http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:55 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/its-science-ambient-chillout-music-is-good-for-you.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/its-science-ambient-chillout-music-is-good-for-you.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/its-science-ambient-chillout-music-is-good-for-you.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:55 -0700 It’s science: chill out music music is good for you. According to research presented at the American Society of Hypertension’s Twenty Third Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2008), listening to just 30 minutes of rhythmically homogen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/its-science-ambient-chillout-music-is-good-for-you.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200fad68716430005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/miniorgan-features-vintage-musical-toys.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/miniorgan-features-vintage-musical-toys.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/miniorgan-features-vintage-musical-toys.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 May 2008 00:41:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f91e080004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f91e080004-50si" alt="Electronic-bongos" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Miniorgan is a fun site that features cool vintage music toys, mostly of the 70’s and 80’s. from the author's website: "Why do I collect? As a child I always wanted a Stylophone, but my parents gave me a different Christmas present: a Lite 'n L... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/miniorgan-features-vintage-musical-toys.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f92e5a0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/radionomy-lets-you-create-free-web-radio-station.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/radionomy-lets-you-create-free-web-radio-station.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/radionomy-lets-you-create-free-web-radio-station.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 23:16:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f7e6660005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f7e6660005-50si" alt="Radionomy" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Radionomy, a Belgian startup, is a site that lets you create a free, ad-supported Web radio station The site, now in beta testing, is designed to make creating a Web radio station trivial, letting you browse through vast music, jingle and content... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/radionomy-lets-you-create-free-web-radio-station.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200f48cf642470002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/audiotools-gets-virtual-tr808.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/audiotools-gets-virtual-tr808.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/audiotools-gets-virtual-tr808.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:00 -0700 David at Hobnox sends word that they’ve updated their browser-based virtual studio, AudioTools. Just a quick note that we just rolled out an update of the Hobnox Audiotool. As promised the TR808 is now online, along with two new stompboxes (Compr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/audiotools-gets-virtual-tr808.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200f48cf64b830003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/cellular-grid-machine.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/cellular-grid-machine.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/cellular-grid-machine.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:15:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c1908f000200f48cf3ad9c0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398c1908f000200f48cf3ad9c0003-50si" alt="Cellular Grid Machine - Screenshot" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Cellular Grid Machine is a virtual-machine mechanism that just-so-happens-to spit out music from its auto mutating 16x16 multi-directional grid. CGM can generate hours / weeks / months / years of continual, self-modifying and self-evolving forms... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/cellular-grid-machine.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200f48cf3a30b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/the-history-of-the-doctor-who-theme-music.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/the-history-of-the-doctor-who-theme-music.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/the-history-of-the-doctor-who-theme-music.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:51:42 -0700 Planet Nerd’s Dan Walmsley talks to experimental composer David Shea about the history of the Doctor Who music and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmwYggYr2o <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/the-history-of-the-doctor-who-theme-music.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f3f9940005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/roland-olbeters-electro-pneumatic-instruments.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/roland-olbeters-electro-pneumatic-instruments.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/roland-olbeters-electro-pneumatic-instruments.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:14:11 -0700 Set designer and robot artist Roland Olbeter has created a series of electro-pneumatic sound machines capable of performing entire string quartets. The first commissioned composition for the robotic instruments was Elena Kats-Chernin’s Fast Blue ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/roland-olbeters-electro-pneumatic-instruments.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f348690004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/jean-michel-jarre-on-the-internet-record-labels.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/jean-michel-jarre-on-the-internet-record-labels.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/jean-michel-jarre-on-the-internet-record-labels.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:05:18 -0700 Clash Music has an interesting interview with synth music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre. It touches on some very timely subjects, including the role of the Internet in music: The Internet isn’t the only answer I think that the Internet might become... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/jean-michel-jarre-on-the-internet-record-labels.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f357e00005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jarre http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/nightmares-and-ola.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/nightmares-and-ola.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/nightmares-and-ola.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:13:57 -0700 Jean Michel Jarre, who’s on tour with truckloads of rare vintage keyboards performing his classic Oxygène, says that the old gear posed some unique challenges at his most recent concert in Madrid: The MemoryMoog went out of tune, the same for th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/nightmares-and-ola.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f301400004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jarre analog synths http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/omnisphere-preview-remix-contest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Max Waves) http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/omnisphere-preview-remix-contest.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/omnisphere-preview-remix-contest.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:23:44 -0700 Spectrasonics announced today the beginning of their 10-week "Omnisphere Preview Remix Contest" where registered virtual instrument users can create music using special loops that Spectrasonics has created from the eagerly anticipated Omnisphere... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxwaves.vox.com/library/post/omnisphere-preview-remix-contest.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c1908f000200e398f2d6de0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>