Free Music Friday – Symatic Star’s Transmissions

Free Music Friday: Netlabel Ethereal Live has released a free, Creative Commons licensed album by Simon Walsh, aka Symatic Star. Recorded live at the electro-music.com streaming concert Autumnal Equinox 2011, Transmissions is a performance that spotlights Simon’s instrumental and vocal skills. Description: The release begins with a spellbinding mix of droning synthesizers and spacious melodies… Read More Free Music Friday – Symatic Star’s Transmissions

June 8, 20121 Comment

Giving It A Workout: Trance On The Korg Electribe EMX

EMX Trance 2012 was uploaded by: chisel316
Duration: 318
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June 8, 20127 Comments

Tic Tac Beatz Electro For iPad

Developer Rob Wilmot let us know about a new app, Tic-Tac Beats Electro for iPad. Tic Tac Beats Electro is half drum machine, half music sequencer, designed specifically for electro style music. Features: 4 Dedicated drum tracks, 1 Dedicated bass track, 1 synth track, 1 chord(pad or hit) track and an effect track 1 LFO modulates pitch… Read More Tic Tac Beatz Electro For iPad

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Ableton Live Sound Design

Create Unique Synth Sounds in Simple Steps! was uploaded by: ohdratdigital
Duration: 449
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The RetroCade Synth Brings MIDI Control To Classic 8-Bit Sound

The RetroCade Synth is a new synth, being developed as a Kickstarter project by Gadget Factory, that boasts the capability to play the built-in Commodore 64 SID chip, the Yamaha YM-2149 chip, .mod files, and MIDI files – all at the same time. The RetroCade Synth can be played via any external MIDI control interface or… Read More The RetroCade Synth Brings MIDI Control To Classic 8-Bit Sound

June 8, 2012June 8, 20121 Comment

JoMox Moonwind Analog Filter Tracker (Video Demos)

Boutique synthmaker Jomox has posted a series of demo videos for their new Moonwind Analog Filter Tracker. The Moonwind Analog Filter Tracker is a true analog stereo filter, with built-in step sequencer, an FX chip, 2 LFOs and envelope modulation. Everything is storable and controllable via MIDI.

June 8, 2012June 8, 20124 Comments

MidiPads For iPhone Now Available

Developer Stefan Goehler let us know that MidiPads for iPhone is now available. MidiPads is a configurable drumpad controller that can be used via Network MIDI, virtual MIDI and iPhone connector MIDI interfaces. It was previously available in an iPad-only version. MidiPads is highly customizable, supports velocity via several options and lets you configure it to… Read More MidiPads For iPhone Now Available

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Variations II Of Variations II

Reader Jay Kim sent word of a new audiovisual installation, inspired by John Cage: Variations II of Variations II is a kinetic sculpture inspired by John Cage’s Variations series. Cage’s Variations II is a graphical composition that generates musical events using measurements of distance between dots and lines on a piece of paper. In my realization… Read More Variations II Of Variations II

June 7, 2012June 7, 20122 Comments

BIAS Bites The Dust – What Should Music Software Companies Do When They Fail?

BIAS, Inc., maker of Peak Studio, SoundSoap, and several other well-respected audio apps, has officially ceased operations. They note on their site: BIAS, Inc. has ceased operations. We would like to thank all the BIAS customers and friends for the opportunity to have served the audio community for over 16 amazing years. The BIAS Authorization Manager… Read More BIAS Bites The Dust – What Should Music Software Companies Do When They Fail?

June 7, 201241 Comments

Glitch Factory – Ableton Live APC40 Performance Template

Australian producers Mr. Bill and Will Marshall have teamed up to create a live performance template for Ableton Live, complete with MIDI remote script for the Akai APC40. Included with this is a stems-based template for the APC40, designed to help producers begin performing their own material live on stage.

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