Legendary composer Wendy Carlos remembers Bob Moog in a moving set of recollections, music, and documents, including the music and thoughts she shared in a gathering in North Carolina shortly after his death last year. She goes far beyond Switched on Bach to talk about a long relationship with the instruments and their creator in […]
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Music November 25, 2024
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Music Music tech Tech Web November 21, 2024
A fantasy combo of Chicago footwork and Polish folk rhythmic asymmetry
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Music Music tech Tech Web November 20, 2024
Analog Summing PM8, For People Who Don’t Trust Software Mixing
SM Pro has released a “passive summing mixer” that mixes eight analog audio channels to two. The idea is that digital summing, as performed in software, will cancel certain sound components and result in a less detailed mix after mixdown. The PM8 passive summing mixer does this for you in the analog domain, theoretically resulting […]
After Effects Freeframe Host Beta: It's Free, It's Plugins
Freeframe, that great open-source video effects plugin system for your favourite VJ app or NLE (and championed by developers from VJamm and Resolume) now comes in a new flavour: After Effects! BigFug (an active FreeFrame plugin developer) has released a beta of the After Effects Freeframe Host. It’s, well, free while in beta. The full […]
After Effects Freeframe Host Beta: It’s Free, It’s Plugins
Freeframe, that great open-source video effects plugin system for your favourite VJ app or NLE (and championed by developers from VJamm and Resolume) now comes in a new flavour: After Effects! BigFug (an active FreeFrame plugin developer) has released a beta of the After Effects Freeframe Host. It’s, well, free while in beta. The full […]
Sony Vegas Newbie Studio Platinum: For the Weekend Movie Maker
Sony have released an update to their Movie Studio line. Doting grandparents, soccer mums, beginner vidcasters, and mobile visualists rejoice! Notable updates from the previous Vegas Movie Studio include: HDV support/Capture 77 new effects 50+ more transitions Primary colour correction (anyone know what that means?) 5.1 surround sound mixing Limited edition Sony Pictures Sound Effects […]
Now This is Machinima: My God, It's Full of Cars!
This video is technically from the same crop as the post-apocalyptic roundup, but it’s so fantastic it deserves its own post. Machinima, made in Trackmania Sunrise. 1K Project II. myFlash = new FlashObject(‘http://www.gametrailers.com/umremote310.swf’, ‘swffile’, 480, 409, 8); myFlash.altTxt = ”; myFlash.addVariable(‘umid’, 12321); myFlash.write(); Beautiful. via Ticklebooth
Now This is Machinima: My God, It’s Full of Cars!
This video is technically from the same crop as the post-apocalyptic roundup, but it’s so fantastic it deserves its own post. Machinima, made in Trackmania Sunrise. 1K Project II. myFlash = new FlashObject(‘http://www.gametrailers.com/umremote310.swf’, ‘swffile’, 480, 409, 8); myFlash.altTxt = ”; myFlash.addVariable(‘umid’, 12321); myFlash.write(); Beautiful. via Ticklebooth
Processing Journal: OpenGL Headaches, JMyron Motion Tracking and Video Capture Experiences
As someone relatively new to Processing, I’ve experienced equal parts excitement and frustration. 0115 is a reasonably mature build, and I’m glad I didn’t try this earlier, but more advanced work is likely to get easier as the software develops, improves, and squashes bugs. Before I dive into the full, technical explanation for those of […]
Music Scored by Bubble Gum on a Train Platform: Grime + Sibelius
Nat Jeanneret aka “funnel”, the musician and artist behind the CDM site design, has been busy at work on a new project: creating music my scoring those little spots of gum and dirt found on a train platform. It’s a great example of aleatoric music, not in the best-known sense of “pure” chance but in […]
Post-Apocalyptic-Weekend Link Catchup: Visual Inspiration, How-tos, Stop Motion, AE + Apple Motion
I’ve had a bit of a personal technological apocalypse over the weekend. There’s a post coming, but in the meantime here’s a couple of things which have caught my eye while catching up on my RSS subscriptions: Cinematical has a great collection of resources titled: How to make a Short Film. DVGuru points us to […]