October, 2007 archive

The 2007 SCREAM Festival (Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) will be held at REDCAT this year on Friday, November 16.
The Analoglive performance will feature composer/performers Alessandro Cortini, Gary Chang, Richard Devine, Peter Grenader, Loren Nerell, Chas Smith, Thighpaulsandra, and Paul Tzanetopoulos, performing on a variety of analog synths.
“This exciting and unique concert is sure [...]

The Shukar Collective offers something a little bit different than the average electronica on their latest CD, Urban Gypsy.
Urban Gypsy features ursari music – Romanian bear tamer music – combined with breakbeats and dub effects. The tracks prominently feature folk instruments like spoons, wooden barrels and darabuka. Just as prominent, though, are drum machines, synthesizers, [...]

QuikQuak has released Glass Viper – a synthesizer that offers unique waveform shaping, giving it a deep and natural sense of movement, going beyond analogue simulation into a truly organic sound.
Instead of taking a sample or oscillator and applying just filters and FX techniques, Glass Viper bends the actual shape of its waveforms through a [...]

 

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Native Instruments has just released TRAKTOR 3.3, a free update for its popular DJ software. The new version includes a range of improvements, including integration with TRAKTOR SCRATCH, extending its versatility and flexibility with up to four simultaneous playback decks.
In its new version, the TRAKTOR 3 software can now be used together with TRAKTOR SCRATCH [...]

EastWest has introduced three new sample collections; Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, Blazin’ RnB & HipHop Collection Vol. 2 and Synthation Producer’s Collection (produced by Synthation).
Here’s the scoop on these new libraries:
Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2
Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, sequel to the popular Blutonium Hardstyle Sample CD, will add punch to users’ hardstyle, hardtrance, hardcore or jumpstyle [...]

The guys at Open Labs offer this bizarre video that shows how a NeKo is born:

Propellerhead has published several free Reason 4 video tutorials. Here’s a three part introduction to the Reason 4 sequencer:
Reason 4 Sequencer Part 1

Reason 4 Sequencer Part 2

Reason 4 Sequencer Part 3

Digital Music Doctor has released a new video training course, GarageBand 08 – Know It All!, that covers audio and MIDI recording, editing, and mixing using Apple GarageBand ‘08 pro audio software.
A What’s New section covers the major new features in GarageBand ‘08. A Quick Start section provides a tour of the features and functions [...]

Daft Punk Table – Around the world was uploaded by: daftpunkalive
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Daft Hands – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger was uploaded by: daftpunkalive
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