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Roll Your Own Software Guitar Effects

oneoverphi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:59:10 +0000

Here are great tutorials on building your own software guitar effects with MaxMSP (Tutorial #1, Tutorial #2). For those who don’t know MaxMSP is an incarnation of Max, the multimedia development environment. Max was rolled out by Cycling ’74. MSP is a set of modules designed for real-time audio processing, check out the overview here. MaxMSP is a bit pricy for the hobbyist but there is a 30 day demo version available for you to play with. You might find that you like it enough to shell out.

Great Articles on Home Recording

oneoverphi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:28:10 +0000

Like many musicians today, I have a modest home studio that I record in. Always keen to improve my recording skills, I was glad to stumble upon HomeTracked.com. It is a great blog maintained by Des McKinney which has lots of tips and tricks for getting the most out of your equipment, performance, and time. When the novice first embarks on the long trek of cutting demos, mastering the bewildering array of tools and techniques seems insurmountable. It’s nice to know there’s help to get you recording on the right track (he-he), and HomeTracked does an admirable job of this. Even if you’re an old hat at home studio recording you could pick up a new tip or two. Remember: Learning is a lifelong process.

www.HomeTracked.com

Get some great deals on recording equipment.

Microsoft Songsmith Commercial Wreaks Havoc on Psyche

oneoverphi — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:03:04 +0000

I don’t know what to say, but I do know that when I watched this I died a little inside. You best see for yourself.

Mouse Around With Strings

oneoverphi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:40:57 +0000

Looking for for some musical play? Contrapunctus Variations is an awesome way to waste time on the internet. You get to compose ditties with mouse gestures for a string quartet. It’s pretty easy to use, my only qualm is that it’s a bit confusing as to what is going on, making it hard to control. Still, the chaotic nature leads to some gems, little snippets of musical goodness that float up so that you may snatch them. Try it out, you may get inspired or may find the basis for a full song,

Ancient Computer Tunes

oneoverphi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:02:21 +0000

BBC has a writeup on the oldest known music produced by a computer. My how far we’ve come.

During the session, the temperamental machine managed to work its way through Baa Baa Black Sheep, God Save the King and part of In the Mood.

Following one aborted attempt, a laughing presenter says: “The machine’s obviously not in the mood.”