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Showing posts with label Birdkids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birdkids. Show all posts

Thursday, June 02, 2022

Industry Tributes to Dave Smith



Some tributes from those in the indsutry. If there are others, feel free to leave them in the comments section below and I will add them to this post. I wanted to start with this one via @BirdKids from a post here on MATRIXSYNTH back in 2006, the year I actaully started this version of the site. It was the top pic from that post and I thought it fitting to start with it as it features a hidden message from Dave Smith.

via @BirdKids

"'May Peace prevail on Earth' Image via @matrixsynth matrixsynth.com/2006/09/on-ins… That's a Sequential Drumtraks (1984) How cool is that!?!? Thank you for everything Dave Smith and @sequentialLLC — your legacy, not just the machines, but the music and people it inspired, endless!"





via @WeAreNovation

"We're extremely sad to share that industry legend, Dave Smith, founder of fellow Focusrite family members Sequential, has died. We're heartbroken, but Dave was with his family, and doing what he loved best. To share your thoughts and memories, please visit http://sequential.com"

via @RolandGlobal

We are deeply saddened to learn that Dave Smith of Sequential has passed away. As a true synthesizer pioneer, he was very much admired and respected by Roland and others. We offer our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and fans worldwide.

via @WeAreElektron

"We are terribly saddened to hear the news of Dave Smith’s passing. He has been such a pioneering giant of our industry, and his creativity and innovation will forever be part of the story of electronic music. Our thoughts are with his family & the entire @sequentialLLC team. RIP"

Note all three above used the image released by Sequential also featured in my post here. I grouped them together for that reason.



via @moogmusicinc

"Thank you, Dave, for all that you have given to our shared community. The world wouldn't sound the same without you."




via @SoulsbySynths

"RIP Dave Smith, thanks for the pioneering synths (including my Pro One which I love!), MIDI & so much more."

and via @tiptopaudio

"Rest In Peace Dave Smith. You brought so much happiness to this world, the sounds of your instruments touched the souls of so many of us. @sequentialLLC"




And via Roger Linn Design

"On May 31, 2022, Dave Smith, my dear friend of many years, passed away. His legacy of excellent synthesizers will last well beyond his years, as well as the positive influence on music that his instruments have had.

I first met Dave in the late 1970s at a trade show in Anaheim, California. He was showing his new Prophet 5 synthesizer, which I believe was the first polyphonic, programmable analog synth. I marveled at his creation, as did everyone else in attendance. Dave was full of energy and ambition, and well understood the new technology of microcomputers and software programming that was starting to change the world. He decided to use this new technology to change musical instruments. Of course the Prophet 5 went on to become a huge success, used on countless hit recordings in the 1980s.

Unlike me, Dave was an avid athelete, cyclist and triathlete. He actually participated in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in his younger years, an astoundingly difficult physical endeavor. He even enlisted me in some of his strenuous hikes, including Mount Whitney, the back side of Yosemite's Half Dome, and Mount Shasta. I named our climb up Mount Whitney 'Iron Man and the nerd'. :)

Our friendship continued over the years, and in 2011 I had the pleasure of collaborating with him on the Tempest analog drum machine. It was fun working with Dave and I learned a lot from him. He had a deep understanding of analog synthesis circuitry and the many design choices that are necessary in order to insure that the final instrument meets the demands of golden ears. He was also good at pushing me a little to bring out my best.

Sadly, the healthiest of atheletes are no match for the roll of the genetic dice, and Dave developed some medical problems in his later years that no doubt contributed to his being taken from us earlier than many. I feel privileged to have known and to have enjoyed a friendship with this extraordinary and creative individual. I miss my dear friend.

Roger"

Update: there's a brief mention of Dave Smith's Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in this article on the development of the Prophet VS (also captured here). He was there during development.

Update2: KORG pays tribute:



via @KorgUSA

"Korg USA wishes to pay respects to the family, friends, and legions of fans of Dave Smith. We've lost a true pioneer and wonderful human being. From the roots of MIDI to Sequential, Dave leaves behind a legacy of innovations that have forever changed the way we create music."

