The Alpha Series & Processed by Rupert Lally

"'Alpha Series' is an e.p.of experimental Ambient music, made using only the credit card-sized Mixtape Alpha synth and a TC Electronic Flashback delay, reminiscent of 60s/70s sci-fi soundtracks and The Radiophonic Workshop"

"Companion album to 'Process': U.S. - based Electronic Musician, Audiofr3q created new sounds using the free 'Process' remix pack. Rupert Lally then created a new set of tracks from these sounds; resulting in an album that compliments the orignal whilst exploring it's own sonic territory."

Details on Open Music Labs x0x-heart $79 Mini DIY TB-303

and kicking! Published on Aug 31, 2013 openmusiclabs·16 videos

"the camera did some wierd things to the audio in places (mostly at high resonance). the yellow wires swapped saw/square."

Follow-up to "it's alive!" posted here.

"The x0x-heart is the heart of the infamous TB-303, surgically extracted to be transplanted into your designs. The x0x-heart is just the analog section of the TB-303, replicated with SMT components, and made small enough to fit into a Eurorack modular format. It even has a Eurorack power header on it.

The x0x-heart is designed to be small, inexpensive, and a close replica of the TB-303. It is not a perfect replica – some sacrifices were made to keep costs down – but it’s pretty darn close. It also has no pots or controls, making it great for DIY synth building. All of the useful I/O points are pinned out, and as a special bonus feature, digital control is given for Accent, Slide, Decay, Waveform select, Cutoff, and Env Mod. For all the nitty-gritty details, and a user manual, check out the x0x-heart wiki. Or, wander over to the x0x-heart store to pick up your very own."

http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/x0x-heart/

Phaedra running a MIDI Vampire II

Published on Sep 11, 2013 Ashley Elsdon·278 videos

"Using the Phaedra sequencer to run my MIDI Vampire II drum synth. It's loads of fun!"

iTunes: Phaedra - Naughty Panther

Mixtape Alpha Crowdfuning for Re-Release

"Mixtape Alpha is currently crowdfunding on Portland, Ore. based Crowd Supply (www.crowdsupply.com). Mixtape Alpha is a re-release of our pocket-sized 8-bit synth. Complete with four voices, four effects, five-note polyphony, record, playback, and more!

http://www.crowdsupply.com/open-music-labs/mixtape-alpha (click through for additional details & video)

Mixtape Alpha has:

· a stylophone style input for continuous tone generation

· six buttons for discrete notes

· four voices

· four effects

· five-note polyphony

Loop. Play. Record.

You are able to loop a pattern and play a second part on top. But, the best of all, you can record the songs you make. Trade Mixtapes with your friends! Each Mixtape Alpha will come in its own cassette case, with instructions.

Open Source Design

If you want to dig into the guts of this 8-bit synth, check out the wiki page. You will find all the schematics and code, and we even have a Pure Data patch for making your own wavetables.

The project is based on the same processor used in the Arduino (the ATmega328p), and all of the source code is online, so it can be hacked to make even crazier sounds than we came up with.

Thank you for considering posting this project!

Cheers,

Phil Gentile"

MIDI Vampires feat. Micro Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA

Published on Aug 17, 2013 Johnny Cretaceous·1 video
http://www.openmusiclabs.com

"Demonstration of the worlds first MIDI powered synthesizers. The music is generated my the MIDI Vampire I and II devices. Vocals is the youtube acapella processed through a Microdec. Sounds are simply overlaid, no post-processing, with the purpose of demonstrating some capabilities these open source, programmable instruments.

Disclaimer:

The audio here is based on a copyrighted commericial song by Miley Cyrus on Hollywood Records 2009. This film is adapted from a commercial music video by Chris Applebaum. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:

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New Open Music Labs Mini x0xb0x, MIDIvampire-I: Poly Synth, & Stomp Shield

it's alive! Published on Aug 17, 2013 openmusiclabs·15 videos
Mini xoxbox.

MIDIvampire-I: polyphonic synth

Published on Aug 14, 2013

http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects...

"MIDIvampire-I: phantomly powered from the MIDI data line. A 4 voice polyphonic synth with 16 wavetables, AM, FM, frequency sweep, PWM, attack, decay, and a bit crusher. It plays back audio at 14b, 31.25ksps."

Stomp Shield for Arduino

Published on Jul 28, 2013

http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects...

"A low-fi video for our new low-fi effects pedal! Well, more like med-fi: its 10b in, and 16b out at 32ksps. For more information and better quality sound clips, check out the website."

MIDIvamp TouchOSC Template

Published on Aug 15, 2013

The MIDIvampire I 4-voice polyphonic synth & MIDIvampire-II 4-voice drum machine are only $34 each at the Open Music Labs Store.

