Sony BMG Set To Debut DRM-Free Online Music Service

According to Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the company is currently developing a DRM-Free, online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players including the Apple iPod. The news was revealed in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. As for costs to subscribers, the newspaper quoted him as saying...

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Meet The Ambassador – Ableton Live MIDI Controller

Aux Armes, a DJ/VJ from Austin, Texas, recently put the finishing touches on his handmade Ambassador Ableton Live controller. The one-off uses arcade game quality buttons, an aluminum top panel and a custom wood chassis, and looks pretty pro, save for the computer mouse that looks like it was glued on as an afterthought. Aux Armes claims that the Ambassador uses “all key commands through a custom driver to handle playback,...

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