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.