New free music software for Macs: MiniSpillage is a free drum synthesizer plug-in from AudioSpillage. MiniSpillage is not a recreation of classic drum machine glories nor a homage to the past, but instead aims to break new ground and provide the modern musican with an original electronic percussion instrument.
Ableton Live 8: This video details the major functions of Livid’s Max For Live device, LividStep, including playback, how to: add and change sequences, control timing, navigate Live, and control instruments, all from the Livid controller. The device works in Ableton Live with Livid ohm64 and block MIDI controllers. The device creates an eight step… Read More Step Sequencing In Ableton Live 8 With LividStep
http://vimeo.com/8082982 This Ableton Live tutorial demos using TouchOSC for the iPhone with Live. Apart from Ableton, Osculator and TouchOSC themselves, you can download all the code and templates in this tutorial from marshall-law.co.nz/dj-template/
Native Instruments today announced a partnership with Abbey Road to “create advanced software instruments of exceptional sonic quality and musical value, with the first product scheduled for release in early 2010.” NI doesn’t really say what they’re planning to do with Abbey Road, but it sounds like they are planning to record samples at Abbey… Read More Native Instruments Announces Partnership With Abbey Road
This is the first track written on 7upLive 2.0, with fully integrated Max for Live. Visuals made in Jitter, using modded Rut-Etra Synth. Music by makingthenoise, visuals by Kedaar
In this Ableton Live tutorial, Andrew Snook takes a look at what a compressor does and how to use compression in Live: I show how it can be used on bass, pads, and how to shape percussion. Finally I look at sidechaining, and various creative ways you can use this.
This video freakathon demonstrates the use of MIDI-VIDI – a plugin that lets you control the playback of Quicktime videos with MIDI inside of Ableton Live 8, thanks to the magic of Max For Live.
WOK has announced that ClockWOrK, a MIDI step sequencer plug-in for Windows, is now available. According to WOK, clockWOrK is designed to let you create “hypnotic sequencer lines known from Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream”. Here’s an audio demo: [display_podcast]
Intermorphic today launched Mixtikl 2, an update to its multi-platform generative music sequencer, and they’ve added a Twitter angle to it. Mixtikl is available for Mac, Windows, Windows Mobile and eventually for iPhone. All Mixtikl versions include over 100 generative “parts” that can be added to a mix, over 30 loop beats, a MIDI DLS… Read More Mixtikl 2 Lets You Send Generative Music Via Twitter
FXYDesign has a great tutorial that explains how to build a Lego monome case: My goal is to make a LEGO case simple, strong, use as less bricks as possible. After I measured the templates of Monome 40h kits, I find LEGO have perfect size for monome. The Monome circuit board size is 6?x6?. but… Read More Build A Lego Monome
