Puremagnetik Releases Digital Beatboxes for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic

Puremagnetik has released Digital Beatboxes – a collection of four old-school digital drum machines that helped define an era in hip-hop, rock and electronica. Included in this Micropak are models of the Korg DDD1, Alesis HR-16, Kawai R-50 and the rare Soviet “Sound” drum machine. Customized for Ableton Live The “Live Ready” version of Digital… Read More Puremagnetik Releases Digital Beatboxes for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic

November 1, 2008Leave a comment

Free Halloween-Inspired Audio Plugin

Solid State Logic has released X-Orcism, a free Halloween audio plugin in for Mac and PC. Description: In response to ghost stories of economic doom and gloom we invite you to celebrate the festival of witches and ghouls with a bit of fun. SSL is proud to offer you X-Orcism, our free Halloween plug-in. Feed… Read More Free Halloween-Inspired Audio Plugin

November 1, 2008November 1, 2008Leave a comment

Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer Now Available In App Store

Noise.io, the iPhone synthesizer, is now available in the Apple App Store. Noise.io is a synthesizer which takes iPhone’s processing capabilities to the maximum – you can create sounds for latter recording and processing in your favorite DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Features: 3 Major Workmodes (Freenoise Mode, Controlzone Mode, Soundkey Mode) 3 Generators (Brother, Sister… Read More Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer Now Available In App Store

October 31, 2008October 31, 20082 Comments

Video Demo Of GForce’s Virtual Mellotron, M-Tron Pro

Sonic State takes a look at the GForce Software M-Tron; it ads the newly developed synth engine from their Virtual String Machine to add deep filter and effects

October 30, 2008Leave a comment

MIDI-Controlled Atari 2600 Synthesizer

littlescale can’t get enough of that classic lofi sound – so he made a MIDI interface that provides full control over the sound output of an Atari 2600, effectively turning it into a synth module! If you’re interested, there’s a Google group for the project.

October 30, 20083 Comments

A Short Of Morphine For Reason 4

AudioWarrior has released AudioWarrior Morphine L7 for Reason 4, a collection of stereo 24-bit cutting edge Looped Phrases, Looped Kicks, Looped Snares, Looped Percussion, Looped Bass sounds. Plus 24-bit NN-XT Advanced Sampler Instruments : Grand Pianos, Hammond B3, Rhodes Stage MKII, Vintage Analog Synths, Vintage Acoustic Drum Kits and Classic Electronic 707/808/909 Drum Kits, plus 12 World Percussion… Read More A Short Of Morphine For Reason 4

October 28, 2008Leave a comment

Very Cool Multitouch Audio Table – AudioTouch OS

AudioTouch is an interactive multi-touch interface for computer music exploration and collaboration developed by Seth Sandler, an undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego. The interface features audio based applications that make use of multiple users and simultaneous touch inputs on a single multi-touch screen.

October 28, 2008August 22, 2010Leave a comment

Ancient Ace Tone Rhythm Ace Gets MIDIfied, Does Hip Hop

This is a short demo of a classic Ace Tone Rhythm Ace Drum Machine which has been modded with MIDI trigger capability. It’s being triggered by an Oberheim DX ‘a’ (the ‘a’ was the last DX model made by Oberheim and featured stock MIDI), running a few simple patterns. The Rhythm Ace has about 9-10… Read More Ancient Ace Tone Rhythm Ace Gets MIDIfied, Does Hip Hop

October 28, 2008October 28, 20085 Comments

DJing With Percussa Audiocubes

Kipp Wieland demonstrates how they do it in Cedar Rapids, IA, demoing a custom digital DJ setup. The system is capable of playing up to eight stereo elements at one time, be they whole songs, clips, or loops: “I loop everything that goes into it – even 9-minute tracks! I put this together when Mike (running… Read More DJing With Percussa Audiocubes

October 27, 2008October 30, 20082 Comments

Experimental Artist Combines Drawing And Music Performance

http://vimeo.com/2040381 This is the fourth in Matt Cook’s series of Drawing Events from 2003. “I am exploring sound, movement and image by inverting traditional ideas of composition – the score is created by the music, the dance is a product of the composition,” explains Cook. “All sounds are created by the drawing action, a mark sends a… Read More Experimental Artist Combines Drawing And Music Performance

October 26, 2008October 25, 2008Leave a comment

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