iBlofeld v1.2 Wireless iPad Editor Now Available & AHNE Demos

"Apple has released iBlofeld v1.2 for Waldorf Blofeld, a free upgrade for all iBlofeld v1.1 and v1.1.1 users.

iBlofeld v1.2 offers:
- a redesigned look & feel for enhanced readability plus some very tiny UI adjustments to make the workflow even better
- parameter default value buttons. In v1.2, if you touch the parameter value label, it resets the label / slider to a default value (ex: VCO wave = Saw; VCF Freq = wide open, etc...) for each parameter... this is the fastest workflow you'll ever get in sound designing!"

iBlofeld - iControlMIDI
iPads on eBay

BTW, if you are going to AHNE this year, you'll be able to check out the iControlMIDI apps in person.

via iControlMIDI:

"I will be participating to the AHNE event in Lowell, MA on Saturday April 16th 2011 and will be bringing an iPad with the 16 iControlMIDI applications for anybody to try out:

Arturia
• iMinimoogV
• iCS-80V
• iProphetV

Moog
• iMemorymoog (Memorymoog LAMM)

Oberheim
• iXpander

Rhodes
• iChromaCC+

Roland
• iMKS-30 (MKS-30 MIDI Upgraded v3.4 or higher)
• iMKS50
• iMKS-70 (MKS-70 v1.08)
• iMKS-80

Sequential Circuits, Inc.
• iProphetVS

Yamaha
• iDX7
• iTX81Z
• iFS1R

Waldorf
• iBlofeld
• iWave1902 (Wave v1.902)

So bring your synth to try iControlMIDI out!

Regards,
Michael"

After 35 years, a New Synthasystem

via Analogue Realities where you'll find more pics.

Moog Minimoog Voyager Old School

via this auction

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Arp Pro DGX Demonstration

YouTube Uploaded by dzlvs8 on Apr 10, 2011
Note seeing this one listed yet, so here's a search on Arp Pro DGX on eBay.
"Because there is such limited amount of videos on this synthesizer I will probably leave the video up after the auction ends."

How to Make a Giant iPad - MTbiggie

YouTube Uploaded by cerupcat on Apr 10, 2011

"The bigger brother of the MTmini, the Multitouch Biggie (MTbiggie) is a low-cost multitouch solution using:

- 2 chairs
- acrylic sheet
- paper
- projector
- mirror
- computer.

Shadows on the surface are tracked and sent to multitouch applications as touch positions. This technique is known as "front diffused illumination".

While this isn't the most robust and stable multitouch solution, it is a general introduction to the technology.

For more information and software downloads see:
http://sethsandler.com/multitouch/mtbiggie


Video by Seth Sandler and Cyrus Ortiz-Luis
Music is "Good Day" by Triplefox"

Mode Machines ASID 64 in Violation of MIDIBox SID Licensing?

This one in via latigid. There is currently a thread on the MIDIBox forum discussing the new ASID64 or ASF-1 from Mode Machines shown at the Musikmesse as being in violation of the MIDIBox licensing agreement. You can see it currently listed on Touched By Sound's website for 1.495,00 € here. What's interesting is the unit first made an appearance during Winter NAMM as seen in this post but may have gone unnoticed until now.

Wilba at the forum who appears to represent MIDIBox states, "I already know about this, and I will comment more on it later."
Followed by TK: "The owner of Mode Machines replies in facebook:

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'Michael Thorpe Hello - I don´t think you are getting the point here. We have not offered the unit furthermore we have only showed a possible version of it and we discussed this beforehand with the owner and designer and also are currently talking to them ...'


These statements are simply not true!

Some months ago we found a MIDIbox SID on the TBS product page. Nils contacted the company, explained the legal status (during a long phone call) and got the answer that they are not planning to sell the MIDIbox anymore. But it can still be found on their page, and now we saw it at Musikmesse as well.


Quote
'we discussed this beforehand with the owner and designer'


false, they never contacted me.

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'and also are currently talking to them ...'


false, they are currently not talking to us (in distance: Nils had to pro-actively contact them some weeks ago and thought that this topic is clarified).
And I must say that I'm not interested to talk with profiteers with such attitude.
Especially since it seems that they have no experience with the MBSID hardware/software - who should support the customers?

Best Regards, Thorsten."

