Outland by The Very Loud Indeed Co. As its name suggests, Outland: Dark Scoring Drones comes packed with sounds well suited to crime, drama and horror scores.

AudioScape range now available in the UK AudioScapes popular range of outboard gear can now be purchased directly in the UK.

Kubernik: 'Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir' Now Out!Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir Now Out! 

By Harvey Kubernik 

BearManor Media has just published a terrific 318-page book, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noirby Jon Burlingame. It’s listed on Amazon. 

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   Henry Mancini (1924-1994) is renowned as the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer of such timeless standards as “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses,” as well as such memorable instrumental themes as “The Pink Panther” and “Baby Elephant Walk.” But preceding all of them was the wildly popular theme from Peter Gunn, a television series whose soundtrack won the very first Grammy ever awarded for Album of the Year. 

   Award-winning author and journalist Jon Burlingame chronicles the backstory of Peter Gunn and how its music propelled Mancini to fame and fortune, launching a decades-long collaboration with filmmaker Blake Edwards that encompassed nearly 30 movies, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Victor / Victoria and beyond.

   Jon Burlingame (author of six books including The Music of James Bond and Music for Prime Time) relates the untold story of Peter Gunn and its companion series Mr. Lucky; examines the music Mancini wrote for both series and their chart-topping success as modern jazz albums; and tells how this 1958-61 period in TV history set the stage for one of the most remarkable careers of any American composer in the Twentieth Century. For more than 25 years, Burlingame has taught film-music history courses at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. As a producer, Burlingame is responsible for four volumes of music from the classic spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and a series of albums of music from Quinn Martin television shows of the 1960s and ‘70s. 

    In a 2024 emailed correspondence I asked author and music historian Burlingame about Peter Gunn and Mancini. 

    “PETER GUNN was a seminal moment in TV history, the first time that original music for television was taken seriously and would become the basis for best-selling, Grammy-winning soundtrack albums. I have always loved the series, as well as its music, and as the Henry Mancini centennial was coming up in 2024, I wanted to chronicle the show and its music, something that (believe it or not) had never been done in-depth. The research and writing turned out to be one of the most fun projects I’ve ever done, and — I hope — an important addition to the documentation of the career of one of our most important American composers. People forget that Mancini was the first film composer to become a household name, due to his many popular songs and unprecedented role as a pops conductor on the orchestra circuit of the ‘60s, ‘70s and beyond. And PETER GUNN was the show that brought him together with filmmaker Blake Edwards and led, ultimately, to ‘Moon River,’ ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ the ‘Pink Panther’ theme and so many other classic movie and TV scores.”

   Discovering the Peter Gunn detective series, starring Lola Albright (Edie Hart) and Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn) in 1958 and watching it weekly for a few years with my parents in Culver City, Ca. was mandatory viewing. It ran on NBC-TV from 1958-1960, and 1960-1961 on ABC-TV. 

  Gunn as a private eye who frequented a wharf-side jazz club with a jazz soundtrack backdrop checking out his girlfriend, nightclub singer Edie, while teaming or at odds with his cop pal Lieutenant Jacob, played by Herschel Bernardi.  

    The roaring “Peter Gunn” title theme grabbed me when I first heard it blaring from our TV. Since then, there’s been over 120 cover versions of it, including The Art of Noise Featuring Duane Eddy, King Curtis, Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra, Sandy Nelson, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Cramps, Denny Freeman and the Cobras, Jeff Beck, Quincy Jones, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Clarence Clemmons. 

   In 1994, the record label Fresh Sound issued The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn Music composed by Henry Mancini. The tunes were arranged by Maxwell Davis, Pete Candoli, and Bob Florence.  

    Mancini could be considered the first musician to compose modern jazz for the soundtrack of a filmed television series. 

    "This CD collects most of the material Mancini wrote for the late-'50s, noir-ish TV drama Peter Gunn,” wrote music journalist Stephen Cook in All Music Guide. “The innovative and appropriate jazz soundtrack includes arrangements by Pete Candoli, Maxwell Davis, and Bob Florence and features some of the best Los Angeles session players of the time (Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell, etc.). Mancini takes up from his earlier soundtrack for Orson Welles' Touch of Evil with brass-heavy, crime jazz tunes like ‘Fallout!’ and rock & roll swing numbers like ‘Spook! and the title-track. The bulk of the material, though, is in a cool, West Coast jazz vein, including brisk swingers like ‘Blue Steel’ and breezy and mid-tempo cuts like ‘Goofin' at the Coffee House.’ Also included are the kind of sleepy-eyed lounge cuts Mancini excelled at, like ‘Dreamsville,’ ‘A Quiet Gass,’ and ‘Soft Sounds.’ This is an excellent collection and one that ranks with Mancini's other fine film and TV work from the '50s and '60s." 

