jk.lpx – Software for Interacting with the Launchpad X in Cycling 74’s Max Environment

jk.lpx is a set of free abstractions made with standard Max objects for interacting with Launchpad X in Cycling 74’s Max environment.

There are a variety of example patches in the Max Extras Menu.

Installation Instructions for version 1.0.1:
Place the jk.lpx folder into the ‘packages’ folder in the ‘Max 8’
directory here: <User>/Documents/Max 8/packages then restart Max

[1.0-Updated 1 January 2020]
[1.0.1-Updated 16 July 2020, things work better now]

Software is “Name Your Own Price.”
$0.0 is fine, but if you would like to contribute, any amount is appreciated. Thank you!

Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask with Steuart Liebig and G.E. Stinson: The Choir Boys with Strings (PFMCD037)

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The Choir Boys with Strings
Jeff Kaiser: Trumpet, Quarter-Tone Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Electronics
Andrew Pask: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bass Penny Whistle, Electronics
G.E. Stinson: Electric Guitars, Electronics
Steuart Liebig: Contrabass Guitars, Electronics

Visit The Choir Boys home page at:
www.trippyhorns.com

1. Needlework Alice 11:59
2. Impromptu Lateral Drop 7:26
3. Tobacconist from Rimini 10:59
4. Frenchwoman Luggage Cart 8:39
5. Adulterous Dishwasher 9:40
6. Definitely Jack 10:23
7. Rest of the Skeleton 15:12
8. Wir Sind Hier 5:28

The music was created in two continuous suites.
Track numbers have been added for convenience.
Suite One: Tracks 1-5. Suite Two: Tracks 6-8.
Total Playing Time: 79:46

All music © 2006, Jeff Kaiser Music, ASCAP and Kaleidacousticon, ASCAP
Digital multitrack recording by Wayne Peet, October 5, 2005 at Ventura College Theater, Ventura, California
Art, Layout, Mixing and Mastering by Jeff Kaiser, January 2006
pfMENTUM • pfmentum.com • Box 1653 • Ventura • CA • 93002

Special thanks to Robert Lawson and Ollie Powers for the invitation to perform,
and to Roger Meyer for staging and lighting the show.

pfMENTUM CD037

PFMCD037

Jeff Kaiser and Vinny Golia: Ganz Andere (PFMCD001)

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Ganz Andere

Jeff Kaiser: trumpet, ocarinas, guitar, voice and electronics.

Vinny Golia: piccolo, Chinese membrane flute, Bb clarinet, contra-alto clarinet and tenor sax

Robert Fludd: Art

1) Mysterium Tremendum 02:08

2) Moral Geometry I 08:37

3) Yellow Light Surrounding Shadow Outline of Large Man 06:08

4) Mysterium Fascinans 02:16

5) Son of God in Garage with Rat 09:16

6) Majestas 02:05

7) Man with Spider in Mouth 06:22

8) Ganz Andere 04:48

9) Coffin-like Hymns to God 04:13

10) Moral Geometry II 05:10

11.) Templum-Tempus 11:16

total 62:40

Released 01 January 1999

pfMENTUM CD001

PFMCD001

ISCM World Music Days, Tallinn, Estonia, May 2-10, 2019

I am pleased to announce my work, ZEITNOT III, was accepted for performance at ISCM World Music Days, Tallinn, Estonia, May 2-10, 2019. A huge thank you to the ISCM Miami Chapter for submitting me for consideration! …

Paper, “Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity” direct links….

The full texts of Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity (Jeff Kaiser) and Configurin(g) KaiBorg: Interactivity, ideology, and agency in electro-acoustic improvised music (co-author David Borgo) are now available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Kaiser http://ucmo.academia.edu/JeffKaiser

“Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuousity” published

My article “Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity” was published! It is in the wonderful tri-lingual journal “Cuadernos De Música, Artes Visuales Y Artes Escénicas.” Click “Idioma” on the sidebar to select your language. Special thanks to Claudia Salamanca (editor) …

KaiGen-I-Ching for Ableton Live and Max

I had so much fun making the Max I-Ching patch I posted a few days ago, that I decided to make a Max for Live device so everybody can have a little divination in their Ableton …