Followed by: "Since some months we consider to change to the TAPR Noncommercial Hardware License, which would allow everybody to build and sell up to 10 units in any 12 month period on a non-profit basis w/o need for a special permission from our side.
Without going too much into details (please open a new thread if you feel that this needs more discussion, but there will be a topic soon anyhow): this license would explicitly allow a professional or hobbyists to build and sell a MIDIbox to another user if he is only paid for his expenses (w/o profit)
It would also make it less complicated to resell a used MIDIbox, no special permission required from our side as long as the NCL isn't violated.

TBS violated the old license (no commercial use without my permission), and they would also violate the new license (e.g. by renaming the project and not mentioning the copyright holders - also the announced price of 1500 EUR somehow doesn't match with the "non-profit" term).

Btw: for the case that you are interested on a MB6582, check this fleamarket sale by Lucem:
http://midibox.org/f...6-sids-3-types/

Best Regards, Thorsten."

René 301: Gettin' Some Touch

René 301: Gettin' Some Touch from James Cigler on Vimeo.

"Brief demonstration of my favorite "performance-oriented" ways of patching the RENÉ cartesian sequencer by MakeNoise for eurorack modular systems.
Two of these "modes" are not documented anywhere to my knowledge, so as far as I know they are exclusive to this video demonstration."

TrashAudio/Xart Synth Event 9 Pics via Muff Wiggler

flickr set by Muff Wiggler. Muff of course runs the excellent Muff Modules & More forum.

198 fotos in this set. Slides start with Suit & Tie Guy, flickr set starts with Richard Devine & his lovely wife in front of a eurorack modular. http://trashaudio.com/

"TrashAudio/Xart Synth Event 9 - April 1-3 2011, Chicago"

Moog Voyager vs. Studio Electronics SE-1X

Moog Voyager vs. Studio Electronics SE-1X by Calvin Cardioid

MOOG MG1 Realistic Concertmate MG-1 analog synthesizer

via this auction

"Almost like-new condition Realistic by Moog Concertmate MG-1 analog synthesizer.
The synth comes with the original Service Manual, Manual, and box! This is about as close as you can come to walking out of your local Radio Shack in 1980 with a brand new MG-1. The unit is clean and barely has any signs of use."

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Cheetah Master Series 5V Synth Controller

via this auction

"Cheetah Master Series 5V Synth Controller. 61 key. Heavy.

Vintage controller from mid 80's - ULTRA RARE"

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Elektron Monomachine SFX-60+ MKII Synth with +Drive

via this auction

KORGSync Midi sync box

via this auction

"This sync box is used to sync the juno and poly six synths arp function to a midi device. The box does not need a power supply or battery and can be seen in use on youtube if you search juno 60 midi sync."

Clavia Nord Rack 3 with Original Box

via this auction

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Gesturespark

YouTube Uploaded by insanic4 on Apr 10, 2011

"Early development version of my multitouch controller software for Windows 7 with support for OSC and MIDI.

The music is from a track I'm working on and is not related to the hand movements ;)

See http://www.gesturespark.com for more information."

AtomoSynth Krakken Radioactivity cover

YouTube Uploaded by atomolab on Apr 9, 2011

AtomoSynth on eBay
"Hello this is our version of Kraftwerk`s Radioactivity using 2 AtomoSynth krakken keyboards one of them with an Electro Harmonix vocoder, also a krakken module for the sound effects, drums and bass with Fruity loops, recorded on analog tape with a Tascam porta07
Thanks to Karin Arakaki.
クラフトウェークのラジオアクチビチを弾いて見た！！アトモシンセのクラッケンを使った。カリンありがとう。
日本がんばれ！！！"

"Station Q: On a Saturday" - Analogue Solutions Station Q Analogue Sequencer #01

YouTube Uploaded by rezfilter on Apr 10, 2011

"Here's the new Station Q analogue step sequencer by Analogue Solutions:

http://analoguesolutions.org.uk/v2/station-q/

Just for fun: "Station Q: On a Saturday" is a short, one-day tune comprised of various Station Q sequences as well as a sequence from the Q's big brother, the Oberkorn MK3.

Most of the music was live and in real-time, however some tracks were recorded to allow for certain transitions to take place (fades). This video wasn't intended to be an in-depth tutorial of the Q, but only a first glimpse.

The Station Q is available now via the Analogue Solutions website and is of the same form factor as the Station X and Station Y mini-modular synthesizers.

As usual, all music is original and 100% analogue."

