DRUM MACHINE MADE FROM CLOGS - Junk Rock TV Episode 3

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"In this weeks episode of JunkRockTV i go round Amsterdam, and made a drum machine from clogs.
JunkRockTV was a passion project @Youth Hymns Dirty Films and I did a few years ago and we are very pleased to finally show you it!"

Moog Sirin - Midi Wind Sounds - Mark Steiner

video upload by Mark Steiner

"Helpful stuff about using these Moog Sirin Sounds

These sounds will work with CV or Midi breath now… very smoothly even with Midi. Sirin Manual: https://api.moogmusic.com/sites/defau...

To load these patches into the Moog Sirin, you will need the Sirin Editor Librarian. This link shows you how to get it:

https://moogmusicsupport.zendesk.com/...

The Sirin has a Drone (Hold) mode on it that makes most of these sounds the smoothest. But the sounds with “PurC” in the name are meant to be played when not in the Drone (Hold) mode, as they have a cool attack envelope that still varies in attack with different breath dynamics.

It’s also good to know how to change presets and save sounds from the front panel. Especially as these patches are so easy and fun to alter from the knobs there, and can be great to save as a new patch."

Handmade Glitches (Musikraken iPad Hand Tracking + Monome Norns Fall)

video upload by Perplex On

"Here i‘m trying to utilize the handtracking features of #musikraken app on iOS to use hand gestures as midi source for creating glitchy bits. Layered on top of a generative soundbed coming from #monome #norns loaded with Fall script. A connected #OxiOne acts as a grid. Next to the sound coming from the Norns, it‘s also sending midi to the iPad playing various synths (#Aparillo, #VHSSynth and #Zeeon) at the same time. The straight beat is coming from #playbeat3 while the glitchy bits are coming from #fractalbits. The hand waving gestures are not only triggering midi note events but also modulate additional FX (#koalafx and #dedalusdelay), e.g. the distance of the second hand towards the ipad camera is controlling the comb filter of Koalafx and the opening of the first hand is controlling the delay feedback of Dedalus."

Clean-Up Raves in Ukraine

This one is in via Loscha, who spotted it on ABC News Australia. Click through for some video.

Left: The DJs play techno music as volunteers continue clean-up efforts. (Reuters: Viacheslav Ratynskyi ) - Note the Waldorf Blofeld, M-Audio keyboard controller, and what appears to be a Lumatone keyboard with accordian style keys.

"Buildings destroyed by Russian invasion become 'clean-up raves' for volunteers missing Ukraine's techno festivals

A bombed-out building in northern Ukraine has been turned into a rave for more than 200 people just months after the region was devastated by the Russian invasion.

The daytime 'clean-up rave' was organised by young Ukrainians who have been using dance parties to aid the recovery effort.

'Techno parties, especially rave festivals, it was our lifestyle before, when we met with friends and spent time," one of the group's organisers said.

'Last summer, every weekend festivals (were) here in Ukraine, in Kyiv.

'So, we miss it and we want to come back to normal life but our normal life now is volunteering.'

Shovels in hand, the volunteers tossed piles of debris into the loader of a tractor from the remnants of the centre, which was destroyed by a rocket strike in March.

Ukraine's vibrant club scene was brought to an abrupt halt with the Russian invasion on February 24.

A night-time curfew in the capital Kyiv forced lovers of Ukraine's party culture to combine the fun and freedom of a festival with rebuilding their homes.

Most of the Yahidne volunteers, primarily in their 20s and 30s, came from Kyiv, about two hours' drive away.

Others have come from the western city of Lviv and nearby Chernihiv, while some foreign volunteers have arrived from Portugal, the United States, Germany and elsewhere.

The clean-up was the group's eighth event so far, restoring the centre and 15 homes in the village."

Left: Ukraine was known for its vibrant techno scene before war broke out. (Reuters: Viacheslav Ratynskyi )

Left: Many of the volunteers are young people combining their passion for music and love for their country. (Reuters: Viacheslav Ratynskyi )

STICK OF GLITCH (PS4 controller as glitch machine)

video upload by Perplex On

"Thanks to the latest update for #musikraken app, you can integrate game controllers into your musical life. Here a ps4 controller stick is sending midi notes and cc from musikraken to AUM loaded with #fractalbits and #koalafx. The stick is configured to send midi notes by changing its y-position (from low to higher notes) while the x-axis is controlling filter, comb filter and crush of koalafx."

