While the record industry are honing their profound Instagram prose and really powerful uses of Helvetica, volunteers are making simple action cards – relevant everywhere from the USA to the Philippines.
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Blackout Tuesday began as a call to action; corporate misuse is silencing activists
It started at a major label as a call to the music industry, but now everyone from music gear makers to artists and media is joining in. And “#BlackoutTuesday” is even squeezing out Black Lives Matter information and organizing. So what just happened, and is there a constructive way to participate? TL:DR please whatever you […]
Free 80s injection: KORG Poly-800 emulated in plug-in for Mac, Windows
The year was 1983. The competition: Roland’s Juno. And KORG would introduce an instrument that … actually … would never really be as legendary as other 80s synthesizers. But it’s excellent, and you want it anyway – especially for free.
No Love Parades this time: in the midst of crisis, an image of tonedeaf ravers in Berlin
A large swath of Berlin’s club scene kicked off the summer with an illustration of how not to respond to a crisis. The message: if the crisis doesn’t apply to me, I won’t acknowledge its existence.
Explode your face with Detroit Underground’s AR mask, melt it with these releases
Being a label – hell, being a human – can feel pretty virtual these days. So let’s lean into that, huh? Face exploded – filter, check. Face melted – music, yes.
Honoring Florian is a free library of Kraftwerk-inspired sounds for Ableton Live, TR-8S, more
This has been a season of obituaries, but when it comes to music, tributes can’t be silent. Francis Preve has a special set of free sounds on his Symplesound platform.
Make a 909 kick on the Make Noise 0-Coast, and more drum modeling fun
Forget even all the music that was made with it for a second. How the sound of a TR-909 kick was made can open new doors.
Yaeltex V2: any music and visual controller hardware you imagine, made real
Finally, an open browser tab can bring you something good for your music and performance – like helping you build your dream controller, visually. A first look at Yaeltex V2.
In Slovakia, the rave goes on: social distancing with a taped-off grid for dancers
How do you party without putting people at risk – but without killing the reason for partying in the first place? Here’s Slovakia with a novel concept. It’s not that we haven’t had ideas for nightlife in the era of social distancing. It’s that a lot of those take something crucial away. Here in Berlin, […]
Eye see: visual live-programming vvvv comes together online
Visual development environment vvvv is at it again, with a worldwide meetup of leading artists – and a ground-up new release, too.