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Soniccouture has announced the release of Kontakt Scriptorium, a collection of KSP Scripts, a sound library and set of tutorial videos for Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and 3.
KSP scripts are like ‘plug-ins’ for Kontakt. KSP allows you to manipulate Kontakt parameters at a microscopic level, creating new behaviours, unique timbral characters or even generative sequences.
For [...]

Andrew Fentem is a researched working on new interfaces for computer-human interaction. Many of these have potential in the area of music.

His interactive flooring system design was developed in collaboration with Peracolor for The Experimental House of Tomorrow.

He’s done a variety of work on electronic music instuments, especially in collaboration with Novation, including tactile instruments, [...]

The Who’s Pete Townshend, with the help of mathematician and composer Lawrence Ball and software engineer David Snowdon, has created a computer system called The Method which allows users to make unique pieces of music created by inputting personal information, sounds and a rhythm. Users will ’sit’ for the software in the same way a [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: M-Audio released the Studiophile AV 40 professional desktop reference monitors.
The Studiophile AV 40 monitors use the same acclaimed technology that has made M-Audio reference monitors so popular among top-shelf producers, engineers and musicians. The compact system features balanced and unbalanced connections, headphone output, additional aux input, video shielding and more—making it [...]

According to its creator, the Music Machine is an incredible addition to any living room, den, apartment, or studio.
The bizarre hybrid is a full digital recording studio built into a beautiful piano cabinet. It is based on a Mac Mini with a Lexicon Omega audio interface that is set up with 2 instrument inputs, [...]

RolloSONIC Software, a California-based software firm, has released its flagship product, RolloSONIC, a synthesizer designed to provide a new method for trance and sound-effect artists to create smooth-flowing synth-sounds.
The synthesizer software uses the computer’s mouse as the primary source of control-data to the synthesis-components - allowing for a more smooth and natural guidance of sound.

Description:
Many [...]

Sonica has introduced the HUSH-965 audio workstation, a computer specifically designed for computer audio work. The workstation is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor running at 2.4GHz per core, with 4MB of cache memory and with a 1066MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). In addition, the HUSH-965 workstation incorporates Extreme XMS II DDR2-800MHz memory, [...]

The complete audio and liner notes from the rare 1979 album First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival is available online at a new site, Vintage Computer Music.
The site includes MP3s of every track, which can be downloaded or played online.
The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival was held August 25, 1978. The next year, Creative Computing magazine [...]

REDCAT will be presenting a multimedia celebration of electro-acoustic composer Barry Schrader’s music on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
This retrospective concert of works from the past 33 years includes the world premiere of Fallen Sparrow, a solo work performed by violinist Mark Menzies, and a new dance theater setting of the piece After Death [...]

Studio to Go! is a CD of integrated music software that runs direct from a computer CD drive. The CD is designed to run on any Windows compatible PC and to configure itself to the system and sound hardware automatically.
The CD includes a Linux operating system and a large collection of music applications.