Image Line just posted this demo video of the new FL Studio ‘Performance Mode‘ – a live performance interface for triggering Audio, Automation and Pattern clips. And last month, developers at Bitwig introduced Bitwig Studio, below, a new live performance and production DAW that looks sort of like a bunch of Ableton Live developers split off… Read More In The Future, Will Every DAW Turn Into Ableton Live?
Techno Viking has apparently been immortalized as an action figure. The Techno Viking Action Figure features over 16 points of articulation, and even comes with authentic mis-matched socks: Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to find a source for purchasing the Techno Viking Action Figure, only this image. The Techno Viking Action Figure would be an inspiration in… Read More The Techno Viking Action Figure
Just a reminder that The Bob Moog Foundation has its 2012 calendars on sale for 50% ($10). The calendar, Moog Pioneers in the Studio, features vintage shots of pioneers of electronic music in their studios, along with commentary from BMF Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa and Historian Brian Kehew. Purchases help support the Foundation’s missions of establishing… Read More 50% Off 2012 Moog Foundation Calendars
Nuno Serrão’s most recent exhibit, Project Paperclip, is described as ‘the first photographic exhibition to use Augmented Reality’. The exhibit uses a smartphone app to augment the photographic images with dynamic soundscapes that are designed to ‘transport visitors to a state that gives them a different interpretation of the photographs.’ The experience is unique each time it is… Read More Multimedia Photography Exhibition Features Reactive Soundscapes
Developer Nikolozi Meladze has updated Easy MIDI – an app that turns your Mac keyboard, trackpad and mouse into a MIDI keyboard controller. Easy MIDI (App Store link) sends MIDI notes and control messages to any soft synth or DAW, including as GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase and Digital Performer. It also lets you control iPad apps that… Read More Mac MIDI Controller App, Easy MIDI, Updated
Reader Jason sent us this look at the Analogue Solutions Telemetry (Mini Vostok) synthesizer, noting the Telemetry’s key features: Pure analogue voice circuitry. Suitcase style design. 22×22 matrix pin panel. Rugged Steel construction. Quality chrome catches and cool steel spring handle. Stuffed full of electronics. No front panel space is wasted. Joystick, retro-VU meter, MIDI,… Read More The Analogue Solutions Telemetry (Video Preview)
Music video for Mint Julep’s To The Sea.
Reader Ken Palmer pointed out an interesting Smithsonian article about how emerging technology was thought of as a threat to musicians’ livelihood – way back in the 1930s! “I remember when it was argued that synthesizers and samplers were going to put many musicians out of work,” notes Palmer. But this alarmist view of technology in… Read More Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots
Rock god Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) got a lot of nods from the audience with his heartfelt acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards this year. In the speech, Grohl said: “To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and… Read More Dave Grohl Backpedals On His Grammy Speech, Calls Skrillex ‘Badass’
TEDxIB @ York – Yale Fox – Nightclubs as Research Labs was uploaded by: TEDxTalks
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