April, 2008 archive

Image: Chris Randall
Analog Industries’ Chris Randall has taken a break from coding and grindhousing to reveal some of his synth porn secrets:

I’ll mention that I got my LensBaby 3G lens today for my Nikon. I was wondering how the camera work in the Buchla Music Easel film that was making the rounds lately was done, […]

xoxos has introduced Hyperion MIDI VST, a semi-modular MIDI processor suitable for a wide variety of tuned algorithmic applications. LFOs and counters are used to easily create dynamic MIDI sequences and change them on the fly, or to modulate other components of the architecture.
Hyperion produces glissandos or subtly varying sequences for up to three parts […]

 

 Hyperion demo [2:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Monkey Tools has announced Sound Grinder Pro, a Mac waveform editor and batch-processor:
From advanced metadata and file support to the new waveform editor, you will save yourself a significant amount of time in editing and processing tasks, and with full support for both Intel and PPC processors, you can be assured that your results are […]

Coldplay’s latest release, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, is due June 17th.
The album features 10 new tracks, recorded in London, Barcelona and New York with producers Brian Eno and Markus Dravs.
To build interest, they’ve released a free single, Violet Hill, that you can download via their site. (email required)
Tracks:

Life In Technicolor
Cemeteries […]

Wired.com has a review of the Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ Machine, and decides it’s cool, but an expensive toy:
The Tonium Pacemaker may be modeled after the idiot-proof iPod, but taking advantage of all the features on the Pacemaker requires an inordinate amount of button pushing. Fiddling around with it while sober requires a certain amount […]

Portishead gets the 7-minute plus remix treatment from Jay Fields, aka Exillon, a Bay Area electronica artist.
via missingtoof

 

 Portishead Remix: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Can’t afford a JazzMutant Lemur? Check out this video on making a MacGyver-style multitouch pad.
Building a small portable multitouch pad will allow you to test software and experiment on a smaller scale while building your full table or when away from your multitouch screen. This uses Front Diffused Illumination, with normal ambient light (infrared not […]

The SanFran MusicTech Summit, Thurs May 8th, will bring together some of the best and brightest developers in the Music/Technology Space, along with the musicians, entrepreneurial business people, and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce
Speakers

Dave Allen - Gang of Four, Bassist / Pampelmoose / Nemo Design, Director of […]

Electro-clash duo Ghostland Observatory has announced a small US tour for May:

5/2 - Metro, Chicago, IL
5/3 - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
5/15 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA

German Composer and Guitarist Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Temple, Klaus Schulze) will be part of the  line-up of a free genre-spanning multimedia event organized by New York’s Lincoln Center, 800 Years of Minimalism - The Spiritual Transcendent.
On Friday, August 15, 2008, Damrosch Park Bandshell will be turned into a place of intense listening thanks to […]

Yamaha has introduced a collection of Yamaha Key designs for Milano Salone 2008, an international furniture design trade show and competition, based on the theme “key for you”.
According to the company, the designs use a Minimal Element/Maximum Effect concept.

Let me know what you think of these design concepts in the comments.

Glitch is a genre of electronic music derived from a fascination with the sound of technology failing in interesting ways. While the music originated with musicians exploring things like CDs skipping, the sound of glitch has been absorbed into all types of electronic music, with musicians using glitch noises and effects within a rhythmic framework.
Here […]

The Moon Modular 563 is a Moog modular format trigger sequencer. Four rows of toggles control eight steps of four trigger voices.
Per YuSynth:
This Moon Modular 563 module is apparently the commercial version of a module that was custom-made for Gert Jalass. For Xmas 2006, Gert Jalass sent me a Xmas card showing his sequencer unit […]

This may actually go back farther than the “steampunk” headline suggests. Is there such a thing as “cavepunk”?
If you can’t get your hands on an 808 or 909, that’s no excuse. This bizarre DIY project uses matches to create a primitive drum machine.

Synch 2008 will bring new music and alternative music to Athens, Greece June 13-15.
The line-up includes Parallel Worlds, Happy Mondays, Yo La Tengo, Holy Fuck, Sterolab, Juan Atkins and many others.