A sad day for Hipno. Cycling ’74 has announced that all sales of Pluggo and Pluggo-based plug-ins will cease immediately. More information is available @ http://www.cycling74.com/story/2009/5/14/101259/594 .

If, and what, Electrotap will do with Hipno is still unclear at this point. We thank everyone who enjoyed Hipno and let us know about their love for the plug-ins. We love them too and will miss them very much!

We have some news: Electrotap is now an authorized re-seller for Cycling ’74. This means we are now able to offer a couple of things:

1. We are now selling Max/MSP and Max/MSP/Jitter at a reduced price.
2. We have bundles of Tap.Tools with Max/MSP/Jitter. The bundled price for Max/MSP/Jitter gives you, in essence, Tap.Tools for free.

If there are bundles of Electrotap and Cycling ’74 products you would like to see, please let us know!

If you place an order from Electrotap @ http://shop.electrotap.com/ , you now have the option of paying using Google Checkout. This is in addition to Paypal or directly paying Electrotap. We hope this additional option will help some of our awesome patrons!

A couple days ago Cycling ’74 released Max 5.0.7. This version of Max is a “must download”. The most noticeable thing is that the launch time is significantly improved over previous versions of Max!

http://cycling74.com/downloads/max5

CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION’s URBAN CULTURE PROJECT PRESENTS

KANSAS CITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC & ARTS ALLIANCE (KCEMA): (Re)Structured

One night performance: Saturday, April 11, 8 pm (doors open at 7:30pm)
$5 suggested donation
La Esquina, 1000 West 25th Street, KC MO 64018

Kansas City Electronic Music Alliance returns to Urban Culture Project’s la Esquina on Saturday, April 11, 8 pm for a one-night concert of live electronic music and video. Featuring music for bass clarinet and electronics, homemade instruments, and video of Kansas City’s unused and reclaimed industrial space. Performances by Brad Baumgardner, Michael Miller, and Scott Blasco. Music by Brad Baumgarnder, William Lackey, Jen-Kuang Chang, Richard Johnson and Christopher Biggs, Kyong Mee Choi, and Adam Hardin.

Composer and Bass Clarinetist Brad Baumgardner earned a B.A. in music from Western Kentucky University in 2003, a M.M. in composition from the University of Louisville in 2006, and is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. Brad’s music has been featured all over the United States, most recently by the Trio Bel Canto at the North American Saxophone Alliance 2008 convention held in South Carolina. Brad remains active as a performer both as a solo artist and as a member of prominent area ensembles. Recent engagements include performances of Adam Hardin’s Echolalia at the Electronic Music Midwest 2007 and SPARK 2008 festivals.

The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KCEMA) was founded in 2007 to encourage and develop understanding and appreciation of electronic music and to create an expansive sense of community for electronic musicians and other artists in the Kansas City Area. KCEMA organizes concerts of electronic music and collaborative projects with generative and performing artists. KcEMA provides a forum for electronic musicians and artists in other media to collaborate, exchange ideas, and grow as an interactive, supportive community.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://c.web.umkc.edu%2Fcwby96%2FKCEMA%2FKCEMA.html
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.myspace.com%2Fkcema

This performance is the fifth collaboration between Urban Culture Project and KCEMA.

An initiative of the Charlotte Street Foundation, Urban Culture Project creates new opportunities for artists of all disciplines and contributes to urban revitalization by transforming spaces in downtown Kansas City into new venues for multi-disciplinary contemporary arts programming. For more information, visit
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://charlottestreet.org or e-mail info@http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://charlottestreet.org.

An old interview about Tap.Tools, Jade, and structuring Max patches has been re-posted @ http://blog.74objects.com/2002/11/25/creativesynth-interview/ .

Enjoy!

All content on the Electrotap blog is now licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license. Info is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ .

We have talked about doing this for a while but have just now finalized it. Hopefully this is helpful for the community at large.

Enjoy!