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The Mixtape

Posted on 12/12/2012 by Chris

The mixtape celebrates the 50th anniversary of the cassette and the home sampling and mixtape culture that resulted from the formats proliferation.

Created using a 23 year old Tascam MSR-24 1″ tape machine, we blended 16 tracks together to produce this mashup:

Loops for the performance were edited, time stretched and pitch shifted using Ableton Live before being transferred to tape for the performance.

During playback, each loop can be triggered by un-muting the individual track. A particularly tricky aspect of the performance was muting the tracks again when you want them to stop. Weaving all the parts in and out of each other required a large amount of planning and we ended up devising our own score for the performance.

The Mixtape Score for Tascam-MSR24 Tape Machine

For the video work we used a Canon 600D DSLR and three lenses.

For the macro shots we used the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

The closeups were shot using the Canon EF 50mm f1.8

The main shot used a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM. This wide screen lens was mainly used as the camera needed to be very close to the tape machine due to space restrictions.

The City is London

Posted on 26/07/2012 by Chris

Our latest mashup takes a look back over the last 60 years and features some of our favorite London musicians, films and TV shows.

We used projection mapping techniques to map 26 videos over a box sculpture and perform the mashup live, blending the videos over the surface of the boxes. To create this we used 3 laptops (sending OSC messages across a Wi-Fi network), 2 projectors (one for the projection mapping, one for the control surface camera), Ableton Live 8, Max for Live, Resolume Arena, Syphon and MadMapper.

The whole performance is completely portable and adapatable for easy manipulation and set-up.

Available for live perfomance

Tracks used:
Eurythmics - Winston’s diary (1984)
Night and the City
Mary Poppins - Stay awake
Queen - A kind of magic
Amy Winehouse - You know I’m no good
The Who - Baba O’Riley
Blur - Song 2
Amy Winehouse - Stronger than me
Jamiroquai - Deeper underground
Dizzee Rascal - Fix up, look sharp
Quincy Jones - It’s caper time (self preservations society)
Adele - Rumor has it
John Murphy - 28 days later
Led Zepplin - Whole lotta love
Faithless - Insomnia
Florence & the Machine - You got the love
The Clash - London calling
Eastenders
Queen - We are the champions
Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
Klint - Diamond (Snatch)
The Kinks - You really got me
Are you being served
Only fools and horses
Queen - Another one bites the dust
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

The 2012 Vimeo Award Winners

Posted on 18/06/2012 by Andy

Ithaca Audio was fortunate enough to experience the Vimeo Awards first-hand this year after being shortlisted in the remix category for our video ‘Don’t hold back, push things forward’.

Held in New York, this celebration of exceptional filmmakers from across the globe was hosted by Beardyman and Reggie Watts whilst the show took full advantage of the latest projection-mapping techniques and other cutting-edge technologies to ensure it was an experience not to forget.

Over 14,500 entries were received from 147 countries this time round and whilst there was an impressive display of talent and creativity present throughout the show, unfortunately the $5000 (approx. £3200) prizes could only be awarded to the winners of 13 categories with the exception of a whopping $25,000 (approx. £16,000) Grand Jury Prize for one lucky finalist.

The winners were chosen by an eclectic range of noteworthy judges such as actor and director James Franco, Shelley Page of DreamWorks Animation, director Edgar Wright, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood and the Museum of Modern Art’s Barbara London, to name a few.

So without further ado, the 2012 Vimeo Award winners were as follows…

Lyrical

Symmetry by Everynone.

This film was one that truly stood out from the crowd this year. For this reason, it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and features at the top of our list.

The remaining winners are listed in alphabetical order…

Action Sports

Dark Side of the Lens by Astray Films.

Advertising

K-Swiss - Kenny Powers MFCEO by Caviar.

Animation

Umbra (HD - 2010) by Malcolm Sutherland.

Captured

Sweatshoppe Video Painting Europe by Sweatshoppe.

Documentary

Amar (All Great Achievements Require Time) by Pilgrim Films.

Experimental

Prie Dieu by Cokau.

Fashion

Mulberry ‘Skirt’ by Academy Plus (A+).

Motion Graphics

A History of the Title Sequence by Jurjen Versteeg.

Music Video

Manchester Orchestra - “Simple Math” by Daniels.

Narrative

Blinky™ by Ruairi Robinson.

Series

Often Awesome The Series by All Aces Media.

Remix

Rear Window Timelapse by Jeff Desom.

Although the Grand Jury Prize went to US-based Everynone, it is comforting to know that our fellow UK entrants also made a significant impact at this year’s Vimeo Awards, claiming a total of 3 awards.

We are already looking forward to next years show…