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Imaginando FRMS, Birdkids OffGrid and Cocoquantus2


video upload by Luca Longobardi

"I put together a very special live set that will debut very soon.
Looking forward to tell you more about it."

Saturday, January 15, 2022

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 — Slovenskรฉ centrum dizajnu
Video produced by and with consent from Slovenskรฉ centrum dizajnu

Sunday, November 21, 2021

OffGrid — Fall in Love with a ๐Ÿจ


video upload by birdkids

"'Slum Village - Fall in Love'
Sloppily recreated on the gorgeous Koala Sampler by Elf Audio — using OffGrid via Bluetooth LE (MIDI)
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#PlayOffGrid #PlayAgainstAllOdds #birdkids #wireless #midi #bluetooth #musicproducer #musicstudio #donuts #jdilla #musicmaking #daw #koala #beats #fingerdrumming #electronic #joystick #midicontroller #velocity #sampling #groove #musicproduction #anywhere #inthepocket _
Out soon — birdkids.io"

Sunday, November 14, 2021

แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿธ๐š‘๐š™ ๐š‚๐šข๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š– — Rockin' It, Fearless Four style


video upload by birdkids

"Rockin' it rockin' it yes we are rockin' it (Fearless Four ๐Ÿ–ค)
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OffGrid is controlling a แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿธ๐š‘๐š™ ๐š‚๐šข๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š–via BLE MIDI and a LIVE Drum Rack wirelessly
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#electro #flashback #fearless #four #rockin #it #modular #analog #synth #bass #acid #drums #beat #kick #snare #clap #sounddesign #musicproduction #proaudio #bluetooth #wireless
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A single แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿธ๐š‘๐š™ ๐š‚๐šข๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š– might still be available via our @bigcartel shop"

http://birdkids.org/

Saturday, November 13, 2021

RAVEN - VCF Gain Staging ๐ŸŽ›️


video upload by birdkids

"This ๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ ๐š™๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐š‹๐šŠ๐šœ๐š’๐šŒ ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™ต ๐š๐šž๐š—๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ & ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š๐™พ๐š‚๐š‚๐™ต๐™ฐ๐™ณ๐™ด๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™ต.

• ๐™ฟ๐š›๐š’๐š—๐šŒ๐š’๐š™๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŠ๐šž๐š•๐š ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ฒ๐š๐™พ๐š‚๐š‚๐™ต๐™ฐ๐™ณ๐™ด๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™ต ๐š’๐š—๐š™๐šž๐š ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ.

• ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™พ๐šœ (แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™พ ๐™ผ๐™บ๐™ธ๐™ธ) ๐š’๐š— ๐™ป๐™ต๐™พ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™ฐ๐šž๐š๐š’๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐šœ.

• ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™ต ๐š’๐š— ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐šž๐šœ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐™ด๐š‚๐™พ๐™ฝ๐™ฐ๐™ฝ๐™ฒ๐™ด ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š•, ๐šŽ๐šก๐š™๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š• ๐™ฒ๐š… ๐š’๐š—๐š™๐šž๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š™๐š’๐š๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š.

• ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—• ๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š™๐šž๐š, ๐—ก๐—ข๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐™ฐ๐šž๐š๐š’๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ ๐šž๐šœ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฒ๐š๐™พ๐š‚๐š‚๐™ต๐™ฐ๐™ณ๐™ด๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š…๐™ฒ๐™ต ๐š’๐š—๐š™๐šž๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—.

• VCA and VCF modulation using ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง control voltages (แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐™ด๐š—๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š›).
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#patch #tutorial #modular #eurorack #sounddesign #analog #synthesizer #voice #production #proaudio #instrument #cv #filter #vca #modulation #noise #gain #headroom #voltage #raven #birdkids _
๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ — ๐šŠ ๐Ÿท00% ๐šŠ๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š˜๐š, ๐šœ๐šข๐š—๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŸ๐š˜๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ"

http://birdkids.org/

Thursday, November 11, 2021

๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ — basic VCO signal flow, pitch control & paraphonic, dual voicing


video upload by birdkids

"This ๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ patch shows the most rudimentary, normalized signal flow principles:

• ๐—ฉ๐—–๐—ข ๐—œ + ๐—ฉ๐—–๐—ข ๐—œ๐—œ to ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—™๐—”๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ to ๐—ฉ๐—–๐—™ to ๐—ฉ๐—–๐—”.

