Ambient music artist Robert Rich sent word about a new version of his 7-hour “sleep concert”, Somnium. Somnium is thought to be the longest continuous musical composition ever released in any format. Because of its scale, it presented unique challenges, and previous versions of the work required compromises. Rich says that a new digital download… Read More Robert Rich Releases 7-Hour Ambient Work As Digital Download
Percussa, a Belgium based electronic musical instruments company, will debut new software for its AudioCubes hardware platform at the upcoming 2008 NAMM Show. AudioCubes are a unique and visually intriguing performance tool that can be used as fully assignable MIDI controllers for music and multimedia as well as a standalone wireless digital/analog lo-fi sound generator… Read More NAMM Preview: AudioCubes Update
AlgoMusic and BK Synthlabs have teamed up to produce a new line of virtual instruments, including Enceladus v2 (Next Mission) and ElectraBass v1.1. Enceladus retails for 49.99, and ElectraBass for 35.00. You can preview both VST’s below. Enceladus V2 (Next Mission) Enceladus, above, is inspired by one of the many moons orbiting the ringed planet… Read More AlgoMusic Updates Enceladus and ElectraBass Virtual Instruments
Why Jingle Bells on the Arduino theremin?
A cool demo of Folktek’s beautiful touch-based synth interface, aka the Harmonic Field. Folktek = Arius Blaze and Ben Houston. There’s an interesting interview with them at Trash Audio.
Dreamtargets has posted an iPhone 808 image at Flickr. Real? Fake? Photoshop? Just a picture on his iPhone? Let me know what you think! Full size image here.
Need some professional vocals to complete a track? DrumsForYou.com, an online recording service, is now providing session vocalists for hire via the Internet. Their full music production service provides you with four session musicians playing; live drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and mixing/mastering all together for a complete package of $675. Their vocal service allows you… Read More Vocals Via The Internet Starting At $125
VeryBestDjSets is a new site that offers a library of free dj sets in MP3 format that you can download. You can preview a few sample sets below. The site features more than 40 GB of dj sets of artists from the international electronic scene. The site lets you download files directly, without registration or… Read More Free DJ Sets
The Commodore 64 has developed a cultish fan base, especially among electronic musicians. Twenty-five years after Commodore introduced the C64 computer, productiehuis ON invited Rob Hubbard to make orchestral arrangements of the game music written by him and Jeroen Tel for some of the most popular C64 games. Now it’s been released as a two… Read More C64 Orchestra Plays Commodore Game Classics
Yamaha has released new drivers and firmware updates for their GO46 Mobile FireWire Audio Interface, MOTIF XS Synthesizer Workstation, and n Series FireWire Digital Mixing Studios. Available for download at: http://www.yamahasynth.com/download/index.html, the new drivers make the GO46 compatible with Windows Vista, while new IEEE1394 firmware for the MOTIF XS, n8, and n12 improve network capability… Read More Yamaha Releases FireWire Updates for MOTIF XS and n Series Mixers
