MATRIXSYNTH

via the Pixelh8 email list:
"I am very excited.
Recently I Pixelh8 have had the good fortune, with the help of The National Museum of Computing and the Performing Rights Society Foundation, to have a huge music project of mine funded. The project is to write a piece of music composed from sounds from some of the rarest and earliest computers and computing devices in the world to be performed at the World War II code breaking centre Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes on March 20th and 21st 2009.

The project entitled “Obsolete?” will make use of machines such as Colossus Mark 2 world’s first programmable, digital, electronic, computing device used for code breaking in World War II and probably one of, if not the most significant computer in the world. Another computer to be used is Elliot 803 from 1960, a giant machine that has only 4k!!! ithink it’s one of only three left in the world and I love it!

The blogs leading up to it have now also been declassified and can be accessed by going here http://pixelh8.co.uk/category/obsolete/

On the flipside the piece will also feature several other commonplace computing devices that have either been discarded or branded as “Obsolete?” as time moved on, so yes I will be using the ubiquitous BBC Micro too.

This will be chip tune music but unlike any other you have ever heard.

These machines have been restored to working order and in some cases completely reconstructed by volunteers and researchers at TNMOC, and I am honoured to be associated with these hard working men and women and the unique history of Bletchley Park.

This is to be one of many computer music related projects I am hoping to bring to the museum and I am very, very excited. I strongly recommend you go and visit The National Museum of Computing in the meantime, but you won’t get any more information about “Obsolete?” just yet, as it is classified information.

Pixelh8"

via brian c

Drum machine Orgy Update

I'm obviously smiling as I post this. :) I think this might get Title of the Year. Definitely for the year to date.

That said, you can find more info on the orgy here.

Hmm... I wonder what this will do to my Google ads. They are supposed to scrape the site and post relevant ads based on keywords. Orgy, orgy, orgy. Hot synths here! Hot dripping analog synthesizers!

BeatMaker 1.3.2 update is now available

"This update brings support for importing the Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer sounds directly into BeatMaker, as well as various general improvements."

The interesting note here of course is "integration" of different iPhone apps. I put integration in quotes because you can't run the apps at the same time for active/live integration.

You can find BeatMaker here:

MFX24

YouTube via human202. "VOICE DEMO" Bighead MFX24.

apSEQ 2

YouTube via enapa1apa - Arduino based sequencer.
"Midiout output!!"

apSEQ 2 midi out

"A button sends midi, got some action now!!"

synthesized heartbeat

YouTube via dkimcg
"It was a little more involved than I thought it would be, but I also think I overcomplicated this one. D-LFO is the heart of the patch...

This video sucks, but I wanted to document it, so I could remember later if needed."

NAMM: MOTU Software Drum Module bpm

YouTube via griffinavid
"Experience the ultimate Beat Production MachineBPM unites drum machine-style operation with advanced virtual instrument technology to give you the ultimate rhythm programming experience. Combine drum kits, sequenced patterns, sliced loops and instrument sounds to realize your rhythmic vision, mixing and matching any playing style with any drum kit. Or plug in your pad controller or MIDI keyboard to capture your live, groove-quantized performance directly in BPM."

roland mc -202 MicroComposer and roland tb - 303 Bass Line together

YouTube via djpelinn
"mc 202 (at the beginning playing channel 1 then, channel 2)"

joining and transposing patterns up or down with tb 303

"roland tb 303 + boss metal zone mt-2"

Oberheim Perf/X Systemizer

via this auction
"The SYSTEMIZER is Master MIDI control center and memory bank that allow you to create and store a wide variety of MIDI keyboard (or other instrument) setups that can be as simple or elaborate as you want.
The SYSTEMIZER also allows extensive PEDAL control - four locally thru rear panel phone jacks, and 4 via MIDI.

The SYTEMIZER allows you to recall any setup between Master and Slave instantly and performs many functions that instruments cannot do on their own. For example the SYSTEMIZER permits multiple SPLITS even if your instrument doesn't have that capability.

Layering, crossfading, fixed or floating split point, mono or polyphony and more can be stored in one of the 32 Setups. A port for an optional memory card is provided. If you use many MIDI instruments, sequencer, computer, FX and more, the Systemizer will do things you never thought possible, or only wished you could.
Some of the Factory Presets:
4 way Layer, 2 and 3 way splits, pressure crossfade, positional crossfade, velocity switching,aftertouch carossfade, stacked fifths, detune by pedal, etc." box shot