Modular Synthesizer OSC HRM Attack 2011

YouTube Uploaded by MrRitchieDrums on Apr 23, 2011

"Bass line produced by the Catgirl sequencer to (2) Q106 VCOs then a synthacon filter. A Hordijk HRM OSC is being triggered by the MFOS Rotary Seq & a MATTSON Envelope is altering inputs along with LFOs and it is going through a Q107 Filter(w LFO panned R). MFOS is also going to the MOTM 1485 GX-1 Diode Filter(1v input) through a Metasonix R52(also LFO panned L).TipTop Z8000 is sending 2 pitches to 2 Blue Lantern Black Jack VCOs (4 steps) through the Mattson filter. Also sending 4 steps to a Q106 through the STG Mankato filter. Finally 16 steps from the Z8000 are going to a Malekko Anti-Osc being altered by a Noisering!!"

fun time, iggy pop & david bowie

YouTube Uploaded by 19wendywoo68 on Apr 8, 2009

String Solina on top of the piano. Mixer to Bowie's right? If anyone knows what it is, feel free to comment. Image below from 1:29.

"Featuring Iggy Pop, David Bowie & Hunt & Tony Sales( Who went on to form Tin Machine with David Bowie)"

This one in via Brian Comnes.

Suzuki Portachord Tronichord

via this auction

"Also Known as 'Tronichord' model pc-27

This is the "original" omnichord (well, it was the beginning of the evolution of the omnichord). This is the first of it's kind, and it then led to the future production of the Omnichord which has more features/options.

I sent this to Suzuki to have the power source modified. Being that this is from the late 70's, the battery compartment had a very old terminal for AA batteries. I could barely get today's AA batteries to fit in, and when they did, they were almost impossible to get them back out. The connection was also undependable and the batteries often felt hot. So about a year ago, I sent it to Suzuki and "Franz"(I guess he is known as the omnichord guy) replaced the AA terminal with a 9-volt. This is much more convenient for quickly swapping batteries out if you were to play it on stage. The battery life seems to be unaffected by replacing the AA's with one 9-volt. Franz from Suzuki thought, if anything it might last longer. He tested it for 4 hours and said it still played(battery didn't die)... After being serviced, the battery door hasn't stayed on as well as it used to..."

This one in via brian comnes.

Richard Lainhart & Lucio Menegon, Improvisation #2

Richard Lainhart & Lucio Menegon, Improvisation #2 by Kingtone Music
"Richard on Buchla Continuum and processing and LM on lapsteel guitar thru tape and digital delay. Part of an ongoing process of live performance recordings done at Richard's studio."

Audiority Harshness

Harshness for Ableton Live by Audiority

"Harshness is a tiny library dedicated to those who want to add some real destruction to their tracks or to artists who are not afraid of heavy distorted, degraded, clipped, short-circuited sounds.

Specifications

- 61 Ableton Live devices divided in:

12 Instruments
42 Drum Racks (within five families)
5 advanced Audio Effect Racks
2 advanced MIDI Effect Racks
20 sample Live clips"

Beta Easter(n)

YouTube Uploaded by iranief on Apr 23, 2011

Opal Chameleon & Spectrasonics Omnisphere.

"This is the first video recording of myself playing in Carlos Beta. The title refers to the fact that this piece was composed/improvised during Easter week and that it, somehow, sounds "Eastern" to me.
Read my blog for details: http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/9d774615381a06e228b7de11a9394562-97.html"

Waldorf Lector Vocoder, Filter Bank and Synthesizer

"Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water - the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects. Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.

The analysis filter bank splits the incoming audio signal into as many as 100 frequency bands, the intensity of which modulates the volume levels of an equal number of band-pass filters in the synthesis filter bank. The integrated 16-voice synthesizer or an external source provides the input signal for the synthesis filter bank. This lets you do fun things like apply a melody line or chord sequence to articulate vocals or speech.

When we set out to develop the Lector, we looked long and hard at what it takes to make a powerful vocoder tick. This why you will find on the ergonomic user interface some special features and unusual parameters that let you tweak even the most minute details. The fabled Waldorf multimode filter with slope of 12dB or 24dB features prominently. You also get a whitening filter that bleaches the signal before it is colored by the vocoder. This comes in very handy when you’re processing choir and voice samples. A three-band equalizer serves to boost and cut whatever frequencies of the generated signal you wish to target.

The integrated 16-voice synthesizer sports two oscillators with quintessential analog waveforms such as sine, triangle, sawtooth, and square with variable pulse width, sample & hold and noise, as well as freely loadable single and multi-samples. FM and ring modulation enrich the vocoder’s signal with further overtone spectra. The Lector also offers a selection of typical effects used to refine vocoder signals - tube overdrive, transistor distortion and hard clipping, six-voice chorus / flanger, synchronizable stereo delay, and realistic reverb."

via Waldorf. You can find a video of Lector at the Musikmesse here.

Kinect Reaktor Ensemble & Kinect Wiith a Kaossilator

YouTube Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Apr 22, 2011

"A Reaktor Ensemble for visualizing Kinect skeletal data available at geometricmusic.co.uk. OSCKinnection feeds the skeletal data into Reaktor using OSC. The yellow orb is controlled by the two hands and the orb position controls a synthesizer. All joint positions can be used as synth inputs."

NWIF: Kinect Wiith a Kaossilator

Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Jan 22, 2011

Kinect hooked up to a Kaossilator pro and Kaoss Pad using NWIF, WiiMote hooked up to NI Massive, all using Midi over IP. For more details see:
sites.google.com/site/newwaveinstrumentfabric/

Rwake @ Roadburn

flickr By bm^

NodeBeat - iOS Music Sequencer

NodeBeat - iOS Music Sequencer from AffinityBlue on Vimeo.

"NodeBeat is an experimental node-based audio sequencer and generative music application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

By combining music and exploration, NodeBeat allows anyone to create a variety of rhythmic sequences and ambient melodies in a fun and intuitive fashion.

Release Date: April 25th, 2011"

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay