The Incredible Story of AudioKit Synth One // 1st Pro Open-source iPad Synth

Published on May 29, 2018 MATTHEW FECHER

"The 2-year struggle to make the first Free & Open-Source Professional iPad Synthesizer app.
Learn more at http://audiokitpro.com/synth

Release date: Mid-June 2018"

Follow-up to AudioKit Synth One for iPad In the Works.

"AUDIOKIT SYNTH ONE
The Largest Free & Open-source iOS Music Project in History.

AudioKit Synth One is the first completely free & open-source full-featured professional iOS synthesizer app in history.

Created by volunteers, the app will include MIDI support (play it with a MIDI keyboard or controller), sequencer, vintage-inspired analog filters, expressive arpeggiators, warm analog delays, and, over 200+ presets to get you started!

Plus, it’s completely open-source. Use the code to learn how to build your own synth app or modify the app yourself. Anyone can contribute code & features!

EXCLUSIVE SOUND DESIGN AND CONSULTING FROM ENGINEERS AND SYNTH TECHS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH M83, TYCHO, RIHANNA, KANYE WEST, MIKE POSNER, SAVOY, OWL CITY, TEGAN & SARA, NEON TREES, RED SKY LULLABY, BRICE BEASLEY, DJ PUZZLE, AND MORE!

AUDIOKIT SYNTH FEATURES:
This synthesizer will be completely free, fully functional, and ad-free. It’s the ultimate free iPad music instrument app.
Hybrid Analog/FM Poly Synthesizer
Over 200+ Presets crafted by famous sound designers
Audiobus 3 & Inter-app Audio (IAA)
Five Oscillators (2 DCO, FM, Sub, Noise)
2 Assignable LFOs with dozens of routing possibilities
100+ Alternative Scales & Tunings
Vintage-Style 16-Step Sequencer
Classic poly arpeggiator
MIDI in (Control with a MIDI Keyboard or DAW)
Touchable ADSR Envelopes for Amp & Filter
FM Oscillator w/ Mod
Dedicated Sine/Square -12/24 Sub Osc
4-Pole Vintage Low-Pass Filter
High-Pass/Band Pass Filters
Mono portamento & legato
Beautiful Sean Costello Reverb
Multi-tap (ping-pong) delay
TouchPads
Preset Import/Export & More…
Compact app size (under 25mb)
MIDI Learn on all knobs, MIDI Bank/Patch & Sustain Pedal support
Full Source code included

This is the perfect synth for those who like to make their own sounds- Easily sculpt and customize your own sounds!

COMING SOON
Ableton Link
AUv3 Plug-in support to use in your iOS host
MPE Midi Support – Expressive control with Roli Seaboard, etc"

Moog Music Officially Announces the New Moog Grandmother Semi-Modular Synthesizer

Adrian Younge's Thesis On Sound ft. Moog Grandmother Published on May 14, 2018 Moog Music Inc

Update: SoundCloud demos added below.

Some "module" components based on vintage Moog modular systems:
CP3 Mixer with asymmetrical clipping behavior
904A Filter
911 Env
902 VCA
905 Spring Reverb
Oscillators based on the Minimoog w/ additional hard sync

"To explore the sonic possibilities and cosmic context of Grandmother, Moog Music visited the Linear Labs studio of artist-composer Adrian Younge (Black Dynamite, Netflix’s Luke Cage).

In this video, Younge gives his personal 'Thesis On Sound' while incorporating Grandmother into his retro-inspired creative workflow at Linear Labs."

The Build & Sound of the Moog Grandmother

Published on May 13, 2018 Guitar Center

"From the Moog Music factory in Asheville, North Carolina we were privileged to get a look at Moog's new semi-modular analog synth, the Grandmother. Engineers Eric Church and Mark Crowley take us through the build process on the production line as well as a demonstration of the features including the interconnectivity with the Mother 32 and DFAM.

Impecable quality, magical sound, semi-modular, fully analog monophonic synthesizer with dual oscillators, arpeggiator, sequencer, and built in spring reverb. Experience it for yourself!"

Moog Grandmother Synthesizer - First Impressions and Sounds with Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Published on May 13, 2018 Musician's Friend

"Introducing the Moog Grandmother synthesizer! Grandmother is a semi-modular analog synth that offers classic Moog sound, an intuitive signal path and endless sound design possibilities, thanks to its expansive 41-point patch system.

