din for Linux

"A collection of drones tracing the famous chinese symbol for yin & yang philosophy, the Taijitu"

yin-yang by din~is~noise

And much more:

"If Puredata and Supercollider are two synths, din is a synth of a 3rd kind.

It forgets history,
To not repeat it.

It doesnt hide analog music hardware,
In digital music software.

You had pulse, sine, triangle and sawtooth,
And went forth and made electronic music.

Now there is just the Bezier curve.
Go make your pulse, sine, triangle and sawtooths.
Or this, this, this and this.

This is nothing new.
Some old men did it in the 60s!
Punched numbers into cards.

Now you edit waveforms in a GUI,

And watch the sound change before your very ears.
Has it got ADSR?
Its got DADSARSADS.

Filters?
Infinite length delay lines.
With Bezier envelope for feedback and volume.

Modulation?
Bezier on Carrier and Modulator.
Eat that Chowning.

Notes?
Notes! Notes! Notes!
Infinite microtones between two tones.

Livecoding?
In Tcl.
Like LISP, but no ((((:-))))

Collaboration?
MIDI. OSC. IRC.

I want two!
Get it while it's free."  Videos on site.

via Dylan on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Invisible Zoo Nobody's Girl

YouTube Uploaded by InvisibleZoo on Apr 19, 2009

Some old school synth spotting. Prophet Remote keytar at 2:56. KORG MS20 & Poly-61 amongst others. Anyone ID what looks like a racked white modular? Reminds me of Digisound but then again not.

"1984 music video of Nobody's Girl by Los Angeles synthpop band Invisible Zoo featuring members Doug Lynner, Andy Robinson and Bill Boydstun. For more about Invisible Zoo, including their new album In This Zoo, visit http://www.invisiblezoo.com."

And one more. No synth spotting in this one, just a song about a synthesizer man.

Invisible Zoo - Synthesizer Man

Uploaded by sickmotionz on Dec 27, 2011

"invisible zoo - synthesizer man (vanity) 1984"

Update via Doug Lynner in the comments: "I hadn't seen this here before. The modular synth behind me (the guitar player in white shirt) is my Serge Modular synth known as the Mystery Serge."

Minimoog rip-out tattoo

via Moog Music on Facebook

"Minimoog rip-out tattoo... Now that's some real Analog Love!"

MFOS Wave Freaker Module

via Music From Outer Space

" Turns a Triangle or Sine Wave Into a Harmonic-Rich Waveform.
Provides several waveforms:
Inverted Peaks Wave (CV modulation capable)
Stepped Wave (CV modulation capable)
PWM Rectangle (CV modulation capable)
Square Sub-octave of fundamental
Square Sub-Sub-octave of fundamental
Voltage Controlled Wave Shape Modulation
Voltage Controlled Step Wave Modulation"

Video posted here.

The LFO 2.0 for Ableton Live announced ...

YouTube Uploaded by designthemedia on Jan 29, 2012

"If you already bought the LFO 1.x, v2.0 will be FREE for you.
It will be available here: http://designthemedia.com/lfo

One year ago, it was the first efficient LFO officially supported (by us) for Ableton Live and it has a been liked & used by a lot of people.


With LFO 2.0, you can modulate each parameters of your liveset in real time.
You only have to drop it in a MIDI track, click on a button then click on the parameter you want to modulate and it works.
You can use built-in waveforms or even draw your custom one.
You can use the LFO 2.0 synced with the Live's transport, or totally free by setting up the frequency.


Features :
- modulation of ALL parameters including tracks' volume, panning & sends
- free or synced to transport
- classic waveforms (sine, ramp up, ramp down, saw, square, noise)
- custom waveform available with the whiteboard to draw it with your mouse
- presets & liveset friendly (all saved with liveset & presets)
- undo history safe
- LFO can control LFO to produce rich and complex modulations
- MIDI thru compliant (you can use it directly in your MIDI instrument track)
- GUI remixed
- all LFO2.0 parameters auto mappable to APC40


Requirements :
- Ableton Live 8.2.x
- Max for Live

Credit :
- Design, concept, implementation : Julien Bayle
- New extensions sold by C74 & coded by Jeremy Bernstein"

