I have recently been using iMovie for iPad to create quick videos without my computer. The trailers feature is incredibly easy to use and deliver a Hollywood-style movie trailer. ASSR is by no means a Hollywood film, but the iMovie trailer-treatment adds a sharp degree of drama and epic-ness. Check out the video below!

ASSR's Internet Recording Trailer from Ben Cruz on Vimeo.

Today's Google Doodle is an incredible tribute to the late Bob Moog, pioneer of electronic music and inventor of the Moog synthesizer. Risk spending hours of your day with the interactive (and HTML 5 Web Audio API-dependent) sound generator and recorder.

Google have really outdone themselves this time. Unfortunately, the click-and-jam experience only seems to work on Chrome and Firefox browsers. As much as we would love to play the web synth on our iPhones and iPads, it is not currently possible. Still, you should fire up the page on a computer since the whole affair is really quite amazing. As this doodle is a sign of things to come (Google is always experimenting with emerging technologies), we cannot wait for the future of web audio production!

Marc Doty from AutomaticGainsay has even hightailed it and thrown together a tutorial video on YouTube for detailed instructions on how to operate the synth. Thanks Marc! The video is embedded below:

i in the sky = iCloud

— Alan Parsons (@ArtScienceSound) May 9, 2012

Alan Parsons’ Master Class Training Sessions touch down in their fifth country since the inaugural event in Argentina in 2011 with the announcement of a Level 2 MCTS at the prestigious Noble Street Studios located downtown in Canada’s music city, Toronto, on May 26, 2012.

Hosted and produced by Canadian distributor Global Music Depot, MCTS Toronto is an action-packed 1-Day session featuring acclaimed Canadian prog rockers The Dave Barrett Trio, fresh from an album produced by mentor Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson. The band will be augmented for the session by special guest vocalist Paul Reid.

In keeping with previous MCTS’s, attendees will spend a hands-on day working with Alan in Noble Street’s spacious SSL 4056 E/G control room, gaining invaluable experience in all aspects of recording and assisting in the production decisions.

Alan will keep attendees fully engaged from miking and isolation in the recording area to EQ and processing in the control room to interaction with the performers. Options and alternatives are freely discussed as the final product takes shape throughout the day.

MCTS Toronto will be especially interesting as it features an established band in the progressive rock genre, which will surely take Alan back to his days working with Pink Floyd and Yes (the Parsons-produced Symphonic Music of Yes album featuring Alan’s collaborator on ASSR Julian Colbeck on keyboards.).

If you recall our MCTS in Los Angeles last year, participants will get a unique opportunity to interact with legendary producer, engineer, and artist Alan Parsons inside a professional recording studio. Watch our video coverage from the Los Angeles event:

Only 20 of the Platinum seats are being made available for this prestigious event so early reservations are strongly advised.

Tickets and detailed information are available now at Global Music Depot.

The Facebook event page for MCTS Toronto can be found here.