To offer you an in-depth look at Grandmother we recently spent the day with musician and producer, Justin Meldal-Johnsen. Justin's production credits include M83, Wolf Alice, Paramore, Metric, Jimmy Eat World, School of Seven Bells and more. Justin is also known for his great bass, guitar and keyboard playing, as a touring and recording musician with Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Air and more.

Grandmother builds on Moog's impressive legacy with circuits inspired by Moog's own classic Modular Synthesizers. Grandmother features a fully-analog sound engine, and features dual oscillators based on the Minimoog, classic Moog 4-Pole ladder filter, an impressive Modulation section and on-board spring reverb."

via Moog Music

Today we release Grandmother, a semi-modular analog synthesizer with a built-in arpeggiator, sequencer and spring reverb tank that harkens back to Moog’s modular roots, where synthesis is not only about the end result, but the journey of discovery and experimentation.

Grandmother's semi-modular design ensures that human beings of any skill-level can easily explore and experience the joys and magic of analog synthesis -- start playing immediately with “no patching required”, then explore an infinite sonic playground with Grandmother’s endlessly reconfigurable front panel and analog spring reverb tank."

"Grandmother is a sonic playground that harkens back to Moog’s modular roots, where synthesis is not only about the end result, but the journey of discovery and experimentation. While capable of highly complex sounds and modulation, Grandmother's semi-modular design requires absolutely no patching, ensuring that human beings of any skill-level can easily explore and experience the joys and magic of analog synthesis.

Inspired by the classic Moog modular synthesizers that came before it, Grandmother's sound engine, modulation engine and onboard spring reverb tank are completely analog, resulting in an unrestricted sonic vocabulary of immeasurable beauty and power. In addition, Grandmother also features an easy to use Arpeggiator and Sequencer for added enjoyment and programmable syncopation.

Though not required, creative patching and exploration are the keys to discovering exciting new relationships between modules and to truly unlocking Grandmother’s infinite expanse of auditory inspiration. Patching can also be used to override internal connections, allowing each section to function just as an independent module would.

In addition to its standalone function, Grandmother is also an ideal analog audio processor for external sound sources, and a powerful keyboard front end for expanding a Mother-32, DFAM or Eurorack modular system.

Follow-up to this post.

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Moog Officially Introduces the Moog Synthesizer IIIp

Published on Feb 20, 2018 Moog Music Inc

"Watch as Anthony Gonzalez and Joe Berry of M83 patch in and explore the Moog Synthesizer IIIp."

"In the late 1960s, Bob Moog and a team of ten skilled technicians began hand-building cutting-edge musical instruments that they called 'synthesizers' -- instruments that would radically change the landscape of music.

The world got turned on to the idea of the synthesizer -- and electronic music -- through the visionary works of experimental musicians during the late 60s and early 70s. Wendy Carlos composed her sonic masterpiece Switched On Bach using the electronics of a customized Moog Synthesizer III--creating space for artists like George Harrison to employ his Moog Synthesizer IIIp on the Beatles’ Abbey Road sessions, and Isao Tomita to shape the sounds of 'classitronica' using the first Synthesizer IIIp in Japan on Snowflakes Are Dancing.

Although production of Synthesizer IIIp was discontinued in 1973, these original modular systems designed by Bob Moog are inimitable in sonic character and remain highly coveted for their limitless reconfigurability and vibrantly organic musicality.

Nearly fifty years later, we are proud to announce the return of the Moog Synthesizer IIIp to production for a very limited time.

Every Synthesizer IIIp will be built using all-original documentation, art, and circuit board files. Moog Synthesizer IIIp production is highly limited. Only 40 units will be produced and sold worldwide.

Learn more about the Synthesizer IIIp HERE."

The new Moog IIIp was first announced here.

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AudioKit Synth One for iPad In the Works

You might remember the upcoming Free DX7 Sample Based AudioKit App for iPad, set to be released tomorrow (I'll put a new post up to let everyone know when it's out). In that post I mentioned Analog Synth X as well. AudioKit let me know they are working on a new and more powerful version to be called Synth One. The following is some info via the AudioKit website where you can sign up for a free copy when it's released:

"AudioKit Synth One is a completely free and full-featured professional iOS synthesizer app and plugin.

