The South By Southwest Festival, (a.k.a  SXSW ) is a busy time here in Austin, Texas. If you haven’t been to it, it consists of a week of live music, film, and interactive (though the live music part is really the main attraction). Over 2000 bands play in six days in Austin, which is part of the reason we have the moniker “Live Music Capital of the World”. It’s not just bands either, we have DJs, electronic acts, and producers playing all over town.

This year for SXSW we are participating in a bunch of events around town, and have even made a limited Texas Mesquite model controller available until the the festival is over.

First we have teamed up with SwitchedON, Austin’s own vintage synth shop for a “Local Electronic Instruments Manufactures Meet and Greet” where our friend and Create Digital Music Editor Peter Kirn will be speaking. This is taking place at the Victory Grill across the street from SwitchedOn in downtown Austin. There will be a bunch of interesting makers and musicians there, plus I hear rumors of jello shots, so stop on by and say hi! If you can’t make it at least be sure to check out SwitchedON, they have amazing stuff and are a great bunch of people.

Wed. March 16th
4-7PMVictory Gril
l1104 E. 11th St.
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Next we are going to be demoing, performing, and probably drinking many Lone Star at the Bwomp x Glitch.FM Showcase on the 17th. This event is presented by Dubspot, Propellerheads, Native Instruments, and Ableton.  The evening features performances by Ill Gates, Mochipet, and many more. There will also be a bunch of giveaways including a controller or two from us, and a workshop by DJNSM from the Ableton Colorado crew. We be demoing Max4 Live, Traktor, Reason, Live, Arkaos, and Cell DNA with all of our controllers.

Thurs. March 17
1PM – 7PM
Deseo Centro Lounge
219 Congress Ave.
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If you are in town and can’t make it to either event, you can always drop us a line and maybe get a tour of our shop.

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Pete and I will be doing visuals and demoing our controllers at the NAMM after party next week in LA.

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We are doing an Ohm64 workshop and presentation from 6pm to 7pm at the Seattle Art Museum on Thursday, Sept 24 as part of the Decibel festival. We’re SUPER happy to be a part of this event. The Decibel festival has grown from a grass-roots effort of volunteers and music lovers into one of the best annual electronic music festivals. For more info, visit the Decibel website.
Our presentation is at the Simons Board Room at the Seattle Art Museum, and is FREE.

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I have the pleasure of giving an Ohm64 clinic at one of the coolest music gear shops on the planet, Robotspeak. Start your Saturday evening right by learning about our controller. The lower haight’s array of bars and restaurants can take care of the rest of the evening!

Saturday September 19th, 6:00pm
Robotspeak Store, 589 1/2 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117
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From their website:
Peter Nyboer of Livid Instruments will be hosting a free clinic on what we think is the most beautifully crafted MIDI control surface you can buy, the new OHM 64.
The Ohm64 is a highly flexible, high-quality MIDI controller, with a lot of possibilities. Eight sliders, one crossfader, sixteen knobs, a 64-button grid, plus an additional 15 buttons all adds up to a massive amount of control.
However, “possibilities” can be a daunting word when sitting down to make music. Peter Nyboer, software developer and partner in Livid Instruments, will be providing an overview of the features and some ways to work with the Ohm64 to help make sense of it all. He’ll show some examples in Ableton Live, Max/MSP/Jitter, and Livid’s own VJ software CellDNA (which comes free with the Ohm64). He’ll also dive into the open-source OhmSound synth that he’s been working on that serves as a great example of some of the things you can do when making your own instruments for the Ohm64.
AND ITS FREE! no RSVP required, so come on down.

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I’ll be showing an in-depth look at the Ohm64 and software at Overlap/BARCMUT meeting tomorrow night, 7pm http://overlap.org/2009/06/maxmspjitterlive-salon-july-22nd/ Visit the link and RSVP for location (it’s in Downtown San Francisco area).

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