Rugged Circuits BeatVox

via BeatVox

"The BeatVox Shield for Arduino is one of the least expensive ways to add sounds to your project. It can use only 1 or 2 I/O pins to make sound (depending on whether you want mono or stereo output) and leaves SPI and I2C free for other shields -- shields that easily stack on top of the BeatVox stacking headers. Sounds can be stored either on a 512Kbyte NAND FLASH on the BeatVox or right in the FLASH memory of the Arduino itself.

This is not a “kit”, there is nothing to solder, and no extra connectors or components to buy. It is fully assembled and ready to work right out of the box. Compatible with Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, Mega/Mega2560, Ruggeduino, or other Arduino-compatible boards."

via WilliamK

Rugged Circuits Flexible MIDI Shield

via Rugged Circuits

"The Flexible MIDI Shield for Arduino adds MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections for working with musical equipment. Use it to control MIDI synthesizers, respond to MIDI keyboard events, or even as a USB-to-MIDI converter. The mechanical size and shape of the shield, along with included stacking headers, allows other shields to stack on top so you can add even more functionality.

Flexibility comes from being able to select which pins are used for MIDI IN (Rx) and MIDI OUT (Tx). You can use the built-in hardware serial port pins D0 and D1 or you can select from many other serial pins and use the SoftwareSerial (or NewSoftSerial) libraries, while keeping the D0/D1 pins free for USB communication. Additional flexibility comes from being able to upload sketches without flipping any switches, even if your sketch uses D0/D1 (USB serial pins).

This is not a “kit”, there is nothing to solder, and no extra connectors or components to buy. It is fully assembled and ready to work right out of the box. Compatible with Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, Mega/Mega2560, Ruggeduino, or other Arduino-compatible boards."

via WilliamK: "I'm already doing some tests with it on my own 6 voice 8-bit drum-player, which they will release soon."

Juniper for Ableton Live, Renoise, Kontakt & Logic

"Puremagnetik Releases Juniper Part One for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Renoise & Logic

June 1st, 2011 - Woodstock NY

Juniper Part One is a collection of expertly crafted instruments based on Roland's legendary Jupiter 6, 8 and MKS analog synthesizers. Acclaimed for their huge polyphonic sound, pristine filters and oscillators, the Jupiter series can now be experienced right from your desktop. Puremagnetik's Juniper has been sampled using the Jupiter's voicing structure and dynamic filter responses to create a playable, multisampled collection of instruments.

This pack contains 30 multisample instruments and over 800 high quality 24 bit recordings. Juniper Part One also includes a selection of thickly layered multis and splits as found in the original models.

Juniper Part One is available in Ableton Live, Kontakt, Renoise and Logic formats.

Juniper Features

• A comprehensive selection of multi-sampled programs, each with expressive velocity layering
• High Quality 24 bit samples
• Advanced Ableton Live Macro Controls
• Completely integrated KSP user interface for Kontakt
• XRNI files for instant playing in Renoise

System Requirements
• Requires Ableton Live 8.2.2, Kontakt 4.2. Logic 8 or Renoise 2.7
• 250 MB of physical RAM
• 600 Megabytes (MB) of free hard disk space

Please visit www.puremagnetik.com for more info."

Benjolin Workshop, with Rob Hordijk (4th June 2011)

"Build your own electronic fun-box

In a one-day workshop conducted by legendary synth builder Rob Hordijk , participants will build the Benjolin, an analog sound-device that is very different from what you usually will find with other DIY-kits. This kit will ONLY be available through the workshop, it is not for sale separately. The class cost is just €70, plus a materials fee of €80. You will bring home an analog synth, and you can tell everyone that you`ve build it yourself!

The Benjolin is a ‘noise box’ that is ‘bent by design’, meaning that it always has a definite amount of unpredictability while it is still intuitive to play. The Benjolin features two eighteen-octave range voltage controlled oscillators that drive a ‘rungler’ circuit, circuitry that in essence uses a special interference technique feeding back into the oscillators to force them into wild chaotic behaviour. A special slightly chaotic filter is both excited and modulated by the signals from the rungler circuitry processes, producing sounds between fat drones to grungy noise havoc. The kit is somewhat challenging to build, but with a little patience and accuracy a beginner in DIY can definitely do it successfully."

Register here. Also on Facebook.

The Dark of Noon - Buchla & Haken Continuum by Richard Lainhard

on Classwar Karaoke

"Friends: I have a brand-new Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum track, "The Dark of Noon", on the latest Classwar Karaoke 0014 Survey compilation, available here for listening and free download"

Circuit Skills: PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)

YouTube Uploaded by makemagazine on Jun 1, 2011

"http://blog.makezine.com/?p=98982
Another clever trick from the world of electronics - Pulse Width Modulation is a simple method for controlling analog devices via a digital signal. It's also an efficient way to drive motors, lamps, LEDs & more."

Very rare 1 module Buchla Box

flickr By buchlajoe

"My brother , a woodworker , has made many custom cabinets for me and others. He had some wood left over and made this single space box in the style of the old San Francisco Tape Music center cabinets. I dropped an old 158 in it to complete the picture."

The Age Of Electronicus

flickr By Jim Ed Blanchard

"Music by Dick Hyman--"

on Amazon

Added to the Synth CDs post.

Slide Control Demo

YouTube Uploaded by rouetproduction on Apr 19, 2011

"Slide Control is an iPad music application for musicians. This application makes improvisation easier. You can choose any scale (major, minor, pentatonic, blues ...) and slide your finger to play any melody. With Slide Control it does not have bad grades, your movements are in harmony. Easier to play !! Easier to improvise !! Easier to create !! More imagination!!"

Rouet Production - iTunes
iPads on eBay


iBend demo / iBend + slide control

Uploaded by rouetproduction on May 29, 2011

"iBend is an application for musicians that add a pitch bend joystick for a keyboard or any midi instrument. iBend is a Universal application for free."

Connect Slide control with Midi Interface

Beatmate WIP @ Music Hack Day Berlin 2011

Beatmate WIP @ Music Hack Day Berlin 2011 from soh_la on Vimeo.

"I had the pleasure of being at Music Hack Day in Berlin. For my "hack", i used my own SOCALib Engine (coreaudio c library) to hook up all the api calls and to test/find bugs in the engine."

iPads on eBay