Includes MIDI support (play it with a MIDI keyboard or controller), sequencer, vintage-inspired analog filters, expressive arpeggiators, warm analog delays, and, over 100+ presets to get you started!

Plus, it’s completely open-source. Use the code to learn how to build your own synth app or modify the app yourself!

EXCLUSIVE SOUND DESIGN AND CONSULTING FROM ENGINEERS AND SYNTH TECHS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH M83, RIHANNA, TYCHO, KANYE WEST, MIKE POSNER, SAVOY, OWL CITY, TEGAN & SARA, NEON TREES, RED SKY LULLABY, AND MORE!

AUDIOKIT SYNTH FEATURES:
This synthesizer will be completely free, fully functional, and ad-free. It’s the ultimate free iPad music instrument app.
Unlimited Poly Synthesizer
Over 100+ Presets crafted by famous sound designers
AUv3 Plug-in support to use in your iOS host
Audiobus 3 & Inter-app Audio (IAA)
Five Oscillators (2 Morph, FM, Sub, Noise)
2 Assignable LFOs with dozens of routing possibilities
Ableton Link
Vintage-Style 16-Step Sequencer
Classic poly arpeggiator
MIDI in (Control with a MIDI Keyboard or DAW)
Individually Morphing Oscillators
Touchable ADSR Envelopes for Amp & Filter
FM Oscillator w/ Mod
Dedicated Sine/Square -12/24 Sub Osc
4-Pole Vintage Low-Pass Filter
High-Pass/Band Pass Filters
Mono glide
Beautiful Sean Costello Reverb
Multi-tap (ping-pong) delay
TouchPads
Full Source code included
Preset Import/Export & More…"

Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight With the Prophet-6 and Jordan Lawlor of M83

The next in DSI's In the Spotlight interview series is up with Jordan Lawlor and the Prophet-6 here.

"Jordan Lawlor is a producer and composer based in Los Angeles, touring and recording with the group M83 as well as with his own project, J. Laser.

We chatted with him about how he’s using the Prophet-6."

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

Roland Space Echo RE-201 Tape Effect Demo w/ Synthesizers #10

Published on Oct 2, 2017 gstormelectro

"Audio and video produced by G-Storm Electro c.2017

Today I present the Roland RE-201 Space Echo audio demo w/ synthesizers and a TR-8 drum machine. The RE-201 is a vintage delay effect from the 70s using a tape loop and Spring tank reverb. It's been used on lots of psychedelic rock, trip hop, alternative, dub, progressive house music and more. The Space Echo is the only effect used in this demo. This machine has a new 4 meter loop. It also has some wow and flutter, I love that lo-fi quality of this machine. All audio recorded direct to a Tascam DR-05 thru a Mackie mixer. Gear used here: Roland Juno-1/JV-2080/SH-01A/TR-8, Korg MS-20 mk1, E-mu ES-32 (Yamaha CP-70 sample), Arturia Beatstep Pro, M-Audio Axiom49.

0:00 Radiohead - Lotus Flower, spring tank reverb on snare only
1:00 Introduction
1:43 Portishead - Cowboys, delay on electric piano
2:30 M83 - Skin of the Night, delay on CP-70 piano sample
2:59 Quick explanation of inputs
3:15 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle, delay on synth glissando
3:41 A look inside and beautiful ladies?
4:15 Tycho - Dive, delay on opening synth
5:18 How I'm using the RE-201 on these examples
5:53 Underworld - Born Slippy, delay on everything
7:13 About this particular machine
7:49 Tangerine Dream - Love On a Real Train, delay on arpeggio"

Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight with M83's Joe Berry and the OB-6

Click here for the full interview.

"Joe Berry is a member of M83 and joined them for their 2016 World Tour, playing piano, synth, ewi, and saxophone. In the off season, Joe is a freelance musician, composer, and educator, currently based in Los Angeles. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies with emphasis in both Saxophone Performance and Composition from Sacramento State University, and completed his Masters degree in Jazz and Improvisational Music at the University of Nevada, Reno in the Spring of 2012..."

