N-SPHERES
coming 14. November 2024
3.5'' FLOPPY DISK
+ PLOTTED SLEEVE
+ BOOKLET (24 PAGES)
CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS, ARTWORKS AND CODE SNIPPETS
+ AUDIO & VIDEO FILES
+ REALTIME EXECUTABLE FILES
WORLDWIDE REGISTERED SHIPPING
PREORDER FLOPPY €40
PREORDER DOWNLOAD €10
+ PLOTTED SLEEVE
+ BOOKLET (24 PAGES)
CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS, ARTWORKS AND CODE SNIPPETS
+ AUDIO & VIDEO FILES
+ REALTIME EXECUTABLE FILES
WORLDWIDE REGISTERED SHIPPING
OSCILLOSCOPE MUSIC
Oscilloscope Music is music that creates it's own visuals. The same signal that goes to the speakers is also fed into an analog oscilloscope to draw green glowing lines. The left and right audio channels correspond to the horizontal and vertical axes of the image. Parametric functions are meticulously crafted to create synesthetic geometries in a lab aesthetic that is retro and futuristic at the same time. The tricky part is to create images that sound good and vice versa, which demands novel methods of synthesis, mixing and mastering.N-SPHERES: The long awaited new EP
We first announced the new EP back in 2018. It took many attempts and reiterations to get to the concept we had envisioned, and just six years later reached it's final form as N-SPHERES. An n-sphere is an n-dimensional generalization of a circle or a sphere to any non-negative integer, and if that doesn't make sense right away, don't worry, watching the ep will get you there.If the first album "Oscilloscope Music" was a proof of concept, N-SPHERES is the purpose of that concept. Oscilloscope Music is now completely functional and ready to ascend to the n-th dimension. N-SPHERES sounds rougher and more uncompromising, yet closer to the dancefloor and on an entirely new level of complexity. It features 5 tracks, with a complete play time of around 30 minutes.
LIMITED EDITION 3.5" FLOPPY DISK
Since Oscilloscope Music is based almost entirely on parametric functions, it is possible to store only these functions in an executable program and let the program create the audio and video output on the fly. The storage space required for such a program is just a fraction of an audio or video file. The track FUNCTION it is roughly 41KB in size. Due to this extremely small file size it is possible to store the executables for the entire audiovisual EP in Windows / MacOS versions all on one 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk. So in addition to the download (audio / video / executables) there's also a hardware release on 3.5" floppy disk + booklet. The initial release is limited to 500 numbered copies, which come in a blue paper case with vector artwork, "handdrawn" by a machine (a pen plotter to be specific) as seen recently on Hansi's livestream.EP PREORDER
With either download or hardware preorder you can instantly download the video (MP4 h264, 4k 50fps / 1080p 50fps), audio (WAV/FLAC/MP3) and beta executable files for FUNCTION, and you will receive another email with your download code for the EP once it is released. Hardware preorders will be shipped around the EP release date. When will it come out? November 11. 2024!In case you have already preordered the limited edition 3.5" floppy disk, you will get another email before the release, with a link to confirm / update your shipping address. Tracklist:
- Function
- Intersect
- Attractor
- Flux
- Core
OSCISTUDIO
OsciStudio 7 was built alongside the new EP. New features include:- vastly improved timelines & clips
- Livecoding examples with many new complex capabilities
- undo / redo
- improved rendering
- built-in support for WickedLasers projectors