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DEMF 2012: The Movement iPhone App is Here

The Movement 2012 iPhone App is finally here. The application is very close to the 2011 app but it does have some improvements. Just as last year there is a ‘Lineup‘ section where you see all of the 107 acts performing this year at DEMF 2012 with the set times and appropriate stages and days. This […]

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Create Art from Soundcloud Tracks – Spectrogr.am

I recently ran across this great application/website which allows you to create art from your music; more specifically create art from your music uploaded onto Soundcloud. Head over to Spectrogr.am and the example track will start playing and creating a visual similar to the ones you see below.  Add “/artist/track” to the end of the […]

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Why Be Against SOPA and PIPA Internet Censorship

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. The video above discusses the Senate version of the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). In the Senate the bill is called the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). SOPA has gotten more attention than PIPA because it was moving faster in the […]

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Movement-DEMF Music Technology

The Movement 2010 Music Festival App

There is an iPhone or iPod app available for free on iTunes for Movement 2010, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival. It’s actually a great idea and an excellent resource for festival goers. You can check out the entire festival lineup, the entire lineup by stage or the lineup for each day by stage. From the lineup […]

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The End of Digidesign Pro Tools?

Digidesign, makers Pro Tools, the industry standard in Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), as well as a slew of plug-ins, consoles and live performance rigs, is retiring… well, the name at least. The end of Digidesign and their flagship software Pro Tools is far from over, but parent company Avid, makers of video and film software, […]

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Thank You Lawrence Daufenbach!

It all comes down to the story. You can have a beautifully shot film, but if there is no story, it won’t matter in the end. Focus on your characters first, then let the creative energy flow wild.

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Part Three With Lawrence Daufenbach

Recently, Daufenbach Camera received really good news about sponsorship. Tell us a little about what you will be doing for the “Midwest Film Festival.”

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Police Can Track Your Sprint Cellphone

Information has recently been leaked that law enforcement agencies have been provided an open portal to track the location of sprint cell phone users. There was 8 million requests within an 18 month period. Not necessarily 8 million customers, but 8 million pings; which Sprint has admitted, but has not clarified how many actual individuals […]

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TwitterDJ Released for Download

Now available for download is the TwitterDJ application. DJ pioneer/Producer/Label Owner Richie Hawtin and his Minus label helped develop this application that tweets each track a DJ plays during a set in (nearly) real time. You can see the application in action @ his twitter account. The app utilizes an updated version of Traktor’s standard […]

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Sin Fang Bous’s Clangour, Before Its Time.

Gust of Wind # 3 Sin Fang Bous, Clangour Morr Music This gust of wind stays busy establishing a coupled sound of gadgetry, strings, and broken tonality, which moves freely through  familiar instrumentations of pop. The ability of this album to change with a flick of a switch is apparent with the first listen. It […]