The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra – a man-machine world fusion group – will make its debut at this year’s SCREAM Festival. The SCREAM Festival, put on by the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music, is scheduled for January 27, 2010 at 8:30 pm at REDCAT . The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, directed by Ajay Kapur, convenes an… Read More KarmetiK Machine Orchestra To Debut At 2010 SCREAM Festival
Wham Bam Thank You NAMM – an after hours event at the 2010 NAMM Show – will be held Friday, January 15th from 8pm-4am. The event will feature performances by: John Tejada Richard Devine Deru Laura Escudé Scott Pagano CPU Kero Acid Circus Derek Michael Baseck Eezir DJ Modesty Trifonic DJ G Ov Moldover Henry… Read More Wham Bam Thank You NAMM – 2010 NAMM Show After Hours Event
Betcha didn’t know what former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been up to since she went all rogue and such. Now, thanks to DJ Tina T, you do.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=018057E9A863B09F This is a series of video tutorials for the Synth Tech MOTM-650 MIDI-CV converter module. The MOTM-650 provides the means to control analog voltage controlled synthesizers with MIDI devices such as keyboards, drum machines and computers. In the videos, Paul Schreiber, founder of Synthesis Technology and creator of the MOTM format, explains the features… Read More A Video Guide To The Synthesis Technology MOTM-650 MIDI-CV Converter
Saturday Synth Porn: In this video, Dan Levey of REwire demos controlling modular synthesizers with a variety of alternative controllers, including a theremin, Korg pad and ribbon controllers. It otherwords – it’s a geektacular synthfest.
We love Christmas. We love synths. So, we should love Christmas synth music, right? Unfortunately, synthesizer power, in the wrong hands, can ruin Christmas. Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can reveal how we really feel about three synth-heavy Christmas songs that we hope we don’t hear again. Not next year. Not ever.… Read More Three Synthesizer Christmas Songs That We Never Need To Hear Again
Baril’s Cocktail via Baril: i’m inspired by the Personnality changement by Alcohol ! Some masks hiden on Us, And the Cocktail is very Crazy, Weird, Strange ! Man become a thing, incontrolable, a monster (?!) ! Nobody can to know, perhaps him !?
Mark Mosher from Modulate This! has a nice holiday gift for Harmless users: Rather than send a greeting card to you all with a yearly letter ;^) – I spent some time yesterday and today making some presets for you with the fabulous new Harmless virtual synth. FYI – I updated my previous post on… Read More Free Patch Library For Harmless Synthesizer
It’s Christmas Day, and whether you celebrate Christmas, the Winter Solistice, Yule, Hanukkah, Inti Raymi, Pastafarian Holiday, Saturnalia, Festivus, Boxing Day, Life Day, Agnostica or Decemberween – I hope you have a fantastic day. And that you get some awesome music gear booty. I’ve got a new addition for the Synthtopia Electronic Music Laboratory –… Read More Open Thread: What’d You Get For Christmas?
This is a quick demo of a custom version of the Livid Block matrix music controller, available via Nova Musik, the Livid Block NE: We decided to go with a black wood dye, black anodized aluminum faceplate, and “bright green” LEDs (that’s what our supplier calls them). The controller came out pretty amazing. See the… Read More The Livid Block NE
