"You can hear the cheers from the old Tiger Stadium, you can hear the water running at Belle Isle ... you can hear the personality of each and every producer.”
Techno original Sean Tate, aka The Butcher, has died.
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ALT Pixellated still from the music video for "A Matter of Creation" by Sean Tate; video by Aconite. In vertical colored lines of pixels a woman covers her face with her hand.
. @Resolume 7.28 uses vision to let you play with intelligent live effects and blends. It's a beautiful example of how that vision tech can become expressive and creative.
cdm.link/resolume-7-28-compu…
And about computer vision and MCPs... ;)
ALT Amelie, wearing an Avenue hoodie and Sennheiser cans, in front of an animated background -- both visually separated with human segmentation of the image and with live effects on the background.
Elektron is halting the sharing of mods and hacks on its forums; official comments:
cdm.link/elektron-on-hacks-a…
They explicitly say they have no issue with the Machinedrum X (MDX) firmware, for example, but also cite a rise in AI-assisted hacking. Details.
Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani's 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free.
Follow along on hardware or @vcvrack -- total access for everybody, with examples.
cdm.link/suzanne-ciani-1976-…
ALT Hand-drawn Buchla diagram from Suzanne, featuring spatial placement, S&H circuit, 2-stage sequencer.
ALT Big vintage Buchla setup with VU meters along the top, red and blue knobs, vertical faders, patch points.
ALT Visual diagram of signal flow in illustrated Buchla system.
Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid, A Winged Victory for the Sullen) has an album out today, building on his collaboration with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Adam talks with us about what it meant to work on this one -- and to bring back Jóhann's presence.
cdm.link/adam-wiltzie-johann…
ALT Polaroid image: Jóhann and Adam, side by side, as Adam reaches out over a large console mixer.
MOTU's DP gets a big upgrade -- and it looks great for Atmos delivery (including to streaming) and post-production, plus has a boatload of new usability features. @motutechcdm.link/motu-dp12-arrives-a…
ALT MOTU 3D PANNER with Dolby Atmos logo, 3D visualizations, outputs.
ALT MOTU DAW window showing overview, color-coded tracks, and Arrangement Strip at the top, visible with Markers.
ALT Big 'ol cute white cable spaghetti patch full of ALM/Busy Ciruits modules, including Stem Ripper and With Mixer for recording and mixing -- With mixer showing 8 channel levels on a compact display.
ALT Stem Ripper with eight inputs, big red record button, SD card slot.
ALT With Mixer featuring color display and meters, big 'ol knob, and CV inputs and aux sends, outputs, in stereo.
Kevin Saunderson teaches a free 909 workshop, online and in Detroit:
with @RolandGlobal -- can't wait to see what a new generation does with these machines.
cdm.link/kevin-saunderson-ro…
ALT Kevin Saunderson, young and with his arms outstretched, Detroit skyline in the background, as painted by Vaughn Taormina.
Dirtywave M8 has an official iOS app -- a great addition to mobile tracker apps. @DirtyWaveMusic this looks sweet. 1st look:
cdm.link/dirtywave-m8-ios/
Plus, a new tracker from the maker of @nanoloop, too, also on iOS (Android promised). And some other tips for other platforms.
ALT Screenshot from iOS version, showing waveform and classic M8 UI.
ALT M8 hardware from Dirtywave, viewed at an angle, with tracker display on the color TFT, plus big numeric key-style keycaps, all in black.
Scales are among the updates to the free @ardourdaw — with tuning on the way. What's in 9.8, and thoughts on how scales and tuning might evolve:
cdm.link/ardour-9-8-scales-a…
ALT Early Scale Editor screenshot, hovering over MIDI piano roll view with automation. Shows current scale, Tuning System (Twelve Tone), key and mode, Remove Scale option, and a circular visualization of scale steps.
Amidst the flood of one-person DAWs out there, Septabee is pure lunacy -- “violently unfinished” early-access software with microtuning, SF2, unlimited oscillators, and a lot of "pomegranates" -- graphical nodes.
Free on Linux and Windows.
cdm.link/septabee-is-here/
ALT The node-based Septabee interface in action, motion blur effect visible, as glowing circular orbs connected by patch cords float above waveform and waveshape views, an envelope, and a track view.
ALT Septabee logo in 3D colored type, a giant pomegranate node floating in space, a bit of a screenshot, a black-and-white checkerboard surface, and a giant lo-poly bee, of course.
Story is back; it was temporarily offline while I (ducking into a meeting) added clarifications about what we know and don't know (though not knowing what the heck this is is part of the fun...)