Interview with Jean Jacques Perrey

Is that a sammich in his hand? Click here for more shots and links to the interview (links are on the left when you get there). Also, don't forget his first US tour; it starts this Sunday, that's tomorrow, in Seattle.

via Frederic

James Tenney RIP

"In American Music in the Twentieth Century, composer and music critic Kyle Gann wrote, .When John Cage, who studied with Schoenberg, was asked in 1989 whom he would study with if he were young today, he replied, 'James Tenney.''

A performer as well as a composer and theorist, Tenney was co-founder and conductor of the Tone Roads Chamber Ensemble in New York City (1963-70). He was a pioneer in the field of electronic and computer music, working with Max Mathews and others at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in the early 1960s to develop programs for computer sound-generation and composition. He has written works for a variety of media, both instrumental and electronic, many of them using alternative tuning systems.

Tenney is the author of articles on musical acoustics"

Title link takes you to James Tenney's bio. Via Peter Grenader on AH:
"I've just received word that an American music maverick and electronic music
poineer James Tenney has passed after a strident six month long battle with
cancer. He will be missed for his extraordinary contribution to 20th century
music, a career that spanned over over 50 years, and as one of the most
genuine and generous people in the field. A brief biography of Tenney can
be found at: link"

Midge Ure Talks MOOG on YouTube

Midge Ure of Ultravox. Love the accent and how he pronounces Moog. He talks about how they still used old synths at the time and at about 15 years old the Mini is somewhat of an antique. He states that you can't get synths like this anymore. Little did he know the Voyager would be coming. Pretty cool. The Minimoog provided the bass for Vienna. via Frederic. YouTube via playthatbeat.

Dave Wright Speak n' Math Vactrol Demo on YouTube

via Frederic. YouTube by DrRek.

modulation analog and modern on YouTube

Update: if the video below does not work, go here.



via Frederic. YouTube via mikbj.

Modular Synthersizer Attacks on YouTube

Embedding is disabled on this one, so you'll have to click through to get to the video.

via Frederic

Chrome by Feraillus

Remember this Elektron Monomachine track? Title link takes you to the full EP available for download (track links on the top right when you get there). Great showcase of the Monomachine and great tracks in general.

Behind MiniMusic's BeatPad

I absolutely love MiniMusic's BeatPad. You can see some of my previous posts on BeatPad here. Here's a post of BeatPad driving a Moog Voyager and Roland TR-909.

Simon Gatrall sent the following to AH. It's great to know where the design came from.

"I based the analog line portion on the EML 400, and the drum portion on an X0X style machine. I designed Beatpad and Minimusic did the coding/support/etc.

I have a prototype of the "analog" portion of the sequencer built in Max, but it doesn't have the same pattern storage tools or the start point changing.

Some day I'd like to reproduce or expand on the concept for a Mac based version.

I also ran a company called Swivel Systems which developed a General MIDI add on for earlier Palms, but I have to say that the concept of Beatpad was what got me started with the whole thing."

Cheers to Simon and MiniMusic for creating such a cool piece of software. Now we just need a Mac and PC version for the tablet. Title link takes you to MiniMusic.

Moogerfooger1 - New Flickr Shot

flickr by GeschnittenBrot.

M-Audio Unniversity

"Welcome to M-Audio University. M-Audio University offers free online classes and tutorials that help you get the most out of your M-Audio gear. Learn software and studio tips and tricks from the experts. Tuition is free with a simple registration. M-Audio University is pleased to present the following classes and tutorials at this time[Ableton Live, General Audio and Recording, Pro Tools M-Powered 7]. New materials are being added continually, so be sure to check back often."

Pretty cool. Title link takes you there.