Touchscreens seem set to take off in a big way this year, but we’re actually not far from moving beyond the touchscreen already. This demonstration of interactive projection illustrates some gaming potential, but it could equally be applied to music controllers…
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Music Technology Posts from January, 2010
Touchable Projections For More Control
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Four Golden Rules Of Mixing
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Although every mixing project is different, there are a few techniques that producers tend to use all the time, regardless of whether the music is throat singing, ska punk, disco thrash, ambient foot squeaking or armadillo cajon rock…
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Facing The Music With 30 Seconds To Mars
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010There’s always a new way to engage with your audience, and putting them on your album cover is a good example of how a simple idea can generate a lot of positive publicity. This is exactly what 30 Seconds to Mars have done with their latest album…
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114 Free Plugins For Your DAW
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010It’s a whole new music-making year, and what better way to get started than with a batch of free audio mangling goodies. This is a perfect opportunity to combine two mega sources of free VST and AU plugins…
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Digital Music Jargon Explained – Aliasing
Friday, January 8th, 2010The fourth installment of this series covers the topic of aliasing, and the Nyquist Theorem. This follows on from the previous posts which covered FFT, oversampling and dithering…
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Music Memes – Nora The Cat
Monday, January 4th, 2010The Internet can be a powerful promotional tool, and the viral music video is something of a holy grail for independent musicians and major label acts alike. However, it is very difficult to manufacture something as compelling as a cat playing the piano…
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