Here’s an interesting video by Moog Cookbook, an electronica band that does covers of modern pop tunes in the style of Moog records of the late 1960s and early 1970s. No MIDIs were hurt in the making of this video. Moog Cookbook at Amazon.
Expedition_2, a new compilation CD from Everest Records, is one of the most adventurous electronica CDs to come our way in a long time. Everest is establishing a reputation for fearless releases, and this is no exception. Expedition_2 ranges from IDM to bizarre experimental electronica. If you’re into edgier, more experimental sounds, this compilation is… Read More Various – Expedition_2
One of the coolest things we saw at the NAMM Show this year was a new MIDI controller introduced by C-Thru Music, the bizarre AXiS-64 MIDI controller. Designer Peter Davies threw out preconceptions of what a music keyboard should be and designed a layout based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Musiic, the arrangement… Read More Video: Hands On With The New Axis MIDI Controller
At the 2007 NAMM Show, SM Pro Audio introduced The Mic Thing, a portable multi-purpose acoustic treatment panel designed to minimize room artifacts and improve separation during microphone recording sessions.
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Steinberg and Yamaha announced a new version of Cubase that will included in Yamaha’s digital music production hardware. Cubase AI4 is based on the latest generation of Cubase and provides extraordinarily close integration between Yamaha hardware and Steinberg software. Cubase AI4 is a music production workstation that offers audio recording and… Read More Yamaha Motif Keyboard Gets Steinberg Cubase AI4
Every year at NAMM, some of the sexiest gear and software that is shown is stuff that isn’t available. Typically, about time for the summer NAMM show, companies announce that they are finally shipping the product. In addition to the products that actually ship, though, there are items announced that you never hear about again.… Read More Sexiest NAMM Vaporware: The Dave Smith, Roger Linn BoomChik Drum Machine
Can a piano be sexy? After seeing Philippe Gendre’s M.Liminal Piano, I think you’ll agree that it is the sexiest piano in the world. The real question, is it too sexy? More photos below:
We don’t usually get excited about cables, but CME (Central Music Company) has introduced a new line of cables which seems to take be taking the idea of USB audio interfaces to a pro level. The U2 USB Cable Interface Series is a series of USB cables with built-in computer interfaces for easy plug and… Read More CME Announces USB Audio & MIDI Interfaces
Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted a surprising statement on the company’s site yesterday, challenging the music industry to abandon DRM (copy protection) on digital music downloads.Jobs outlines three possible futures for digital music: Continue as is it is now, with each manufacturer competing freely with their own “top to bottom” proprietary systems for selling, playing… Read More Steve Jobs Challenges Music Industry To End DRM’d Downloads
MakeMusic announced today the release of Finale SongWriter 2007, a new version of their entry-level music notation software. SongWriter lets users compose and arrange music, hear their work and print sheet music. This latest version runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macintosh as well as Windows computers. Notes can be entered via a computer… Read More Finale SongWriter Update
