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New Synthrotek Analog Sequencer Videos

A couple more just added to this post.

Beat707 New V1.2.0 Update

YouTube Uploaded by beat707videos on Apr 6, 2011

"This is the new V1.2.0 for Beat707 - Here I'm doing a quick check on Mirroring Pattern Edit with 64 steps. (32 x 1/16 and 32 x 1/32)

www.Beat707.com

An Arduino Shield.

Here's the complete list of changes for V1.2.0 as of April 06 2011

- This version uses Song Format 2, therefore is not compatible with previous Songs.
- Double Pattern Size: each pattern now holds 64 steps, instead of the 32 previous mode.
- Each pattern now has an A and B set of steps, each has 32 steps for a total of 64 steps.
- The Copy/Paste pattern area is now saved on the EEPROM. So you can copy a pattern from one song and past into another song's pattern.
- Improved the LCD code by reducing the LiquidCrystal library and creating the WLCD library on its place.
- Improved MIDI Clock by using the 16-bit Timer1 (before was 8-bit Timer2)
- BPM Range now goes from 25 to 255 BPM
- Added special Pattern Mirror Mode Editing (slow double click Shift or use the menu navigation)
- Added Midi Clock Shuffle (0 to 6)
- Added option to edit patterns from the Song mode. Just hit Record and it will go directly to the Pattern that is playing, hit Left+Right to go back to Song mode.
- When Playing in Song Mode, now you can go up and down Song Positions. (before you could only edit BPM)
- Added Left+Right key shortcut: cycles all 3 modes: Pattern, Song and File.
- Holding shift and Hiting Record will make the Shift key "stick". Release Shift and hit Record again to "un-stick" the Shift key.
- Quick Shift Click still goes from 1/16 to 1/32 step editing. (or 1/32 to 1/64 in double speed) But now, you don't see a message, just a small icon change next to the pattern number, where now shows A/B. A small square above A/B tells you are in double step editing mode.
- Better code for less Flash space even with the latest additions."

Beat707 Shuffle (V1.2.0)

Uploaded by beat707videos on Apr 6, 2011

"This is the new V1.2.0 MIDI Clock Shuffle for Beat707

www.Beat707.com

An Arduino Shield"

Roland Jupiter-80 Musik Messe by Rock oN Report

Overview of the sounds and engine added to this post. Don't miss this one.

New Schmidt Analog Monster Polysynth Details - Price Rumors

See today's update in this post.

Update: rumored price on the Messe floor added to the post.

The BEFACO Slicer V2

You might remember the Befaco Slicer from this previous post. Nico wrote in to let us know the BEFACO Slicer V2 is now available.

"The Slicer V2 is a simple 8 step analog sequencer with Gate and CV outputs; it can also chop any audio signal into little pieces!

Made in Barcelona by Befaco, it's available as a pre-assembled unit or DIY kit.

Features:
>> Sync In and Out, to hook up with other Slicers, or any other (semi)(modular) analog gear.
>> Independent CV and Gate outputs.
>> 8 steps, 3 positions each: Long, Mute, Short.
>> Range of about 4 octaves per step.
>> Rate control
>> Works with a 9V battery (included) or AC adaptor.
>> About the size of a CD case!

To find out more, visit comunycorriente.com or befaco.org"

The passenger - sombre landscape 03

The passenger - sombre landscape 03 by the passenger

"korg ms20, yamaha cs30, akai ax60, roland jupiter 4, modular synthesizer"

Roth Mobot Experimental Electronics Events

via the Roth Mobot Newsletter:

1.Crowdsourced 1.0 @ The Empty Bottle

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 7:00 - 10:00 PM

The Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, $3

Photo by Scott Rettberg

To the unfamiliar, "crowdsourced" means that the content that is the most popular "rises to the top" via votes--as in, the crowd chooses what's the most relevant. Threadless is a good example: only the designs that are voted hottest actually make it to production.

Electronic music fans and supporters were asked to vote on a number of submissions from Chicago artists to determine the lineup for a night of entertainment at the Empty Bottle. Approximately 600 online-votes later, the results were in, and the top four acts were picked, and will perform in order of the number of votes received.

Crowdsourced 1.0 Lineup:
dreamlogicc 9:15pm
Protman 8:30pm
Roth Mobot 7:45pm
Polyfuse 7:00pm

2.Tim Kaiser & Roth Mobot, Live @ TRANSISTOR

Photo by Tom Young

Friday, April 22, 8 PM
TRANSISTOR, 5045 N. Clark St., Chicago
$5 suggested donation ~BYOB~

TRANSISTOR presents experimental circuit bent performers Tim Kaiser and Roth Mobot. According to Art Tape, "Tim Kaiser not only creates compelling musical soundscapes, but he does it all with instruments he has built -- truly hand-made music for the atmospheric aficionado." Says Kaiser, “My music is atmospheric; I’m not as concerned with melody or rhythm as I am with texture and feeling… …perhaps I’m creating a kind of folk music from the future.” (Source: Theatre Intangible interview with Tim Kaiser). More of Tim's work at www.TimKaiser.org.

Roth Mobot's Patrick McCarthy and Tommy Stephenson have been transforming music composition from an activity of composition and "correct duplication" to exploration and "sonic discovery" with their strategically improvised "recursive jazz" performed on home made experimental and circuit bent devices since 2005. More at www.RothMobot.com.

3.The Boys & Girls Club of America

Photo by Michael T. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Recently Roth Mobot was invited by Northwestern University to give one of their lecture/demonstrations of experimental musical instrument construction to a the local Science Club chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of America.

Patrick explained the principles of constructive failure, acoustic exploration, and rudimentary experimental electronics hacking to a group of approximately twenty students and their teachers.

4.Roth Mobot Written Up in the DuPage Courier

The College of DuPage's student newspaper, the Courier, recently published an interview with Tommy and Patrick in their Arts section. It's a nice write up, focusing on our approach to music, our re-purposing of discarded technology, and our academic focus on community building.