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Music technology

November 12, 2013

Music technology is forever evolving. From vintage synthesizers to the latest apps, artists often say they are influenced by innovative gear, software, and environments that shape the music they make.

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Music technology is forever evolving. From vintage synthesizers to the latest apps, artists often say they are influenced by innovative gear, software, and environments that shape the music they make.

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Spectrum

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Two worlds: software emulation

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Desert sounds

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It's flat and it's funky

SoundPrism is a mobile music app, developed by Audanika - a bunch of academics who met at the Fraunhofer Institute. It looks like nothing more than a flat screen of colorful squares. But it's a whole lot more as Sebastian Dittmann told me.
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Review: music apps

There's a wealth of powerful music apps for mobile devices - which make the most of the technology?
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Analog synthesis and Other Places

Analog synthesis - the science and technology behind analog synthesizers - has shaped the way we hear the world. It's an old technology that's still firmly linked with the future. Mathew Watson is an Australian drummer and producer who's composed an entire album with just one machine, a 1972 EMS Aks synthesizer, and his drum kit.
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Tone deaf? No problem!

A Swedish app is making it possible for people with no musical ear to make music.
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Ghost Capsules on digital music tech

The Vienna-based electro quartet, Ghost Capsules, love their analog tech. But they also use soft synths, laptops and controllers like the Novation Lanchpad. Problem is they've found the technology needs a lot of warming up...
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Multitracking on the go

DW takes a look at Auria and Cubasis, two digital audio workstations that will fit in a handbag.
June 13, 2013

Do-it-yourself synths

Musicians and engineers are increasingly building their own synthesizers.
April 4, 2013
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