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

Boards of M83 (Mutable Instruments Ambika One-Take Multi-Patch + drums)

Published on May 18, 2017 Lost For Words

"I've got a new toy! :D

Sebastian at diysynth.me lovingly built my Ambika last week with custom peek-a-boo clear front panel.

I have to say I have NEVER jelled with a new synth like I have with this Ambika. It's great fun, the menu is simple and the sound is amazing and I'm not saying that lightly. I've only had it a few days and just scratching the surface but the modulation matrix and individual voice parameters just bring every patch alive. It's got a similar "living" sound feel that my AN1x has. The Ambika is a hybrid digital/analogue synth.

I thought I'd make a Multi and a quick melody - I've used 4 voices for the first patch and one each for the other two patches. All played together in one take, with drums from the Revolution plugin and just a touch of reverb on the Ambika."

Moogfest 2016 Dates Announced

Published on Jul 14, 2015 Moogfest

"International Festival Exploring The Synthesis of Music, Art and Technology for innovators Around the World.

Leaders from Durham’s civic organizations, cultural institutions, government and business announced earlier today that Moogfest – the internationally acclaimed festival of music, art and technology -- will debut in Durham May 2016. This announcement signals a long-term commitment by festival organizers, reinforcing the exploding technology scene and culture of innovation in the Triangle. The 3 day, 3 night event takes place May 19-22, 2016.

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are now available at Moogfest.com for $99.00.

'Moogfest is a platform for conversation and experimentation with innovative programming that perfectly mirrors Durham’s momentum as a capital of technology, culture and entertainment,' says Emmy Parker, Brand Director at Moog Music.

Moogfest has been a festival of electronic music since 2004, known for presenting performances by early pioneers in electronic music, alongside pop and avant garde experimentalists of today. Previous Moogfest performers include Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Chic, Massive Attack, Holly Herndon, Flying Lotus, Terry Riley, M83, The Flaming Lips, Suicide, Pet Shop Boys, Grimes, TV On The Radio, MIA, St. Vincent,Tangerine Dream, Keith Emerson, Moderat and Squarepusher.



In celebration of today’s announcement, Moogfest releases 'Translational Drifts: Moogfest Vol. 1,' the first EP in a series of free digital recordings that feature Moogfest artists - past, present and future. Volume 1 showcases five contemporary acts reinterpreting seminal electronic music influencers that have shaped past Moogfest lineups. This premiere installment includes YACHT, ADULT., Julianna Barwick, Moses Sumney and Dan Deacon translating tracks by Devo, Pet Shop Boys, Suicide, Laurie Anderson and Brian Eno. Their renditions pay tribute to a rich history of electronic music, with new sounds that continue to push further into the future.

YACHT, a contributor and previous Moogfest curator, praises the company behind the collaboration, 'We love how Moog brings artists together. The sound of the machines and the culture of the company are like a bridge across genres and generations.

Over the last several years, the festival has evolved to include a mind-expanding conference for creative and technology professionals. In 2014, Moogfest worked with designers and technologists at Google, researchers from the MIT Media Lab, editors from Make Magazine and organizers from the Eyeo Festival (among others) to present panels, workshops and demos at the forefront of art and technology. Presentations by music pioneers Giorgio Moroder, Nile Rodgers, Janelle Monae, and Keith Emerson were accompanied by conversations with inventors and electronic instrument designers Roger Linn and Tom Oberheim, plus Futurama creator David X Cohen. Moogfest also commissioned “Moogfest: Conductar”, a virtual reality app, nominated for two Webby Awards. Moogfest is already developing new programming and plans to bring similar exciting partnerships to Durham in 2016.

The festival’s priority remains a focus on intimate venues for performance and conversation, encouraging the same ambience established in Asheville. Moogfest will activate many of Durham’s downtown event venues and public spaces with a mix of ticketed and free community programming.

Moogfest is a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog and the profound influence his inventions have had on how we hear the world. Over the last sixty years, Bob Moog and Moog Music have pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools for artists. This exchange between engineer and musician is celebrated with a unique festival format, where the creative process is understood as a collaboration among many people, across time and space, in commerce and culture.

