Category: Music News

Ableton LIve 8.1.5 Released, Part Of Effort To Make Live More Stable

Ableton has announced a new version of live, Ableton Live 8.1.5, as part of its ongoing effort to improve stability in Live: Ableton’s developers have been busy improving quality and we have released the latest result of this ongoing effort, Live 8.1.5: http://www.ableton.com/latest_versions The changelog is still being written and will be posted here tomorrow (12… Read More Ableton LIve 8.1.5 Released, Part Of Effort To Make Live More Stable

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The Buggles Return, One Night Only, Sept 28th, In London

Trevor Horn and ZTT Records have announced the return of The Buggles, on stage for their first ever full live gig, 30 years after their international #1 hit single Video Killed The Radio Star. Trevor will reconvene the original Buggles line-up, including Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia) and Bruce Woolley (Camera Club, Grace Jones), to preform… Read More The Buggles Return, One Night Only, Sept 28th, In London

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Is Moogfest Now Just Another Hipster Music Festival?

Festival organizers AC Entertainment have released the lineup for MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival “celebrating the vision of Robert Moog”, scheduled for Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. The MoogFest 2010 lineup includes MGMT, Big Bo, RJD2, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Hot Chip and others. While the lineup is kicking the scale of the festival up a… Read More Is Moogfest Now Just Another Hipster Music Festival?

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Free iPad Synth – Sylo Synthesiser

iPad Music Software:  Sylo Synthesizer (App Store link) is a free iPad synth that  lets you build sounds from basic waveforms, or capture them using the iPad’s built-in microphone. Sylo Synthesiser features live time-stretching technology based on granular synthesis, and a suite of filters.

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iPadTopia: New Music Studio Like GarageBand For The iPad

iPad Music Software:  Xewton has upgraded its $14.99 music production environment for iOS, making Music Studio like GarageBand for the iPad. While it’s recently been updated for the iPad, it runs on iPhone & iPod touch. A demo version is available. It combines a piano keyboard, 27 instruments, a 128-track sequencer, extensive note editing, reverb… Read More iPadTopia: New Music Studio Like GarageBand For The iPad

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If We Got Leo Abrahams’ In Trouble, Sorry! And Watch For Brian Eno’s Ultra Announcement Tomorrow!

Remember our post from last week about Brian Eno’s new album, which we found out about via guitarist/composer Leo Abraham? It looks like Abrahams may have spoken a little early on this. He writes: I wrote here that a new Brian Eno record was coming out on Warp – and I shouldn’t have done because… Read More If We Got Leo Abrahams’ In Trouble, Sorry! And Watch For Brian Eno’s Ultra Announcement Tomorrow!

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