Friday, January 23, 2009
Ode to Burrito
YouTube via PuglyWont
"First music I've made on a Nintendo DS-10. It's a great tool and It's fun working within it's limitations. But the sounds you can make more than make up for the limitations.
It's difficult to write melodies and a 'full' song with only 16 patterns... but I tried my best.
A trick I used was to lower the BPM to 70, and then have each pattern be two measures instead of one. I lose some speed...no 16th notes... but gain extra melodic versatility.
Burritos don't get enough muscially praise... so I'm dedicating this song to all the Burritos I've eaten... yum!
Download the mp3 and other great music at
www.soundclick.com/threep"
Ja Rule - New York [DS-10 Remix]
YouTube via slake487
"Korg DS-10 Remix of Ja Rule-New York by Cheatz. Low quality sounds better on youtube than the high quality version. high quality doesnt sound right for this song on youtube for some reason."
Selecting Syntheway Magnus Choir Presets In Ableton Live
YouTube via syntheway
"http://www.syntheway.net - Selecting Magnus Choir VSTi Presets in Ableton Live VST host
Visual Menu Includes Background Demo Song:
"Reise, Reise" outro, cover R+ by Antti Tuomas Hietikko for:
http://demosongs.syntheway.net
Note: Also Syntheway Strings are added to this demo."
Selecting Presets In Magnus Choir VSTi On FL Studio
eDIT - Audiorealism bassline 2 [tb303 clone] drum machine [tr606clone]
YouTube via danmusicstoke
"Quick track i put together using audio realisms bassline 2 and drum machine softwear clones of some of the best analog gear.
Bassline2 - clone of the legendary tb-303 bassline synthesizer by roland
Drum machine -clone of 3 fomous drum synths: tr606 [used in this vid], tr808 and tr909 also made by roland"
The Prob a Simple Synthesizer
YouTube via ProducerSV
"This is my first VSTi. If it is getting wanted I'll provide a download url.
The Prob is also my artist name (for now). I think this VSTi has some value so...
Leave a comment, let me know what you think.
This VSTi is controlled by FL Studio till my melody ends. Then I take control! :)
Oh and there is no sense of building in some after effects. It makes it more advanced and the sequencer I used (FL Studio) has some decent effects!"
STEIM Announces junXion © v4
"STEIM is happy to announce the release of junXion © v4.
junXion v4 is a Mac OSX data routing application that can process 'sensors' from any HID (joysticks, mice, touchscreens), MIDI, OSC, Audio, Arduino and Video device using conditional processing and remapping, with MIDI or OSC events as its output. This resulting MIDI or OSC data is then available to any audio or music software that runs on that Mac or can be send to external MIDI/OSC devices.
junXion v4 is a system whereby the user creates so-called 'Patches'. Each Patch is a connection between a sensor input (for example: 'joystick X-axis' or Video Event Object y-position) and an Action (for example: 'convert the sensor data into midi controller 3, but only under certain conditions'). The Action is a user selectable set of conditions and actions that determine what should happen with the input-sensor's data and what kind of MIDI or OSC data should be send out.
junXion v4 features
* recognition and usage of 8 types of Input Sensors
o Human Interface Events, such as joystick X-axis, mouse scroll wheel, touch screen Y-axis
o MIDI Events, such as MIDI note events from Port 1, Mod. Wheel events from Port 2
o Timer Events, internal data generating processes, up to 100 Timers can be used
o OSC (Open Sound Control) Events via network
o WiiRemote Events, the popular Wii controllers support (on bluetooth machines)
o Audio Events, as level and pitch tracking sensors
o Arduino Inputs, simply reading the sensors connected to an Arduino board and using junXion to process these
o Video Inputs, use live video image to extract a 'Video Object' out of movement, color recognition, etc.
