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Ableton Live Tutorials: DIY 808, IDM 101 – Gustavo Strikes Again
When we last joined our friend Gustavo Bravetti, Uruguay’s Ableton maestro, he was showing us how to glitch out with Live. Now he’s on Hong Kong-based DJ site djvox with a comprehensive set of Live tutorials. These are not necessarily the usual “how to use Live” fare. Instead, they focus on musical techniques, with Live […]
The Onion on Gibson’s Guitar Hero – Rock Band Lawsuits
American voices respond. “Finally, the name Gibson will be synonymous with fake guitars.” Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero Thanks, Patrick.
Abletonator: Ableton Live as Arcade Cabinet
It’s big. It’s beautiful. It’s … not at all practical as a mobile controller. It’s the Abletonator: Ableton Live on a PC with custom controller and casing, transformed into an arcade game cabinet form-factor. Why? Because. (Thanks to comments by Gavin for the tip!) So, if you liked the Ambassador Live controller with arcade buttons, […]
Skullphone on LA's Digital Billboards – Rental, So Save Those Pennies
In case you haven’t seen the stunt spreading, meme-like, around the blogosphere, graffiti artist Skullphone hacked ten Los Angeles-area billboards owned by ClearChannel. It’s the coolest thing to happen to LA’s billboards since L.A. Story. And that was a movie, not real. See it on Skullphone and Curbed L.A. via Textually and Supertouch, and F.A.T. […]
Skullphone on LA’s Digital Billboards – Rental, So Save Those Pennies
In case you haven’t seen the stunt spreading, meme-like, around the blogosphere, graffiti artist Skullphone hacked ten Los Angeles-area billboards owned by ClearChannel. It’s the coolest thing to happen to LA’s billboards since L.A. Story. And that was a movie, not real. See it on Skullphone and Curbed L.A. via Textually and Supertouch, and F.A.T. […]
VJing, The Game: The AV Arcade Table, Powered by VJAMM
Guitar Hero? We want VJ Hero. And the AV Arcade Table, now part of the Boredbrands Digital Funfair, is exactly what you’d want it to be like. It’s got the hardware — a DIY, cocktail-style arcade table, just the like the one you spent playing Ms. Pac-Man on, slightly drunk. It’s got the software — […]
All-Arcade Ableton Live Controller, DIY Hardware by The Prevolt
The Prevolt has put up some photos of his Ableton Live controller, dubbed Ambassador. I love that it shares a moniker with the AMC Rambler automobile, though I suspect that wasn’t intentional (pictured at right, photo: Ty Sonneil). Prevolt describes the gear, which features analog-y, arcade-style hardware controls and a custom case: This is […]
Still Time to Enter for a 3L Beta Giveaway
Hi, everybody — well, it seems quite a lot of you have MacBook Pros, as we’ve got a huge response to our 3L giveaway. WordPress is aggressively moderating comments, so I just wanted to say, please don’t fret if your comment doesn’t appear immediately. We’ll get them, and anything that gets in before the giveaway […]