Autechre has announced a 5-CD box set, EPS 1991 – 2002, a collection that brings together material from rare Autechre EP releases from between 1991 – 2002 years. The 47-track release features music from these EPs: Cavity Job (1991 – First Autechre release from before they signed to Warp and not available on CD before)… Read More Autechre 5-CD Box Set, EPs 1991 – 2002
Moby has released an new EP, Be The One, as a free download from his site. The Be The One EP is released in anticipation of his upcoming Destroyed album, expected to be released in May ‘sometime’. Moby has this to say about the free EP: in addition to the album we’re also putting out… Read More Free Music From Moby – Download ‘Be The One’
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the designers at Tellart created the Love Song Machine, a musical robot that you can control via the Internet. Visitors to the website can select a song or create their own, press play and then hear the song played on the Love Song Machine in Tellart’s Providence office. The bells are… Read More Love Song Machine – An Internet Controlled Music Robot
Das Kraftfuttermischwerk put together this seizure-inducing animation that captures the history of Roland synthesizers in one giant .gif image. We’re pretty sure that they left out the synthesizer that’s, arguably, the most influential synth that Roland ever made. But we can’t stare at the image any more, because it’s making us feel a little weird. If… Read More The History Of Roland Synths (Abridged!), In 1 Seizure-Inducing Animated Gif
The Microsoft Kinect is the gadget du jour for music hacking. We’ve previously featured several interesting Kinect music hacks on Synthtopia, including a Kinect air guitar, a Kinect virtual piano and a Kinect drawable synthesizer. And these hacks seem to have wowed other sites and the mainstream tech press. Nevertheless, we find ourselves wondering if… Read More Is The Microsoft Kinect Useless As A Musical Tool?
Here’s a little Valentine’s Day reminder from Jordan Rudess – When You Wish Upon A Star, performed as a duet by Rudess on MorphWiz and piano.
Music Hack Day NYC was held this weekend in New York, NY. The events are an opportunity for music geeks to get together and create new hacks, combining music + software + mobile + hardware + art + the web. For example, PatternSketch, shown above, is an HTML5 and Javascript audio sequencer and drum machine.… Read More 72 New Hacks From Music Hack Day NYC 2011
Michael Una demonstrates his Beep-it! photo-theremin. Una sells custom-built optical theremins on his Etsy page. He’s also shared the schematics at his site so you can build your own.
Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.20 “The Caribbean Steel Drum Effect.” By Bill Ruppert was uploaded by: Effectology
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This video, via Throbbing Gristle’s Chris Carter, demonstrates using the rare Korg MS-20 hardware controller with the virtual Korg MS-20 for the iPad, Korg iMS-20, to simulate the classic Korg MS-20 synthesizer. Whew! If your head hasn’t exploded yet, consider that this convoluted setup is actually pretty awesome. Carter says: Once you have it connected… Read More Rare Korg MS-20 Hardware Controller Used With Virtual Korg MS-20 To Simulate A Vintage Korg MS-20
