Gadget Turns Everything Into Ambient Music

Noah Vawter, a.k.a. Shifty, created Ambient Addition, an ambient music generator that interacts with your environment. A tiny Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip analyzes a built-in microphone’s sound and superimposes a layer of harmony and rhythm on top of the listener’s world. In the new context, some surprising behaviors take place. Listeners tend to play… Read More Gadget Turns Everything Into Ambient Music

Electronic Musician’s Emergency Adapter Kit

Here’s something smart for electronic musicians – an emergency adapter kit. Description: When Radio Shack is closed, you’ll feel confident that you can handle any venue’s crazy sound system setup with this thorough set of audio adapters chosen specifically for the needs of the electronic musician. From the ubiquitous 1/8″ to RCA adapter common to… Read More Electronic Musician’s Emergency Adapter Kit

Digidesign Unveils 003 Home Studio Gear

The new Digidesign 003 family, which includes 003 Factory and 003 Rack, offers professional-grade I/O, high-definition audio resolution, the compatibility and performance of industry-standard Pro Tools software, and an bundle of up to 80+ professional instrument and effects plug-ins, compatible applications, and sound libraries, including the new Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 software collection. “Since… Read More Digidesign Unveils 003 Home Studio Gear

TC-Helicon VoiceWorks Plus Voice and Harmony Processor

NAMM: TC-Helicon announced VoiceWorksPlus, an evolution of the company’s voice and harmony processor Voiceworks. VoiceWorksPlus offers 4th-generation intelligent harmony processing, as well as Voice Modeling, µMod (micromod), and a version of the Transducer block from TC-Helicon’s flagship studio voice processor, VoicePro. For vocalists playing live gigs with a MIDI sequencer for backup or recording songs… Read More TC-Helicon VoiceWorks Plus Voice and Harmony Processor