MONOME ARC // Arclab Max4Live Devices (in three parts)

Published on Mar 20, 2019 Genshi Media Group

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A three-part demonstration of the Monome Arc with the Arclab Rhythm Generator, Electric Dharma Wheels, and Chords devices. These devices were created with Max4Live by Stretta. He is awesome.

#MonomeArc #Max4Live #ElectricDharmaWheels #Arclab"

Rageshree Scale by Ornament and Crime

Published on Mar 9, 2019 Ebotronix

"Rageshree short name: RAGE number of notes: 7 notes (in cents): 0, 203.9, 385.9, 497.7, 702.3, 884.4, 996.1

Upper Ribbon 2x Two59
Lower Ribbon Model D and Tunefish Modular 2x μBraids
bass by Roland 512 to E 440 Filter
chords by ARC Serge TKB,
Ornament and Crime Quantermain to 4x μBraids,
quadrature panning by Tides 2018 and 2x Vails"

Aquanaut ~ Kafi Scale by Ornament and Crime

Published on Feb 21, 2019 Ebotronix

Kafi scale short name: KAFI number of notes: 7 notes (in cents): 0, 182, 293.8, 497.7, 702.3, 884.4, 996.1

Upper Ribbon Sputnik VCO and Two59
lower Ribbon Model D and Tunefish Modular Slider μBraids
Bass by Tunefish Modular Warps to E 440 Filter
Chords by ARC Serge TKB, Ornament and Crime Quantermain to 4x μBraids quadrature panning by Tides 2018 and 2x Vails

intersubjective speed and pitch

intersubjective speed and pitch from tehn on Vimeo.

"tactile control over granulated sound clips.

upcoming arc support for norns."

Hirajoshi Scale by Ornament and Crime

Published on Jan 4, 2019 Ebotronix

Hirajoshi Scale by 4x Ornament and Crime
short name: HIRA number of notes: 5 comments: from Sevish World Scales Pack notes (in cents): 0, 185.2, 336.7, 682.8, 789.8
Upper Ribbon Sputnik VCO and Waldorf NW1
lower Ribbon Two 59 VCO and Tunefish Modular Slider μBraids
Bass by Tunefish Modular Warps to E 440 Filter
Chords by ARC Serge TBK, Ornament and Crime Quantermain to 4x μBraids quad panning by Tides and 2x Vails

Oberheim OB-X Restoration (Part 2) - Pratt Read History, Keybed Service, Key Polishing.

Published on Dec 28, 2018 GOLT !

Some fascinating history here. You can find Part 1 here.

"How to polish keys! Full restoration guide for the Pratt Read keybed of the Oberheim OB-X synthesizer.
- Plus Pratt Read's technical history.
Please note I am not a historian, for corrections please see the description and comments.

Skip ahead to 9:00 minutes to go straight to the teardown and service guide.

Here's the links to the websites I featured:
The Arc Sound bushings
http://pw2.netcom.com/~arcsound/

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Composing video game music with only one synth (Waldorf Blofeld)

Published on Dec 2, 2018 once upon a synth

"I attempt to compose music for an imaginary RPG video game called 'Super Synth Nerd'. I'm using only one synth for all the sounds. The synth is the Waldorf Blofeld which is a digital polyphonic synth which can do wavetable synthesis as well as traditional subtractive synthesis. #onesynthchallenge

I decided to approach this using a narrative story arc. So we start in a happy place, then the hero enters a tavern and gets assigned a mission. He then goes off on his adventure when suddenly he runs into a boss (a ghost). After beating the boss everything is good in the world. The End. lol... ok I had to keep it super generic and compact otherwise this would have taken too long.

The pixel art at the end of the video was drawn and animated with Hexels 3. This is my first attempt at making pixel art so go easy on me :)."

2016 Monome Arc + Ansible

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via this auction

"Near Mint 2016 Monome Arc and Ansible. Sold as set. Pair super well together."

