Archive for July, 2008

music software: awareness vs. knowledge

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I’m in the states right now, the land of my upbringing (no, that’s not a Scottish accent you hear in my videos…), but work on the Loop Machine continues unabated. There are some exciting things coming up! But first, a tangential thought regarding music software.
Last week I went up to Pittsburgh, where I visited my [...]

Wii Music?!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Nintendo has just announced a new game for the Wii imaginatively titled “Wii Music”. Check out the demo video!

From what I’ve read it’s a game that allows you to play some 60 instruments using your Wii controllers, from guitar to marimba. You can make a band with your friends, take drum lessons, play along with [...]

Free Wii SiimpleSynth 2.0!

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Hot on the heels of Monday’s Loop Machine 2.1 update, today I’ve finished the Free SiimpleSynth version 2.0 for Wiimote!

It’s way cooler than version 1.0, I have to say. It looks nicer, for one thing, and now uses Filter Modulation to let you make some really wacky sounds just by moving the Wiimote. It has [...]