wax&wires

What happens when a monome and bassoon make themselves a love child?

“Record” is here. I caught up with Gerry Basserman, Propheads’ director of North American Markets at the Reason Producer’s Conference this past Saturday to get a quick video snippet for you all.

Just looking at Teenage Engineering’s new “Portable Wonder,” the OP-1 is enough to make you want it… and then you find out what it can do…

Check out this video of a new type of interfacing for Cubase (and undoubtedly other DAWs soon enough).

MuteMath was on Leno last night with quite a few additional musicians, and down one trademark instrument. Paul’s keytar, the instrument that No Doubt tried to, and Mute Math did, make hip. Now you don’t have to hunt down a used Yamaha SHS-10 or Roland AX-7 on ebay to bring the funk.
At NAMM yesterday, Roland [...]

M-Audio released 25, 49, and 61 key Axiom Pros today that look very similar to the Novation controllers. So what’s the difference in your standard Axiom and the pro model?
1) It looks better. Check it out in the picture above. It’s much sleeker than the old clunky Axiom.2) Semi-weighted “TruTouch” keybed. I think TruTouch is [...]

MIDIimplant is an ultra-compact way of adding MIDI control to an analog synthesizer, converting the protocol to control voltage signals. Considering the size and functionality, it appears to be a pretty good deal @ about 100 bucks(80EUR) for those interested in adding digital control to a classic synth. [via makezine]
Check it out here.

Silicon Studios has developed a series of Midi controller apps to let you use your iPhone with your computer as a wireless midi controller.