Original Korg MS-20 Monophonic Synthesizer in Original Box

via this auction

Rare Teisco SX-400 Quad VCO Monster Synthesizer

via this auction

"QUAD VCos
x2 LFO
Low Pass VCF
High Pass VCF
x2 ADSR
x1 Analogue FX
Additional features as per pic"

Vintage Korg Polyphonic Ensemble 2000 Poly S Synth K5

via this auction

Spectral Audio Neptune 2 Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

"Here is the description from Spectral's site.
With the Neptune Mk2, Spectral Audio is again tickling out the best of the Analog Technique - three temperature stabilized Voltage Controlled Oscillators, the 24dB transistor cascade filter, the huge LFO range, its modulation flexibility, the envelopes and the transistor distorter section are speaking for itself.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Neptune II

Feature:
3 VCO with Range 0.14Hz .. 7kHz, used up to 5.3kHz
Sawtooth and Pulse Wave on OSC1 and OSC2
Sawtooth, Triangle, Pulse, Random on OSC3/LFO
OSC3 switchable as LFO
Noise Generator with Spectrum DC..100kHz
Octave Switch for OSC2 with range 32' .. 4'
Octave Switch for OSC3 with range 64' .. 8'
Slide
Sync of OSC2 to OSC1
External Signal source
True Ringmodulator
Mixer section
24dB Cascade filter with Lowpass and Highpass
Self resonant
Keyfollow switch 0-50%-100%
Four Modulation targets of OSC3/LFO: Mixer, Cutoff, OSC1, OSC2
Six shapes of OSC3/LFO: Sawtooth, Triangle, Pulse, Random, Noise and OSC2 signal
Free run switch to have OSC3 free of the keyboard
Filter and Volume envelopes where Filter envelope can be positive or negative modulated
Distortion section with regular Distorter and Fuzzer
Volume
Power switch
Power on led

MIDI:
Learn switch for MIDI Channel and Reference note
Gate LED
Slide switchable over Controller
LFO MIDI Clock Sync
CV and Gate In/Out
5 Octave Range precise MIDI to CV Converter
interpret Pitch bend and Sustain
Cutoff and Modulation Controller with MSB and LSB
Pitchbend Range over Controller
MIDI Timing Clock 1/1 note up to 1/32 note
MIDI Thru with signal regeneration

Performance:
Quality smooth potentiometer
Soft touch knobs
High efficiency 5mm leds, three green/one blue
2.2mm travel push switches for optimal optical feedback
Anodized colored 3mm Front Panel
Pure DC Design means no capacitors in the signal flow"

Noisemaker Jam

Noisemaker Jam from emergencyofstate on Vimeo.

"Trying out Noisemaker for the first time."

Musikmesse 2011: Twitch and ITCH

YouTube Uploaded by Skratchworx on Apr 10, 2011

"A short movie dedicated to the missed opportunity that was Novation's Twitch and Serato's ITCH v2 coming together in my hotel room at Musikmesse 2011."

Hope for Japan - Soundtrack

YouTube Uploaded by SuricateHill on Apr 8, 2011

"This is my track "Some hope is always there". I composed it as my personal share for the terrible incidents that happened in Japan last weeks. It's a soundtrack/score-thing, divided into several parts according to the different happenings.
Note: I know the video itselfs is'nt very great - if someone would do better please contact me.
For insiders: nearly all of the sounds used were done by a Clavia NordWave Synthesizer, mixing in Cubase.

Enjoy listening
-Andreas"

Handmade Music Minneapolis Number Six

via hmmm

"Saturday, April 30 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hack Factory

3119 east 26th street
Minneapolis, MN

John Keston
http://audiocookbook.org/

Kris Peck
Xenharmonic Instruments

Adam Loper
DIY MIDI controller MCTC student sound synthesis

Facebook Event Page

Flier

This Handmade Music Minneapolis 6 is free, byob if you would like to, bring your own inventions if you would like to show them off."

PHOBOS interstellar fantasy

YouTube Uploaded by SPFXsynthesisers on Apr 10, 2011

Update:

phobosdemo2

Uploaded by SPFXsynthesisers on Apr 10, 2011

PUG WITH THE MOOG

YouTube Uploaded by jerrydibella on Apr 10, 2011

"Mrs. Matilde the pug during a rehearsal day, playing the song "Pug with the Moog".
The Synthesizers used for the song are a Minimoog Voyager, a Roland Juno 60 multitracked in Logic Studio. Drums track are made with Ultrabeat."

