Limited Run Of ReacTables Available Soon?

The ReacTable may soon be available for purchase. Developed by four PHD students two years ago at Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University, the ReacTable consists of blocks, each marked by a hieroglyph-like indentifier, on a touch-sensitive surface with a projector underneath. Each block represents a sound modifier based on an analog synth, such as an LFO, filter or ADSR which then controls the sound playback. Users move, rotate and...

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Brownback and Wyden Bolster Support For Internet Radio Equality Act

U.S. Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), co-sponsors of the Internet Radio Equality Act, released a statement regarding the ongoing negotiations between SoundExchange and webcasters over royalty rates. The senators stated, “We sponsored the Internet Radio Equality Act because the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision to dramatically increase royalties and apply what we see as unfounded minimum rates threatens...

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