Kenaxis

New Mad Scientist Machine Video

Stefan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:41:31 +0000

New versions of Kenaxis for PC and Mac coming soon

Stefan — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:50:11 +0000

I’m also testing SoundCloud as a place to put some tracks created with Kenaxis.

Mad Scientist Machine

Stefan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:25:28 +0000

I’ve just posted some youtube links to another project that I have been working on. For those of you waiting for Kenaxis updates I will be getting back to Kenaxis soon and hope to have them coming shortly. In the mean time enjoy the Mad Scientist Machine – a telematics project using LED lights to conduct a group of improvisors.

Part 1 – Stefan Smulovitz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaueU35vwBM

Part 2 – Pauline Oliveros - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbp_G3eohDk

Part 3 – Lisle Ellis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmBGaU4PZo

Part 4 – John Oswald - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCBLdCtPKM

Part 5 – Paul Cram - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_timMuTS8so

Kenaxis Workshop in Toronto – Oct. 24/09

Stefan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:03:57 +0000

Workshop on Kenaxis Software by Stefan Smulovitz
Oct 24, 2009 (1-4 PM) $15/10
@ NAISA Space, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie #252, Toronto

Kenaxis transforms the laptop into an expressive instrument. Developed by Stefan Smulovitz over the last 10 years for use in improvisational and compositional settings, this easy to use software allows for live sampling and real time sound manipulation including looping, granulation, and convolution. There is also Kenaxis Surround for surround sound playback: spin, spiral or exact placement of sounds are all possible in realtime. All welcome!

http://www.naisa.ca/soundplay/workshops.html#wk2

Kenaxis 3.1 Released! Adds OSC compatibility and an FFT Phase Vocoder

Stefan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:27:26 +0000

On September 30th, 2009, we released Kenaxis 3.1, adding Open Sound Control (OSC) compatibility and a new time stretching tool, the FFT Phase Vocoder to our flagship software. This update, like all Kenaxis updates to date is free for current Kenaxis users.

OSC enables Kenaxis to communicate with a variety of hardware and software interfaces including consumer devices as familiar as the iPod touch, the iPhone and Wii remotes.

Meanwhile, the new FFT Phase Vocoder offers a new technique for sonic time stretching and freezing. While Kenaxis 3.1 is still loaded with granular synthesis tools, the Phase Vocoder will appeal to musicians who desire more organic, analog-sounding textures in their performances and compositions. While it is a valuable tool for all musicians and composers, the FFT Phase Vocoder may resonate particularly well with noise artists.

Feel free to read our press release for more details on this update.

Haiku & iPhones

Stefan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:52:37 +0000

Rohan De Livera has created a beautiful piece using Kenaxis. Check it out.

Also for those of you with iPod Touches or iPhones you can check out the applications I have created using RJDJ. They include a simple version of the granular synthesis system used in kenaxis. Some of the scenes are free including the granular synthesis engine and some are 1 euro. You can find out more here.

Enjoy,

Stefan

Rohan De Livera

Stefan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:50:29 +0000

Kenaxis is one of the nicest, feature rich, and most fun to use granular synthesizers I’ve ever used.

The Granulator and Basunerah were used to create harmonic sound ‘clouds’ and sequences of random vocal syllables in my piece Haiku. The ability to morph between various parameter settings enables a truly dynamic sound palette.

-Rohan De Livera, Electronic Music Composer
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Kenaxis featured in Electronic Musician

Stefan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:51:34 +0000

Electronic Musician recently did a reveiw of ten software applications that incorporate granular synthesis or ganulation of sampled sound. Kenaxis was one of the ten. You can read the entire article here, or check out a nicer scanned pdf excerpt of it here.

Stefan Smulovitz

Stefan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:29:46 +0000

I created Kenaxis out of a need to explore new sounds in an intuitive way. Coming from a background as an improvising violist, I wanted to create an instrument that would be fast and flexible enough to react to any musical situation.

If you would like to hear some of my music you can hear my solo work at MySpace and my duet work with vocalist Viviane Houle at Cellar Live.

Stefan Smulovitz – Vancouver, BC – creator of Kenaxis

Pessi Parviainen

Stefan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:35:34 +0000

I have used Kenaxis for preparing soundtracks for installations and performances. It is an intuitive tool for mixing and manipulating sound files on the fly, making it a breeze to prepare what I need. Most recently, I used Kenaxis in the Amorph!08-festival in Helsinki, in making a soundtrack that played in a park.
Besides that, Kenaxis is also an interesting digital expansion for my improv guitarism.

I just did another show with Kenaxis, running about in a café with a wireless mic, sampling things and people. The attached mp3 is from that particular mayhem..

Pessi Parviainen – Interdisciplinary artist – Helsinki, Finland