Sound 8 for iPhone

"Sound 8 is an interactive 8 track sound looper.

In this application, each sound is represented by a circle of a different color. You can assign a default sound or any of your own imported sounds* to each circle.

A sound's pitch and volume is altered through the device's accelerometer or using touch input and gestures. Swipe gestures control the accelerometers speed and allow for randomization of pitch and volume. In addition, each sound's panning can individually be set.
It is also possible to stop acceleration completely, or to automatically position sounds in "Automove" mode.

To see an example of how to import your own sound files please visit the sound8 support page.

*supported file format is 16-bit mono WAV or AIFF.
maximum sound file size (per circle) is 5.3MB, or ~1minute @44.1kHz 16-bit mono wav."

Sound 8 - Oliver Grimm - iTunes
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I just checked this one out. It's a surprisingly cool little app. A nice feature is an included mini tutorial in the app to get you started. What really makes it interesting is the ability to download your own samples off the web. If you look at the bottom right screenshot you will see an address bar. The Support site linked above gives an example of how to download off of SoundCloud directly. Do a search on the right or on C for SoundCloud and see what comes up. That should be interesting. One thing I would like to see is the ability for the circles to move about indefinitely, bouncing off of the walls once you get them going [Update: this has been added!]. That way you could have it randomly do it's thing while you play other gear. Right now they settle to one spot once they level out with gravity until you move them again by either dragging them or using the accelerometer. The loops do continue to play endlessly with whatever effect they settle with though. Been listening to the red one while writing up this post. :) Regardless, this is a very interesting app.

KORG Minikorg 700 Demonstration

YouTube Uploaded by zerozeroisland on Feb 21, 2011

"Here's a few minutes with my Minikorg 700. It was Korg's first synthesizer, introduced in 1973. A great little synth, with some odd features.

for more info, here's a great article about the early Korg synths:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/mini_korgs.html"

Money Snow Object

YouTube Uploaded by davidryle on May 25, 2011

"CGS 01 Sub Oscillator / Harmonic Sequencer module and a Korg Kaoss 3 pad. The Cat Girl Synth module is fed with two Q106 oscillators in 32' octave. One oscillator (B channel) is slowly LFO modified through the Linear Frequency input. The sub oscillator module is partially dis-functional but it was fun getting it to generate low frequency pulses to send to an envelope generator.
Other modules are a pair of Oakley Equinoxe phase shifters and an Synthetic Sound Labs 1310 Digital Delay. A Yusynth random gates occasionally pulsed a VCA to allow the pre envelope sound to slip through.

The shirt is another drewtoothpaste design at http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/"

Synare Sequencer for Synare 3 Drum Synthesizer

via this auction

SN 2693

UNIVOX MAXIKORG KORG K-3 800DV

via this auction

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Something New from Novamusik and Moog Music

To be announced soon.

http://www.novamusik.com/

Lunar Impact SN 0001

Anima Morte at Roth Händle

YouTube Uploaded by RothHandle on May 25, 2011

"A great video filmed and edited by Martin Gustafsson."

Happy Birthday Palm Sounds! - Palm Sounds Synth Cake

Palm Sounds turned five today. Happy birthday! You can find more pics of the cake here.

Nightmaker Educational Synth (beta release)

via Nightmaker

"My new free synthesizer built for Nightmaker Studios training centre, a fun synth with clean sounds featuring descriptions on every component to help learn and understand the most basic features and signal flow in a typical synthesizer.

Still in beta but feel free to download, wire it up, test and experiment!!

Download and info at http://www.nightmakers.com/software-synthesizers" [link to post for the archives]

Starr Labs Alternate MIDI Controllers

via Starr Labs

"Though Starr Labs is well known for our professional line of Ztar MIDI Guitar controllers, it stands to be told (re-told) that we've designed and built many other alternate MIDI control instruments. From keyboard-like controllers with alternate key/note layouts, to MIDI foot controllers and other multi-array MIDI instruments. Check out Roger Linn's site for a great little archive of Alternate MIDI and New instruments for music expression. Here are a few photos of our goods"

STARR Labs (RSS)

Circuit Bent Bruin Animal Friends Piano by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on May 25, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"Bruin and friends Piano - Given to me by a work colleague and her son :-)

Switched mono mini jack output

UV LED
...
Pitch Up/Down Control

Green momentary button for Extra Sound - Car Engine

Red momentary button for Extra Sound - Car Horn"

Novation Super Bass Station

via this auction

"It has a nice feature set which is not found in any other synth of this size. It has a built in MIDI to CV converter which can do oct/volt and Hz/volt. It also features trigger out for stepping analog arpeggiators or sequencers in time with MIDI clock (and at user defineable divisions) and it has an external in conector for running audio through this synth's filters and fx. I've have used the MIDI to CV converter, the trigger out AND the synth all playing at the same time with great satisfaction. It's a very useful piece."

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Roland TR-808 Analog Drum Machine

via this auction

SN 990148

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Roland Jupiter-80 on eBay?

via this auction

Note the stock photos including one from FutureMusic.com. I wonder if the Yamaha Motif XS7 goes with it.

Stanley Jordan Demos his Starr Labs Ztar

YouTube Uploaded by StarrLabsZone on May 25, 2011

"A classic from the Starr Labs Video Vaults."


STARR Labs on eBay (RSS)

Update:

Stanley Jordan Starr Labs Ztar MIDI guitar Demo pt 2

YouTube Uploaded by StarrLabsZone on Jun 1, 2011

Little MIDI Machine V2 Now Available - Analog Style Step Sequencer for Free!

From Synthetic Bits, (makers of FunkBox), Little MIDI Machine V2 is now available. It now supports the iPhone and iPod Touch (min OS 4.3, bottom screenshot), CoreMIDI, sync, and best of all, it is still free!!! This is a pretty amazing little app when you consider how much the equivalent in hardware would cost you. If you have a device that supports MIDI to CV you should even be able to use it with your modular gear. And... you can store your sequences. If you think about it, an 8G iPod Touch runs $229 brand new. You can run this and other apps on it for less than what this would cost in hardware. A used iPod Touch or iPhone would be even less.

"Little MIDI Machine is an analog-style MIDI step sequencer app for CoreMIDI and/or the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer interface. This app requires you have a CoreMIDI setup or own the hardware Line 6 Mobilizer MIDI interface hardware accessory for full functionality.

Little MIDI Machine gives you the step sequencing power of a hardware analog sequencer on your iPad! Program two independent sequencers that send note and velocity MIDI data out on two MIDI channels to control your hardware synthesizers. LittleMM includes many of your favorite hardware sequencer features such as mute and un-mute notes, skip steps, reverse the sequencer, adjustable clock speed, etc. If you do not have a Line 6 Mobilizer or CoreMIDI setup, LittleMM can generate very basic melodic sounds in place of sending MIDI. This will let you play around with the app and try it out, but it is not a feature that will be developed further and is not the primary purpose of the app. LittleMM is intended to be a MIDI sequencer driving external hardware.

What's New in Version 2.0
Now a universal app that works with iPhone and iPod touch, as well as iPad
Added MIDI clock sync support
Added CoreMIDI USB/Network support
Added random sequencer mode
Updated graphics/UI
Other misc fixes/improvements
Minimum OS version is now 4.3

With Little Music Machine you can use your Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer interface or CoreMIDI network/USB setup to control your favorite hardware synth or apps running on other iOS devices and create mind-bending loops and sequences."

Synthetic Bits, LLC - iTunes
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iPod Touch on eBay

RP Punch Introduction

YouTube Uploaded by robpapen on May 25, 2011

"Rob Papen Punch
virtual drum machine
With Punch, Rob Papen delivers a brand new speaker busting, body rattling software instrument. Punch delivers synthesized drums in the finest audio quality and with breathtaking features for the contemporary producer.

You can can use synthesis and the build in samples to build your own unique sounding drum-kit, but also your own samples can be loaded into Punch to complete your kit. Your sounds can then be crafted using the stunning features, filters and huge synth power we all know from other RP synthesizers.

Punch has a unique sound but also built in sequencers, allowing you the user to have multiple patterns at your finger tips. These grooves can be triggered in a live environment to build a song, but are also great for just improvisation and jamming!

Also featured are drum-kits built by famous DJ's which complete the arsenal of power that is Punch..."