* being resolution independent, junXion v4 can handle any input data up to 16-bit resolution
* one Input Sensor such as 'joystick X-axis' can be connected to multiple Actions, thus generating multiple MIDI/OSC events
* multiple Input Sensors can be connected to one Action, so for example several switches of your joystick can trigger the same Action
* (auto) scaling of the incoming data
* straight mapping from the incoming data into one of the available MIDI/OSC events
* remapping of the computer keyboard and mouse to MIDI/OSC events
* creation of analog style sequencers using junXion's Timers
* MIDI output port or OSC network port selectable per Action
* the possibility to simultaneously connect up to 15 USB input devices and route them to separate or common MIDI channels/ports (for example: you can for instance 'play' Ableton Live with two joysticks and the computer keyboard)
* external MIDI input data can be merged with junXion's MIDI data or reprocessed and even turned into OSC messages
* save/recall user defined configurations
* editable table based response curves for the translation of gestures into MIDI controller data
* an extended set of data conditioners and conditional data routing (for example: passing a threshold by moving a joystick will first trigger a note and than send its further movement data as MIDI controller data)
* 'Timers' for timed data streams triggered and 'steered' by external input devices (for example: use for simple sequencing)
* 'Audio Events' as sensors, for each audio input junXion can extract the Level and Pitch to be used as input data.
* 'Video Events' as sensors, for each in junXion's video object editor definable Object you get six different input sensors, such as x and y position.
System requirements
junXion v4 runs on any Macintosh computer with OS X 10.4 or higher.
Download demo
For support on STEIM software, please visit the support pages.
Tutorial on MIDI and Music Synthesis
Buy
junXion v4 can be ordered online for € 75 at the KAGI online store.
Registered junXion v1.4 users can update to v4 for € 60.
Users with a registration code for junXion v3 can use the same code for v4 - no upgrade is necessary.
[email addresses]
> > > > > > > >
Some of the above functionality has successfully been applied in other STEIM systems for live performance: LiSa, The Lick Machine, SensorLab. The Amsterdam based STEIM foundation and its researchers have been at the forefront of the invention of physical input devices and touch based hardware and software instruments for live electronic music performance since the early 70's. STEIM's director Michel Waisvisz is one of the driving forces behind performances with free-movement hand-worn sensor/keyboard instruments and has, together with programmer Frank Baldé, designed several hardcore performance systems.
> > > > > > > "
http://www.steim.org/steim/junxion_v4.html
junXion v4 is a Mac OSX data routing application that can process 'sensors' from any HID (joysticks, mice, touchscreens), MIDI, OSC, Audio, Arduino and Video device using conditional processing and remapping, with MIDI or OSC events as its output. This resulting MIDI or OSC data is then available to any audio or music software that runs on that Mac or can be send to external MIDI/OSC devices.
junXion v4 is a system whereby the user creates so-called 'Patches'. Each Patch is a connection between a sensor input (for example: 'joystick X-axis' or Video Event Object y-position) and an Action (for example: 'convert the sensor data into midi controller 3, but only under certain conditions'). The Action is a user selectable set of conditions and actions that determine what should happen with the input-sensor's data and what kind of MIDI or OSC data should be send out.
junXion v4 features
* recognition and usage of 8 types of Input Sensors
o Human Interface Events, such as joystick X-axis, mouse scroll wheel, touch screen Y-axis
o MIDI Events, such as MIDI note events from Port 1, Mod. Wheel events from Port 2
o Timer Events, internal data generating processes, up to 100 Timers can be used
o OSC (Open Sound Control) Events via network
o WiiRemote Events, the popular Wii controllers support (on bluetooth machines)
o Audio Events, as level and pitch tracking sensors
o Arduino Inputs, simply reading the sensors connected to an Arduino board and using junXion to process these
o Video Inputs, use live video image to extract a 'Video Object' out of movement, color recognition, etc.
