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Amanda Ghassaei, creator of the 3-D printed record , has a new project, this time she played with lasers and wood. [via Wired ]

Partycloud is the DJ interface for the iWebDJ technology in a web browser. 2 decks, 2 channels with EQ and filters plus looping and effects. It doesn’t aim to be a pro experience, but has enough for instant DJ experience. You can stream songs from SoundCloud, you can record your sets on the fly, post links to the live streams, and talk directly to a Facebook wall via a widget to spread the word of your live mix. Plus you can control the app with a MIDI controller, via a bridge app at the moment. [...]

MoModul is a modular furniture created by Belgian designer Xavier Coenen . If you bored with IKEA this could be a really great option to store your CDs, vinyls and stuff.

Esta semana The Horrors comenzó con las sesiones de grabación de lo que será su nuevo álbum, el cual según su baterísta estará siendo editado por ahí del mes de Septiembre, y yo sé que hay una enorme cantidad de fans esperando ansiosos por los primeros detalles oficiales de su lanzamiento, pero por ahora me parece que se tendrán que conformar con este remix que lanzaron durante el Record Store Day dentro de una pequeña serie de vinilos de Heavenly Recordings . Pues bien, esta remezcla de "Moving Further Away" viene a cargo de los chicos de [...]

The Electrix Tweaker is a DJ-style live performance MIDI controller that works with MIDI-compatible software. Gathering a wide variety of controls elements in a compact portable design, the control surface includes a 32-button grid, velocity sensitive pads, push encoders with LED rings, in a 2 channel DJ mixer style interface, with super bright multi color LED feedback. Features • 2 Channel DJ mixer style interface • 32 Button grid with multicolor LED feedback • 8 Backlit velocity sensitive pads with aftertouch • 6 Push encoders with LED rings • Intuitive navigation [...]

Mastering is one of the most overrated and less understood process of musicmaking. It's not some sort of magic to make something shitty to sound great. If the source material is crap, mastering won't make it boombastic, plus mastering is a really precise engineering process based on certain tools. This is why we are so curious about this new app. As Synthopia reported , Igor Vasiliev, creator of MIDI Pattern Sequencer, has announced Audio Mastering Studio for iPad , described as a “fully functional audio mastering application for iPad”. As they say: - [...]

Okay, it's not new and we are late with this, but it's seriously cool and cute so we post it. DJ Shiftee hits the streets of Berlin to showcase his mind-blowing mastery of Traktor DJ . The accordion jam RAWKZZZ ;)

Finally, collect one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic buildings of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Tower of Orthanc. Build all 6 highly detailed floors filled with fascinating movie-related details including the attic, library, alchemy room, Saruman’s throne room, entrance hall and dungeon. This exclusive model stars in some of the most iconic scenes from The Lord of the Rings movies. Swoop down with the Great Eagle and rescue stranded Gandalf the Grey from his tower-top prison after his defeat at the hands of the white wizard, Saruman. Build the powerful, tree-like Ent, with poseable limbs and [...]

The suspense is finally lifted on the content of the LEGO range The Lone Ranger which we do not know much so far. Brickset got a scan of the pages of the new catalog in 2013 and finally discovered this range whose western fans probably expect too much. At first glance, all this seems very nice air, with the Battle Pack to mount his own cavalry regiment of the Union, a diligence that I ask to see the design more closely, a village in the Far West, a train , horses ... [...]

Heavenly recording in Paris... Record Store Day, or should I say Disquaire Day Party (comme on dit dans Paris), provides ample opportunity and downright excuses for record stores, labels and musicians to do something a little out of the ordinary to celebrate the lifeblood of the physical disc. Heavenly Records have decided to grab a handful of their artists and head south towards the culture capital that is Paris ahead of three special HR limited edition releases on April 20th. Twenty two years after the label's first [...]

Spring may still be struggling to blossom in earnest, although Brighton stalwarts of cult Brit indie-pop British Sea Power floundered not in proffering an evening's worth of potent imitation. Their merch stall strewn with mugs coated in black patinae depicting birds and bees and their stage festooned with darling buds, that it's still light outside by the time we enter the 'Empire would be novel enough on most nights, though Yan, Hamilton et al. really go the whole hog. They begin proceedings with a pretty impromptu acoustic soupçon – a lulling mélange of old, [...]

Hot Wheels announces their new Retro Entertainment Series featuring vehicles from your favorite films and TV shows. The collection includes cars like the 1932 Ford from American Graffiti, the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future, Ecto 1 from Ghostbusters and The Bandit's '77 Firebird from Smokey and The Bandit. There's even a 1971 Plymouth Satellite from The Brady Bunch. All told there will be seven mixes, each with five distinct vehicles. Hot Wheels also plans to produce a few aircraft including the Island Hopper from Magnum P.I. and [...]

On behalf of Marvel’s Iron Man 3, here are the official theatrical posters in LEGO form! These iconic characters are exclusive LEGO minifigure replicas found in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes sets based on the much-anticipated film hitting theaters on May 3 rd  . Marvel’s Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to [...]

Here is something really interesting. Kate Stone has advanced some futuristic technology , turning simple construction paper into turntables that actually play music. 3D print simulated turntables on a piece of paper, and you can control the DJ app on the iPad sitting five feet away from you. Every function that's available on an analog turntable, including blending songs and scratching records, is also possible with Stone's technology. [via DJWORX ]

Hotly tipped Parisian alt-pop duo TOYS are about to burst onto the scene.

Created using Processing, ModelBuilder Library by Marius Watz and a 3D printer, Amanda Ghassaei at instructables managed to print a 33rpm music record that actually doesn’t sound too bad considering the limitations of currently available 3d printing technologies. These records play on regular turntables, with regular needles, at regular speeds, just like any vinyl record. Though the audio output from these records has a sampling rate of 11kHz (a quarter of typical mp3 audio) and 5-6bit resolution (mp3 audio is 16 bit), it is still easily recognisable. [read more at Creative Applications ]

We already posted about Diego Stocco , last time he made music with dry cleaners . Now he got himself a turntable, and the rest is histoty... As he explains: - Recently I bought a turntable to use it for an experiment, but that didn't turn out as I was expecting. Then, I noticed the equally spaced ridges on the plate and got an idea for something else. For about an hour I recorded short musical phrases by rubbing leaves against the turntable (the type of leaf, angle, pressure and fold determined the [...]

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Novation announced the Launchpad S , the updated version of their popular grid controller for Ableton Live. Launchpad S is a powerful 64-button music controller that lets you make music or mix tracks using a super-intuitive grid of multi-colour buttons. Launchpad S comes with Ableton Live music software (Launchpad Edition), plus it supports other grid-based music applications such as FL Studio. Whether you’re a DJ, performing musician or studio producer, Launchpad gives you all you need to ‘play' your software straight out of the box. Use the 64-button grid to launch and manipulate clips, trigger loops, [...]