Artinoise re.corder

Published on Oct 17, 2019 Davide Mancini

Note Davide Mancini is the man behind Soundmachines. Official press release further below.

"re.corder is a new take on a traditional instrument used worldwide in schools as a simple and durable tool for music education.

By enclosing a simple but powerful electronic into a mute-able, fully acoustic wind instrument a whole world of functions opens up.

From enhanced school teaching, to a class re.orchestra, to an app-based virtual teacher, up to a standard MIDI controller for the music production studio, re.corder, with is portable nature, is the instrument for everyone.The bundled app (iOS and Android) puts several applications at your fingertips! The two UI versions (for children and for grown-up girls and boys!) put a teaching functionality, a comprehensive sound library, a multi-player (no-pun intended!) environment and a simple yet sophisticated looper to create music everywhere you are.

Now LIVE on kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."

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ASMOC2019 (arches) + modulör114 + t-generator + t-spectrum + t-harmonic (new modules!!)

Published on Aug 16, 2019 Davide Mancini

"This is (more or less) the performance I did at this year’s ASMOC at Acusmatiq 2019.
The sound, sequences and wiggling comes all from the rig you see. One voice comes from the modulör (that also do the fx and the mixing of every other sources), two comes from the t-generator VCO (at the end passing through the t-spectrum processor) and the t-harmonic, 10 bands harmonic vco. The SD1 simpledrum supplies the percussive tones.
Enjoy."

Davide Mancini of Soundmachines.

Update:

(arches) stepsequencer modes playing the t-harmonic harmonic oscillator

Published on Aug 16, 2019 Davide Mancini

"A sequence from the stepsequencer plays the t-harmonic oscillator. T-harmonic self modulates the number of harmonics, tilt and odd/even parameters. (arches) stepseq is quite articulate, in this video you may observe many of its capabilities. At the end I also use the transpose function."

arches + granulator recording sliders

Published on Jul 4, 2019 Davide Mancini

"Usign last firmware on the (arches) allow you to have up to 8 recordable sliders. The outputs could be CV or MIDI like in this case.
Stèv (Stefano Fagnani) demoes the Ableton Live granulator using the (arches) to setup grains, durations, position and many more parameters!"

Soundmachines EuroTouch Modules Hands-On Demo

Published on May 17, 2019 Synthtopia

"At Superbooth 2019, we talked with Soundmachine's Davide Mancini, who showed us their new 'EuroTouch' series of Eurorack modules."

Soundmachines E.T. @SUPERBOOTH19

Published on May 11, 2019 Superbooth Official

"Soundmachines brings us a new touch module and more - this is the presentation of the E.T"

soundmachines NS1 Nanosynth + base + wood case + nanobridge

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"I bought this NS1 nanosynth new a couple years ago along with the NS1 Nanobridge (used to patch into your eurorack modular system. It has been a wonderful mini synth to own and record, as it really is like a full semi-modular synth (minus a sequencer). The online manual and tutorials were very helpful in discovering the best avenues for generating predictable sound, and if you are stuck I found that Davide at Soundmachines is more than willing to discuss and aid you in any questions you may have. When I purchased this bad boy I also picked up an NS1 experiment kit, which is what I used to make a sequencer. After building sequencers and a number of other arduino synth projects, I never even bothered to use the Nanobridge so it is basically brand new. I did test it on a digital eurorack module and found it to work perfectly fine, however I never tested it on an analog module. I STRONGLY recommend reading everything you can about this synth before patching it up to your eurorack or other synths, as too much power will fry the tiny synth (at least that’s what im told). I am keeping this $60 experiment kit, as it will be useful with my other arduino applications. The wooden case is a cleaned out Hoppes gun cleaning kit. I emptied it out and added some foam padding to secure the nanosynth and components inside. Also, I added a little white notch color to each of the 16 knobs so that my settings were more visible ( the knobs were solid black and the values were nearly impossible to see in low light).
This synth can run off of a 5v USB input, so it can attach directly to a PC or Mac, or be plugged into a wall wart. It has a single stereo output, a huge number of patch points, a ribbon cable controller 3 buttons for FSR applications, multiple VCO waveforms and noise forms, two LFOs, Attenuators, ADSR, VCA, 3 mixers, AND, OR, XOR, etc. Check out the website for more details."

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Arches 1.1

Published on Mar 16, 2019 Erstlaub

"Totally not my *thing* but a bit of tooling around testing the far more functional fw 1.1 for Arches.

5 Tracks of rhythm sequenced from Arches, Plaits from the step sequencer and then Elements and Braids as live elements on the left and right hand kb's."

SoundMachines NS1 NanoSynth w/Case

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"Excellent condition, and fully functional. Includes Red Metal Case, one USB blue cable (pictured), and a plenty of Dupont cables to get you going!"

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Soundmachines (arches) firmware release under test

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Davide Mancini

"This is the test of (arches) 1.0.0 fw release. You can see keyb with arpeggiator, the step sequencer and three channels of trig seq. driving a few instruments in Live. Everything flows through the usb midi interface. Also mapped to instruments cc’s are the first two sliders on the right. Enjoy!"

