Controller Synth 

Haken Audio – Eagan Matrix + Continuum Fingerboard making the controller even more expressive

Es gibt einen Test zum Continuum Fingerboard im aktuellen SynMag #41 dazu gibt es jetzt ein neues Zusatzpaket… there’s a new hardware and software addition to make the Continuum Fingerboard more expressive and dynamic – the EaganMatrix – named after Ed(mund) Egan, who had several very musical demos up at Haken (sometimes using Kyma). but this one is sort of everything – sound generator – expansion and more .. here’s the musical explanation – listen!: the details and screenshots : Haken Audio | Nov2013. and the hardware box: even more important –…

Event 

Shiny Toys 2013 – Audiovisual Festival (Part 1/2), Mülheim, Germany

Impressions -Shiny Toys – Mühlheim / Germany (first day) „make the most of simple things“… see Simon Moritz Geist’s mechanical MR808, and Details plus mechanical Bassline and Gameboy Nanoloop Trans Human triggered beats by blood drops on a morror.. (yes!) Pencil Quincy with Digger Barnes – nice and cute self made very analogue show – turntables, cell phone, and a lot of paper and lights.. Raumzeitpiraten – very cool also analog light show – strange looking chemical equipement etc.. very cool HipHop-IDM Show by Valance Drakes and IDM from Generate..…

SPL launch 2 Audio Interfaces / Converters

Well known for fine outboard gear and some cool plugins like the Attacker and Transient Tool – they made it into the USB – Audio World – it’s 2 interfaces in 2 formats: the one below – Madison features 16 AD and 16 DA converters in 1U Superb sounding converters with a sophisticated analog section on 36 V audio rails +24 dBu professional output level Best price/performance value Up to 64 I/Os on 1 MADI port (4 units) Latency neutral MADI chaining 44.1 to 192 kHz, ±10% vari-speed SPL clock-shop for jitter-free operation…

NAMM 2013 IV – still some things to know – clever MIDI, Audio and ..

there have been quite a lot of interesting things at NAMM, see all the 2-3 pages of news – here’s a new Apple-Keyboard-kind of MINI USB Keyboard from CME with polyphonic Aftertouch and Dynamics for $99 .. also Behringer got a range of Mixers that also work as an audio interface in 4 sizes – as a small 19″ rack, a bigger one like the Yamaha 01V96 and the 2 X32 mixers with OLED displays for track names and full knob control – they are all iPad controllable as well…

Video & Audio Player – VLC media player neu (2.05) und WinAmp als Alternative Player zu iTunes und Mediaplayer

Mal wieder muss man nachdenken, ob nicht die klassischen Video-Abspieler ein wenig zu dick geworden sind. Bei dem einen sind sie ein aufgeblähter Shop mit Abspielfunktion (Mac/OS X), beim anderen dient das eigenbaute Abspieltool nicht einmal die Möglichkeit 24 Bit Audio abszuspielen (PC/Win). Deshalb ist grade frisch zum heutigen Update/Release der Version 2.05 die Arbeit mit dem VLC Player sicher eine Alternative. Diesen für beide Plattformen passenden Video und Audioplayer würde ich wegen seiner Open Source Natur den Vorzug zu geben. Er spielt auch OGG und andere Formate ab und kommt mit allen…

Event 

Shiny Toys – Nerdic Audiovisual Walking – Festival

just like to share some images from a nerdy festival, SHINY TOYS –in Mülheim, Germany, Ringlokschuppen 1) those spinning wheels are part of a sound installation, sound generators were added that react on the pulsing light coming from or through the wheels and created a granular sound 2) that tv thing is 4 rows of LEDs that rotate fast enough to create a picture – some old western and Bud Spencer movies work well on it ;) 3) Cicuit Bent Image Processor 4) Concerts of Hidden Technology and Spherical Disrupted 5)…