Novation Announces Automap Universal Now Available As Free Download for ReMOTE SL Users

Automap Universal is now available to download for free from the Novation website (click on “Downloads”, then “ReMOTE SL”). Automap Universal takes on where the original Automap left off, allowing users to instantly control absolutely any automatable plug-in, in any sequencer, automatically without ever having to refer to a manual or worry about complex MIDI… Read More Novation Announces Automap Universal Now Available As Free Download for ReMOTE SL Users

March 20, 2007March 19, 20072 Comments

Mackie Tracktion Video

SWA Video, a product of Streamwork Audio, has partnered with Mackie to bring an exclusive offer for all registered users of Tracktion 3. In Tracktion 3’s Ultimate bundle users will find SWA Video’s extensive 4-hour instructional video covering everything from setting up to the Final Plug. SWA Complete Tracktion 3 will allow you to explore… Read More Mackie Tracktion Video

March 19, 2007Leave a comment

Build Your Own MP3 Player

Teuthis has several kits and parts available for making your own MP3 player. The Super-Simple MP3 Player is based on the PIC 16LF877, with plenty of processor time to spare. There is a bare bones assembly version, and a new C version with more features and stability. It uses compact flash cards up to over… Read More Build Your Own MP3 Player

March 18, 2007March 16, 2007Leave a comment

The Vestax S-1 Premium DJ Controller

The S-1 Premium Stage Controller is a freaky hand-made DJ control instrument by Vestax. The production run of the controller is limited to 20 pieces. The DJ controller combines ideas from turntables, guitars and other instruments to create a performance-oriented unit. Controller: Interface: Vestax 12 inch Platter control Cue : 4 cue play/rec Seamless Loop… Read More The Vestax S-1 Premium DJ Controller

March 17, 2007March 16, 20072 Comments

Great Mellotron Demonstration Video

Here’s an old video demonstration of classic Mellotron sampling technology: The Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in England in the early 1960s. Mellotrons used a series of tape playback heads triggered by a standard organ-style keyboard to create a crude but pioneering sample playback device.

March 16, 2007March 12, 2007Leave a comment

Alchemists of Sound BBC Special Video

The BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop was set up in 1958, born out of a desire to create ‘new kinds of sounds’. Alchemists of Sound looks at this creative group from its inception, through its golden age when it was supplying music and effects for cult classics like Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven and Hitchhiker’s Guide To The… Read More Alchemists of Sound BBC Special Video

March 16, 2007March 12, 2007Leave a comment

The 2007 Bent Festival

Times and places for the 2007 Bent Festivals have been announced: Los Angeles – April 12-14, 2007 Minneapolis – April 19-21, 2007 New York City – April 26-28, 2007 Each year, The Tank invites benders from across the country and around the globe to perform concerts with their circuit bent instruments, to teach workshops to… Read More The 2007 Bent Festival

March 16, 2007March 16, 20071 Comment

Classic Klaus Schulze Video

Here’s a great video that features Klaus Schulze in his 70’s heyday:

March 15, 2007Leave a comment

Jacket Features Hidden iPod Support

Bagir Ltd., a manufacturer of tailored clothing, has introduced the Play List Jacket, a design which is exclusive to Express Men, that offers iPod support integrated into a blazer. “It’s the only tailored jacket in the world that has been specifically designed to be compatible to iPods,” says Offer Gilboa, CEO of Bagir, which has… Read More Jacket Features Hidden iPod Support

March 13, 2007March 13, 2007Leave a comment

Dancers Combine Traditional Belly Dance With Electronica

Bellyqueen Dance Theater, a professional world dance company based in New York city, is a non-traditional belly-dancing group that combines belly dance tradition with other dance forms such as popping, hip-hop, modern, jazz, ballet, gypsy, flamenco, chinese and afro-haitian. The group believes in the equality of all races. They hope that bellydance will some day… Read More Dancers Combine Traditional Belly Dance With Electronica

March 13, 2007March 12, 2007Leave a comment

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