MATRIXSYNTH

ACSynth Quantizer 01

flickr By fonitronik
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"My board for his this PIC-based quantizer."

Aliens Project Toy of the Month 81 EKO

on Aliens-Project

Samples at the bottom of the page.

The Cup Size Choir - Online Virtual Synth Babe Synth

http://www.cupsizechoir.com/
Click skip on the bottom left and wait for it to load if nothing happens. It takes a bit.

It's polyphonic.

I'm just the messenger...

Keyboard Cat Advice from Heaven, LIVE!

YouTube via chuckieart | December 01, 2010 |

"http://www.playhimoffkeyboardcat.com
Even though Keyboard Cat has been reincarnated as Bento on this planet, he speaks from Heaven to help us all."

YouTube via paulslocum | July 15, 2010 | 6 likes, 0 dislikes

"This is a rough demo of a new iPhone music app that I plan to release in a few weeks. It's a sort of musical instrument/meditation tool/artwork. Visuals are created by spinning rug and quilt patterns, and the sound is made from loops of Christian music played backwards. The final version will have more advanced sound control and several modes with different samples, spin patterns, and sound options. I will probably also be porting it to Android."
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SIR SAMPLETON App for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

YouTube via paulslocum | November 30, 2010 |

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sir Sampleton app for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
by SOFTOFT TECHECH
http://www.softofttechech.com
[$3 in the App Store, seach for "sampleton"]

Sir Sampleton is a sampling keyboard, which means it can record sounds through the microphone that you can then play on a keyboard. If you want the sound of bagpipes or bells, then just use Sampleton to sample some bagpipes or bells. Or if you want more unique sounds, you can make samples with your own voice or noisy objects you find around the house.

Sir Sampleton is inspired by sampling toy keyboards of the 80's like the ones produced by Casio and Yamaha. These classic keyboards were great toys, but are now expensive because they are sought after by professional musicians for their warm, low-fi sound and simple operation. Now, it's possible to have similar sound and functionality in an app, plus the features that you wish the old keyboards had, like the ability to save samples.

FEATURES:
◊ Sample through the microphone and then play your samples on the dual keyboards
◊ Save and recall your samples
◊ Add rhythm with the built-in beats and random beat generator
◊ Tweak advanced sound settings such as vibrato, note trail length, and sample time
◊ Put one sample on each keyboard in dual-sample mode"

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Haplome + Press Cafe + Reason 5

Haplome + Press Cafe + Reason 5 from Steven Page on Vimeo.

"Nothing fancy here, just wanted to tell the world about how awesome Haplome is. It allows you to run Max Runtime apps designed for a monome WIRELESSLY on your iOS device. unionbridge.org/design/haplome/

In this example I used my old iPhone 3G connected to an ad hoc network set up on my computer. I'm running Max5 Runtime using Press Cafe. I routed the MIDI into Reason 5 and set it up with some of my favorite patches and a simple 8 bar beat and synth line

Let me know you think! Email or post any questions or comments"

Haplome is free

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Fluxamasynth

flickr By Sid Volter

"From the Modern Device website:
a robust synthesizer that can be completely controlled by the on-board Arduino-compatible microcontroller. With effects even. The Fluxamasynth is based on Atmel's ATSAM2195 single-chip MIDI sound system, which is part of their Dream Sound Synthesis line of programmable ICs."

More details from the product page:
"Here's the project you've been looking for: a robust synthesizer that can be completely controlled by the on-board Arduino-compatible microcontroller. With effects even. The Fluxamasynth is based on Atmel's ATSAM2195 single-chip MIDI sound system, which is part of their Dream Sound Synthesis line of programmable ICs. It was intended for battery powered keyboards or portable Karaoke machines, but I'm sure you can use and abuse the Fluxamasynth in all sorts of new and interesting ways. Here are a few suggestions:

* Make your own MIDI instrument with unconventional analog sensors
* Create algorithmic compositions
* Use it in a homebrew pinball machine to generate music and sound effects (this was how I first discovered the chip)
* Build an unusual percussion device
* Augment an analog instrument with a Fluxamasynth-based hyperinstrument

The Fluxamasynth has a built-in wavetable with 128 general MIDI sounds and an additional set of 128 variations and dozens of percussion sounds. It can play music in 64-voice polyphony without effects or 38 voices with effects.

Here are some additional features:

* 14 bits of pitch bend range
* Access to fine and coarse tuning in cents
* Access to low level wavetable parameters
* Stereo line level output
* Master volume and per-channel volume control
* 4-band Equalizer
* Chorus, flange, delay effects
* 8 Reverb effects
* Spatial effects

The ATSAM2195 chip that does all the work is hooked up to the serial transmit line of the microcontroller; making music is as easy as sending a set of MIDI-formatted bytes to the serial port. If you need to use the serial port for something else, a jumper allows you to switch to pin 4 and a software serial solution instead of the UART.

You can program the Fluxamasynth with the Arduino IDE and the Modern Device Fluxamasynth library. See the Quick Start guide for a complete example.

This version of the Fluxamasynth comes fully assembled and is standalone, i.e., the microcontroller is right on the board. You'll need a USB BUB or FTDI cable to program it. We will also be offering an assembled Arduino-compatible shield in the near future. Please let us know if there are other features you would like to see! "