Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music has got an article on Harmonix opening up the Rock Band network to create songs for the ever popular console games. It's not particularly EDM related, but the creation side is very cool. He also has a Q&A with them.

Create Digital Music, XLR8R & Pitchfork got together and have created and released a 13 track compilation "Music of our Future". They were also able to get the story behind how these track came about from the artists themselves. It's a great insight into the creation of music and the selection of all the music.

Michael Una over at Create Digital Music has got a piece discussing hacking, prototyping and the likes of the Bliptronic 5000, a $50 Tenori-on, monome hackable clone from Think Geek. After Peter Kim's article on the device itself there was a lot of questions about the hackability of this device and what the DIY crowd can do, the creator gets on board and outlines what can be done.

Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music has a great piece outlining the Bliptronic 5000 a $50 device from Thing Geek looking to take on the Tenori-on and monome.. to a degree. Check out the article to see this cool little device.

Peter Kim has a great in-depth article over at Create Digital Music on the new Teenage Engineering OP-1 Controller + Synth. A concept/prototype synth that will be doing a small 100 unit run to beta testers. Very nice modern design that you don't see with much hardware these days. They usually take the gimmick route. Check out the full article over at CDM.

Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music has an article about a new Linux based laptop that comes pre-loaded with a bunch of music based apps. Indamixx Laptop is the first pre-configured music netbook, running linux for USD$499. Not too shabby for those that don't want to spend heaps on their road machine.

Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music has an overview of a new kind of syth from sonic charge that has an entirely new approach to the creation of synth patches and the sounds themselves. Read his full article to understand what this is about.

The guys over at Create Digital Music have a story about Rucyl Mills’ Wearable, Over-the-Shoulder MIDI Controller. It's not very animal friendly being made from snake skin and black leather, but the intent is pretty cool. Comes with faders, knobs and pads.

The folks over at Create Digital Music has got a nice overview of the free and open source Livid Looper audio application from the specialized VJ Software/controller company

The guys over at Create Digital Music have a great article on the free music production software from Sonoma. The interesting thing about this software is that it provides mechanisms to collaborate while creating.

For all those crazed iPhone fans out there the first commercial music creation software has been released to the app store. You can go over to our friends at Create Digital Music and read their run down, as I don't have an iPhone to play with this.

Our friends over at Create Digital Music have a story about an open source DJ midi controller that looks pretty damn cool. It's got a very clean design, there is a video demoing the unit.

Our friends over at Create Digital Music has an article on a project that is underway to create an Ableton controller that mimics the User Interface. The work is already looking pretty cool, so jump over and check it out.

The guys over at Create Digital Music have an article about a DIY digital turntable made from a mouse. The project was created so users of the open source terminatorX scratch synth had a cheap interface. It's amazing some of the cool stuff people come up with.

Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music interviews the creator of the stribe multi-touch controller and gets a hands-on look at the controller itself. There are some great photos and videos and its all built using a relatively cheap Arduino controller.