Synthesist Bakis Sirros sends word that a couple of new Serge Modular synth modules have been announced: The Dual ADSR m-odule (includes two Extended ADSR modules, a Dual Comparator, and a Dual Transient Gen.) Price is 1600 USD The Wave Processor m-odule (includes Ring Modulator module, Triple Waveshaper module, Wavemultipliers module, Xfader module, Mixer module).… Read More Two New Serge Modular M-odules
Open Labs product developer Matthew Presley demonstrates how to use the new iPhone application BeatMaker in conjunction with NeKo TSE. The highlight is the way Presley integrates BeatMaker with the NeKo.
The Chemical Brothers are looking for your help to create a global video project for their track Brotherhood. Make your own short clip (from 2 to 20 seconds) or photograph about your favourite Chemical Brothers track. Then upload your work here on to the Google Map (after the jump) and tag it to it’s exact… Read More Help A Brother (Chemical Brother) Out
Is Apple planning a multi-touch DJ application? Read Apple’s patent application, and let me know what you think: [0145]FIG. 23 illustrates another embodiment of the invention for manipulating the replay and recording of audio or musical files. As shown in FIG. 23, a music application 830 can display a pair of virtual turntables 842 and… Read More Apple’s Touch Screen DJ Program
On August 30, 2008, DJs will descend on Washington for the Million DJ March to “celebrate decades of service to the entertainment industry.” The March and activities will take place from August 28- 30, 2008 in Washington DC, with the actual rally taking place on the 30 at 10 am, on the National Mall, extending… Read More The Million DJ March
DJ-1800, the pro DJ software for Mac, has been updated to let you use music stored on the iPod touch and iPhone. Features: Support for music stored on an iPhone or iPod Touch Support for new DJ controllers, including the Denon DN-HC4500, M-Audio X-Session Pro, Numark DMC2, Numark iCDX and Numark Total Control A full… Read More DJ-1800 Adds iPhone, iPod Support
German design studio Precious Forever has published an interesting interview with Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, the designers behind the Monome grid-based music controller. Excerpt: There are millions of electronic music controllers on the market. Regardless, many users seem to be unable to find a setup that is “just right” for them. Naturally, there’s no… Read More Designing The Monome
Chris Randall of Analog Industries demos an alpha version of Automaton: This is a quick demonstration of the sequencer engine and the effects in Automaton. The software is still in alpha, and some of the user interface elements are missing, but you can get the general idea of what is going on with this, I… Read More Automaton Alpha Preview
WordPress is a great blogging platform and is popular with musicians for building music websites. Out of the box, it does 90% of the stuff you’ll need to build a music site. Here are some free add-ons, though, that can handle the rest. Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians Gigs Calendar – This plugin is… Read More Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians
This is the trailer for A Fistful of Patchcords, a DVD of a live electronic music performance from 2006 featuring Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart. I missed this when it came out in 2006 – but I saw it over at Matrix‘ site and thought it was worth noting for readers into a little “Moog… Read More New Electronic Music DVD: A Fistful Of Patchcords
