At long last! If you missed our March meetup with Carson Day showing off the Prophet 12 from Dave Smith Instruments, here’s your chance to see and hear it! (Along with a Tempest and a Mopho x4.) Thank you to Pyramind for hosting and for the great support of the SF-EMM members that came down… Continue reading March 2013 Meetup Highlights: Dave Smith Instruments with Carson Day
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Ableton Push is a “highly intuitive and fresh new musical instrument”
Certified Ableton instructor Antonio Sage writes about his experiences with Ableton Push and Live 9: I cannot recall the last time a device had been so highly anticipated as Ableton Push. With good reason. Push is not only a sleek, beautiful control surface for Ableton’s newly released version 9 but it is also a highly… Continue reading Ableton Push is a “highly intuitive and fresh new musical instrument”
Next meetup featuring Dave Smith Instruments with Carson Day! Wednesday March 13, 2013!
It’s just a couple of weeks away! You MUST come to this amazing presentation featuring Carson Day of Dave Smith Instruments who will be demoing LIVE the all-new Prophet 12 polyphonic synthesizer. He will also have DSI’s Mopho x4 and a Tetra. Come hear the demo, participate in the Q&A, and stay for the awesome… Continue reading Next meetup featuring Dave Smith Instruments with Carson Day! Wednesday March 13, 2013!
Serge Modular demo at the February 13th Meetup!
Dmitri from COA-Modular has agreed to come to our February 13th Meetup to discuss the Serge Modular and the workshops they are doing at Robotspeak on the third Saturday of every month (starting in February). This is a great opportunity to learn how to build your own Serge Modular and also hear what it sounds… Continue reading Serge Modular demo at the February 13th Meetup!
Sonic mayhem: ‘Mass Effect’ composer Sascha Dikiciyan’s favorite iPad music creation apps
Nice list of apps for music creation on iPad. [browser-shot url=”http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/13/3117498/sonic-mayhem-sascha-dikiciyan-ipad-apps” width=”400″] http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/13/3117498/sonic-mayhem-sascha-dikiciyan-ipad-apps
Intro to Renoise
At last nights meetup there was a lot of people using Renoise to produce music and an equal amount of people that had never heard of it or used it. Below is an introduction video to Renoise and you can also click here to see the main overview on the Renoise website. Added bonus: Check… Continue reading Intro to Renoise
New Elektron Analog Four
The new Analog Four from Elektron was a topic of discussion at November’s meeting. Musician DataLine has a couple of videos demonstrating the A4’s abilities, just in time for the December 3rd shipping date. I for one am seriously considering pairing this up with my Dave Smith Tempest.
November 2012 Meeting Slides
The San Francisco Electronic Music Meetup (SF-EMM) – November 2012 from ANI
Portishead’s “Dummy” played by SFRMA at GMAH, Mon Oct 29
Coming up on Monday October 29 is the San Francisco Roots Music Association (SFMRA) performance of Portishead’s amazing “Dummy” album. They’ll giving the Great American Music Hall (GMAH) a trip-hop bath. Better yet, SF-EMM member Antonio Sage is laying down the bass in the band! Go check it out and get tickets before they sell… Continue reading Portishead’s “Dummy” played by SFRMA at GMAH, Mon Oct 29
3rd Annual Moog Circuit Bending Challenge!
This just in! Wake up, Benders, Modders, and Hardware Hackers; it’s time for the third annual Moog Circuit Bending Challenge! … This year’s contest is to create a circuit bent sampler. Film your bend process and a musical performance with your final creation. The device … must be able to take samples on the fly… Continue reading 3rd Annual Moog Circuit Bending Challenge!