* being resolution independent, junXion v4 can handle any input data up to 16-bit resolution
* one Input Sensor such as 'joystick X-axis' can be connected to multiple Actions, thus generating multiple MIDI/OSC events
* multiple Input Sensors can be connected to one Action, so for example several switches of your joystick can trigger the same Action
* (auto) scaling of the incoming data
* straight mapping from the incoming data into one of the available MIDI/OSC events
* remapping of the computer keyboard and mouse to MIDI/OSC events
* creation of analog style sequencers using junXion's Timers
* MIDI output port or OSC network port selectable per Action
* the possibility to simultaneously connect up to 15 USB input devices and route them to separate or common MIDI channels/ports (for example: you can for instance 'play' Ableton Live with two joysticks and the computer keyboard)
* external MIDI input data can be merged with junXion's MIDI data or reprocessed and even turned into OSC messages
* save/recall user defined configurations
* editable table based response curves for the translation of gestures into MIDI controller data
* an extended set of data conditioners and conditional data routing (for example: passing a threshold by moving a joystick will first trigger a note and than send its further movement data as MIDI controller data)
* 'Timers' for timed data streams triggered and 'steered' by external input devices (for example: use for simple sequencing)
* 'Audio Events' as sensors, for each audio input junXion can extract the Level and Pitch to be used as input data.
* 'Video Events' as sensors, for each in junXion's video object editor definable Object you get six different input sensors, such as x and y position.
System requirements
junXion v4 runs on any Macintosh computer with OS X 10.4 or higher.
Download demo
For support on STEIM software, please visit the support pages.
Tutorial on MIDI and Music Synthesis
Buy
junXion v4 can be ordered online for € 75 at the KAGI online store.
Registered junXion v1.4 users can update to v4 for € 60.
Users with a registration code for junXion v3 can use the same code for v4 - no upgrade is necessary.
[email addresses]
> > > > > > > >
Some of the above functionality has successfully been applied in other STEIM systems for live performance: LiSa, The Lick Machine, SensorLab. The Amsterdam based STEIM foundation and its researchers have been at the forefront of the invention of physical input devices and touch based hardware and software instruments for live electronic music performance since the early 70's. STEIM's director Michel Waisvisz is one of the driving forces behind performances with free-movement hand-worn sensor/keyboard instruments and has, together with programmer Frank Baldé, designed several hardcore performance systems.
> > > > > > > "
http://www.steim.org/steim/junxion_v4.html
2009 Build Pictures
via EdisonRex on this electro-music.com thread"20 days into 2009 already and the builds continue. Post your stuff!
Here's last weekend's effort (mostly Saturday with some debugging on Sunday). I had a cold solder joint on of all things the power pin on U2. Silly me.
The connectors on that board are dense, so I ended up using 12-pin connectors, with some 3 pin ones on the end."
You can find more DIY pics at the thread. I'm guessing that's fonitronik on the bottom?
Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher
via this auction"The TM-7 is no longer made, and those interested probably know exactly what it is!
As the manual states:
The TM-7 is abasically a mean, angry preamp made of three vacuum tubes. Plus a feedback loop which makes the preamp unstable. The first tube is a 6AK5. It was used as an IF amplifier in military radios and suchlike. We use it as a preamp-a BAD preamp. The SCROTUM knob controls input volume. (No, you can't turn it fully down. This is intentional-because it interacts with the DOUBLE SCROTUM switch. Turning downw the input won't silence the awful noise and oscillation. Ha ha ha.) The the signal goes through ANOTHER 6AK5. The MEGA SCROTUM knob affects its gain. So, MEGA SCROTUM is basically a drive control. MEGA SCROTUM may be turned fully down, if you wish (it may or MAY NOT fully silence the TM-7). Finally, we have a 6BN6 tube. It was used as an FM modulation detector in cheap FM radios. You're not supposed to use it for audio. But it has a neat effect-when overdriven, it sounds like a push-pull guitar amp driven deep into saturation. You can affect the saturation with the SCROTUM UP YOU ASS knob. The DOUBLE SCROTUM switch inserts a FEEDBACK loop in the circuit. It's just an awful, awful thing. You'll find out. The SMASH switch selects the output desired-down, and you get the output of the second tube. Up gives the output of the third (6BN6) tube. If you want maximum saturation, flip it UP."
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