Category: Soft/Hardware Developers

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…


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]


iPro.DJSampler ‘The Coolest Music App For The iPad’

iThirtySeven has released  iPro.DJSampler – a creative music sampler that they call ‘the coolest music app for the iPad’. Features: XY pad with ability to control & hold effects settings as well as dry/wet slider to set effect amount. 16 Trigger Pads that trigger audio samples, with sample names displayed underneath. They illuminate while each…


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…


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…