Monday June 22, 2009 Unlimited downloads the future of digital music distribution?
News aplenty on the digital distribution front this week. Not only has Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report report been published (the upshot being that the Government will step in if the piracy situation doesn’t improve), but Virgin and Universal have...
Thursday June 18, 2009 Timbaland Sued for Alleged SID Song Stealing
Here at CM we’ve keenly followed the case of the alleged similarities between Janne Suni’s SID-chip slammer (and winner of the Assembly 2000 Old Skool Music Competition) “Acidjazzed Evening” and the Timbaland-produced “Do It” by Nelly Furtado, which was...
Friday June 05, 2009 Indaba to take the online DAW to the next level
Online DAW and community Indaba is upgrading its Flash-based audio sequencer to a full-on, JavaFX-powered monster that will allow users to record directly to the online app, drag audio from their desktop, add effects and use pre-built loops to piece tracks...
Wednesday June 03, 2009 Computer Music 140 on sale – 200 Power Tips!
Computer Music 140, July issue, on sale now! 200 Power Tips, Uplifting Trance Masterclass, Super Furry Animals Producer Masterclass, 1040 Prime Loops samples and 1,955 CM Carnival samples, and much more! ...
WIN Ableton Suite 8, containing Ableton Live!
Enter CM140's competition and you could win Ableton Suite 8, with Ableton Live 8 for one runner up! ...
Wednesday May 27, 2009 Reaper 3 is here!
The excellent, affordable DAW Reaper has reached version 3, and it’s packed with new features including:
- An all-new MIDI editor that allows you to edit multiple tracks in a single window.
- Separate automation lanes for editing that can be collapsed...
Friday May 22, 2009 Terminator Salvation scored with Omnisphere
Here at CM we’re big fans of Spectrasonics’ awesome Omnisphere , and it looks like we’re not the only ones. Award winning composer Danny Elfman used the virtual instrument in the new movie Terminator Salvation , and you can read all about it on the ...
Thursday May 21, 2009 Generative music in your web browser with WolframTones
To the ardent computer musician, there's only one thing better than music made using computers and that's music made by computers. We're talkin' 'bout good old generative music software, of course, and lately we've been getting plenty of mileage out of ...
Tuesday May 19, 2009 Free samplepack from SoundsOnDemand.com
Samplepack website SoundsOnDemand (or “SOD” as they curiously prefer to be known) has recently reached a whopping 500 titles in their library, and are celebrating by making available a free “Jubilee” samplepack containing WAV and Kontakt format sounds....
Friday May 15, 2009 Get feedback from the pros!
Sample library publishers Loopmasters are giving you the chance to have your tracks heard and critiqued by professional producers. Run via a Facebook group Loopmaster’s Production Surgery will pick four tracks from those uploaded to Loopmaster’s...
Tuesday May 12, 2009 Your chance to compose the music for a hot new iPhone game
Aztec Odyssey is a new iPhone game, and the developers are looking for some appropriately upbeat, ethnic music for the first level, where the player help tribes people escape the destruction of Tenochtitlan by guiding their boat along a river.
You can see...
Monday May 11, 2009
Friday May 08, 2009 Unique Beats Festival comes to Edinburgh - workshops, performances and more!
Electronica-obsessed online community Unique Beats are soon to hold their first all-day festival at the Roxy Arthouse, Edinburgh. Taking place on Saturday 30 May 2009 between 12 noon and 11pm, the event will comprise product demonstrations and workshops,...
Thursday May 07, 2009 Real-life knobs on your monitor for under $500
Check out this crazy Brazilian and his amazing hardware controller / monitor set-up!
According to posts on KVR Audio the genius South American responsible is working on production models, which will apparently hit eBay in the third...
Computer Music 139 – The CM Guide to Ableton Live 8
Computer Music 139, June issue, on sale now! The CM Guide to Ableton Live 8, make money with your music, Michael Woods Producer Masterclass, 1,988 samples and Magix Samplitude 10 SE on the disc, and much more! ...
