NAMM: Extend - Introducing Max for Live

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions you've ever wanted. Go beyond the common and predictable, and transcend the limits that conventional tools impose. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. Join a society of makers and share ingenuity.

Max for Live was co-developed by Ableton and Cycling '74."

NAMM: Touch - Introducing the APC 40

YouTube via AbletonInc
"The APC40 (Ableton Performance Controller) is a dedicated controller for Ableton Live, designed by the same engineering team responsible for Akai's iconic MPC range of products. This is a dream come true for the Ableton Live community and an exciting first step into the world of Ableton Live for new users."

NAMM: Ableton Live in 60 seconds

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Who is Ableton? What is Ableton Live? What's so great about it anyway? Who uses Live? Why? All the answers are here, in this one-minute movie."

What's new in Ableton Live 8

"New in Ableton Live 8
Version 8 enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements."

NAMM: What's new in Operator?

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Operator, Ableton's renowned do-it-all synthesizer, has been given a major overhaul. We opened up the hood, took a long hard look inside and did some serious hot-rod stuff..."

HOBOscience MIDI Controller and Key_boardz

via HOBOscience
"This is an analog midi controller I made to control software built in MAX/MSP. It uses a MidiTron, a MIDI analog/digital I/O Interface connected to a computer with an M-audio Uno, a USB MIDI interface. This translates the analog messages to MIDI, readable by MAX/MSP.
This can be used to control any sort of MIDI device/program/message. I use it most to control a 8 step drum machine (below). It is set up as a glitch patch, the messages often getting crossed and the resulting audio having digital feedback and general unreliable glitchiness to it.

The controls on the instrument include 20 assignable potentiometers (knobs), 5 assignable photocells (at varying resistance), and a patch-bay allowing the user to decide which knobs or photocells are linked to which pin outs on the MidiTron (you can basically choose which knob (or light sensor) controls what function in your software, allowing you to change control over software parameters physically, without going into code.

Computers and programing can get a brother down, this is a physical answer to my digital pain."

Moog ModA

new pics added to the Moog Satellite Synthesizer ca. 1977 flickr set by echoplex.

Not sure what this mod is exactly.

tags do include filter and envelop

Update: label shot added below.

Minimoog Voyager Old School to be Discontinued

via Moog Music

Obama's inauguration speech - live mashup

YouTube via timexile. It does go somewhere.
"Most significant international events don't have a pre-warning but this one did, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to mash it up live with my live remix/mashup/improv machine which I made. It's all improvised using the BBC world service live web stream. Unfortunately the web stream flaked out at the beginning of his speech so I had to start part way in."

STEIM Cracklebox

via brian c

"Here's a picture of my "new" Steim cracklebox... This is unit 70 of 500 produced in a third run from STEIM dated 2005.

The build quality is much better than I expected, it has a finger jointed wooden box and a hinged top - cool

I'm gonna mic it so I can sample it and run it through some effects."

NAMM: Beat Kangz Winter Namm Show 2009

YouTube via BeatKangz. Audio demos here.
"It was a crazy Show filled with Surprises. We had a blast and thank everyone who help make this the hottest booth at Namm..... Special Thanks to Pintech Drums and Soul in the machine...."

Update:
Beat Kangz Beat Thang demo

"Yeah it's real.... It's gonna make Real hits too..... Here it is for tha world to see...... The 100% original Beat Thang."