The Kickstarter project for Bela – a high-performance, ultra-low-latency (< 1ms) platform for audio and sensor processing based on the BeagleBone Black – have blown past their initial project goals, with over three weeks to go.
This interview with electronic music pioneer Bebe Barron (June 16, 1925 – April 20, 2008), by KFAI radio’s Jerry Modjeski, was recorded in 2000. Barron, was co-composer with her husband Louis Barron, of the soundtrack for the 1956 sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet. The soundtrack is considered to be the first entirely electronic score for a film. Here’s… Read More Bebe Barron Interview On The Sounds of Forbidden Planet
The Benders Circuit is a documentary, currently in production, about the underground audio-visual performance scene in and around Los Angeles, California. This movie features performing artists in the Los Angeles area who use customized electronics and/or modular synthesizers to create unique audio-visual experiences.
Interaction design student Andreas Refsgaard created Eye Conductor, an application that is essentially a MIDI interface that allows people with physical disabilities to play notes and build beats, through eye movements and facial gestures. Using a $99 eye tracker and a regular webcam, Eye Conductor detects the gaze and selected facial movements of users, enabling them to play… Read More ‘Eye Conductor’ Brings MIDI To People With Disabilities
Luftrum 13 is a new soundbank for Zebra 2, offering 128 original patches, from cinematic pads over dynamic arpeggios to bass sequences and modern synth leads. The developer says that Luftrum 13 is designed with attention to playability, peak levels, XY pads, velocity and aftertouch. Here’s the official video intro:
Reader Daniel Müller – who previously created several LEGO Eurorack cases – has moved on to making Eurorack modules with LEGO parts.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live television performance by Austrian Apparel. “Here’s a live performance of two of our tracks (Sky Deep + Gaaxy),” says reader Dominik Traun of the band Austrian Apparel. “We take it serious calling ourselves a live techno act. No preproduced loops, no MIDI, no laptops, no CD players, mistakes included.”
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live studio synth jam by Barry Smethurst.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live in studio performance of Not Enough Colors by Ride The Clouds.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via tubesockor, captures a live performance of a Commodore 64 SID classic: Delta, by Rob Hubbard, from 1987. tubesockor notes that Hubbard’s theme is very similar to the classic Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi main theme.
