Something Wicked is Coming From M-Audio

"Get ready for an aggressive new M-Audio sound.

On January 13, 2011, we'll unveil a wicked new sound to the world.

Enter your information below to be notified at launch—and if you’re in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, or Ireland, you’ll be automatically entered in a drawing to win your own."

via M-Audio where you'll find the form and a teaser video with The Crystal Method.

Update: some additional info.

Teaser splash. Details in Googlish:

"Venom 49 synthesizer keyboards from M-Audio combines classic analog synthesizers character modern digital processing to bring a new sound, aggressive and catchy. Stimulate your appetite with included presets, and then feed up with original sounds that you can create them - from the sounds of the atmosphere, subtle, to sound angry and categorical. You can easily play with the parameters of the synthesizer or potentiometers can explore the limitless possibilities of sound processing using the included software publisher. You can play bass lines or main parts made with this synth can please even the most demanding musicians. You can also use the audio interface with Pro Tools M-Powered (minimum 8 or higher) or any other audio software. Thus, you have a production car that you can lead in some areas where the music never was.

Venom comes with 512 patches and 256 straight multi-sound patch (the layers) made by the renowned team of sound designers in the world. All the Venom will find a classical arpeggios, for more animation. With the new synth engine of the M-Audio, Venom flavor blends anolog sound on digital power. Thus they create a distinctive note that is distinguished easily from other digital synthesizers. Where you have 41 oscillators and 53 sample drum sounds from the keyboards of cargo last 40 years, and an oscillator for a DSP May retro vibe. Each of the 12 simultaneous voice virtual analog oscillators have three each, which gives tremendous flexibility for octave, intervals and detuning. For more ways to manipulate the sound, the filter multimodal operations can 12dB/octava Venom (2-pole) and 24 dB / octave (4-pole).

The most important caractersitici:

* heat combines modern digital processing of vintage synthesizers
* 512 and 256 single patches patch layers
* intuitive control surface and easy to use software + editor
* 49-sized keyboard
* Compatibility with Pro Tools
* USB Audio / MIDI"

32 MidiBox SID vs MonoMachine

YouTube via 7thDanSound | December 20, 2010 |

"This video is in response to a request from user SH4RCR4SH in the comments of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPu1Na... [posted here]

It's a comparison between some basic sounds from the MidiBox SID and the SID machine in the Elektron MonoMachine. I'd say they compare fairly well!

Longer version of the song at the end available here:
http://soundcloud.com/7thdansound/sidpop"

SIDPop by 7thDanSound
"This is a tune I've had in the MonoMachine for quite a while. Did a quick recording of it to accompany my MidiBox SID vs MonoMachine comparison video on YouTube. I will have to rework this piece before it can be properly released."

:::Reco-Synth::: The Soussynth

:::Reco-Synth::: The Soussynth from arthur joly on Vimeo.

"Custom Made for my friend Marcelo Souss.
MFOS Cirquit with Mushroom kind analogue Delay."

Sample and Reverb

YouTube via macbethsynthesizers | December 20, 2010 |

"Well here is a vid of me playing with a projected 5U Mk1 MacBeth Voltage Controlled Spring Reverberation module that will also feature Voltage Controlled Stereo Panning. I came across a lovely patch this morning using Sample and Hold from my analogue keyboard controller. It has two LFOs- I took a direct output from LFO 2 - S&H- and fed the control signal into the VC input of the spring reverb. So! I thought I'd record this stuff!
We have two Mk1 VCOs going into the Mk1 Filter 'A'- and they go into the VC Reverb. I'm also playing a Mk1 Oscillator 'B' into a Mk1 Filter 'B'- that is doing the bass stuff. There is my Korg CX-3 doing the organ stuff. All sounds abit strange..........but I hope you enjoy! Ken M"

Hippety hop

YouTube via stylinghead | December 20, 2010 |

"I AM HIPSTER OVERLORD DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT CHRYSTAL CASTLES BITCHES I WILL DO ALL THE COKE AND TRAMP MUD THROUGH YOUR COLON."

Clock Capture Module - Synthrotek - Nintendo DS-10 & Analog Synth COMBINED!

YouTube via synthrotek | December 20, 2010 |

"Synthrotek's CCM allows you take the beat out of your DS-10 or computer or ipod (really anything that pans) and convert a beat into clock voltage. This allows the user to then connect the clock input into an analog sequencer, or really anything that takes clock voltage. Super rad, now you can perform with your DS-10 and your analog synths/gear. YESSS!!!"

