GRL and Eyebeam have posted a new instructable on portable projection, with advice on projector output, projection surfaces, car and battery selection, and how not best to overload your inverter, causing it to shoot flame inside your rental van. Outdoor digital projection in urban environments is a great method for getting your content up big […]

Tuning pianos involves some heavy science and art. In other words, Reyburn Pocket RCT has absolutely no relation to that simple guitar tuner you’ve got in your gig bag. It’s a US$900 powerhouse of visual tuning: Reyburn Cyber Tuner / Pocket RCT, for PocketPC (Windows Mobile) This is probably old news if you’re a piano […]

Just after making the Mackie C4 Commander software free (which works even without the Mackie hardware), Mackie has unveiled Reason support for their C4 control surface: Mackie Control C4 There’s a PDF there with setup instructions. The C4 is becoming the go-to control surface for just about everything, with robust support for software like Live […]

Remarkably enough, our site logs show that readers are tuning into CDM from both Israel and Lebanon this week. (Such is the Internet, and I expect those of you who run medium-sized sites will find similar results.) I know many people involved of music who, in times of trouble, wondered if they were in the […]

Heretofore, fans of the small but wonderous homebrew scene, for Nintendo DS have one more reason to be happy today. DS Fanboy reports that a new DS flash/cart solution is being developed by a company called Winsunx. The catch? This one doesn’t require a GBA Compact Flash adapter – it is an actual, rewriteable DS […]

DJs and mobile, laptop-toting musicians alike share many of the same needs, for live, controllable sound and beats. We’ve got software that recognizes that: Ableton Live. DJs and computer musicians pushed for many of the same features, and the result is a tool that appeals to a wide group of people because they can use […]

Australian tech blogging ubernerd Dan has published his slightly extended take on the Megapixel Myth. The crux: Paying more money for a camera with more pixels may give you less image quality. So what’s the take-home message? Well, if you’re shopping for an ordinary digicam, bear in mind that money spent on higher resolution may […]

Multi-samplers need good sounds to be useful, and while the new Ableton Sampler looks like it’ll have the same drag-and-drop integration with Live as Simpler does, Live users are sure to want multi-sampled content in the new Sampler. So it comes as little surprise that Ableton is partnering with huge soundware house SONiVOX (formerly known […]