The latest episode of the Art + Music + Technology podcast is an interview with synthesist and DiN label head Ian Boddy. Boddy keeps busy with a solo career, collaborations with other electronic music artists, sound design and running ambient electronic music label DiN. Here’s what host Darwin Grosse has to say about the interview:
Sunday Synth Jam: Here’s another synth jam from Vile Electrodes, After the Flood, performed live in their studio.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, shared by Juan Irming, aka Amplitude Problem, captures a synth jam on the Yamaha Reface DX FM synthesizer.
‘Sonic Manipulator” Claude Woodward shared this video demo of his latest musical creation, the Claudeatron mk IV MIDI Controller.
Arthur Kerns has introduced midiSTEPs a new step sequencer for iOS that he describes as ‘powerful but fun’. midiSTEPs was designed to be easy to use, in a way that’s similar to the SH-101 sequencer, where you can just quickly enter a few keyboard notes and you’re ready to hit play. At the same time, it also… Read More midiSTEPs For iOS – A Step Sequencer Inspired By The Roland SH-101
Free Music Software: HoustonTracker 2 is a free app that turns your Texas Instruments graphing calculator into a chiptunes synth + sequencer.
The Montgomery County PA District Attorney’s Office has announced the September 28, 2015 arrest of jazz musician and synthesist Charles L. Cohen, 69, of Philadelphia for Criminal Attempt of Involuntary Deviant Sexual Intercourse with a child under the age of 16, Unlawful Contact with a Minor and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility. Cohen was arrested as… Read More Buchla Artist Charles Cohen Charged With Unlawful Contact With A Minor
This video, via Future Music Magazine, takes a look inside the studio of electronic music icon Jean-Michel Jarre.
In August, Roland Corporation and electric car manufacturer GLM Co., Ltd. announced plans for a ‘car synth’ – described as a ‘neo-futuristic driving sound generation system’ for GLM’s electric cars. Because electric cars are so quiet, manufacturers are adding electronically generated sound effects, for safety and aesthetic reasons. The driving sound system for GLM’s ZZ model, above, will be… Read More Will The New Roland Car Synth Be A Platform For Synthesists?
Social Entropy has announced that the Engine, a new hardware sequencer for pattern-based music composition and performance – is now available.