. In 2024 I asked author Andrew Loog Oldham, producer and manager of the Rolling Stones 1963-1967 about the Mancini “Peter Gunn” landmark TV recording moment. “Henry Mancini: The Saul Bass of TV themes.”  

    The great thing about Henry Mancini, known to Hank by friends, was that he was always accessible to students and aspiring music journalists. I recall a 1974 college seminar at RCA Records on Sunset Boulevard, a second home to Mancini and his recording career, often scoring the movies of director/producer Blake Edwards, where he invited the class to a mixing session. 

    I then sat with him at a 1974 Bob Dylan/Band concert at the Forum in Inglewood and we discussed the group Cream and he praised the jazz/rock sounds of the late sixties/early seventies. That same year we found ourselves sitting in the same row at an Andre Previn recital at UCLA’s Royce Hall venue. He re-introduced himself to me, I said hello to Previn, we went to the same junior high school in Los Angeles, and Hank wanted to know if I was going to his yearly event at the Hollywood Bowl. I must have gone for an entire decade. What a bargain for $5.00 to hear his movie and TV catalog under the stars.    

    During 2024, 2 episodes of Peter Gunn are broadcast on Sundays on MeTV.  

    Gain additional insights into this groundbreaking sonic expedition by reading Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir.    

Harvey Kubernik is the author of 20 books, including HollywoodShackJob:RockMusicInFilm and on Your Screen, published in 2004 by the University of New 

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TOMORROW X TOGETHER at the Crypto.com ArenaLos Angeles has long been at the forefront of embracing different genres of music and entertainment. K-pop especially has received a warm welcome from the city. One group that has consistently seen the most appreciation is the rising Gen Z group TOMORROW X TOGETHER -- also known as TXT. Last year, the group (composed of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and HueningKai) sold out two nights at the BMO Stadium with their 2nd world tour ‘ACT : SWEET MIRAGE.’ Replicating this massive success, they sold out the Crypto.com Arena on May 21 and 22nd with their 3rd world tour 'TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR .'



The group has had whirlwind success since its debut in 2019 by HYBE (formally known as BigHit Entertainment). TXT is the second boy band to debut for the company after megastars BTS. In July 2022, they became the first K-pop group to perform at LOLLAPALOOZA in Chicago and returned a year later in August 2023 to become the first K-pop group to headline the festival.



The group's eclectic use of genres, including sprinkles of R&B, electronic, pop-rock and hip-hop, have been an essential part of their thriving career. Their latest project Minisode 3: Tomorrow landed in third place on the Billboard 200 chart and has dominated the top album sales and Artist 100 charts. A big triumph for a Korean singing act in the U.S. market.  



From their stunning music videos and photo concepts, the band's visual storytelling was one of the things I was most looking forward to seeing live. And they did not disappoint. As you entered the area we were greeted by big LCD screens that transported us into their world. The theme of the tour is the band’s commitment to move forward together towards a hopeful future, a promise to the fans. It also continues the narrative of TOMORROW X TOGETHER's minisode 3: TOMORROW that 'tomorrow with you is a source of salvation and hope.' 









Deafening screams and dog woof chants (an fun homage to their track "Cat & Dog") filled the arena as TXT made their grand entrance. Wearing white cloaks, the group made a striking appearance emerging from an elevated platform in the middle of the catwalk stage to the tune of "Deja Vu." Some MOA's (the fanbase name and acronym for Moments of Alwaysness) might be disappointed to hear that the group's background dancers aren't part of this tour run, but I think this created an intimate atmosphere. You could admire the intricate dance moves of each performance and listen to their vocal harmonies. 



For not being fluent in English, I applaud TXT for the time they spent on stage interacting with their fans and playing games. Their youthful energy and charismatic personalities brightened up the room. 



Each arc of the show featured different themes and wardrobe changes. For “Sugar Rush Ride” and “Farewell, Neverland” the group paid homage to their their Korean heritage by wearing hanbok clothing and incorporating the traditional Korean fan dance, buchaechum.



Unfortunately, Beomgyu had to leave the stage mid-show after suffering from a nosebleed. But like a champ, came back to finish off the show strong. Beomgyu, alongside HueningKai and Taehyun, had everyone singing along to the snappy chorus of "Quarter Life." Soobin and Yeonjun next had a turn on stage performing a seductive dance to their R&B duet "The Killa (I Belong to You). Keeping things interesting, TXT had a rock segment with the head-banging songs “Puma,” “Good Boy Gone Bad” and “Growing Pain.” HueningKai had MOA's screaming with joy when he pretended to play a fake electric guitar. The band's 27-song set list featured all the favorites from the euphoric “Chasing That Feeling,” to the catchy “LO$ER = L."



