Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) Interview
New interview with Martin Gore, check it out
Depeche Mode have managed to stay in a single time zone this past week, playing a sweaty, raucous two-hour show to the black swarm on the Rhine in Düsseldorf this past Wednesday, and prepping to do it all again tonight. We sat down with Martin Gore to find out about revisiting the sounds of melancholy past and how technology has changed not only Depeche Mode’s music but also their live show.
Friday electronic music for your listening pleasure
C O N S P I R A C Y
presents
C H A O S T H E O R Y
at ASSEMBLY 2006
/// Brought to you by:
BoyC – main code
Gargaj – synth code, music
Zoom – visuals
/// About the intro:
Apparently we finished another 64k…
…Except that ALL of us are extremely satisfied with it.
(Then again there’s probably always a first time.)
Hard to believe that all it took to have an intro that’s fun to make and enjoyable to watch (for us) was around +50 BPM.
Sorry for no deep emotions or touching scene poetry this time; we thought it was time to do something else.
Interestingly, losing BP06 and breaking the winning streak helped the creative process immensely – freedom is AWESOME.
We’re apparently going against (among others) Farbrausch, Fairlight, and Kewlers in the 64k compo. Hard to say what chances do we have, but one thing’s for sure: we’re really really happy with our intro already, so from this point it can only get better.
We’d like to thank everyone who supported us during our harder times, we hope a lot of you will enjoy this intro even if it’s not something you would expect from us. (Cue catchphrase here.)
Many thanks go to ryg of farbrausch for kkrunchy, and the Opera guys at Assembly’06 for lending us a computer to enter the intro. Also, greetings to everyone who didn’t fit into the intro greets.
Be sure to click “watch in HD”!
Realtime demo by Farbrausch / Neuro.
Music by paniq ( http://www.paniq.org ).
Graphics done with Inkscape.
Amiga demo released in may 1993.
Kefrens Desert Dream – A Commodore Amiga Megademo by Kefrens
Main coding and design: Laxity
Additional coding and design: Zeus
Graphics developed by: R.W.O/Blizzart/Airwalk/Laxity
Additional design: Airwalk
All soundtracks and effects: Laxity
Presented in 1993 by Ankh Productions
Sonic Logic Version 1.2 sneak preview – MIDI Broadcast mapping to Ableton Live.
Sneak preview from Sonic Logic version 1.2
The MIDI broadcast button allows you to map controls in your DAW easier and faster.
Download Sonic Logic for iPad here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonic…
App description below:
Sonic Logic is a modular MIDI controller allowing you to edit and control MIDI controller setups from your iPad.
Control Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Protools, Traktor, and other popular DAWs right from your iPad.
Sonic Logic uses CoreMIDI to send MIDI signals so you can even hook it up to hardware synths using and iPad to MIDI cable.
Edit on your iPad! Super easy interface to create, edit, control, manipulate, assign MIDI controllers and notes live, using touch gestures. (No external editor needed).
Add Buttons, switches, toggle buttons, XY pads, sliders and text objects.
Their look and feel is meant to emulate real life controls, with real feedback.
* Create your MIDI controller easily from your iPad.
* Edit component’s color, size, MIDI channel and controller number.
* Time advancing gestures for buttons, create a timed MIDI transition from 0 to 127 with just a press of a button.
* Control everything with multi touch.
* Snap to middle feature on sliders.
* Built in, editable templates.
* iCloud support, always stay synced with all your setups on any device.
* Low latency.
New retro-ish drum machine for iOS
A new drum machine arrives for your iPad. Here’s the app’s description:
Praxis Beats is a retro-elegant interface for electronic rhythm composition. Express yourself with absolute precision and maximum control over your beats.
- Drum Rolls: Instantly glitch or retrigger any beat.
- Hifi Wifi: Fetch samples directly from your Dropbox®, Box.net®, Gmail®, or GDrive® accounts. Praxis Beats will stash them for you for future use, too. (You can also use iTunes File Sharing.)
- Maximum Control: Individually control the volume, panning, and speed for every sound down to 1/128th notes.
- Batteries Included: 2 touch-controlled effects pads, programmable to control any of 9 different effects.
- Live Record: Record your sessions as wav files. Upload them directly to Dropbox®, email, or SoundCloud®, or use iTunes File Sharing to retrieve them manually.
