Mackie has launched a new type of mixer designed for musicians, DJs and producers – the U.Series Production Mixer. “The keyboardist, DJ and producer of today are forced to use over-complicated mixers designed for their dad’s era, or compromise with low-quality features and severely limited connectivity options,” said John Boudreau, Mackie brand group vice president.… Read More Mackie Launches New U.Series Production Mixers
Sweetwater today announced their latest addition to the Sweetwater family of professional music and audio tools, Virtual Frontman. Description: Virtual Frontman is a Mac- and Windows-compatible plug-in that supports Audio Units, MAS, VST, RTAS, Direct X, TDM, and 120-volt plug-in formats. The plug-in uses sophisticated proprietary runway modeling techniques to encode the vocal and behavioral… Read More Virtual Frontman Plug-in
The awesome Pamelia Kurstin performing at TED! SHe discusses the theremin and performs Autumn Leaves, Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life and a composition by David Mash, Listen: the Words Are Gone. Piano: Makoto Ozone Born in Los Angeles, Kurstin currently resides in Vienna, and performs with acclaimed eccentric rockers Barbez, among many others. Her latest solo… Read More Pamelia Kurstin: Theremin player
This video effectively combines audio and video sampling. Many people were filmed in St Michael’s church in Byker Newcastle, indidivudally, over the course of a day, playing single notes on various insruments to create a note bank that composer Andy Jackson used to create the score that you see and hear. Most of the participants… Read More Video Combines Visual And Audio Sampling
[display_podcast] The guys at Haken Audio, the creators of the Continuum Keyboard, have published a video that showcases the awesome power of MIDI-controlled Tesla coils. Here’s the story behind it: Mark Smart performs live in Urbana, Illinois on March 7, 2008. This outdoor concert was part of a student-run open house for the College of… Read More Incredible MIDI-Controlled Tesla Coils
OT: Terje Isungset makes instruments out of ice and performs at nordic ice festivals. Most of the information on him and his music seems to be in Norwegian, but here’s the official blurb on it from his label: The instruments are made from top quality ice. It must be free of any air bubbles. The… Read More The Ice Instruments Of Terje Isungset
Mike Dory is a master’s candidate at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunictions Program (ITP), musician, writer, snowboarder, interaction designer, physical computing researcher and coffee addict. His Concrete Crickets project is a type of audio graffiti that uses electronically generated sounds as graffiti: Graffiti is one of the most powerful and most personal displays in the urban… Read More Audio Graffiti
There’s a been a lot of interesting synth and electronic music news this week, but it’s always hard to predict what people are going to find interesting. Here are the stories that got people talking this week, along with some of the most interesting comments: What do you think of Holy Fuck? – a lot… Read More What People Are Talking About This Week At Synthtopia
DJ/producer Paul Oakenfold has scored the upcoming video game Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Oakenfold follows a long string of electronic music artists, including NIN & Amon Tobin, to score video games. “It was a rewarding experience to score The Bourne Conspiracy video game — I have always been a fan of the series and… Read More Paul Oakenfold Scores Bourne Conspiracy Video Game
Show producer Paxahau has announced the initial lineup for Movement 2008 – the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Here’s a link to Synthtopia’s Movement 2008 info. The festival, now in its ninth year (in some form) will feature: ALEX UNDER –live ALTON MILLER BENNY BENASSI BUZZ GOREE CARL CRAIG CASSY COBBLESTONE JAZZ –live COOL KIDS –live… Read More Movement 2008 – The Detroit Electronic Music Festival
