The Atari STe – Still The World’s Tightest Music Computer?

Hexfix93 (Velvet Acid Christ) has been doing some tests, trying to figure out which computer/sequencer combination is the tightest for doing electronic music. He tested sequencers by sequencing a series of 16th notes, recording the output, viewing it in an audio editor and checking how much the 16th notes deviated from where they should be.… Read More The Atari STe – Still The World’s Tightest Music Computer?

WTF? A New Digital Music Synthesizer For The Apple II! With Banjo!!

8BitWeapon has announced a new Apple II Digital Music Synthesizer: The DMS is the only wavetable synthesizer for the Apple //e, IIc, and IIc+ computers that is suitable for performance use. It supports up to 8 voices, which can be selected from the 10 on disk, and played (monophonically) from the Apple II keyboard. It… Read More WTF? A New Digital Music Synthesizer For The Apple II! With Banjo!!

The 12Step Program For Music Sequencing

This video demos 12Step – a neural sequencer developed by Ted Hayes at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) for New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME). Software used: Puredata 0.41.4-extended, Ableton Live 8, Native Instruments Akoustik Piano. via Tedb0t: first iteration of software model with manual (software) input, demonstrating high-weight selection, multiple concurrent sequences, weight randomization… Read More The 12Step Program For Music Sequencing