Sunday Synth Jam: Eigenharpist Geert Bevin received an early copy of Audiobus, tried it out with a synth jam and then shared his first impressions with Synthtopia. He calls Audiobus ‘extremely promising’. Check out the video demo and Bevin’s comments, below – and let us know what you think!
Free Music Friday: Graeme from the Pilot Eleven net label let us know that they’d released a synthpop song from This Mono Galaxy, Fireflies. This Mono Galaxy is a synth duo from Brighton, UK, Josh and Prince Roger. Fireflies is the first in a planned ‘Single Series’ for the label.
Reader Eric Carl let us know about a couple of cool vintage synth prints that he’s designed, for the ARP 2600 and EMS Synthi AKS. Here are the details: 18″ x 24″ Digital giclée print from Epson 7880 Archival Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink Epson Enhanced Matte Paper Limited editions of 100 Signed and numbered $40 + shipping… Read More Vintage Synth Posters ‘A Lovely Gift For The Synthesizer Fetishist’
Reader Geert Bevin has been doing some testing of DAWs to learn more about their MIDI performance. And based on his testing, some DAWs are more prone to MIDI ‘jitter’ than others: Musicians using software instruments might be delivering sub-par performances and not even know why. Many popular plugin hosts introduce MIDI jitter at the… Read More Does Your DAW Have The Jitters?
Developer Andy Somers let us know about his AirHarp app for the Leap Motion USB motion sensor: AirHarp is the result of a weekend hacking session with a Leap Motion dev board. Leap Motion is a highly precise and responsive motion tracking device, making it a perfect tool for expressive musical interactions. AirHarp is being… Read More AirHarp For The Leap Motion
Scottish synthesist Andy Hagerty made this video for his cover of the Kraftwerk classic, Neon Lights. “Robots, Daleks, Knightrider, and a Ghost from PacMan,” notes Hagerty. “What is there not to like about this video?”
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, by starshipfive, captures a live cover of Jean Michelle Jarre class, Oxygène 4.
Sound Magic has introduced Neo Imager – a hybrid tool which combines a Stereo Enhancer and an Imager. With Neo Imager, you can adjust both the stereo position of your music/tracks and enhance that stereo feeling as well. Features: Internal 64-bit floating point precision Innovative Enhanced M/S Matrix enables users to adjust stereo position Partial… Read More Sound Magic Releases Neo Imager Hybrid Stereo Enhancer & Imager
This video, via reader Tim (timethy on Youtube), takes a look at using the Korg NanoPad with Ableton Live for Kaoss Pad type effects:
This video is a profile of the DigiEnsemble Berlin – a group of musicians that are dedicated to exploring the potential of mobile devices for music. The group meets regularly and arranges music, both classical and popular, for various mobile devices running music applications. At the core of what they do is a provocative question: Can… Read More Can You Express Emotion And Meaning With Mobile Music Apps? ‘We Will Find Out.’
