http://www.kenaxis.com inspired, innovative software for the next generation of music creators Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:07:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/kenaxis-workshop-in-toronto/ 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/kenaxis-31-released-adds-osc-compatibility-and-an-fft-phase-vocoder/ 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/haiku-iphones/ 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/rohan-de-livera/ 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. http://www.kenaxis.com/kenaxis-mentioned-in-electronic-musician/ 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/stefan-smulovitz/ 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 ... http://www.kenaxis.com/pessi-parviainen/ I will be one of the exhibitors at the Get Connected Summit in San Fran on October 2 & 3, 2008. This will be a fantastic event with some exciting pannel discusions (Music, Technology and Social Activism - Where is the Future of DJ'ing Going and Can We Keep Up? ... http://www.kenaxis.com/kenaxis-at-get-connected-summit-san-fran/ What's cool about Kenaxis is that you can sit down and make something happen. It never fails to generate a cool sonic idea. Banjo Ideas Audio Sample (1:47) - Click to Play [audio:http://www.kenaxis.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/banjo_ideas.mp3] Danny Barnes - banjoist, composer, remix artist, inventor of folktronics - Port Hadlock, Washington http://www.kenaxis.com/danny-barnes/ I use Kenaxis in works for fixed media (surround sound concert works) & in live performance. John Oliver - Composer and Sound Artist, Vancouver BC Person John Oliver Right click for SmartMenu shortcuts http://www.kenaxis.com/john-oliver/