First, long-time Windows developer Cakewalk went cross-platform with their soft synth line. Now, FL Studio (Fruity Loops) creators Image Line are developing a Mac plug-in: KVR reports they’ve acquired hybrid FM/subtractive synth Toxic III and are planning a Mac port. As our resident Windows expert Adrian Anders puts it, “I guess hell is starting to […]

While we’ve been keeping tabs on the new release of Ableton Live 6, Marc Weidenbaum of Disquiet has been listening to the latest from Monolake, aka Ableton co-founder and software architect Robert Henke: Monolake music releases are almost always timed to the arrival of a new Live software release, but Henke is more than just […]

Ah, remember the days before the Minimoog made us all soft, and people used patch cords onstage? I don’t, because I’m just a wee kid. But there’s a movement now to bring those back. Richard Lainhart sends still more synth p-rn from his ongoing collaboration with Jordan Rudess. This time, he couples a gorgeous rack […]

If you’re looking for a little color or maximum crunch on guitar, drums, and whatnot, check out Camel Audio’s just-released free Mac/Windows plug-in: CamelCrusher for Mac (AU/VST) and Windows (VST) Even though it’s free, CamelCrusher has some pretty fantastic features: Distortion: Tube and “mech” for analog- and digital-style crunch Filter: Analog-modeled for a warm sound […]

It’s one thing to talk about the MIDIbox SID, a DIY project that turns the fat warmth of the Commodore 64’s synth chip into a powerful beatbox/bass synth. It’s another thing entirely to see it in action — Roland ain’t got nothin’ on this. Also airing on YouTube: the C64 Orchestra renders classic music from […]

Fans of VJing, visuals, and interactivity will want to subscribe to the Create Digital Motion RSS feed, but I’ll be checking in with our sister site to keep more casual readers up-to-date. Here’s the latest from our new site in its early days of operation: In part II on my series for building a Small […]

Posts this week stirred some controversy and discussion from big issues to small: “The OLPC program is not perfect, but at least they’re trying something. It’s open and there is a great deal of room for the individual countries and regions to adapt them to their needs.” -David Wagenbach in a heated debate on the […]

Broadband is almost ubiquitous, so sending draft renders or completed video projects to remote clients and collaborators electronically is becoming more viable. That they have the bandwidth to receive your file doesn’t mean they have the technical knowledge to connect to an FTP server though. VLOBLIVE (Very LOw Budget LIve Video for Events) has some […]

Broadband is almost ubiquitous, so sending draft renders or completed video projects to remote clients and collaborators electronically is becoming more viable. That they have the bandwidth to receive your file doesn’t mean they have the technical knowledge to connect to an FTP server though. VLOBLIVE (Very LOw Budget LIve Video for Events) has some […]

I love controversy. But after a week in which US politicians were talking about World War III (or was that IV) and somehow CDM’s great comment threads wound up on the topics of whether hardware or software was better (discussion = not allowed on this site), and whether starving children would be able to eat […]