Moogfest 2010 – 3 Days Of Electronics & Music

Moogfest 2010, a celebration of the legacy of Bob Moog, will be held Oct. 29-31 2010 in Asheville, NC. The Moogfest site doesn’t have much info yet – but it promises “3 extraordinary days of music… plus exhibitions, installations, films, workshops, and discussions… celebrating the spirit and expansive vision of Bob Moog.” The full schedule… Read More Moogfest 2010 – 3 Days Of Electronics & Music

Graphic Music – Henderson’s Radius Music

http://www.vimeo.com/12763642 Saturday Synth Porn: Radius Music, by Dublin new media artist Henderson, combines ideas of cartography and graphic scores as a means to produce sound. The device itself is an autonomous revolving machine that reads a distance value in real-time between itself and another object. As the machine slowly rotates and scans the room, it… Read More Graphic Music – Henderson’s Radius Music

Ableton Live Breakbeat Tutorial

Music Technology educator Will Kuhn shows how to use Ableton Live to make a breakbeat-style song from funk-based samples and original synth part. For more details, see the write-up at Kuhn’s site. Enjoy, and check out the written version on willkuhn.com

New Open-Source, MIDI-Controlled Floating Blimp – Beatfly

Beatfly is a small illuminated remote-control blimp that can be controlled via various interfaces such as MIDI controller, iPhone multi-touch interface, Flash interface on a web site, computer keyboard, mobile phones and voice, and music. Beatfly is based on open source hardware and software technology, and its technical resources themselves including materials, circuit diagram, mechanical… Read More New Open-Source, MIDI-Controlled Floating Blimp – Beatfly