I’m an iPhone fan – but Windows Mobile is an established platform and there are some interesting music apps coming out for it, too. MeTeoR is a digital multi-track recorder designed specifically for the Pocket PC. The program features up to 12 tracks of audio, a built-in mixer and multi-effects processor. MeTeoR is designed for… Read More Record, Edit & Mix Audio On Windows Mobile
Buchla has introduced a new version of Don Buchla’s Lightning spatial MIDI controllers: Lightning III features improvements in sensitivity, resolution, accuracy, and response time. Perhaps the biggest difference is in the addition of a third axis of sensitivity. Yes, Lightning now responds in all three directions, adding proximity to the horizontal and vertical dimensions brought… Read More Buchla Lightning III Announced
Native Instruments has released Absynth Twilights, a Kore Soundpack library designed for film and game scoring, as well as for various electronic music styles. The new collection offers 200 pads and soundscapes based on synthesizer. Originally released within the “Biolabs ABSYNTH Sounds Vol. 1-6? series from Camel Audio, every sound in Absynth Twilights is enhanced… Read More Native Instruments Intros Abysynth Twilights Kore Sound Library
Infrasonik’s ten shortcuts for Ableton Live. The narration is a sort of cheesy – but there’s some good info here. via Oliver Chessler
German design studio Precious Forever has published an interesting interview with Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, the designers behind the Monome grid-based music controller. Excerpt: There are millions of electronic music controllers on the market. Regardless, many users seem to be unable to find a setup that is “just right” for them. Naturally, there’s no… Read More Designing The Monome
WordPress is a great blogging platform and is popular with musicians for building music websites. Out of the box, it does 90% of the stuff you’ll need to build a music site. Here are some free add-ons, though, that can handle the rest. Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians Gigs Calendar – This plugin is… Read More Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians
The New York Times today has an excellent article that looks at computer music pioneer Paul Lansky. Lansky is one of the pioneers of computer music, through both early works of computer music and the development of computer music languages and applications. As he reaches a time in his career when a lot of people… Read More Paul Lansky’s Secret: “I Basically Don’t Like Electronic Music.”
Togu Audio Line has released TAL-DUB-II, an extended version of its free dub delay for Mac and Windows, with a completely new sound engine. A 4x oversampled distortion stage allows to add vintage distortion to the delayd signal, but its also possible to make clean delays. A sinusoidal LFO has the possibility to modulate delay… Read More Free Dub Delay For Mac & Windows
Time Unlimited and the samplemeisters from Germany, Ueberschall, have announced the Trance ID 2 Remix Contest The Jury consists of course of the four producers who have provided the construction kits on Trance ID 2: Mike Koglin (Noys Music) Darren Tate (Mondo Records) Mark Pledger (Anjunabeats) Marc Steinmeier (Time Unlimited) The contest starts at the… Read More Win A Label Release In New Trance Contest
Sonic State has introduced a new series, The Art Of Sampling. Episode 1 looks at the history of sampling: Before digital sampling, sound manipulation was seen as a subversive and avante garde activity. Composers were ostracized for experimenting with found sound sources and a belief that music could exist outside the strict confines of the… Read More The Art Of Samping: Free Video Tutorials
