Billy Corgan Plans Follow Up To 8-Hour Siddhartha Jam – 4 Sonic Impressions Of Sufi Poems

Billy Corgan has announced plans for a follow up to his recent 8-hour Siddhartha jam. On Sunday, March 30th at 1pm, Corgan will present Sunday With Rumi. The event promises ‘4 sonic impressions on poems by the great Sufi mystic’. He has not announced what sort of gear and/or band will be involved, but the… Read More Billy Corgan Plans Follow Up To 8-Hour Siddhartha Jam – 4 Sonic Impressions Of Sufi Poems

The AirHarp Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp Is Like The Theremin Of Harps

Developer Peter DeSimone has announced a Kickstarter project to develop a production version of the AirHarp – an open-source ultrasonic digital autoharp MIDI controller that’s sort of like the theremin of harps. The AirHarp responds to hand gestures and translates them into MIDI. You play the AirHarp by moving your hand through the air, ‘strumming’… Read More The AirHarp Ultrasonic Digital Autoharp Is Like The Theremin Of Harps

New Virtual Instrument For iPad, Earhoof

Developer Psicada has introduced Earhoof, described as ‘a futuristic virtual instrument which turns your iPad into a rhythmic gradient of sound.’ Earhoof lets you layer multiple audio files and combine them with high quality digital signal processing. Here’s what they have to say about Earhoof: By continuously changing the sound parameters along the length of your device, Earhoof… Read More New Virtual Instrument For iPad, Earhoof

Sector Update Adds New Features, More Loops & A User Guide

Kymatica today updated Sector – its innovative stochastic step-sequencing sampler – to version 1.0. Sector 1.0 adds new features, more loop content, a user guide and more. Among the new features are micro-fades to avoid clicks, support for AudioBus 2, independent control of tempo and playback rate and AudioCopy/AudioPaste. Here’s what’s new in Sector 1.0: