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SOMA has a new compact 8-bit noise synth and sequencer for 130€
The romantic engineering synth maker has something small and affordable, a post-apocalyptic weirdo instrument from designer Kakos Nonos. It’s part chip music, part noise experiment, in the grand tradition of stuff like the Atari Punk Console. Meet Rumble of Ancient Times aka Грохот древних эпох. It’s great to see Soma using some of their recent […]
MadMapper MadLaser video tutorials have arrived, for your live laser instructional needs
Create Digital Laser Motion? The laser control tool from the makers of MadMapper now has a video tutorial series to walk you through its workflow.
8-bit painting – watch a DIY light pen for the IBM PCjr
Jozef Bogin, Slovak engineer and hacker, has just posted this short video of a light pen – PCjr interface, and whenever we have events planning again, I really want to see it as a VJ act.
Alvin Lucier, who saw sonic poetry in pencils and soundscapes everywhere, has died
An imaginative generation continues to pass away from us, now with the death of Alvin Lucier.
Here’s a free custom VCV Rack module controlling tempo and time in Ableton Live
Now that VCV Rack Pro 2 is here, Rack works properly as a plug-in. And here’s an advanced application for it – trying new ways of working with clock and time.
VCV Rack 2 arrives – standalone is still free, $99 intro gets plug-ins with VST right away – details
The anticipated VCV Rack 2 is here and out of beta. What will it support? What does the release mean for compatibility with modules? What will it cost if you opt for the ‘Pro’ version? All the details here – but yeah, you can finally run VCV Rack inside your DAW.
The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk
Prince was way ahead of non-fungible tokens – with a symbol that was intended to make life a pain-in-the-a** for the record label. (Non-f***able totem?) And now Anil Dash and Limor Fried/Adafruit have brought back that image from a floppy.
Polyend and Cyclone Analogic have rare discounts on their hardware
Two last hardware deals for you in the Black Friday – Cyber Monday sales – Polyend and TR/TB clonemaker Cyclone Analogic have discounts on their excellent boutique hardware. Polyend has a 15% discount (“SALE15”) on everything they make – that includes two machines that have reached the end of their life, the beautiful Perc drumming […]
The best music and creative hardware deals for Cyber Monday from Amazon
Amazon has a surprising sale on Roland and Novation drum machines, among others. Here are some top picks. The big surprise comes from some of my favorite Roland boxes, if you’ve been following CDM this year. Heck, I don’t have the TR-06 and kinda want one thanks to its trigger ins, so I may cause […]