VAX77 & Forte - Infinite Response Physically Folding Keyboard

YouTube Uploaded by InfiniteResponse on May 25, 2011

Richard Lainhart - Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival Lecture & Performance

Slideshow of Richard Lainhart's lecture at the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival (BEAF), Friday, May 6, 2:PM PST, 2011 (mentioned in this post). Below is a video of the Buchla and Haken Continuum portion of the lecture followed by a performance of Olivier Messiaen's Oraison written for the ondes Martenot at the 48:00 mark (see this post for the original version and this post for another performance by Richard). You will notice Richard makes references to earlier parts of the lecture. These included his training on the CEMS modular synthesizer system and the ondes Martenot (don't miss this post and this post on the CEMS). See the labels at the bottom of this post for more info on each. I will upload those videos at a later date. They were background to Richard's experience with early modular synthesizers and controllers that eventually lead him to the Buchla and Haken Continuum. It was a great lecture and I hope you enjoy it. Be sure to bookmark this one. I also want to thank Richard Lainhart for doing lectures like these. They are a rare treat.


YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on May 19, 2011

The following is a full transcript. BTW, if anyone is interested in transcription services, let me know.

"RICHARD LAINHART: BUCHLA AND HAKEN CONTINUUM LECTURE

Speaker: Richard Lainhart
Lecture Date: May 6, 2011
Lecture Time: 2:00 p.m. PST
Location: Western Washington University
Event: Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival 2011 (BEAF)
Length: Digital AVI recording; 57 minutes 32 seconds

[Beginning of recorded material]

Richard Lainhart: Okay. What I want to do now is actually talk a little bit about the system itself here and about the design of the system and explain what's actually happening here and why it's designed this way, and again, my focus on, on expression. So this is, as I mentioned, this is the Buchla 200E. This is a current electronic music instrument that is still being made now by Buchla. Don Buchla again was a contemporary, or is a contemporary of Bob Moog, and he took a very different path than Moog did. And one of the reasons I think that Moog's instruments became so popular, of course the Mini Moog was like the first real break-out electronic music synthesizer, was that Moog's instruments had keyboards on them. They had black and white keyboards. And you could use them to play, you could use them to play rock and roll with them basically because you could plug them into a really loud amplifier and it could be louder than a guitar. And it could be a bass, you know, it could be louder than a bass and all that sort of stuff. And of course a lot of, you know, a lot of wonderful music was made with that instrument.

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Beat707.com

Beat707.com has been added to both the MANUFACTURERS section on the right of the site and the MANUFACTUERS page. These are the manufacturers that visit and support the site. Please check them out for what they have to offer.
http://www.beat707.com

Arduino MIDIfied HAMMOND Autovari64 voicing card + Xoxbox seq

Arduino MIDIfied HAMMOND Autovari64 voicing card + Xoxbox seq from MP19 on Vimeo.

"MP19 Electronic Devices
mp19.wordpress.com/​"

Touched by U (Loved Up Mix) - Quasmidi Quasar Sessions 1995 - 1997

YouTube Uploaded by NewTimeMusicUK on Jan 22, 2009

"Quasimidi Quasar Sessions. Originally recorded in 1996 this track uses only the Quasimidi Quasar and PR-100 recorded to standard tape."

MacBeth Modules

via Ken MacBeth's Photos

"Here's another shot of some of the Mk1 Modules- this is 8 x Mk1 Oscillator 'A' type/4 x Mk1 Oscillator 'B' type/4 Mk1 8 in Mixers/ 8 x Dual EGs/ 4 x Mk1 Filter 'A'/4 x Mk1 Filter 'B'...basicall 4 fat separate voices...!"

Quasimidi The Raven Max Synthesizer (1996)

YouTube Uploaded by retrosound72 on May 25, 2011

"synthesizer demo by RetroSound

Quasimidi The Raven Max Synthesizer from the year 1996

part1: some sequencer pattern + drums, mute, transpose...
part2: Raven Max sounds + Motivator (arpeggiator, gater, chord-trigger)"

EML Electrocomp 500 vintage analog synth

via this auction

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Extremely Rare 3 Manual LOWREY G-7000 Organ Synthesizer

via this auction
"This organ sold new for about $32,000

Auction includes Organ, Pedalboard, Nice Padded Bench, Owners Manual, Two "Style" cartridges [Variety 1 & Contempo 2] plus Two Lowrey Song books as pictured.

The organ has beautiful full sound with flutes and string sounds that Lowery organs are famous for via traditional organ stop tabs that are lighted plus a plethora of synthesized orchestral voices via lighted push buttons. The organ has a gorgeous, room-filling sound, from a host of built-in speakers including a very realistic Leslie rotating speaker simulator. Features GALORE!!

