MIDI Organ Controller for Native Instruments B4

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"The finished organ controller. Photos depict the final results of my B4 Controller project. The goal of the project was to build a MIDI Organ Controller with the look-and-feel of the "real thing" for playing Native Instruments' B4."

Midibox I: Building a midibox core module

YouTube via substanceg
"Assembling the core module for the midibox hardware platform from ucapps.de
(Music is "Parade" by Robert Lippok from the lovely "Falling Into Komëit" album.)"

Midibox II: LCD

"Connecting the LCD module (a 2x8 LCD salvaged from the flea-market).
And it works first time!"

Midibox III: Building a DINx4 Module

"Assembling the DINx4 module for the midibox hardware platform from ucapps.de"

Midibox IV: core + dinx4

"Testing the Midibox Core and DINX4 modules, connected to Ableton Live. Left-hand buttons are mapped to midi notes, right-hand buttons trigger clips."

Midibox V: core + dinx4 + ain

"Testing the Analogue Inputs on the core, connected to Ableton Live. Pots are 50K logarithmic which is useless for real use, but fine just for testing. They are mapped to effects racks wet/dry knobs in Live. So far, so good..."

Midibox VI: Customising the LCD

"First attempt at changing the microprocessor application code - customising the display format to fit more on the tiny 2x8 display. And... it worked!"

Waldorf Pulse Demo

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"Simple Waldorf Pulse demo - with the Pulse parameters mapped to a UC-33e midi controller. All the sounds are 100% Pulse, no effects added."

Akai S5000 Hard Drive Madness

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inside an Akai S5000

Pictured:
Top Overview of the Akai S5000
"Popped open the top of the sampler. You can see almost all of the internal board layout and wiring."

XLR8R TV Ep. 123: Max for Live!

XLR8R TV Ep. 123: Max for Live! from XLR8RTV on Vimeo.

"What You Talkin' Bout, Willits? Max for Live!

We interrupt our usual broadcasting to bring you a special preview of the unreleased Max for Live!

Ableton gave Christopher Willits the green light to show off some of the features from the not-yet-released Max for Live. If you're a digital-signal-processing dork like us, you know this represents an exciting leap forward.

Tune in once a month as Christopher shows us some of the ways he produces his own music, as well as the many cool things you can do with recording software. According to Christopher, "I simply want to excite people's imaginations and creative processes so they can more easily create the sounds and music and art they love."
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Synthesizers.com Q106 Sync Effect

YouTube via blwvideo
"This video is primarily intended as a comparison to an earlier one I posted today.

This is a stripped down version of the other video, consisting only of Synthesizers.com Q106 oscillators. There are no filters, VCA's, envelopes, sequencers, or other modules involved, just Q106's with me playing the same notes as before, straight into the mixer and recorded in Logic.

I wanted to offer this version in part to demo the sync effect, which I think is cool, and to better illustrate what the STG filter adds to the patch in the other video.

The patch involves two Q106's with identical settings, except that one is hard synced and one is soft synced to a pulse wave from a third Q106, with the pulse width being modulated by a fourth Q106 acting as an LFO. The third and fourth 106's aren't being used for audio. No other processing is added.

My apologies for the messed up timing in the slide show!"

Sequential Circuits PROPHET VS Rack

via this auction




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"This is a quick video showing the condition of the Prophet VS I am offering for sale. I am demonstrating that the numeric keys work fine, since this is a common fault with the units, and giving a tour of the cosmetic wear. Thanks!"

64 (Video) Fingers

64 (Video) Fingers from Charlie Visnic on Vimeo.

"This is a demo video of my app 64 (Video) Fingers. Modded from Dovemouse's 64 Fingers you trigger video and audio clips from the monome. Enjoy!" inspired by http://thru-you.com/

Zn'shñ : Wave study w/ Sleepdrone 5, Dual Tone Generator & analog filters

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"Wave study w/ Sleepdrone 5, Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator, Dual Tone Generator + Tenori-On. Contents : square wave, oscillators, analog filtering, micro-pulses, clicks, glitches...

Warning : This video contains very high frequencies.

N.B.- According to a fictitious etymology, the term Zn'shñ signifies: the gleam of dark colours. Deliberately antithetic and intentionally enigmatic, Zn'shñ is enthused by Butoh iconography, Japanese Gagaku aesthetic and Tibetan rituals codification. Operating as a dual electronic unit (mulit-instrumentalis/composer Franck Smith and artist/sound-activist Elvire Bastendorff), Zn'shñ deepens some very specific works around digital phonocrafting and noise manufacturing.
IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Sleepdrone 5 (via main output)
- 2 Benfox Dual Tone Generator
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- Benfox Ben HF
- TENORI-ON
- Space Echo RE-20
- Electro Harmonix Pulsar

http://www.myspace.com/znshn
http://znshn.blogspot.com
http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...

http://francksmith.blogspot.com

See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette
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Zn'shñ Franck Smith Elvire Bastendorff alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette TENORI-ON Yamaha Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator Sleepdrone 5 Benfox Dual Tone Generator Space Echo RE-20 Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing"

Narrativas Sonoras

Narrativas Sonoras from Rui Penha on Vimeo.

"Narrativas Sonoras is a very simple audio sequencer that uses granular synthesis at it’s core engine.
Note: The interface appears slow due to the overload caused by the video capture software, the application actually runs smoothly, but only on a recent computer!

More info: www.ruipenha.pt"