Modular Synth Meetup (SLAMM) 9/4/10

flickr set by kjackman
"First Salt Lake Area Modular Meeting (SLAMM) meetup on 9/4/2010. With VIP visitor Nyle Steiner."

"Nyle Steiner looking over prototypes of David Ingebretsen's faithful reproduction of the classic Steiner Synthasystem)"

EM-Tronic

flickr By rarebeasts
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"The EM-Tronic is a small hand held synth that makes a large range of electronic noises."

video here

Mike Gao presents Vocal Beater mobile app video feat. Exile, Tokimonsta, Dumbfoundead cameos

YouTube via mikegao85 | August 30, 2010

After winning several beat battles up and down the California coast, Mike Gao has released an app for iPhone and iPod Touch allowing one to beatbox into a phone, email it, then load it up in a MPC, other beat machine, or DAW.

Vocal Beater is by Mike Gao Mobile (MIGAMO).
Turn your beat box into a velocity sensitive MIDI file to email.

If you don't beat box, you can train the app with other sounds and use it as a step sequencer locked to a recorded groove.
Detected hits can be edited.

www.twitter.com/mikegao for updates
www.soundcloud.com/mikegao for beats"

Kayla Kavanagh ~ Raindance (Eigenharp Pico)

YouTube via kaylakavanagh | February 04, 2010

"'Raindance' (composed in 2006, originally for quartet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMuruP... performed on the Eigenharp Pico. http://www.kaylakavanagh.com"

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Battlestar Galactica Cylon theme on Eigenharp Alpha

YouTube via gbevin | September 06, 2010

"I've been studying the Eigenharp Alpha for a few months and have been looking for a nice song to cover until my own compositions are finished. I accidentally stumbled into the melody of the Battlestar Galactica Cylon theme while jamming and thought it could be a perfect fit.

The theme is heard in the series by the final five Cylons and it's a melody that Bear McCreary composed on top of the chords of Bob Dylan's 'All Along the Watchtower'. I continued improvising off of the piano song that the series' character Kara Thrace is trying to remember and made my own version of it.

This arrangement on the Eigenharp Alpha features Tonehammer's Emotional Piano, the Eigenharp's natively modeled Cello, Orange Tree Samples Evolution Electric Guitar Strawberry, Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and FabFilter Twin 2. The drum loops are part of the extensive collection that ships with the Eigenharp.

At the end of the song it seems that I'm taxing my two year old MacBook Pro a bit too much and there's some crackling since the CPU has trouble keeping up. It was fine while rehearsing, but recording at the same time seems to have pushed it over the edge, sorry about that. I should have expected this as these Kontakt sampler instruments are so detailed that some computers have trouble even playing them by themselves.

I hope you enjoy this performance nonetheless, do tell me what you think of it."

Eigenharp Pico - Live recording "Winter Movement"

gbevin | February 02, 2010

"If you like this song, consider supporting me on Akamusic:
http://akamusic.com/gbevin

This song got me to win the runner-up prize for the Eigenharp Alpha competition."

more videos here

Tchaikovsky in the style of UVB-76

YouTube via Allerian1 | September 06, 2010

"From vinyl, backwards, processed through the Machinedrum. Inspired by the recent activities of a distant Russian transmitter."

TouchOsc controlling Modular Synth

TouchOsc controlling Modular Synth from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"TouchOsc iPhone app sending osc data into PureData Extended, where it is converted to midi and sent to the Doepfer MCV24 which converts it to voltage and controls the modular synth.
TouchOsc XY Pad controls the pitch of two Thomas Henry VCO-1 which also crossmodulate each other.
TouchOsc Sliders control Elby Steiner filter cutoff, Plan B Model 10 env cycle speed, Doepfer BBD feedback and delay. Thomas White LPG used in both mode for amplification. Delay is a Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. Sorry for the video quality, its done using a photo cam.
Using TouchOsc is fun, there is a lot of control right at your fingertips. Actually it can control way more than i have to control :) Really cool app. Disadvantage is the steping in the control voltages that you can hear quite well, especially when controlling the pitch of oscillators. Not sure if its the midi resolution, the mcv24 or the application itself."

iPads on Ebay
iPod Touch on Ebay

Cat Finds Bass Drum Hideaway

flickr By Achromatic Lodge

KORG Poly-800

Electro Harmonix Memory Boy Synthesizer Module DIY

YouTube via MrRitchieDrums | September 06, 2010

"Synthesizers & guitar effects pedals have always worked great together. Having a stomp box with my synth is not comfortable for me. Analogue delay synth modules currently sell for $400-$500. - WAY OUT OF MY BUDGET!!! So I converted a Memory Boy pedal to a module for UNDER $140. My cousin cut the pedal box down to a panel & I added jacks to work in the front for easy patching!"

See the poll in this post.

Huba&Silica + Piloy + Jahricio

flickr By hubasilica
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Update: video for Huba&Silica's new track CRAZE below (also posted on MATRIXSYNTH-C).


YouTube via roedor2 | September 03, 2010
Find the Original Mix + Remixes at http://hubasilica.bandcamp.com/
"El joven Kaleth, aprendiz del dancehall y la vía rastafari, finalmente está listo para dominar el paso secreto y centenario del dancehall que acerca a quienes lo conocen a la reina del Pum pum shot. Huba, su maestro, teme lo inminente de su propia muerte, y así se lo hace saber. La suerte está echada. Y, a final de cuentas, Sirtaker es solo un mensajero más de Babylon.

[Googlish: "The young Kaleth, apprentice and route dancehall Rastafarian, is finally ready to master the secret passage and the centenary of the dancehall that comes to those who know the queen of Pum pum shot. Huba, his teacher, the imminent fear of his own death, and so he does know. The die is cast. And, ultimately, is only a messenger Sirtaker over Babylon."]

Huba&Silica - Craze
Videoclip, 4 minutos.
Dirección: H&S
Producción: Olalla Lorena Vargas
Edición y dirección de fotografía: Alonso Víquez"

via Huba & Silica
"We've just launched our newest single, it's called Craze (feat. Jahricio + OP8). The video was shot on the costa rican caribbean (paradise!) and tells the story of a young rastafari apprentice that must master the ultimate dancehall step to fight babylon and fulfill his destiny.

The track was produced using only the Vermona DRM1 MK3, tons of Moog Voyager, Reaktor and BFD2 in Ableton Live. Mixed at Eleventy Studios and Mastered by Simon Davey @ The Exchange, London.

Find the Original Mix + Remixes at http://hubasilica.bandcamp.com/"