Two compilations from Berlin reveal artistic communities consistent and united in their advocacy. In any small way, they're working to provide real material relief and a chorus of outcry in a moment of urgent need. The post With Gaza on the precipice, musicians unite for Palestinian cause and aid appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

Apple had an event yesterday to launch a new M4 chip, a thinner and improved iPad Pro, an updated iPad Air range, an improved Pencil Pro, plus major updates on the Pro Apps side for Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. Here's everything in one place. The post M4, iPads, Pencil, Final Cut and Logic – everything Apple just announced appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

While we're talking retro, here's a full hour of the work of Robert Abel, the innovative computer animator who worked on projects like the 1982 Tron. The post Here’s an hour of the 1985 3D-animated world of Robert Abel appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

In a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare, handsome models will find the oppression with their … GE cassette players. Look, it all makes some kind of 1985 sense. This is exactly how people do not feel about their smartphone in 2024. I don’t know exactly what the GE marketing department was doing in the mid-80s – let’s […] The post Mid-1980s GE and Maxell cassette player advertising was next-level appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

Put your Apple Watch to work. MidiWrist Unleashed transforms the device into a standalone Bluetooth MIDI controller, complete with touch and motion controls, for use with your Mac, iPad and iPhone apps, and even Bluetooth LE devices. The post Make your Apple Watch into a wireless MIDI controller: MidiWrist Unleashed appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

It's all about wiring this into that. So why not connect VIDVOX's evergreen Mac VJ software to your Eurorack modular, using the LFO and step sequencer as modulation sources? The mind boggles at the potential, and this video shows you how. The post VJ, meet Eurorack: excellent Vidvox VDMX LFO, step sequencer tutorial appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

From an ultra-meta cover of Lana del Rey's "Video Games" on video game consoles to poignant chip ballads and Underworld covers, plus "8-dimensional" spatial electropop, if you don't know Seattle-based synthpop music artist Leeni Ramadan, now is the time. Oh, and if that hasn't already made your day, stick around for "doom-wop" covers of Britney Spears. The post Put headphones on your heart and enter Leeni’s magical chip music world appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

Applied Acoustics Systems' software modular, Multiphonics CV-2, just got a big update with the ability to follow an input's dynamic level and pitch, plus new modules for pitch shifting and working with control voltage math. The post AAS Multiphonics CV-2 now follows dynamics, pitch from inputs appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

If you want a take on exactly how Black innovators have influenced music, look to this full-length lecture (and performance) from DeForrest Brown. It's your free ticket to sit in at Harvard. The post Class is in session: DeForrest Brown on Black innovation in music appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more

Perhaps taking a page out of pro wrestling, there's a good chance that Grimes staged her "technical difficulties" at Coachella as a kind of performance art. The post It’s likely Grimes staged her “technical failure” at Coachella appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music ..read more