On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Paul Henry Smith will conduct the first-ever live concert of a Beethoven Symphony using a digital orchestra, performed by Vienna Symphonic Library’s Vienna Instruments at Holy Name Church in Boston. This will be the first concert in a series that will present all nine Beethoven symphonies. The Fauxharmonic Orchestra, founded… Read More First Wii-Controlled Beethoven Symphony!
Sorry, readers. We have a correction to make. A mea culpa to fess up to. A blogging confession. Earlier today, we reported on Propellerhead Record, calling it “a new digital audio workstation application” (DAW). We use the term digital audio workstation, like pretty much the whole world, to refer to “an electronic system designed to… Read More Propellerhead Record Is Not A DAW!
Gijs Gieskes created this steampunk Image Scan Sequencer – a mechanical scanner that outputs MIDI: It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a selected threshold. When the threshold is reached the velocity will be set by the darkness at that point. the darker point… Read More Steampunk Image Scan Sequencer Turns Images Into Music
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Image: anstalt Saturday Synth Porn: This is a great shot of the epic analog bassline synthesizer, the Future Retro Revolution. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
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In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls. It’s made up of a collection of YouTube videos, all featuring musicians playing something in Bb major. The videos can be played simultaneously and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders. Anyone can… Read More In Bb – The First Massive, Multiplayer Interactive Music Work?
Trent Reznor just announced, via Twitter, that Apple has now approved an update to Nine Inch Nails’ iPhone app. We reported earlier in the week that Apple had rejected the updated NIN app because of objectionable content. It’s great to see that Apple used some common sense in this case. They still need to implement… Read More Nine Inch Nails App Update Gets Approved By Apple
The Bob Moog Foundation’s Enter the Mind of Moog will celebrate Bob Moog‘s 75th birthday, and offer an opportunity to experience a working version of the planned Moogseum, as the Bob Moog Foundation will transform the Orange Peel into an educational sonic playground for all ages. According to The Foundation, “attendees will be immersed in… Read More Enter The Mind Of Bob Moog And Preview The Moogseum
Synthgear has put together a gallery of synth tattoos, like this awesome monome tat and the Moog Minimoog tattoo, below. If you’ve got an awesome synth tattoo, leave a link in the comments. If you’ve got a nasty photo of your half-naked hairy body sporting an irritated, splotchy tattoo, wait a week or two and… Read More A Synth Tattoo Gallery
