Working A Little Backwards Here!

It's a new blog but an ongoing project so let me fill you in a little about myself and why a project like this interests me and hopefully interests you too! I've worked as a performance DJ for most of my career here at Parsons, making a steady living while enrolled in school. When it came time to buckle down for my thesis I decided the best way to fully immerse myself in this year long journey was to incorporate something I love outside of school (in this case playing music) with something I've learned in school (technology!).

Using my own knowledge of music combined with my love of gadgets and gizmos I've come up with a system of controlling an entire musical performance with a single iPhone and my laptop computer. I'm using Touch OSC, an iPhone application, to provide a nice graphical way to control the music. The Touch OSC software in itself is not a usable program so I've created my very own patch in Max MSP that maps out each set of controls such as faders, rotary controls, push buttons, toggle buttons, XY pads, multi-faders, multi-toggles, and LEDs to control different sounds, samples and effects. My plan is to provide live musical entertainment during our thesis exhibition for students and spectators to groove to while admiring all of our separate installations. Here are a few screen shots of the Touch OSC software: 



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Tracklist

1. When We Were Young (G.L.O.V.E.S Remix) - Sneaky Sound System
2. 100% - Chromeo
3. Do It (Romeo Erotic Remix) - The Bar-Kays
4. Down In L.A. (Shazam Remix) - Munk
5. Lion (Bagraiders Remix) - ZZZ
6. Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix) - DJ Mehdi
7. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) - Friendly Fires ft. Au Revoir Simone
8. Life's A Beach (Todd Terje Beach House Mix) - Studio
9. The Deep End (ft. Nancy 'LCD Soundsystem' & Juan Maclean) (Holy
Ghost! Day School Dub) - Curses!
10. Shadows (Knightlife Remix) - Midnight Juggernauts
11. Shempi - Ratatat
12. Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarous