CYBERMIDI MUSIC and MIDI Blog

Back in the 1970's and '80's, pioneering home computing machines such as the Tandy Color Computer (COCO) had built-in sound. You could program simple tunes with the extended BASIC language. I remember coding Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to amuse my four-year old son. But sound quality was horrible and musical complexity on a 4 K machine just couldn't exist.

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Allegro Multimedia, a leading provider of educational software has chosen CYBERMIDI to create a jingle for Piano Wizard - the incredible video game that can teach anyone how to play piano fast.

You can hear the song at http://www.cybermidi.com/pianowizard or watch this youTube video below.

Synesthesia Now Taking Orders For Mandala 2.0, Launches New Website

Synesthesia Corporation (http://www.synesthesiacorp.com) launched a new website for the Mandala 2.0 High-Def Drum & Synthesizer and announced that it is now taking orders for the new product. The new website is http://mandaladrum.com.

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The choice to home school children is one of the most important decisions that a parent can ever make. It takes courage to go "against the norm". But now that you have control over the education you child will receive, it's important to choose a well-rounded curriculum.

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WorkshopLive Launches Online Learning System With 600 Internet-based Guitar and Keyboard Lessons

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By Seth Lutnick

After I had blown quite a few thousand dollars in a recording studio, a sound engineer friend made a cool suggestion. "Why don't you buy an ADAT, and do some tracking at home?" So I purchased that venerable 8 track digital tape recorder and saved oodles of time and money putting all my synth tracks on tape. That was my start in home recording, and oh, the fun I've had since!


What are the basic pieces of equipment and software one needs to record at home?

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