Reason 5 and Record 1.5 now available
August 26, 2010
Propellerhead Software has announced the immediate availability of its latest versions of Reason and Record.
Reason 5 and Record 1.5 introduce a whole range of new instruments, effects, sequencing, sounds, patches, and much more, making it even more versatile and useful for music composition, beat-making, loop-mangling, vocal treatment, songwriting, remixing and music production.
The new Kong Drum Designer and Dr Octo Rex loop player extend Reason’s instrument arsenal to help musicians get phenomenal sounding rhythms, drums tracks and beats.
Reason 5 and Record 1.5 add a whole new take on sequencing: Blocks—build songs parts like patterns and string them together for lightning fast arranging with the ability to freely go back and forth between pattern and linear modes.
Neptune, a pitch correction tool and amazing voice synthesiser, turns less than perfect performances into great ones in no time.
Simply play new harmonies on a MIDI keyboard for instant backing vocals.
Live sampling into all sample capable devices means any musician can use samples in a new and playful manner, discovering the lost art of creative sampling.
The Expanded Factory Sound Bank, doubling in size, plus added signature sound designers’ patches, inspire new arrangements and compositions.
Multi core optimisation, an on-screen keyboard and tempo scaling of clips top the list of additional improvements.
The upgrades further solidify the Record Reason Duo as the mainstay tool for musical creation.
?”I don’t put too many demands on (studio) engineers… except for them to have Reason on their system,” says Printz Board, Musical Director of the Black Eyed Peas. “That is one of the only demands.”
Check out these video demonstrations for much more about the new software:
Reason 5 Record 1.5 – Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
Reason 5 – Kong Drum Designer
Neptune Pitch Adjuster for Record 1.5
Reason 5 & Record 1.5 – Blocks
Reason 5 Signature Patches
Reason 5 & Record 1.5 – Live Sampling
Pricing and availability
All full versions and upgrades are available worldwide through authorised Propellerhead dealers and Propellerhead’s online store: www.propellerheads.se/shop
Record for Reason Owners Sidegrade (includes Reason 5 upgrade): EUR €149 / USD $169
Reason 5 Upgrade from any version: EUR € 99 / USD $129
Record 1.5 Upgrade from any version: free download
Record Reason Duo bundle: EUR €405 / USD $449
Reason: EUR €305 / USD $349
Record: EUR €279 / USD $299
Anyone who purchased a qualifying Reason product after May 24, 2010 can receive the upgrade for free. Details are here: www.propellerheads.se/freeupgrade
Signature patch artists and producers
Bomb Squad, Hank and Keith Shocklee
http://www.shocklee.com/
Printz Board, Musical Director of the Black Eyed Peas
http://www.beetsandproduce.com/
Jason McGerr
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/refills/mcgerr/
Adam Beyer
http://www.drumcode.se/adambeyer.html
Sharooz
http://www.myspace.com/sharooz
Cari Lekebusch
http://www.lekebuschmusik.se/
Keith LeBlanc
http://www.keithleblanc.com/
The Salazar Brothers
http://thesalazarbrothers.blogspot.com/
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/refills/reggaeton/
Voxos: Epic Virtual Choir from Big Fish Audio
August 21, 2010
Following their R&B Swagga sample set, Big Fish Audio has announced its Epic Virtual Choir sample library.
Not available until the end of September, it’s available for a pre-order price of $799.95.
VOXOS: Epic Virtual Choirs is a remarkable new virtual instrument containing a full epic choir, boys choir, soloists and individual choir legato sections.
Powered by the industry-leading Kontakt Player engine, VOXOS contains world-renowned choirs and soloists with experience in recording for countless Hollywood films, trailers, video games and the concert stage. Recorded at the beautiful Bastyr Chapel, with its gorgeous acoustics, the choirs were captured with multiple microphone positions in 24bit/48k 5.1 surround. The result is a pristine tone that sounds great right out of the box. VOXOS contains over 35,000 samples, at an uncompressed size of 35GB.
