Category Archives: Computer Music

One Small Step for QT, One Giant Leap for Free Software

Posted on January 16, 2009 by kev009

QT Software, under the graces of Nokia, has released the superb QT cross-platform toolkit under the LGPL. This. is. HUGE. For the libre software purist, this still benefits you, if indirectly.  Companies that make changes to the toolkit must still … Continue reading →

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NIN Echoplex live rehearsal

Posted on December 19, 2008 by kev009

One of my favorite blogs, Create Digital Music, ran a piece on NIN doing a rehearsal for Echoplex. It’s neat to see the Lemur, a touch screen MIDI controller, used live by the drummer.  Overall the song structure is relatively … Continue reading →

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Ableton Live 7 MIDI Problems

Posted on May 15, 2008 by kev009

A lot of people are having trouble with Ableton Live 7.  This is especially true with MIDI functionality.  It stems from the fact that Live 7 defaults to the DirectMusic MIDI interface.  Apparently DirectMusic then has to do emulation because … Continue reading →

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