MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, August 15, 2011

Dirty Electronics at Royal Festival Hall, grain synth workshop

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Aug 15, 2011

"Dirty Electronics FLASH BANG SOLDER - Festival of Britain 60th Anniversary

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John Richards (Dirty Electronics) will be creating a large-scale public artwork entitled Hope as part of the Festival of Britain 60th Anniversary at the Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 13 and 14 August. The public will be able to drop in to a free workshop and build a tiny 'grain' synthesizer that omits a very short repeated sound and visually concurrent blinking LED. As the weekend progresses, the grains of sound are amassed into an installation to create an evolving sound and visual texture. It is only through a collective effort that the final piece is realised. From the basis of adding 'simple' grains of sound and light, a complex stochastic process and experience is produced. The work explores the themes of mass production and individualism, the hand-made and collective process in the creation of an artwork. A limited edition Festival of Britain Emblem Synth will also be produced in collaboration with Black Country Atelier.

http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/learning-participation/tickets/flash-bang-solder-60590"

LOVE STORY

YouTube Uploaded by SuicideServer on Aug 15, 2011

"Here comes my latest experiment. This track was done with the elektron machinedrum uw for most of the drum parts. The Ocatrack plays the sampled 606 snare and hihat and some fx stuff and the elektron monomachine does all the synth work. Everything was recorded into Ableton Live 8, and spiced up with some compression and reverb. The Video was editet with Final Cut Pro X and yes its meant to be lo-fi and trashy all the way.

Cheers"

KORG VC-10 Analog Vocoder 1978 | HQ DEMO

YouTube Uploaded by AnalogAudio1 on Aug 15, 2011

"The Korg VC-10 vocoder came out 1978 together with the MS-synths. The VC-10 also contains a full polyphonic keyboard and a dynamic microphone. The VC-10 has the same casing as the Korg MS-10, the VC-10 is just heavier (and this is not because its microphone). The VC-10 sounds quite good. The pitch can also be controlled by an external voltage."

KORG monotribe専用MIDIシンクロナイザー [MIDI Sync Video]

YouTube Uploaded by mithuisyouji on Aug 15, 2011

"KORG monotribeとMIDIを同期するためのシンクロナイザーです。
詳しくはヤフーオークションの出品リストへどうぞ！
http://openuser.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/user/mmsyouten"

iJX-8P Wired and Wireless CoreMIDI iPad Editor Now Available

YouTube Uploaded by iControlMIDI on May 22, 2011

iJX-8P - iControlMIDI
iPads on eBay

"Apple has released iJX-8P our Wired and Wireless CoreMIDI Editor for Roland JX-8P.

iJX-8P v1.2 offers:
• All TONE parameters
• All PATCH parameters

4-Controls per Parameter:
• Slider: full range parameter value adjustment for a ‘coarse’ workflow
• + button: precise +1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• - button: precise -1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• Parameter default value button: pressing the parameter value label / button sets this parameter to a default value for a faster workflow (ex: DCO wave = Saw; VCF frequency = wide open; etc...)

Parameter Name and Value:
• Name (ex: Wave): as displayed on the JX-8P LCD
• Value (ex: Saw): as displayed on the JX-8P LCD, dynamically changes when you use one of the 4 controls (slider, + button, - button, parameter default value button)"

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ostinato for 8 iPods - by DigiEnsemble Berlin & Muse's Starlight

YouTube Uploaded by DigiEnsemble on Aug 13, 2011

"english below // deutsche Version hier: http://digiensemble.de/ostinato

„Ostinato for 8 iPods" - Classical Music with smartphones
- DigiEnsemble: flutes and violins made of smartphones!

The DigiEnsemble Berlin is in uncharted waters. It plays classical music with smartphones. Now, they come out with comprehensive material showing how to make joint music with smartphones and tablet-PCs.

With its own composition „Ostinato for 8 iPods" the DigiEnsemble Berlin releases an own piece of music especially composed for mobile gadget. Oriented to classical music it meets the opportunities of a smartphone that turn it into an instrument.

„Ostinato for 8 iPods" is appropriate to eight players with iPods, iPhones or iPads. With a little practice it sounds like a polyphonic instrumental piece. Commented by words of its composer the sheet music for "Ostinato for 8 iPods" is published for free usage. The piece especially addresses those who have never learned an instrument or only rarely use it. The way it is designed opens the possibilities of making digi-music to everyone - even to beginners.

In its newly produced video the DigiEnsemble gives a foretaste of its prowess. From close camera perspective the art of playing can be seen in detail. The digi-musicians show how they play their instruments individually. Moreover the DigiEnsemble gives answers to questions not only musicians are concerned with: How does it work? What is special about making digi-music? What are digi-instruments good for?

The DigiEnsemble Berlin makes smartphones sound like music instruments. Eight partly classical educated musicians got together trying out how to turn iPods, iPhones and iPads into instruments. Everybody is invited to share this experience and turn school break, coffee klatch or regulars´ table into a smartphone orchestra rehearsal.

How does yours sound?

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The DigiEnsemble is an experimental study group founded and led by Matthias Krebs that follows a systematic approach to playing on mobile devices (iphone, ipad & co). Regular meetings are held for group practice as well as discussion and refinement of the approach.

If you would like to join us for the ensemble or would like to have more first hand information, please contact us at [info(at)digiensemble.de]

* http://digiensemble.de (german)
* http://youtube.com/digiensemble
* http://facebook.com/digiensemble
* http://twitter.com/digiensemble
* http://flickr.com/photos/digiensemble/
* http://soundcloud.com/digiensemble"

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

DigiEnsemble - Starlight (Muse) iPad & iPhone Coverversion
Uploaded by DigiEnsemble on Apr 15, 2011

Also see:

DigiEnsemble auf Artour (MDR) - 26. Mai 2011
The DigiEnsemble & DigiMediaL iEnsemble