NAMM 2022 Physical Synthesis Controllers

video upload by sonicstate

Acids RAVE - Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder

video upload by Realtime Neural Audio Synthesis - embedded RAVE #2 Acids Team - Ircam

From the makers of Neurorack.

"Official implementation of RAVE: A variational autoencoder for fast and high-quality neural audio synthesis (article link) by Antoine Caillon and Philippe Esling.

RAVE comes with two command line utilities, resample and duration. resample allows to pre-process (silence removal, loudness normalization) and augment (compression) an entire directory of audio files (.mp3, .aiff, .opus, .wav, .aac). duration prints out the total duration of a .wav folder.

Once trained, you can reconstruct an entire folder containing wav files"

"Demonstration of realtime embedded RAVE models on different platforms:

- Raspberry Pi 4 8GB
- Nvidia Jetson Nano 4GB

With RAVE + nn~ you can embed realtime neural audio synthesis inside single board computers !

RAVE project: https://github.com/acids-ircam/RAVE
nn_tilde: https://github.com/acids-ircam/nn_tilde

Antoine Caillon - ACIDS team - 2022

Special thanks to Victor Paredes for his help with the motion sensor"

Realtime Neural Audio Synthesis - RAVE + nn~ #1

video upload by Acids Team - Ircam

"Demonstration video of the RAVE model integrated inside nn~

Use RAVE with Max/MSP to perform realtime timbre transfer, latent exploration and autonomous generation !"

Perfect Circuit Presents : The Future of Music Technology

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Prepare for a revolutionary presentation.

Perfect Circuit is an independent electronic instrument shop with an online store at https://www.perfectcircuit.com/ and a Burbank showroom at 2405 Empire Ave. Open seven days a week, 12-8 PM, get your hands on the most excellent gear!

SuonoBuono - Lazer

video upload by NOISEBUG

With and Analogue Systems modular.

"https://www.noisebug.net/products/suo...

LAZER is a unique laser-based music controller.

Thanks to its rich set of outputs, it can control external MIDI instruments and effects, analog synthesizers and virtual instruments in a DAW such as Ableton Live, Cubase or Logic. It also has an on-board lo-fi oscillator that can drive headphones (for live tracking) or be used as an audio source.

LAZER is completely standalone and does not require a computer. It is ideal for live jams!

The sensor measures the distance from the hand and transforms it into MIDI, analog and audio signals, according to user settings. Its 1mm (circa) resolution and the configurable range up to 50cm allow for precise control of sensitive parameters such as pitch and filter frequency.

LAZER does not require wearing any wearables and can be used in most light conditions with bare hands. It should however be avoided to point strong light sources directly to the sensor. Multiple LAZERs can be used simultaneously without interfering with each other.

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Learning Lumatone: Episode 8 - "Polyphonic Aftertouch"

video upload by Lumatone Keyboard

Additional Lumatone tutorials:

Silhouette eins - dove dance - (feb. 2022)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"'Silhouette eins' - the optical soundtrack synthesizer.
Now the development of Silhouette changes over from prototyping to production. You can order your Silhouette here: http://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de"

Also see SILHOUETTE eins - synthesizer (Demo 2021)

A Legend Returns: Join The Seaboard Reveal

video upload by ROLI

"Coming March 2022. Join the reveal: https://bit.ly/3B8IZLi

A Legend returns. Better than ever before.

An iconic instrument that revolutionized music-making forever. Now reimagined, refined and re-engineered for ultimate musical expression. Be the first to experience the next generation of Seaboard."

ESK - Haken Continuum + Tasty Chips GR-1

video upload by Metunar

"The Haken Continuum Fingerboard as a Midi controller for a Tasty Chips Electronics GR-1 granular synthesizer. I play 3 different sounds. In the middle part i use the internal delay as looper.

