Wolfram Research Labs has created a new site, WolframTones, that explores applying Stephen Wolfram’s mathematical theories to the creation of music. The site is based on ideas from Wolfram’s book, A New Kind of Science. At the core of A New Kind of Science is the idea of exploring a new abstract universe: a “computational… Read More Algorithmic Music Composer
iZotope has released iDrum 1.6, a Windows XP/Vista compatible version of its iDrum virtual drum machine software. The update is free for registered iDrum customers. iDrum turns a Mac or PC into a virtual drum machine. iDrum can utilize users’ customized samples or those from professionally produced libraries. Beats in iDrum can be created from… Read More iZotope Releases iDrum For PC
Image Line Software has released FL Studio 8, the latest version of their digital audio workstation. FL Studio 8 offers an improved interface, sound engine, revised mixer, the addition of pattern clips to the playlist, new multilink MIDI learn system, a suite of new plug-ins and updates to many others. Here are the details:
Jean Michel Jarre on vintage synths: “When I got them out of storage and played them again, I realised something that even I had forgotten – that these analogue instruments are unique,” Jarre says. “Choosing to use these old synths instead of their modern equivalents is not a retro thing, it is not nostalgia, it… Read More Jean Michel Jarre On Vintage Synths, Oxygène
[display_podcast] Spectrasonics is doing a great job with its video series introducing its new mega-synth Omnisphere. This episode looks at the history of the arpeggiator, including lots of great synth porn along the way. The second half of the video digs into the Omnisphere arpeggiator, which looks very intuitive. If you’ve got a video iPod… Read More Spectrasonics Omnisphere Arpeggiator
If you’re interested in cool free content that’s free to use for VJing or for creating electronic music videos, you should check out the VJ Loops area at the Internet Archive. It has hundreds of free video loops that are licensed for you to reuse. Samples below: via CDM
Check this out: The Sound of Touch is an instrument for real-time capture and physical stimulation of digital sound samples, using a specially constructed wand and any physical material. The hand-held wand can be used to (1) record sound, then (2) brush, scrape, strike or otherwise physically manipulate this sound against physical objects. These actions… Read More The Sound Of Touch
[display_podcast] Musikmesse Update: Celemony has introduced Direct Note Access for Melodyne, which lets you edit individual notes within polyphonic audio material. With Direct Note Access, Celemony is now offering access (including the full range of editing possibilities) to individual notes within recordings of polyphonic instruments. “The access to, and ability to edit, individual notes within… Read More Melodyne Direct Note Access
Here’s a remix collection that sounds a little more interesting than another take on Finary Binary’s 1999 – The Vegetable Orchestra – Remixed. The Vegetable Orchestra is a group of eleven musicians, one cook and one sound engineer who use instruments made out of vegetables. The album will include remixes from Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano and… Read More Vegetable Orchestra Gets Remixed
Korg is introducing a Japan-only cartridge for the DS that turns it into a simulation of the classic Korg MS-10 synth. It actually looks kinda cool, too. No word on global availability. We can hope, though.
