Peter Grenader, Principal Designer for Plan B, sends word about a custom Electro-Acoustic Research (EAR) synth that they created for Ninch Inch Nails. In May of 2006, Alessandro Cortini, keyboard player for Nine Inch Nails, contacted Electro-Acoustic Research to develop a custom mid-sized performance-based synthesizer. Housed within a 26 x 18 inch Zero Halliburton suitcase,… Read More Nine Inch Nails Custom Modular Synth
It looks like Italy may be the place to be for rats that rave. Italian scientists have found that the effects of ecstasy are more pronounced in presence of music. At least, if you’re a rat. The scientists gave rats ecstasy and exposed them to music at club noise levels. Measurement of electrical activity in… Read More Rats on Ecstasy Go Clubbing and Trip for Days in the Name of Science
ModernBeats has released the new Urban Percussion loop library for all major music software and hardware samplers. Featuring a plethora of percussive landscapes, the Urban Percussion Loopz library includes a total of 200 percussion ensemble loops. The library promises to save musicians production time, providing the ability to create complete drum productions within minutes by… Read More ModernBeats Releases Urban Percussion Loops
In 2003, Discovery released 8BIT FAMILY, a sample collection of vintage videogame sounds. Discovery has released a 2nd edition, 8BIT FAMILY 2, ($55) is a CD-ROM with over 530 MB of 16-bit, 44.1 kHz recording in Acidized WAV, REX2, KONTAKT, BATTERY, RNS for REASON 3.0.4 formats. The biggest features are “Construction Kits” taking the convenience… Read More 8bit Family II Captures Vintage Videogame Sounds
Synthax wants you to meet Bob. RME BOB-32 is a universal breakout box for AES/EBU XLR or D-Sub. BOB-32 has two sides. One offers eight XLR AES/EBU inputs and eight XLR AES/EBU outputs, the other side provides two D-sub connectors. But the two sides can be one, too. If wanted – the box can be… Read More Synthax Wants You to Meet Bob
iZotope has released Goldbaby Productions’ XRB, a collection of drum grooves and playable kits for use with iZotope’s iDrum and Apple’s GarageBand. XRB includes 256 iDrum Kits with preset grooves for each, for a total of 2,057 individual drum grooves. In addition, each of the grooves are included as Apple Loops, which can be browsed… Read More iZotope Announce iDrum Expansion and Free Loops for Garageband
Academy and Grammy award-winning composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto returned to his electropop roots with the 2005 release of his 15th solo project, Chasm. Now Sakamoto has turned the files over to 13 electronic artists for their stunning take on this critically acclaimed release. Bricolages is the first Ryuichi Sakamoto Remix Project Since ‘98’s critically… Read More Ryuichi Sakamoto Remix Project
SoundEngine.com has announced the availability of the follow-up to its SoundEngine Volume #1 sample CDROM in AKAI format: SoundEngine Volume #2: Vintage Analog and Digital Synths. SoundEngine Volume 2 contains over 600 programs containing multi-samples collected from their arsenal of vintage Analog and Digital synthesizers that includes: Peavey DPM series, Peavey Spectrum Bass, Peavey Spectrum… Read More SoundEngine Vintage Analog and Digital Synths
Apple today announced that CEO Steve Jobs will headline a team of Apple executives, including Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing; Bertrand Serlet, senior vice president of Software Engineering; and Scott Forstall, vice president of Platform Experience, to kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote preview of… Read More Apple Executives to Preview Mac OS X Leopard August 7th
Livid has introduced two new video Refills, collections of royalty free video clips for mixing and presentation. Livid Refills are offered as collections of 36 clips ready to place into your Livid Clip Bank or use in your video productions. Livid offers an instant download of the 320×240 resolution for immediate download and mixing or… Read More Livid Intros Video DJ Refill Collections
