Coachella festival organizers have announced the line up for the upcoming event, to be held the weekend of April 29th. The addition of Madonna has created a buzz for the show, but it already has a strong line up that includes many electronica artists: Updated Line up as of 2/7/06 Saturday, April 29th Depeche Mode,… Read More Madonna, Depeceh Mode, Daft Punk More to Play Coachella
The BFD Jazz & Funk Collection is the fourth expansion pack for FXpansion’s BFD premium acoustic drum module. Recorded at Omega Studios, Maryland, by a new engineering and production team led by John Emrich, its sounds offer a whole spectrum of fresh flavours for your musical creations, according to BFD. The kits are recorded in… Read More BFD Jazz & Funk Collection
FabFilter has released FabFilter Twin version 1.10, which contains the following new features and bug fixes: Implemented new optimizations that especially work well with unison voices. CPU usage has now been reduced by more than 50% when using a high number of unison voices. Added a floating parameter value display to the interface for all… Read More FabFilter releases FabFilter Twin 1.10
The FCC has proposed a $1 million fine against Behringer USA for apparent violation of the FCC’s equipment authorization rules. The equipment found to be in violation of the FCC rules includes audio processors, equalizers, mic preamps, sample-rate converters, mixers, amplifiers and lighting controllers. The FCC has concluded that Behringer violated its rules by marketing… Read More Proposes Million-Dollar Fine Against Behringer USA
Google Video has an interesting free video of a historical performance of Alvin Lucier’s famous sound piece for human brainwaves Music for Solo Performer. This interpretation was done directly from the poetic score, never having heard or seen the original music performance. Performance Details Brainwave performer: Andrew Brouse Audification by Automates Ki: Maxime Rioux Video… Read More Music from Brain Waves
via Axehole: Experimentalist Anonymous has posted a journal of building a modular synth in a month. “During the month of January, 2006, I built an analog modular synthesizer from the ground up. At Oberlin, where I go to school, January is a time for students to work on individual projects of their choice. It has… Read More Build a Modular Synth in a Month
Digidesign has announced that in May 2006 it will release versions of Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7 and Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software that are compatible with the new Intel-based MacBook Pro and iMac computers. These new versions of Pro Tools software will enable customers to combine the improved processing power of Intel-based Mac computers… Read More Mactel Update: Pro Tools in May
Spectrasonics has announced support for its Stylus RMX – Realtime Groove Module on Apple Computer’s new Intel Macintosh platform. The new version of Stylus RMX supports all Mac OS X Universal Binary VST and Audio Unit hosts, including Logic Pro 7.2, Garageband 3, Ableton Live 5.2, and others. Stylus RMX is a groove-based virtual instrument… Read More Stylus RMX Goes Intel Mac
Apple has announced that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago. The billionth song Speed of Sound was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan. He will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth generation… Read More iTunes Downloads Top One Billion
Enriched Visions is a new science fiction book that is based on the music of ambient music pioneer Robert Rich (Enriched Visions). Matt Howarth has previously done work inspired by Pink Floyd, Steve Roach, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. Description: Embark on a series of fantastic voyages, where you’ll encounter: the link between a massive… Read More New Sci Fi Book Based on Electronic Music of Robert Rich
