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Posted April 28th 2006 under Cybersonica, Objects, Sound
iScratch by Shosei Oishi (a student of IAMAS Japan) is software which enables you to scratch audio files like analog record using iPod’s touch wheel. Shosei re-wrote the pre-installed open source audio play program of Pozilla to be able to scratch audio files, and works using Linux.
I got to try this at the Takeaway festival and is great fun to use, an obvious metaphor that works without explanation. iScratch will be on display in the up coming Cybersonica exhibition.
Shosei is also a member of the Breadboard Band:
The Breadboard Band is a performing band that uses breadboards made of freely constructed electronic circuits to play music. We produce audio and visual expression through the most minimal, fundamental elements in the form of showing the electronic components of an instrument while directly touching and forming the electronic circuit by hand. The electric signals released from hand-made electronic circuits releases extremely rough and ferocious wave patterns. This performance is based on improvisational interplay, and we pull powerful music into shape through each member’s operation, while discovering new sounds by hand.
Comments
(April 29th 2006)
can’t seem to find the iscrath files, did he take them down?
(April 29th 2006)
[...] Mit der Zeit gewöhnt man sich dran. Neue nette Features und Hacks auf dem iPod benötigen fast immer ein vorinstalliertes iPodLinux. Hat man sich mit diesem Prozess jedoch erst einmal vertraut gemacht, so sind die Möglichkeiten beinahe grenzenlos. Das neueste Release in der “Das kannst du auch noch mit dem iPod machen”-Section kommt aus Japan und nennt sich iScratch. Entwickelt von Shosei Oishi erlaubt iScratch das Scratchen eigener Musik mittels des iPod-Scrollwheels. Die frühe Beta verträgt sich momentan leider nur mit WAV-Dateien. [...]
(April 30th 2006)
Where?
i have emailed him but no responce yet, i really want to get ahold of this, i have some very cool idea they could implement this and be very usefull..
(May 1st 2006)
V-v-v-v very nice!
(May 9th 2006)
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(May 15th 2006)
[...] iScratch - This one is especially for Mark, its software to put on your ipod to allow you to scratch tracks with the wheel on an ipod, pretty damn cool, i would have a go but it doesn’t work on the nano. Direct to download area. [...]
(June 1st 2006)
But where can i get this software, i vistit his website nothing, wrote him an mail nothing…… . heas someone here the link for me wehre i can download the software?
(August 18th 2006)
Hi,
Where i can download it ? I will scratch music too with my i-pod.
Please help !
Thx