Sonar+D 2018: Google Magenta shows us its machine learning synth

Published on Jun 16, 2018 FACTmagazine

See the Google label below for more.

Google Nsynth Super - I built something. It works.

Streamed live 2 hours ago Joe Miller - Xin

"First session with this DIY project. Fun lo-fi sounds. Processed through Magneto"

See the NSYNTH label below for more.

Assembled PCBs for Google's NSynth Super Now Available for Pre-Order via Auxren

You can find the order form on Auxren's website here. Note the order is for the PCBs only, not the case as pictured. A Koryo Williamson said he will post STEP and STL files for the cases. See this post for additional details on Google's NSynth Super.

NSynth Super - An Open Source Hardware Neural Synthesizer From Google

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Google

[Update: You can now find an order form on Auxren's website here for assembled PCBs minus the case.

Update2 via Koryo Williamson in the comments: "I'll post STEP and STL files for cases that more resemble the active UI version. Xometry, Protolabs, DIY 3D print and such."

Update3: Just a side not for those interested: the neural synthesis brings the Hartmann Neuron to mind, and the resynthesis aspect brings the Technos Axcel and the Axcel2 to mind.]

Playlist for the videos above:
1. Making music with NSynth Super

London-based producer Hector Plimmer, explores new sounds generated by the NSynth machine learning algorithm - using NSynth Super an open source experimental instrument.

2. Making music using new sounds generated with machine learning [featuring Robotspeak]

NSynth Super is an open source experimental instrument. It gives musicians the ability to explore completely new sounds generated by the NSynth machine learning algorithm.

Note NSynth was first mentioned in this post with Andrew Huang.

"NSynth Super is part of an ongoing experiment by Magenta: a research project within Google that explores how machine learning tools can help artists create art and music in new ways.

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Making new sounds using artificial intelligence

Published on Dec 21, 2017 ANDREW HUANG

This sounds a bit like resynthesis.

"A SCARY AMOUNT OF SAMPLES

Stream/download the track: https://andrewhuang.bandcamp.com/trac...
Magenta: https://g.co/magenta
NSynth: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ai..."

This one in via brian comnes.

Today's Google Doodle Is a Step Sequencer!

This one in via Joel B.

Check it out:

https://www.google.com

Click the play button when you get there.

Some pics saved here for the archives.  Pretty cool nod to the visual as well:

"Music is not limited to the world of sound.  There exists a music of the visual world."

-Oskar Fischinger, 1951

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Google Doodle Featuring Minimoog Played by Clara Schumann

Bottom left. You can check it out on Google's homepage now. They have the following to say on Clara Shummann:

"A doodle for Clara seemed like an obvious choice due to her enormous talents that started when she was still just a little one. Considered a child prodigy, her first concert was at the age of 11. Upon further research we realized there was also quite an amazing story beyond what she's most widely remembered for. She was an outspoken and courageous woman who followed her heart and fought for who and what she believed in. In sixty one years of performing, she forever shaped the classical music genre and was one of the first pianists to perform by memory, setting the stage for future performers.


Beyond her own performance career, Clara was a teacher and a mentor to students. Additionally, her and her husband raised eight children while also developing their own musical careers. I knew Clara was a truly exceptional person when I read that at age 29 she marched to the front lines of the May Uprising in Dresden (one of the final events of the Revolution of 1848), straight past a group of armed men to rescue her children. She then turned around and marched right back through the pack and out of the city. She was truly a dedicated, passionate and strong-willed person and it's evident in her work, how she was with her family, and in her everyday life."

BENT: The Google Moog Mini-Doc - Story Behind the Moog Google Doodle

Uploaded on Dec 21, 2012 googleplay·208 videos


"Get free tracks from Carl Craig, El-P, Divine Fits and Exitmusic: http://goo.gl/DkYIB
Watch performances from the Moog Sound Lab: http://moogfest.com/

In May of 2012, Google turned its homepage over to Moog, creating a playable version of one of their synthesizers. The synth "Doodle" was used by over 300 million users, and brought a new level of attention to the Asheville, N.C.-based company. Acknowledging this, Moog, as part of their 3rd Annual Circuit Bending Contest held during the Moogfest music event, called for enthusiasts and benders to create a sampler and use the Google Moog Doodle as the basis for it's sounds. The winning sampler was unlike anything we'd ever seen, and we contacted some of our favorite musicians, including Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig and hip-hop icon El-P, to create or rework songs using this new tool. The resulting tracks and documentary chronicle the dynamic relationship between technology and music, and how each field pushes the other in unpredictable and amazing directions.

