exercise much as is sketching a written score. It’s particularly apparent in the simple but descriptive “x0x” grid of the step sequencer on the Roland TR-808. Graphic designer Rob Ricketts has made some beautiful, arresting posters that simply provide those patterns. Apologies if you’ve seen these already, but several people sent them into me and I saw them making the rounds, and they’re worth spotting. Now, next: a monome poster? Or what visualization might next be clearest?
Program Your 808 (4 poster series, 2011)
A series of informative posters detailing how some of the most notable drum sequences were programmed using the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. Each sequence has been analyzed and represented as to allow users to re-programme each sequence, key for key.
http://www.robricketts.co.uk/808.html
(I’ve given up on anything with corners; it may upset readers, but I’m only playing spheres from now on. Practicing “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” But I’m curious what new designs, new patterns, and new visualizations we may see next.)
Ahh … Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald. How I loved that, eh, Guy. His Automanikk release is still brilliant.
Ahh … Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald. How I loved that, eh, Guy. His Automanikk release is still brilliant.
Ahh … Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald. How I loved that, eh, Guy. His Automanikk release is still brilliant.
Hi. Thank you for that link. I agree with you that creating software devices is a version of writing sheet music. To me it sometimes resembles to buildung instruments too.
On what point would you draw the line between craft and art?
Hi. Thank you for that link. I agree with you that creating software devices is a version of writing sheet music. To me it sometimes resembles to buildung instruments too.
On what point would you draw the line between craft and art?
Hi. Thank you for that link. I agree with you that creating software devices is a version of writing sheet music. To me it sometimes resembles to buildung instruments too.
On what point would you draw the line between craft and art?
The next thing should be Tenori-On charts for the bass and other parts (color coded per “layer”)
The next thing should be Tenori-On charts for the bass and other parts (color coded per “layer”)
The next thing should be Tenori-On charts for the bass and other parts (color coded per “layer”)
The Site is down, are there more posters or just these two?
The Site is down, are there more posters or just these two?
The Site is down, are there more posters or just these two?