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Cool Music Visualization

By oneoverphi

Go check out these visu­al­iza­tions of music by Matthias Dittrich. »

Musical Flash Gizmo Roundup

By oneoverphi

If you’re look­ing to kill some time and feed musi­cal cre­ativ­ity then click away dear readers. www​.ball​drop​pings​.com/​js/ — Sounds a lit­tle dirty, but it’s a fun pro­gram where you make lit­tle tunes by hav­ing bounc­ing balls strike lines that you draw in space with your cursor. www​.thep​ix​elplant​.net/​d​m​f​/​d​m​f​.​h​tml — Tinydrum3.0 is a cute lit­tle sequencer. Try the ran­dom set­ting to get some... »

Get Started Building Your Own Instrument

By oneoverphi

It’s time to pull out your tools. Sharpen your chis­els and your mind for build­ing your own instru­ment. You’ll be rewarded with more than sat­is­fac­tion of a job well done, you will also get the gift of music. I’ve rounded up some links to get you started. Musicmaker’s Kits — An awe­some place for harp, dul­cimer, banjo,... »

Guitar Hero: Good? Evil?

By oneoverphi

Just think­ing on my pre­vi­ous post, opin­ion on the rel­a­tive value of Gui­tar Hero is quite var­ied among musi­cians. On the one hand you have some who vil­ify it and on the other hand you have those that praise it. While up the mid­dle is the “Relax, it’s just a game” crowd.  I used to play... »

Could Guitar Hero Be Coming to the Small Screen?

By oneoverphi

I can tell you from my own child­hood expe­ri­ence, hav­ing to watch other peo­ple play video games was one of the worst things you could do (“Is it my turn yet?”). That expe­ri­ence seems to have been for­got­ten by some peo­ple because it appears that Activi­sion Bliz­zard, the mak­ers of Gui­tar Hero, are con­sid­er­ing... »

Odd, Unusual, and Downright Weird Instrument Links

By oneoverphi

I’m a big fan of unusual and home­brew instru­ments. In fact I’m mak­ing a cajon (also known as a box drum) right now, which I’ll post a walk-through and plans for when I’m done. For all of you that share this inter­est in the DIY­ers that add to the musi­cal may­hem in the world, I’ve assem­bled some links... »

Musical Illusions Abound

By oneoverphi

New Sci­en­tist has some inter­est­ing audi­tory illu­sions on their web­site. It is part of a spe­cial issue on music they put out some time ago. Unfor­tu­nately you have to sub­scribe to read the con­tent, but the illu­sions are up for every­one to hear. Diana Deutsch, a psy­chol­ogy pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia acclaimed for her... »

Fun Music Flash Visualisation

By oneoverphi

Go check out the Whit­ney Music Box. It’s a lit­tle weird if you’re not used to hear­ing chro­matic music but a fun visu­al­i­sa­tion of music none-the-less. Wheel Music is another such visualisation. »

CBC Composing Contest">CBC Composing Contest

By oneoverphi

Where does the time go? I was lis­ten­ing to the CBC on the drive into work one morn­ing when I heard a mys­te­ri­ous ad for ‘Evo­lu­tion’. Well I bit and went to CBC​.ca/​e​v​o​l​u​t​ion. Turns out it is a con­test. A con­test whose dead­line is com­ing soon. Let me give you the run down: CBC is look­ing for com­posers to pro­mote. Five final­ists... »

Mouse Around With Strings

By oneoverphi

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,... »

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