Voyager Spacecraft

SonicStateTV via moognut
"A space video made using video clips from NASA and music soundtrack created using a M-AUDIO KEY RIG keyboard and Synth software. http://www.webwonder.co.uk/"
Not sure what soft synths were used, but I figured this one was worth posting for the new year. The last day of the current year is usually when people look back and reflect on their lives over the past year. Watching this video definitely made me reflect on the planet. It's absolutely mind boggling to think we live here just floating around in space. Life is a fractal of sorts.

a very good 2009 to all!

YouTube via vonhaulshoven. via the forum.
"happy new year. I say it with a stone age sequence improvisation (the last thing I do in 2008)"

GForce Webcast 2008

"GForce Webcast 2008

It’s been a busy year as usual culminating in the release of the M-Tron Pro in late October and no sooner had people started taking delivery of the instrument, the tracks started to arrive here at GForce HQ.

Once again we were uber-impressed at both the high quality and wide variety of musical styles cascading out of our speakers and within weeks we had so many good ‘uns we realized we had enough for another webcast.

So welcome to what seems to be an annual event for us, highlighting and broadcasting the pick of the bunch. Also, as this is a reflective time of year, we’ve compiled a small pdf document giving you some inside info as to what went on in 2008 along with some of our favorite images of the last 12 months.

GForce 2008 Retrospective

We’ll see you in 2009 but in the interim best wishes to everyone who’s both helped and inspired us during 2008.

Have a great Holiday

Dave, Chris and the entire GForce team."

You can find the webcast with track listing and instruments used here.

Klee Sequencer and Appendage: Klee Bit Shuffle

YouTube via ScottStites
"The Klee is controlling my modular - the Appendage Touch Ribbon makes an appearance as well, controlling a couple of VCOs through my Triple Wilson SVVCF."

Fever Dreams

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Ever had those? We start with the King Capitol Punishment Utopia Synth, then the Zvex Box of Metal, to the Moog MuRF, and on to the Analogue Systems rs290 Delay/Sampler module.

All of these pedals sound incredible on their own. The A.S. delay time is being modulated by the rs80 LFO module. No, you do not need the huge system. You can buy these modules separately and there are a variety of cases available including small ones. I don't wanna go back to sleep."

Doepfer Unplugged

Doepfer Unplugged from Isotope Of Me on Vimeo.
http://www.isotopeofme.com
"Here's a short noisy one for all of you Modular purists out there. These are a couple of cuts from some time playing with a few ideas on the Doepfer. Essentially VCO 1 is frequency Modulating VCO 2 through the linear input. The signal being fed into VCO 2's FM input is being gated/enveloped via VCA and EG 1 so that it only modulates the attack, leaving the sine output unchanged during the decay phase of the sound.

LFOs 1 and 2 are driving the S&H unit, which in turn is feeding the VC input of LFO 3 which is in turn triggering the EGs.

Cubase is feeding in a 4 note sequence for a bit of tonal change in addition to the rhythmic element to the patch.

The final output is coming from the VCF bandpass output, which is also being modulated by EG1."

tranqui // kp3 basic sampling demo

YouTube via abfahrtranqui
NOTE: I'm thinking of picking up a KP3. I'm actually looking for a decent hardware looper and I'm pretty sure I'm down to the KP3 or the Electro Harmonix 2880. If you have an opinion of either, feel free to comment. The one thing I like about the 2880 is the volume faders for each loop, so you can adjust the volume of four loops in real time. Can you do this with the KP3? Update: I just checked the manual online and once the sample is recorded you can adjust the level via the touch pad, so the answer is yes. I also read that the sample time at a tempo of 140 is 16 beats or roughly 7 seconds. It then states that at 73 it goes down to 8, 39 goes down to 4 and so on. Does that mean 7 seconds is the max per loop? The 2880 with the included 1G card can do 31 minutes per track.

Video description:
"this is a short vid recorded upon request to demonstrate the very basic sampling functions of korg's kp3.

sorry for the audio quality, I have a shitty camera (11 kHz audio / 3 minutes max time for video recording) and didn't take the time to prepare any decent sounds or record the audio separately. also, instead of making explanatory subtitles and stills, I wrote this text 'cause I'm a lazy bastard.

but enough with the apologies, I think most people should get the idea; this is not supposed to be an in-depth tutorial, but merely a short demo on how to sample and resample on the kp3. nothing fancy - just the tip of the iceberg...

all 3 fx units are set to 130 bpm. actions are as follows:
- activate poser mode and show off kp3 text scroll function
- launch a loop on kp2 (prog 63)
- record the loop into the efx-1000
- destroy the loop a bit using the feedback loop trick on the efx-1000 (credits to james zabiela or whoever discovered this easteregg)
- record the loop into the kp3 (sampling button), pad A
- record a loop generated by the kp3 (prog drm.4) by resampling (shift button + sampling button, then sample pad), pad B
- sync the beats (shift + sample pad + program knob), switching between pads to verify sync
- layer white noise synth (prog syn.9) over pad B and record it to pad C by resampling
- layer bass synth (prog syn.1) over pad A and record it to pad D by resampling
- overwrite pad A by sampling random bleeps from kp2 (prog 75)
- cacophonia

like I said, this is NOT supposed to be a "look what I can do" vid because the sounds obviously suck. it's a "look what the kp3 can do" vid.

I might do a show-off vid sometime, but not today ;) this vid is for those among you who are curious about basic sampling and resampling on the kp3, nothing more. I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

cheers to all fellow fx bendin' knob tweakin' bastards out there!

http://www.tranqui.net (now relaunched!)
http://myspace.com/tranqui"

lp kp md live looping

YouTube via vcovcfvca
"Machinedrum MD UW MKII as master clock to a Korg Kaoss Pad KP3. Also starring a Moog Little Phatty Stage II and Nord Electro 2.

Basically I start with a simple MD beat. I then lay down a few loops from the Electro into the KP3. The mixing board (Mackie 802-VLZ3) has Alt3/4 going to the KP3 so when the switch is engaged there is no noticeable volume change but the KP3 can sample/effect whatever particular channels are Alt3/4.

I then sample (with a mistake due to forgetting to Alt3/4 the board!) the LP into the KP3. By 3 minutes in I get all the tracks in place :-)

Finish it off with a little KP3 and MD tweaking and we're done. The nice thing about this setup also (not shown here) is that by simply enabling Alt3/4 on the MD channel I can use the KP3 effects on it as well.

A very powerful little live looping setup that I've been having fun with lately."

MonoMiK Demo 1 Part 1

YouTube via MusicMiK
Welcome to a more complete demonstration of my current DIY synthesizer project, the MonoMiK. I needed a bit more to carefully test the latest module, which consists of the waveform selectors and the sub oscillators for the VCOs. The setup uses one VCO module (2 VCOs), the new VCO mixer module (waveform mixer and sub oscillator per VCO), the ladder filter module (only transistor ladder used in the video) and the envelope modules.

MonoMiK Demo 1 Part 2

click here and scroll for more videos by MonoMiK previously posted here on MATRIXSYNTH.

EXS Minimoog

YouTube via twelvebits
"I just discovered the sampled minimoog in EXS24 in my logic express 8 - here I use the lead synth sound. It sounds so nice that now I have to get a real moog!"