Overview of The Pianoid. The Pianoid synthesizes not only the sounds of a piano, but their behavior as dictated by the specifics of a musical performance. The Pianoid is an idealized piano model. Users can create and save as presets the characteristics of any existing piano or related instrument, such as a harpsichord, glockenspiel —… Read More Pianoid Physical Modeling Piano
Políssonos is a free loop-based MIDI sequencer for Mac & PC designed to “elicit the relation between the rhythmical division of time and the shapes of polygons.” A simple midi sequencer at its core, Políssonos is mainly a proposal for a loop orientated alternative to the traditional “piano roll” interface.
Analog Industries‘ Chris Randall gives his Elektron MD and MM a workout. Nice improv and a great demo of what Elektron’s gear can do. This track may cause glitchtronic knee syndrome, though.
Excerpt from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dm I’ve been getting some criticism lately for calling things stupidtacular. Some things, like programming Chuck E Cheese robots to sing Miss New Booty, or a $1,000 iPod dock, are just awesomely stupid. Tesla coil music may fall into the same category. Joe DiPrima and Oliver Greaves of… Read More More Tesla Coil Music
Film teaser for the documentary What The Future Sounded Like – the story of the Electronic Music Studios and their impact on music history.
In this interview, Vangelis talks about his philosophy of creating music, and the importance of immediacy and improvisation in his music. He also talks about his approach to Blade Runner and the new expanded version of the Blade Runner soundtrack.
Remember the Beast in the Basement? It looks like scootermccrae has his own Beast in the Basement: The money quote: Sounds like screaming, barking dogs. I’m very, very pleased with that. It’s the kind of thing that makes me happy. Here’s episode 2: Great gear and interesting, quirky commentary!
Leon Berry, popular Chicago organist, installed a Wurlitzer theatre organ in his basement in the 1950’s calling it the Beast in the Basement. The organ, complete with all the bells and whistles, was once used to accompany silent movies at the Lake Theater in Crystal Lake Illinois. Anybody have their own electronic music Beast in… Read More Leon Berry’s Beast In The Basement
Brick is a very cool multi-touch & tangible user interface table created by Jordan Hochenbaum and Owen Vallis, two undergraduate students at California Institute of the Arts. The idea for Brick came out of a conversation between Jordan and Owen, discussing how to sonify data in a way that was both musical and meaningful for… Read More New Tangible Multi Touch Music Interface
Great documentary on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Electric Music Machine – Part 1
