Usine 5.17 update available (it’s 20%% faster!?) and ALL 200 “add-ons” have been set free!
Great news! Olivier Sens, the creator of (and fully 1/3rd of the development team for) Sensomusic Usine, has set all of the "add-ons" for this greatest of live-oriented, modular VST-hosting DAWs, free: "Good news for all Usine free Users: Get more than 200 Add-ons and ready-made patches for free. Just register on the ... read more.
Turn A $50 Bliptronic 5000 Into A Monome Controller [update: Bliptronome conversion kit for $68 USD]
The always-wonderful synthopia just posted this: "The monome 64 music controller sells for $500 and is only available in limited quantities, which has limited its adoption. This could change quickly, though. Stray Technologies’ Will Lindsay has created a working port of Arduinome 3.2 software, a Arduino-based monome clone, controlled by the $50 Bliptronic ... read more.
At long last: Sensomusic releases Usine 5.0, the most advanced live-oriented DAW in existence
First, to quote rekkerd.org (just because I like the site): Sensomusic has announced the release of Usine 5.0, a universal audio software especially designed for live or studio utilization. Usine is made by musicians and audio engineers to respond to their specific problems in a lot of domains like live sampling, effect ... read more.
Nintendo loses DS flash cart case in French court
Here’s a quick news flash from engadget: “According to a post on Maxconsole, a court in Paris has just dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nintendo over the use of flash carts on the DS. Apparently, the gamemaker was attempting to halt the use of ... read more.
Fujitsu LifeBook UH900: world’s smalled dual-touch UMPC
Fujitsu just announced that it's going to be selling a little 3.5G dual-touch gadget called the LifeBook UH900. Click through for the press release. 62GB SSD 5.6" touchscreen with a stylus 1280x800 screen resolution 500 grams, 8" x 4.2" x 0.94" Windows 7 compatible 1.6Ghz single-core Intel® Atom™ Z530 with HT Bluetooth Webcam and stereo mi 2.1+EDR 3 hour battery ... read more.
Stantum Slate PC beats everyone else to the punch: a proof-of-concept tablet made from a Dell Inspiron Mini 10
Liliputing has the scoop on this new project by Stantum, which I am under the impression is the R&D arm of Jazzmutant, makers of the brilliant but horrendously overprices Lemur, and though I'm still poking about for more info I just had to pass it along here: "The Stantum Slate PC ... read more.
NEC Android Tablet Rumor
Engadget has this picture of an NEC Android tablet. Now that looks like it's big enough and rugged enough to be a decent wireless MIDI/OSC customizable UI control surface. And being Android there's bound to be free or cheap homebrew apps already available. There's no info on whether it's multi-touch, ... read more.
Open Source Nintendo DS Bluetooth adapter
From the DIY site Make Magazine comes news about creating a homebrew, Open Source hardware Nintendo DS Bluetooth adapter. Gordan Savicic and Gottfried Haider of DSbrut fame have tipped us off that they've just released their DS Bluetooth adapter for the Nintendo DS. "Almost two years in the making, we're happy to ... read more.
TechCrunch list of all available Android phones
TechCrunch has a nice compilation of all of the Android phones that are now available or have at least been announced to the world. The list includes pictures and specs. The reason I'm passing this along to you is that a smartphone with a multi-touch screen and Bluetooth and homebrew Android applications ... read more.
A new version of Sensomusic Usine coming? (the live-oriented, modular DAW with custom touchscreen GUI mode)
[ Update October 4th, 2009... from the same thread as linked just below, Oliver says, " new ergonomic concept, -new design, -new engine, -new modules -etc." and that the new version will break backward compatibility with old projects, but probably not with patches.... but won't be coming for a few months... ok, end update ]__________________________________________________________ I just ... read more.
ZiiLABS Unveils ‘Shanzhai’ Marketing Program with New ZMS-05 System Module
The title of a new press release from Creative is "ZiiLABS Unveils 'Shanzhai' Marketing Program with New ZMS-05 System Module." Basically, the ZMS-05 looks to be the guts of the Zii Egg (see my post about that for details) without the screen and camera, so you can create whatever you want ... read more.
Creative’s Zii developer kit, Plaszma OS & Zii Egg gadget, Android to come
whyterabbyt, éminence grise of dialectics and perpatrator of the netlabel Viable Hybrid, home of my favorite FSU muppet, vurt, turned me on to what may be the holy grail of my recent personal obsession. How I overlooked this so long I don't know, but here's Creative's Zii: What has this got to ... read more.
$250 Open Source smartphone as wireless touchscreen MIDI controller, Linux or Android
In my Quixotic quest to find something to repurpose as a cheap, wireless, touchscreen MIDI control surface quite a while back I stumbled upon the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner, a special kind of smartphone. On their site's "about" page, they describe themselves thusly: "Openmoko is open. Open to life, desire, function, and simple beauty. ... read more.
“Archos 5 with Android” update #2
Here's a nice review by someone who's already got their hands on a 160 Gb version of the new Archos 5 with Android in a blog called Androidian. It's long and detailed and indispensible to anyone who is thinking of sinking money into becoming an early adopter. "It is also possible ... read more.
“Archos 5 with Android” update #1
Well, it seems that they've already jacked up the prices on the "Archos 5 with android" to $500 for the 500 GB version. Good news, though, is that apparently some companies can do some things right occasionally. That is not always the case. Archoslounge has announced a firmware update for it ... read more.
Can homebrew Bluetooth MIDI/OSC apps by installed in the Zune HD?
I can't say I was particularly paying attention to M$'s release of a the new Zune HD til this caught my eye: Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.1 Zune Extensions wrote: "This add-on for XNA Game Studio 3.1 adds the following functionality to the product: 1. The ability to target and develop for the ... read more.
Wacom releases 2-finger multi-touch Bamboo Touch HID
Well, speaking of Wacom apparently they just released a two-finger multi-touch Bamboo Touch. via engadget Check out the Comments below, and on the 2nd page of Comments, to see pictures that people snapped of it, such as this one: and here's a youtube video by boxubi aptly demonstrating that it's not especially easy ... read more.
Packard Bell’s Viseo 200T Multi-Touch Monitor
At last an affordable multi-touch monitor is coming in October, the Packard Bell's Viseo 200T, according to Engadget. Being someone who needs to use all the power of my i7 overclocked desktop PC this is the best possible solution for me to obtain multi-touch capabilities, since I need to drag my ... read more.
Archos 5 internet tablet with Android OS
I've been ranting about the need for a wireless touchscreen to use as a MIDI or OSC control surface for many years now. We've seen many a piece of hardware repurposed to accomplish this task: the iPhone, PDAs, etc. Today Archos has finally announced the release of it's Android-based internet tablet. It uses ... read more.