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After two posts about the digital revolution, I feel it is about time to show you that good old analogue is still alive and kicking. Buchla and Associates for instance, the makers of modular system 200. A machine that looks like lieutenant Uhura's workspace and comes with a hefty pricetag well above $10,000. Check out what it sounds like here:

More on Buchla here:

http://www.buchla.com/series200e.html

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Side by Side is a documentary by Keanu Reeves and Justin Szlasa about the huge impact of digital technology in filmmaking. Premiere will be at Berlinale

http://sidebysidethemovie.com/

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This is a documentary by House of Radon from Stockholm about the many opportunities in creative expression which the digital revolution has provided us with in a very short period of time.

I am not posting this movie to get everyone yet again super excited about infinite possibilities. I am more inclined to agree with Andrew Keen and Christopher Weingarten who both talk about a real danger in a so called democratized culture (not to be confused with democracy in political terms), where everything is determined by a number of clicks, that we will eventually drown in mediocrity.

Or as Weingarten points out: "Everything is a constant stream of hype and backlash. All those hyped bands everybody was talking about two years ago on the internet. Where the fuck are they? Who cares..?"

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This video is based on a presentation first given at Canadian Music Week's Global Forum in March of 2011. (by fastgirlfilms)

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This is pretty wild stuff...

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This is a glossy new video with two guys claiming that their new piece of software, aptly named Juke Bot, frees you from worrying about your filmmusic in your video, which according to them is a complete pain in the arse anyway.

So they show off what it does and we learn that a colour and tempo detection is all you need to find perfect music. To me, it came as quite a surprise when I also learned that the detection of many animals (which can only be horses by the way) leads to the conclusion that we are dealing with a documentary. Poor John Ford..

As always this is all about efficiency and greed, maybe. Save your money for nerdy composers, who according to this video apparantly never come up with anything which is even remotely close to your vision, and have a hassle free life instead ever after. All you need to worry about in the future will be those darned horses and the colours of your video, maybe...

What's wrong with leaving music supervision, music placement and composition to humans? After all we are the ones who have to bear the results, not the bots.

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Adam Stern discusses various composers in this great series of podcasts.

http://seattlephil.org/podcast/

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In 1978 I could sit down and watch this inlay cover for hours whilst listening to music. Hard to imagine these days with mp3s and zip files. Some things are gone forever.

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A collaborative project of 30 independent visual and audio designers.

http://cargocollective.com/resonance

<p>RESONANCE from Resonance on Vimeo.</p>

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For those of you who are not particularly keen on sound design skip to 2:51. That's where the fun starts...

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"Never, in all our history of popular music, has there been such a plethora of composers - professional, amateur, alleged - as we have today. Responsible, of course, are those two fresh hotbeds, the coniferous cinema and the radio.

The merciless ether - by unceasing plugging - has cut down the life of a popular song to but a few weeks, with the result that anyone who thinks he can carry a tune - even if it's nowhere in particular - nowadays takes a 'shot' at music-making."

George Gershwin, ranting in the New York World Sunday Magazine, May, 1930.

New technologies first scare the hell out of some people. And then, after a while, everything seems to settle again...hopefully.

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via brandeins.de

Please click here to read the article.

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VibeDeck is a new digital music distribution platform including widgets for Facebook and websites plus payments via Paypal.

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A great collection of articles and essays (2000 - 2010) reflecting on the "cinematization" of music and sound design in video games. The book is available at Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1658613

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Oh man, going to bed every day at 9pm...

(click on pic to read article)

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Not exactly the kind of specs to raise eyebrows by todays standards. But look what I found on the back of a record sleeve of a Frankie Goes To Hollywood 12". They managed to produce massive hits with such a box and were so impressed by the figures that they boasted about it in the artwork. Still imagine what could be done with 38megs. Food for thought...

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Actually, the machine mentioned was a Synclavier. It's not yet out as an app (see my last post about the Fairlight) and it cost about as much as a nice flat or a small house back in the 80s.

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A must have for the synth and sampler connaisseur. Also quite affordable, compared to the original Fairlight CMI Series II which had a very distinct six figure pricetag in the 80s.

I am waiting for the Trevor Horn app. to go with this...

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I found this in noise jockey's blog. This is so true, and certainly not only when it comes to game sound. (Click on the pic to read the full article).

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Audio Stage is a new software for generating a sound ambience which can be exported in various formats (stereo, surround). The approach is more visual than in standard DAWs. There is a free "lite version" which can be downloaded on their website.

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