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Three orchestras in Berlin had a concert that was the victim of social distancing. Artist Lucas Gutierrez was able to give them a new, virtual home together – and it’s Pastoral gone pastel, in 360 degrees.
Free software lets you recreate the MPC2000XL drum machine
If you miss the classic MPC – or never owned one and want to experience it for yourself – this is the nearest thing to having the hardware in front of you, for free.
Free book traces the revolutionary link of graphic to sound, in Xenakis, UPIC, and legacy
Electronic sound is in theory a limitless blank canvas. Iannis Xenakis and his work imagine what image of sound could fill that page – and leaves a legacy that’s still radical today.
Elektron’s Overbridge 2 is here, promises to deliver on ambitious machine-computer integration
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Adam Jay on building live techno sets on Elektron gear – and why you should stay punk
The system has failed us, but not Adam Jay. He’s here to show us how he rigs up his latest live techno sets. And he can make 3 tiny waveforms on a $300 Elektron make you want to dance.
Rekordbox 6: Ableton Link, sync with Dropbox and Beatport and promos, find lost tracks, more
Pioneer’s Rekordbox continues its play to be the DJ software to beat – and there’s a ton of stuff in the latest release pretty much everyone will want, from cloud and mobile sync all the way up to some powerful live visual features. There’s a ton of stuff here, whether you’re primarily using Rekordbox as […]
Paris Hilton building her DJ set at home is unintended zeitgeist genius
“It looked so cool on Amazon but now it just looks … so small.” Paris Hilton binges on props for her new DJ set, and it’s hard to look away.
Latest TouchDesigner visual tool streams for free, integrates with Ableton Live, and a lot more
While you’re staring at your walls, maybe it’s the perfect time to realize the kind of trippy visuals that happen in your dreams. That ranges from beginner-friendly Ableton and streaming integration to advanced physics.
Apollo 13 is playing out live, now, in a story told in newly-restored sound
The human experience has been changed by images of space, but the power of sound to tell the story is unfolding in new ways. So here’s a different kind of live stream this weekend – re-broadcast from inside NASA Mission Control, 50 years ago.