Movement 08: Detroit Electronic Music Festival Photo Gallery
Here’s a roundup of some of the coolest images from Movement ’08, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. If you’ve posted images from DEMF, add a post in the comments!
Category: Music News
Detroit Electronic Music Festival Goes Mainstream
Detroit’s Freep.com, says that Movement 08 took the Detroit Electronic Music Festival mainstream: Eight years into Detroit’s electronic-music festival tradition, the event seems to have secured its future. At Hart Plaza this weekend, the fest audience was younger than ever, packed with teens and early twentysomethings who seemed eager to stamp their own mark on… Read More Detroit Electronic Music Festival Goes Mainstream
Real-Time 3D Acoustics Rendering
This is a demonstration video showing real-time 3D acoustic rendering, using the Phoenix gaming engine. Developer David Rosen discusses this in depth in his paper Real-time 3D Acoustics Rendering: Abstract It is common for real-time systems to render 3D sounds by simply panning the sound from left to right and adjusting the volume based on… Read More Real-Time 3D Acoustics Rendering
Jean-Michel Jarre On Using Macs, Logic Pro
Apple France has a look at Jean-Michel Jarre and his use of Macs and Logic Pro. Here’s a short excerpt, through Google automatic translation: Jean-Michel Jarre says his passion for the Mac You are using Apple products for a long time. De quels matériels disposez-vous ? What materials do you have? I am a big… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre On Using Macs, Logic Pro
Terry Riley at Walt Disney Concert Hall
The LA Times has a review of seminal minimalist composer Terry Riley‘s Sunday performance at the Walt Disney concert hall. “Minimalist” is a strange tag for Riley. It suits him in that he has never lost his love for interlocking repetitive figures imbued with the strength to send the brain into psychedelic reverie. But Riley… Read More Terry Riley at Walt Disney Concert Hall
DJ Plasma Light Reacts To Sound
Gadget.Brando.Com.HK has a DJ Plasma Light that reacts to music to create an interactive light show. They are super-cheap – $18. Cheap enough to tempt me to get several. Let me know if you’ve used these and, if so, what you think. Features: DJ Plasma Indication Tube ON/OFF power switch Lightning or Music/Sonic switch Music/Sonic… Read More DJ Plasma Light Reacts To Sound
Restoring A Fairlight Synthesizer
David Vandenborn is blogging his progress restoring a vintage Fairlight synthesizer: Lately I’ve been busy restoring a Series IIx that had sustained serious damage from a leaked battery. Thanks to Peter Wielk at Horizontal Productions I was able to replace the broken cards. And after some extra debugging, the alphanumeric keyboard wasn’t working, I’m able… Read More Restoring A Fairlight Synthesizer
The Doepfer CTM64 Jumpstarts Custom MIDI Controllers
The Doepfer CTM64 is a universal contact-to-MIDI interface that can be used as the basis for custom MIDI controllers. Here are a few examples of what people have built using the CTM64: More examples of custom MIDI controllers, including custom DJ controllers for Richie Hawtin & Monolake, are available at the Doepfer site.
Propellerheads AudioCubes Giveaway
Propellerheads has announced a Percussa AudioCubes giveaway for Reason users. To enter the contest, you need to be a Reason 4 owner. Here’s how to enter: Record a video where you tell (in not so many words) us why you upgraded to Reason version 4 and how you feel about it. Send the video to… Read More Propellerheads AudioCubes Giveaway
Bolero Electronica Celebrates Bob Moog’s 74th Birthday
The Bob Moog Foundation today announced that it was honoring what would have been the 74th birthday of synth pioneer Bob Moog with the release of a new synth CD, Amin Bhatia‘s Virtuality. The first half of Virtuality is comprised of ten tracks which transport the listener through an orchestral and electronic voyage through the… Read More Bolero Electronica Celebrates Bob Moog’s 74th Birthday