Amos For iPad

Amos Video Demo 1

YouTube via anythinghonest | November 30, 2010 |
Another MIDI OSC Source
"Amos is a reactive MIDI instrument. It sends MIDI notes over a wireless network to almost any desktop host app such as Garage Band, Logic, Pro Tools, Live, etc. Think MIDI wind-chimes crossed with a pinball machine.

http://anythinghonest.com/amos/"


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"Amos is a reactive MIDI iPad instrument. It sends MIDI notes through a USB MIDI interface or over a wireless network to trigger sounds from software synths, MIDI-capable hardware or desktop DAWs like GarageBand, ProTools and Live.

In Amos's physics-simulated room, collisions between objects trigger MIDI notes. Up to three duration discs (half note, quarter note, eighth note) can be grabbed and thrown around the room. There are three 6-octave keyboards that can be configured via the Settings menu. When a disc strikes a keyboard key, it takes on that key‘s note value and emits that value for each collision until a new key is struck. Tilting the device controls the gravity in the room.

USB MIDI Requirements:
• iPad
• Apple iPad USB Camera Connection Kit
• Class-compliant USB MIDI interface

WiFi MIDI Requirements:
• A Mac, Linux, or Windows computer on the same WiFi network as your iPad
• A copy of the free DSMI Server running on your Mac, Linux, or Windows computer
• Some kind of MIDI capable desktop app (Garage Band, Pro Tools, Logic, Live, Sonar, etc.)"

Tondo/Loopi

YouTube via HenryLowengard | January 18, 2010 |


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"Tondo lets you create and manipulate audio in a new way: by painting sound on a radial sonogram. With Tondo, you can learn to create sound out of its simplest elements, and how rhythm, timbre, melody and harmony all are closely related.

*** SPECIAL END-OF-THE_YEAR-INTRODUCTORY-SALE! ***
This Brand Spankin' New program will put its price up on Jan 1st, 2011 so come 'n' get it!

The basic principle behind Tondo is that all sounds can be built by adding together very simple sounds (sinusoid waves) with varying frequencies and amplitudes. Tondo organizes this information in a way that is easy to manipulate, by painting with specialized tools. As you paint the sound , the corresponding audio is generated. At any point, you can save the information or the audio you have generated and export it in a number of ways.

Tondo can be used for making samples for other programs to use, rhythms and experimental explorations of sound.

You can export the information which defines the sound onto the clipboard, which you can then paste into documents, mail to friends, post on blogs

By the author of the highly praised music apps SrutiBox, Droneo, WindChimes, Lake Piano and Enumero."

Introducing MoDrum Rhythm Composer

YouTube via fingerAudioApps | December 20, 2010 |

"MoDrum Rhythm Composer Universal App will be available on the App Store December, 22 2010.

Visit www.finger-pro.com for more information."


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Crystal for the iPad/iPhone/iPodTouch

YouTube via greenoakcrystal | December 14, 2010 |

"Crystal Synthesizer for the iPad/iPhone/iPodTouch from Green Oak Software. http://www.greenoak.com"


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Crystal Tutorial 1

greenoakcrystal | December 14, 2010 |

"Crystal is a full featured semi-modular synthesizer, ideally suited to creating lush evolving soundscapes. Long a popular synthesizer on the desktop, it is now available for the iPad and iPhone.

For videos and information about Crystal, visit:
http://www.greenoak.com

Browse through the included sounds and use the 1 octave keypad to trigger notes to produce evolving, rhythmic, or melodic sounds. Create your own sounds with a single button press using the breed feature. When using an iPad, you can delve into a tweakers dream by using the extensive editing features to sculpt sounds to your heart's content.

Crystal features both subtractive synthesis and frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. It offers abundant modulation control with over 90 parameters which may be modulated, multi-stage envelopes with graphical editors, extensive tempo sync of envelopes/lforates/delay times, built-in effects for chorus/flanging/comb filtering/echoes, and a band splitter for effects processing by frequency band. Not only that, Crystal has wave sequencing and granular synthesis. The musical applications for Crystal are literally boundless.

There are two different versions of Crystal to choose from, Crystal and Crystal XT, so you can select the one that is best for you. Crystal is the basic version. With this version you can browse sounds, play notes, and create new sounds, taking advantage of its powerful semimodular synthesis engine.

Crystal XT (available soon for a premium price) adds MIDI keyboard input via the iPad's camera adapter and sharing of patches with the desktop version.

Crystal runs on both the iPad and the iPhone/iPod Touch. Because of the limited screen space on the iPhone however, the editing pages are not available when running on that device. But on the iPhone you can still browse sounds, play notes from the keypad, and create new sounds with the Breed feature."

