https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2 Multimedia =D en-us 2016-10-13 17:06:25 UTC 2026-01-09 17:31:09 UTC hello@padlet.com 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130532613 2016-10-13 17:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130532613 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130533627 Animusic is an incredibly unique style/form of music. The albums consist of video animations of very unique instruments, playing all sorts of styles of music. ]]> 2016-10-13 17:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130533627 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130535102 In Animusic, all of the instruments run off of MIDI data, a format that is able to how the instruments what notes to play, and when and how to play them. ]]> 2016-10-13 17:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130535102 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130535555 Animusic was created by Wayne Lytle, a longtime musician who ended up being an undergraduate student in both music and computer science. Here he came up with the idea for animated music.]]> 2016-10-13 17:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130535555 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130788078 Arguably Animusic's most famous song/animation, "Pipe Dream"]]> 2016-10-14 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130788078 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130788831 Some animations contain very recognizable instruments and believable sets.]]> 2016-10-14 15:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130788831 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130790316 Others contain much more "alien" sets and instruments]]> 2016-10-14 15:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130790316 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130794192 The original Animusic was released in 1998, with 7 tracks]]> 2016-10-14 16:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130794192 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130795089 Animusic 2 was relased in 2005, with 8 more tracks]]> 2016-10-14 16:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130795089 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130795835 The Animusic 1 CD release (just the audio) has three additional bonus tracks that have no accompanying animations]]> 2016-10-14 16:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130795835 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130796439 Lytle made two animations prior to creating the first Animusic, "More Bells and Whistles" (pictured below) and "Beyond the Walls" The first of the two was created back in 1990!]]> 2016-10-14 16:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130796439 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798165 Both DVD releases contain lots of bonus features for each track, including different camera angles, isolated instruments, set construction clips, and directors commentary.]]> 2016-10-14 16:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798165 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798703 Track #1 on Animusic 2, "Starship Groove" is written in the not commonly used 7/4 time signature, as the flashing columns on each side of the set indicate.]]> 2016-10-14 16:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798703 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798724 Animusic is a really unique and fun experience, even though it may seem kind of odd at first. The music by itself is very well written and there is lots of variety throughout the tracks. In addition, the animations are very captivating and have lots of polish for animation done circa 1998. Both discs are well worth having, and I really hope Animusic 3 will come out (eventually.)


]]> 2016-10-14 16:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/130798724 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131151071 Animusic held a Kickstarter campaign back in 2012 to raise money for Animusic 3, however the album has still not come out. One of the original two creators of Animusic has left the company since then, however Wayne Lytle insists it will (eventually) be done.]]> 2016-10-17 14:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131151071 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131157079 Intel as part of a project to advertise their Atom processors, undertook a project to make "Pipe Dream" in real life, firing paint balls onto various panels that look like instruments from the animation.]]> 2016-10-17 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131157079 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131158760 Only one animation has been made based on classical music. "Cathedral Pictures" is based on Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." All the other songs were written from scratch by Wayne Lytle]]> 2016-10-17 14:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131158760 2018jmckeen https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131167122 A New York Times review from just after Animusic 2 was released ]]> 2016-10-17 14:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2018jmckeen/9dsodlcw6bo2/wish/131167122