What? You’ve still got some money left after getting that $24,000 Avid Acutus turntable? Then you may want to check out the new Thorens Jubilee turntable: The Jubilee is a cost-no-object design that puts it firmly in the camp of ‘the world’s best ever’ vinyl replay machines. The Jubilee celebrates 125 years of the Thorens name and… Read More Would You Pay $55,000 For A Turntable?
NIN has released another interesting bit of Internet media for its most recent release, The Slip (our review). They plotted the downloads of the album onto Google Earth, so you can browse interactively and see where the Nine Inch Nails fans are: We’ve had just over 1,400,000 people download The Slip from our site since… Read More The Slip Download Map On Google Earth
SPEAR (Sinusoidal Partial Editing And Resynthesis) version 0.7.1 is a free application for Windows & OS X for audio analysis, editing and synthesis. The analysis procedure attempts to represent a sound with many individual sinusoidal tracks (partials), each corresponding to a single sinusoidal wave with time varying frequency and amplitude. Something which closely resembles the… Read More SPEAR – Free Resynthesis App For Mac & Windows
This video demos WiiAmbient, a free new ambient music program for the Wii from Gleetchplug. It’s not available yet – but it looks like it will be very cool.
I saw a notice at a Kansas City auction site, via Crate Kings, that the contents of the Music Exchange – an icon on the KC music scene for decades – are going to be auctioned off in July: Due to the death of The Music Exchange owner Ron Rooks and the subsequent closing of… Read More Music Exchange, RIP
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Sibelius announced Sibelius First, a new notation and composition tool for singer/songwriters, keyboard players and guitarists. “Sibelius First is that great first step into the world of professional score writing for aspiring composers,” said Jeremy Silver, Sibelius Software’s managing director. “If you’re more comfortable composing while playing a guitar or a keyboard,… Read More Sibelius Introduces “First”, Simple Music Notation Software
Summer Clubbing is a free theme for WordPress with a dance music twist. Demo | Download
With the price of Legos, my guess is that this Lego synthesizer would cost about as much as the real thing. via Brickshelf
Public Service Reminder: This is what the women of Ibiza are wearing this year. If you’re planning on going, dress appropriately for warm weather and cool nights.
Anybody looking on tips on promoting their music via the Internet need look no further than NIN. Their latest Internet media trick is to plot their tour out on Google Earth: On the nin.com tour page, you’ll find links and instructions for subscribing to NIN tour dates via a variety of methods, including Facebook, MySpace, iCal,… Read More NIN Works The Internet Hard!
