Between 1971 and 1973, Dan Sandin designed and built the Sandin Image Processor (IP) a patch programmable analog computer for real-time manipulation of video inputs. In other words – a modular synth for video.
Stuckey’s new portable, battery powered FM synthesizer by Critter and Guitari, Chris Kucinski, Owen Osborn
Bebe Barron, who, along with her husband Louis Barron, created the pioneering electronic score for Forbidden Planet, died April 20, 2008 at the age of 82 of natural causes. Barry Schrader sent me the news, along with this brief bio: Bebe Barron was born Charlotte Wind in Minneapolis, on June 16, 1925. She received an… Read More Electronic Music Pioneer Bebe Barron Dead At 82
Matthew Davidson (stretta) has has the scoop on technoartgurl’s new tat – of a Monome! If you were going to get a synth tattoo, what would it be?
The Bob Moog Foundation has started a blog. There’s not much there yet, except some photos.
Synthesizers.com has introduced a free new Windows app designed to help you design modular synths using the company’s modules: SynthInvent is a free program that allows you to experiment with synthesizer system configurations by simply dragging and dropping modules into cabinets. Systems can be saved and shared, exported to a spreadsheet, or made into a… Read More Synthesizers.com Intros SynthInvent Layout Software
Channel D has released Pure Vinyl 2.2, an update to their suite of audio applications designed for the digital playback and transcription of vinyl LP records. Pure Vinyl 2.2 is a suite of audio applications designed for high-resolution digital playback, editing, and archival of vinyl records. It includes real-time playback monitoring, recording of dry or… Read More Channel D Updates Vinyl Record Playback and Transcription Software
Ammobox:lite is a free ensemble for Reaktor that promises to be “the shift in the way people will think about turntablism”: With ammobox you can layer samples into a ‘stream’ and scratch the stream, this allows for asyncronous sample triggering and layered effects that would be impossible otherwise. Microscopically you could say that ammobox is… Read More Free Turntablism Ensemble For Reaktor
There’s a new holiday coming to town – Record Store Day. On this day, indie music stores across America are uniting with the purpose of celebrating the culture and unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally. “Independent record stores are like the best thing going for real music lovers,” says… Read More Celebrate Record Store Day April 18th
The Telegraph reports that three music professors – Clifton Callender at Florida State University, Ian Quinn at Yale University, and Dmitri Tymoczko at Princeton University – have devised a new way of analyzing and categorizing music to reduce musical works to their mathematical essence. The trio has outlined a method called “geometrical music theory” that… Read More The Geometry of Music