- Save Songs: Save and load different songs. Praxis Beats autosaves for you as well. And, you can back up your compositions using iTunes File Sharing.
- Absolute Precision: sample precise rendering from 10 to 999 BPM.
- Multitouch Manipulation: Speed up your creation process by allowing multiple fingers, hands or people to control the sequencer grid, effects pads, or note graphs.
- Meta Controls: Controls provided to clear out the sequencing for any row or for the whole song.
- Feeling Lucky: Randomize the sequencing for any row or for the whole song.
- The Basics: Individual controls for each sample track, including mute, solo, volume, and panning.
- Start Jamming: 7 free drum kits are included for a total of 112 drum samples. Made by EioN and James Frame, LA’s hottest new producers.
- Audiobus Support: Stream audio from Praxis Beats to other apps.
Hands-on with the Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol Z1
Music Radar demos NI’s latest DJ controller, which works for both Traktor Pro 2 and Traktor DJ for iOS
It features mixer controls for two channels – each with faders and controls for gain, three-band EQ and a rotary which can be switched between controlling either Traktor’s filter or one of the software’s effects.
The Z1 also features a built-in audio interface, and allows tracks to be cued via an independent headphone output with its own volume and blend controls.
King Korg controling MS-20 mini + Monotribe + MFB-522
Korg MS-20 Mini
King Korg Synthesizer
Drum Computer MFB 522
Korg Monotribe
Pedro Zopelar – MAWW Records
http://mawwrecords.bandcamp.com
303 ENERGY – Custom built sequencer
Try out of the custom built 303 Energy which is a sequencer synthesizer based on two Doepfer A-111-5 (Dark Energy) and Acidlab Autobot. It has two theremins to control the filters.
On the left side of the sequencer and first synth there is a theremin controller (A-178) to control the MS-20 filter (A-106-1 extreme) and the Wasp Filter (A-124) On the right side of the sequencer and second synth voice there is also a theremin controller (A-178) to control the 303 filter (A-103) By approaching the antenna’s with your hands you can control the filters. Next to the two theremin controllers there is also an A-198 Ribbon control board to connect a ribbon controller. To invert the control signals (for instance VCA up in stead of down) there is a voltage inverter (A-175) next to the right Theremin controller. For now it gets its power through a XLR connector on the left side (+12V, GND, -12V) from a 1200mA external powersupply.
More info on: http://www.creativegallery.nl/index.p…
Free drum synth – Third Harmonic Studios EXD-80 VST Drum Synth
A free VST virtual analog drum synthesizer with eight outputs, a separate effects section featuring a granulator and waveshaper for each output pair, MIDI automation and flexible sound design capabilities.
EXD-80 can produce a wide variety of drum and percussion sounds, from emulations of classic drum machines to mangled, glitchy madness. All sounds are synthesized, no samples are used. It is suitable for many EDM styles including electro, glitch, industrial, ambient, dubstep, drum & bass and hip hop.
To download the VST plugin or hear an audio demo go to:
http://www.thirdharmonic.net/exd80-fr…
Beat Making – Using iPhone Sounds
For more information:
Anything can be used to make beats, just using your imagination!
eBook – http://howtomakeverysickbeats.com/hip…
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Soundcloud- http://www.soundcloud.com/verysickbeats
Bandcamp- http://verysickbeats.bandcamp.com
I decide to test myself with using only sounds from the iphone and a familiar breakbeat.
After a very long break Cat Rapes Dog are back with new material
The swedish electro-punks of Cat Rapes Dog will release their 7th studio-album “Life Was Sweet” on 3 September 2013. It will contain 9 new tracks and will be released via the Canadian label Artoffact Records. The cover of the new LP can be viewed above.
Note that there will also be a limited edition with a bonus disc containing the very best of the 3 cassette tapes from ’86-’88. Like the band says: “It doesn’t get more old school than this!” Sure thing is that this bonus disc is somewhat the holy grail for fans of the influential swedish act.
Tracklist:
- God Hates Christians
- Dead Coming Back
- Through A Glass Darkly
- Falling Apart
- Vote!
- River Of Pain
- Crystal Ball
- Head Around
- A Thousand Years
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