MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, May 29, 2009

Native Instruments Maschine Demo Part Three: Now We're Getting Somewhere

YouTube via gearwire
"Now at Part Three of our epic demo of Native Instruments Maschine, we are finally getting into the hardware / software bundle's whole raison d'etre: making beats. Owen O'Malley further proves his prowess outside of Guitar City, scrolling through those menus and adjusting parameters like a real pro. You can be a pro too, if you just watch this demo. So let's get started with Part Three!"

An Fun Application of Wavelet Processing

YouTube via emh203. Voice sampling on a playground synth. Think about it...
"'Kid' powered 'Drum Panel/Synthesizer' for Playgrounds. 'Buttons' are simple regions of plastic shaped in circles with vibration sensors. A wavelet analysis bank is used to separate "hits" in a specific location from random structural vibrations and hits that may have happened elsewhere. It also has a cool voice/rhythm record mode.

After the first demo of the voice record/ playback the unit runs out of juice. One gets anywhere from 45-seconds to 3 minutes depending on how the unit is used.

Sorry for the shaky video. I was trying to hold the camera while operating the unit. The is some background noise from someone running power equipment in the background."

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Roland 100m M185 MKII Sequencer

flickr set by ryktnk
(click for more)

"A new sequencer for the Roland 100m modular synthesizer.

Each stage has gate mode and count switches to set the type of note [mute, single, repeat, long], and the length or repeat of the note [1-8].

This MKII version also features programmable portamento, step subdivision, and a "fixed-length" sequence mode."

follow-up to previous post back in April of last year.
Update: video here.

Omnisphere Vids

YouTube via Stagehandspace
Omnisphere 1 Overview pt1
Omnisphere 1 Overview pt2
Omnisphere 1 Overview pt3
Omnisphere 2 Browser pt1
Omnisphere 2 Browser pt2
Omnisphere 3 Live mode
Omnisphere 3 Stack mode
Omnisphere 5 Edit page
Omnisphere 6 Modulation
Omnisphere 7 Oscillator pt1
Omnisphere 7 Oscillator pt2
Omnisphere 8 LFOs pt1
Omnisphere 8 LFOs pt2
Omnisphere 9 Envelopes