• CROSSFADER ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (VCO I - Square to CROSSFADER input I, VCO II - Variable Pulse to CROSSFADER input II).

• Standard ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ per VCO (coarse/fine).

• VCF manual ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ setting as well as resonance control.

• VCO I and VCO II normalized ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  (1v/oct) and ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ pitch tracking.

• VCA and VCF modulation using ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง control voltages (แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐™ด๐š—๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š›).

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#eurorack #synthesizer #voice #analog #versatile #modular #wide #range #dual #polyphony #paraphony #sounddesign #proaudio #musicproduction #patch #tutorial #default #vca #vcf #crossfader #modulation #cv #controlvoltage _
๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ — ๐šŠ ๐Ÿท00% ๐šŠ๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š˜๐š, ๐šœ๐šข๐š—๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŸ๐š˜๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ is available via https://birdkids.bigcartel.com"

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ — ๐™ฒ๐š๐™พ๐š‚๐š‚๐™ต๐™ฐ๐™ณ๐™ด๐š ๐š๐šž๐š—๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šข & ๐š–๐š˜๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— [2021 #remaster]


video upload by birdkids

"This ๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ patch shows basic CROSSFADER functionalities.

• Principles of default ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง VCO I / VCO II (Square / Variable Pulse) to CROSSFADER Input I and Input II.

• ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป of CROSSFADER audio signal (I/II) ratios using external CV (แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ VCO MKII) in LFO and Audio ranges.

• Standard ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ per VCO (coarse/fine).

• VCF manual ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ setting as well as resonance control.

• VCA and VCF modulation using ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง control voltages (แต€สฐแต‰๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐™ด๐š—๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š›).

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#eurorack #patch #modulation #crossfader #cv #controlvoltage #vcf #filter #vca #modular #analog #synthesizer #voice #tutorial #musicproduction #sounddesign #beat #bass #drums #signal
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๐‘๐€๐•๐„๐ — ๐šŠ ๐Ÿท00% ๐šŠ๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š˜๐š, ๐šœ๐šข๐š—๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŸ๐š˜๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ"

http://birdkids.org/

Wednesday, November 03, 2021

TENET — FREEPORT (OST) Patch on RAVEN & UNICORN controlled by OffGrid (BLE MIDI) by birdkids


video upload by birdkids

"Recreating the percussive lead arpeggio from Ludwig Gรถransson marvelous TENET #OfficialMovieSoundtrack - track title 'FREEPORT'
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Patch: RAVEN dual SAW (hypersaw detune) to UNICORN BOOM's opto Compressor. OffGrid is controlling the external arpeggiator's trigger time via the PADs polyphonic aftertouch, additionally, the Motion Controller's axis Left Roll modulates the RAVEN VCF brightness.
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#eurorack #patch #modulation #midi #gesture #motion #control #analog #saw #hyper #offgrid #raven #unicornboom #soundtrack #tenet #synthesis #production #proaudio #touch #sounddesign
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OffGrid — Play against all odds."

You can find additional OffGrid posts here.

Monday, November 01, 2021

50 shades of #808 #kick ๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒˆ UNICORN BOOM & RAVEN


video upload by birdkids

"50 shades of #808 #kick and some Dubby Arps to go. The built-in OPTO compressor helps tweak the #bassdrum sweet spot in the mix.
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RAVEN & UNICORN BOOM #arpeggio #kickdrum"

http://birdkids.org/

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Halloween Theme on RAVEN (Modular Multitracked)


video upload by birdkids

"HALLOWEEN THEME (by John Carpenter ๐ŸŽƒ) multitracked on RAVEN
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Modular exploration feat. Nikola Beim
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#patch #halloween #theme #cinematic #sounddesign #ost #analog #modular #synthesizer #voice #texture #vintage #thick #producer #proaudio #instrument #lush #arpeggio #pad #percussion #noise"

http://birdkids.org/

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

PWM Modulation on RAVEN ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿฝ‍♀️


video upload by birdkids

"Two PULSE signals modulated, one SUB output gated through the VCA.
Note progression adapted from @hanszimmer #Inception 'Time'"

