If you’re a musician or music fan and you’ve got an iPhone, check out the Digital Sound Meter (App Store link). Digital Sound Meter is a app that uses the iphone integrated microphone to capture and display the sound level in decibel. It displays the average and peak levels with a bargraph and with a… Read More Protect Your Ears With An iPhone Digital Sound Meter
Image: parasitk A lovely, evocative photo of a classic Electric Music Box taken at AHNE 2009. See parsitk’s full set of photos at Flickr.
Trent Reznor just announced, via Twitter, that Apple has rejected an update to Nine Inch Nails’ iPhone app. The objectionable content? The Downward Spiral. Hmmmmm. Wonder what line of what song that was………. Let me know what you think of Apple’s decision in the comments!
Image: ChrisBravoTown Saturday Synth Porn: OK – there’s no synth in this shot, but this Lancia Delta Integrale looks extremely cool with an Aphex Twin paint job. Unfortunately, it’s a virtual Lancia Delta Integrale, from the Xbox 360 game ‘Forza Motorsport 2’……
Image: The Devil in the Detail Forget new gear – this is the future of electronic music: Jack working on the final mixdown of his electro-pop masterpiece. He was having some trouble with the A&R rep at his indie label but got that sorted with a good music lawyer. Now if only he’d stop trying… Read More The Future Of Electronic Music
Image: Paul Lindeboom Saturday Synth Porn: This is a great shot of the Kraakdoos, or Crackle Box, designed by Michel Waisvisz of STEIM in the seventies. The main concept of the Crackle Box is that the human body becomes a vital part of the electronics (or the other way around) while playing it. It is… Read More The Steim Cracklebox
Image: Chris_Carter_ Saturday Synth Porn: The ‘official’ Throbbing Gristle Gristleizer launch ceremony photo. Smashing Guitars has announced the release of the first of their new product line, the Gristleizer. The Gristleizer is an extremely rare and unique unit. Originally designed by Roy Gwinn in 1976, the Gristleizer is based on a design published in Practical… Read More Synth Porn Saturday Gets Gristly
Moog Music has announced that MoogFest – the annual event honoring the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions – is moving from New York City to Asheville, NC. Above, Bob Moog introduces Keith Emerson at MoogFest 2004, and Emerson proceeds to bust out the Moog modular prog chops. MoogFest 2009 will… Read More Moogfest 2009 Comes To Asheville, NC
Matthew Davidson has released Obo, a free Mac music sequencer & synth that’s a sort of minimal Tenori On: There was a recent request on the monome forums for an application that does what the popular tonematrix does, which itself is inspired by the tenori-on. I took some parts out of my residue application for… Read More Free Mac Music App Inspired By Tenori On
The Electric Music Machine takes a behind the scenes look at what happens at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Parts 2 &3 below.