For more information or to purchase Early Bird tickets please visit MOOGFEST.COM"

Jarre-M83 *GLORY* by Graal7

Published on Jul 5, 2015 graal7

"Jarre-M83 *GLORY* by Graal7"

Jean-Michel Jarre with M83 - Track Story

Published on May 15, 2015 Jean-Michel Jarre

Spot the synths.

"Jean-Michel Jarre with M83 'Glory' is a new track from Jean-Michel Jarre's forthcoming album.
Available on iTunes. Order it now:
http://po.st/JMJxM83

http://jeanmicheljarre.com/"

Akai Professional Announces Advance Keyboard Series

Published on Jan 12, 2015 AkaiProVideo

Update: Intro & Behind the Scenes video below added.

Akai Professional Advance Keyboards - Behind the Scenes


"Check out behind the scenes with PJ Morton (Maroon 5), Morgan Kibby (M83/White Sea), and Illan Rubin (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails and The New Regime)."

"Artists can now load, play and control all their virtual instrument plugins directly from their keyboard. New keyboards deliver optimum hands-on performance features with seamless software integration for playing and controlling today’s hottest VST instruments and DAWs.

Cumberland, RI (January 12, 2015)—Akai Professional (akaipro.com), a leading manufacturer of keyboards for performers and recording artists, today announced the introduction of their Advance Keyboard series. Available in 25-, 49-, and 61-key sizes, the Advance 25, Advance 49, and Advance 61 provide unprecedented playability and advanced manipulation of any virtual instrument via an interactive, full-color display complemented by performance friendly hardware controls.

Designed to fuse the power of software instruments with the live playability of a keyboard workstation, the Advance Keyboard series transforms computer-based plugins into an entirely hands-on playing experience. The keyboard surface features an integrated high-resolution full-color 4.3-inch display, providing real-time control and feedback of any and all virtual instrument parameters. The screen instantly adapts itself to the selected plugin’s controls, delivering immediate 1:1 access to the instrument and various editable functions. Better yet, the Advance Keyboard series works with any VSTi virtual instrument. Using the Advance keyboard’s custom designed Virtual Instrument Player (VIP) software application, your entire VSTi library can be controlled in one application. VIP operates as a plugin inside any major digital audio workstation (DAW) or as a stand-alone application on both Mac and Windows operating systems.

Dedicated physical controls are thoughtfully included, with Akai Professional’s hallmark RGB backlit, velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads integrated into each keyboard surface. Rubberized pitch and modulation wheels deliver player-preferred note manipulation with highly musical action. Large, continuously-variable endless knobs invite frequent use, letting the user make parameter adjustments with granular or dramatic effect. A custom semi-weighted, velocity-sensitive keybed—another Akai Professional specialty—supports aftertouch, making it an elite keyboard for seasoned live performers and studio producers alike.


“The Advance Keyboard series represents a giant leap forward for keyboard players,” said Dan Gill, Product Manager for Akai Professional. “Until now, software-based instruments leaned heavily on computer interaction, which caused creative and logistical bottlenecks, especially during live performances. We’re combining the processing power of your computer, the flexibility of your virtual instrument collection, and the hands-on immediacy of a traditional keyboard workstation. The result is a powerful and inspiring user experience.”

Included with each Advance Keyboard is the Virtual Instrument Player (VIP) application. VIP gives Advance Keyboard users access to any virtual instrument in their collection with or without a DAW—a powerful way to play virtual instruments live or integrate them into a recording session. VIP software users can also create setlists that provide on-demand access to user-curated instruments for stage performance and studio work. With a single button press on an Advance Keyboard, the player can adapt to song changes as the live performance progresses—without ever reaching for the computer. Performers of all types will welcome VIP’s facilities for hyper-fast instrument and patch browsing, key zone splitting, layering of up to 8 instruments per VIP instance, expansive custom mapping capabilities, and support for any VSTi plugin. Advance Keyboard users may run as many instances of the Virtual Instrument Player as their computer allows. VIP runs as a VSTi, AU, RTAS or AAX plugin, allowing you access to VSTi's in virtually any DAW, such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro X and Ableton Live.

Gill continues, “Keyboard players have been straddling two worlds for the better part of the decade. A standalone keyboard workstation was only as current as the sounds inside of it, and similarly, virtual instruments were only as good as the best controllers. The Advance Keyboard series delivers uninhibited access to any virtual instrument in your library without losing focus of the instrument in front of you.”

