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Music Hackspace at BEAM Festival
The Music Hackspace is going to BEAM! We will be there from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th of June 2012. We will show the SOLARIS project (Jean-Baptiste Thiébaut and Thierry Guibert), …
Stoicheia Video
Here’s a user video of our Euclidean Sequencer – Jim Credland rockin’ out with one of the very first prototypes!
Euclidean Sequencer Published
Our first module Stoicheia, the Euclidean Sequencer, is now available. We are publishing the source code, which you can access via github, as well as the hardware design. We hope that this will encourage tinkering, bending, extensions and improvements – … Continue reading →

Syntact: Moulding Sound by Miha Ciglar
Presentation on Thursday 21st of June 2012, 7pm. Miha Ciglar is a composer and researcher in the field of audio technologies. He holds a MSc degree from the Academy of …

Ohm Studio: the world's first collaborative music creation tool
Ohm Studio, the first online collaborative DAW was released on Wednesday 30th of May as an open beta. It is free to join (for now), try it out here. Ohm Studio is …
Microtonal sequencer by Deniz N. (equal temperament can go to hell!)
On Thursday 14th of June 2012, 7pm, Deniz will present his microtonal sequencer. Deniz kindly allowed the Music Hackspace to display his software here. The original code can be accessed …

London Music Hack Space welcomes Max MSP users. Desmond Dodecahedron writes…..
Last Thursday 24th May, Jean- Baptiste and Martin very kindly allowed the London Max MSP users group to be co-hosted at the Music Hack Space. Hopefully this is the start …

The Music Tech Fest's Hack Camp
Last week saw three days fully dedicated to assembling people with a passion for Music Tech. The Music Tech Fest, Co-organised by Ravensbourne college and tech design start-up Stromatolite, has …
Max MSP London meet up
On Thursday 24th of May 2012, the Music Hackspace is hosting its first Max MSP meet up at 7pm. Max MSP is a music programming environment that allows to bring …
Rebel Technology: Open Source Synth Modules
We’re on the cusp of officially launching the Rebel Technology website. Sneak previews available now! The first module we’re publishing is the Euclidean Sequencer, which some of you have seen and …

Audiovisual synthesisers: Tasos Stamou
Thursday 17th of May 2012, 7pm. Tasos Stamou will present his work on audiovisual synthesisers. Tasos Stamou, an electroacoustic composer, free improviser and instrument maker will present some of his …
Synthesizer Day
Big thanks to everyone who came to talk to us yesterday, and big ups to Andreas Schneider for organising the event! We had a great time, and got to talk to other makers such as vxxy and AlphaSphere. We also … Continue reading →
Rebel Technology at Rough Trade
Rebel Technology will be at Rough Trade East on May 2nd, showing the new Stoicheia module. We’re taking part in their Synthesizer Day organised with Schneiders Buero. Our modules will be set up in Schneider’s TestSalon, and you will be … Continue reading →

Howling Monkey: Curating in the Music Space
Thursday 3rd of May 2012, 7pm. Ben Bleet will present the activities of Howling Monkey: creating and curating in the music space. Ben will discuss the innovation opportunities in the areas …
Chapeau to Music Hack Paris
What happens to a charming Parisian factory when it stops making cardboard? It hosts a Hackathon! They called it Music Hack Paris. Although cardboard was not involved, laptops weren’t the …

SOLARIS: visual vinyls
Thursday 26th of April 2012. The SOLARIS project uses painted discs to create music and is led by French artist Thierry Guibert. Thierry crafts beautiful graphics on vinyls. These vinyls …
Record and Ride
Last week, we received a visit by Nicholas O’Brien, a sound engineer embarking on a cycling journey in Europe to record artists along the way. We hope to see Nicholas …
"A Hackday" by Pauline de Zeeuw
Pauline filmed this short documentary at the last Music Hackday in London, December 2011.This documentary reflects well the atmosphere of Music Hackdays as well as that of the Hackspace. Well …

Recycled Tunes: making hits out of Rubbish
On Thursday 22nd of March, Martin Malii-Karlsson will present “Recycled Tunes: making hits out of Rubbish” To promote sustainability and recycling to young people using music and social media. We want …

PatchWerk Radio: Generative Internet Radio
On Thursday the 15th of March, Guy John will talk and answer questions about PatchWerk Radio. PatchWerk Radio is a generative music internet radio station that streams constantly changing audio …