December, 2007 archive

genoQs has introduced the Octopus BlackSea, special edition of it’s unique MIDI sequencer. It comes with the latest version of the Octopus software and is sexier than ever.
Here’s a quick intro to the Octopus sequencer:

Features:

Step Length multiplier, to have steps play up to 8 full notes at normal track speed
Increased resolution of the MIDI CC […]

Robert Abel and Associates’ commercial for Panasonic has some great cheesetastic synth music, along with great 80’s era computer graphics.

Here’s an interesting video that tells the story of how the Jingle Cats came into existence:

Why Jingle Bells on the Arduino theremin?

“gheez, why did I post this?” asks matrix12x. “I could hardly hear anything while recording and I look like a Christmas demon of some sort… like an evil santa or something.”
Very unique.

Modartt has announced a free instrument add-on: an electro-acoustic grand piano CP-80, s/n 1982.
The CP-80 was a popular stage piano at the time (1976-1985) with a unique sound and with an authentic grand piano action. It was marketed by Yamaha as a touring friendly and electronically amplified variant of a grand piano. It was famous […]

The One Laptop Per Child project is shipping computer now, and they’re offering a deal where you can buy a laptop for $400 and they will donate another laptop to a needy child.
The OLPC laptop is pretty stripped-down hardware-wise, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to make music. It comes with several music-making […]

A cool demo of Folktek’s beautiful touch-based synth interface, aka the Harmonic Field.
Folktek = Arius Blaze and Ben Houston. There’s an interesting interview with them at Trash Audio.

This audio visualizer for the iPhone makes the phone display react to the sound coming through the microphone:

Earlier today we had images of a Roland 808 on an iPhone and asked if it was legit. The consensus in the comments was that the iPhone 808 was bogus.
iPhone Synth, though is real and available for download. Here’s a video of it in action:

The synth uses the iPhone’s accelerometer to change the cutoff and […]

Dreamtargets has posted  an iPhone 808 image at Flickr.
Real? Fake? Photoshop? Just a picture on his iPhone?
Let me know what you think!
Full size image here.

Brian Eno has a new gig: Nick Clegg enlisted Eno as an adviser on youth issues and to help him fix Britain’s “broken politics”.
Eno told the BBC Radio 4 World at One programme his work as a record producer meant he had credibility with young people.
“For ages we have had this political rhetoric coming from […]

Robotmakers offers up a switched-on cover of Sleigh Ride:

Recorded in one live take, with some prerecorded tracks. The polysynth part uses Kontakt instruments created from modular samples (MOTM GX1 Filters).
via Nabble

Jin-Yo Mok’s SoniColumn is an interactive sound installation that can be played by a person’s touch.
The installation takes the form of a column-like cylinder, of a height that does not quite reach the ceiling but just high enough for one’s reach. Grids of LEDs installed inside the column light themselves on by the users’ […]

Need some professional vocals to complete a track?
DrumsForYou.com, an online recording service, is now providing session vocalists for hire via the Internet.
Their full music production service provides you with four session musicians playing; live drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and mixing/mastering all together for a complete package of $675.
Their vocal service allows you to choose a […]