~THINK OF THIS ORGAN AS A GIANT PRESET SYNTHESIZER MONSTER!~

Built in Rhythms and auto accompaniment features makes this organ a breeze to play and learn on. Split-voicing function on lower keyboard gives you even more performance options - like having a phantom 4th keyboard/manual. Designed for both the beginner and advanced organist. Excellent for advanced players as well as the organ can be played as a typical organ without automatic features as well. This thing looks real cool when light up in a dimly lit room - My wife says it looks like a futuristic jukebox on steroids! Cabinet is in good condition with typical scratch/dents here-and-there and slight surface marring on left-side. Has tambour, wooden roll-top for when the organ is not being used. Lights and indicators on the back rail push-button control panel are working and lighted LCD display is in good condition and easy-to-read. Alesis Reverb. Lighted graphic mixer for balancing the organ voices /sounds to your liking. I brought this organ from an older gentleman's estate for conversion to a virtual theatre pipe organ and MIDI controller for external MIDI synthesizer modules because of the three full sized keyboards and pedalboard and its MIDI capabilities but decided to go in another direction. All functions on the organ were working fine when purchased but now the upper keyboard doesn't work as it should which I suspect was the result of moving the organ [movers placed it on its back when it was transported]. I don't have a local organ tech but have been in touch with a few organ techs on-line who said that the problem is most likely due to a loose circuit board that got disturbed during the move [not guaranteed that this is the problem, just a suggestion]. As it wasn't a concern of mine, I didn't pursue repairing the sound function as I was intending using it for its MIDI capabilities and creating a HUGE MONSTER Synthesizer & Virtual Pipe Organ. [However, if you want to use this organ with the internal voices, I wanted you to be aware of this and that the upper keyboard section will need attention].

The organ is heavy - about 300-350 +/- lbs."

via the Lowrey story pdf on Lowrey.com:
"1989 - Lowrey has brought forth the G-7000, the largest regular production home organ in the world, featuring three 61-note keyboards and 25 console pedals. The G-7000 represents the culmination of the Genius Series and uses the full compliment of Lowrey easy-play features. Digital Genius voicing is introduced, by far the most authentic- sounding musical voices available."

Bee Gees Rhythm Machine

via this auction

"This 1978 Vintage Bee Gees Rhythm Machine is a great addition to any music collection. The Mattel Synthesizer still works and has three different settings (Disco, Pop & Latin). It has been used by many artists to add a unique sound to a recording or live show. The auction comes with the original box and music book but both are in rough shape. The actual synthesizer is in great vintage shape with a clean battery compartment area and cover. Just plug in a 9-Volt battery and you are ready!"

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CONAIR Circuit Bent SOUNDS OF NATURE

via this auction
"It has 10 different nature sounds......, tropical forest, thunderstorm, summer night, ocean waves, whitenoise, heartbeat, songbirds, waterfall, running stream, rainfall.

I have add 2 body contacts,a pitch pot with ball knob to turn the pitch waaaaay down for amazing drone sounds and a RCA output jack to send the signal to an amp or stereo system. There is also an internal speaker so you don't have to plug it into an amp to hear sounds.

A great source for sampling sounds or for use live on stage. The size of this unit is approx.8" x 5" x 2". It uses 4 ``AA`` cells,not included. Will also work with a 9 volt power adaptor, not included.(If you use buy it now i will include a power adaptor)

Volume control on front of unit and a switch to set for auto timer on/off.

Here is a list of the circuit bent features:
- 2 body contacts that change the pitch and tone of the sound when you touch them.
- 1 Pitch change pot with ball knob to drop the pitch waaaaay down for amazing drone sounds.
- 1 RCA audio output jack to send the signal to an amp or stereo system.

This unit will work as normal with all bending controls off.This unit is designed for recording sounds in the studio. It can make some amazing sounds and drones! It makes sounds that you can't get from any other instrument! Great for techno, sound FX, electronic music."

Circuit Bent Marks & Spencer Toy Camera by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on May 25, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"Marks & Spencer Toy Camera - my mum got me this one from a charity shop

Switched mono mini jack output

Pitch Up/Down Control

Green button to trigger sounds easier if your holding it facing you, it does the same thing as the big blue button on top."