Kawai SX-240 Analog Synth

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Pre Xmas livejam

YouTube via RobbieNerve | December 20, 2010 |
Note the rare Fizmo rack.
"First livejam with the prophecy (my 3rd :-)) - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/robbien...

Setup:
akai MPC2500 (beats, midi control)
Ensoniq Fizmo (pads/strings)
Korg Prophecy (scifi lead)
Elektron monomachine (bassline, other patterns )
stack of fx ;-)"

ether^ra THANKS EXPANDING NOTHING

YouTube via potterpaint2000 | December 20, 2010 |

"an improv w/my Buchla 200e, Serge Creatur/SeqA, Doepfer Dark Energy, and VTOL synths, live and looped. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

FILE000 3

YouTube via josepailo | December 20, 2010 |

Doepfer Case

YouTube via josepailo | December 20, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Z3000 Tiptop, A120VCF, A132-2DVCA, Malekko Envelator, Roland 100m S&H 150 Module. Outofthebag.org"

Lou theremin

YouTube via heodesalciphron | December 20, 2010

Noiseturizer - Ekdahl Moisturizer with 6 mods

YouTube via elektrodwarf | December 20, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"This Ekdahl Moisturizer has been modified with the mods give here; http://www.knasmusic.com/products/moi...

It has:
1. Input overdrive
2. Extra resonance "bubble"
3. Resonance limiter
4. 3-range LFO speed
5. Filter-before reverb switch
6. Internal feedback"

diy synth beat box optical theremin oscillator.avi

YouTube via drmoonstien | December 20, 2010

squidfanny - Circuit bent CASIO SK-5

YouTube via squidfanny | December 20, 2010 |
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"Good Old Casio sk-5. . . Been on a shelf for a couple of years, but still works OK. Gonna re-work some of the mods so thought I'd video this current incarnation first.

8-Bit Digital Sampling keyboard with too many mods to list.
A.M. style Distortion-Oscillator is pretty cool though & also has digital 'Synth-to-Drum' switch."

El Chivo Sesiones: Huba & Silica

YouTube via 1047hit | December 19, 2010 |
Some synth spotting. Arp Odissey, electro harmonix pedals, moog voyager plugged to an orange tube amplifier, ermona drm, and ableton live sequences plugged to a klark teknik eq, plus the mighty Akai MFC42. Follow-up to this post.

"El Chivo Sesiones presenta:
Huba & Silica
"Houseparty"

Producción de Autómata, Andrés "Pivi" Villalobos y Manuel Montero.
Todos los derechos reservados
El Chivo, Sábados, 3pm, 104.7Fm Hit
Agradecimiento especial a todos los invitados.

www.1047hit.com
www.facebook.com/1047hit
http://www.jazzrobot.com/"

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Studio Electronics SE-1 Demo

YouTube via myebayauctions | December 20, 2010 |

"Just going thru some of the sounds on the SE-1... Enjoy!!!"
Note the filter step with resonance at :44. The original Minimoog and Voyager do not do this.


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Anime "Urusei Yatsura / Jiken da Jiken da Daijiken" / part 3

Added to this post.

nativeKONTROL LPC-Live Update 12/2010

YouTube via Stray411 | December 20, 2010 |

"For more info, please visit: http://www.nativekontrol.com"

Sound Noise Record - Synthetic food

YouTube via KRANTRANSPORT | August 23, 2010
Some synth art at 2:15
http://www.youtube.com/user/KRANTRANSPORT

RENÉ 201: Tick Tock Goes the Clock

RENÉ 201: Tick Tock Goes the Clock from James Cigler on Vimeo.

"Basic overview of clock inputs and how they control the RENÉ cartesian sequencer by MakeNoise for eurorack modular systems."

Karma-Lab: House 101: Combi Creation Series for the Korg M3

"This fantastic video tutorial series is the easiest way to learn about the many features of your M3! Within the "real-world" context of developing and editing a combi, you'll be introduced to nearly all facets of the M3, from selecting and zoning programs, adding and configuring effects, assigning KARMA features to configuring all the sliders and left-hand controllers.

Using Korg's M3 Editor software, KARMA Sound Set Programmer Scott Raposa and KARMA Developer Stephen Kay start with a blank slate (an initialized combi) and take you step-by-step through the process of completing "House 101" - a completely finished KARMAfied Combi. With an easy to understand, step-by-step presentation format, they then teach you how to edit it to your liking, record it in the sequencer, and create a stereo WAVE file from it.

