FYI – over the last two weeks, we’ve been doing our best to break everything on the site and rebuild it, hoping to end up with something better….stronger….faster. And, hopefully, not harder. As part of this process, our primary RSS feed has moved to a new location. If you’re an RSS user, please update your feed… Read More RSS Feed Updated – Patching In Process
Yesterday, we found out that Torley Wong, who we’ve featured previously on the site for his Project Preset videos, had won the coveted OMG-1 synthesizer, the grand prize in Spectrasonics’ benefit contest for the Bob Moog Foundation. The OMG-1, introduced at the 2011 NAMM Show, is a one-of-a-kind frankensynth conceived by Spectrasonics’ Eric Persing. The… Read More Torley On The OMG-1 Synthesizer, “We’ll Need A Shrine”
There’s been a lot of buzz about Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablets, which will feature a new interface, derived from the Zune portable media player and the promise of more powerful hardware. You can view a high-level comparison of WIndows 8 and the Apple iPad above. While the release of Windows 8 tablets is still far… Read More No MIDI For Windows 8 Tablets?
This is a demo of an Arduino-based spaceship-themed synthesizer for kids, designed for the Kearney Area Children’s Museum. The spaceship synth was created by Nebraska-based interaction designer Jason Webb.
The Electro-Music 2011 Festival, aka “The Woodstock of Electronic Music”, is slated For September 9-11 in Huguenot, New York. The Electro-Music Festival is one the world’s premiere events for experimental electronic music. Now in it’s seventh year, this year’s gathering features days of electronic music concerts, seminars, workshops, demonstrations, jam sessions, video art, a laptop battle,… Read More 2011 Electro-Music Festival Slated For September 9-11
For the latest edition of the Real Scenes series of documentaries on electronic music and cities, RA and Bench go to one of the most special places for electronic music in the world: Berlin: When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, techno became the underground soundtrack to the reunion between East and West. In… Read More Berlin & Techno Music
This is a demonstration video of Audio-Haptic Navigation Environment (AHNE) – an experimental audio-haptic user interface that lets you locate and manipulate sound objects in 3d space with the help of audio-haptic feedback. The user is tracked with a Kinect sensor using the OpenNI framework and OSCeleton. The user wears a glove that is embedded with… Read More Experimental Kinect + Garden Glove System Like A Theremin For Mixing
Heads up for the worship keyboardists out there – Wildwood Church Worship Pastor Matt Faulkner wants to get you out of the choir loft and out in front, shredding. He recently introduced a ‘Keytar Tuesdays’ section to his blog, Worship Keyboardist, and he’s already come up with a few goodies, like this video of Petra’s John… Read More Keytarists For Christ
Andreas Schneider created this video tour of the new UK Testsalon to show why synth freaks from the UK don’t need to go to Berlin anymore: The Testsalon inside Rough Trade East in London is the showroom installed by Schneidersladen, Berlin with the latest news in electronic hardware devices. The Video gives you an overview… Read More Andreas Schneider Shows Why People From The UK Don’t Need To Go To Berlin Anymore
Neon Indian created this video to introduce the new PAL198X – a custom synth that was created in cahoots with weapons manufacturer and boutique synth maker Bleep Labs. Filmed at the Static Tongues Amplidrome Facility, Arctic Circle, Earth. I don’t know what the **** I just saw, but I think I need one of these… Read More The Neon Indian Pal198X – And What Will It Do Your Brain
