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Free Music Friday – An Album Of Spacemusic – Transmission

Transmission is a free 10-track album by Bernard Lampreia, aka Space Station, that is a combination of modern electronica / ambient / space and progressive music. Space Station is a project, started in 2006 by Bernard Lampreia, a Portuguese based, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, concentrating on electronic, ambient space music and progressive rock styles You can download the… Read More Free Music Friday – An Album Of Spacemusic – Transmission

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Renoise 2.8 Now Available – Here’s What’s New

Renoise developers let us know about their latest release, version 2.8. Here’s what’s new in Renoise 2.8: 64 bit for PC & Mac Pattern Matrix additions Track grouping New DSPs and improvements to old ones Extra sample editor tools Improved Spectrum View Performance improvements Workflow improvements Changes to pattern effects and many more. Renoise is… Read More Renoise 2.8 Now Available – Here’s What’s New

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Physynth Turns Your iPad Into A ‘Real Piece Of Vintage Hardware’ – WIth No MIDI

Simian Squared have released Physynth – a new software synth that ‘turns your iPad or iPad 2 into a piece of real vintage synth hardware’. So authentic, in fact, that MIDI support is missing in action! Here’s what Simian has to say about Physynth: Physynth by Simian2 (an amalgam of ‘physics’ and ‘synthesizer’) heralds a… Read More Physynth Turns Your iPad Into A ‘Real Piece Of Vintage Hardware’ – WIth No MIDI

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Yonac Shredder Guitar Synth Now Available

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLjlXdxJoeI Yonac Software has released Shredder – a guitar synthesizer/MIDI converter for the iPad. Shredder lets you play an analog-modeling synth by simply plugging in a guitar. Shredder’s synth engine is a fully configurable FM/Subtractive design, featuring: ual oscillators Three custom-designed filters Three dedicated envelopes Dual LFOs In addition, Shredder can be used as a MIDI… Read More Yonac Shredder Guitar Synth Now Available

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Carol Of The Bells, Remixed

Reader Ferenc Stenton, aka Live Action Fezz, shared his cover/remix/mashup of Carol Of The Bells. “I used Ableton Live to track my piece using a Pro-One and a Prophet 08. The video of the bell ringers was sampled using Ableton Live,” notes Stenton. “Have a Merry Christmas!”

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Open Mic: What’s The Best Electronic Music Concert You’ve Ever Seen?

Open Mic: We recently posted the question “What Electronic Music Track Changed Your Life?“, and were amazed by the variety of responses we received – and by how many readers felt that their lives have been changed by a single piece of music. Hearing music that you love performed live, though, can be even more… Read More Open Mic: What’s The Best Electronic Music Concert You’ve Ever Seen?

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Underworld To Be Music Directors For The 2012 London Olympic Games

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games have announced that British electronic music pioneers Underworld have been appointed Music Directors for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Underworld duo Rick Smith and Karl Hyde will work alongside Oscar winning British filmmaker and producer Danny Boyle, Artistic Director of… Read More Underworld To Be Music Directors For The 2012 London Olympic Games

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