DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Watch a hacked DJ technique made with karaoke tapes, by Ōedo Technica
Vinyl? CDJ? Meh. Hand-mixing and “scratching” karaoke cassette tapes on hacked machines as a new form of strange pop music DJing? Now we’re talking. Behold the YouTube channel of 大江戸テクニカ (Ōedo tekunika).
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Roland Verselab MV-1 combines drum machine, looper, melody, vocals
Roland’s latest outgrowth from their shared hardware platform is a groove machine, song arrangement tool, and looper – one that acknowledges some people want to do both beats and vocals.
Happy Jamuary – kick it off with this compact duo of MeeBlip and Zoom
When you feel like you’re out of ideas, when you’ve obsessed over that edit and that knob, when your mood has gone south… it’s time to stop everything and jam. January doldrums, meet Jamuary bliss.
LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware
Peter Kirn - December 30, 2020
Music tech Software Tech
Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates
Peter Kirn - December 24, 2020
Gear Modular-Analog Tech
Akai’s current MPC matures as gear hub, with new MPC Live II hardware and 2.8 software
Peter Kirn - May 14, 2020
Gear Music tech Tech
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