Subscribe to the Google Play YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/UX1U4"

Google Minimoog Doodle and real Minimoog comparison - May 23, 2012

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by SynthManiaDotCom

"In occasion of Bob Moog's 78th birthday, Google dedicated today's Doodle to Dr. Moog and his most famous invention: the Minimoog. Here's a quick comparison between the Google Doodle, and a real Minimoog ;-)"

'Aerodynamic' (Daft Punk) on Google Moog Doodle - Brett Domino

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by brettdomino

"Daft Punk cover performed on today's interactive 'Google Doodle'.
Percussion performed on Korg Monotribe.
http://www.twitter.com/brettdomino
http://www.brettdomino.com"

Moog Doodle Hack from Max6 for Bob Moog's birthday !

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by julienbayle

"(Stay tune about the latest software I'm releasing on app store these days: http://youtu.be/r_8rpgIlzUU)

Google Made us a great present today for the Bob Moog's birthday: The Moog Doodle.
Because I like to hack, to play, because I like random noises & strange shuffle, I made this little hack simulating mouse cursor movement & click from Max/MSP (= Max6 today..)

I also used Ableton Live to play some 808 beats using some follow actions & tricky clip launching options we, certified trainers, only know :D Kidding. You can do that easily.

And here is that electronic glitchy & software hack strange result: The Acid Bob's Birthday !

MAke more like to totally control the synth from Ableton Live or any MIDI player would be easy.
As soon as you have the "box" that convert a MIDI note pitch into a position on the screen, you can do that.
I'm SORRY I don't have time for that right now.. But we can discuss about that on http://designthemedia.com/index my forums)


Feel free to comment, critic, yell, flatter etc
My blog is http://julienbayle.ne
My softwares are at http://designthemedia.com"

Google Moog Tribute by Jordan Rudess

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by JCRUDESS

"Playing with Google's online Mioog Synth!"

CELEBRATE BOB: Moog Chief Engineer On Google Doodle

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by MoogMusicInc

"In celebration of Bob Moog's Birthday Google created a web based synthesizer for the world to enjoy. Moog's Chief engineer, Cyril Lance, overviews the doodle' s capabilities to help you get started crafting sounds. Now everyone can explore the wonders of subtractive synthesis and express their creativity by sculpting sounds. Remember, experimentation and learning will reward you with a lifetime of rich synthesizer experiences. #celebratebob

Learn more about Moog at: www.moogmusic.com

Learn more about the Minimoog Voyager synthesizer here: http://www.moogmusic.com/products/minimoog-voyagers/minimoog-voyager-performer-edition"

Google Doodles with Real World Synths

With Moog Prodigy via David Kaiser on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

With Synclavier II via Richard Atkinson on The MATRIXSYNTH Wall

Update:

With Minimoog via Polynomial on Facebook

Google on Their Bob Moog Tribute

via the Official Google Blog

May 22, 2012 at 9:00 PM

"In the mid-1960s, Dr. Robert Moog unleashed a new universe of sounds into musicdom with his invention of the electronic analog Moog Synthesizer. The timbre and tones of these keyboard instruments (true works of art in and of themselves) would come to define a generation of music, featuring heavily in songs by The Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk and many others.

When people hear the word “synthesizer” they often think “synthetic”—fake, manufactured, unnatural. In contrast, Bob Moog’s synthesizers produce beautiful, organic and rich sounds that are, nearly 50 years later, regarded by many professional musicians as the epitome of an electronic instrument. “Synthesizer,” it turns out, refers to the synthesis embedded in Moog’s instruments: a network of electronic components working together to create a whole greater than the sum of the parts.

