Signs Of Synthesis: Peruvian Electroacoustic Music (1991-2000) is a new compilation that brings together the music of a generation of Peruvian composers. The album features music of Federico Tarazona, José Sosaya, Rajmil Fishman, Julio Benavides, Rafael Junchaya, Edgardo Plasencia, Gilles Mercier, Nilo Velarde and César Villavicencio. Here’s a preview:
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Miguel d’Oliveira shared this happy synth pop style performance of Food, Glorious Food, from the musical Oliver! The arrangement features the Stylophone S2, which he notes is ‘temperamental’.
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) let us know about a new project, Rancho Electro. He invites friends to perform and record a song with him, in the mountains of Ojai, California. Here’s what Jorgensen has to say about the new project:
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Joakim Ekblad shared this video, which captures a battery-powered synth jam, recorded outdoors by the lake. “Me and my pal go outdoors to play/jam/improvise at least once every week,” explains Ekblad. “This was recorded 2016-06-06 – The Swedish national day – in the woods, by a lake, in the beautiful country of Sweden. Everything… Read More Battery Power Synth Jam By The Lake
Medly Labs has released Medly 3.0 an update to their iOS music making app that adds support for new controls, Apple Watch, 10 languages and more. Here’s what’s new in Medly 3.0:
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Jørgen Hvirring shared this video, which captures a 360° video of a live performance by his band, Lövestad, at Shoeless in Amsterdam.
Developer Geert Bevin (Moog Music, Roger Linn Design, EigenLabs) has released an open source tool for Roger Linn’s LinnStrument that lets it double as a keyboard for your Mac OS X computer. LinnStrument Control is designed to minimize the need for LinnStrument owners to have a separate hardware computer keyboard in their setup.
EarMaster has announced that its ear training and sight-singing application – already available for Mac & Windows – is now available for iPad. It offers exercises for all levels, designed to train users to: sight-read and sight-sing music; recognize intervals, chords, scales and melodies by ear; increase rhythm and pitch precision; learn to transcribe music… Read More New Ear Training & Sight-Singing App For iPad, EarMaster
Audio Mind Project has released the ‘Ultimate Expansion‘ for d16 LuSH-101, a sound library that offers 500 new sounds. The collection brings together their three sound libraries for the LuSH-101. Here are the official audio demos:
New Euro manufacturer Møffenzeef Mødular has introduced the Genetically Mødified Øscillatør (GMØ), an øpen søurce, lø-fi, digital drum mødule. The module also has alternate firmwares available, effectively letting it be used as three different modules. Here’s what they have to say about it: The GMØ is outfitted with cømplete bipølar CV cøntrøl øver every parameter. The user can dial in everything… Read More Møffenzeef Mødular, Intros Genetically Mødified Øscillatør Drum Module
