Cruise to the Edge ‘Prog Cruise’ Plans Events To Benefit Bob Moog Foundation

Cruise to the Edge, a progressive rock cruise, which sails from November 15-19, 2015, will feature a massive line up of classic and modern prog bands. The cruise will also feature two events to benefit the non-profit Bob Moog Foundation. The five-night cruise will feature multiple stages of progressive rock music, from Yes, Marillion, Allan Holdsworth… Read More Cruise to the Edge ‘Prog Cruise’ Plans Events To Benefit Bob Moog Foundation

July 6, 2015July 6, 20156 Comments

Disco Raga Pioneer Charanjit Singh Has Died

Charanjit Singh – a Indian musician and performer, best known for his pioneering electronic album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat – died yesterday. He was 74. Singh performed extensively as a soundtrack session musician, on guitar, violin and synthesizer. He was also active as a solo artist and released several albums of covers of popular… Read More Disco Raga Pioneer Charanjit Singh Has Died

July 6, 201518 Comments

The Sound of Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’

The latest episode of the SoundWorks Collection – a series of short videos that explores music, sound recording and sound design for cinema – takes a look at the new Pixar film, Inside Out.

July 6, 20153 Comments

In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Switched-On Style

Sunday Synth Jam: In this video, Markus Fuller, who is usually dissecting electronic music gear in his videos, shares his switched-on/classitronica style arrangement of Edvard Grieg‘s In The Hall Of The Mountain King.

July 5, 20156 Comments

This Synth Jam, With Vegetables, Shows Why You Should Always Play With Your Food

Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via j.views, shows why you should always play with you food.

July 5, 20155 Comments

LinnStrument Synth Jam

Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Geert Bevin, captures a what he calls ‘a late night venture into electro’, aka ElectroLinn.

July 5, 20152 Comments

Tom Oberheim Interview At GearFest 2015

In this video, Mitch Gallagher sits down with synthesizer legend Tom Oberheim for a special interview at Sweetwater’s GearFest 2015.

July 5, 20153 Comments

The Star Spangled Banner, On Moog Theremini

Sunday Synth Jam: In the video below, ‘Space pop’ thereminist Clara Venice performs The Star Spangled Banner, on Moog Theremini:

July 5, 20158 Comments

New Looping App, LoopTree, For iOS

Coding Cod has introduced LoopTree – a new looper for iOS. LoopTree avoides the issues of destructive merging by, instead, combining your loops into layers. You retain individual control over your original loops and you can also control them as one using the new layer. Features: Unlimited number of loops (practically!) Non-destructive layering Beat repeat – sample,… Read More New Looping App, LoopTree, For iOS

July 5, 20153 Comments

Trilobite Software Modular Synthesizer Uses Natural Selection To Make Bizarre Sounds

Darwin Arts has released Trilobite 1.0 (aka the “Professional Edition”) – a software modular synthesizer that the developer says uses ‘Darwinian Natural Selection to help you create radically bizarre new sounds’ from simple basic acoustic building blocks. Trilobite’s visual editor allows you to construct custom synthesis patches to create drones, keyboard instruments, effects and more. Once you’ve created a… Read More Trilobite Software Modular Synthesizer Uses Natural Selection To Make Bizarre Sounds

July 5, 20158 Comments