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David Battino
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Writer, musician, dad, enthusiastic explorer of creativity technologies
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Just finished a lovely course with the theme “Be You More.” Still smiling. The image is one of 56 “ValYou” cards developed by the ShiftUp Agency of Seattle, hosts of the course and lovely people too. shiftup-learning.thinkific.com/courses/return
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I started to type “shine on, you crazy diamond” and autocorrect suggested “shine on, you crazy diarrhea.” Stink Floyd?
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Wonderful line in “East of Furious” by : As Beatrice sat down again at the table, a thought raised its hand in her head to ask a question.
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For football, hearing sci-fi monster roars, ray gun blasts, and crumbling buildings would be pretty entertaining.
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I’d love to hear alternative sounds. In 1987, I performed live FX for theater with a sampler that loaded sounds from floppies. One night, I loaded the war disk instead of the living room one. An actor opened the fridge and machine guns blazed. Fortunately, the rest played along.
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Set the VCR! Tomorrow, "@CBSSunday Morning" airs my story about the NFL Broadcast Fan Audio machine, whose buttons trigger crowd noises: roars of excitement, disappointment, shock, and awe. You’ll be seeing a mostly empty Super Bowl stadium—but you’ll be HEARING a full house!
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The making of SwineWAV, with video:
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My last #DIY music creature, based on the 3x3-inch / Tsunami, barely fit the host body. I just backed the 1x2-inch WVR board and can’t wait to try it in an even sillier case. The Kickstarter campaign ends Jan 21. kickstarter.com/projects/wvr/w
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Thanks, Tom! So glad to see this lives on.
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Buy something good from someone nice this year tomwhitwell.substack.com/p/music-thing-
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New #BatUtilityBelt column: Meet the $29 #DIY synth kit that’s more fun than TV. As a bonus, the magazine had me read the text aloud; they then made a video with the voiceover. synthandsoftware.com/2020/11/arduto
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New From @synthnsoftware - ArduTouch Puts Way-Cool Sounds in Your Hand qoo.ly/396a2v
#synthnsoftware #synthandsoftware #synth #synthesizer #software
Once in a blue moon, the Batmosphere haiku generator pops out a gem. I based it on an old After Dark module, picking random combinations of nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs. A future version might group the syllables into 5/7/5 format. batmosphere.com/index.html#hai
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Watching the Steelers game today, I marveled how the synthetic crowd noise filled the desolate stadium. I wondered briefly if game sound designers had consulted on the interactivity. But then the home crowd failed to react to *every* penalty call. (Photo: Adam Lukomski, Unsplash)
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Fascinating: Why COVID-19 is throwing off the accuracy of weather forecasts core77.com/posts/97566/ via
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Approaching the uncanny valley from the other side of the mountain: arstechnica.com/the-multiverse
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Thanks, . Feeling more "urrgh" than guru after NAMM, but here's that photo of the MD T at my last gig: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid
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The bouncer eyed my TV table as I entered the pub. "What instrument do you play?" "iPad," I answered. #fb facebook.com/photo.php?fbid
Närwhäl plays Nicholson's MusiCafe 4–6 today. I play drummer — on #iPad & Kaossilator. Come make whale sounds! #fb facebook.com/narwhaltheband
Concert tonight at the Sacramento Poetry Center. I play iPad and Kaossilator in our band. Come make whale sounds! sacramentopoetrycenter.com/narwhal #fb
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2 new keyboard videos: controller roundup (bcove.me/nte2c3xn) plus my singing debut, albeit through Vocal Tune (bcove.me/2ooadt9m) #fb
My new #Screenflow video is up on HP's Holiday HQ site. This program is so much more refined than Camtasia! #fb h30440.www3.hp.com/campaigns/unit
Son, 10: "What instruments do you play in your band?" "iPad & Kaossilator Pro." "Those aren't instruments!" Listen: #fb on.fb.me/S8vZGG
Crispy Voiceover Boy returns with a teaser for our upcoming software: bit.ly/hppcpreview. I enjoyed editing the video to the music. #fb
Cool! My voiceover, subtitled in 22 languages (click the CC button). Let me know if you spot any odd translations: hp.rlproductionnetwork.com/videos.html #fb
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"Universal earphones" detect which bud is in which ear. But the speech synth VO in the video is the best part: bit.ly/yA6vZn #fb
I play Voiceover Guy in the new video, bit.ly/RLCard. Editing the video to fit the music was a fun change, too. #fb
Hey, I'm back in with my new Key Secrets column and a review of 5 mini keyboards. Video at bit.ly/minikeyvid #fb
Heh! An email I sent just got rejected for profanity. I'd described a detuned piano sound with the apparently offensive term honky-tonk. #fb
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Whoa! An Indian university invited Hazuki and me to perform in Mumbai. Turns out we're the #2 Google hit for "Japanese storytelling." #fb
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GearWire posts my review of the Roland SP-404SX, the 32GB, battery-powered sampler with cool FX and zero load time: http://bit.ly/qpjG3L #fb
Ended our TV experiment after realizing I was paying $65/mo to distract my kids from reading. Quadrupling Net speed cost $3/mo! Bye, TV. #fb
Co-workers and I are teary-eyed: Comments from families who made photo books for troops with our software: http://on.fb.me/USOBook #fb
Got my #makerfaire tickets. First time in 3 years I'm not performing, so lots of time to ogle robots, pyro, and electronic music hacks. #fb
The Korg Kaoss Pad Quad effect processor is now shipping. Visit Gearwire.com for my review and video demo: http://bit.ly/KPQreview #fb
I am SO going to use this in my next Web design project: http://placekitten.com
My latest EM column sports an MP3 made with Ableton Live and Swedish robovox: "Add Foreign Intrigue to Your Tracks." http://bit.ly/SwedeRev
#NAMM moment: Booth mgr to demo guy: "Start playing! You've got 30 seconds!" Stevie Wonder & entourage are approaching like a giant amoeba.
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