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Apollo: UA Adds Low-Latency Effects in Audio Interface, Proves FireWire, Thunderbolt are Cool
Universal Audio has long had a successful business selling hardware DSP effects, many of them carefully-modeling classic analog gear. These products use dedicated DSP hardware for number-crunching, requiring that you connect an extra box to your computer. UA has certainly had their loyalists, and for fans of the products, the dedicated gear is simply a […]
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HALion 4, Steinberg’s Sampler + Synth Soft Workstation, Gets Deeper
Sampler? Synth? Workstation? Or just big bucket of sound? There are some impressive rabbit holes for sound designers out there, and Steinberg’s offering just got a big refresh. While looking at the latest flagship from a music hardware giant (Roland’s Jupiter-80), it’s revealing to compare the software side of the fence. Computer software instruments may […]
Audio-Reactive Music Video, Plus Free Quartz Composer Patch and iTunes Visualizer
Lit entirely by projector, a new music video by Finland-based artist Aku Meriläinen translates pulses of sound into pools of colored light. I love the personal, handcrafted feel of the result — pretty, but not too slick — and for Mac users, there are freely-licensed goodies you can use to either bliss out to music […]
Peter Kirn - April 4, 2011
Archive Motion Music tech
Inter-App Visuals on Mac: Syphon API Opens Up Visual Collaboration
Peter Kirn - September 17, 2010
Archive Motion Music tech
CoGe 1.0 Beta 2, Open Source Quartz Composer Modular Visual App
Peter Kirn - April 5, 2010
Archive Motion Music tech
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