Thing-1 Demo

Below is a selection of recordings made using Thing-1.

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Thing-1 instantly converts the playing of any standard soprano recorder into expressive MIDI messages that can be routed to control any MIDI synthesizer. Click a track to hear some results recorded by an amateur player:




Recording Details

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These solo recordings were made by playing a plastic Jean Baptiste soprano recorder into an entry-level Audio-Technica ATR20 cardioid microphone plugged in (via a pre-amp) to a MacBook. The dry audio was translated by the Thing-1 software for MIDI synthesis.

Using GarageBand (shown below) as the MIDI recording platform, the audio from each software synthesizer you hear was then exported into MP3 format.

GarageBand-Bluesette

The raw recorder audio was recorded to a separate track but has been left out of what your hear above. No post-processing to the audio, MIDI, or tempo was done. These are all unedited takes.

Speed and Efficiency

To give you a sense of the very low latency response of Thing-1's real-time MIDI translation, the following mixes preserve the recorder track.




In Demo 13 you might have noticed that Thing-1 tracked the recorder cleanly even on the high note which was played noticeably out of tune. The harmony, chording, and sustain were triggered live in Thing-1's MIDI effects section via wireless right-thumb remote, an optional add-on.

As to efficiency, Thing-1 uses only about 5% to 9% CPU on a 2.2GHz MacBook. That leaves up to 95% of your CPU for multiple synthesis tracks, effects, and other tasks!