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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Pipes brings music production hardware and software together

newatlas.com: Not so long ago, making music magic would likely involve taking weeks or months out and bedding down in a dedicated recording studio until everyone in the band was happy with the result. Now, a quiet room in a house can serve a similar purpose thanks to music production software running on a laptop and hardware interfaces for instruments, MIDI gear and microphones. Pipes from the Synesthesia Corporation essentially merges computer hardware and production software for an all-in-one music creation machine that's said to start a whole new music creation product category.

1 comment:

Chai said...

I would love to fiddle with this musical device. I personally struggle in truly having a feeling of wanting to create music with electronic programs, and am curious to how the user interface is set up. This also is such a portable device, I can see so many people using this both young and experienced. It is always interesting to see the development of music technology over the years. One of the biggest changes is definitely in size. Instead of needing to buy big, expensive rack equipment, all audio effects are packed into a small device. I wonder if with the invention of cheap electronic music software decreases the amount of people who choose to make music because they don't have to make their money’s worth, or if more people create music as a result of its availability. I am interested to see how the general public of music-creators will take onto this new device.