Professional Live Sound Engineering Course
Point Blank are offering great courses in music production, here’s what they have to say about it:
There is no better way to learn a craft than actually doing it for real. This is the ethos behind Point Blank Music College and seems especially true of their live Sound Engineering Certificate course which gives you the opportunity to mix 6 live gigs in 6 months at various top London venues. Talk about in at the deep end…
But don’t worry, it’s not the ducking stool – you won’t be thrown in to see if you sink or swim! The Live Sound Engineering Certificate course is a 24 week journey taught by professionals from The Barfly, Islington’s 02 Academy 2 and The Garage. These are the venues that helped launch the careers of Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, The Gossip and many more.
As well as supervised, hands on practice at sound engineering at 6 gigs (one for each month of the course) you will be taught in detail the ins and outs of getting the most out of any PA to make the bands you mix sound hot. The 250 capacity main room at O2 Academy 2 Islington is a key venue on the London gig scene and a great place for you to learn the art of live mixing in a proper working environment. Everyone knows that live is where the music business makes its money at the moment: one of the effects of decreased record sales on the music industry has been the re-emergence of live performance as a major source of revenue for artists. This is turn has increased the need for skilled live mix engineers and Point Blank has the reputation for showing you how having won the award for ‘Best Music College’ six times in a row at the annual T-Scan Awards.
So there are more jobs than ever for the right candidates: get on the course now! We are now enrolling student for April, July and September 2011.
For details check the website http://www.pointblanklondon.com/live-sound-engineering-course.php
or call David on 0207 729 4884 or email david@pointblanklondon.com
SoundSlate Pro rack-mountable music computer
Open Labs is introducing the SoundSlate Pro rack-mountable music computer at the 2011 NAMM Show.
Here’s what they have to say:
The SoundSlate PRO combines the latest in computer technolgy with proprietary software and design, delivering the next logical evolution in integrated music-creation and open-platform innovation.
The SoundSlate PRO is your Production Studio, Playback System, VST Host, Sample Engine, Sequencer and Friend, live on stage or in your own home studio.
SoundSlate PRO hosts all PC-based music software such as: Pro Tools 9, Studio One, Reaper, Ableton Live, Cubase 5 as well as hardware devices: MIDI controllers, drum machines, acoustic instruments, PCI/PCIe cards and other microphone preamps.
SoundSlate PRO gives you the flexibility and power to decide how YOU want to work WITHOUT the high costs and headaches of stand-alone computers or laptops.
Details below.
The SoundSlate Pro sells for $2,249.
- 3U Rack-mountable Music Computer w/ Heavy Duty Removable Ears
- Intel® i7® (2.93GHz)
- WIN7™ 64 BIT
- 6GB (Upgradable to 16GB)
- 2 Tarabytes (Upgradable to 8TB)
- CD/DVD Burner
Connections
- (8) USB 2.0 Ports
- (2) FireWire 400 Ports
- Gigabit (10/100/1000) Ethernet Port
- HDMI & DVI Video Ports (1 DVI-I, 1 HDMI)
- E-SATA Port
- FireWire, USB, PCI, PCIe
- Custom Upgrades Available: Lightpipe, S/PDIF, MIDI, Analog, Digital, Word Clock
- 500 Watt Power Supply
- 19”(W) X 15”(D) X 3U(H)
Introducing the MelodyMorph
MelodyMorph is an iPad app for constructing melodies and making improvised music. This video is demonstrates some of its features.
Software by Eric Rosenbaum
Performance by Jeff Lieberman
Filming by Jay Silver
This software was made with openframeworks. Thanks, OF!
WINtA – gameplay
The game is the product of a collaboration with Dutch developer Triangle Studios (makers of the iPhone port of augmented reality browser Layar). And it’s all for a good cause: the OneBigGame effort is using proceeds from track sales for this title and other gaming revenues to support Save the Children and Starlight Children’s Foundation.
After months of hard work, the results are finally there. WINtA has just launched world wide and is now available on the App store! When downloading WINtA, you’ll receive the title track “WINtA” for free! The track is designed by Masaya Matsuura, and the people at NanaOn-Sha.
Documentary on Reactable
A four minute documentary displaying the concept behind the invention of the reactable: an electronic instrument based on a touch-screen table-top interface
The Reactable is a revolutionary new electronic musical instrument designed to create and perform the music of today and tomorrow. It combines state of the art technologies with a simple and intuitive design, which enables musicians to experiment with sound, change its structure, control its parameters and be creative in a direct and refreshing way, unlike anything you have ever known before.
The Reactable uses a so called tangible interface, where the musician controls the system by manipulating tangible objects. The instrument is based on a translucent and luminous round table, and by putting these pucks on the Reactable surface, by turning them and connecting them to each other, performers can combine different elements like synthesizers, effects, sample loops or control elements in order to create a unique and flexible composition.
Tubeify Turns YouTube Into Slick Video Jukebox
A new streaming music service called Tubeify turns YouTube into an easy-to-use video jukebox.
“I tried to make it feel more like a traditional desktop music player, think iTunes or Spotify, but still web-based so you can use it anywhere,” said Tubeify creator Tomas Isdal in an interview with TorrentFreak. “Then I fixed the annoying parts of YouTube and added stuff that I always wanted in a music player.”
Isdal’s wish list resulted in a free music player with a user-friendly interface. Since Tubeify subjects users to YouTube’s hit-and-miss audio quality, it might feel a little like a poor-man’s Spotify. But it’s addictive enough to waste a few hours exploring.
With search functionality handled by the Last.fm API, Tubeify allows for quick assembly of playlists, which can be shared. The web-based service also taps into Billboard.com’s API to serve up lists from the current music charts; a cool “time travel” feature lets you explore chart-topping songs from any particular week since 1964. (Wired.com has a particular fondness for the sixth week in 1981.)
Get a Tubeify invite now and give the service a try.
Brief focus on Auto Tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E
Herbert Midgley explains how to use it with software just about anyone can get their hands on – GarageBand.
LEGO in action
Stop motion animation
Directed by Chris Bluthardt
Making music with PS2
Found this little demo on Youtube – apart for some glitches here and there, why not
“this is just a test to see if i can make my playstation into a midi master. it seems to work but there is a few glitches too,
its synced with my midi gameboy SP running LSDJ
arduino based.”
Voltage Influence in action
A quick video showing the Voltage Influence in action. The VILFO on the left is sent to the volt/octave input of a dot com oscillator playing a triangle wave. A second VILFO (on the right) is routed to the “Influence Control Voltage” input of the VILFO on the left. Only the VILFO on the left is controlling the oscillator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1locKQDdnQ&feature=player_embedded
The first public showing of the Pittsburgh Modular Confluence Voltage Influenced LFO was Wednesday. Soy Sos came over and ran the module through it’s paces. He had a few great suggestions and pointed out a few necessary improvements. I spent last evening modifying the module and feel pretty good about it.
After updating the schematic to match the prototype, I built a 2nd module to confirm the schematic is correct. Can’t wait to patch both of these up.
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