Andre Michelle created this gorgeous virtual Tenori On, ToneMatrix. Michelle describes ToneMatrix as a “Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16 step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.” Give it a try and let me know what you think! via MusicOfSound
It looks like VintageSynth.com may have bitten the dust. This morning, it return the message “This site has been suspended.” I’d be very sad to see Vintage Synth Explorer go – it’s one of the older synth sites on the Net. If you’ve got any info on this, leave a comment! Update: They’re back online!… Read More What Happened To Vintage Synth Explorer?
Band Metrics is a new web service designed to let you track and understand how your music is being promoted and used online: RRW’s Richard MacManus notes: Musicians will be able to get metrics showing them who’s listening to, sharing and talking about their music across various social networking and blog sites. A recent blog… Read More Band Metrics – A Web Analytics Service For Bands
Tom Whitwell has announced that he’s pulling the plug on the Music Thing blog: Four years ago, I had a job editing laddish lifestyle magazines funded by the National Health Service. It was a great job, great people, and not very time-consuming. So, at work and at home I started writing Music Thing. To my… Read More Music Thing Calls it Quits
In the last twenty-five years, the music industry’s loudness wars has led labels to record, produce and broadcast music at progressively increasing levels of overall loudness. The video above highlights the effects of over-compression to make “louder” records. Turn Me Up! is a non-profit music industry organization campaigning to give artists back the choice to release more dynamic records:… Read More Fighting The “Loudness Wars”
Synthtopia’s traffic has grown tremendously in 2008, and one of the reasons is all the links and referrals from other great sites. If you’ve linked to us in the past, thanks! Here’s a special thanks, too, for the top 10 sites that sent traffic our way in 2008: theninhotline.net podcastingnews.com nav.440network.com metasonix.com blog.makezine.com createdigitalmusic.com twitter.com… Read More Thanks For The Links In 2008
2008 was a great year for electronic music fans, and one of the reasons why is the growing number of major electronic musicians that blog. Here are five electronic musicians that had great blogs in 2008: Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails blog was probably the most influential electronic musician’s blog of 2009. Reznor, more than… Read More Five Great Electronic Musician’s Blogs Of 2008
Minimum Noise is a startup site that promises to bring the idea of “crowdsourcing” to music. The idea of crowdsourcing is that the more people you have access to, the better the results can be. Whether this is a valid concept or will work for music remains to be seen. In this day and age,… Read More Minimum Noise Brings “Crowdsourcing” To Music Production
Electronic music blog Califaudio is celebrating its 1 year birthday – so here’s our birthday present: If you haven’t checked Califaudio out yet, you’re missing out on a lot of interesting posts about things like musical instruments, recording equipment, sound gear, software + plug-ins, synths, sound effects, concert reviews, the music industry, circuit bending, diy and music visualizers. And you’re also missing out… Read More Happy Birthday, Califaudio
There’s a comprehensive list of 200 digital music startups from 2008 at Music:)ally. I was amazed at the fact that there were that many digital music startups, and almost as amazed that so many of them were so forgettable. The most forgettable may be Total Pop Star – an online talent contest where users uploaded their performance videos… Read More 200 Digital Music Startups of 2008
