Believe it or not, you’ll stick this into the side of your computer. Bizarre but adorable, Gibson has turned their iconic 1959 Les Paul guitar into a miniaturized replica, a functioning USB 2.0 1 GB Flash Drive. It will store data. It will not make any sound. But it does have specs that you, erm, […]

Yeah, we need someone who can basically do this. Brilliant photo by Ezu, via Flickr. We’ve got some big ideas for the future of Create Digital Music and Create Digital Motion, and we need your help. Everything you like here now will stay. We’re just adding some carefully-chosen features around it, overhauling the community side […]

Producer, composer, and percussionist Dennis DeSantis has a free Live Pack out for Ableton Live, in case you missed it in the Computer Music (UK) Live special. Dennis is my kind of guy: a recorded, commissioned composer with work all over the place, a player with the excellent Alarm Will Sound, whose arrangements of Autechre […]

If you liked the news that the powerful synth-sampler-sequencer-pocket music studio software Syntrax was free, here’s even more software for your Windows Mobile device. Download Squad’s Brad Linder has done a terrific round-up, complete with sound samples and screen grabs: Making music with Windows Mobile – Mobile Minute Some, like Pocket Stompbox and a Theremin, […]

Paint selections directly into audio frequencies using the Soundbooth CS3 lasso tool. If you’ve been on the search for a simple, straightforward audio editor for Mac and Windows, Adobe has officially thrown its hat into the ring with Soundbooth CS3. Soundbooth Now Shipping [Hart’s Audition, from the Adobe audio product chief] New Soundbooth User-to-User Forum […]

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.