Joystick has a quick report from a GDC lecture presented by Jason Page and Michael Kelly from Sony, discussing the future of ‘next-generation audio’ on the PS3. What’s interesting about their take is that they believe that use of highly customized sample sets and MIDI can provide a much more interactive and adaptive approach to […]

You might notice it’s been less than a week synth my last “This Week In Synths” post. I’ll be shooting for Fridays moving forward. That said, this week we start with a video by Jexus of Syntezatory.pl. You might recognize the website from last week’s hi-top shot by polaranta. I’m guessing Jexus and polaranta are […]

The SciFi channel has released some chunky packs of footage, music and sound effects, and invited web users to remix and create videos. Ostensibly this is a competition, with the winning video airing on the channel during a future Battlestar episode… Which I’m sure will be lovely for whoever wins. I don’t really care though, […]

The SciFi channel has released some chunky packs of footage, music and sound effects, and invited web users to remix and create videos. Ostensibly this is a competition, with the winning video airing on the channel during a future Battlestar episode… Which I’m sure will be lovely for whoever wins. I don’t really care though, […]

I’ve posted this news on CDMo, but we at CDM Distributed Global HQ love Battlestar so much, and I’m sure Peter would agree it would be a shame if anyone missed out, so we’re going to have a little news repetition. Executive Summary: SciFi channel have released a bunch of audio and video from Battlestar […]

CreateDigitalNoise forum stalwart and composer Michael Una has posted this fantastic video to the forums: I did the audio (music and effects) and my good friend Joe Moccia from Kansas City did all the animation and video. He’s trying to get hired by a motion graphics company and we collaborated on this for his portfolio. […]

German manufacturer CreamWare – best known for their Scope DSP cards and ASB tabletop synthesizers – was declared insolvent on December 18, 2006. Those of you who’ve been following the company for a few years will recall that they hit a similar rough patch in 2004, but re-emerged to release their acclaimed lineup of ASB […]

Some of our game-minded readers may be spending the week in San Francisco, at the Game Developers Conference. Reader and interactive media developer Brad Fuller writes to let us know he’s drafted a series of HTML documents that highlight all of the audio-related sessions for this year’s conference. If you’re lucky enough to be in […]

Chat rooms are a-buzz with talk of a “truly revolutionary” digital DJ mixer from Ecler called the EVO5. In lieu of burdening people with actual product information, however, Ecler is providing a sleek countdown timer. At www.evobyecler.com, visitors can see the countdown—currently about 20 days, 23 hours, and 37 minutes—after which time Musikmesse commences and […]

Following VJZoo’s awesome Glitch Pack on Archive.org, Analog Recycling have followed up with another mega-pack of 79 free VJ loops. There’s some attractive stuff here, and the Archive.org video player thing is a great addition, but 368×288? Obviously nobody’s going to look this gift horse in the mouth and pronounce it a little on the […]