Each Advance Keyboard ships with a 16GB download of over 10,000 sounds from industry-leading developers at AIR Music Technology, SONiVOX, and Prime Loops. Purchased separately, this comprehensive collection of nine plugins is valued at over $1,000.00 USD and provides Advance Keyboard owners with an instant palette of contemporary and coveted sounds for live performance and studio production.

Advance Keyboard Series Highlights:
• Keyboardsforadvancedvirtualinstrumentperformance
• Integrated4.3-inchhigh-resolutionfull-colorscreenwithdedicatedinterfacebuttons • Screenprovides1:1,real-timefeedbackofpluginparameters
• Availablein25-,49-,and61-keysizes
• IncludesVirtualInstrumentPlayersoftwareforunprecedentedvirtualinstrument
preset management, control mapping and multi patch creation
• Premium,semi-weightedvelocity-sensitivekeybedwithaftertouch
• 8large,endlessandcontinuouslyvariablecontrolknobs
• 8velocity-andpressure-sensitiveMPCpadswithRGBillumination
• Dedicatedpadbank,transportcontrol,octave,andperformancebuttons
• Noterepeat,time-division,patternarpeggiator,andtap-tempobuttons
• RubberizedPitchandModulationwheels
• Expressionpedalandfootswitchinputs
• USBand5-pinMIDIInput/OutputforusewithanyMIDIcapablesoftwareorhardware
• Alsofunctionsasastandalonecontroller
• Includesa16GBdownloadwithmorethan10,000soundsfromleadingvirtualinstrumentsfromAIR
Music Technology, SONiVOX and Prime Loops.
Virtual Instrument Player Software Highlights:
• PlaysvirtuallyeveryVSTi-compatibleplugin
• Operatesasastandalonevirtualinstrumentplayerforyourcomputer
• AlsooperatesasapluginwithinanyAU,VST,orAAXcompatibleDAW
• Organizesyourplugincollectionwithintuitivebrowsingbyplugin,artistcollection,instrumenttype,
timbre, and more
• Access,edit,andmixupto8virtualinstrumentsatonetime
• Setlistfeatureletsliveperformersswitchbetweenpatchesfromanyplugininstantlyfromthe
keyboard
• Extensivekeyzonesplitting,custommapping,andinstrumentmixingoptions • Pre-mappedtohundredsofindustry-leadingvirtualinstruments
• UnlimitedinstancesofVIPmayberuninaDAW
Advance 25, Advance 49, and Advance 61 will be available in early 2015 at retail pricing of $399.99, $499.99, and $599.99, respectively.

Visit us at NAMM Booth 6700.

For more information, visit akaipro.com/advance."

Electronic Melodist - Athlete

Published on Jan 3, 2014

"Happy New Year 2014!

This instrumental song is my tribute to Old School Synthesizer Heroes.

Especially to Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, OMD and Kraftwerk

And this song is, of course, also a tribute to all the athletes of the world. :)

Other influences are

ABBA
Röyksopp
YMO
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Jan Hammer
Tangerine Dream
Klaus Doldinger
Air
M83
Eurythmics
Thompson Twins
Sports games of Epyx

Hardware

E-mu Emax
MonotrOndes (layered strings and fx)
Bass guitar
Alesis SamplePad
Homemade Hi-Hat pad

Boss and Behringer Chorus stompboxes
Symetrix Compressor

Soft Synths

Harmor
Drumaxx
Drumatic
NI Battery 3
Oddity
MuTools Mux
Korg M1 Le

and various effect plugins

thanks to

Clker.com and OCAL for sport pictograms

I created those motion graphics with Processing 2.1 and Wax 2.0"

Moogfest 2014 Presenters Include Makers Roger Linn, Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim, Don Buchla, Forest Mims & More

"Moogfest 2014 Announces Daytime Presenters Including Futurists, Musicians, Scientists, Authors, Filmmakers, and Pioneers of Electronic Music Instrument Design

Phase 1 tickets start at $199 for 5-Day General Admission, and $499 for 5-Day VIP Admission while supplies last through December 19 when Phase 2 GA tickets go up to $299. All prices exclusive of applicable fees.

