2009 NAMM Show: Akai Professional announced the APC40 Control Surface – a sexy new hardware controller designed specifically for Ableton Live. Akai Professional partnered with Ableton to make the APC40 an optimal Ableton Live control surface. Because Akai Professional and Ableton designed the APC40 specifically for using with Live, you won’t need to map or configure its… Read More Akai APC40 Controller For Ableton Live
2009 NAMM Show: Jazzmutant has announced the V2 software upgrade for their Lemur controller, along with price drops for both of the company’s multi-touch control surfaces. Jazzmutant’s Lemur and Dexter both offer multitouch-sensitive surfaces for music, with the Dexter aimed at DAW users and the Lemur a more open-ended system. V2 comes packed with new… Read More NAMM Show: Jazzmutant Lemur Software Gets Update, Features For Ableton Live
Music and passion are always in fashion with Symbolic Sounds’ new Kyma Pacarana – described as a supercomputer for sound. The Pacarana is a powerful multiprocessor computer that runs alongside your Macintosh or PC. Like other computers, the function of the Pacarana is defined by its software. Unlike other computers, the Pacarana doesn’t have to run a… Read More Kyma Pacarana A Supercomputer For Sound
Muse Research has announced that the Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank USB Plugsound BOX collection of six virtual instruments will now be included with the Receptor 2 Hardware Plug-in Player. The Plugsound BOX collection features 6 virtual instruments covering a wide range of sounds and styles, including fretted instruments, keyboards, synthesizers, General MIDI instruments,… Read More Plugsound Box Virtual Instrument Collection Now Included With Receptor 2
Macworld San Francisco 2009 starts next week – so MacRumors put together a Rumor Roundup summarizing speculation on what will be announced. We already know that Steve Jobs is not planning to make an appearance and that Apple is not planning on participating in future events. This suggests that Apple is likely to save its most important… Read More MacWorld Apple Rumor Roundup
This video captures a demo of Randy Jones’ $50 multi-touch interface prototype – an 8 x 8 touch sensitive array sampled at 1300 Hz. The project is part of Jones’ M.Sc Thesis, Intimate Control for Physical Modeling Synthesis. Abstract: Physical modeling synthesis has proven to be a successful method of synthesizing realistic sounds, but providing expressive controls… Read More An Inexpensive Multi-Touch Interface For Music
Ken Moore’s submission for NPR’s National Caroling Party 2008. The instrument is a homemade Wiimote-powered Theremin (simulator). The technology links a Wiimote controller, infrared LED gloves and a Roland JV-1080 synthesizer to create Theremin-like sounds.
In this IndaMixx walkthrough, GearWire’s Bill Holland takes a look at sequencing drums and using effects. The IndaMixx looks very cool – but its tiny size seems like it could be a barrier as much as it is a benefit.
The Synthesia platform is a project whose purpose is to create an open analog modeling musical synthesizer – a synthesizer implemented using both analog and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers, controllable through Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). The synthesizer platform exists upon it’s own standalone hardware, and may… Read More Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FEDE8F2F835740CE A collection of demo videos for the IndaMixx music PC.