With his passion for high-tech toolmaking in the service of creativity, Bob Moog is something of a patron saint of the nerdy arts and a hero to many of us here. So for the next 24 hours on our homepage, you’ll find an interactive, playable logo inspired by the instruments with which Moog brought musical performance into the electronic age. You can use your mouse or computer keyboard to control the mini-synthesizer’s keys and knobs to make nearly limitless sounds. Keeping with the theme of 1960s music technology, we’ve patched the keyboard into a 4-track tape recorder so you can record, play back and share songs via short links or Google+.

Much like the musical machines Bob Moog created, this doodle was synthesized from a number of smaller components to form a unique instrument. When experienced with Google Chrome, sound is generated natively using the Web Audio API—a doodle first (for other browsers the Flash plugin is used). This doodle also takes advantage of JavaScript, Closure libraries, CSS3 and tools like Google Web Fonts, the Google+ API, the Google URL Shortener and App Engine.

Special thanks to engineers Reinaldo Aguiar and Rui Lopes and doodle team lead Ryan Germick for their work, as well as the Bob Moog Foundation and Moog Music for their blessing. Now give those knobs a spin and compose a tune that would make Dr. Moog smile!

Posted by Joey Hurst, Software Engineer"

Be sure to see: Bob Moog Google Doodle Demonstration: How to use it!
For those that missed it, there was an update to that post as well.

Bob Moog’s Birthday Garners Google Recognition and Industry Support

The Bob Moog Foundation Press Release:

"May 23, 2012 Asheville, NC-- The Bob Moog Foundation is joined by supporters worldwide in their celebration of the anniversary of the synth pioneer’s 78th birthday. Global technology leader Google released their latest doodle, an interactive, synthesizer-based, playable logo, which honors Bob Moog’s inventions. The Moog Doodle can be played using a mouse or by typing to make nearly limitless sounds. Keeping with the theme of 1960s music technology, a keyboard is patched into a 4-track tape recorder allowing the play back and sharing of songs via short links. The doodle can be viewed and played at www.google.com.

Google software engineer Joey Hurst’s plains the impetus behind the Moog doodle, "With his passion for high-tech toolmaking in the service of creativity, Bob Moog is something of a patron saint of the nerdy arts and a hero to many of us here at Google."

BMF Archive and Education Specialist Marc Doty has posted a 15 minute video demonstrating the various parameters of the doodle synthesizer. His video has over 8,000 views and has been picked up by Mashable and the Washington Post. The video can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/JFkWqi

To promote the incredible doodle tribute, the Bob Moog Foundation is hosting a contest on the home page of its website. Music fans from around the world can share their musical creations in the comments section of the blog on the home page of www.moogfoundation.org. A winner will be chosen and awarded Arturia’s Dr. Bob’s Collector’s Pack, which includes award-winning Minimoog and modular Moog software (valued at over $300).

Furthering the celebration, Moog Music, Inc. will donate 50% of all online clothing and merchandise sales on May 23rd to the Bob Moog Foundation. For every $350 raised, the company will also donate one Etherwave Theremin to the Foundation’s educational initiative, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool. This promotion includes their brand new line of product-inspired apparel boasting graphics bold enough to induce a geekfest for synth enthusiasts everywhere. Moog instruments are not included in the annual event.

Moog Music clothing and merchandise can be purchased from the company’s online store: www.moogmusic.com/products/clothing and www.moogmusic.com/merch.

Spectrasonics, creators of the much heralded Omnisphere “soft-synth” and creators of the Bob Moog Tribute Library, have added to the already robust library of 700 sounds another 78 in recognition of Bob’s birthday. Spectrasonics continues to be one of the Foundation’s greatest contributors to continuing the legacy. Visit http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute/ for more information about the BMF Tribute Library.

In the realm of esoteric electronics, starting on May 23rd Hollow Sun Records and electronica maverick Atomic Shadow are donating proceeds from the Shadow’s first two albums to the Bob Moog Foundation. This tribute honors the coincidence that Atomic Shadow and Bob Moog share a birth date and a passion for innovation and music. The albums can be purchased at the discounted price of £3 for a limited time at http://www.hollowsunrecords.co.uk.

Early Girl Eatery in Asheville, North Carolina, where Moog often ate lunch, is hosting the Bob Moog Birthday Salute, honoring its hometown innovator by donating 20% of their total sales from May 23 to The Bob Moog Foundation. The restaurant is open from 7:30am-9:00pm. www.earlygirleatery.com. Marc Doty will perform three sets of live music throughout the day. Anyone who donates $1 or more to the Foundation while at the restaurant will be entered in a raffle to win various Moog-inspired items."

