Posts had gotten thinner over the past couple of months (do I ever know that pressure), but if you missed the torrents of blog entries over on Music thing, blogger Tom Whitwell has sprung back into action. And, as usual, he’s got lots of great goodies. Among my favorites: A Nord Modular made of Legos […]

Structure has a lovely, clean interface. Wonder when the rest of Pro Tools will get a similar visual upgrade? (Challenge being, of course, its users’ loyalty to the traditional look.) Software samplers are hardly in short supply, but Digidesign is hoping you’ll pony up extra to add a sampler especially built for Pro Tools. The […]

Ok, maybe not the last. But I’m proud to say I actually worked on this video, sweating, printing and gluing for hours on end. Directed by Asif Mian. Fast Cars turned out absolutely great. You can find a higher resolution quicktime on Asif Mian’s site here. It helps that im a huge Aesop Rock fan […]

While we’re on the subject of animated pieces of paper: Switchfoot’s “Awakening” has been treated to a similar workflow (frames printed and photographed) with a very different result. StudioDaily has an interview with Brandon Dickerson, on the workflow required to put this piece together.

While we’re on the subject of animated pieces of paper: Switchfoot’s “Awakening” has been treated to a similar workflow (frames printed and photographed) with a very different result. StudioDaily has an interview with Brandon Dickerson, on the workflow required to put this piece together.

While we’re on the subject of animated pieces of paper: Switchfoot’s “Awakening” has been treated to a similar workflow (frames printed and photographed) with a very different result. StudioDaily has an interview with Brandon Dickerson, on the workflow required to put this piece together.

Ways of adding a second layer of animation to a video: 1. Composite them digitally. Use lots of tricks, like match moves, to line everything up. 2. Print each individual frame onto paper (4,133 in this case), tack them up to stuff, and video the results into a time-lapse video. Max Tyrie chose the latter […]

Ways of adding a second layer of animation to a video: 1. Composite them digitally. Use lots of tricks, like match moves, to line everything up. 2. Print each individual frame onto paper (4,133 in this case), tack them up to stuff, and video the results into a time-lapse video. Max Tyrie chose the latter […]

There’s a simple problem: sound is invisible, and sound synthesis concepts don’t have any physical reality. Knobs, faders, patch cords, keyboards, infrared sensors, touchpads, and the like all work quite nicely for synthesizing sounds. But take a closer look at Bjork’s use of the reacTable, an interactive multimedia interface that uses a camera to track […]

Being on the go is a terrible reason to have to give up your music creation tools. Syntrax is a popular solution, with a sequencer, a synth, and a sample editor in one software package for Windows Mobile (PocketPC) devices and Symbian smartphones from Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola. Now, this popular package is […]