http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f5bcn_z0Qg   > 10 Greatest Synths of all time   > Poor old James Horner is in fear of being relegated to the lowly ranks of sound effects – oh the shame!   > Two years ago I posted about…

> Photoshop fridge magnets? Someone should make an ableton LIVE set   > Stretta has released his set of Monome MaxforLive plugins, check them out here   > “The future does not fit in the containers of the past.”  …

> Kandinskys dub teachings   > 12 track mix by Taylour Deupree 12k on Fluid radio   > Want a $30 discount on SonicCharges drum machine MicroTonic or synth Synplant? If so leave a comment, I only have one to…

> Phew! Another busy week: finished ambience premix Thursday/Friday last week, Foley premix Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday and now into FX premixes.. So are are getting closer to where the magic happens i.e. starting the final mix next week….   > Two great…

> This is brilliant:   > Analysis: Vinyl, Digital Sales Hit New High Marks   > Recording underwater ambiences   > 10 Music Industry Trends & Questions For 2009   >Multi-touch sound visualisation   > Love these retro looking Norra…

> Quick! The free TC Electronic Reverb Plugin offer expires soon!   > A trip to the Rycote Factory with a handy tip: when storing your fluffy for travel, turn it inside out!   > A chat with Vladislav Delay…

> Phew what a busy week… I finally finished 3 months work & output all the ambiences & effects for the premix of Taika Waititis film BOY starting next week. My monster ProTools session saved self-contained is 43.5GB, not counting…

> Ambiences through 15,000 speakers? Sounds like more fun than the Disneyland that you think you know… & interesting use of white noise to seperate locations & their soundtracks…   > myspace falling traffic = 100 million less from advertising?…

> I never wear a tie, but if I was to it would have to be one of these made from recycled tape > Steampunk synth mods > Take the IMSTA music software piracy survey here > A memorized backwards/sung…

via > From a coffee bean to a carbon atom – a beautiful zoom a la Eames Powers of Ten > Whats all this about Google Music? > New toy plays back your recordings backwards – now THAT would make…

> 100 best music videos of the decade > Baby music? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q2MgeJTNrw > The everyday life of Darth Vader > “all art has been contemporary” – a quote from the 2 or 3 things blog, which made me think about…

> Re the prev post (A whole lot of worldizing) theres a making of & backstory here – thanks Matteo! > Tom Waits has a new live album coming out & in the meantime you can get 8 full length…

> Got any AES news to share? The only interesting news I’ve read is that Lexicon are at last releasing plugins! via AU, VST, RTAS formats, with ilok copy protection & list price of US$1,899… ouch! Guess I’ll be using…

> A talking piano?? Read about how here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4 > Field recordings from Ghana – love how the files are labelled as tapes! #nostalgia > Music from a sky full of stars? Quite beautiful, but not something you will see…

Minimalist Movie Posters >Can you imagine people asking; ‘What does your kindle say about you?’ compared with ‘What does your bookcase say about you?‘ > Join the worlds largest online choir… shame it also appears to be the choir of…

I love these polar photographs – here’s a little tutorial > A link to the ultimate productivity blog – touche! >Cinema Sampling, or How To Be Sergio Leone with a Few Easy Beats (yeah, right) > Clutter is procrastination: “When…

Its late Monday & its already a busy week: I’ve finished patching my conform & I’m back into actually contributing sound – Hallelujah! But my stash of links worth sharing is starting to overflow, so the detritus installment arrives early…

Phwoah! Busy week recovering from a new picture turnover – my PT session looked like confetti after the conform… Anyway, heres what’s been engaging my brain this week… > An interesting article, The Mundane Fanatastic about a recent trend with…

> Tune in…. for a thousand years – Jem Finers Long Player (so beautifully meditative!) The always funny xkcd > Digital Acoustic Cartography > Sound Archive of the British Library goes online, free of charge – Guardian article > 50…

Here are this weeks gems, links, flotsam & jetsam… > Feeling a bit Augustus Pablo-like? Buy yourself a melodica or try this free sample set for ableton LIVE Not sure why, but I always enjoy jamming on a melodica –…