Europeans tired of hearing the rest of the world talking about the imaginative music exploration game ElectroPlankton, now you can get your hands on it. Creator Toshio Iwai just got his European edition, as seen on his blog. He’s also taken the lovely photos of the packaging of the different editions shown. He deserves it: […]
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Pimp My Photonbomber: Projection Van and Site Specific Production from France
From the Straight Out Of More Cash department (sorry Adrian). If your outdoor projection is riding a big budget, you should take a look at French projection collective Uruk Videomachine‘s mobile rig to get some ideas on how those corporate dollars could best be spent. The truck looks great, but what they’re doing with it […]
Photon Bombing: Outdoor Portable Projection Howto
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 […]
Powerful Piano Tuning on Windows Mobile: Pocket RCT
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 […]
Use Mackie’s C4 Control Surface with Reason
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 […]
Music and Peace
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 […]
Ninjapass: Nintendo DS Homebrew Flash Music Apps Without the Pain
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 […]
M-Audio Starts DJ Division, Kills Cross-Fader, Still Doesn’t Offer Decent DJ Control Surface
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 […]