"Custom (1 of 1) AE Modular rig by Tangible Waves. This is NOT the AE Starter 1 and 2 combined, this unit was hand built by the company’s founder, and the man himself, Robert Langer. This is an AMAZINGLY capable modular rig that goes well above and beyond both the AE Modular Starter Rack 1 and/or 2. It has been assembled, tested, hardly used, for all intents and purposes.. brand new.
"After 2 years of crazy synth buying, Vincent has the new Secret Records studio down to a mere 26 synthesizers that he claims are better than the rest..... Before you watch, maybe you can make your own list of what you would have kept or make some guesses about what Crazy Vincent kept. Remember..... he's not like other people.
Support the label, the studio, and us at secretrecords.bandcamp.com
Chapters:
00:00 Opening Music
00:14 Introduction
01:32 Overview
03:04 Stack One
04:49 Stack Two
05:48 Stack Three
07:23 Stack Four
08:43 Stack Five
09:23 Stack Six
09:55 Stack Seven
11:12 Stack Eight
13:19 Outro
14:50 Some Music
Well, it's that time of year again. Keep an eye out on the NAMM label (added to top right menu) for everything NAMM and more. More in that anything new will get the label whether it's shown at NAMM or not. It's about new gear. Updates in this post will be preceded in red. Some already in below. See "The NAMM List!" link under the Twitter, Facebook, and RSS labels on top of the right to get back to this post later.
(A note on the top site menus: I removed the iPhone and iPad labels as they go up in posts every day now so you can find them there. eBay links are on the right, so I removed it as well.)
That said, the following are some of the things to look out for. If you have any NAMM info feel free to comment and/or send it in. If I missed anything, let me know! If you are going to NAMM, feel free to send pics and video in.
"This is not the mini version and not the recent re-released kit. This is the genuine thing. It has the MK2 filter and also includes the very rare Acetate overlay (text in Japanese) that has protected the front panel so well over the years. This is easy attached/removed, but I have left it on most of the time to provide more protection.
The entire machine is in great condition. Barely any marks on the paintwork. No corrosion, no splits in the end panels and all the keys are clean and undamaged. I bought in Japan many years ago, but have concerted to 230V for the UK mains. Im a professional electronic engineer, so this job has been done properly. Of course it works very nicely and sounds great."
via Hispasonic, translated to Googlish from Spanish:
"We have the first data and images of Kronos, the new Korg workstation. The Japanese brand has pulled the house out the window, bringing to market a synth with more than 12 GB SSD hard disk samples, 9 synthesis engines together, 16 units of effects and KARMA technology.
Features in detail
There are 9 synthesis engines on a single workstation, available in 61, 76 and 88 keys. The engines are:
* SGX-1 Premium Piano: German piano with more than 4 GB in samples. 8 layers and the choice of opening angle of the tail of the piano.
* EP-1 MDS Electric Piano, electric pianos (with sound "signature" by George Duke, Herbie Hancock Rodan Rudess or others)
* CX-3 Organ Tonewheel: integrating technology famed CX-3 in the Kronos. Drawbars controllable from its faders. Leslie Posilibidad to adjust the joystick, from speed to the position you just rotate.
* MS20-EX Legacy Analog Collection: emulation of vintage Korg MS20 synth.
-EX * Polysix Legacy Analog Collection: Polysix emulation.
* AL-1 Analog Synthesizer
* NOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer
* STR-1 Plucked String Synthesizer: a new generation of modeling. You can choose from the material of the rope, until the tension, the execution (if pick, rub with your finger ...)
* HD-1 High Definition Synthesizer: A portion of all types of samples.
Account with a set of 16 "sets" may be, from Programs, to vans, to sequences. What makes the live performance much easier and full of possibilities. One of the most exciting new features is that you can move from one set to another without interruption of sound (so if you keep notes of the previous set, still playing).
It eliminates the concept appears rompler and integration / provision of more than 12 GB of content hosted on a hard disk SSD.
Has integrated USB connection to your computer, not just save / edit, but also as a USB interface with 2 inputs and 2 outputs.
"A simple KORG Monotron groove. All sounds are played with the KORG Monotron Analogue Synthesizer. Additional drums from NI Battery 3 (Preset "Dragon Kit") and convolution reverb from NI Reflektor. Compression and EQ from UAD 1176LN, Helios Type 69 EQ, and Ableton Live's 8-Band (mostly for LPF to get rid of that notorious hum that plagues the Monotron). Line-in recording into my trusty M-Audio Firewire Solo. That's it!
Dancing girls are public domain videos found on archive.org.
Apologies if the bassline and groove get repetitive, really just a quick tune trying to show the kind of badass basslines and leads you can get from the Monotron. It really shines when you get some nice PWM going and push that MS20 filter hard. The LFO self oscillates nicely too. Overall, the best $60 bucks I've ever spent. Looking forward to moding it now."
Main sequence is an Anushri By Mutable instruments , the drums are also the Anushri, but I configured them to run on a different MIDI channel to take advantage of the X0X style sequencing
The filter sweeps and echo are by Little dieter by d-machinery, its a control unit for a Doepfer A100 diy analogue synth, its my noob eurorack module. The LD output is running through a Mutable instruments Shruthi1 which has a Yellow magic filter board ( clone of the korg MS20 ) with a pt2399 delay chip, so I was using t mostly as a delay/echo
It was a lot of fun goofing around, using my big toe to move the arpeggio up and down octaves and running out of hands to twiddle the settings, but it was still fun like I said!"