CELEBRATE BOB: Moog Doodle Sonic Experiment

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YouTube Published on May 22, 2012 by MoogMusicInc

"What happens when you take Animoog, a MF-102 Ring Mod, a MF-104Z Analog Delay, the Moog Google Doodle, and put them in a room together? Pure sonic creativity. Has Bob Moog inspired you? #celebratebob

check out the whole celebration at: www.moogmusic.com"


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Update:

CELEBRATE BOB: Moog Doodle Sonic Experiment 2

Published on May 23, 2012 by MoogMusicInc

"What happens when you take a MF-105M Midi Murf, a MF-104Z Analog Delay, a MF-107 FreqBox, the Moog Google Doodle, and put them in a room with a drum machine? Pure sonic creativity. Has Bob Moog inspired you? #celebratebob

check out the whole celebration at: www.moogmusic.com

and learn about the whole line of MoogerFooger effects pedals at: http://www.moogmusic.com/products/Moogerfoogers"

Bob Moog Google Doodle Demonstration: How to use it!

YouTube Published on May 22, 2012 by AutomaticGainsay

"Contribute to the Bob Moog Foundation! http://www.moogfoundation.org

Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the new Bob Moog Google Doodle released on Bob Moog's birthday to celebrate his legacy!
I only had a short time to throw this together, for obvious reasons... so please forgive my haste!
Thank you to Bob Moog for changing my life, as well as bringing an incredible form of musical expression into the world."

Update: the Moog Doodle Quick Start Guide and the inside story on Mashable.

"When Google’s Chief Doodler Ryan Germick and Google Engineer Joey Hurst decided they wanted to build the Google Moog Synthesizer Doodle, it was to 'Pay tribute to someone who was like a patron saint of the nerdy arts,' said Germick.

Germick told Mashable that he was a huge Robert Moog fan. Moog, who died in 2005 and would have been 78 today, developed what is widely recognized as the first commercial synthesizer. Previous versions were the size of closets. Germick called him 'a passionate toolmaker.'

Hurst and Germick collaborated on last year’s playable Les Paul guitar Google Doodle, but it was Germick who brought this project to Hurst — who actually celebrated his birthday one day before Moog’s — as a kind of a challenge. 'Joey is an amazing engineer and I love to come up with a way to stump him,' explained Germick.

The concept was to recreate the Mini Moog Analog Synthesizer in a Web browser. Germick thought there was no way it could be done. Hurst, who knew someone who owned an original Moog, was instantly excited by the project..."

See Mashable for the full story.

Google Doodles | Moog & Harmor

YouTube Published on May 22, 2012 by imageline

"On Wednesday the 23rd May 2012 Google uploaded a Moog synth to celebrate Robert Moog's birth. You can download the project in this video here - http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?p=681145#p681145 if you are not in the same time zone check https://www.google.com.au/"

First post: Google Celebrates Bob Moog

Google Celebrates Bob Moog

I thought I'd start the day with a post in honor of Bob Moog. He would have been 78 today - in Japan that is. :) Bob Moog's birthday is technically tomorrow, May 23. It's still the 22nd in the US, UK and Europe, but not in Japan and soon the rest of Asia. Midnight hit just over an hour ago and in honor of Bob Moog's birthday, Google Japan has the playable image to the left on their homepage: www.google.co.jp/ (thanks goes to synthwood for sending it in)! A little birdy told me there would be something big at midnight tonight, I'm hopeing this will be on the rest of Google's local homepages. Think about it. For one day, all of the world will see this. That is pretty awesome.

Don't forget Moog Music will be donating 50% of all online clothing and merchandise to the Bob Moog Foundation and for every $350 they will donate one Etherwave Theremin to the Foundation's educational program, Dr. Bob's SoundSchool. It's a great initiative to bring arts and electronic music to kids. You can find the full details including videos in this post.

Moog Music clothing and merchandise can be purchased from the company’s online store: www.moogmusic.com/products/clothing and http://www.moogmusic.com/products/Merch

Update: it's also on https://www.google.com.au/ and it is playable.