Review: Addictive Synth for iPad

YouTube Uploaded by Discchord on Jul 26, 2011

"Addictive Synth is an Additive Synth for the iPad, by VirSyn. The depth of this synthesizer is both taunting and inviting. With so many morph and modulation options there is a lot of fun to be had."

Addictive Synth - VirSyn
iPads on eBay

Roland SH-1000 Demonstration

YouTube Uploaded by AtomicMusicStore on Jul 26, 2011

"Roland SH-1000 Demonstration"

Keyboard Shoot

flickr By bergstenmusic
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Ztar Z6S-XP's in Black & White...

via Starr Labs where you'll find more pics.

"6 programmable pots, 6 touch sensitive programmable pads, Ribbon, Joystick, Ableton Live fingerboard layouts and sysex templates, gives you ROBUST control over all aspects of your synthesizer, sampler, DAW!"

STARR Labs on eBay (RSS)

GrainBender for iPad

"GrainBender will be on sale at 50% off for a limited time!

GrainBender is a new iPad synthesizer that makes designing new sounds easier than ever before. Just tap the bend button and sculpt your new sound directly in realtime. GrainBender is capable of making a wide range of sounds, from traditional analog favorites to exotic digital effects.

Key features:
- unique, intuitive sound design interface
- versatile oscillators with analog & digital waveforms
- audio clip recording and export to other apps via AudioCopy
- extensive but easy-to-use modulation
- effects ranging from chorus and delay to digital grunge

Browse to the website to see videos of GrainBender in action."

GrainBender - Burgerkone - iTunes
iPads on eBay

Update: Some audio demos:

GrainBender sound demos by kuniklo

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Kanukanakina - "Ubiquitário de galerias hexagonais"

Kanukanakina - "Ubiquitário de galerias hexagonais" from MPAGDP on Vimeo.

"PROJECTO 197

Gravado a 21 de julho no terraço da Galeria Zé dos Bois

Realização: Márcia Sousa
Som: Nélia Marquez

Panasonic DVX100
Sanken css5"

Aalto 1.2.6 from Madrona Labs Now Available

"Aalto, the innovative, fully patchable softsynth from Madrona Labs, is now at version 1.2.6 This update brings several performance upgrades and continues support for Windows 7, Windows XP (VST) and Mac OS X (AU and VST). New to Aalto 1.2.6 is a complete user manual. Over 50 pages in length, it includes an introduction to patchable synthesis, as well as complete documentation to all of Aalto's controls: a valuable resource for newbies and expert synthesists alike.

Aalto's free-running complex oscillator and its lowpass gate module allow the creation of sounds that have been difficult or impossible to create with software until now. Aalto's ingenious animated dials allow the user to both adjust and view signals in a way that is intuitive, fun and useful.

New in Aalto version 1.2.6:
- improved performance!
- optimized patch loading
- user manual
- fixed Logic dropouts, improved Logic CPU spikes
- fixed Live 7 UI hangs
- fixed Sonar crash
- fixed Maschine scan crash
- fixed multislider parameter behavior
- added debug diagnostics
- smaller executable

Aalto's price is $99, which includes a license for both Mac and Windows versions. For a limited time, every buyer of Aalto will also receive a $99 credit toward the purchase of Soundplane, the highly anticipated touch-sensitive instrument from Madrona Labs.

The Aalto 1.2.6 update is free for existing Aalto customers. A non-time-limited demo version of Aalto is also available free of charge.

System requirements:
- SSE2 capable processor. 1.6GHz Intel Core Duo or better recommended.
- Mac OS: 10.5 or higher.
-Windows XP or Windows 7.

About Madrona Labs:
Madrona Labs designs innovative hardware and software for computer music. The company was founded in 2009 by Randy Jones, who has been writing and shipping software tools for creative expression since 1998. Randy and his colleagues are driven to create electronic instruments capable of being as least as expressive as acoustic instruments.

For more information on Madrona Labs and the Soundplane, visit our web site at http://madronalabs.com."

Fairlight CMI Legacy XXL Details

video posted here

Some additional info via Bitley

"So what is the Fairlight XXL? It is a refill for Reason 5 or Reason 5 & Record 1.5 and upwards. It contains the entire Fairlight CMI library, used with kind permission from Fairlight Instruments in Australia. Being the 8th major release of the Fairlight refills since April 2010 when the first version came, it now contains 3 Gb of data (this is compressed when packing the refill; the refill itself is close to 2 Gb’s), over 13,000 individual files in all; more instruments has been added all the time.

Instruments:

CMI IIx, D-50, JX8P, JX10, Prophet 5 Rev 2, Jupiter 4, Moog Minimoog, Moog Prodigy, SH101, MS20, EII, EIII, Prophet VS, DX7, TX81Z, TX816, 01/W FD, Juno 106, PPG Wave 2.2, Matrix 12, SQ80, VZ-1, V-Synth, S-750, EMT-1, MU-80, Subtractor (!), SX-250, Sequential 440 and more.

Drums & loops:

Although this isn’t really a “loop” library as such, some interesting rex files are actually included, such as some ‘vibes’ from a heavily modified TR-606. You will also find individual drum ‘hits’ from CMI IIx, TR-505, 606, 626, 707, 808, 909, Sequential 440, EIII, LinnDrum, Sequential Tom, DMX, DR-220E, CR-68, CR-78, RX5, MRS-8, DDD 1 E-drums, M1, SX-250, RZ1, CZ230S and more.

What happens with the Fairlight CMI II+ ReFill?

If you have it, you can upgrade to XXL for a small fee; or keep using it until you feel curious about more sounds. The major difference between the refills is that II+ is compatible with Reason 4 as well; XXL is made with and for Reason 5 and upwards. While II+ also works in Reason 5, this new version is fatter, even more seriously organized and in a word, better.

Fairlight CMI II+ is still availble on the site if you want a cheaper refill that still knocks the socks of just about any other refill in the entire world."

Fender Pedal Bass - Schematics and PCB

Higher detail of Rita's scan previously posted here. Via Roger who hooked up with Rita to update the scan.

Akai S3200 Sampler as a Subtractive Synthesizer

Akai S3200 Sampler as a Subtractive Synthesizer #1 - Bass by syso42
"Just a very basic bassline sound I've made for the S3200. Note that there's no real sample used. In this case the Sampler is used as a 'Subtractive Synthesizer'"

Akai S3200 Sampler as a Subtractive Synthesizer #2 - Pad by syso42