ASHEVILLE, NC – November 14, 2013 – Moogfest is a five-day festival dedicated to the synthesis of technology, art and music. Since its inception in 2004, Moogfest has been a magnet for artists, engineers, and enthusiasts of Bob Moog. With an experimental lineup of daytime conference programming featuring cultural, artistic and technological luminaries and punctuated by a diverse line up of landmark nightly performances, Moogfest honors the creativity and inventiveness of Dr. Robert Moog and pays tribute to the legacy of the analog synthesizer. This is no ordinary festival.

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Artists & ARTURIA #25 - Antonio Gonzalez (M83) meets Microbrute

Published on Nov 7, 2013 Arturia Web·96 videos

"Antonio Gonzalez from M83 caught in the act of MicroBrute/MiniBrute track creation in his Hollywood studio !!!"

MicroBrute's on eBay | Minibrutes on eBay

M83's Midnight City Goes Plantinum

via M83 on Facebook

"Midnight city went platinum!
Thank you guys for making this happen...
Much love"

Nice background!

synthesizers.com modular.

Oberheim Matrix-12 Sounds

Uploaded on Aug 2, 2011 gstormelectro·47 videos

Also see the Matrix-12 tutorials by gstormelectro here.

"Selected patches can be downloaded http://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com/

This is sound demo of the Oberheim Matrix-12 synthesizer. All but two sounds programmed by G-Storm Electro. Hopefully shows some of the ridiculously flexible sound architecture that is possible with this board. I'm playing some riffs both of my own original music and from some of the bands that have influenced me. The last bit, Intro to Gunslinger, while it is short it DID take a couple of weeks practice to get it right and is backed by a Machinedrum.

A summary of song riffs played:
G-Storm - Miranda (By The Sea)
Radiohead - All I Need
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
G-Storm - Cerulean Deraileur
Jimmy Van M ft. Terra Deva - bassline from Love Like Sleep
G-Storm - Spaced Out Beauty
New Order - Blue Monday
G-Storm - Aerial
808 State - breakdown from In Yer Face
Garbage - You Look So Fine
Sasha - Mr Tiddles
Go West - intro to Call Me
G-Storm - untitled track
G-Storm - Expectations (a really old unrecorded track of mine)
Spaced Out Beauty
M83 - You Appearing
Expectations
Immersion Domain - 1000 Images (I used the same Limuidz factory patch on the Xpander for that track)
Van Halen - I'll Wait (Eddie used an OB-Xa, I believe)
G-Storm - Descendant
Vangelis - Blade Runner (Opening Titles)
G-Storm - Gunslinger
G-Storm - intro to Gunslinger

Recorded via Alesis Multimix-8 and into Macbook w/ only occasional additional effects from the Multimix added for select sounds."

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M83 Midnight City Cover on Propellerheads Reason

Published on Feb 12, 2013 EditEd4TV·35 videos

"This is my version of M83's 'Midnight City', recreated (a 'ReCover' as I call it) completely in Propellerhead's Reason. All custom patches, all original note data (no web download of MIDI files)."

"Fall" m83 x Big Black Delta w/ Prophet 12 & Tempest

Published on Feb 5, 2013 peterkeys88·20 videos

"A synthy cover of the M83 x Big Black Delta remix of Daft Punk's "Fall"....using just the Prophet 12 splits and Tempest (in playlist mode). More music at http://peterdyer.net/

Once again, the creative and talented Carson Day jammed on this w/ me at Namm '13, tweaking the Tempest live, but since no video emerged of it, I wanted to share the sounds, as it was an absolute blast to play, and I've got to hand it back for now. I'll try to abstain from anymore Tron OST or covers of remixes for a while. :)"

"Teen Angst" - M83 w/ Prophet 12 & Tempest

Published on Feb 5, 2013 peterkeys88·19 videos

"Because it's fun! A live synthy cover of M83's "Teen Angst" using just the DSI Prophet 12 (still in beta) & Tempest (in playlist mode). More music at http://peterdyer.net/

Carson Day jammed on this w/ me at Namm '13, tweaking the Tempest live, but since no video emerged of it, I wanted to share the sounds, as it was fun to play. It's still in development so don't get your panties in a twist."