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Plane-V

Published on Aug 4, 2018 stretta

"The 2018 version of the plane sequencer expands to full piano roll-style editing. Import a MIDI clip from Ableton Live and edit on the monome. In this video you see two varibright monome 256 grids and one monome arc controller.

Plane-V is a maxforlive device and can be downloaded at https://github.com/stretta/gridlab

more information about monome can be found at monome.org"

Motas-6 synth plays OMD Joan of Arc (demo 07)

Published on Jul 6, 2018 MotasSynth

"Motas-6 synth demo 07 - playing extract from OMD's 'Maid of Orleans' (Joan of Arc) with some external reverb applied.

Several independent LFO modulations have been used on the master pitch, individual oscillator pitch, PWM (oscillators 1 and 3) and filter frequencies to try to re-create the wow-and-flutter sound of the legendary Mellotron used on the original.

The haunting tune is programmed into the Motas-6 internal pattern sequencer which plays in an endless loop whilst the Motas-6 parameters are adjusted.
The Motas-6 paraphonic capabilities are used with oscillator 1 tracking the highest note played, oscillator 2 the middle and oscillator 3 the lowest.
As the tune plays the 3 filter settings and mix levels (including the internal feedback control to the mixer) are adjusted, as well as phase modulation on oscillators 2 and 3. The mixer gain is adjusted - listen for the rich distortion caused from over-driving the filters (starting at 3:13) with the mixer gain set to 'boost'. Also look out for the spectrum analyser display at the end that tracks the notes showing the harmonics."

Serge Style Eurorack Modules Sequence

Published on Jun 27, 2018 Perfect Circuit Audio

"We put together this case with Serge inspired eurorack modules, the ARC TKB is used as the sequencer and Random Source make up most of the voice with the Befaco Rampage helping out with clocking and envelope generating.

Random Source: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/r...

ARC: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/arc

Rampage: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/b..."

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G-Minus: Teletype i2c Ecosystem

Published on Apr 18, 2018 Dudadius

"Practicing with some live performance ideas.

Monome Teletype is attached to Telex expanders, 2 Ansibles, and Orthogonal Devices ER-301. Kria is running on the Grid, and it is playing 3 voices of the E370 VCO into a Cwejman QMMF4. 4th voice is Atlantis. Varigate 8 is playing some drum modules, including a couple of Noise Engineering bits.

Arc is playing Levels, which is controlling some parameter associated with the Granular playback of a pad sound that I sample from the PPG Wave 2.2. It is triggered by a script running a Euclidean Rhythm that gets varied by one of the Telex parameter knobs.

I have a side-chain WMD compressor set up with submixing in a Mixup. Overseer filter at the end of the entire chain."

PPG Wave 2.2 to the left.

ARC Serge DIY Eurorack Build Guides

Published on Mar 11, 2018 ARC

Playlist:
Serge Audio Mixer eurorack kit build guide
Serge Dual Processor eurorack kit build guide

Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight With the Prophet Rev2 and Zach Tenorio-Miller

You can find the full interview on DSI's website here.

"Zach Tenorio-Miller is the keyboard player and co-founder of Providence, RI art-pop trio, Arc Iris. Zach has collaborated with a wide array of artists including Kimbra, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, AC Newman (New Pornographers), Gene Ween, and long time collaborator and mentor, Jon Anderson (Yes).

We chatted with him about how he’s using the Prophet Rev2."

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You can find previous posts featuring DSI's Spotlight series here.

The Ever Deepening Well of Sorrow & Loss // Monome Arc + Buchla Music Easel

Published on Mar 1, 2018 Genshi Media Group

"This started out as a test of the Monome Arc/Ansible module sequencing the two Oscillators of the Buchla Music Easel (via my custom made Eurorack to Buchla convertor module from Synovatron) while also sequencing Mutable Instruments Rings and Intellijel Plonk... it then turned into a pretty, but sad little tune. Additional background sounds/voices from Make Noise Morphagene. Effects from Mutable Instruments Clouds (on the Eurorack Modules) and Empress Effects Echosystem (on the Buchla.)"

