Yamaha Intros Mariachi and Norteño Expansion For PSR-S650 Arranger Keyboard

Yamaha has introduced the Mariachi and Norteño Voice and Style expansion pack for their PSR-S650 keyboard. The package, which also includes musical tools for playing TexMex style music, is now available, through the end of September, as a free download with the purchase of a Yamaha PSR-S650 arranger workstation keyboard. The Mariachi and Norteño Voice and… Read More Yamaha Intros Mariachi and Norteño Expansion For PSR-S650 Arranger Keyboard

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Korg Volca Beats Design Offers Flexible Voicing, Easy Mods – If You Don’t Mind Voiding Your Warranty

Over the weekend, we shared information about a mod reader Darren Glen identified for the Korg Volca Beats. He noticed that there was an empty spot on the Volca Beats’ circuit board, and that modding the board by placing a capacitor in the empty spot resulted in a ‘crisper’ snare sound. Because of this, Glen speculated… Read More Korg Volca Beats Design Offers Flexible Voicing, Easy Mods – If You Don’t Mind Voiding Your Warranty

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Building An Artificial Soundscape With Robotic Insects

Cicadas is a sound art project, created by Berlin-based musician/sound artist Bob Meanza, that explores the idea of creating artificial ambient soundscapes with robotic insects. The project is based on small, battery-powered ‘insects’, which are built using programmed AVR microcontrollers and sound emitting components (relays, piezos, buzzers…). 

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Moogfest 2014 – An International Event On An Intimate Stage

Moogfest 2014, held in Asheville, NC April 23-27, was an ambitious, audacious and ultimately successful electronic music festival that transformed Moogfest into an international event that may be the yardstick by which other events are measured in years to come. Moogfest began its life in 2004 as one-evening event, based in New York. The initial… Read More Moogfest 2014 – An International Event On An Intimate Stage

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