Digital piano players may wonder at the need for a separate metronome, but acoustic piano players and other musicians often benefit from an external timekeeper. In fact, Yamaha’s latest metronomes are a little more versatile than the ones found on digital pianos and keyboards. Ideal for musicians of all levels, […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
8 posts
Do you want to read standard printed music? Check out our primer on how to read music for a thorough introduction to the basics. Check out our articles on buying a child’s first keyboard and ten books to help your child learn to play piano and keyboard. This guide works […]
A couple of days ago Xyster.net released Tripper for the iPhone. Tripper is a fairly simple 16-step looping sequencer spanning ten distinct notes. All highlighted notes are played, together with colourful animation. At present there’s just one sound, which could be likened to some kind of toy/electric piano. There’s not […]
Apparently this great little microphone has been around for a little while now, and has gone down particularly well in the States, but I first got a glimpse of it at an exhibition last Thursday evening. The Snowball Microphone is a multi-purpose, professional-grade USB-powered condenser mic for either PC or […]
There’s a fascinating article and video over at Wired.com featuring classical cellist Zoe Keating. She uses her Apple MacBook Pro to record her cello, and then creates loops and layers based on that. Instead of trying to get fifty cellists together in one room, she is the sole instrumentalist. In […]
I’ve just started exploring AudioCubes, a cool hardware cube that can interact with its surroundings and with other cubes (up to eight) as well as control software via MIDI and generate lo-fi audio. It’s worth taking a look at the videos to see how they work, rather than me trying […]
The latest in the M-Audio line of digital console pianos has arrived, with Avid’s announcement of the DCP-300. Main features include: Sixteen premium sounds including Steinway Model D concert grand piano plus two vintage electric pianos, FM electric piano, clav, harpsichord, church organ, rock organ, strings, upright bass, electric bass, […]
Getting kids interested in music from an early age is a very worthwhile thing to do, for its own sake and also because music has been shown to improve overall learning and skills development in children. Those who seem to have an aptitude for composition, but for whom a full-blown […]