Update via dude163 in the comments: "D-Machinery now have a website with the Little Dieter available as a kit
Update: Playlist added above. You can use the player controls to skip around. Update2: New pics and product description added below. Update3: Official press release with higher res pics starting with the desktop added below.
Playlist:
1. ASM Hydrasynth Keyboard Preset Sounds - Perfect Circuit - interview here
[Note Supporters of MATRIXSYNTH get %10 off at Perfect Circuit! See the support page for details. Thank you to all who support the site!]
2. ASM HydraSynth Overview Demo arp and Poly Touch Pads - Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit
3. HYDRASYNTH FIRST IMPRESSIONS – This is an INTENSE synthesizer - BoBeats (Patreon)
4. New Polysynth - HYDRASYNTH - From ASM - Sonic LAB First Look - sonicstate
5. Hydrasynth: Review, detailed tutorial // Keyboard vs Desktop // Polyphonic Aftertouch - leploop
6. Hydrasynth Review - BBoyTechReport.com
7. Welcome the ASM HydraSynth! Digital Wavemorphing Synthesizer - Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit
8. ASM HydraSynth Exploring Oscillators and Mutants - Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit
9. ASM Hydrasynth Sounds Demo 🎹 - Sweetwater
10. ASM Hydrasynth Synthesizer Deep Dive 🎹 - Sweetwater
"Over the past year or so I was fortunate enough to work on this project. Eventually it became one of the most interesting synthesizers I have seen hit the market in ages. What makes the ASM HydraSynth so special? let’s start with a run down of the bullet points first.
Hydrasynth is an 8 voice digital wavemorphing synthesizer.
8 voices3 oscillators: 219 waveforms, custom wavetables with wavelist/wavescan function, ring mod, 3 noise colors.4 custom “mutator” sections each with 7 effects FM-lin,wavestack,PWM,PWM squeeze, PWM-ASM,Sync,Harmonic sweep. oscillators can be stereo panned.
2 Simultaneous filters that can be arranged in parallel or series. Filter 1 has 11 filter models including traditional Moog style 12 and 24db ladder filters, q compensated 12 and 24db ladder filters ala MatrixBrute, 18db slope LP,BP,HP,filters based on the Threeler eurorack filter, MS20 style HP and LP filters,LPG filter and a Vowel filterOscillators can blend into filters at varying amounts, Filter 2 is a SEM style multimode filter with morph control LP-BP-HP.dedicated analog 270 degree pots for cutoff, resonance and Drive/Morph.
5 6-stage DAHDSR envelopes with BPM sync allowing you to sync the slope of each stage to the beat. Looping with definable number of repeats
5 LFO each with 10 waveforms + noise, delay, fade in/out, and phase. multiple trigger modes , step mode with pattern length.
32 point mod matrix with 28 sources and 188 destinations .
8 macros each with scribble strip and up to 8 destinations each. Macro buttons also allow for quick value changes.
YouTube via gustofergreen — April 22, 2010 — "This started out being just me pretending I was Star Wars sound desinger Ben Burtt trying to recreate the light saber. It ended up showing off the new Sound of Shadows CV cotrolled delay unit by Flight of Harmony pretty well. I am a total newb to the modular world so my kit is very much a work in progress. I used an a-145 lfo square wave in audio range fed into the SY02 MS20 clone then into the SoS. At the end the filter is self-oscillating and so is the SoS. Sorry for the camera audio."
BTW, you can find out how the original light saber sound was made in this dblondin article.
"Befaco is organizing a new edition of the Berliner version of his DIY modular synth workshop.
Date: 16_17th Nov 2013 from 12h.
Duration: 2 Independent days (~8 hours/day)
Max participants: 11
Target of participants: People interested in analog synthesis, modulars, experimentation, DIY, performance, sound.
Language: English / Spanish
Material Costs: NO Fee, just the kits you build. Kit Includes all you need to make the module.
Location: Ø: Cotheniusstrasse 5, D-10407 Berlin
Required skills: No previous experience in electronics, interest and patience.
Required materials: Fine tip soldering iron less than 25w (if possible)
Registration: PIN
Befaco is a Synth DIY/open hardware platform based on Barcelona, focussed on designing modules and organizing modular synth workshops each month in Madrid, Barcelona and Berlin.
Participants can decide between any of the modules that are available.
Modules are in eurorack format and you can choose between Banana or minijack connector
Available modules this time are:
-BF22 Sallen key Filter. MS20 inspired filter with VC resonance.(110e)
-Voltage controlled ADSR. Full V.C. envelope generator with LIN/RC response (100e)
-Joystick controller arcade style X/Y controller with two buttons for trigger.(80e)
-Dual atenuverter. Dual inverter atenuator + DC offset (50e)
-VCA/distortion. Tube based VC amplifier (95e)
-Sample and hold+ Lag processor. (95e)
-Power supply + power bus (75e)
-Crush delay. Full Voltage controlled PT2399 delay with + lofi "crush" mode (95e)
-Output Interface. Banana/minijack to jack converter with volume attenuator and headphone amplifier (55e)
Befaco organize regular workshop also in Barcelona, Madrid and London"
