February, 2008 archive
Allen & Heath has added a new Xone DJ mixer, the Xone:42 4-channel DJ mixer with USB audio interface.
The Xone:42’s feature set is built around 4 dual-input stereo channels; channels 1 and 4 are phono/line, while channels 2 and 3 are line/line. All four channels have a powerful +6dB to total kill 3-band EQ, a […]
Free Human Beat Box VST
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Filed under: Software Synthesizers & Samplers, Virtual Instruments
DSK has released a free human beat box VST - DSK DrumZ BeatVoiZe.
Features:
8 sound slots (C3 to C4 white keys)
Level and pan control
8 stereo outs
26 samples
3 kits
Midi automation
Preset selector
DJ Tech Tools’ Ean Golden posted this fun video of himself DJing with a Guitar Hero Controller:
Arcade buttons are cool but taking a plastic guitar into the crowd and taping away a solo is some next level fun. In the past 5 years I have experimented with just about every piece of midi gear out […]
Allen Strange, 1942-2008
Electro-acoustic composer and author Allen Strange died last week at the age of 64.While Strange was probably best known to a generation of musicians as the author of one of the definitive books on electronic music - Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls - he also was very active as a composer and performer of […]
Carl Stone is one gurus of live computer music in the classical tradition, having worked with computers in live performance since 1986.
I remember picking up a copy of his Woo Lae Oak - a sort of minimal ambient work - in Lawrence, KS.
This was back in the vinyl days, and I hadn’t heard a lot […]
Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racing game where the shape, speed and mood of the game adapts to the music that you choose.
You earn points for clustering blocks of color on the highway. You can also compete with others on the Internet for the high score on favorite songs.
It requires Steam on PC […]
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Ninecows has released The Putney v2.0 (.zip download link), a freeware architectural replica (SynthEdit) of the EMS Putney. The plug-in runs as a VST effect, not a VST instrument.
Description:
As the original it is constructed of basic modules connected in a matrix, letting you route sources and control voltages to different destinations. Many module based synths […]
BOLDER Sounds has released Tibetian Singing Bowls, a 760MB sample library.
The bowls were struck by a number of items for a wide selection of tone colors. Also included are a few bonus Tingsha Bell samples.
The Singing Bowls were “played” hit and also sustained. The sustained samples are what people refer to as “singing” bowls. This […]
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Filed under: Drum Machines & Groove Boxes, Electronic Instruments, Electronic Music & Recording Gear
An introduction to the MIDIbox 808 project - a DIY Roland 808 clone & sequencer.
Looks like a great companion to the x0xb0x.
AudioCubes Drop Test
Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte offers an inside view on creating and testing the AudioCubes, the first commercially available tangible interface technology in the world.
Schiettecatte also repeatedly drops boxed AudioCubes, over and over and over. And then maybe a couple of more times.
More on the AudioCubes here and here.
Inspiration Sounds has released Electro Grime, a new sample library which features electro synths, bass lines, drums and synth fx for dirty electro house and minimal house production.
Electro Grime was created using analogue synthesizers and drum machines. All loops are at 128BPM. The library is in Acidized Wav, Apple Loops, REX2, and WAV formats […]
Steampunk Furby Music Sequencer
This is one of the stranger bent instruments I’ve seen - a sort of steampunk Furby sequencer by nervoussquirrel.
Here’s what nervoussquirrel has to say about the Furby sequencer:
Each furby has 4 controls: mute, crash, loop and reset. The handle turns 8 cams which operate corresponding microswitches to create interesting rhythmic patterns. Part of the […]
Apple today updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook […]
Equinox Sounds and BeatHive have released Binary Code, a downloadable loop pack from electronic composer and sound designer Stuart Sweeney (Node), containing 250 loops and phrases for creating Experimental Electronica, Glitch, Industrial and IDM music.
The collection features melodic elements, beats, rhythmic pulsating textures and atmospheres, all presented in ACID / WAV format.
You can preview […]
Dave Cornutt, an aerospace software engineer based in Huntsville, AL, is also an experimental electronic musician, as Source Code.
He blogs at Sequence 15, and has an interesting collection of free tracks that you can download from his site. With each of his pieces, he provides some information on the process and gear that he used […]
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