Developer Zach Gage demonstrates synthPond 2.0, an ambient music application for the iPhone. It’s a great intro and highlights all the new features in the update. synthPond is $1.99 via the App Store, but version 2.0 isn’t available there yet.
If you’re a Synthtopia reader and you’re not checking the Free Music tab every now and then, you’re missing out. Every week, we’ve got free music for you, like the motherload of free Moog downloads last week, the DJ mixes of Noah Pred or the free music from Synthtopia readers. Today we’ve got a voluptuous… Read More 40+ Free Ambient & Space Music MP3s
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I’m checking out SoundCloud – a new music sharing site specifically for musicians. I wanted to learn a bit more about how it works and see if it could be a useful tool for Synthtopia readers. So I embedded a SoundCloud drop box on the right sidebar of the site… Read More More Music From Synthtopia Readers
live visuals Brian McBride of Stars of the Lid Wordless Music Series performance projected on May 26, 2007, Good-Shepherd Faith Church, New York City
[myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5718789[/myspace] All about Brian Eno, rap style.
Thirty years ago, Brian Eno defined his concept of Ambient Music in his liner notes to his seminal release Ambient 1: Music For Airports. Since then, the idea has taken on a life of its own. Here’s Eno’s essay on Ambient Music: Ambient Music The concept of music designed specifically as a background feature in… Read More Ambient Music Defined
synthPond is a relaxing spatial sequencer and audio toy, available in the app store for $1.99. Unlike a normal sequencer where you place notes on a grid and a moving playhead plays them, in synthPond you place nodes in a field (pond). There are two major types of nodes. Circular nodes release waves at certain intervals.… Read More synthPond Brings Ambient Spatial Synthesis To The iPhone
Composer, musician and synth designer Erik Wøllo has introduced a new VST plug-in instrument for VST compatible systems, Wollo Voyager. The Wollo Voyager is a virtual analog synthesizer designed for use in a VST sequenzer host for PC. Also the synth is available as a standalone version. The synthesizer combines analog style sounds with onboard effect processors and EQ.… Read More Erik Wøllo Intros Wollo Voyager Synth
Here are a collection of video introductions to Brian Eno’s Bloom (App Store link), an ambient music application for the iPhone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLo-iLMqFo A review of Bloom by AppVee.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjVhhbU1SM “Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself.” – Brian Eno… Read More Video Demo Of Bloom, Brian Eno’s iPhone Ambient Music Software
Marko Ahtisaari’s Music For Airplanes is a lovely long ambient piece, in the spirit of Brian Eno. It was originally composed for the wedding of two friends. You can preview it below: [display_podcast] The piece was composed for two iPod shuffles and two pairs of muji speakers. Two different sets of short composed sections were loaded… Read More Free Ambient Track – Music For Airplanes
