August, 2006 archive

You know you’ve got a good product when your fans start making commercials for you.
Check out this fan commercial for Moog synthesizers.

According to “themedusas”, a 25 year old design student, “T
his is a project I did for my Motion Design 2 class. The concept behind this was to magnify the culture and kinship of owning [...]

Line 6 and Sonoma Wire Works have announced the latest version of their award-winning guitar recording software, RiffWorks Line 6 Edition Version 2.
RiffWorks is available as a standalone software recording application for Line 6 USB enabled devices, and as part of the GuitarPort RiffTracker hardware/software bundle. RiffWorks Version 2 is available for Mac OS X [...]

Line 6 is now shipping the GuitarPort XT guitar modelling hardware & software.
The hardware and software bundle, which will include GearBox 2.0 software, is a powerful tool for guitarists seeking a no-hassle way to learn, play and record music. GuitarPort XT works with both PC and Mac computers, including the new Intel-based OS X machines.
GuitarPort [...]

Allen & Heath have released a new software suite comprising new firmware and Mac configuration utility software for its mixer/controller, the Xone:3D. The updates include an improved interface for Mac users and greater MIDI functionality.
The updated utility software provides an interface - identical to the PC version - for users with Mac computers to set [...]

Would you believe that this is a synthesizer in disguise?
We wouldn’t….but it is a guitar that uses knowledge from Line 6’s line of modelling effects processors to let users play and record a variety of sounds.
Line 6 announced today the debut of Variax Acoustic 300 Steel and Nylon string modeling guitars. The latest additions to [...]

Synthax Audio today announced that RME is shipping the little brother of the highly acclaimed Fireface 800 – the Fireface 400 worldwide.
The portable Fireface 400 is a newly designed product whose flexibility, functionality and performance sets it apart from other devices and sets new standards among 19-inch half-rack products in much the same way as [...]

An Indiana University School of Informatics researcher is leading efforts to develop technology for large-scale online music databases.
Donald A. Byrd, visiting associate professor, and two British colleagues have been awarded a $395,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund the first phase of MeTAMuSE (Methodologies and Technologies for Advanced Musical Score Encoding). Byrd [...]

Sigma is a Finnish electronic music duo that has made music since 1997.
Sigma’s music has strong ambient flavor, with an element of experimental electronic music. Live-shows are balanced between improvisational and composed parts creating long ambient soundscapes.
Human Trinity is a 100% improvisational piece recorded live in Kanneltalo in 2004.
 

Check out this DIY analog sequencer in action:

The sequencer is controlling Korg MS10 and Roland S100M synthesizers. The first row controls MS10 pitch and S100M noise-drum gate. The second row controls MS10 filter-cutoff.  Synthesizer sounds are modified live when sequence is running.
The sequencer, called the SEKU, is a two-channel 16-step analog sequencer. Details are available [...]

What “Dodo” does when he isn’t squid fishing or watching the classic, Gigli.
 
Note that, between the keyboards and theremin, he throws in a little bit of funnel-singing.