Feline-based experimental music

[cornutt]

Two synthesizers and a calico...

[Bordertangoman]

we are in competition for the least replied to topics, it would seem.

[elisedance]

yes but this one wins on also worst-in-context replies

[elisedance]

actually - thanks for the cat-ch, its quite amazing

[cornutt]

actually - thanks for the cat-ch, its quite amazing

Thanks!     I need to find the video of the guy who turned his
hamster into a MIDI controller.   

[elisedance]

...as long as no harm came to the hamster.
one of the delightful parts of the feline music is that the guy obviously adores his cat....

[Bordertangoman]

I saw this documentary about guinea pigs being trained as cia agents

[cornutt]

Video of the MIDI hamsters

And the Web site that explains (sort of) what's going on here.

The hamsters were unharmed.  The researcher's brain, not so much.  Then again, it was probably bent in the first place.   

[elisedance]

I saw this documentary about guinea pigs being trained as cia agents

really?  I saw one on CIA agents being trained as guinea pigs....

[elisedance]

Video of the MIDI hamsters

And the Web site that explains (sort of) what's going on here.

The hamsters were unharmed.  The researcher's brain, not so much.  Then again, it was probably bent in the first place.   

File this one in the nonsensical artist fiche.  I'm not sure he actually achieved anything more than a randomizer could have at a fraction of the price.  OTOH I would not be watching/listening to it!  Much prefer the cat one - that at least told me something about the guy.... 

[cornutt]

I'm pretty sure the hamster thing was intended as a joke.  It's a spoof on some of the algorithmic-composition things that some people spend a lot of time noodling around with.  Some people were trying to pursuade the author to submit it to the Journal of Irreproducable Results.  Plus, there's a running joke in the Synth-DIY community about deriving MIDI inputs from non-musical items -- see the MIDI pants.