Show and Tell

Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies and experimental documentary storytelling. He is also a DJ at KDZU, a fictional real radio station possibly based in Goldfield, Nevada. Rob was previously a lead designer for ProtoSpace, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s mixed-reality collaboration platform. Rob has also worked as a technical experience designer building mobile interfaces for Electronic Arts and Industrial Toys. From 1999 to 2008, Rob was the founding curator of the DEADTECH, a proto-hackerspace and electronic arts center in Chicago, IL.
Rob's Links:
post.lurk.org/@shimmeringtras...
/ @shimmeringtrashpile
shimmeringtrashpile.com
kdzu.org
robray.net
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Chessex dice set: store.chessex.com:11552/IW_Pr...
8:45 - Thrift stores: www.thethriftshopper.com/
16:47 - Koala sampling app: www.koalasampler.com/
22:34 - Open Library: openlibrary.org
29:10 - Antennaobscura: kdzu.org
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/rob-ray-artist/
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[@shimmeringtrashpile]

Thanks for having me, Kevin! Cool Tools is so great! If anyone has questions or comments about my Cool Tools, please give a shout!

[@matts7214]

Terrific episode, Rob! Great work and thank you! Koala is a favorite of mine, and I always thought if I wanted to be a guest I would do a theme: “Mobile music production tools.” Koala is among the best, but not sure if it would make my top 4 with so many amazing iphone/iPad music creation apps ;)

[@shimmeringtrashpile]

@@matts7214 Thank you so much! I love to catch your top four mobile music production tools! It's a new thing for me and I'm having so much fun scheming on strange sounds in strange places!

[@matts7214]

@@shimmeringtrashpile here’s my top 4 iPad/iOS music creation apps: AUM and many other apps by kymatica, Animoog and other apps by Moog, Tonestack PRO and all apps by Yonac, Group the Loop.
Most of these and Koala as well are developed by small or Indy creators - would be amazing to hear *their* cool tools!