VOXOS is split up into three main sections:
Phrase Builder
- 30 Syllable Matrix Editor
- Intuitive, performance-oriented scripting
- Staccatos, Sustains, all MOD XFADE
- Dynamic morphing between dynamics
- 4 Mic positions + Full Mix
- Section contains over 16,000 samples
Legato Sections
- Sopranos
- Altos
- Tenors
- Basses
- Boys Choir
- Solo Boy, Soprano and Alto
- Real transition samples for all intervals
- Each contain 2 vowels at 2 dynamics each
- 4 Mic positions + Full Mix
- Section alone contains 17,000 samples
Choir FX
- Trailer Risers
- Shouts
- Whispers
- Grunts
- Screams
- Tonal Diatonic Clusters
- Atonal Clusters
- 1950?s Sandman Choir (bum bum)
- Contains over 1,700 samples
- 4 Mic positions + Full Mix
Phrase Builder
The Phrase Builder is a powerful way of adding word syllables into a choir performance. VOXOS contains a 30 syllable selector matrix which allows you to quickly assemble multi-syllable phrases onto a grid. Each syllable will intelligently advance to the next syllable, based on your keyboard performance. If it’s a sustain, the Phrase Builder can also connect one syllable over many notes, in a melismatic way.
Legato Sections
The Legato Sections contains true legato performances of Sopranos, Altos, Tenors, Basses, Boys Choir, Solo Boy, Solo Soprano and Solo Alto. Cinesamples has methodically recorded the tens of thousands of intervalic leaps within the ranges of each section. Their custom Legato script instantly analyses the keyboard performance and plays the appropriate interval sample. The result is an instrument that allows you to play smooth and emotional legato lines.
Built into Legato Sections is Cinesamples’ innovative Voice Leading Engine (V.L.E.). The V.L.E. allows you to play a full keyboard patch of S, A, T, B choir with independently moving legato lines. The engine instantly analyses the chord structure and assigns each pitch to its own section of the choir. The result: a patch that is easy to play, with incredibly realistic results.
Choir Effects
VOXOS contains over 500+ Choir Effects suitable for film, tv and game music. There are hundreds of shouts, whispers, grunts, clusters, screams and trailer risers, perfect for any media project.
Kontakt Player 4 Minimum System Requirements:
Mac OS X X 10.5 or higher, Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM
Windows XP (SP2, 32bit) / Vista® (32/64 Bit), Windows 7 (32/64 Bit), Pentium® or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM
VOXOS requires 19GB HD
Produced Exclusively For Kontakt 4
Kontakt 4 is far and wide the most powerful and popular sampler available. Truly – it is the only way we could possibly produce this product. The included Kontakt Player takes full advantage of the NCW compression – streamlining this product by saving drive space and system performance, while optimizing it for the newest generation of Solid-State D0rives.
Recorded in Seattle:
Seattle has long since become the recording center of the A-list video game/trailer soundtrack world. As it happens, the VOXOS sessions were recorded following Bungee’s Halo Reach sessions and proceeding Blizzard’s monumental World of Warcraft; Cataclysm. The musicians involved in this project are constantly participating in such high profile acts as these. In fact, some of our men sang on the famous Gregorian-style intro to the original Halo videogame for XBOX. Bastyr’s main stage chapel offers one of the highest quality recording venues in the country. Its unique acoustic signature is akin to Symphony Hall in Boston and the retired Paramount Scoring Stage in Los Angeles. An extremely flattering hall for vocalists and instrumentalists – contributing to the familiar Hollywood style reverb bed without the tasteless metallic tinge and never ending ring-out that the majority of cathedral’s give. Combine that with the highest end recording gear available and the table is set for excellence.
Children’s Choir/Boy Soloist:
To really get an accurate representation of Los Angeles style soundtrack choirs, we had to include a boys children’s choir and soloist. The 15-piece boys choir covers roughly the range of the Altos transposed up by a major third. Our solo boy was captured from C3 to A4. With an amazingly transforming tambre – the purest sound imaginable in his soprano and a charming inward sound in his lowest third. These children possessed amazingly mature musical discipline, excepting guidance from the booth and their choir master in the same professional manner as the other sections. This was quite an achievement considering that they were all under 12 years of age.
We were amazingly fortunate to have children who have sang on a wide variety of soundtracks themselves, they needed no explanation about wearing headphones or being still while the tape is running. They were true professionals of the scoring stage.
Hand Sculpted Scripted (true) Legato:
As one of our trusted colleagues once stated: ‘There are no shortcuts when it comes to legato.” Our true sectional legato covers the full ranges of the Sopranos, Altos, Tenors, Basses, Boys and Soloists. After much trial and error, we were able to formulate a recipe for recording legatos in the most musical and accurate manner possible. It may not be evident while playing the patches how many samples you are triggering back and forth but it is mind blowing when you stop and look at the audio files involved in one patch, at one microphone position. On the surface things seem simple, but much is going on under-the-hood.
