We’ve been posting a lot lately – here’s a quick digest of the top posts from the last week, in case you missed them:

• Florian Schneider Leaves Kraftwerk
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in Electronic Musicians – Comments: (13)
  Florian Schneider, co-founder of German electronica band Kraftwerk, has officially quit the band, leaving Ralf Hütter as the only remaining original member.
• Brian Eno Compares Gaza Situation To Holocaust
  Posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 in Music Videos – Comments: (12)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWsv4-_UX4g
  Brian Eno spoke out against the Gaza situation at the Stop Gaza Massacre protest, London Saturday 3 January 09. Here’s his summary of his comments.
• Microsoft Songsmith Makes Everybody A Composer
  Posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Software Effects & Audio Processors – Comments: (9)

  Microsoft’s Songsmith is an app that is designed to let you makes songs by singing into your Windows computer. Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice.

• The Elektron Machinedrum
  Posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 in Drum Machines & Groove Boxes – Comments: (8)
  http://www.vimeo.com/2703579
  Elektron’s Machinedrum SPS-1 is a state of the art drum machine and drum synthesizer.
• Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in Keyboard Synthesizers – Comments: (7)

  The Prophet VS is a synthesizer released in 1986 by Dave Smith’s Sequential Circuits. The Prophet VS introduced Vector Synthesis – two dimensional crossfading between waveforms.

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