East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs is without question one of the most extensive and sophisticated choir sample libraries on the market. In order to put such a mammoth to the test, I felt that that it was important to be more critical of the software from a professional perspective, and that I must be […]

Remembering Bob Moog, one year after the music world lost one of its great pioneers, CDM contributor James Grahame offers his own look back: Bob Moog is legendary within the music industry, yet his products didn’t leap into the consumer mainstream like later digital offerings from companies like Casio and Yamaha. But — believe it […]

Native Instruments, the hardware company? Following software/hardware products with integrated audio features, including Guitar Rig and Kore, NI is now getting into the absurdly crowded audio interface field with the Audio Kontrol 1. Fortunately, the inclusion of a dedicated, switchable headphone out, giant controller knob, and low-latency drivers are enough to escape my Audio Interface […]

A year after the passing of Bob Moog, Moog Music and the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation are remembering his legacy. In musical memorium, Moog Music is encouraging radio stations to play a twenty second Moog Voyager composition. I’ll be interested to hear how many radio stations take them up on the offer; if they’re pressed […]

DMNForum has an intro tutorial on exporting from After Effects to Flash. If you’re running a SWF aware VJ app such as Motion Dive, ArKaos or Resolume, and are yet to dip your toe into the ocean of sweet, sweet vectors, this could help you deliver smaller filesizes and higher quality than exporting shape based […]

I don’t think they’ve done it just to spite Peter and CDMu readers, but not 3 days after the “is it vapourware” conversation, Thinkgeek have unboxed the first step towards Optimus. It’s still not yet shipping, nor OSX or Linux compatible, and not really in the realm of truly useful gear ($169? How about a […]

It’s impossible to continue just to make music and ignore the serious threats to our security and the safety of passenger aviation. Tightened security has focused primarily on threats from the past, and reactive measures that can only prevent existing, known dangers. You know where I’m going with this: we need to evaluate screening methods […]

It doesn’t surprise me that so many discussions of technology have to do with tools rather than “art.” Odds are, you know what art you want to make — it’s the tools that may or may not help you get there. On that note, I want to point to an interesting chat I’ve been having […]

James Carey, games editor for the UK’s PC Format magazine, ripped the guts out of a toy guitar and built it into his very own USB guitar controller: Frets on Fire [PC Format Blog] Via The Guardian Gamesblog (Thanks to Guitar and Gaming Hero Chris from Pixelsumo) The results look fantastic: it’s an instant USB […]