"http://wiki.openmusiclabs.com/wiki/Mi...
A template for TouchOSC that busts out all the control parameters for the MIDIvamps. Can be downloaded from the openmusiclabs wiki (link above)."

MIDIvampire-II: Drum Synth

Published on Aug 14, 2013

http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects...

"MIDIvampire-II: A phantomly powered drum synth. It has 4 independent outputs, with attack, decay, release, FM, filter cutoff and sweep, wavetable selection, pitch, frequency sweep, and a bitcrusher."

"The MIDIvampire-II is a 4 voice drum machine, with independent outputs for each voice. It has 2 wavetable voices for making kick drums, toms, wood blocks, bells, and a host of other sounds. There is a voice set aside for hi-hats and cymbals, and another which is a filtered noise source, which can make snares and hollow-tube sounds. Each voice has separate attack, decay, and release, along with frequency sweep, and a bunch of other effects for warping the sounds to fit all your percussive needs.

All of the documentation, including the MIDI implementation is up on the MIDIvamp Wiki. And, if you want to pick one up, swing by the store and have a look."

Mixtape Alpha from Open Music Labs

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. Mixtape Alpha (Open Music Labs)
Published on Dec 22, 2012 minddd100·62 videos

via this auction

Noise Jam: Octatrack Meets Mixtape Alpha

Published on Jul 27, 2013

"Learn more about this video here http://www.modulatethis.com/modular-a..."

If you are near Boulder Colorodo, definitely check out the link.

OML Mixtape Alpha

Published on Jul 4, 2013 GizmoMusicJapan·63 videos

Mixtape Alpha playback

Published on Apr 15, 2013 Ashley Elsdon·193 videos

"This is a strange little device for noise making. I'm not entirely sure how to work it."

Mixtape Alpha playing, sort of
Published on Apr 18, 2013

"Feeling my way with this strange noise maker"

Getting the hang of Mixtape Alpha (sort of)
Published on Apr 18, 2013

"I think I'm getting the hang of this now."

rePatcher : modular-synth interface for your computer

YouTube Published on Sep 14, 2012 by FSK1138

"rePatcher: A old-skool analog modular-synth interface for your computer! [Only $25]

The rePatcher is an Arduino shield that gives you a hardware interface
to control and "repatch" your Pure Data and MAX/MSP patches
It has 6 general purpose potentiometers for modifying parameters in your patch
and a 6 x 6 patchbay matrix

rePatcher made by
http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/repatcher/

wiki:
http://wiki.openmusiclabs.com/wiki/Repatcher

you can also find a custom eurorack faceplate on my blog
http://fsk1138.blogspot.ca/2012/04/templates.html"

Mixtape Alpha - Synth Demo.

YouTube Published on May 7, 2012 by iotar

"Thanks to Mark PIlkington for this little beastie.
http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/mixtape_alpha/"

via @iotar

Mixtape alpha

YouTube Published on Jun 25, 2012 by theau61

"Test"

Mixtape alpha 2

Published on Jun 25, 2012 by theau61

"Mixtape alpha 2 test"

Mixtape Alpha

YouTube Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Mar 7, 2012

"A cassette styled mini-synth! 4 voices, 4 effects, 5 note polyphony, and record!
http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/mixtape_alpha/"

Open Music Labs Audio Sniffer

Audio Sniffer - A Quick Demo

YouTube Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Feb 20, 2011

Audio Sniffer - Debugging a x0xb0x

Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Feb 20, 2011

Audio Sniffer - Probe Options

Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Feb 20, 2011

1st video: Turning a TV remote into a stylophone synth. Putting this down here so you can search for it later.

Open Music Labs MICrODEC in modular synth

YouTube Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Dec 17, 2011

"Quick deomonstartion of a MICrODEC modded to fit into a MOTM format modular synth. Closing sequence audio also done on the MICrODEC equipped modular. More on the MICrODEC here: http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/microdec/. And Description of mods here: http://wiki.openmusiclabs.com/wiki/MicrodecModular."

Open Music Labs rePatcher

YouTube Uploaded by openmusiclabs on Feb 5, 2012

"rePatcher: a modular synth interface for your computer!
works with MAX/MSP and Pure Data
http://www.openmusiclabs.com/projects/repatcher/"

"rePatcher is an Arduino shield that allows you to “repatch” your Max/MSP or Pure Data patches with a 6 x 6 patchbay matrix. It also has 6 general purpose control knobs for modifying parameters in your patch. Since it does all of this over USB, it can be hacked to work with any other program that can accept a serial stream."

Introducing the Audio Codec Shield for Arduino and Leaflabs Maple

YouTube Uploaded by demcanulty on Aug 8, 2011
http://www.openmusiclabs.com/

Update: video re-uploaded.

Uploaded by demcanulty on Aug 10, 2011

"The Audio Codec Shield for Arduino and Maple by Open Music Labs"