James Polanco of Fake Science writes us to tell about his new podcast, the Fake Science Lab Report. The show features new music (Creative Commons-licensed) and coverage of digital music technology and industry trends. On the current show: an NPR vet's plan for Technopop, a proposed show that would cover the impact of tech on […]

Stephen Schleicher has a great tutorial at Digital Media Net for recreating those slick moving arrows in Apple's iPod Shuffle Ad. Basically, you need Adobe After Effects and a working knowledge of paths. See Stephen's site for more AE tutorial goodness. Tutorial Part I Tutorial Part II Which brings up an interesting question — how […]

Suffering from effects overload? Effects, effects everywhere and never quite the one you need? Check out Ronin, the new multi-effects rack from Audio Damage. The idea is to combine everything you might need into a single, "bucket brigade" package for analog-style delays, chorusing, flanging, and destruction, with: Synced delays with pitch, infinite loop, reverse, feedback […]

Creating the ultimate workspace for digital music creation isn't easy. You need the right mood — available liquor cabinet and copious candles lining the piano is always a good start. And you need a great desk and office chair. Right now, I'm thinking about finding a great new, ergonomic chair — see Joy of Tech's […]

Josh Spear writes CDM to point out the Optek Fretlight Guitar. (see Josh's story) It connects to your computer via a single USB cable (pay attention, Gibson) and includes light-up frets to teach you how to play. Light-up teaching frets are a little corny (I'm resisting making a guitar player joke here), but how about […]

Mike from GarageSpin points us to a big story from Microsoft: they've launched a new community site "for the global electronic artist" called Crossfader. It's in beta form, so there's not much there yet, though the focus is clearly on DJs and electronica. There's a section called "The Knowledge" that will eventually have information on […]

Stephen Schleicher has a great tutorial at Digital Media Net for recreating those slick moving arrows in Apple's iPod Shuffle Ad. Basically, you need Adobe After Effects and a working knowledge of paths. See Stephen's site for more AE tutorial goodness. Tutorial Part I Tutorial Part II Which brings up an interesting question — how […]

Prolific plug-in virtuoso Urs Heckmann is bringing his Filterscape bundle (filter + EQ with dynamics + analog synth) to Windows; join in on the beta and Windows users get a special discount (US$89 instead of US$129) before 4/15. (thanks, kvraudio) This is Urs' first outing on Windows, and he's pleased as punch: "I'm very excited […]

ProDAW.com has a huge database of links to online articles, everything from how-to basics to advanced details of signal processing and mastering, plus a healthy selection of music-related links. There's a heavy tilt towards old Electronic Musician articles, though, so, hey, Keyboard gang, let's submit some stories from our glitzy new website. I still love […]

Cover band mania continues: why, now there's even an all-female Devo cover band, called Deva. If you're in New York and need some "dome energizing," check them out Friday night. No audio clips up yet. Just bask in the randomness. Oh, and it turns out the real Devo is still touring.