Fluxamasynth

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"From the Modern Device website:
a robust synthesizer that can be completely controlled by the on-board Arduino-compatible microcontroller. With effects even. The Fluxamasynth is based on Atmel's ATSAM2195 single-chip MIDI sound system, which is part of their Dream Sound Synthesis line of programmable ICs."

More details from the product page:
"Here's the project you've been looking for: a robust synthesizer that can be completely controlled by the on-board Arduino-compatible microcontroller. With effects even. The Fluxamasynth is based on Atmel's ATSAM2195 single-chip MIDI sound system, which is part of their Dream Sound Synthesis line of programmable ICs. It was intended for battery powered keyboards or portable Karaoke machines, but I'm sure you can use and abuse the Fluxamasynth in all sorts of new and interesting ways. Here are a few suggestions:

* Make your own MIDI instrument with unconventional analog sensors
* Create algorithmic compositions
* Use it in a homebrew pinball machine to generate music and sound effects (this was how I first discovered the chip)
* Build an unusual percussion device
* Augment an analog instrument with a Fluxamasynth-based hyperinstrument

The Fluxamasynth has a built-in wavetable with 128 general MIDI sounds and an additional set of 128 variations and dozens of percussion sounds. It can play music in 64-voice polyphony without effects or 38 voices with effects.

Here are some additional features:

* 14 bits of pitch bend range
* Access to fine and coarse tuning in cents
* Access to low level wavetable parameters
* Stereo line level output
* Master volume and per-channel volume control
* 4-band Equalizer
* Chorus, flange, delay effects
* 8 Reverb effects
* Spatial effects

The ATSAM2195 chip that does all the work is hooked up to the serial transmit line of the microcontroller; making music is as easy as sending a set of MIDI-formatted bytes to the serial port. If you need to use the serial port for something else, a jumper allows you to switch to pin 4 and a software serial solution instead of the UART.

You can program the Fluxamasynth with the Arduino IDE and the Modern Device Fluxamasynth library. See the Quick Start guide for a complete example.

This version of the Fluxamasynth comes fully assembled and is standalone, i.e., the microcontroller is right on the board. You'll need a USB BUB or FTDI cable to program it. We will also be offering an assembled Arduino-compatible shield in the near future. Please let us know if there are other features you would like to see! "

TheAnt loves her new sex toy ;-)

TheAnt loves her new sex toy ;-) from TheAnt on Vimeo.

kinect tuio midi synth

kinect tuio midi synth from dustin o'connor on Vimeo.

"just discovered tuio kinect."

-40% on Mobilohm and Hematoh plug-ins!

via The Ohm Side of the Moon

"Tomorrow – Friday December 3rd – we start our Christmas Sale, which will offer two discounted plug-ins (-40% !!!) every Friday of December. Let’s start by warming our hearts with the Mobilohm phaser and the Hematohm frequency shifter: two extremely useful units, either for subtle spices or extreme sound mangling – both present in thousands of home studios around the world but also in some high profile ones. If you don’t know them yet, try the demos and you’ll be convinced. Do it fast, as this discount will last for only 24 hours: this Friday’s whole day. Get inspired by poems, try the demos, use the code!"

BTW, don't forget the Stocking Stuffers label this year. All iPhone and iPad posts should be considered stocking stuffers so not sure if I will give them the label as they might drown out other posts. Also be sure to check out the links on the right of the site, including synth movies, books, cds and of course MATRIXSYNTH swag.

Rudess-Lainhart ProLoop Jam.mov

YouTube via JCRUDESS | December 01, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

"Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart jam with Trapcode ProLoop on iPhone and iPad."

"ProLoop is a powerful and flexible loop instrument for professional musicians as well as hobbyists. Use it as a live electronic instrument by itself or as an addition to your other gear, or just play around with it and explore the possibilities!

It can play up to 6 loops simultaneously and besides changing the volume each loop can also be pitched/transposed, reversed, muted, panned, ring/frequency/phase-modulated by any other loop, and
synchronized to a masterloop.

Pitch can be smoothly adjusted or quantized to a musical unit such as octaves, semitones or a custom division of an octave. Or put it in sync-mode to automagically fit the length of the choosen masterloop.

The sync offset can be adjusted to have loops sync at other positions than their start, and the sync can be turned off individually to allow the loops to have different lengths to create ever-changing layers of soundtextures.

There is also a Freeze FX that lets you temporarily "freeze" a loop with adjustable grain size and position.

You can control all the loops in real-time, and multi-touch will let you adjust several parameters simultaneously, for example crossfading by changing the volume of two loops at the same time.

ProLoop comes bundled with many loops by professional musicians that you can use and play around with, and demo sessions to get you started, but the real power comes by the fact that you can record your own loops straight into ProLoop or upload your own professionally recorded soundfiles to ProLoop through your web-browser! You can also paste audio from other music apps into ProLoop."

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Electric Violin + Kaoss Pad 3 + Loop Station

YouTube via psychopath3000 | December 01, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

"This is a tune called, for no particular reason, 'Black on Blue' which I came up with this morning whilst experimenting with the different sounds I can get out of my violin with a Kaoss Pad 3.

The set-up I'm using is a Whammy Pedal - Line 6 Pod 2.0 - Kaoss Pad 3 - Boss RC-50 Loop Station.

http://www.myspace.com/johnjamesgarner"

KORG M01 検品

YouTube via DETUNEltd | December 01, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

"先日、初めて倉庫に入荷されたKORG M01を検品しに行きました。あまりの嬉しさに倉庫内にてスタッフの方々に苦笑されつ­つもホームビデオ的に撮った映像がこちらです。縦横が真逆なのはこれもまた初納品の興­奮の現れ。KORG M01 amazon.co.jpにて12/3（金）発売開始です。 - on Amazon.jp　
youtube http://youtu.be/Ll4aGXzj7Vw"

Googlish: "Recently, the first stock in the warehouse went to inspect the KORG M01. Here is a home video footage taken while the people of laughs in the entire warehouse staff Amarino joy. The opposite appears true aspect of this is also the excitement of the first delivery. KORG M01 amazon.co.jp 12 at / 3 (Friday) launch."

Nintendo DSi on eBay
Nintendo DSi on Amazon
KORG M01 on eBay
KORG M01 on Amazon.jp　

Sinevibes Turbo AudioUnit video tutorial

YouTube via ArtemiyPavlov | December 01, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Check out full details at: http://www.sinevibes.com/turbo/"

SynthMania studio - November 30, 2010

YouTube via SynthManiaDotCom | November 30, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"A photo montage of my current synth studio.
Music background: Bit 99, LinnDrum, and Lexicon MPX-1 for the delay effect."

BUCHLA FUN - Percussion Grooves

YouTube via jorelpogi | November 30, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Just your typical Buchla 200e grooves. Nothing special here. Still learning this fantastic Machine.

Got inspired cause Alessandro Cortini was in school today!"

messing around with the Buchla. (1 or many TO COME)

jorelpogi | September 11, 2010 |

"Day 2 of Buchla learning.

- got sound out of it.
- got to use some of the modules.
- got to use the kinesthetic control.

PLEASE DONT HATE ON ME CAUSE IM NOT DOING CRAZY AWESOME SOUNDS ON IT. im just merely a student trying to learn the machine and applying my very limited knowledge of modular functions.

This 200e is located at the Analog room of the EPD department of Berklee. I love my school."