Soundmachines (arches) Universal Tactile Interface Midi CV Gate Bluetooth

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-multi-element control surface
-light strips, buttons and pads
-single or aggregate controls
-user friendly configuration
-virtual keyboards
-arpeggiators and sequencers
-32 configurable CV/Gate outputs
-multi-standard(Euro, Buchla, V/Hz)
-internal/external clock
-MIDI(standard and USB)
-wireless MIDI over Bluetooth

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(arches) preset engine test. Preset#1: A Warm Place

Published on Nov 15, 2018 Davide Mancini

"Testing the last features before shipment of the (arches) universal tactile controller. While saving and retrieving the presets, I found by chance the exact scales and notes of NIN’s great ambient piece. Every sounds and effects comes from the MODULÖR in the backseat. The three strips on the right control the delay time, the noise amount on the main voice and the delay feedback.
Enjoy!"

Soundmachines NS1nanosynth

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"Comes with original box, manual(s), patch cables, USB cable, power supply and - BONUS - the NS1nanobridge (pictured) which makes this Italian import fully compatible with Eurorack systems. A compact, powerful, fun and surprisingly robust-sounding instrument."We at soundmachines thought about a simple and cheap platform that will transport the main characteristic of a modular analog synthesizer in a small and friendly format, to be well recognised by musicians, makers and tinkerers worldwide. A small, but loyal to its roots, instruments of sound creation. With a digital platform added as a bonus.The soundmachines NS1nanosynth is born.Let’s talk now about dimensions. Because size does matter. Absolutely. We created something that you can extract from your bag, or a big pocket, and start patching, manipulating and definitely and positively playing. On the train? On a plane back home? At your sister’s wedding? Maybe, after all, also on a stage.The entire platform, that is a complete, albeit simple, analog modular synthesizer, is the same height and a little wider than ONE standard 5U synthesizer module. One single module. But on board the soundmachines nanomodular you have a saw core thermally stabilized v/oct VCO, a 12db lowpass and bandpass VCF, two LFOs, one loopable ADSR envelope, a standard VCA, two twistable attenuators, two pot controllers and a plethora (more than a dozen!) of “micro” modules like mixers, multiples, sample and hold, sum/sub blocks, inverters, logic or, and, nand, analog dividers, clock dividers, fixed voltage generators and several ‘sensor blocks’.""

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(arches) dynamic arpeggiator demo

Published on Aug 1, 2018 Davide Mancini

"The arpeggiators of (arches) not only output notes and gates (or MIDI note on and off) but also the 'expression' value that follows the position of the finger on the sliders or the pressure on the upper row of buttons."

(arches) small arpeggiator improv & noisy modulations

Published on Jul 31, 2018 Davide Mancini

(arches) noisy modulations

Published on Jul 31, 2018Davide Mancini

(arches) plays the modulör114 (filter fm and reverb)

(arches) functionalities update. Two concurrent arpeggiatore ob KB1 and KB3!

Published on Jul 17, 2018 Davide Mancini

"(arches) flexing his arpeggiator muscles! Two arps are driving two voices on the Modulör114 and clocks the DS1drumstation. The KB3 lefthand keyboard strip position is modulating the filter cutoff AND the lfo amount to the pwm pf VCO1. KB1 drives a simple voice consisting in VCO2 and gated by one of the AddSub blocks that implements a proto-vca using the SLEW block as an attack-release envelope driven by the gate out of the (arches).
Toward the end some settings are tweaked on the (arches) arpeggiator menus, enjoy!!!!!"

SoundMachines Modulor 114 Analog Eurorack Synthesizer

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"SoundMachines Modulor114 is a complete semi-modular, eurorack compatible monophonic analogue synthesizer.

MODULÖR114 is a groundbreaking monophonic synthesizer voice, that seamlessly contains a staggering array of synthesis tools and features into a small logically laid out, eurorack compatible format.

Everything from VCO's, VCF, ADSR EG, Logic Modules, Quantizers, LFO, VCLFO, Voltage Controllable Digital Effects, Waveshapers and much more has been crammed into this highly functional and sonically versatile synthesizer.

Self contained in it's own chassis or mounted into a eurorack case, you are able to power the synth directly form a 12v USB outlet or by using the provided 16-pin eurorack cable.

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[SUPERBOOTH 2018] Sound machines ARCHES - Interface tactile universelle pour modulaire [EN VOST]

Published on May 20, 2018 Les Sondiers

"Davide de Sound Machines nous parle, en anglais sous titré, de son tout nouveau Arches, une interface tactile avec 32 points de patch et prochainement, un séquenceur. Dispo en kickstarter ici : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."

soundmachines (arches) full performance demo

Published on May 18, 2018 Davide Mancini

"Two synth voices and a drum machine controlled by the upcoming arches.
Kickstarter campaign with limited discounted price is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."

Arches Controller Mini Drum System & Semi Modular Synth Voice from Sound Machines at Superbooth 2018

Published on May 14, 2018 DivKidVideo

"David from Sound Machines takes us through the Arches controller, new mini drum machine/system with touch control sequencing and PCM sounds as well as the Sound Machines semi modular synth voice. Grab Arches at a discounted rate by supporting the Kickstarter here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

We're proud to have our Superbooth 2018 content sponsored by www.thonk.co.uk"

Superbooth 2018: Sound Machines Arches Touch Controller

Published on May 9, 2018 sonicstate