Fabric suspends operations following drug deaths, a new MIDI transposer AutoTonic, and London as you’ve never heard it before.
New Eventide H910 Plugin Going to Extremes. Eventide demonstrates some extreme applications of their new H910 Harmonizer plugin, a faithful recreation of the original hardware version, which combined pitch shifting, modulation and delay to create unheard mechanical sounds and drone effects for artists including AC/DC, David Bowie and Frank Zappa. Watch above.
London Club Fabric Suspends Operations Following Drug Deaths. “For the past 2 years fabric has operated without incident but tragically in the past 9 weeks two 18 year old boys have died as a consequence of drug overdoses. In order to understand how this has happened we have agreed with the police and other agencies to suspend our operation whilst we investigate. The club will therefore be closed this weekend.” Find out more here.
Io808 Drum Machine in the Browser. Vincent Riemer‘s in-browser TR-808 offers the design, knobs, controls and functionality of the real drum machine, providing more detail than any other web versions by using the Web Audio API to synthesise sounds. More features are on the way, including a play mode and the ability to adjust the time signature from a straight 4/4 beat. Check it out above, and play for yourself here.
London as You’ve Never Heard It Before. The New York Times reports on the practice of contemporary field recording, speaking to members of a growing number of “sound hunters who roam city streets and remote countrysides to capture the dramatic and unusual as well as the plain but underappreciated noises that surround us”. Read the full article here.
Secretsundaze 15th Birthday Party. Celebrating their 15-year milestone, Secretsundaze are throwing a birthday party on Bank Holiday Sunday, August 28th, an extended day and night session which will take place at Oval Space, featuring Prosumer, Nick Höppner and Jane Fitz all playing extended three-hour sets. Find out more here. Tickets are available exclusively via RA.
Realtime Music Theory with MIDI Transposer AutoTonic. AutoTonic just released their own self-funded and developed software tool, a sophisticated new real-time MIDI transposer that puts advanced music theory at your fingertips. “By putting AutoTonic between your MIDI signal path, you’ll be able to play in any harmonic context existing in Western tonal music instantly and with ease.” Find out more here.