Free Windows Music Software: Think the world needs another monophonic soft synth? Alterex does – it’s released X*ONE, a virtual monophonic synthesizer with one oscillator, one modulator, and one 12dB lowpass filter. According to Alterex, “this basic unit has some tricks up it’s sleeve and is one of the core parts of the X*PAND VSTi,… Read More Free Windows Software Synthesizer X*One
Marco Kuhn’s Play Box is a multi touch user interface, which, along with his Play Live software, can control Ableton Live. Play Box Features: multi-touch and object interaction 22 ” TFT display , 1680 x 1050 pixel robust plug`n play Play Live Features: GUI Elements support multitouch interaction you can control 32 tracks and 127… Read More Is This The Future Of Ableton Live?
Apple released Logic Pro v9.0.2. This update improves overall stability and provides numerous fixes and enhancements. Issues addressed include: Flex Markers can align & snap to MIDI notes Performing a punch-in recording with Replace Mode now behaves correctly The I/O plug-in adds an option for latency measurement TDM plug-ins now behave as expected. (Only affects… Read More Apple Logic Pro v9.0.2
Want to get into electronic music, but you’re not sure where to start? Well – you could do worse than reading the archives of Synthtopia and checking out Computer Music magazine’s Make Synth Music special. I haven’t seen a copy of this yet, but it looks like it should be a good intro to synth… Read More Computer Music Special – Make Synth Music
Native Instruments has released an excellent free video tutorial series on Maschine, their hardware/software music production workstation.… Read More Native Instruments Maschine Free Video Tutorials
Jay from Livid demos the new $399 Livid Block MIDI control surface, working with Ableton Live 8: The audio is from my band Sinch’s sinch.net 2006 EP Subdivisions, Bluskreen created the samples and they are available under a cc license here bluskreen.com/soundshare.php
Just when you think it’s safe to buy that cool matrix sequencer MIDI controller monome thing you’ve been jonesin’ for, out pops the $399 Livid Block matrix sequencer MIDI controller monome thing. Description: The Livid Block is a compact programmable MIDI control surface designed for interactive audio performance. Built on the same bi-directional and adaptable… Read More The Livid Block May Just Be The Sexiest Matrix Controller Yet
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97847A98469971D3 Kontakt 4: This set of Native Instruments videos take a look at Kontakt 4, including: an overview of what’s new in Native Instruments Kontakt 4; the new Authentic Expression Technology of Kontakt; and how to find the sound you are looking for in the Kontakt 4 browser.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AFA81BA64349EB64 This set of videos take a look at Native Instruments’ Absynth 5 software synthesizer, including: an overview of what’s new in Native Instruments Absynth 5; how to use the new Aetherizer of Abynth 5 in a few simple steps; and how to use the new Mutator technology and the convenient fine-tuning controls.
http://www.vimeo.com/6959494 Ableton Live 8: This video demos a Max For Live “Game Of Life” interactive cellular automata note pattern generator. Code available at 2rem (.zip).
