Living in Bloomsburg, I am used to seeing things with “Bloom” in the title, so why should software be any different? On his web site, Brian Eno describes Bloom as “a music box for the 21st Century”, which is just as apt a description as any. Eno is a proponent ...

Echo String is a cross between an electric harp and piano. Like many apps it takes a few minutes to wrap your head around the design, but once you have that “Ah HA!” moment, the fun really begins. In fact, Echo String can be considered an instrument onto itself, ...

Some experiments with an optical theremin and some effects pedals… used in one of my electro performances.     ...

Monolith Loop works off of the same “pebble ripple” principle as Brian Eno’s Bloom and several other apps, but the ripples bounce off of each other a bit differently. There’s only one tone, adjustable by pitch and resonance. It’s pleasing enough, and can be further configured in six “moods” ...

As an avid listener of Indian music, I have been through many of the available apps, and I’m usually not impressed. Some have a very “toy” like quality, and are pretty cheesy. So I was skeptical about yet another app… but Samvada is different. The fact that this is ...

Fourier Touch has practical applications as a teaching tool besides being a tool to generate tones for use in composition. It’s actually one of several apps by KonakaLabs that are available free, and well worth a look. One neat feature is that you get a readout of the exact frequency ...

Poem by Jeff Welch read by Alf Bashore and processed by Shivasongster. ...