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Chip on the Go: SID Player for iPod Touch, iPhone Plays C64 Tunes, Says Something 6 Jan 2009, 3:20 am

One chip to rule them all: over a quarter century later, the sounds of this chip are reborn in the newest mobile devices. Photo (CC) Dejdżer / Digga.Take a look at the long view of history, and the Commodore 64 fares nicely. It remains the most popular computer of all time. And this newfangled [...]

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Korg DS-10 in Ensemble Jams 6 Jan 2009, 2:24 am

The Nintendo mobile is a solo instrument no more. Lovers of the Korg DS-10 cartridge for the Nintendo DS handheld are making their own ensembles. And one such trio is a selection of who’s who in Japanese game music.The Korg DS Trio performed a celebrity concert after the Tokyo Game Show. GameSetWatch has an extensive [...]

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Interactive Audio Folks Converge at GDC: IASIG Meetup 5 Jan 2009, 7:09 pm

Photo: Ben Hanbury, from a very cool BBC event. Sort of sums up game audio, this.For one area in which forward-thinking digital music types are doing innovative work in game and interactive audio, look no further than the Interactive Audio SIG. They’re doing really interesting stuff in looking at how tools can support future [...]

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Audio, Music Gems from the Upcoming Game Developer Conference 5 Jan 2009, 4:22 pm

Music for mashing buttons to. Photo (CC) Jon Jordan, Pocket Gamer.Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that, as far as the conference calendar for 2009 goes, some of the most interesting discussions about audio, composition, and technology are happening at a game developer conference.The terrific GameSetWatch “alt.video game” blog has a nice overview [...]

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Resolution 09: Touch Sequencing Video Tutorial with Ableton Live, BigSeq, iPod 2 Jan 2009, 9:07 pm

chromedecay studio look: TouchOSC with Ableton Live and BigSeq from chromedecay on Vimeo.New Year’s Resolution: do cool new stuff. In celebration of the coming of 2009, I’ve got a set of tutorials to post here on createdigitalmusic and createdigitalmotion, so you can get a jump start on the new year by [...]

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Intimate Control: Multi-Touch, New Models, and What 2009 is Really About 31 Dec 2008, 6:38 pm

Multitouch Prototype 2 from Randy Jones on Vimeo.2008 has been an amazing year for music technology. But I can’t bring myself to look back on it on this New Year’s Eve: not when there’s so much to look forward to in 2009. Case in point? An extraordinary, innovative new controller that [...]

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Call for Works, Mark Your Calendar: Handmade Music, 1/15 in Brooklyn, Beyond 31 Dec 2008, 6:38 pm

  It’s the next New York’s DIY music tech party, presented by CDM with Etsy.com, Make, and XLR8R.com, and now sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon!Handmade Music is now a monthly affair at the wonderful 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, and increasingly, I want to work on adding an online, virtual component for the rest of [...]

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MidiDuino Preview: Polyrhythmic Drum Machines and Arduino-Friendly MIDI Libraries 29 Dec 2008, 7:00 pm

Sophisticated drumming is here. Practice your polyrhythmic ideas, folks. Image: Julián Rodriguez Orihuela.DIY lovers and drum machine nuts alike should be very excited by what our friend Wesen has been up to lately. Working on his projects MidiCommand and MonoJoystick, two hackable boutique music hardware gadgets for MIDI control and joystick manipulation of MachineDrum, [...]

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All Christmas Music, Boiled Down to Sixteen Droning Singles 29 Dec 2008, 6:38 pm

  Move over, Manchester Boys Choir. A computer can allow you to hear the digitally-reduced essence of all of these songs at once. Album image from Jacob Whittaker, who also offers some videos.It’s an old piece (Christmas 2004), but if you find your ears are ringing with retailers playing Christmas tracks on endless loop for [...]

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Spacedog Sleigh Ride: Robotic Bell Rig Chimes in the Holidays with Prokofiev 26 Dec 2008, 5:43 pm

We’re in the middle of a snowstorm of holidays (most definitely plural), and, for many of you, possibly also a snowstorm of snow. So, gather by the fire with your robotic DIY carillon and bask in the warm glow of gorgeous, chimey Prokofiev. What? Haven’t got a DIY bell-playing construction of your own? It’s not [...]

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