In this short demo video, Percussa AudioCubes is used to automatically generate multiple piano melodies, using the new generative music software created for the AudioCubes by Percussa. Keep an eye on this blog for the official release of the software.
Tegan and Sara re-envision their single “Living Room” from their album entitled “If It Was You,” filling it with Moog Guitars and the ultra low end of the Taurus 3 Bass Pedals. Sara uses the Full Sustain mode on the Paul Vo Collector Edition Moog Guitar to create swooshing string pads to accompany Tegan’s upbeat acoustic guitar.
Celemony is building a bridge between manual and practice with their video tutorials. Practical examples that put across knowledge as well as inspiration for own works and demonstrate the possibilities of Melodyne editor show how to use this mighty audio tool. Three new tutorials are now available.
Dorit Chrysler dynamically plays an original composition on her customized Moog Etherwave Pro, a theremin manufactured by Moog Music between 2004-2006, for an ethereal Moog Sound Lab.
SmithsonMartin have posted a very interesting video of, what we believe, is a evolution of their Emulator DJ software. With this new version, Emulator Modular, multitouch capability will be added to your preferred software. In the video below they show us how this would work with Native Instruments Traktor software.
We know, … it is only thursday but here (Europe) today is a holiday and most of the people will take a long weekend, .. as are we. So here’s the ‘Something for the Weekend‘ post. This time it’s a revisit to Mario Jurisch whom we’ve known since his very first venture in the DIY hardware controller ‘scene’ with his impOscar 2 Controller.
This morning after ‘firing up’ my Twitter account, I pretty soon got to read the tweets about the loss of another great musician and artist, Gill Scott-Heron. An artist who has, undoubtedly, played a big part in the rise of soul and rap music and was a big influence for many of todays artists.
Nova*Musik have teamed up with Moog Music once again to bring you another piece of synthesizer history. They are proud and excited to announce the MOOG VOYAGER PERFORMER LUNAR IMPACT!
Celemony published a video Interview with legendary singer Midge Ure. He talks about Ultravox, his work in the studio and which role Melodyne has in the process. Midge Ure is fascinated by DNA Direct Note Access and the possibility to edit individual notes in polyphonic audio: “This isn’t a piece of software, this is black magic!” His workflow today: “Now everything I do, I stick it into Melodyne and see if I can make it better“.
The Beta testing is almost done, so its time to meet the latest Rob Papen creation: Punch. For the introduction, Rob made a introduction video.
Renowned live performer Dub FX unlocks the creative potential of the new Loop Recorder in the Traktor 2 DJ software. Using the live input on the Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ performance system, he records and overdubs his voice and uses the Sample Decks to arrange different loops while adding Traktor’s exclusive effects like the Beatmasher or Delay.
In honor of Bob Moog’s 77th Birthday this week, Moog engineer Steve Dunnington summons a Minimoog Voyager Orchestra to play a Mooged Out version of what else?…Happy Birthday!
Back around 2006, T-Mobile Germany made this rather comprehensive film on techno giant Richie Hawtin for its Electronic Beats marketing series. Thankfully, the doc is pretty bereft of cell-phone branding junk, and focuses solely on the DJ/producer’s rise to fame, from his humble, Canada-by-way-of-Britain beginnings to his current status as the toast of Berlin’s techno scene. This is the first time that the documentary has been viewable online, so enjoy the 70-odd minutes of classic Detroit footage and interviews with the likes of Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Mute label head Daniel Miller, DJ Magda, Hawtin’s ever-involved parents, and, of course, Hawtin himself.
Recently we posted our review of the Pioneer DDJ-T1 DJ Controller. Where the DDJ-T1 is a Traktor dedicated controller the DDJ-S1 is dedicated to Seratos Itch DJ software. The video below is the (official) introductory video by Pioneer themselves.
FL Studio mobile will allow you to create complete multi-track projects on your iPod, iPhone or iPad and, if you want, load mobile projects into FL Studio and take them to the next level. If it’s a beat on the Stepsequencer, a melody on the Piano roll or a full song on the Playlist, FL Studio mobile has you covered. Never lose that idea again. Get it down and happening wherever you are.