This is a sneak preview of Richard Devine’s GrainCube Reaktor Ensemble, an upcoming free multi-granular processing instrument that has individual randomizing sections, allowing for “endless never repeating sonic gestures”.
This graphic may look like a screen capture from a future Propellerhead Reason 5 – but it’s actually from DreamOn Pro – unreleased infographical vaporware that promises to let you “Become a professional musician. In an instant.” With modules like Make Sound Like, a Creative Difference Engine and, of course, the Excellentaliser, you’ve got all… Read More Propellerhead Reason 5, Or The Future Of Music Production?
Yudo has announced that Vocoder Synthesizer SV-5, a vocoder and synthesizer emulator for iPhone and iPod Touch, is now $2.99 in the iPhone App Store, a 70% price cut from the original price.
http://vimeo.com/8138349 This video takes a look at the Max For Live Loop Shifter. The Loop Shifter is one of the more complicated devices that ships with Max for Live. Once you learn to use it, though, it can produce sounds and sequences that you’ve only dreamed of. This video provides some shortcuts to using the… Read More Getting Started With The Max For Live Loop Shifter
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.
Free Music Software: KR-Reverb FS is designed for ease of use by adjusting internally the equalization and damping controls to optimal levels to produce a “warm reverb sound suitable for a wide range of applications.” It’s available for Mac, Windows & Linux as a free download.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=19D3084F7F1D8833 This tutorial looks at creating glitch effects using Ableton Live 8, using slice and dice techniques, reversing, duplicates, volume edits, and transpose. The tutorial was created by DJ Vespers.
Waves has introduced MultiRack, a plug-in platform designed especially for live sound. Highlights: Take Studio Sound to the Stage and Back Again Quick & Simple Setup A Fraction of the Cost of Hardware Simple Routing: No Cabling, No Rack Mounting, No Trucking Full Recall, Full Control Set and save presets and snapshots per song and… Read More Waves Intros MultiRack Live Sound Software
Here’s a little Ableton Live 8 sexiness: The Livid guys put together this demo video for LividStep – a step sequencer built in Max For Live: This 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… Read More New LividStep Step Sequencer