During programming all 35,000 samples and transitions are meticulously tightened by hand. This process takes fresh ears and cannot be rushed or automated. The charming human inaccuracies which give live performances vibe and soul also cause issues when aligning samples during programming. We have, without exaggeration, been tweaking the legatos for over six months – still making final tweaks the moments before delivering to Native Instruments for encoding. It needs to be perfect or its not going out the shop door.
The Voice Leading Legato Engine – Live SATB representations from one midi track:
They call it voice leading for a reason. From day one, composers of all styles are taught the value and importance of proper voicings. It all begins with SATB, the notable 4 part chorale diagrams in music textbooks all over the world. It is the basis of all chorale writing, the foundation of jazz ensemble writing – the glue of all composing. It was something we had to address, and address from the point of view of a composer under the anxiety of an approaching deadline.
The included SATB Voice Leading Engine can take incoming midi data sent from a piano track and assign the proper notes to each section automatically. Resulting in properly voiced chords with full legato from one track. No settings, its all intelligently scripted and prepared. This is a monumental time saver.
Phrase Builder – Intuitive Simplicity – A Defined Approach From Day One
Way back, months before a note was recorded, the entire final product was thought out, sketched and tested. We knew what we wanted as an end result and we backed up from there – we didn’t just roll the dice on the recording sessions and see what we ended up with. We knew we wanted to stay in Kontakt. We knew we wanted to avoid artificial word synthesis – aka Apple Talk or the Steven Hawkings effect. We knew we wanted to have the simplest, most powerful phrase building interface possible. We knew we wanted to enter all word data only once with just a few clicks with no external programs running. We knew we wanted the engine to keep track of the words no matter the articulation – long or short. We knew we wanted it to use the absolute minimum of MIDI CC controllers possible and be processor-friendly to our computer. We knew all of this plus more. It was just a question of finding the right way to make it happen.
Through process of elimination, we were able to create a truly monstrous phrase building engine. Streamlined for simplicity and accuracy. Created for the guys and gals who don’t read instruction books or have time to learn the intricacies of a poorly produced/overly complex library. Watch our “Phrase Builder” video for all you need to know about our industry-first Matrix Phrase Builder.
Fully Scripted Dynamic Control
We tried every single method of dynamic and vowel morphing available via Kontakt including the AET simulation. After double blind listening tests with some of our most trusted audio gurus the decision was unanimous. This method doesn’t use simple envelopes for simulated fading but rather uses powerful scripting to guarantee a 100% accurate and smooth dynamic morph. Just another time consuming detail that we had to have perfect.
Useable Cinematic Effects
As composers, we own tons of soundtrack recordings and we keep up to date with new trends in the soundtrack world. We wanted FX that would integrate and cooperate with other tracks in your template, not dated, crazy, unusable stuff that is only good for that rarely requested track. Aside from our assortment of grunts, shouts, whispers, layers and risers we also went in a tonal direction – recording beautifully layered divisi clusters and female “bum-bums.”
5.1 Ready – Full Mix Option – 4 Mic Positions
VOXOS was recorded in cinematic 5.1 in 4 microphone positions. To save polyphony, take advantage of the pre-mixed Full Mix position, a standard mixture of the spot, tree and ambient mics bounced down to one track. If you prefer to make your own mix you have unprecedented control over 4 microphone positions including the surrounds, which can be placed in the rear speakers on a 5.1 setup. This is in answer to a request for our top tier of users which we are happy to provide.
Denon DJ unveils DN-MC6000 full mixer/four deck MIDI controller
August 18, 2010
Buy the Denon DN-MC6000 Digital Mixer/Controller on Amazon.com
No sooner do you report on one DJ solution then another comes along. This is the Denon DN-MC6000 mixer and MIDI controller, featuring its own built-in sound card and a host of features to play with.
This top-of-the-line model boasts a solid steel chassis construction and quality sound, real-time channel matrix operation, slim tabletop design (also rack mountable) and 2in/2out audio interface.
