music

Animoog, Moog’s First iPad Synth, in Videos and Instrumental Use

Posted by October 24, 2011


I haven’t posted much music software/hardware stuff since I stopped playing keyboards for Diagonals a few years back, possibly due to burnout but more likely due to my building infatuation with indie games.

Peter Kern has a good roundup and a little editorializing about the Moog iPad synth Animoog which is currently only 99 cents on the app store. This is an amazing piece of software, and even at its full price of $30, it’s a steal. Peter has a funny habit of (the more incredible and accessible it gets) bellyaching about iOS stuff even when he’s acknowledging it’s awesome. He’s a tinkerer so he skews towards android, and he’s a gearhead, so he lusts after enormous banks of physical knobs. I understand his need for physical controls in music though, and I hope that Animoog opens up it’s midi control to include MidiCC or maybe even gets some OSC control in there. Right now it has note on/off and that’s it.

Animoog, Moog’s First iPad Synth, in Videos and Instrumental Use.

Original Oramics Synth found in a French Barn + Oramics iPhone app

Posted by August 17, 2011

Engadget reports that one of Daphne Oram‘s long lost proto-synthesizers has been found in a barn in France, and helpfully points us to a neat Oramics iPhone app.

Flavorwire » Daily Dose Pick: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits

Posted by April 29, 2011

Cave (not to be confused with the musician of the same name) draws from sources as varied as African ceremonial costumes, Tibetan textiles, and pop-culture creatures. His elaborate suits aren’t just objects pegged to a pedestal; they’re meant to be worn, vitalized through movement and the sounds they make. In fact, the dance-trained artist is working toward a 90-suit performance that he’ll take around the world.

Flavorwire » Daily Dose Pick: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits.

Playdough

Posted by January 7, 2010
Cherubs - Playdough

Sonic Bed by Designer / Composer Kaffe Matthews

Posted by January 5, 2010

Kaffe Matthews, better known for making improvisational electronic music that involves manipulating violin to make it sound like an army of beetles is making a long slow meal of your brain, has designed a bed that contains a 12 channel sound system and a software interface that was designed for it. The intention here is to compose music specifically for the bed, and not just a prone version of the 70′s speaker-embedded egg chair.

Sonic Bed by Designer / Composer Kaffe Matthews.