Our friend Mike Abb recently shot this great video / interview with producer and OhmRGB user Emancipator at Emo’s right here in Austin, TX. Listen in as the band talks about their new album, live production techniques, and how the internet helped launch their career. Their Winter 2012 tour has also just been announced, be sure to check them out! 
When designing the OhmRGB we thought a lot about how users would be able to fully take advantage of the different LED colors available. We created a method that allows the colors to be changed depending on the velocity that it receives from the software (or midi hardware). You can of course change the color assignments with the RGB editor, or just use the defaults. This makes the RGB very easy to integrate with different softwares for totally customized setups.
Robert Vela made this really intuitive mapping for use with Traktor. Native Instruments has created a really easy method for mapping the controls including specifying the color you want to use for each control. Here’s a video Robert made explaining his setup and showing you how it all works.
Robert has made his mapping available for free, it can be downloaded here.
Recently we were contacted by musician Bruce Muphy (ex member of Men Without Hats, who also just happens to be a Dentist) who wanted a custom Code built to match his Moog Voyager. As you probably know by now, we LOVE making custom finishes, so we were super excited to make it match. His Moog had a black face, green LEDs, and white washed oak end caps. Since we already offer custom metal colors, and Code’s LEDs are already green, we just needed to make some custom ends caps. We picked up some oak planks and white wash, and here’s the result.
It came out so nice we decided to add white wash as an option for customization in our online shop.
You can see more images by visiting our Flickr stream.
Today we’ve released version 2.5 of both Cell and CellDNA. Version 2.5 builds on the same core architcture of previous version, and also adds a lot of functionality, features, and integration. One of the main features that they both share is a powerful SQLite database built into the browser so producers can tag, comment, and search for clips on any drive for immediate recall and playback.
CellDNA has some extra control features. On OSX computers, the output can be sent and received via Syphon to other Syphon-enable software for projection mapping or additional mixing. Networking is built-in allowing for multiple computers running multiple screens. For Ableton Live users, the free CellDNA-Control Max for Live plugin provides tightly integrated video with their audio tracks, using audio, MIDI, automation, and controller data from Live to remotely control CellDNA on the same machine, or over a network.
CellDNA can also be expanded by users by using the intuitive visual programming environment, Max from Cycling74. All effects and extras in CellDNA are open source and can be modified by the user, or used as an educational tool. Video and control patches can be created using the CellDNA SDK, offering an unprecedented level of user customization.
Both programs feature extensive MIDI integration. A user-editable template system means any Livid MIDI controller and the Akai APC20 and APC40 can be plugged in and mixing instantly. More controllers will be added throughout the year. Up to six MIDI controllers can be mapped to almost anything, so any pile of controllers can be turned into a sophisticated video mixer.