As the night was coming to an end, each member of the group took time to address the fans in their native language. Each sweetly thanked the fans for all the support and called LA a second home. TOMORROW X TOGETHER had the entire arena dancing til the very end, finishing off their set with the fan favorites "Miracle," "Cat & Dog" and "MOA Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari).













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Building An 8-Color Automated Filament ChangerMulti-filament printing can really open up possibilities for your prints, even more so the more filaments you have. Enter the 8-Track from [Armored_Turtle], which will swap between 8 filaments for you!
The system is modular, with each spool of filament installed in a drybox with its own filament feeder .The dryboxes connect to the 8-Track changer via pogo pins for communication and power. While [Armored_Turtle] is currently using the device on a Voron printer, he’s designed it so that it can be easily modified to suit other printers. As it’s modular, it’s also not locked into running 8 filaments. Redesigning it to use more or less is easy enough thanks to its modular design.
The design hasn’t been publicly released yet, but [Armored_Turtle] states they hope to put it on Github when it’s ready. It’s early days, but we love the chunky design of those actively-heated drybox filament cassettes. They’re a great step up from just keeping filament hanging on a rod, and they ought to improve print performance in addition to enabling multi-filament switching.
We’ve seen some other neat work in this space before, too. Video after the break.

[Thanks to Keith Olson for the tip!]

Startups Weekly: Drama at Techstars. Drama in AI. Drama everywhere.Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Well, folks, it looks like Techstars’ drama just got a new plot twist. CEO Maëlle Gavet is making her exit, leaving co-founder David Cohen to swoop […]
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Get Firestarter Cinematic SFX for only $9 until May 26th!
Flame Sound offers the Firestarter SFX ($59 value) cinematic sound effects library for only $9 until May 26th, 2024. Regular BPB readers already know about Flame Sound – it’s my sound design label that offers free cinematic sound effects and premium SFX collections. Firestarter SFX, one of the best-selling premium packs, is currently available at [...]
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 272: Desktop EDM, Silence of the Leaves, and the Tyranny of the Rocket EquationWith Elliot off on vacation, Tom and Dan made a valiant effort to avoid the dreaded “clip show” and provide you with the tastiest hacker treats of the week. Did they succeed? That’s not for us to say, but if you’re interested in things like non-emulated N64 games and unnecessarily cool filament sensors, this just might be one to check out.
We also came across a noise suppressor for a leaf blower, giant antennae dangling from government helicopters, and a desktop-friendly wire EDM setup that just might change the face of machining. We waxed on about the difference between AI-generated code and just pulling routines from StackExchange, came to the conclusion that single-stage-to-orbit is basically just science fiction, and took a look at the latest eclipse from 80,000 feet, albeit a month after the fact.

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Episode 272 Show Notes:
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The Business Card Challenge is in full swing

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Interesting Hacks of the Week:

NetBSD Bans AI-Generated Code From Commits
Betta Aims To Bring Wire EDM To The Desktop

Powercore Aims To Bring The Power Of EDM To Any 3D Printer

Static Recompilation Brings New Life To N64 Games
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail
This WiFi Filament Sensor Is Unnecessary, But Awesome

Flexures Keep This Printed Displacement Sensor In Line

Filming The Eclipse From 80,000 Feet

Quick Hacks:

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Trying To Build A Communications Device With A 1-Pound Laser And A 7805
[Scott Manley] Explains GPS Jamming
Amber Compiles To Bash

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How To Lace Cables Like It’s 1962
Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Touch ID
Pi Pico Helps Restring Badminton Rackets

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Single-Stage-to-Orbit: The Launch Technology We Wish Was Real
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AKA Design reveal ProVoice V4 podcast desk Studio furniture specialists AKA Design have just announced the launch of the forth-generation version of their popular ProVoice studio desk.

Linda Audio releases Digimorph, a FREE experimental synth VST for Windows
Linda Audio has released Digimorph, a free experimental synth VST for Windows. Synth VSTs are often heavily inspired by existing hardware instruments and, in some cases, directly emulate them, like Vavra, a Waldorf MicroQ emulation. It’s not just free synths that often venture down the emulation path; releases like Baby Audio’s BA-1 are the same. [...]
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New version of Juicy Loops brings FL Studio’s step sequencer into Ableton LiveYRAKI’s original Juicy Loops M4L device was a game changer for FL Studio lovers shifting over to Ableton Live. The emulation allowed users to feel more at home, dragging FL features over to their new DAW of choice.
Now, YRAKI has worked on a new version of its helpful M4L device. Juicy Loops 2 recreates yet another much loved FL features for Ableton Live – FL’s nifty, intuitive step sequencer.

