Korg has announced a new context, X Marks The Spot, a sort of scavenger hunt with a Kronos Music Workstation as the prize: KRONOS “X MARKS THE SPOT” CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Kronos “X Marks The Spot” contest (“Promotion”) begins at 9:00 AM EST May 24th, 2012 and ends at 11:59 PM… Read More Korg Giving Away A Free Kronos Workstation
The Trichordist has posted a great essay by David Lowery that looks at whether the Internet music revolution has actually been good for musicians. Lowery takes a look at how music now gets distributed via the Internet and argues that the tech industry has an extremely skewed view of music and musicians: There is just… Read More Has The Internet Ruined The Music Business For Musicians?
Native Instruments has released Traktor 2.5, the latest version of their popular DJ software. Version 2.5 introduces Remix Decks, a feature that seems to have taken a little inspiration from the Session View of Ableton Live. Remix Decks give you 64 slots, each able to hold loops, samples or entire tracks. Details on the Traktor 2.5 below. See… Read More Traktor 2.5 DJ Software Now Available – Here’s What’s New
Bob Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa, aka, The Moogstress, shared her thoughts today on the question, “Why celebrate the life of Bob Moog?”. She writes: Bob dedicated his life and career to poking his soldering iron around in the sonic universe and unleashing aural possibilities not previously available to musicians. Bob Moog’s life’s work… Read More Why Celebrate The Life Of Bob Moog?
The Bob Moog Foundation and Moog Music have announced a one-day event to celebrate the memory of Bob Moog & to raise music for the Foundation. In celebration of Bob Moog’s 78th birthday, Moog Music will donate 50% of all online clothing and merchandise sales on May 23rd to the Bob Moog Foundation. For every… Read More Get Moog Merch On Bob Moog’s Birthday, Support The Bob Moog Foundation
Developers have announced the Leap – a new $70 motion sensor that they say is ‘two hundred times more accurate than any product currently on the market.” Like the Microsoft Kinect, the Leap is designed to translate your gestures and movement into computer control. But the developers suggest that the Kinect is a toy, compared to… Read More Can The $70 Leap Motion Controller Succeed Where The Kinect Failed?
HG Fortune has released Ghost Machine – a multipart algorithmic composing machine for Windows. Ghost Machine features: a Pad part with Long Wave Sequencing a HiSq part with a 16 step sequencer and customizable note pattern a bass part with a 16 step sequencer and customizable note pattern, and a drum part with 4 instruments parts… Read More New Algorithmic Composing VSTi For Windows, Ghost Machine
Ridley Scott may soon be directing a Blade Runner sequel, according to film production company Alcon. “I started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week,” Scott revealed in an interview this week. “We have a very good take on it.” Hampton Fancher, who wrote the screenplay for the original film, based on a story… Read More Blade Runner Sequel Coming From Ridley Scott, But Will Vangelis Do The Soundtrack?
It’s Friday, so we thought you might want to start of the weekend right with some more music-making freebies: The Control Centre has released a free Ableton Live Instrument Rack, Rickenbacker 4001. OhDrat has released a free Reason Dubstep Combinator. SicknDstroy has released a free multimode lo fi filter for Mac & Windows. Wavesfactory has… Read More Friday Freebies – Free Music Software & Samples
Custom MIDI Controller designer Dave Cross (60 Works) has open sourced his design for a Minimoog-V controller, The PMM. The controller is built specifically for version 2.0 of Arturia’s Minimoog V Virtual Instrument, which was inspired from the original Minimoog. The custom controller was developed originally for Mark B, Producer/Owner of International Feel Recordings. Now Cross… Read More Open Source MIDI Controller For Minimoog V, The PMM
