As noted in my Blackmagick Intensity review, we noticed some odd behavior with Quartz Composer introducing some very large latency from the Intensity Card. We some noted up to 45 frames of delay. It looks like this may very well be a bug with Quartz Composer, as Apple is now aware of the situation: From […]

This could be an very interesting option for VJ’s. Sony has updated the PSP line with some nice additions, slimmer (thus the PSP Slim moniker), longer battery life and decreased load times. But, we dont really care about those. What we care about is video output support: Adding a video-out port(*1) enables new PSP users […]

Photo: geodesic. Cricket sound: provided by you. Hear that? Nothing. No, it’s not silence making a political point, as with the Internet Radio Day of Silence staged last week by web radio to protest punishing new royalty rates by showing what they could cause. This is an even more disturbing silence: as the deadline for […]

As Apple revealed in a description for a session at WWDC, OS X 10.5 includes enhanced USB and FireWire audio support. Some of that functionality is already arriving in the 10.4.10 update, which incorporates the FireWire SDK 24 and FireWire 2.1. (The SDK also includes “most” of the source for Leopard’s upcoming FireWire stack.) You […]

All along the watchtower, Princes kept the Vista: IK’s Hendrix software emulation, now on the newest Windows. IK Multimedia says its whole product line is now ready for Vista, fully tested across the software line. The latest versions work; if you have an older version, your mileage may vary: Ampeg SVX AmpliTube 2 AmpliTube Jimi […]

Diesel’s latest fashion show featured some 3D holographic projection that is just beyond cool. Creative Review has the scoop and spoke with a mysterious tech who hinted at some of the inner workings: “The visuals are projected through a series of ‘foils’ into mid air, so you see the images in mid-air. The models can […]

Using old controllers in new ways, using new controllers in old ways … when playing live, having some controller gear is a must. Gustavo Bravetti sends video of himself playing Ableton Live using various novel controllers, live from Colombia. (That’s Colombia, not Columbia.) Yes, you can wow crowds playing with laptops — especially when you […]

Photographer Diana Shearwood took these images in a haunting photoessay documenting the Silophone. (Yes, “haunting” and “grain silo” can go together.) See the “Reservoir” section of the Silophone site. Music itself may be ephemeral, but it’s deeply connected to the spaces in which it’s performed and heard. You’ll notice that space all the more readily […]