Copy of Τετάρτη - Strymon Magneto, ambient patch performance

Published on Feb 28, 2018 Joe Miller - Xin

"A more structured performance of the '1hr Magneto Patch' -- focusing on the arc and build within the musical form.

Patch Notes:
Primary voice is Mangrove filtered via Three Sisters' Low Pass. It's pitch CV is derived from a Turning Machine sequence, quantized by Instruo Harmonaig, and then arpeggiated using the ADDAC206 quad switch. The amplitude CV is being enveloped by Quadra with some scaling and offset via WMD SPO.

Blackwavetable, Telharmonic, and Rings supply a variety of drones, and rhythmic pings.

Peaks is used as Kick and HiHat with drum sequencing via ShakKnights Gallop and the Time Wizard."

Introducing Bela Mini

Published on Feb 22, 2018 Bela Platform

"Bela Mini is here! Preorder at https://shop.bela.io.
Bela is the platform for building beautifully responsive audio and interactive applications. To find out more, visit https://bela.io.

Projects featured in this video:
- Strummy
- ChandeLIA https://www.liamice.com/chandelia
- D-Box http://blog.bela.io/2016/11/28/dbox/
- Aural Fabric http://blog.bela.io/2017/01/18/auralf...
- the one-handed bass http://blog.bela.io/2017/02/01/making...
- Axis http://blog.bela.io/2017/02/27/axis/
- Tiles http://blog.bela.io/2017/01/11/percus...
- Vangelisizer

Music: Madrone - Autumnal Arc - Tattletale EP (2014) https://madronemusic.bandcamp.com/"

Monome Arc - Further Explorations (in three parts)

Published on Feb 11, 2018 Genshi Media Group

"Further explorations with the Monome Arc and Ansible module. Patch notes are as follows:

• Part One - Arc/Ansible is using the "Levels" app, with Arc's rings 1 and 2 in "Note" mode; sequencing Mutable Instruments Rings and Intellijel Plonk respectively, and Arc's rings 3 and 4 are modulating various parameters. Delay is from the Erica Synths Black Hole DSP, and Granularizing (not a real word) and Reverb from Mutable Instruments Clouds.

• Part Two - Arc/Ansible is using the "Cycles" app, with all 4 rings modulating the CV of all the modules.

• Part Three - Arc/Ansible is again using "Cycles" app, this time with the Synthesis Technology E352 Cloud Terrarium replacing the Rings and Plonk modules."

Monome Arc Encounters by Craig Anthony Perkins

Monome Arc - First Encounter from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.

"First encounter with the Monome Arc. Coincidentally, the card I randomly pulled from my box of Oblique Strategies said 'Abandon normal instruments'. That's got to be a sign..."


Monome Arc - Second Encounter (Eurorack version) from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.

"A short, quick second encounter with the Monome Arc, this time with a small Eurorack setup consisting of the Monome Ansible module, Mutable Instruments Rings + Clouds, Make Noise Morphagene, and the Erica Synths Black Hole DSP."

Korg Kronos & Korg Monologue 30.1.2018 70´s progressive duo

Published on Jan 30, 2018 Veli-Matti Rautio

"Made this kind of progressive song in two days. Monologue leads and Kronos backing tracks: ) Monologue connected to Boss RV-5 digital reverb.
Monologue sound Arc Lead modified.
Kronos combi sound INT-C 065: 70´s Synth Fusion.
Karma on, latch on, drum track on. Scenes 1, 3 & 5.
Chord trigger buttons active with Nanopad2.
Nikon D3200 videorecorder.
Composed, played live and arranged by me in Studio Tupos: ) Tammikuu on lopuillaan ja tässäpä kuukauden viimeinen biisi kahden Korgin voimalla: ) Otin soolosynaksi Monologuen ja pohjat hoiti laadukkaaseen tapaansa Kronos Nanopadin ohjatessa sointuja. Olkaa hyvät: )"