Where Opposites Meet

Nikolaus Gradwohl2016-01-07T06:32:30+00:00

I made a video for a song I recorded in november using the technique I showed In my blog post on quaternoid rotations

where opposites meet

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New Song - Bells

Nikolaus Gradwohl2016-01-04T07:16:13+00:00

I created bell sounds in bitwig-studio using a short noise pulse and some resonator banks. This is the first track I'm using them on

bells

Welcome Mr Streichfett

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-12-29T06:45:25+00:00

A first short test recording using my new waldorf streichfett. The bass track is made using a volca bass.

streichfett

Animation Node experiment - circular sound visualizer

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-12-01T06:55:12+00:00

For this animation I used an "Evaluate Sound"-Node to animate boxes placed on a circle

you can download the blend file here

circle sound visualizer

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New Song: unspoken words

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-11-27T06:28:20+00:00

An electronic track using the u-he ACE plugin, a Yamaha B55 organ. Recorded and mixed in bitwig-studio

unspoken words

Animation Node experiment - Sound rainbow

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-11-16T06:29:29+00:00

For this experiment I used the sound visualizer nodes form the animation nodes addon I have been asked for tutorials a lot lately and so I added a view screenshots and descriptions to explain how I achieved the effect.

as usual you can download the blend file here

please add a comment if you like this longer format posts or if you have suggestions for future posts.

sound rainbow

the song I used for the animation is called "The Long Dawn - Part II" and can be found on soundcloud

To analyze the audio material you need a "Sound Bake" and a "Evaluate Sound" node. I also created a copy of the default cube for each bar I wanted in my animation using an "Object Instancer". The strenghts list and the object list are fed to a loop.

node setup part 1

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New Song - Where Opposites Meet

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-11-12T06:41:57+00:00

I made a new ambient track in bitwig-studio featuring 4 artificial voices exploring opposite pairs

where opposites meet

Animation Node experiment - Music nodes

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-11-02T06:56:36+00:00

for this animation I used the "simple sound controller"-template from the animation nodes addon to control some objects by music. I rendered the 3 animations separately and cut them to the beat using the VSE

The track is recorded and mixed using bitwig-studio

you can download part1 ,part2 and part3 here

music node

New song - Rewire

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-10-20T06:35:55+00:00

A chillout track featuring a pad made from a guitar sample. Recorded in bitwig-studio

rewire

beat boxes

Nikolaus Gradwohl2015-10-12T06:00:39+00:00

The soundtrack for this animation was created in bitwig studio, the boxes are rendered with cycles and the blender freestyle addon

you can download the blend file here

beat boxes