Key features include:
- New, 3-way powerful audio/video-assignable cross fader (Audio, Audio/Video, Video)
- Newly designed, high-resolution 105-mm touch-sensitive jog wheel
- Smooth 100-mm long pitch slider with high 14-bit resolution
- Eight (4 + 4) hot cue/sampler buttons with dual bank selector key
- Auto loop button with Beat Jump (loop cut)
- Manual loop In/Out buttons
- Large-size Cue & PLAY buttons
- EFX controls, EFX keys and Parameter knobs
- Multiple GUI controls – Mixer, Video, Scratch, Sampler, REC, etc.
- Powerful Shift key – used for various dual-button operations
- Search keys, to advance around within a file
- Denon’s legacy “Pitch Bend” keys
- Vinyl and Pitch Bend Jog modes
- SYNC key for beat matching between decks
- Key Lock on/off button with LED confirmation
- Matrix Input Assignment selector knob
- Selectable PFL input gain and program meters
- Independent CUE system (all channels)
- Split Cue function with Cue/Master pan knob
- 45-mm Channel and Cross Faders
- Independent Channel A-B Thru switch (cross fader)
- Cross Fader contour adjustment
- Master Output stereo/mono switch
- Booth Output with Source Selector and level control
- Mic 3-band EQ (High-Mid-Low) for mics 1 and 2
- Mic Ducking and built-in Echo Effect for mics 1 and 2
- MIDI-mapable control surface (faders, knobs and buttons) for other DJ applications
Inputs include two RCA/Phono lines, one XLR Mic/quarter-inch one quarter-inch TRS Mic jack, and two RCA AUX inputs.
Outputs include balanced master XLR, unbalanced master RCA, quarter-inch TRS booth/send out, RCA record out, and stereo headphone out.
The DN-MC6000 also has a USB Audio in/out selectable routing switch and a Kensington lock security feature. The unit measures 18.1″ x 2″ x 10″ without rack ears. Power input is AC 100V – 240V, 50/60 Hz, and output is DC 12V, 3A.
AC adaptor power supply and 1.5-meter USB cable are included, and the unit also features a green, energy-saving ECO standby mode.
Available in the US this Fall with a RRP of $949.99 but available for less.
Buy the Denon DN-MC6000 Digital Mixer/Controller on Amazon.com
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 integrated DJ system announced
August 17, 2010
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, a state-of -the-art integrated DJ system, has just been announced by Native Instruments.
Based on ten years of digital DJing expertise, it features advanced performance capabilities and intuitive tactile control.
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 combines a special version of the TRAKTOR PRO software with an advanced hardware controller, both developed in unison to give DJs of all genres unparalleled creative possibilities with supreme work flow and ease-of-use.
The full-featured controller combines a four-channel mixer section with ergonomically laid-out high-quality control elements and an integrated audio interface, all designed to professional specifications. All relevant functions including looping, cueing, effects control and track browsing are immediately accessible on the robust and portable hardware, while dynamic multi-colour backlighting, LED status displays and comprehensive level metering allow DJs to focus on their performance rather than on the computer screen.
The included TRAKTOR PRO S4 software offers the full feature set of TRAKTOR PRO, further expanded through powerful new performance functions and an optimized user interface that offers superior usability under all conditions. Two flexible Sample Decks can add up to eight simultaneous one-shot samples or beat-synced loops to the mix, opening up creative remixing and mash-up possibilities that go far beyond conventional DJing techniques. The unique Loop Recorder also allows DJs to capture and overdub audio loops from the live mix, cue signal or an external input on the fly, and drop them back into the mix at any time.
The dual touch-sensitive jog wheels on the KONTROL S4 hardware offer extremely precise and responsive deck control due to a new patent- pending electromagnetic technology, complemented through Native Instruments’ high-resolution NHL protocol that provides superior performance over conventional MIDI. The integrated low-latency 24bit/96kHz audio interface is based on the acclaimed AUDIO 4 DJ, and provides professional signal quality to match the most high-profile club systems. External time-code control via turntables and CD decks will be enabled through a future software upgrade. To accommodate touring DJs, a professional flightcase that doubles as an adjustable performance stand will also be available as an accessory for TRAKTOR KONTROL S4.
TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 will be available this winter for a suggested retail price of $999 / €899. The TRAKTOR KONTROL Case will be available at the same time for $189 / €169.
Pro-Sounds Release Essential Basses Version 2 for Bass Station
August 17, 2010
Pro-Sounds has announced the immediate availability of Essential Basses v2.0 for the Novation’s Bass Station VSTi, Keyboard, and Rack Synthesisers.
