[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1563933383 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] Synthesist and music writer (Experimental Synth) Chris Stack has a new album out, Xenography, that explores creative synthesis and electronics, combined with traditional instruments.
Synthesist Steve Roach has released a new album, Skeleton Keys, that explores the ambient side of analog modular synthesis. In early 2014, Roach set out to create his ideal large format modular synthesizer/sequencer-based system, shown above. Roach adds that, “The instant this system was in place, the compulsion to create was unleashed.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kIsG9Iymw Director Christoph Kresse has released this teaser video for the upcoming film, Synthesized.
Online retailer Sweetwater has announced details for GearFest ’15, their free annual public music trade show The event is scheduled for Friday, June 12-13 at the Sweetwater campus, 5501 US Hwy 30 W, Fort Wayne, Indiana. GearFest will host musicians performing and in workshops continuously on five different stages. Special guests include electronic music gear pioneers Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim… Read More GearFest ’15 To Feature Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim & Dave Smith
Summer tent-pole action movies are showcases of special effects and, more and more, sound design. The latest SoundWorks Collection mini-documentary looks at the sound design of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Sony Classical has released Bach To Moog, an album that’s expected to be the first created with Moog Music’s reissued System 55 modular synthesizer. Bach To Moog – by composer, arranger and producer Craig Leon – recalls the 1968 Walter/Wendy Carlos album, Switched On Bach, which was many listeners’ introduction to the possibilities of synthesizers. While the… Read More Craig Leon’s Bach To Moog, Live in London
Today, Moog Music released a conversation with M. Geddes Gengras as part of their new interview series, Category 5. The series derives its name from the cables used to enable modern digital communications. Via Skype, Gengras explores the motivations behind 3 Impressions, a three song EP (embedded below) that explores analog effects modules and process-based sound… Read More M. Geddes Gengras Interview On Sound Design With Analog Modules
MUSIC Group (the parent company of Midas, Klark Teknik, Turbosound, Behringer and Bugera) has announced that it has acquired TC Group (parent company of Tannoy, Lab Gruppen, Lake, TC Electronics, TC Helicon and TC Applied Technologies). “Since the acquisition of Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound, we have been continuously pursuing brands that complement the mixing… Read More Behringer Announces Major Corporate Acquisition, Buys TC Group
Sonic Charge has introduced Echobode – a VST and Audio Unit version of the frequency shifter and delay effect, originally released in 2012 as a Reason Rack Extension, Here’s the official video intro for Echobode:
The introduction of the Apple Watch has created both an opportunity and a challenge for music software developers. There’s an opportunity, because so many musicians are already using Apple’s iOS for for music making, and the Apple Watch extends that platform. And there’s a challenge, because the idea of a wearable music platform, based on… Read More Line 6 Puts Your Amp Settings On Your Wrist
