Music
In Tbilisi, music is on pause because democracy is on the line
Music Stories October 25, 2024
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Music October 11, 2024
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Music October 4, 2024
After Effects Displacement Map Inspiration: Tales of the Unexpected
Some smooth, stretchy After Effects work mixed with spot-on sound design gives us Tales of the Unexpected, by More Soon. Tales of the Unexpected from More Soon on Vimeo. Here’s the only clue so far on the techniques used: Yeah pretty much.. it’s a really long video made in After Effects layered over a series […]
BeatMaker for iPhone: Upcoming Features Q&A, Video Review
Mathieu Garci of Intua answers some questions we had about features in BeatMaker. CDM: What about MIDI export? A lot of us want to be able to compose something on the road, then save MIDI patterns for use on our main computer. Mathieu: BeatMaker v1.0.0 (current AppStore release) does not supports MIDI. We have v1.0.1 […]
Wii Music: Improvise Freely
I’m not an E3 so I’ll have to rely on others for coverage, but Nintendo has announced the long-awaited Wii Music at their press conference today. Now, of course, a number of readers here are already making Wii Music of their own, using custom software to turn Wii remotes into controllers. (Finally got my Balance […]
Intua BeatMaker Arrives for iPhone/Touch: Sequencer, Sampled Drum Pads
Intua is the first to get a full-fledged music creation app on the iTunes App Store, with an MPC-style sampler and step sequencer, plus effects, for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This isn’t just a toy for triggering sounds or a useful utility like a guitar tuner; it’s an actual music app on which you […]
Radiohead Use Creative Commons for Music Video Data; Visual “Stems” the Next Big Thing?
Labels and artists are only now catching on to the idea of letting fans remix their music, and are even slower to give those fans access to individual stems. But where musicians have embraced this idea, they’ve gotten surprisingly big outpourings of support — thank a culture that’s gotten savvy with digital music tools and […]
To The Next Level of AV Remix Culture: It's Time to Release Music Video "Stems"
AV technology is progressing rapidly. We now have two DJ/VJ mixers to choose from (Pioneer SVM-1000, Numark AVM02), most VJ apps will now play audio on video clips, and many DJ programs are incorporating video playback in their current or upcoming feature sets. Obviously these moves are following a trend: DVJ is totally hot right […]
To The Next Level of AV Remix Culture: It’s Time to Release Music Video “Stems”
AV technology is progressing rapidly. We now have two DJ/VJ mixers to choose from (Pioneer SVM-1000, Numark AVM02), most VJ apps will now play audio on video clips, and many DJ programs are incorporating video playback in their current or upcoming feature sets. Obviously these moves are following a trend: DVJ is totally hot right […]
Beyond Mobile Music Making: Organizational Musical Uses for iPhone, Other Smart Devices
Despite my complaints, you will find some useful music apps in the iTunes App Store – you can at least get some fine tuners. (Andy Ihnatko was excited on Twitter that one of them helps him tune his ukulele, thanks to four string support!) We do expect more hefty music tools in the coming months, […]
Radiohead Makes House of Cards Video with 3D Plotting, Processing; Gives You the Data
Who would have imagined seeing a music video on Google Code? Welcome to the new age of data visualization. Radiohead’s new video uses 3D images capture from two scanners – one a close-proximity 3D scanner from Geometric Informatics, another a multiple-laser array for the “exterior scenes” rotating in a 360-degree pattern. That yields just data, […]