Daphne Oram & The Sound Of The Future
This vintage short film takes a look inside early 60’s home studio of British electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram and offers a glimpse of the Sound of the Future.
Author: synthhead
Composer John Eaton Has Died
American composer John Charles Eaton (March 30, 1935 – December 2, 2015 ) has died. Eaton is best known for his operatic works, but also composed for electronic instruments and also collaborated with instrument designers on some pioneering instruments, including the Eaton-Moog Multi-Touch Sensitive (MTS) keyboard – a precursor to today’s Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) MIDI controllers.
Nerdsynth Hardware Tracker Workstation (Sneak Preview)
The Nerdsynth is a hardware analogue and digital synthesizer, groovebox, sampler, tracker, visualizer, digitizer, music instrument and ‘experimentizer’ in one machine. The Nerdsynth has 6 polyphonic tracks: One track is dedicated to the internal Nerdsynth soundship A second track is a sampler track. The 4 other tracks are connected to external sound cartridges which are inserted… Read More Nerdsynth Hardware Tracker Workstation (Sneak Preview)
Novation Circuit Sonic Lab Review
In the latest Sonic Lab video, Gaz Williams takes a look at the Novation Circuit – a new grid-based standalone groovebox.
RemoFinger Wireless Foot Controller Unboxing & Demo
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, one of the more unique introductions was the WiFo RemoFinger – a wireless controller that lets you use your foot as a ‘remote finger’ to control your touchscreen devices. In this video, Secret Base Design takes a look at the RemoFinger:
The Electric Stringed Didgeridoo Is ‘Freaking Awesome’
Percussionist and instrument designer Andy Graham shared this performance demo of his Electric Stringed Didgeridoo:
Custom iVCS3 MIDI Controller
This video, via Len Burge, demonstrates a custom VCS3-styled MIDI controller for iPad app iVCS3.
Auria Pro 2 Brings It To The iPad
WaveMachine Labs has released Auria Pro v2 – a major update to the app that they describe as ‘the first Digital Audio Workstation designed from the ground up for iPad’. It offers comprehensive MIDI support, built-in sampler player and analog synths, real-time audio warping, AAF import/export, powerful busing, and optional third-party plug-in support from names… Read More Auria Pro 2 Brings It To The iPad
Audulus 3 Coming Dec 8th
Developer Taylor Holliday has announced that Audulus 3 – the latest version of his multi-platform software modular synthesizer – will be released Tuesday, Dec 8th. Here is his video announcement:
What’s The Best New MIDI Instrument Or Controller Of 2015?
Best of 2015: This year has seen the introduction of a huge number and a huge variety of MIDI controllers & instruments. The MIDI controllers introduced in 2015 include traditional MIDI control keyboards, drum controllers and wind controllers. But 2015 also saw the introduction of many more exotic controllers, like the Livid Minim mobile controller, the AudioCubes… Read More What’s The Best New MIDI Instrument Or Controller Of 2015?
