Fairlight Now Available for iPhone and iPad

"The legendary Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument - in your pocket! Create music the way the major artists of the '80s did: Alan Parsons, Brian Eno, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and so many more. Listen to the actual sounds used to create that instantly recognisable sound of the '80s.

The CMI's Page R was the world's first screen-based rhythm sequencer. Today every sampler, digital synthesizer, sequencer and audio workstation can trace its lineage back to this legendary machine. Now you can have, in your pocket or on your iPad, a piece of history developed by Fairlight staff who worked on the CMI in the '80s.

BUILT-IN FEATURES

- browse and play the entire original Fairlight CMI IIX Sounds floppy disk library - 32 disks containing 564 voices.

- display voices graphically using the iconic Page D, and change your viewpoint by tipping your iPhone/iPad.

- play built-in Fairlight CMI Page R compositions.

- import and play Page R compositions and instrument collections sent to you by others.

- authentic Fairlight CMI user interface experience, including floppy disk sounds.

- on-screen music keyboard.

- use an external MIDI keyboard to play the CMI voices. The Line6 MidiMobilizer and Akai SynthStation are supported.

UPGRADE to PRO VERSION (in-App upgrade)

You can use the in-App upgrade process to add these features for an additional $39.99:

- gain access to the CMI III voices library.

- create instrument sets that store settings for all 8 channels, including the voices, pitch shifts, volumes, release times etc.

- use Page R to create songs that can be used with any instrument set.

- use the on-screen keyboard or external MIDI keyboard to record new notes while your composition is playing (minimum iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G or iPad recommended).

- play back your masterpiece, essentially as it would sound on a real CMI!

- export MIDI files from Page R, with General MIDI instruments for each channel specified by you

- import MIDI files into Page R, with all the notes ready to be edited.

- import audio files to be used as voices in your instrument sets and compositions.

- send and receive songs and instrument sets by email."

Fairlight Instruments Pty Ltd - all versions
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Timetabulatin' 2 - Return of the MATHS

Timetabulatin' 2 - Return of the MATHS from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

"Galloping Timetable groove with MFB drum modules going into the QMMG with various modulations from MATHS."

200e bipolar rhythm

YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Mar 18, 2011

"The 250e is feeling rhythmically bipolar.
Started off as a gamelan patch, but I got distracted by the rhythmic part.

The 250's clock is being modulated by the 266e, but the 250e is also being controlled by the PendulumRatchet, which is in a nice sexy rhythmic 3some with the 250e and 266e feeding back into each other, dirty birds."

最高峰のマテリアルとTAEが生み出すシンセシスの境地Origin Keyboard! by Rock oN!

YouTube Uploaded by RockoNCompany on Mar 18, 2011
Origin comes in at 3:02. Audio demo comes in at just over 5:40.
"独創的構造にして贅を尽くした筐体に秘められた仏Arturia社技術の粋を集めた TAE(True Analog Emulation)で甦るアナログシンセ銘機達のサウンド。もはや説明不要シンセジャンキー涎垂のモデリングシンセサイザーOrigin Keyboardの神髄をOn Air !"

Googlish:
"Buddha hidden in the housing structure to lavish collection of the best of innovative technology Arturia's TAE (True Analog Emulation) Analog Excellence revived in our sound. Shinsejanki explanatory model of vertical drool anymore the essence of Origin Keyboard Synthesizer On Air!"

Grokking the FS1R: Part 3 - Simple 2-Operator FM with variable modulator waveforms.

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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Unboxing

YouTube via Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Mar 17, 2011

"The long-awaited OP-1 from Teenage Engineering is here. Just a box opening video here, but more videos to come of what it can do! Stay tuned..."

Yamaha CS-40m Demo Video

YouTube Uploaded by soundsubs on Mar 17, 2011
via this auction
"This is a demo of the Yamaha CS-40m analog synth. It is intended to show most of the functionality and features of the synth. It also demonstrates the interesting sounds you can get when the memory gets scrambled. It was recorded straight into the computer with no effects, eq, or compression."

Bliptronic step-sequence synthesizer / controller

via this auction
"Here we have a relatively rare little synthesizer which looks and works much like a Tenori On or Monome- it provides you with a matrix of LED illuminated buttons, on which you compose patterns which can then be looped. Its a unique, addictive and intuitive way of composing little tunes and great fun to muck about on!

The Bliptronic is a basic unit; besides its 8 x 8 grid of buttons, you get 8 simple lo-fi voices (FM synthesis- akin to a toy keyboard), control over the speed in 20 BPM increments, loop on/off and ports for headphones, line out and trigger in/out. Its finished nicely however, and has a good look and feel with its aluminium panel and knobs.

The Bliptronic has a lot of potential- just run a search on google or youtube for ‘Bliptronic 5000’ to see what people have been getting up to with them! Here are some ways you can get the most out of it:

* Putting it through external effects, kaoss pads or the Korg Monotron etc.
* Using (freely available) audio -> midi programs to use the grid as a midi controller, turning it into a drum machine or software synth controller
* Circuit bending- some interesting results have been achieved and guidance is available online
* Daisy-chaining several using trigger in/out to play and compose collaboratively on the fly
* Conversion into a full monome clone or OSC/midi controller using an Arduinome-based upgrade (not supplied)

The bliptronic requires 4AA batteries (not supplied) so its totally portable, and comes with 2 link cables for linking with other bliptronics, basic instructions (not really required!) and boxed in its original packaging."

54 FSR MoogerFooger Love

YouTube Uploaded by 7thDanSound on Mar 17, 2011

"The FSR is ideal for working with the Moog MoogerFooger pedals as they have plenty of voltage control possibilities. But what makes it so easy is that the MoogerFoogers supply their own control voltage on the ring of the control inputs for use with passive devices such as the Moog foot pedal. As the FSRs are passive this is a great feature. They are unattenuated however and as the FSRs are slightly sensitive ideally you'd need some kind of attenuator, like in the CP251."

Testing the Brazilian analog synth Voltix

Testing the Brazilian analog synth Voltix from Marcus Chiado on Vimeo.

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