Free Flash applications are pouring the web for very different purposes. Now the focus is on the music: a German team called Hobnox has released a serious solution for making music, Audiotool. It emulates a TR-909, two TB-303, a mixer and 14 effect pedals real time, you can route their signals freely, and tweak them of course. Even the sequencers are running also as we get used to in the original versions. The next version is coming soon with load and save functions, and much more instruments - for example TR-808 drum machine. Click here to start the madness.
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In the News: Korg on Nintendo DS, Roland Remix Contest, More Tenori.
May 6, 2008 on 8:31 am | In Music Industry News, New Gear, Software / VST Au, Articles, Korg, Roland |Korg DS-10 soft synthesizer running on Nintendo DS. Actually, two synthesizers in one.
Release date, July 24, 2008, and only at Amazon Japan
Damn, only in japan? WHY!! When will we see a Wii version?
Link to CNET Article for the Korg on Nintendo DS
Roland Prizes In Remix Contest
Remix De/Vision’s Life is Suffering courtesy of digitalmusician.net and Roland
****Roland SH-102 Synthesizer home as Grand Prize***
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Audio Tool Rocks: The Online TB-303 & 909 Emulator
May 5, 2008 on 10:28 am | In Reviews, Software / VST Au, Articles, Sampling, Roland |Audio Tool is an emulation of two Roland TB-303s, a TR-909, and a bunch of the roland/boss stomp boxes. It is very reminiscent of the classic program Propellerhead Rebirth, but without the TR-808 and better graphics.
Audio tool is simple to use and includes rewiring/audio routing on the same screen that you make your music on, which makes more sense than Propellerhead Reason’s double screened rack system.
I believe they are using java/flash to run the program in the browser, but it is as easy to use as any flash app. They did an excellent job making it, even if it has been done before. Missing is a way to save your songs but you can’t complain because its better than Rebirth in alot of ways.
Its fun.
Go start making some electronic music NOW!
Link: Hobnox Audiotool
4/5 Rating
Sound quality is excellent.
Fun.
Needs a save feature, even if it is a demo.
Thanks Noizone!
Melodyne: Changing Notes in Chord Samples
April 27, 2008 on 10:53 am | In Music Industry News, Software / VST Au, Articles, Sampling |Youtube comments:
This is weak! Anyone who considers using this product is a total mark ass bitch. Learn music, not software.When I see things like this… I realize that some people out there are a lot smarter than me… it makes me realize how stupid I am and how far behind I am in evrey thing… I am glad that we have people smarter than me working on stuff.
It looks like this software can change the pitch of chords that are already buried in samples. That is kind of insane. Some people are complaining about the digital artifacts, but what else do you expect when you are changing pitch? It happens normally. Very cool idea, and that fact they have it working is very cool
Check out some more with this link. I love DVICE, its a great blog from scifi
DVICE: Miraculous Direct Note Access can completely change music
#1 Mistake of Hardware Manufacturers
April 8, 2008 on 10:19 am | In Articles |There is one single mistake that hardware manufacturers make everytime they create a product. It makes buyers move on, or wait till something else comes out. It keeps our money out of their pockets.
That mistake is…..
Missing Features. Just think of how many times you did’nt buy something because another model did something a little bit extra. How many times has someone bought a piece of equipment and had been let down that it do some nit-picky thing, but would have made the music creation experience - or any product experience for that matter - so much better.
If hardware manufacturers would take more feedback from users they would have better products. If hardware manufacturers just spent a little extra time on a product they would be able to sell it alot faster, and chances would be that it would instantly be ahead of the competition. Instead there are tons of average and cheap products out there…alot of times you have to buy more than one from different companies to get the features you wanted - all when one manufacturer could have put it in an all in one box..
Missing features in any product are a total freaking letdown every time. Please put more time into product development. You will have alot of happy users and more money in the bank for your company. Musical instruments should not be treated like blenders.
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[Matrixsynth] The Iron Man Modular
No joke. This is Clay Duncan's massive modular used for the film Iron Man. Via Peter Grenader on the Plan B list:"Go to the EAR home page for a terrific shot of Clay Duncan's massive modular system which includes a hell of a lot of Plan B gear. Scroll down to PLAN B MUSIC section and click on the link in the Ironman posting."
You'll find more details on the EAR (Plan B) link above.
BTW, check out this post for another Iron Man synth tie in.
[AudioLemon] What is the Bubblegum Sequencer?
The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software. Finally, people can't claim anymore that electronic music isn't handmade.
Here's how it works: A grid of holes, consisting of several rows with 16 holes each is the canvas. On it, you arrange colored gumballs. The 16 columns represent the 16th-notes in a measure. Each color is mapped to a specific sample.
Because the output is generated in the form of MIDI events, the Bubblegum Sequencer can be used to control any kind of audio hardware or software.
If you'd like to know more about the Bubblegum Sequencer, read our course paper.
via Colz ... cheers buddy :)
[AudioLemon] Dub 4 ever in Ableton
Dubbing out in Ableton Live! from Andreas Wetterberg on Vimeo.
Andreas Wetterberg walks ya thru a serious feedback delay line in Ableton...lovely effect and some nice tips in this and other videos. Tho that dely effect alone would _crush_ my humble laptop!
[Matrixsynth] Happy Knobbing V3.0 2008 in Fischbach
images of the event are up on Aliens Project.[noizone.com] A true international monosynth
German romanticism in its name; American Minimoog-style design; but all of this came from England. Leipzig is a work of Analogue Solutions, and it covers a true analog monosynth in hardware. Equipped with MIDI, it has two oscillators, extensive modulation possibilities - for 550 pounds, they ship immediately. listen to the audio demos here.
[sighup's blog] SIGHUP blog is moving to a new home
There are some changes afoot at Intelligent Machinery. While we wait to see how things all shake out here, I thought it would be a good time to set up this blog on my own server, now that I have a web package that's fully able to accommodate such things.
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Update your bookmarks or RSS readers. It is a work in progress as I learn how to use and refine Wordpress effectively. All of the old content has been ported over, minus the comments, as I had no way to export them.
I still hope to be doing stuff around Intelligent Machinery, just not blogging, so I'm not leaving this fine and wonderful collective of ours.



























