Category: Gear

A Weekend With Make Noise Music

This video, via Chris Stack at experimentalsynth, captures synth designer Tony Rolando, synthesist/vocalist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and sound designer/composer Richard Devine talking synth at a recent seminar at the Make Noise factory in Asheville, NC. [Synthtopia]


Avid Intros S3L System For Mixing & Recording

Avid has introduced the new Avid S3L, a modular system, comprised of a high-performance HDX-powered mix engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools software for integrated live sound mixing and recording. The S3L system is designed to be easy to take on tour…


Dubspot @ Harvard University – DJ / Producer Workshop w/ Shiftee + Dan Freeman

Dubspot instructors and Harvard alumni Sam Zornow (a.k.a. 2X DMC Champion DJ Shiftee) and bassist/singer Dan Freeman of C0 headed up to Cambridge, MA to present a workshop on DJing and production at their old alma mater in April of 2013. Head over to our blog for more info: http://bit.ly/129Jon7 In this recap video from…


Pensado Vintage King Gear Expo 2013

WHAT: Pensado/Vintage King Gear Expo 2013 WHEN: Saturday, July 20, 2013 10am-4pm WHERE: VKLA 1176 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA, 90012 Pensado’s Place & Vintage King Summer Gear Expo 2013 is your chance to see and demo the latest gear, talk directly with manufacturer reps, get expo only deals, hear from artist, engineers and…


EV RE20 vs EV RE320

If you were to look into any large studio’s mic cabinet, chances are that you’d see at least one Electro-Voice RE20 mic inside. The RE20 has been a workhorse in the industry for a long time, and up until recently, was one of the few large diaphragm dynamic mics. While EV continues to manufacture the…


Cakewalk Announces Overloud VKFX Bundle

Music software maker Cakewalk has announced the availability of their vintage keyboard VKFX Bundle (designed by Overloud) for the ProChannel platform.Overloud VKFX is a virtual rack packed with “outstanding” models of vintage analog effect processors, especially suited for keyboard players. It captures the sound of the original masters, which were often the key element in defining…


Music On Mobile Devices – MIDI & libpd

This video captures a discussion by Peter Brinkmann at droidcon 2013 on Music on Mobile Devices, focusing on MIDI and libpd. Here’s what Brinkmann has to say about his presentation: Over the past few years, libpd has become one of the leading audio synthesis engines for mobile devices, powering innovative apps such as NodeBeat, Pugs Luv Beats, and…


WMD Synchrodyne Expander Overview

The Synchrodyne Expansion broadens the already heavily featured Synchrodyne and this video walks through most, if not all, the features on the expander. This 25 minute video is worth the watch and will save you time in the long run. [TrashAudio]


Intellijel Designs Intros Dubmix VC Mixer Suite

Intellijel Designs has introduced the Dubmix Voltage Controlled Mixer Suite:   Introducing the DUBMIX , DUBMIX AUX expander, and DUBMIX MINI expander. This has been a long project and it is finally in production and should ship in a few weeks. We thought a lot about how a VC Mixer would work in a modular synth…


Ableton Live Tutorial: Techno Fundamentals Pt 3 – One Note To Rule Them All – Effects + Automation

In the third installment of Techno Fundamentals, electronic music producer and Dubspot instructor John Selway continues the “one note lead” technique with Ableton Live’s Analog instrument. Selway picks up from the previous lesson, polishes the sound, adds effects, and some real time automation to start the arrangement process. Just in case you missed the previous…