Help me find electronic-themed, yet emotionally resonant songs like "Heartbeats" by The Knife & "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. [more inside]
posted by noboru_wataya on Oct 20, 2009 - 48 answers

On Geir Jenssen's (AKA Biosphere) 2006 Album Cho Oyu 8201m - Field Recordings From Tibet, the song "Summit" features a speaking sample near the end where someone named Boutros calls in on a two-way radio and warns the other party of an oncoming typhoon. The next-to-last line of the conversation is "The good king in his infinite wisdom declared the two-way radio illegal in the mountains." Where is this sample from?
posted by Inspector.Gadget on Jul 11, 2009 - 4 answers

What are the best techno albums since 1990? [more inside]
posted by Ultra Laser on Mar 24, 2009 - 32 answers

Looking for a software MIDI sequencer/DAW that meets my needs. [more inside]
posted by greenie2600 on Nov 7, 2008 - 7 answers

Recommend similar artists to bvdub and quantec. [more inside]
posted by zennoshinjou on Oct 15, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me think of classic electronic tracks for my (as-yet-hypothetical) classic electronica cover band. [more inside]
posted by greenie2600 on Sep 29, 2008 - 26 answers

Where can I find the tracklist for the 2007 Cannes Lions DVD intro? [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Apr 12, 2008 - 2 answers

Looking for trance covers/remixes. [more inside]
posted by jmd82 on Mar 2, 2008 - 10 answers

Are there any free realtime osx beat detection plugins or applications? [more inside]
posted by Jon Mitchell on Jan 28, 2008 - 3 answers

Help me find some DJ sets / albums that prominently feature music / samples from the 20s and 30s, such as big band, jazz and swing. [more inside]
posted by mikw on Apr 13, 2007 - 12 answers

ElectronicMusicFilter: I'm familiar with Cubase SX through school and I've played around with FruityLoops in the past, and I'd like to download something similar that's free for use at home. [more inside]
posted by alona on Mar 12, 2007 - 6 answers

DAWs are cool, but I really like the feel of instruments in my hands. Where can I obtain potentially-electronic-music-producing electronic gadgets, oscillators, noise machines, etc. in Southern California?
posted by univac on Jan 19, 2007 - 10 answers

How can I avoid the "FruityLoops Sound?" [more inside]
posted by drezdn on Jan 4, 2007 - 7 answers

Name that tune. This [mp3, 100 Kb] is a shamefully crude MIDI reconstruction of part of the tune in question. I'd place it around 1975, Moog type Top 100 pop music; sounds something like Hot Butter but is not. Any ideas what it is?
posted by shannymara on Dec 19, 2006 - 6 answers

Can anyone recommend some good electronica Internet radio that has absolutely no vocals? [more inside]
posted by cyrusdogstar on Aug 11, 2006 - 17 answers

I'm very interested in learning to compose electronic music, but don't know where to start. [more inside]
posted by p3on on Jan 24, 2006 - 14 answers

I make music with singing, guitars, and somewhat fast/complex backing tracks that I sequence in Logic. How can I pull these songs off live with zero to one other humans? [more inside]
posted by thedaniel on Jan 18, 2006 - 14 answers

Is there a commerical version of something like this eDrum project? I've found severa "drum modules" that take input from drum trigger devices and turn them into MIDI, but most of them are quite expensive. I'm hoping this is because they include built in sound generation. I am simply looking for a box that will take trigger inputs and produce MIDI output for as little as possible.
posted by phrontist on Nov 9, 2005 - 3 answers

Fun sound toys. [more inside]
posted by ITheCosmos on Nov 6, 2005 - 13 answers

I have a question that relates to the recent announcement about Reason 3. Reason is a intuitive and relatively simple (probably the easiest) software based music program. Is Reason and other programs making music production to easy? Has it been demystified? Coupled with the internet there is certainly a lot of electronic musicians nowadays.

I just have trouble when I think about it because I make music (with Reason) and I'd like to believe it's original and everything, but maybe it isn't.

I have a friend who makes short movies and he says that it has happened to movie making because of Final Cut and Premiere. But I can't imagine this is so because films are (or should be) complex and there are so many things that have to be done right.

Is the musician not special anymore? [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Dec 4, 2004 - 26 answers

Laptop Music filter- Can you help me pick out a computer to make music on [mi]? [more inside]
posted by drezdn on Aug 9, 2004 - 9 answers

Is there any way for a non-American to finagle access to the iTunes Music Store? Does anyone have reliable information on when it might be available in Canada?
posted by timeistight on May 2, 2004 - 8 answers

I'm an amateur musician and since Multiple Sclerosis ate my hands, I can't play my guitar. So want to try to make music with my computer. I've got a fast Win XP machine, a SOundblaster card with midi and a midi keyboard, CoolEdit, Cakewalk and lots of ideas.

What I want to do is find a program that'll let me play my midi keyboard and record the music, allowing me to edit/ Quantize blah blah (Cakewalk allows me this). But I want those midi notes to trigger samples that I've got as . wavs, transposing them to correct note (so it plays the real sounds, not tinny midi stuff), and obviously allow me to multi-track to layer the stuff into the songs in my head.

Anyone recommend a program that's easy to get to grips with/ a way of saving the samples so I can do this/ a book or online resource to get me started?
posted by Pericles on Jan 18, 2004 - 9 answers

In trance/techno music, where does the following pattern come from: A major bass hit on the first beat of the measure, then doubling to the first and third beat a couple measures later, then every beat, then eighth notes, sixteenth notes - usually accompanied by a melodic glissando climbing octaves or a vocal loop stuttering - until it releases (usually to a short pause) and then plunges into the full bass loop (and usually the chorus). Where'd this come from? What/who was the first song or DJ to use it?
posted by ao4047 on Jan 8, 2004 - 3 answers