This Continuum is a an old Midi only version. The sensitivity is not so good as the new ones. No external effects are used.

http://www.metunar.ch"

Insta Chord Demo & Review

video upload by musictrackjp

This should brighten your morning. This appears to be the first post to feature the Insta Chord hardware instrument. I'm not finding any additional info on it online. If you know feel free to leave a comment or reach out. Note there is also an InstaChord MIDI Processing Plugin "that helps you play chords and chord progressions faster and easier." I don't believe they are related.

DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE

Slovak Design Award 2021 — OffGrid [Nikola Beim for birdkids]

video upload by birdkids

SLOVAK DESIGN AWARD 2021
MAIN AWARD — SPORT & LEISURE TIME

Winner: Nikola Beim (CDO) for birdkids GmbH
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Organized by Slovak Design Center — Slovenské centrum dizajnu
Video produced by and with consent from Slovenské centrum dizajnu

Music By Hand

video upload by nbor

"A solo performance on a fascinating instrument. Each finger connects to the pitch, filter, and pan of a simple sawtooth oscillator in Pure Data. The pitch is quantized to a scale mode. Reverb is added, based on the distance of contacts. It's incredibly sensitive, and a joy to play, like giving a sonic massage. I hope you enjoy this performance!"

Animoog Z played with Audanika | Audanika

video upload by Audanika

"This video shows you how to connect Audanika with Animoog via MIDI and points out some cool ways how both apps interact with each other.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 How to create a connection between Audanika and Animoog
0:56 How to use both apps on one screen
1:28 Benefits of Audanikas surface
1:58 Using both playing surfaces together
2:24 Changing the sound with the orbit and the pitch wheel
3:13 Changing keys with Audanika
3:36 Audanika + Animoog's Arpeggiato
r 4:08 Outro

Go directly to the app here:
https://audanika.com/download"

Suonobuono LAZER Controller

videos by SUONOBUONO Playlist:
Suonobuono LAZER: laser-based standalone music controller
Suonobuono LAZER: standalone gesture controller steering a modular synthesizer
Suonobuono LAZER: standalone gesture controller steering a drum machine and an analog filter
Suonobuono LAZER: laser-based music controller with Sequential OB-6

via Suonobuono

LAZER is a unique laser-based music controller.

Thanks to its rich set of outputs, it can control external MIDI instruments and effects, analog synthesizers and virtual instruments in a DAW such as Ableton Live, Cubase or Logic. It also has an on-board lo-fi oscillator that can drive headphones (for live tracking) or be used as an audio source.

LAZER is completely standalone and does not require a computer. It is ideal for live jams!

The sensor measures the distance from the hand and transforms it into MIDI, analog and audio signals, according to user settings. Its 1mm (circa) resolution and the configurable range up to 50cm allow for precise control of sensitive parameters such as pitch and filter frequency.

LAZER does not require wearing any wearables and can be used in most light conditions with bare hands. It should however be avoided to point strong light sources directly to the sensor. Multiple LAZERs can be used simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Most importantly, it is a LOT of fun to use it, and it’s pretty cool too!

Artiphon ORBA synth controller

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

You can find demos of the ORBA in previous posts here.

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Command and Control by Ivana Dama : Controlling Sound with Your EYES

video upload by Perfect Circuit

Update: the video appears to have been pulled. Will post back when/if it goes up again.

"Sound artist, performer, and researcher Ivana Dama presents a brief overview and presentation of her latest work : Command and Control.

This incredible project explores the idea of playing a musical instruments with your eyes using a DIY webcam apparatus in combination with a Max patch.

Ivana goes into further detail in an interview on our Signal page
Read it here ! https://bit.ly/30PhZCl

'The perception of our experiences varies, and this project explores the potential of using digital data to affect the change in the physical world...

This project challenges the traditional idea of the performer being only someone capable of mastering the instrument. Instead, it offers the possibility to help people with disabilities by allowing them to communicate through music.' - Ivana Dama

The gear we used in this video includes the Make Noise Tape and Microsound Machine and Strega
Check them out here : https://bit.ly/2XBUHP4

Keep up with Ivana on Instagram @ivana.dama
And check out the rest of her work https://www.ivanadama.com/cover-22"