Serge DIY

flickr By jooksi

Taro play synth (E- E G- G) - cat

flickr By Sawa Masaki

follow-up to this post.

Muon Tau Bassline Demo

Muon Tau Bassline Demo by Bronto Scorpio
"Just Tau Bassline and a simple delay."
Note: the demo above is the Tau Bassline 10th Anniversary Edition which is different than the following. See the update below.


"Tau Bassline MkII is a monophonic bass line synthesiser with a single digitally modelled analogue oscillator, filter and decay envelope. Despite the basic architecture a wide range of synthetic bass tones can be created and tweaked in real-time, ideal for the acid and techno purist.

FEATURES

64-bit waveform oscillator - with 2x oversampling for authentic warm analogue style sawtooth and square waveforms, without noise or digital artefacts.

18db Lowpass resonant filter - carefully modelled to have a classic, squelchy tone.

Full MIDI control - fully assignable MIDI CCs mean you can just right click on the user interface and link up to your hardware controller straight away.

COMPATIBILITY
Tau Bassline MkII is now compatible with the latest VST2.4 and Audio Unit host programs for Windows and OSX computers."

Update via Muon Software Ltd the comments: "Just wanted to say hi and thanks for the post. The audio demo is actually Tau Bassline 10th Anniversary Edition however, not Tau MkII.

If you want to get hold of Tau 10th Anniversary for free, look us up on Facebook.

Kind regards
Dave Waugh
Managing Director
Muon Software Ltd"

Modcan Touch Sequencer 72B Intro and panel

YouTube Uploaded by MrModcan on May 25, 2011

Akai MPC60 VHS training video featuring Roger Linn

YouTube Uploaded by dvdborn on May 25, 2011

Playlist:
Akai MPC60 Section 1: Introduction
Akai MPC60 Section 2: The Basics
Akai MPC60 Section 3A: Recording Sequences
Akai MPC60 Section 3B Quantizing
Akai MPC60 Section 4 Editing Sequences
Akai MPC60 Section 5 Song Mode
Akai MPC60 Section 6 Sampling
Akai MPC60 Section 7: Disk
Akai MPC60 Section 8: MIDI and Sync

Euclidean Rhythms MIDI Pattern Demo

YouTube Uploaded by WouterHisschemoller on May 21, 2011

"This is a short demo of a Java application I wrote that generates polyrhythms based on a mathematical algorithm, also known as Euclidean rhythms. The application sends MIDI notes to connected soft- or hardware. In this demo MIDI is sent to four tracks in Ableton Live, where each track recives on a different MIDI channel.

The video serves as an illustration for an article about the software. Read it here:
http://www.hisschemoller.com/2011/euclidean-midi-patterns

There's some tracks I made with the software on my SoundCloud page:
http://soundcloud.com/hisschemoller

A bit more on Euclidean rhythms:
http://www.hisschemoller.com/2011/euclidean-rhythms"

Sugar Bytes TURNADO Video

YouTube Uploaded by SugarBytes on May 25, 2011

"Turnado takes realtime audio manipulation to the next level.
Just assign effects to knobs and crank them up! Lots of new
granulizing, freezing, filtering, slicing, looping and scratching effects
have been developed to make Turnado the best effect you ever had!"

iPad / Traktor 2 Virtual Guitar & Wobble Synth - "Thrashy" for TouchOSC

YouTube Uploaded by mauricenorris on May 25, 2011

"A template for TouchOSC on iPad, allowing control of a guitar 'virtual instrument' and synth. Features LFO 'Wobble' (controllable via 8 buttons), fader cut button, filter, gater, ring modulator and pitch controls. Also features a 'Ploop' button, allowing further control over pitch.

Download the TouchOSC template and the guitar samples for free at: http://digitaldjtools.net/tools/touchosc-traktor-2-virtual-instrument-templat..."

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
iPads on eBay

Schneiders Buero Synth Carousel Mute Short Circuit

YouTube Uploaded by sonicstate on May 25, 2011

"A chat with Andreas Schnieders of the legendary Berlin based synthesizer retailer Schnieders Buero - suppliers to many of the top acts for their modular synthesizers needs. Interview was filmed at the Mute Short Circuit event in London may 2011"

Korg MS 20 Analog Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by DigitaleAnalogue on May 24, 2011

"Flat...but be careful, high voltage and noise."