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Keyboard Magazine Just tried out five new beatbox-type apps for the iPhone.
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In our previous installments, we covered this season’s trawl of iPhone synthesis tools. This time out, we’ve assembled a collection of the latest beatboxes for everyone’s favorite smartphone. From iZotope’s ...
Keyboard Magazine You know that cool, wormy synth sound from Daft Punk's hit "Da Funk"? We duplicated it spot-on using a free soft synth we found online. Click the link to see exactly how we did it.
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In 1997, French synth-house duo Daft Punk burst onto the dance scene with the infectiously hooky four-on-the-floor jam “Da Funk.” It’s such a simple tune that it could almost be a nursery rhyme if it weren’t for the radically distorted synth lead drilling its way through the entire track. ...
Keyboard Magazine Who's got a vintage synth collection that can match this? Someone must, but this is pretty impressive. If you're out there, let us know, and we darned well may feature you in print and/or on our website!
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Recently, Keyboard's Robbie Gennet was gigging and recording near Miami, and got to visit the home of Sonic Reality. Now, we all know them as a maker of Reason ReFills, soft synths, and other music software, but you may not know what a serious vintage synth fanatic proprietor Dave Kerzner is. ...
Keyboard Magazine New interview up with Scottish synth-playing songstress Imogen Heap! Her new record Ellipse is amazing...
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Much has been said about piano and synth ingénue Imogen Heap’s connecting with fans via Twitter during the making of her latest release, Ellipse. It’s been championed as the latest example of the “new music business model,” where devoted fans enjoy a new level of access to their favorite artist. ...
Keyboard Magazine Our own contributor Tom Brislin just got to jam out with Robert Plant, who was cracking jokes about prog rock! Check out this video!
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When it comes to artist features and product reviews, Tom Brislin is one of the ace writers on our team of contributors that we just can't live without. Very soon, you'll be able to read his review of the Korg SV-1 in our December 2009 issue. ...
Keyboard Magazine Check out our November cover story on classic rocker Benmont Tench, with tons of video of him throwing down on B-3!
More Than A Heartbreaker: Benmont Tench on Playing with Tom Petty, the Power of Silence, and Listeni
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“F***ing play it! We’re musicians. We’re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Play your f***ing guitars!” legendary keyboardist Benmont Tench cries out to his fellow bandmates in a scene from the recent four-hour, career-spanning Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers documentary Running Down A Dream. ...
Keyboard Magazine Stride piano masterclass - with music and audio - online now!
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Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of piano players like the mention of stride piano. This seemingly impossible old style is like ragtime on steroids, and pushes jazz pianists to the limit. The left ...
Keyboard Magazine New videos up with Booker T, Chester Thompson, and Tom Coster in serious conversation about the mighty Hammond B-3 organ and its imitators!
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To help us evaluate the current crop of keyboards designed to emulate the Hammond B-3 sound--a.k.a. clonewheels--three legendary organ players dropped by our mothership on the same day: Booker T. Jones, Tom Coster, and Chester Thompson (left to right in photo above).
Keyboard Magazine Execu-ed Steve Fortner is at the AES convention Tweeting and video'ing his new gear-lovin' buns off! Check out what we have so far here, including an up-close and hands-on session with the Korg SV-1. Much more to come!
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In these videos, we get a good long look (and listen) at the Korg SV 1, the new Session Drummer 3 virtual instrument from Cakewalk, a great new 8 track SD card recorder from TASCAM, new Focusrite interfaces with "Liquid"
Keyboard Magazine Learn your way around the whole tone scale - audio examples and transcribed music included!
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Last month, we dove into the theory behind the whole tone scale and explored some creative ways to play with it. This month, we go deeper, using the whole tone scale for more complex melodies and figures. ...