What’s Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA Doing With Vangelis? It Involves Dark Matter….
What’s Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA doing with composer and synth pioneer Vangelis?
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Jean-Michel Jarre Announces Full Details of Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Jean-Michel Jarre today announced the full details of his upcoming album Electronica 1: The Time Machine, which features Jarre’s work with fifteen collaborators. Electronica 1 ranges from work with newer artists like Gesaffelstein and Little Boots, to songs with electronic music veterans such as 3D of Massive Attack and Moby, and fellow electronic music pioneers… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre Announces Full Details of Electronica 1: The Time Machine
What Korg’s Got Coming?
Something new coming soon…#Korgteaser pic.twitter.com/gqbi3e4b2O — KORG USA (@KorgUSA) August 26, 2015 Korg is teasing ‘something new coming soon’ via their Twitter account…..
Knobcon 4 Schedule Now Available
The schedule of events for Knobcon 4 – a massive synth meetup, featuring performances, workshops and vendors – is now available.
Daft Punk To Be Action Figures One More Time
French electronics super duo Daft Punk are getting turned into action figures, one more time.
If There Was A Turing Test For Music Artificial Intelligence, ‘Kulitta’ Might Pass It
A key concept in the world of artificial intelligence is the Turing Test – the idea that a computer exhibits intelligence when a natural language text discussion with it becomes indistinguishable from a text discussion with a human. That idea, introduced by computer scientist Alan Turing, has sparked the imagination of many, been a recurring topic of… Read More If There Was A Turing Test For Music Artificial Intelligence, ‘Kulitta’ Might Pass It
The Coolest Feature Of Windows 95 Was Created By Brian Eno, On A Mac
20 years ago today – August 24, 1995 – Microsoft introduced Windows 95, an operating system that revolutionized the way people interact with computers. With Windows 95, Microsoft brought the graphical user interface to the masses, moved to a multi-tasking architecture and eliminated the need for most people to deal with command-line bullshittery. One of the coolest… Read More The Coolest Feature Of Windows 95 Was Created By Brian Eno, On A Mac
Tangible Control Of Virtual Instruments With The Percussa AudioCubes
This video, via synthesist Mark Mosher, is a demonstration of his approach to using Percussa AudioCubes as tangible controllers for the software synth, U-He ACE. Here’s what he has to say about the demo:
Mutable Instruments Frames Gets New Features With Free ‘Parasite’
This set of videos demonstrates Frames Parasite – a free alternative firmware for the Mutable Instruments Frames 4-channel analog VCA Eurorack module. The first video demo, above, looks at the new Shift Register Sequencer mode.
$39 miniAtmegatron Turns An Arduino Uno Into An 8-bit Synthesizer
Soulsby Synthesizers has introduced the miniAtmegatron – an DIY 8-bit synthesizer shield kit for the Arduino Uno. Here’s the official intro video:
