The mobile recording space keeps rolling along. Alesis is the latest company to try to turn the iPod into a usable digital recorder. With up to 160 GB of storage, the fact that the iPod is a mobile hard drive you may already own certainly has some appeal. But what about quality? The Alesis ProTrack […]
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KinderCrasher: Epic, Reactive Visuals and Music in 4K of C Code
Peter sums up this piece much better than I can: this person is better than us 😀 when the revolution comes and the whole world goes mad max we’ll be dead and this person will be hacking the computers to fight the robot army kindercrasher from Inigo Quilez on Vimeo. From Inigo: This is my […]
MIDIFY, Shipping Now, Adds MIDI to Nintendo Handhelds, Microwaved Corn Dogs
Here’s the one you’ve been waiting for. MIDIFY is a DIY board that lets you add MIDI to any Nintendo handheld game console – DS, DS Lite, GBA, GBA-SP, and (with some extra parts) other devices – even microwave ovens. US$34.99, a scant 2 oz, and you even get a MIDI cable. Wire that sucker […]
Monday Morning Post Production Comedy: Adam Buxton's MeeBox
CDM’s Most Eligible Bachelor 2008, Adam Buxton (who is indeed married), had the pilot of his new TV show – MeeBox – playing on BBC3 last night, so it’s now available to people inside the UK, and nobody else. However, Adam has posted some clips on YouTube: Beautifully simple, effective, cheap-arse post production. Hopefully the […]
Monday Morning Post Production Comedy: Adam Buxton’s MeeBox
CDM’s Most Eligible Bachelor 2008, Adam Buxton (who is indeed married), had the pilot of his new TV show – MeeBox – playing on BBC3 last night, so it’s now available to people inside the UK, and nobody else. However, Adam has posted some clips on YouTube: Beautifully simple, effective, cheap-arse post production. Hopefully the […]
MOTU Digital Performer 6 Released, With Tasty Sound Tools
DP6 is here (or will be here soon, say commenters), with a badly-needed UI update and a number of new features. The results still look like DP – in the way that should appeal to current users, that is – but enhancements demonstrate that the ongoing DAW battles carry on. DP6 New Features In the […]
Download Free Reaktor-Powered Step Sequencer; Reaktor, Kore Performance Tips
We’ve been busy at kore.createdigitalmusic.com hacking away on Native Instruments’ software to share more playable tools and tips. Peter Dines has built a really fantastic tool called Frankenloop. It’s a "step sequencer with a twist" — probability settings for each step so that it sounds different each time. Peter has released it under a ShareAlike […]
Guitar Pedals Go DIY, Open Source
Ever wished you could open up guitar pedals and make them work the way you like? This week brought good news for you, whether your flavor is hardware or software. Prefer to wire up a simple DIY project and learn about circuitry without soldering? Or want a mad eight-core food pedal with video output and […]
Obituary: STEIM Founder, Cracklebox Inventor, Musician Michel Waisvisz
Sad news has arrived via Scott Looney: I have the sad news to report that STEIM’s founder Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night "after fighting the mean cells in his body for eight months" – which i assume is a reference to the cancer he had been battling. Michel developed one of […]
Modul8 2.5.5 Released: Flash SWF Support Returns, Field of View, Fixes
Ambra Galassi gets her Modul8 on, via Flickr. It’s a small release number, but I expect Modul8 users will want to pay attention to this one. New in 2.5.5 are various fixes and improvements, most notably restoring Flash SWF support removed from QuickTime. I hope other VJ apps will be able to do the same. […]