* 45 self-contained chapters/lessons - work at your own speed
* 7 hours of information-packed in-depth video instruction
* 2 disc set (requires dual-layer capable DVD player)
* Available world-wide from our online store for $59.95 + shipping
* Click here for user reviews of our online version
* Click here for the forum announcement and discussion"

Fairlight CMI Kontakt Library

YouTube via bitleyTM | December 16, 2010 |

"Bitley™ thanks you all for an exciting year. The immensely popular Fairlight CMI refills are now being converted for use in Native Instruments Kontakt 3 and 4. There's currently (December 2010) an opportunity to pre-order for a 50% price reduction. The library will include about 1,000 patches. Ordering the Kontakt library also includes getting the Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII / Supersonic ReFill. A superb deal for you, giving you an unrivalled toolkit of legendary 80s sounds."
via Rob Puricelli

Animals With Machinery

YouTube via MarkOphidian | August 21, 2010 |

"Improv session by Mark Ophidian / Animals With Machinery."

Mark Ophidian's First VCS Patch

MarkOphidian | November 28, 2009 |

"Mark Ophidian makes a modular synth patch using his new Bananalogue VCS module."

Vactrol F*ck

MarkOphidian | December 30, 2009 |

"Another testy tone by Ophidian."

Oberheim OB-3 Test

YouTube via MarkOphidian | December 19, 2009 |

"Mark Ophidian plays a simple melody on a Hammond B3 clone."

Moog Source Signed by Gene Ween of Ween?

via this auction

"The keyboard is signed by Gene Ween of Ween"

Suzuki Omnichord System Two OM-84 synthesizer w Manual

via this auction
"From the manual:
The Omnichord system two by Suzuki makes it possible for you to sound like a pro, even if you've never played before. This electronic musicomputer provides you with the ultimate combination of musical instruments in a light-weight, portable and dynamic sounding package never before available.

Advanced microtechnology allows you to program all the background chords, rhythms, bass and drums to your favorite songs without knowing one note from another. And, as the background is played back automatically, you can add the melody line. The new Omnichord System Two can even be strummed like a guitar to add depth and expression to your music with the amazing SonicStings strumplate. Your pre-selected chrod is electronically matched to the 4 octave strumplate so you can actually strum any songs correct chord progression - just like a guitar! All of Omnichords functions can be used individually or in exciting combinations. There's no end to the music you can make! In just a few minutes you'll be playing guitar, organ, piano, bass and drums all at the same time! Imagine the music you'll make!"

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SYNESTHESIA MANDALA USB DRUM

via this auction

"IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER WITH ORIGINAL VIRTUAL BRAIN AND BLACK BEAUTY SAMPLE DISCS!
ALSO INCLUDES A USB CABLE TO GET YOU UP AND GOING FAST! THESE ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK FROM SYNESTHESIA SO GET YOURS NOW!

FROM SYNESTHESIA'S WEBSITE:
Patented Position Sensor! The Mandala electronic drum knows WHERE you hit it. Roland doesn't have it. Yamaha doesn't have it. The Mandala is the smartest thing you'll ever hit with a stick.

VISIT WWW.SYNESTHESIACORP.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION"

Inception the App Full Moon Dream Review

YouTube via RjDjme | December 20, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Inception the app update 1.1 features the Full Moon Dream, only unlockable during a full moon night - the first is 21 Dec 2010 - Dont miss it ! Get the update now from the app store or find out more at the website : http://inceptiontheapp.com Follow us on Twitter : @inceptiontheapp"


The app is free
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drum star-mt-8002

YouTube via comemelinhos | December 20, 2010 |

"drum star-mt-8002 bent -vs- ipod touch"

KORG M01 Demo 7 Entire sound of M01 : Notice : Too long and very boring ;-p

YouTube via karenevil | December 20, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
This is an over one hour walk through of each patch in order. You can see the patch categories and forward to what you want to hear. I'm hoping the M01 comes out for the iPad with MIDI.

Video description:
"Trying All patches in KORG M01, very long , very boring and almost no point.
So just see and stop or skip when you feel bad, as you wish ;-)
M01 has three banks, M1, 01/W and Extra, totally 342 patches ( 308 + 34 drum kits ) available and as you listen to this , very amazing sound quality.
Also this is a uploading test of "Longer than 15min" video.
(Encoded by ffmpeg as flv format, sound is libmp3lame, 128kbps stereo )"

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Micro Fuzzmonger -- Bass Demo --

YouTube via synthmonger | December 20, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Focus 4025 Kramber bass running through the micro Fuzzmonger recorded directly to soundcard. No amps or audio effects used. The audio is completely raw."

Update:

Micro Fuzzmonger -- Guitar Demo --

synthmonger | December 20, 2010 |

"Fender strat running through the Micro Fuzzmonger recorded directly to sound card. No other audio effects or amps used. Recorded raw."

b2e2

YouTube via cray56 | December 19, 2010 |