I have started to log key areas of my research in, what will eventually become, sprawling posts on the subject. These will feature the latest findings at the top and act a some sort of replacement for my now defunct Twitter feed, where I would often post rambling threads on a topic that featured multiple video demos. Where relevant, they will also feature design files, links to parts etc…for those wishing to build on my experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my experience, at some point when you make musical machines you are going to test how fast, or slow, they can reliably play. The Mammoth Beat Organ<\/a> is a lumbering beast, capable of rock-solid slow playback. ams<\/em><\/strong> is a whippet by comparison, so my tests in this realm have tended to focus on fast playback. Hyper-virtuosity isn’t confined to issues around speed. Machines are also capable of complex and precise articulation for sustained periods, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My interest in this area doesn’t stem from an interest in outperforming humans for the sake of it. It has to do with what sonic possibilities this presents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The very first test with this in ams<\/em><\/strong> was this simple-as-it-gets speed test.<\/p>\n\n\nStarter for 10…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n