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Eigenharp Tau from scratch 6: AudioUnit plugins, Soundfonts and Mixing

This is the sixth part of our tutorial about how to get started with the Eigenharp Tau. In this episode we’re covering the AudioUnit plugins, soundfont and mixing the sound of the instruments.

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Eigenharp Tau from scratch 5: Drummer, tempo, audio loops and Stage

This is the fifth part of our tutorial about how to get started with the Eigenharp Tau. In this episode we’re covering the drummer, tempo control, audio loops and an intro to Stage.

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Eigenharp Control Voltage setup with Workbench, EigenD 2 and Silent Way

This tutorial creates an Eigenharp Pico configuration from scratch in Workbench so that you can play your analog synthesizer over Control Voltage. This requires EigenD 2 and a DC-coupled audio interface or a similar solution like the Expert Sleepers ES-3.

I’m using the Expert Sleepers Silent Way plugin to generate calibrated pitch voltages, but all the principles should apply to MOTU Volta also.

The Pro version of EigenD 2 is required to use Workbench, but it’s possible to achieve CV control by modify an existing factory setup using Belcanto and the non Pro version of EigenD.

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Learn the Eigenharp Tau from scratch: video lessons

My girlfriend, Nathalie, is learning how to use the Eigenharp Tau from scratch and we though it would be interesting to record the videos of her lessons as we go along. Here are the first three, hope you enjoy them!

Don’t hesitate to ask us questions or to send us suggestions, we’ll keep them in mind for future sessions.

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Eigenharp Clubhouse 34

Recording of the weekly Eigenharp Clubhouse on Google+ Hangouts, July 2, 2012

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JackOSX for routing audio between EigenD and other applications

Jack allows you to send audio in real-time between applications that are using it as an audio device. This tutorial shows how to connect each individual EigenD instrument to a separate track in Logic Pro so that they can be recorded in an isolated fashion.

This tutorial uses MacOSX Lion and the latest JackOSX beta available for it, which can be downloaded from: http://www.grame.fr/~letz/JackOSX.0.90b4.zip

Any later versions before the official 0.90 release will be announced on the JackOSX Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jackosx

This tutorial also uses an external tool called Patchage to easily connect up the audio ports of the Jack system, it can be downloaded from here: http://drobilla.net/software/patchage/

Watch the video in full-screen 1080p HD to see everything clearly.

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Eigenharp live playing with vertical wall dancers

António Machado created this 10 minute live performance of original music composed for and played on the Eigenharp Alpha. It’s a nice combination of very expressive traditional sounds with percussive elements and synth interventions.

The music accompanies two vertical wall dancers that seem to play out a romantic relationship between man and woman. This was performed on the 1st of June during the Festival do Moscatel in Palmela, Portugal.

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Tim Roberts ‘For Pico And Piano In E’

A live recording for a piece that Tim composed.

A scan of the score can be found here
Audio only download
Tim’s Facebook

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Eigenharp Clubhouse 33

Recording of the weekly Eigenharp Clubhouse on Google+ Hangouts, June 11, 2012

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Eigenharp Clubhouse 32

Recording of the weekly Eigenharp Clubhouse on Google+ Hangouts, May 28, 2012

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