Pittsburgh Modular Oscillator Introduction Video

YouTube Uploaded by amphonic on Jan 30, 2012

"http://pittsburghmodular.com/oscillator/

A wide range, high quality, 8hp eurorack utility VCO. It offers a full compliment of standard waveforms including Sine, Triangle, Saw, and Pulse waves. The Oscillator offers 5 octaves of 1 volt per octave tracking, and a frequency range starting as low as 7 seconds per cycle, allowing it to double as an LFO. Additional features include oscillator reset for hard syncing, attenuated linear FM input, pulse width, and pulse width CV input."

OP-1 Kids Song "Brusha Brusha"

YouTube Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Jan 30, 2012

"Here is a rough preview of a sing I have comped together with vocals into the OP-1 on board microphone, internal synthesizers/drums and all laid down to the tape. It's a rough idea, but my son Kieran and the shows we watch (Yo Gabba Gabba, Wubzy, Sprout, Nick Jr, Sesame, etc.) got me thinking about writing some kid-focused music. Kieran is learning to bruch his teeth and I have been singing him the melody for some time now. The OP-1 made it really quick and easy to rough out a basic idea. The synth parts were sequenced with "Endless" sequencer and the drums were written with "Pattern" sequencer. "Brusha Brusha" has a catchy repetitious melody and in the least I am inspired to finish this piece of music and write some more tunes to sing with my son.

All music and Lyrics have been written by me for Natural Rhythm Music 2012."

New OP-1 Tutorials by djthomaswhite

OP-1 Tutorial: Making a Remix - Part Two

YouTube Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Jan 30, 2012
These also added to Part 1 here.

"Here is Part Two of the 3-Part "Making a Remix" OP-1 video tutorial. In this example I plug the OP-1 into the computer to capture the audio instead of using iPhone and iPad microphones. Further ideas towards the composition are presented, mostly showcasing editing and arranging of sampled audio bits within the OP. Part 3 will showcase taking these audio ideas out of the OP-1 and into Logic in the Mac to show how using the OP-1 as a launching pad for music composition can end up.

The song I am working on is "Let's Get It Together" by Manjane on Bomb Digital out of San Francisco. The final version will be the Natural Rhythm Remix and will be out for sale digitally by summer."

OP-1 Tutorial: Bouncing Tracks

Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Jan 30, 2012

"Here's an overview of some different ways to bounce tracks and audio around in the OP-1. This has been a popular question in response to my tutorial videos. The good news is you have options and there are more than one way to bounce audio. However, you can't just bounce track one to track two, and you can't bounce a track to another in an overdub fashion with a button combo. You can get this result with a little creative thinking and extra work... this is the theme of the OP to me. I hope you enjoy this video tutorial!"

OP-1 Tutorial: Bounced House Demo

Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Jan 30, 2012

"Here's a follow-up demo to my tutorial on bouncing tracks in the OP-1 that shows how bouncing (Lifting in groups or sampling from groups of tracks) pieces of some tracks can be the inspiration for a whole new musical composition. Some tips and tricks are thrown in, but this is mainly about demonstrating the process of working with previously bounced audio pieces (in this case bar at a time). Thanks for stopping by to check out another one of my videos."

NAMM 2012 Moon Modular Quantizer

YouTube Uploaded by accordoTV on Jan 24, 2012

Gert of Moon Modular at the Noisebug booth.

http://www.moonmodular.com/
http://noisebug.net/

UA726HC UA726 Clone Tested

For the DIYers

flickr set By Ramcur
(click for more)

"This is the infamous ua726hc non-gold pinned that we can purshase on Ebay [here] . i ad similar result with an original. the lower the voltage the lower the temp , from this result . The tracking was out compare with an original but can be adjusted to track perfectly .. SO YES IT IS WORKING AND YOU CAN EASILY SELECT YOUR VCO FOR SAME DROP OF VOLTAGE AND TEMP """"" On the minimoog there is a blue paint dot , my gess is that moog selected there UA726 to expect standardized result , not to be too far off , so calibration can be more easy( and possible )."

This one in via JB.