Reader Jinku sent word of mNodes – a patchable modular controller which is controller by physical patch cords and knobs. mNodes connects to your computer, via USB, and lets you create and manipulate software ‘patches’. In this video demonstration, mNodes is used with Supercollider and Max/MSP. mNodes can be used with MaxMsp/Jitter, Ableton Live, cSound and… Read More Patchable Modular Controller, mNodes, Lets You ‘Patch’ Software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kB8PdxQkyI This is a demo video, via iDesignSound, of a Korg MonoTribe with the Amazing Machines MidiTribe mod: Quick video of me testing a MonoTribe template that I made for TB MIDI Stuff. Using the Amazing Machines MidiTribe MIDI Mod. The MidiTribe mod, as you might guess, adds MIDI control to the Korg Monotribe. See… Read More Korg MonoTribe With MidiTribe Mod
This is a preview of The Big Bug – a live looping performance by Swedish ‘electro shamans’ Lur (Mika Forsling and Erik Rask). The duo records various modified instruments, electronics and hacked toys on stage and then manipulates the live loops with DJ effects and filters. Among the gear are MIDI lightning balls, Q-chord, YouRock guitar… Read More Live Looping Gets Bizarre With Lur
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live performance of an original track, Off Guard, by Gil Assayas.
AudioThing has released Spheres, a new collection of 64 patches for Native Instruments Massive. Spheres includes pads, leads, basses, soundscapes, synth tuned percussions/mallets, sequences and more. The patches weren’t designed for a specific genre, instead they were crafted trying to follow a theme: round shapes, bouncing sounds and circular sequences. Specifications: 64 Patches. Multiformat: KSD… Read More AudioThing Releases Spheres For Massive
Developers Kevin Holland and John Staskevich sent us word that their Nth Music Synthesizer is now available for order at Kickstarter.com. They hope to raise $15,000 to fund the production of the plexiglass synth and they’ve already got about $6,000 in orders. You can support the production at different levels, including $300 for the fully… Read More NTH Music Synthesizer Now Available For Order Kickstarter.com
Sound Magic has released Piano Thor, a new virtual instrument developed from the most famous Steinway piano – perhaps the most famous grand piano – in history. Here’s what Sound Magic has to say about Piano Thor: This is the Steinway D numbered CD443, the piano that Vladimir Horowitz loved most. The CD443, Mr. Horowitz’s… Read More Sound Magic Releases Piano Thor, ‘The Most Famous Grand Piano In History’
Reader MatzeRak let us know about this new music video from the DigiEnsemble Berlin (FB link), a performance of Handel’s Ombra Mai Fu from Xerxes, featuring vocalist Anna Gütter. The DigiEnsemble Berlin is a group of classically trained musicians that explore the performance possibilities of smartphones and other mobile devices. This video captures a performance of the aria… Read More Opera With iPhones – The DigiEnsemble Berlin, Featuring Anna Gütter
Developer Xavier Hosxe, creator of the DIY PreenFM sound module, has released a firmware update. Hosxe says that the most interesting feature is the addition of “2 step sequencers that can be routed in the matrix and sent to the modulation indexes or to one of the 32 other available destinations.” Hosxe previews this in the… Read More PreenFM Synth Gets Firmware Update
Reader Ben sent us this video folktronica jam, Dicken Schrader feat. Milah & Korben doing their version of Depeche Mode’s Everything Counts. Note: Thumbs way up for teaching cute grade school kids to sing Depeche Mode!