Essential Basses v2.0 is the long awaited update to one of our first releases here at Pro-Sounds. Designed by Frank Genus, Essential Basses v2.0 is comprised of 100 presets in FXB, FXP, and Midi format and is compatible with the Bass Station VSTi, Bass Station Keyboard, and Bass Station Rack synthesizers. Frank redesigned the original bank from the ground up to bring users a solid collection of classic analog bass sounds for a wide variety of music genres. With basses ranging from Moog-type classics to roaring D&B, Essential Basses v2.0 has it all!
Registered users of the old Bass Station soundset can update to version 2 by logging into their download accounts and re-downloading the set. Please contact support with any update issues.
Essential Basses v2.0 is available from Pro-Sounds for $19.95.
Relive the NES with CHIP collection: gorgeous 8-bit sounds
August 17, 2010
If you’re a fan of 8-bit days and the amazing sounds that designers managed to squeeze from these (by modern standards) fairly primitive boxes, then you’ll love the NES CHIP Collection for Ableton, available for just $20.
Do you want to make chip tunes? Or integrate the sound of the Nintendo NES into your music? You do not have to buy the NES or mess around old gear and software that doesnt quite emulate that natural sound 8 bit sound. These are profesionally recorded samples at 24 bit 96khz bit rate directly from the NES output on the back of the machine. People will actually think you have an NES with midi. Every Square wave, Sine, Noise, and even 8-bit percussive samples.
- 8 Bit Drum WAVE sound files
- Bonus SK1 Drums
- NES Square Waves files
- The NES Sine wave
- Individual NES Noise WAVE files with integrated refill patch!
- Custom NES FX WAVES Files
- Ableton Live Project
Voxengo intro Polysquasher compressor plugin
August 17, 2010
Voxengo Polysquasher is a mastering compressor AU and VST plugin for professional audio and sound production applications. Polysquasher was designed with a main goal: to be transparent. Transparent compression action is a cornerstone for any mastering compressor. Transparency of audio signal processing is necessary to preserve all existing elements in the mix, while compression itself is necessary to make the mix sound uniform to other mixes (tracks) and to make it sound more solid and “glued”.
Polysquasher achieves its goal by using a unique compression algorithm which requires a small number of parameters – basically threshold and ratio only – making this compressor a joy to use. More advanced settings are hidden in the “compressor mode editor” panel where you can create your own compressor modes that can be easily recalled later.
Polysquasher is best used as a finishing compressor inserted in the chain before the final mastering limiter.
Polysquasher also features real-time gain reduction and waveform graphs. Full multi-channel operation is supported.
Features include:
- Transparent compression sound
- Compressor mode editor
- Channel grouping
- 64-bit floating point processing
- A/B comparisons
- Real-time gain reduction graph
- Multi-channel processing
- Mid/side processing
- Preset manager
- Contextual hint messages
- 8 built-in compressor modes
- Internal channel routing
- Up to 8x linear-phase oversampling
- Undo/redo history
- 22-millisecond processing latency
Steinberg intros CI1 and CI2+ mobile recording units
August 17, 2010
Steinberg has announced that its new mobile recording solutions, the CI1 and CI2+, are available in stores worldwide.
Both interfaces feature two great sounding microphone/line combo jacks with +48V phantom power and a HI-Z switch on input 1 for direct connection of a guitar or bass. The entry-level solution CI1 is bundled with Steinberg’s sequencer Sequel LE and the audio editing software WaveLab LE 7. Being at the top of the range, CI2+ comes with the music production system Cubase Essential 5 and also houses additional controller functionality.
Together with last year’s released CI2, all three portable units provide intuitive handling, professional audio quality and a seamless integration with the included Steinberg software.