Sunday, October 24, 2021

RAVEN ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿค›๐Ÿฝ UNICORN BOOM Feat. Sentic Cycle ๐Ÿ–ค


video upload by birdkids

"The great Sentic Cycle patching RAVEN and UNICORN BOOM. Feel the BASS!
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#modular #synthesizer #controlvoltage #patch #eurorack #analog #musicproduction #musicmakers #instrument #drummachine #beats #synth #synthesis #sounddesign #musicgear #hardware #timbre #bassmusic #bass #808 #kick #trap #dnb #halfstep"

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Sentic Cycle X birdkids - RAVEN & UNICORN BOOM


video upload by birdkids

https://birdkids.org

"A series of #modular #patches recorded at birdkids HQ in Vienna ๐ŸŒŒ
#eurorack #electronic #analog #sounddesign #unique #handmade #instrument #synthesizer #synth #proaudio #drummachine #modularsynthesizer #beats #controlvoltage #musictechnology #musicgear #producersofinstagram #musicproduction #synthstagram #synthesis #studio #timbre #education #vienna #birdkids #raven #unicornboom"

Friday, October 15, 2021

OffGrid - Scale Mode


video upload by birdkids

"Introducing 'Scale Mode' - switch scales on the fly & transpose scale root note independently"

http://birdkids.org/

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

OffGrid — Pair & Play [Industrial Prototype preview]


video by birdkids

"OffGrid - just Pair&Play ๐ŸŽถ
It's super-easy, super-fun and very addictive ๐Ÿ˜Š
Designed by birdkids in Vienna.

Here's a video that shows how we connect to an iPad under 6 seconds from a state of sleep. And make a full beat under 40 seconds ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ"

https://birdkids.org/

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

birdkids offGrid is Funded


birdkids offGrid Kickstarter campaign (previously posted here) is funded!

Note you can still back the project if you want to pick one up at a discount.

See the Kickstarter campaign for demos and details.

Saturday, March 21, 2020

birdkids offGrid Kickstarter Campaign Launches




You can find the Kickstarter here

°Grid lets you capture and express your creative ideas by combining the responsiveness and versatility of a real instrument with the total integration, capability and ease of use of a wireless, mobile device.

°Grid fits in the palm of your hand, travels in your pocket and pairs with your apps in seconds, so you can go from sketch to masterpiece, without skipping a beat.

°Grid will empower your storytelling by translating every movement, touch, and gesture with precision and fluidity.

°Grid is the perfect take-anywhere, play-anything companion —

whether you’re looking for the lightest, hassle-free way to sketch out an idea on the go, want to add depth and expression to your performance, control your smart home and hardware hands-on, learn an exciting new instrument in no time, or jam with your friends and share the awesomeness with your feed —

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

°Grid — pair & play [functionality demo]


Published on Mar 18, 2020 birdkids

"°Grid connects to any iOS / Android / PC device faster than you can say “PAIR & PLAY”.

Pair with a tap, it’s as easy as that, and as fun, as it sounds.
°Grid seamlessly integrates into your existing workflow wirelessly through Bluetooth (BLE) or via the on-board USB Type-C — Play keys, make beats, bend a string, compose & remix, launch clips, build 3D worlds, control hardware — °Grid is the most immediate, expressive and versatile way to bring your ideas to life."

See the birdkids label below for more.

Sunday, March 08, 2020

°Grid — offGrid #PairAndPlay with AudioKit Synth One


Published on Mar 8, 2020 birdkids

"°Grid lets you capture and express your creative ideas by combining the responsiveness and versatility of a real instrument with the total integration, capability and ease of use of a mobile device.

In this teaser: °Grid controlling AudioKit Pro - Synth One via Bluetooth BLE"
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