Visual Music: Aaron Koblin and Meyers’ Visual Compositions, Eyebeam Call Due Today

This post, by definition, overlaps with the worlds of Create Digital Music and Create Digital Motion, so I’m cross-posting — absolutely not one you want to miss, both because of the event in New York, and because the landscape of works here engages issues about which readers here I know are passionate. Music and visuals are each themselves endless wells of potential; put them together, and “infinite possibility” probably isn’t an overstatement. [...]

Waves Audio Addresses Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringements

Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, announces that the company recently won one lawsuit and had a defendant admit liability in a second lawsuit regarding intellectual property infringements and the illegal use of its software. The two studios named were New York City-based Reckless Music, LLC, [...]

Lilypond: Free, Beautiful Music Notation Engraving for Anyone

Quick: you need to produce a music score. It needs to look really great. [...]

LA, NY: Learn Control + Interfacing with OSC, Arduino, Pd, Processing

Joshue Ott’s Multidraw in action, as an Apple mobile provides wireless, collaborative drawing for anyone. Today, iPhone/iPod touch/iPad, but tomorrow, more computers and devices will be supported. [...]

Worldwide Busking Event Turns Street Music into School-Building Power for Zambia

Could busking – street music performance – be a tool for social change? It’s an idea I’ve heard artists mull [...]

Akai APC20 Ableton Controller: Get Half an APC40, or an APC and a Half

Ableton Live-specific controllers just got another addition. You probably could have guessed this would come out, following the APC40 and Novation’s grid-only Launchpad last year, but the Akai APC20 is the new, smaller sibling to Akai’s APC40. [...]

NAMM 2010 Preview, and Beyond: Get Your Latest Music Tech News Here

NAMM, the trade group that includes music manufacturers and vendors, holds its flagship conference every January in Anaheim, California. It’s the biggest music trade show in the world, and even the biggest trade show of the year in Anaheim, home to Disneyland. But, of course, we’re about more than just pre-packaged industry news. [...]

Middle Atlantic Products Promotes Mike Baker to President

Middle Atlantic Products in Fairfield, N.J., has promoted Mike Baker to be its new president. Company founder Bob Schluter will continue as chief engineer and CEO. These changes are the latest steps to ensure that the company continues to respond ever more effectively to customer and marketplace [...]

Telefunken Introduces R-F-T AR-51 Tube Microphone

At this week’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., Telefunken Elektroakustik introduces its new AR-51 large diaphragm tube condenser microphone. The AR-51 is Telefunken’s latest addition to its affordably priced R-F-T line of tube [...]

Monster Introduces Beats Spin Professional Headphones

Monster, a leader in audio/video accessories, and Beats by Dr. Dre, co-founded by legendary artist and producer Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine, announce Beats by Dr. [...]