Kirby Ferguson has released a new episode of his series, Everything Is A Remix. Part 4 looks at the unexpected consequences of intellectual property laws: Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy.… Read More Everything Is A Remix, Part 4
Reader James Rosenthal let us know that the studio gear of audio engineer Roger Nichols, an 8-time Grammy Award winner known for his work with Steely Dan, is being auctioned by his estate: I came across an interesting “estate” sale of the the legendary audio engineer Roger Nichols studio. Sweetwater is managing the sale of… Read More Rogers Nichols Studio Gear On Ebay
Dieter Doepfer has announced that the Dark Energy synthesizer will be discontinued, because of unavailability of a rare chip: The Dark Energy will be discontinued as the CEM3394 is no longer available and the negotiations with the manufacturer (OnChip, the Curtis Electromusic successor) concerning a new productions series of the CEM3394 were not successful so far. We think about a redesign… Read More Doepfer Dark Energy Synthesizer, R.I.P.
Writer-musician Dave Hunter has published a new book, The Home Recording Handbook, ($29.99), through publisher Backbeat Press and distributed through Hal Leonard Books. With a microphone, some headphones and monitors, says Hunter, “anyone can have a home studio capable of making professional recordings worthy of airplay and release.” Hunter’s book aims to help the reader… Read More Home Recording Handbook
At the 2012 NAMM Show, PreSonus introduced a new iPhone (and iPod Touch) app for remotely controlling monitor mixes for up to 10 musicians, using the PreSonus StudioLive products. QMix works by networking one or more iPhones wirelessly with a Mac or PC, enabling QMix to remotely access Virtual StudioLive to control one or more FireWire-connected… Read More PreSonus QMix Lets You Control Your Mix With An iPhone, Lets Everybody Have ‘More Me’
Smithson Martin have released a new application, Emulator Modular, that is designed to let you create a multitouch controller for any program. Features: Convert your multi-touch device into a powerful MIDI controller. Built your ‘dream interface’. Emulator includes a complete list of objects so you can custom design your own multi-touch interface with buttons, sliders,… Read More Smithson Martin Releases Emulator Modular, Brings Multitouch Control To Any App
Apple is quietly perfecting the technology for large touchscreen iMacs, with the hope of ‘revolutionizing’ desktop computing, according to technology law analysts Patently Apple. And images from recent Apple patent filings, like the one above, reveal that the company clearly has music applications in mind for its ‘iMac touch‘. The image shows what appears to be… Read More Apple Planning Touchscreen Macs – Are You Ready For A Multitouch DAW?
The TEC Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ‘recognizing and furthering excellence in audio, video, music and other communications media arts’ announced the winners of its annual TEC Awards at the 2012 NAMM Show. The TEC Awards celebrate Technical Excellence & Creativity in audio, video, music and other communications media arts Winners include Genelec, Eventide, Avid Pro… Read More Moog, Spectrasonics, Avid Among TEC Award Winners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNmlAZFIXTc Yonac Software has released an updated version of Shredder (App Store link), which now has an added ‘Chordmaker’ feature. With Chordmaker you can create up to 4-interval chords for each note, or choose from 17 built-in chord definitions. You can also transpose on the fly and save progressions to file. To play chords, you… Read More Shredder Guitar Synth For iPad Updated
Reader Ben sent us this video folktronica jam, Dicken Schrader feat. Milah & Korben doing their version of Depeche Mode’s Everything Counts. Note: Thumbs way up for teaching cute grade school kids to sing Depeche Mode!
