3D Dolby audio coming to clubs, help DIY synth legend Ray Wilson fight cancer, the 25 greatest dance clubs of all time, and Vince Clarke releases a new Eurorack module.
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3D Dolby Audio Coming to Clubs. Dolby is introducing its object-based 3D-audio platform, Atmos, which has previously been used in the mix of Hollywood blockbusters like Gravity, into the club market. Atmos will be installed as an array of speakers around a club’s main system, with DJs and producers able to make use of the platform via a panner plugin and an app for live mixing. Find out more here.
Vince Clarke releases new Eurorack module. “I wanted a practical writing tool that would generate musical patterns based on user controlled variables.” Musician Vince Clarke has announced the second in his series of Eurorack modules, the Imaginator, which uses a high-level algorithm to produce inspiring musical material that can be manipulated in many ways, like transpose, velocity, rhythm and more. Watch the demonstration video above, find out more and purchase here.
Help DIY Synth Legend Ray Wilson Beat Cancer. Ray Wilson‘s children have started a GoFundMe to raise money for the DIY synth legend’s fight against cancer. A prolific musician and inventor, Wilson is behind a number of popular synth projects, including the massive DIY archive for electronic musicians known as Music From Outer Space, amongst many others. Find out more here, and donate here.
The 25 Greatest Dance Clubs of All Time. Reflecting on how individual clubs can influence entire musical styles, Billboard charts its top 25 seminal clubs of all time, assembling a list that spans both continents and eras of underground music. Check it out here.