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Some interesting things I found recently:

# These Are My Twisted Words – Free Radiohead song

Johnny writes:

So here's a new song, called 'These Are My Twisted Words'. We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We're pretty proud of it.

There's other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we've been practicing, and which we'll probably play at this summer's concerts. Hope you like it.

The download includes a 320kbps mp3, some artwork and additional info.

# H. O. Studley Masonic Tool Chest

If the workmanship in a tool chest is any indication of the maker's talent, then the craftsmanship of Master carpenter and stonemason H. O. Studley must have been awe-inspiring. Brother Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) built this magnificent wall-hung chest while employed by the Poole Piano Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. In an oak clamshell box adorned with rosewood, ebony, pearl and ivory, Studley kept both tools he made and a collection of the finest hand tools made prior to 1900, including a complete set of woodworking tools as well as machinist and stonemasonry tools. To pack the 300-plus tools into a case only 19 1/2 inches wide, 39 inches long and 9 1/2 inches deep, Studley devised a jigsaw puzzle arrangement of flip-up trays, fold-out layers and hidden compartments.

# RjDuino (YouTube)

Using a custom RjDj patch to control an Arduino. Made possible via the "netsend" and "netreceive" objects in PD, which are also usable in RjDj. The interface with the Arduino is made through the Firmata firmware in combination with the PDuino library.

XLN Audio has announced the release of Modern Jazz – Sticks, a new ADpak for Addictive Drums.

Modern Jazz – Sticks features a beautiful Premier Gen-X kit with a Ludwig Acrolite snare along with cymbals and percussion from Sabian, Meinl and Paiste. The drums have been tuned up slightly for a modern jazz sound.

Get instant access to production styles typical for modern jazz. Tune the kit up or down, go fat or thin, stay really close or spread out with lots of ambience. Control each mic separately and combine them for your perfect sound.

Over 300 live recorded grooves and fills are included in a large range of tempos, styles and different lengths for natural variation. Use them for inspiration or to build complete tracks in minutes.

Modern Jazz – Sticks features

• 12 Piece Jazz Kit, Played With Sticks
• 300 Live Recorded Rhythms
• 30 Crisp Production Presets

Modern Jazz – Sticks is available for purchase for 59 EUR / $59 USD.

More information: XLN Audio

Silicon Beats has released Jazz Cats V2, a collection of jazz drum loops.

Hot and smoking trad jazz drum loops with sizzling rides, fizzy hi-hats and thundering toms. Jazz Cats V2 offers a wealth of Jazz grooves with detailed variations and fills.

Some loops are even 8 bars long to capture the live, flowing essence of jazz drum grooves. We also aimed for a more ambient and ‘roomy’ sound for this drum loop pack with the room mics taking high priority in the mix.

Jazz Cats V2 features

• 135 Jazz Drum Loops (24Bit/44.1kHz, 568 MB content)
• Tempos: 105 to 180 Bpm.
• Various acoustic drum grooves, variations and fills (played live).
• Formats: Apple Loops, REX2, Wav.

Jazz Cats V2 is available as an instant download for $39.95 USD.

More information: Silicon Beats

Andy Baio of Waxy.org has launched a Kickstarter project for Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis.

Andy writes:

I’ve always wondered what chiptune jazz covers would sound like. What would the jazz masters sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga?

I’ve researched the topic quite a bit, and was only able to find four jazz covers ever released — ast0r’s version of Coltrane’s Giant Steps and Charlie Parker’s Confirmation, Sergeeo’s own Giant Steps cover, and Bun’s version of Coltrane’s My Favorite Things. (If you know more, please let me know!)

So I asked ast0r and sergeeo, along with three incredible chiptune artists (Virt, Shnabubula, and Disasterpeace), to collaborate on a track-by-track remake of the album. I’m raising the money to legally release the album, pay the royalties1, print a very limited run of CDs for Kickstarter backers only, and pay the artists for their hard work on these very challenging songs.

Check Waxy.org for more information.

Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank has released Jazzistic, a collection full of authentic sounds, loops, kits, and instruments entirely dedicated to Jazz: drums, double bass, jazz guitar and some typical electric keyboards.

Jazzistic will be the tool of choice for every demanding producer who wants to inject the true soul and attitude of the roots of Jazz.

Jazzistic features

• More than a thousand loops and phrases from the most basic to the most sophisticated jazz patterns: Swing, Brushes, Latino, Herbie, Funky Jazz, Big Band, Breakbeat and more.
• Expertly produced and engineered by Yassine Dahbi, and played by the most talented Jazz players – Jean Christophe Calvet (Drums), Pierre Yves Lamy (Guitars) & Olivier Gatto (Double Bass).
• Recording sessions were achieved with authentic jazz perspective in mind, using the most organic audio gear in a typical jazzy room.
• Includes extra brushed drums sounds recorded in outstanding conditions in one of the biggest studio in the world.
• More than 200 Jazz patterns as MIDI files and BPM Patterns to work with the drumkits and for maximum flexibility.
• Iincludes basic and essential double bass and guitar loops, played with finest taste.
• Ready to play instruments:
  • 2 excellent sounding Double Basses
  • Several variation of a pure Jazz Guitar
  • Vintage Rhodes MK1
  • Jazz selection of Hammond B3 sounds
  • Drum kits

Jazzistic is now available for $149 USD (includes the full version of UVI Workstation).

Visit UVISoundSource.com for more information and audio demos.

Toontrack’s EZdrummer is one of the most popular drum instruments around, and for good reason.

The multi-microphone drum sampler is easy to use, yet it has plenty of features for advanced tweaking. The EZdrummer package comes with an extensive MIDI library (8,000+ patterns), a mixer which allows stereo and multitrack routing, and a number of wonderfully captured instruments.

EZdrummer also allows you to use additional drum kits with EZX expansion packs.

Toontrack’s latest offering is the Jazz EZX, featuring drum sounds performed by Roy “Futureman” Wooten, inventor of the Drumitar, and member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

Futureman is a multiple Grammy award winning composer, inventor, and multi-instrumentalist who has been a pioneer in using sampled drums since 1985. He has shared the stage and numerous albums with many Jazz legends.

Roy started playing acoustic drums as a young child with his brothers in Virginia. From that he has come a long way and is now renowned for playing what is called a SynthAxe-Drumitar to trigger drum samples.

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