Category: Computer Music

Noatikl 2 Mobile Brings Generative + Aleatoric + Stochastic + Algorithmic Composition To iOS

Intermorphic has released Noatikl 2 Mobile – an iOS version of the generative music software. Noatikl 2 is the evolution of the SSEYO Koan Generative Music system, used in the 90s by Brian Eno and othersl. To generate its MIDI music notes and controller information Noatikl uses generative / aleatoric / stochastic / algorithmic music techniques… Read More Noatikl 2 Mobile Brings Generative + Aleatoric + Stochastic + Algorithmic Composition To iOS

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Using The Leap Motion For Gestural Music Control With Geco (Tech Overview)

This video captures a tech overview by Geert Bevin of how the Leap Motion controller works and how it can be applied to music. The discussion is from GeekOut 2013, so the emphasis is on the technology, rather than performance. Bevin notes: I also demonstrate my Geco MIDI gesture controller application for Leap and a… Read More Using The Leap Motion For Gestural Music Control With Geco (Tech Overview)

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JamUp Pro Update and Metal Signature Model Pack

Positive Grid, the developers of JamUp Pro XT for iOS, have announced an update to its Guitar/Bass iPad and iPhone Amp-Effect Processor. JamUp Pro XT 2.4 features the 12 Metal Signature Model Pack — a collaboration with three ‘metal masters’: guitarists Jeff Loomis (Nevermore), Ola Englund (Six Feet Under, Feared) and Keith Merrow.

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‘Extremely Powerful’ MIDI Step Sequencer, Thesys, Now Available For iPad

Sugar Bytes has released Thesys – an iPad version of their ‘extremely powerful and intuitive’ MIDI step sequencer app. Thesys provides a versatile palette of performance options, which can be triggered right from your MIDI keyboard: you can transpose, manipulate, twist up, mutate, and mangle patterns without needing to touch your iPad. You can use… Read More ‘Extremely Powerful’ MIDI Step Sequencer, Thesys, Now Available For iPad

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What’s More Lo-Fi Than The Sound Of Vintage Drum Machines?

What’s more lo-fi than the sound of awesomely cheesy vintage drum machines? The sound of awesomely cheesy vintage drum machines….sampled from YouTube demo videos. Reader Brian Anthony Abraham Donaldson let us know about his site, where he’s shared several free vintage drum sample collections, including: PAiA Drummer Boy Loops PAiA Programmable Drum Set Samples Chamberlain Rhythmate… Read More What’s More Lo-Fi Than The Sound Of Vintage Drum Machines?

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Pro Tools 11 Kills RTAS Support, But Arturia’s Got Your AAX Covered

Arturia has announced the availability of their AAX Updater, which supports Avid’s advanced AAX plug-in format favored by Pro Tools 11. In Pro Tools 10, Arturia instrument users could  run RTAS versions of their plug-ins. With Pro Tools 11, Avid has dropped RTAS support in favor of AAX. Users now have to update their plug-ins… Read More Pro Tools 11 Kills RTAS Support, But Arturia’s Got Your AAX Covered

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Free Sequencing Sampler For Windows, CatchDad, Updated

Noisebud has released a new version of CatchDad, its performance sampling sequencer for Windows: With CatchDad you can catch 4 different sounds with just the click of a button and instantly start to program rhythms with the built in step sequencers. The plugin is capable of building advanced rhythmic patterns with the different sequencer speed… Read More Free Sequencing Sampler For Windows, CatchDad, Updated

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