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Thursday January 9, 2025. 07:11 PM
The home of so many in the music and musical instruments community has been consumed by fire. Friends and colleagues in the Los Angeles area, you're on our minds this week; I hope you've gotten to safety. And we can't mince words: planetwide, every second of this climate...
Wednesday January 8, 2025. 08:44 PM
Roger Linn didn't just develop the LinnStrument and then check out. He's provided a steady stream of musical advice both of his own makings and from the device's user community - all while being a driving force in MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE). The latest video is a...
Tuesday January 7, 2025. 03:27 PM
Ukrainian games house GSC Game World lost a team member in the front lines and had to face up to Russian disinformation to produce their blockbuster hit game in the middle of a full-scale war. They also packed their game full of Ukrainian music – including electronic music...
Monday January 6, 2025. 11:59 PM
We’re barely into the new year, but already, we’ve got two untimely passings that leave significant holes in the world of electronic music: Dax Pierson and Árni Grétar Jóhannesson. The post RIP Dax Pierson, Árni Grétar Jóhannesson aka Futuregrapher appeared first...
The tracker revival is here. But to make it happen, we need a tracker in every pocket. Don't worry: you can absolutely recession-proof trackers, even if you're wedded to using handheld hardware. The post Maker Monday: DIY your own tracker hardware for around $50-$75 appeared ...
It's 'yo dawg'/Inception time to the max. Not to be outdone by 4ms MetaModule, Autodafe has put all of VCV Rack (specifically its Cardinal fork) into a Eurorack module. Along the way, you'll learn how to set up Cardinal on Raspberry Pi for any hardware project you might...
Friday January 3, 2025. 07:05 PM
Minimal Audio's Current, more than even most sprawling soft synths, is as much a sound creation laboratory as it is an instrument. Current 2.0 and online updates helped realize their original vision, and it stands out as a highlight of last year - and one to dig in deeper in ...
Soundhack creator Tom Erbe joins musician-synthesist Sarah Belle Reid for a fascinating dive into the Make Noise Spectraphon, spectral animation, and Buchla history. IYKYK - but if you don't know, that's one Hell of a spectral historical West Coast trip. The post Go watch...
Thursday January 2, 2025. 07:47 PM
Winter is far from over. Or, erm, summer; I don't know which hemisphere you're in. You need to prep for what's ahead by stocking up on music gear and software now. I am the voice of your Gear/Plugin Acquisition Syndrome, and this is my hand-picked list. The post It’s not too...
Tuesday December 31, 2024. 10:45 PM
Nothing about this year was normal; next year promises the same. But that's what music is for - to reframe moments in time. The post Lists aside, these 2024 albums are personal must-listens appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.
David Abravanel is one of the people who has shaped this site's musical awareness over the years. In a year when we turn to music for meaning, I'm even more grateful for his annual picks. It's an astonishing list, and makes some good listening homework for the start of the...
Monday December 30, 2024. 06:18 AM
From Egyptology and Commodore Amiga to reflecting on AI and selecting the best physical modeling tools, Ed and Andy (Plaid) open up about their work and practice. We're turning this year into the next with talks with our favorite artists. The post Interview: Plaid on AI,...
Sunday December 29, 2024. 01:11 AM
It's what VCV Rack users have been waiting for. Instruō has Apple Silicon-native support for its software module clones, plus, for all platforms, the cèis envelope generator and powerful øchd modulation expander. And it's all freeware. The post Behold, Instruō brings you ...
Friday December 27, 2024. 10:18 PM
While the year draws to a close and much of the world is focused on holidays, Tbilisi's music community is out in force in ongoing protests, fighting for Georgian democracy. The post Tbilisi’s music scene is still out in the streets, defiant appeared first on CDM Create...
Thursday December 26, 2024. 08:03 PM
From La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela to Valee and Gangsta Boo, Michael Vincent Waller talks to us about collaboration, mixing, and connecting the dots between modern Classical/new concert music and hip-hop. The post Interview: Michael Vincent Waller connects concert music...
Wednesday December 25, 2024. 07:05 AM
Noah Pred has a fantastic free treat out on Manifest Audio for Ableton Live and Max for Live. Percotone is monophonic, expressive, playable, and full of tonal, pitch-mangling delights. It's just the thing for sneaking in some quick sound experiments in the waning days of the ...
Tuesday December 24, 2024. 02:32 PM
On December 24 and 25, radio will broadcast live from Gaza and produce a live-streamed exchange between a choir in Bethlehem and Hebron and one in Khan Younis. It's an unprecedented live connection to a world whose violence has been shrouded in darkness. It's also a way for...
Virtual patching has reached a major milestone: you don't need a controller. Using just your hands and natural gestures, you can now build up entire interactive worlds, connect virtual wires, tweak knobs and faders, and play virtual instruments in PatchWorld on Meta Quest....
Monday December 23, 2024. 07:40 PM
Stochastic Instruments has a preview of some tasty generative sequencer modules. Random walks meet music theory, and what you get is Melodic Contour Sequencing, navigated with knobs, voltage, and (on the larger module) a joystick. The post Strange-R modules: navigate...
Friday December 20, 2024. 05:06 AM
How did the Minimoog take shape – and set the course of synthesizer and musical instrument history? Among many revelations in JoE Silva’s The Minimoog Book for BJOOKS, we learn how the synth’s early prototypes evolved into the instrument we know today. Read the excerpt here. ...
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