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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Free Ableton Live Instruments from AfroDJMac
I'd been meaning to post about this awhile back when he first contacted me about it and somehow forgot about it, but in case you haven't seen it elsewhere, artist AfroDJMac has been releasing a free Ableton Live Instrument Rack a week of various unusual instruments. This week's selection was a sound created by striking a dinner plate with a wooden spoon.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Wilhelm Scream
Having worked in video editing and being a bit of a film buff, I'd long known about the industry "in joke" known as the Wilhelm Scream. But if you've never heard of it before, check out this video and you'll notice it EVERYWHERE. Basically, it's a stock sound of a man screaming that has appeared in literally hundreds of films. Synthtopia, has my favorite description, though, referring to it as "the Amen break of cinema."
[via Synthtopia]
Piano Undergoes "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
TORTURED PIANO from tim prebble on Vimeo.
Saw this posted over on MusicOfSound, a fantastic sound design/film sound blog and thought it might be up the alley of my readers. May cause piano players to cry.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Listen to Royksopp's Remix of Depeche Mode's Puppets
As any of you Mode-o-philes out there probably already know, Depeche Mode is releasing an album of remixes of their hits throughout the years. The collection includes remixes from former Depeche Mode members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder, as well as Eric Prydz and other big names. Pitchfork has Royksopp's extremely creative remix of 1981's "Puppets" available to stream and they more or less turn it into an entirely new track by placing the vocal in a very different context. The album will be released on June 7th.[via Pitchfork]
Wolfram Alpha Releases Wolfram Tones
You may already be familiar with Wolfram Alpha, the so-called "computational knowledge engine", which allows you to ask full questions, solve math problems, etc. Now they've released Wolfram Tones, which uses mathematical formulas and cellular automata to create entirely new pieces of music. Users have control over the style of music, instrumentation, and a handful of other parameters, then Wolfram Tones takes care of the rest. If you like the results, you can download the new composition as a ringtone. The results still sound like something generated by a computer, but it's an interesting bit of technology to be sure!
Friday, April 22, 2011
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