This video, via GoMakeMusic.de, is a quick Demo of controlling Ableton Live with iPhone-Application TouchOSC. TouchOSC is an iPhone / iPod Touch application that lets you send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol.
DJ Tech Tools has put together a video to go along with its review of the new Korg Nano Controllers. There impressions mirrored mine: these are nice bite-sized purchases, but they shouldn’t be confused with serious gear. Of the three, the NanoPad is probably the most interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEo9a8rbYk Lots of strange synth gear pops up in quirky synthpop group Brett Domino Trio’s Christmas (This Year), but Santa’s helpers steal the video.
This Reactable demo video sure looks pretty – but the functionality shown should be familiar to longtime Synthtopia readers. I have to ask the same thing I asked about using the iPhone as a Lemur – is this just eye candy? Reactable is a collaborative electronic musical instrument with a tangible interface based on a… Read More The Reactable – More Than Eye Candy?
This is a quick video demonstrating using TouchOSC ito extend the functionality of a MIDI keyboard. Novation 25SL Compact and TouchOSC controlling Ableton 7 and a Access Virus Snow. This looks ultra cool – but I think the main reason this is getting any attention is that people have been lusting after the JazzMutant Lemur for several… Read More Use An iPhone To Add Lemur-Like Control To Your MIDI Keyboard
A video for an 8-BIT version of “Angel of Death” by Slayer. Somebody’s got some serious time on their hands. via Coilhouse
This looks like my type of park! Ron Boots, Remy Stroomer, Harold van der Heijden, Henri Peeters & Rene van der Wouden jam at the at the Gruga Park Essen. “Approx. 150 people came to listen and eat/chat,” notes van der Wouden. “The concerts went all good. Remy Stroomer started and gave a very good set… Read More German Park Synth Jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ovoPCZSQw Variety reports that MTV Networks Europe has been fined a total of £255,000 ($484,500) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for airing the uncensored version of Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker, among other offenses. The “highly offensive language and material” was broadcast before 9 pm. In a statement, Ofcom said “Ofcom concluded that this material was not justified by… Read More MTV Europe Fined Half A Million Dollars For Playing This Aphex Twin Video
Cassiel’s straker on monome and audiocubes: The monome is being driven by the straker sequencing network, which is built using shado. The sound manipulation comes courtesy of shard, an algorithmic sample slicing plugin that we’ve used on stage a few times, most recently for a Future of Sound gig at (re)Actor3 in Liverpool.
Noise Trio (App Store Link) is a free iPhone synthesizer from the maker of Noise.io Pro. It has three instruments with scale like KAOSSILATOR. First played is Rock Guitar with blues scale, then Arabic flute and Japanese Bells. It’s based on the Noise.io sound engine, but with limited features.
