For more on the Roland workstation line I’ve been talking about this week, check out the video clips at Keyboard’s recently-launched video site: Keyboard Magazine TV No direct links from the site, so you just click through to Hot Gear @ NAMM. You won’t see the E-80 workstation I was ranting about; instead, there’s the […]

Finally, the wait is over. As technology companies battle for the living room, Roland has built the ultimate convergence device. The VIMA concept keyboard addresses the need of the average home consumer to play organ and keyboard sounds, manage digital photos and videos, and perform karaoke using a single, integrated product. The days of having […]

Some more Processing updates for the faithful. Five new libraries have been added. Vector3D, which is part of Daniel Shiffman‘s “The Nature Of Code” course. public class Vector3D extends java.lang.Object: A class to describe a two or three dimensional vector. To animate an object in a virtual space, we need a way of storing information […]

Electric guitars with onboard USB and MIDI? How about guitars with built-in pressure sensors, light sensors, and faders for something a little different? Doug Theriault sends in his latest homemade instrument creations, a USB guitar and MIDI guitar with some unusual features: TSG1, TSG2 Project Page … the Sensor Guitar (TSG1) [is] equipped with two […]

I’m sure some CDMotion readers must be wondering if I actually own a DV camera considering the stop-motion and still camera focus these last couple of weeks. Rest assured I both own and even on occasion wield a DV cam, however my DSLR has held me in thrall with its beautiful images, shallow depth of […]

I’m sure some CDMotion readers must be wondering if I actually own a DV camera considering the stop-motion and still camera focus these last couple of weeks. Rest assured I both own and even on occasion wield a DV cam, however my DSLR has held me in thrall with its beautiful images, shallow depth of […]

Flash goes better with After Effects; via Lynda.com tutorial. Come on, you’ve got that Production Suite on your hard drive; why not make it earn its keep? The next version of Adobe’s software suite is sure to feature new integration with Flash after Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia. But that doesn’t mean you have to wait […]

I love Roland dearly. But the $4,000 Roland E-80 keyboard looks like it might actually be capable of destroying the planet Alderaan. There’s a breed of mega-arranger-keyboard-organ-appliances that seems spawned on some alien planet, on which giant cyborgs with eight arms play Sunday church music with fourteen-way splits and layers of thin preset sounds. These […]

Automapping, the ability to automatically assign controls on hardware to software parameters, is a big draw for a lot of users, and a new upgrade to the ReMOTE SL keyboard brings this feature to Pro Tools for the first time — while smoothing out the rough edges in support for other software. The ReMOTE SL […]

Drummer John Emrich loves the Zendrum, the unique, handcrafted MIDI drum controller featured on CDM previously. Here’s what he has to say about it: “Without a doubt, this is the most dynamic MIDI unit available for percussionists. You’re not going to find another trigger unit for drummers that will give you this much control over […]