MATRIXSYNTH

YouTube Uploaded by glidepro1984 on Jan 24, 2012

"A demo of the second version of Ethero.

The app is very much in development at the moment, however it's already pretty usable!

Ethero experiments with using a light source to control sound. Whereas the first version used light to modify the pitch of a wobbly sine wave (damn it was fun!), the new version will transmit that pitch as a MIDI message to any equipment that's lucky enough to be listening!

The video shows my old (but reliable) iPhone 3GS face down on the table with its camera facing up - this is the device that runs the app. The iPad is running Moog Animoog and the iPod Touch 4G is running Tempo Rubato's NLog Midi Synth. Ethero 2 is controlling both apps via MIDI over Wifi.

As my hand gets closer to covering up the 3GS camera lens, the pitch of the notes is lowered, and vice versa. The pitches are constrained to a major scale, however I'm planning to add a few more in due course!

The interface of the app is pretty minimal at the moment (nothing to show really) - however as the app is supposed to be used with the screen face down, the UI seems secondary to getting the camera stuff 'just so'

Even though I'm the developer, I can't wait to see where this goes!"

iTunes:
ethero - glidepro
NLogSynth PRO - tempo rubato
Animoog - Moog Music Inc.

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261e waveforms

YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Jan 24, 2012

NAMM: Novation Music Demo - Launchpad, Novation UltraNova, Ableton Live

YouTube Uploaded by HarmonyCentral on Jan 24, 2012

"This music-only dance music demo uses the Launchpad, Novation UltraNova, and Ableton Live."

NAMM 2012 John Bowen Solaris synth

YouTube Uploaded by SoundsAndGear on Jan 24, 2012

"http://namm.soundsandgear.com checking out the monster digital modular synth from John Bowen called Solaris"

Synth Spotting in Brian Comnes Studio

Don't miss the pic of the back of the rack below for some spaghetti wires.

"Oberheim Matrix1000
Novation Bass Station Rack
Evolver with rack unit for 5 total voices
Kawai k5000r
Novation Drum Station
MAM Warp 9 filter
EHX Bi-filter
Next (MAM) Res-30 resonant fillter
16 stereo port submixer (2 ranes SM82s)
BiAmp SR240 stereo spring reverb (killer)
Mopho
xoxBox (#150)

APC40 ans Ableton Live
Sequential Circuits TOM
OTO Buscuit
Audible Disease Infection 2
Korg ER1
Alesis AirFX
Flight of Harmony Quad Plaque Bearer
Moog MP201 CV/MIDI pedal
several Moogerfoogers
a GI20 MIDI guitar interface fed by a RogerLinn Adrenalinn III

not in the pic are my Metasonix and Frostwave toys

The monitors are Genelecs. the subwoofer is some cheap thing and the monitor on the wall is the recording PC"

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Review: Grain Science

YouTube Uploaded by Discchord on Jan 24, 2012

"Wooji Juice brings us the most elegant granular synth on the iPad yet; as if they set out to prove that granular synthesis can sound pretty too!

It is available now on iTunes: http://goo.gl/Cu4aL (If you use my link I get a cut. Thanks!)
I am available now on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/discchord"

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