Synthtopia’s traffic has grown tremendously in 2008, and one of the reasons is all the links and referrals from other great sites. If you’ve linked to us in the past, thanks! Here’s a special thanks, too, for the top 10 sites that sent traffic our way in 2008: theninhotline.net podcastingnews.com nav.440network.com metasonix.com blog.makezine.com createdigitalmusic.com twitter.com… Read More Thanks For The Links In 2008
This collection of videos from Blip Festival 2008 features performances by Bubblyfish, STarscream, Nullsleep, minusbaby and others.
2008 was a great year for electronic music fans, and one of the reasons why is the growing number of major electronic musicians that blog. Here are five electronic musicians that had great blogs in 2008: Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails blog was probably the most influential electronic musician’s blog of 2009. Reznor, more than… Read More Five Great Electronic Musician’s Blogs Of 2008
via CDM: DJ Chinkial came up with a free VST (Windows-only) beatbox for your computer, using the Korg KAOSS Pad KP3 as outboard controller, complete with visual feedback. It’s a work in progress – but worth checking out if you’re on Windows. DJ Chinkial explains: Kaoss64 is a 16 step 64 part sequencer that triggers the slices of two bar loops like… Read More Free Kaoss 64 Beatbox Plugin For Windows
The Carnegie Mellon School of Music will host the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Conference June 4 – 6, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In its ninth year, this international conference provides the opportunity to explore the interdisciplinary creations of artists and scientists. The School of Music will provide ensemble performances for participants ranging from solo… Read More Carnegie Mellon Looking For Submissions For New Musical Interfaces Conference
Sammy Taters wants to do the seemingly impossible – trade up from a Yamaha DX200 to a Devil Fish Modded TB-303 in less than a year: Have you ever wondered if it was possible to trade up to another piece of gear literally? For Example: To go from a Yamaha DX200 to a Devil Fish Modded TB-303 in… Read More Want To Trade For A Yamaha DX200?
Jetsobox’s Apple logo T-Equaliser Music T-shirt is a shirt with a built in sound sensitive spectrum analyzer. Each frequency of music will activate a different equalizer bar. It has a fully functional Electro Luminescence panel with a battery pack that fits into a pocket inside the T-shirt. Specifications: The T-Qualizer is made from 100% cotton. 1… Read More Awesome Illuminated Retro Apple T-Shirt Responds To Sound
We’ve been posting a lot lately – here’s a quick digest of the top posts from the last week, in case you missed them: More Psytrance Synth Fakery From DaliPosted on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 in Music Videos – Comments: (6) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YckQXa6VnY It looks like Dali’s been faking it again! Bizarre VAX77 Foldable Music Keyboard… Read More Popular Posts On Synthtopia From 22nd December – 28th December
The Asheville Citizen Times has an article today that looks at Moog Music and how they’ve found international success: Only a few businesses inspire such fierce loyalty that their customers tattoo the name of the company on their bodies. Harley-Davidson comes to mind as one. Another is Moog Music, local manufacturers of legendary keyboard synthesizers… Read More Moog Music Finds International Success
Loopmasters has three XMas Giveaway audio loop libraries available as free downloads from its site: Xmas Giveaway – Pack 1 Loops Of Christmas Past Xmas Giveaway – Pack 2 Loops Of Christmas Present Xmas Giveaway – Pack 3 Loops Of Christmas Future Note: These packs are available for download to registered users only. The packs will only… Read More Free Audio Loops From Loopmasters
