Category: Engineers

Music Industry Question and Answer Session – Pensado’s Place #120

Dave and Herb host an in-depth industry Q&A Session on the 120th episode of Pensado’s Place! [Pensado’s Place]


Game Music Connect to Celebrate and Explore the Music of Video Games

A-List Composers and Audio Directors Announced For Debut Symposium Event at Southbank Centre, London on September 9, 2013 Featuring the Maestros of DESTINY, HALO, TOMB RAIDER, ASSASSIN’S CREED, DEAD SPACE, HARRY POTTER, KILLZONE, LITTLEBIGPLANET, MASS EFFECT, COMMAND & CONQUER LONDON, United Kingdom – Game Art Connect Ltd presents a new live event series, Game Music…


Noatikl 2 Mobile Brings Generative + Aleatoric + Stochastic + Algorithmic Composition To iOS

Intermorphic has released Noatikl 2 Mobile – an iOS version of the generative music software. Noatikl 2 is the evolution of the SSEYO Koan Generative Music system, used in the 90s by Brian Eno and othersl. To generate its MIDI music notes and controller information Noatikl uses generative / aleatoric / stochastic / algorithmic music techniques…


Building A Live EDM Set

For those of you who don’t get the DJ/EDM culture, here’s a great video where Four Tet explains how he builds his live set. Unlike many DJs who have a more or less canned set, Four Tet’s set is very live and organic, as you’ll see. Many musicians don’t see the artistry in EDM, but just…


Using The Leap Motion For Gestural Music Control With Geco (Tech Overview)

This video captures a tech overview by Geert Bevin of how the Leap Motion controller works and how it can be applied to music. The discussion is from GeekOut 2013, so the emphasis is on the technology, rather than performance. Bevin notes: I also demonstrate my Geco MIDI gesture controller application for Leap and a…


iZLER The Art of Collaboration on ABC’s “Revenge”

Go behinds the scenes of Season Two of ABC’s “Revenge” with composer iZLER. Soundtrack Album available on August 20th from ABC. About iZLER iZLER is a Czech born, English raised composer and multi-instrumentalist. iZLER is currently scoring the hit ABC series Revenge, starring Madeleine Stowe, Emily Van Camp and Gabriel Mann. Mike Kelley is creator/executive…


ConCon, The Controller Convention, Coming To LA July 19-21

CEPA (The Center for Electronic Performance and Art) and M.I.A. (Machine Inspired Art) are presenting ConCon – The Controller Convention, July 19-21 at M.I.A. Gallery, in downtown Los Angeles.ConCon features workshops, demos and discussions during the day, and performances at night: Workshops featuring Roland, Korg, Native Instruments, Abelton, Livid Instruments, Numark and many others, on…


Nile Rogers, Funk and Daft Punk

Here’s a great video where funk guitar virtuoso Nile Rogers talks about his style and his collaboration on the latest Daft Punk record Random Access Memories. Nile just oozes groove, which too many guitar players don’t get, unfortunately. Another thing to watch is how well this video is done, especially the editing. It’s a good…


Logic Pro Tutorial: Creative Quantization Using the EXS24 Sampler w/ Shadetek

Dubspot instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek demonstrates Logic Pro 9’s ‘Convert to new Sample Track’ function with the EXS24 sampler. He also shares tips and tricks for chopping and manipulating samples using one of his current remix projects. In this video we’ll look at one of my favorite features added to Logic in version…


Reason 405: Twisted Sound Design – 11. Diverse Oscillator Setups

In this sound design course, Mo has prepared a rack full of awesome instruments and FX to unleash the power of Reason’s amazing synths (think Thor and Scream 4, The Echo and Kong…) You’ll be blown away by what Dr. OctoRex can do when the good Doctor’s envelopes filters and LFOs are tweaked and infused…