Chris Carlson’s Borderlands is a new interface for composing and performing with granular synthesis, a technique that involves the superposition of small time fragments, or grains, of sound to create completely new textures and timbres. Here’s what Carlson has to say about it: Borderlands is a new interface for composing and performing with granular synthesis,… Read More New Granular Synthesizer, Borderlands, Coming To iPad
TUPAC ft SNOOP ALIVE AT COACHELLA 2012!! [FULL] HQ was uploaded by: MajorMinorMBC
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Kraftwerk has a new album in the works, according to sole remaining member Ralf Hütter. The New York Times published an interview with Hütter over the weekend, in which he discusses the group’s recent MoMA retrospective and more. In the interview, Hütter says a new Kraftwerk album was in the works. “We didn’t fall asleep,” he… Read More New Kraftwerk Album Coming ‘Soon’
Is ‘the mob’ censoring discussion in the comments at Synthtopia? Reader Someone Dudeus (we suspect that might be a nom de guerre) contacted us to complain about ‘mob rule’ censoring comments on our site: You run a forum where the mob can censor ideas. I agree – if comments in the forum is obnoxious or… Read More Is The Mob Censoring Ideas At Synthtopia?
Reader Kaleb wrote us to ask, “Has electronic music lost a certain type of raunchiness and “humor” that our eighties synth brethren were all too enamored with in favor of a more “conventional” raunchiness?” Our thoughts exactly – especially after watching Soft Cell‘s live performance of Sex Dwarf. What do you think? Has electronic music lost… Read More Has electronic music lost a certain type of raunchiness and “humor” that our eighties synth brethren were all too enamored with in favor of a more “conventional” raunchiness?
The soundtrack for Everardo Valerio Gout’s Spanish-language thriller Days Of Grace looks interesting – with contributions from Nick Cave, Atticus Ross (The Social Network) and Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers). The CD isn’t due out until May 8th, but an unusual track from the soundtrack has already leaked out. The track, a cover of George Gershwin’s… Read More Scarlett Johansson, 3D Pair On ‘Summertime’
We’ve updated the site to address a problem that was affecting some users when they tried to comment. While it’s not that uncommon for Synthtopia posts to get dozens (and sometimes even hundreds) of comments, commenting on the site wasn’t working for some readers. This was frustrating for the affected readers and unacceptable to us.… Read More Site Update For Commenting Problems
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Dutch music center STEIM (the studio for electro-instrumental music) has released a series of video tuturials for junXion junXion is a Mac OSX application that can translate signals from joysticks, mice, touchscreens, MIDI, OSC, Audio, Arduino and Video devices – using conditional processing and remapping – into MIDI or OSC events. The resulting MIDI or OSC data is then available… Read More STEIM’s junXion Lets Mac Users Turn Anything Into A Musical Instrument
Skintimacy is an project designed to ‘explore interpersonal boundaries through musical interactions’. The work, by Alexander Müller, Jochen Fuchs & Konrad Röpke, translates skin on skin touches into sound: With ‘Skintimacy’ we present a skin-based interface for a collaborative musical performance. The experimental setup is intended to be both an evocative tool for interpersonal interaction and touch, as… Read More Skintimacy Turns Touch Into Sound
