Mixxx 1.9 – The Coolest Open Source Application Ever?

The Mixxx development team has released Mixxx 1.9.0, an update to the free, open source DJ application that adds several major new features, including Shoutcast support, direct deck outputs for external mixers, and ReplayGain normalization. Other open source applications may be cool, but can you rock the house with Linux? Can you get the party started… Read More Mixxx 1.9 – The Coolest Open Source Application Ever?

Free Audio Editor – Plus Tutorial Fun!

LAoE (Layer-based Audio Editor) is a free graphical audio sample-editor for Mac, Windows & Linux, that features multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks and variable selection-intensity. It also offers plugins suitable to manipulate sound, such as filtering, retouching, resampling, graphical spectrogram editing by brushes and rectangles, sample-curve editing by freehand-pen and spline and other interpolation curves, effects… Read More Free Audio Editor – Plus Tutorial Fun!

QuteCsound Brings Csound Computer Music Programming To Beginners

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=34B20E06C3858E5F Free Music Software: If you’ve ever been interested in trying out the computer music programming environment CSound, but were daunted by it, you might want to check out QuteCsound. QuteCsound is a cross platform editor and front-end for Csound with syntax highlighting, interactive help and automatic launching of Csound from a shell or the API.… Read More QuteCsound Brings Csound Computer Music Programming To Beginners

Free Modular Computer Music Environment For Composition & Analysis

Free Music Software: AthenaCL is a free modular, object orientated, interactive command-line environment for music analysis and algorithmic composition. Scores are created in Csound as well as standard MIDI files. Musical parts are deployed as textures, layered surface-defining objects containing linked parameter objects to control pitch, tempo, rhythm, amplitude, panning, and Csound synthesis and control… Read More Free Modular Computer Music Environment For Composition & Analysis

New Open-Source, MIDI-Controlled Floating Blimp – Beatfly

Beatfly is a small illuminated remote-control blimp that can be controlled via various interfaces such as MIDI controller, iPhone multi-touch interface, Flash interface on a web site, computer keyboard, mobile phones and voice, and music. Beatfly is based on open source hardware and software technology, and its technical resources themselves including materials, circuit diagram, mechanical… Read More New Open-Source, MIDI-Controlled Floating Blimp – Beatfly

Open Source Bicycle Interaction Synthesizer Now Available

We’re not sure if this is the best thing ever or a crime against nature – but developers have announced the first release of Velosynth, the open-source bicycle interaction synthesizer. released under a creative commons sharealike license. It’s a small, hackable computer that a”ugments the cycling experience by interpreting speed, acceleration, and other sensor data… Read More Open Source Bicycle Interaction Synthesizer Now Available

Cool Opportunity For A Student To Program Open Source DJ Software This Summer!

Open source DJ software developer Mixxx has been accepted into Google’s Summer of Code 2010, and they’re looking for students developers: If you’re a student with C++ experience, an interest in DJing, and enthusiasm about open source software, then we encourage you to apply to work on Mixxx for the summer! Mixxx is a great… Read More Cool Opportunity For A Student To Program Open Source DJ Software This Summer!