http://www.myspace.com/leschicvoltage

http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=les+chic+voltage

ENVISION - Step into the sensory box

YouTube Uploaded by edwinjrl on May 17, 2010
via Hyper5nic's Channel
"ENVISION : Step into the sensory box. Sous ce nom se cache l'expérience immersive offerte par ALCATEL-LUCENT à ses clients lors du dernier Mobile World Congress. Une expérience à base de vidéo mapping conçue par l'agence SUPERBIEN et le département New Media de l'Agence \Auditoire. Le public était invité à entrer dans un cube et à découvrir une vision artistique de la tagline de l'événement : Transforming the mobile experience.

http://vimeo.com/user606055"

Teaser Vivid Festival 2011 à Sydney from SUPERBIEN on Vimeo.

vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com/​

Alesis Andromeda Horror Drone

Alesis Andromeda Horror Drone by CoolColJ
"I created 4 variants of the sound and changed patches as the things progressed along. Turned on filter feedback here and there. You'll know when I do so :)

Just has some A6 delay and Lexicon exterior type reverb"

KOMA Elektronik - BD101 prototype - Musikmesse 2011

YouTube Uploaded by KOMAelektronik on Apr 10, 2011

"Christian from KOMA Elektronik shows the prototype of the KOMA BD101 Analog Gate and Delay at the 2011 Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany.

KOMA BD101: Mangle and cut your sound apart with an innovative vactrol controlled analog delay circuit in combination with a fully adjustable wide range frequency gate. It sounds like you're playing your instrument on the porch outside of your house and inside your amp is slowly sinking in the toilet, CV controlled of course. This might sound strange, but that's just what this pedal is about: create weird resonant frequencies, shift between heavy delayed sounds and super short pulses, with whatever instrument you want to plug into it. The BD101 comes standard with a solid footswitch, multiple inputs, an audio and control voltage patchbay and our new innovative expression controller."

circuitbent fingerdrum from hell

YouTube Uploaded by JvGrieken on Apr 10, 2011

"circuitbent fingerdrum toy with simple pitch bent and audio out mods."

Farfisa Soundmaker - Italian Analogue Mono-Poly synth

via this auction

"Built from 1979 to 1981, this thing cost around £900 new (this model was bought in 1982, I think I've got the receipt somewhere!) which put it in competition with some pretty serious hardware. It also explains why it's so rare. It was in production until just before MIDI, the Prophet 600 and Juno 106 came along, but looks like it's from an entirely different era. The whole keyboard and front panel are angled slightly forwards, as it was designed to sit on top of a combo organ or piano (although a snazzy stand was also available as you'll see from the promotional literature included)."

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Circuit Bent Pokemon Pikachu Room Guard Drone Synth

via this auction

Details and video at the auction and posted here.

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Roland TR-909

via this auction

"The classic House/Techno/Electro drum machine. The 909 is a strong/hard hitting analog drum machine. Samples do not do it justice, especially since you can tweak songs as it plays.

This 909 is in amazing condition. There are a few LIGHT scratches on the casing that are barely noticeable. The case, knobs and jacks are perfect. See the pictures."

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Roland SH 101 with MIDI converter installed

via this auction

"It appears that this synth was at one time in the Netherlands from the SERVAAS' plate on the back of it. It looks like the converter may have been installed over there from the language on the post-it note attatched to the front of the manual."

Roland TR-909

via this auction

Note the glossy surface. Anyone know more about that?

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Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer Drum Machine

via this auction

"Serial #124637"

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Circuit bent Roland TR-505 Drum Machine

YouTube Uploaded by thenervoussquirrel on Jul 12, 2008
previously posted
"This was a commission for Chris Wing (www.winganimation.com) who lives in San Francisco and writes cool dub tracks.

I have only used six patch combinations in the video, but there are literally thousands to explore.

The box has MIDI in and out, and a switch to route the drum machine's audio signal through a 'voice modulator' section, which has pitch and LFO controls.

Apologies for the inferior drum programming - I'm looking forward to hearing Chris do it justice!"

via this auction

"He only used six patch combinations in the video, but there are literally thousands to explore. The box has MIDI in and out, and a switch to route the drum machine's audio signal through a 'voice modulator' section, which has pitch and LFO controls. I have labeled very simply the basic buttons/knobs but if you know them well you can easily remove these! But they are handy to familiarize initially... It takes 6xAA Batteries and has a really cool multi-colour-changing "on" light."

Roland CP40 Pitch to Midi converter

via this auction

"Hard to find Roland CP40 Pitch to Midi interface . Mint condition. This is part of the Roland Computer studio series and comes in its original packaging and includes the original power supply, original Roland microphone and manual... Here is the links to the manual."