VALIS - vast active laptop intelligence system

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:16 pm

6 guys with laptops collaborating on the fly with no plan, no practice, and no direction. All using Live.

(EDIT)Please use dl links below.

We will be doing this every month, first Saturday of each month. If you are in Bmore or nearby let me know if you want to participate.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:22 pm

files don't work. they require registering or something....

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:10 pm

Sorry bout that, this is my first try with these free file servers. Try these -

Part 1 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VCQXQSXH

Part 2 – http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... aa56c79289

Part 3 – http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... d8e73ad3d0

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:20 pm

Bumpity Bumpity Bump!
I make drums on #1

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:22 pm

yes, the megaupload site wants you to enter the 3 letter anti-bot code.

Yousendit needs a registration. But it looks like the links for the #2 and #3 are the same.

man. at times this is strange chaos, at times it is strangely wonderful.

i had some clipping/dropout issues, i am not sure why, and they sadden me.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:46 pm

mikemc wrote:yes, the megaupload site wants you to enter the 3 letter anti-bot code.

Yousendit needs a registration. But it looks like the links for the #2 and #3 are the same.

man. at times this is strange chaos, at times it is strangely wonderful.

i had some clipping/dropout issues, i am not sure why, and they sadden me.

Fixed the link. Is the yousendit here asking for a login? It should go straight to dl.

Also, for some reason Mike your channels almost hard panned to the right I think, hence the clipping. We need to work that out.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:54 pm

pulsoc wrote:
mikemc wrote:yes, the megaupload site wants you to enter the 3 letter anti-bot code.

Yousendit needs a registration. But it looks like the links for the #2 and #3 are the same.

man. at times this is strange chaos, at times it is strangely wonderful.

i had some clipping/dropout issues, i am not sure why, and they sadden me.
Fixed the link. Is the yousendit here asking for a login? It should go straight to dl.

Also, for some reason Mike your channels almost hard panned to the right I think, hence the clipping. We need to work that out.

Yep, link works. hmmm ... that is odd, was not panned this way. grrr, maybe left cable shorting was what was going on.

there was a fair amount of clipping for all *tee hee* it was fun.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:57 pm

mikemc wrote: Yep, link works. hmmm ... that is odd, was not panned this way. grrr, maybe left cable shorting was what was going on.

there was a fair amount of clipping for all *tee hee* it was fun.

Yeah I figured that was it, I noticed it when we were playing and asked you but the problem was either in the cable or the mixer I was using. I will check that out too.

It WAS fun, and frankly sounds pretty ok even on playback

dubbyah · Post by **dubbyah** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:38 pm

This is sick man! Very nice stuff!

It makes me very envious of the fact that you know 5 other people who use live and produce experimental electronic music.

I don't even know ONE person near me who uses live to produce *ANY* kind of music!!!

Very nice sounds. The live Live laptop band is where it's at.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:08 pm

Did you do it completely freestyle or had you some sort of midi sync?

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:23 pm

Michael-SW wrote:Did you do it completely freestyle or had you some sort of midi sync?

We had some sync issues, so I think all or most of it was freestyle. I played the bass synth part for some and drums for other parts. I think it definitely would have been tighter if we had been synced, something we should look into for the next one.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:49 pm

If you want to play beats on several computers sync is probably a good idea among those at least. But if you are not doing too high tempo, you can probably manage with tap tempo.

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:52 pm

yeah I think half of us were synced and the rest worked off of the tried and true, "whaddya at?!!" method.
You can hear different people dropping the metronome throughout the performance, here and there.
Makes me smile.
People like mistakes, reminds them that we're human.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:52 pm

Michael-SW wrote:If you want to play beats on several computers sync is probably a good idea among those at least. But if you are not doing too high tempo, you can probably manage with tap tempo.

Right, I meant that we tried to midi sync but ran into technical issues. We should try to clear that up for next time.

There was one point where I realized I was playing at 185 bpm on beats when we had all previously determined we would be at 175. I started yelling to the other guys to warn them "I'm at 185 bpm" and they started cheering and yelling "go Will! 185 bpm!". It was funny.

eisnein · Post by **eisnein** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:04 pm

corygilbert wrote:yeah I think half of us were synced and the rest worked off of the tried and true, "whaddya at?!!" method.

yeah i got the sync off of Cory and then sent it out to at least 1 of the two Mikes if i remember correctly?

a band of laptops is def a sight to behold!