READ MORE: Ableton launches Ableton Live 12 – here’s what’s new

FL Studio’s versatile step sequencer is famously simple to use. With its six tracks, each with individual settings, the DAW makes it simple to create polyrhythms and carve out interesting sonic patterns. Thankfully, YRAKI has entirely recreated the familiar UI – as well as adding a few extra perks.
The polymetric Juicy Loops 2 MIDI sequencer also allows users to toy with the velocity of each track, as well as tweak velocity deviations with percentage dials. Track length can also be varied individually, while the direction of play can also be reversed.
YRAKI have also made it so Juicy Loops patterns can be directly exported as MIDI clips, allowing users to drop them into Ableton channels, meaning you wont lose your pattern in the process.

A few reviews are already in, with one reading: “Love this! It’s like a magic box packed with infinite sequencing ideas. Glad I can finally program beats this way on Ableton.”
Another reviewer suggests a potential way of making the sequencer even more useful than the FL original. “Adding a chance per step feature and BPM sync/free mode would make it even better,” they write.
Juicy Loops is currently available for £20 on Gumroad.
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Tim Exile’s collaborative music-making platform Endlesss to shut down next weekEndlesss, the fun-focussed app for collaborative online music-making, is shutting down next week, a new statement has revealed.
Helmed by electronic music producer Tim Exile, the mobile and desktop app launched in 2020 and proudly embraced emerging technologies, such as Web3, in its development.
READ MORE: Endlesss Studio review: live improvisation has never been this easy and fun
Endlesss was revered strong emphasis on fun in music production, with a workflow designed for easy online jamming with loops. The Rifffs feature would let you lay down sequences to rapidly upload and share with other users, who could add to the Rifff in real-time.
On 31 May 2024, the app’s servers will close. In a statement, the UK-based startup says:
“We announce today, with heavy hearts, that Endlesss Ltd will cease operations at the end of May.
“In what ways will this affect the apps you use and the music you make with them? Servers and apps are live until the end of the month. These services will cease to operate on Friday, 31st May. Endlesss’ apps will no longer be accessible after this date.
“Due to this, we strongly recommend that users begin archiving their music immediately. Rifffs can be downloaded from the app using the ‘share’ function and selecting to export stems or video output. These options can also be found in the Rifff journal.
“We want to extend our sincere thanks to all of you. There was a huge passion behind this project that many of you shared, creating a community rich with talent and friendship.
“Endlesss has produced incredible moments and lifelong connections, both online and in real life. We feel honoured to have contributed to the development of an app that has gathered such a loyal following.”

MusicTech reviewed the app upon its release during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying ‘There was no way Exile could’ve known how 2020 would pan out but it just so happens that his app might be the perfect way to make the best of a bad situation – by kickstarting your creativity and connecting with a world on lockdown.”
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Deadmau5 trolls Grimes for Coachella technical issues during his EDC setdeadmau5 poked fun at Grimes’ infamous Coachella performance during his set at Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival last weekend. During the show, he played clips of the synth-pop artist talking about the technical issues she experienced during the first weekend of the festival before going into his track, Maths.
Deadmau5 performed on the last day of EDC (Sunday 19 May) on the Cosmic Meadow stage. The festival also hosted sets from David Guetta, Benny Benassi, Peggy Gou, Dom Dolla, Four Tet and a whole load more.

READ MORE: Diplo shows off his analogue library and home studio on his 62-acre private estate in Portland, Jamaica

Footage of Deadmau5’s set has since been shared online, where Grimes is displayed on big screens explaining how her tracks were playing at double their speed. According to those who were there Coachella, the issue occurred about 20 minutes into her DJ set on the Sahara stage. The technical blip was seemingly a result of Rekordbox incorrectly analysing her tracks.
As the footage of Grimes plays out, the sound of a metronome can be heard before the clips show her saying “it’s hard to explain”. The beat then drops for Maths. Take a look below:

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Most people have since moved on and the incident is a thing of the past, though at the time opinions from artists and fans on the internet were divided. Grimes returned for the second weekend of Coachella and her set went just fine. She even poked fun at herself by playing a ‘Breaking News’ style video featuring masked characters mocking the incident with comments like “she can’t DJ.”
DJ and producer Morgan Page also shared a range of tips and advice to help fellow budding DJs avoid the same error afterwards. These were tips such as “never update to the latest OS or Rekordbox on your touring laptop. Test on another machine”, and have “a redundant double laptop setup in parallel, or 15-minute chunks of your DJ set for an emergency”.
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From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
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