This isn’t good news for fans of Alvarez, Ampeg, Crate, EAW, Mackie, Martin Audio and TAPCO gear. LOUD Technologies today announced that it received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), because it did not file its… Read More LOUD Gets A Nasty-Gram From Nasdaq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gd-QkRA8Ik Phil and Paul Hartnoll are reuniting as Orbital, after four years of relative obscurity, to headline UK’s Big Chill Festival in England, next August. “It’s not an exercise in nostalgia, the time just seems right. Everything just seemed to fall into place,” says Phil Hartnoll. “We’ve got 15 years of active service, making song.… Read More Orbital Back Together
Koblo Audio Software announces the official release of the Vibra3000 polyphonic, multiple oscillator mini-synthesizer plug-in. The Vibra synthesizer line was known for its unique filters and sound, and was originally part of the Studio9000 bundle distributed by Digidesign. Koblo’s sound can be found in many trance, breakbeat and techno compositions, but for years, you could… Read More Koblo Announces Release Of Vibra3000 Mini-Synthesizer
This looks like my type of park! Ron Boots, Remy Stroomer, Harold van der Heijden, Henri Peeters & Rene van der Wouden jam at the at the Gruga Park Essen. “Approx. 150 people came to listen and eat/chat,” notes van der Wouden. “The concerts went all good. Remy Stroomer started and gave a very good set… Read More German Park Synth Jam
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: How To Make A Crappy Electronic Music Video For $0.00 Posted on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 in Music Videos – Comments: (11) All right you Freaxxx. If you’ve been waiting to… Read More Popular Posts On Synthtopia From 17th November – 23rd November
DJmag takes the Tonium Pacemaker through it’s paces to see if it can be used as a professional DJ product. The video features the DJmag Tech Awards with Tom Middleton, Billy Nasty, Bill Brewster and Eitan Zilkha from Westend DJ store as they award the Pacemnaker the most Innovative Product in 2008, and a workout of… Read More Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ System Review
This is the trailer for DJ Spooky/Paul D. Miller’s large scale multimedia performance work: an acoustic portrait of a rapidly changing continent. Description: The Antarctic Suite transforms Miller’s first person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies that make up the land mass. Miller’s field recordings… Read More DJ Spooky’s Terra Nova: The Antarctica Suite
A classic synth-pop video from Eurythmics. After two years of initial commercial failure for the Eurythmics project, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This became a commercial breakthrough for the duo on both sides of the Atlantic, with the title track being especially popular: it remains one of Eurythmics’ most recognizable songs, and its music video, popular on… Read More Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
M-Audio has announced a variety of holiday deals: Axiom Keyboard / RTAS Instrument Special Purchase an Axiom® 61, 49, or 25 keyboard controller between November 15 and December 15, 2008 and receive the FREE A.I.R. RTAS® instrument of your choice (Transfuser, Velvet or Hybrid).Download coupon. Pro Tools M-Powered / RTAS Instrument Special Buy a copy of Pro Tools® M-Powered™ software, or… Read More Holiday Deals From M-Audio
This is a little off topic – but this trailer for Nina Paley’s animated feature, Sita Sings The Blues, a.k.a. “the Sitayana”, makes it look super-awesome. It’s a feature-length animated version of the Ramayana focused on much-put-upon Sita, it’s filled with musical numbers and it’s basically a tremendous DIY project, created by Paley on her home computer. I… Read More Sita Sings the Blues Looks Awesome, Sounds Cool, Too