Here’s how the three current units compare:
| CI2+ | CI2 | CI1 | |
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Analogue line inputs | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Number of microphone inputs | 2 Combo | 2 Combo | 2 Combo |
Number of inputs with HI-Z | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Number of analog outputs (bal) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
AD/DA | 24-bit | 24-bit | 24-bit |
Max sample rate | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 48 kHz |
Frequency range | 20 Hz to 20 kHz | 20 Hz to 20 kHz | 20 Hz to 20 kHz |
Dynamic range | 96 dB (A-weighted) | 96 dB (A-weighted) | 96 dB (A-weighted) |
Interface type | USB 1.1 | USB 1.1 | USB 1.1 |
Buttons for Previous/Next marker | √ |
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Buttons for Play/Stop/Rec | √ |
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Footswitch connector | √ | √ |
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AI Knob | √ | √ |
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AI Knob Lock | √ | √ |
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Action Pad | √ | √ |
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Phantom power | √ | √ | √ |
Mono input switch | √ | √ | √ |
USB-powered | √ | √ | √ |
Phones output | √ | √ | √ |
Color | Black and gray | Light green and gray | Ice blue |
Weight | 720g | 720g | 720g |
Dimensions | 45,4 mm x 190 mm x 134,5 mm | 45,4 mm x 190 mm x 134,5 mm | 45,4 mm x 190 mm x 134,5 mm |
Bundled software | Cubase Essential 5 | Cubase AI 5 | Sequel LE, WaveLab LE 7 |
Optional accessories | Yamaha FC5 (foot switch), Yamaha BMS10A (mic stand adapter) | Yamaha FC5 (foot switch), Yamaha BMS10A (mic stand adapter) | Yamaha BMS10A (mic stand adapter) |
Planet Earth sound library released on ‘pay what you want’ model
August 17, 2010
Plenty of bands have released albums on the “pay what you want” or “pay what you think it’s worth” download model, and now Camel Audio is doing the same with its Planet Earth sound library.
As an incentive to dip into your pocket, 50% of anything spent on the product will be donated to the Friends of the Earth environmental charity.
Soundwise, Planet Earth is jammed with jungle soundscapes and tribal rhythms, industrial basses and warped machines. From ancient ritual to glimpses of alternate futures, it offers a world of new sounds for modern electronica, ambient and dance, yet manages to be both warm, lush, light and airy, as well as dark, dramatic and icy, just like Planet Earth itself.
Featuring gamelan bowls and oriental bells, bamboo bongos, glass instruments, mechanical pianos, electronic and vocal drones, Planet Earth features 320MB of new samples, including rich pads, ethnic loops, inventive soundscapes, powerful electronic basses as well as synthesisers and broken machines. It was created by a talented team of sound designers from around the globe.
Planet Earth sound sample library
Moogfest 2010 tickets now on sale
August 16, 2010
Aficionados of the annual Moogfest will already know that tickets went on sale for this year’s event last Friday, but for the rest, here’s your notice that you can now buy tickets to Moogfest 2010.
Moogfest – the annual event honoring the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions that changed the course of music – is reinventing itself. This year, moogfest 2010 will move from New York City to Asheville, NC – the place Bob Moog called home for the last 30 years of his life – and will expand to a 3-day, multi-venue event during the weekend of October 29 -31, 2010. During the festival, moogfest 2010 will host artists and audiences from throughout the world in different venues throughout Asheville’s beautiful, historic downtown.
Moogfest 2010 will celebrate Bob Moog’s legacy as a sonic pioneer, which will be the thread that unites the festival’s rich array of musical offerings. While the wide range of Moog instruments – the Minimoog Voyager, the Little Phatty, the Etherwave Theremin, Moogerfoogers, and the new Moog Guitar – will play prominent roles throughout the festival’s events, the artists performing will certainly not be limited to those who create their work on Moog instruments. Instead, artists will be chosen for their role in creating unique and groundbreaking musical experiences that embody the essence of Bob Moog’s visionary and creative spirit.
In addition to fantastic concerts by renowned performers of all kinds, moogfest 2010 will also offer opportunities to engage with the artists in panel discussions, question and answer sessions, and workshops. There will also be interactive experiences for the audience to explore their own musical creativity with a variety of Moog instruments. The festival will also offer visual art exhibitions, installations, and film screenings throughout the weekend.
Confirmed artists include Devo, Mgmt, Big Boi, EL-P, Panda Bear, The Octopus Project, Kuroma, Bonobo, Van Dyke Parks, Caribou, Mountain Man, Emeralds, School of Seven Bells, Four Tet, Jonsi, Jon Hopkins, The Disco Biscuits, Massive Attack, Pretty Lights, Hot Chip, Two Fresh, Dan Deacon, Mimosa, DJ Spooky, and many more.
There will be a range of “engaging and interactive workshops, panels and much more”, with more details to come.
