via Michael Fitzgerald on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Lemur for iPad Tutorial Pt 1 - How to Create Your Own Interface
YouTube Uploaded by DubSpot on Jan 6, 2012
Also see the tutorials at the bottom of this post from Liine.
"More info - http://bit.ly/AsK8eS
The original Lemur was a hardware unit, introduced back in 2004. Used by the likes of Björk, Richard Devine, and Modeselektor to name a few, it was one of the first multitouch touch screen controllers. After years of woe and longing, the legendary Lemur software is available for use on iOS devices. The main advantage of using a touch screen controller is the fact that you can create your own unique interfaces, full of buttons, knobs, pads, faders, or whatever else you'd like. The Lemur Editor (formerly called the JazzEditor), is software that runs on your computer, and is where custom interfaces are created for use with Lemur.
In part one of this two-part series, basic setup of the Lemur and Lemur Editor are explained. To start, an Ad-Hoc network is created. Once the iPad running Lemur software is connected, it will automatically update with the changes made in the editor. As far as objects go, we'll start with the Fader and MultiBall. A great thing about the Lemur is its physics engine, which we can use with both objects. After MIDI is set up, it's time to take a look at the Lemur Daemon. The Lemur Daemon brokers internal MIDI connections between incoming Lemur control signals and other programs running on your computer, such as Ableton Live. Here, we set up the connection manually."
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Lemur for iPad Tutorial Pt 2 - Controlling Ableton Live Effects
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Yves Usson - The Man Behind the Arturia MiniBrute
Marc-Henri aka RADIOKLOW, who has been featured on this site numerous times, sent in this image of Yves Usson's recent demonstration of the Arturia MiniBrute in Lyon, France. Yves is well respected in the synth community for his DIY work at http://yusynth.net, and most recently his work on the new MiniBrute.I asked Marc-Henri if I could post the image and his words. Not only did he agree, but he sent some words from Yves Usson as well. Don't miss Marc-Henri's note on how design began in the modular realm.
Yves Usson on the birth of the MiniBrute: "I was contacted by Arturia in june 2010 to conceive and draw the whole chain of analogic sound production for the Mini Brute. I made a first model of the components. Then the engineers of Arturia created the transposition of the circuits into surface components, and their integration in product. Arturia developed the whole numeric control of the keyboard, of the Midi/Usb interface and of the arpeggiator. I took part in the integration process and creation of the successive prototypes until the final production was achieved. I also wrote several chapters in the user's guide, especially the didactic part about subtractive synthesis and the description of the Mini Brutes various functions."
Marc-Henri on the image, Yves Usson & the MiniBrute: "Here is a portrait of Yves Usson, the creator of the Mini Brute. He lives in Grenoble (one hour far from my city, Lyon) and is mainly a creator of modular synths (the one behind him is one of his unique pieces after various modules). Grenoble is also the home city of Arturia and this explains also why Yves Usson was asked to collaborate with this famous and beautiful label. I took this picture in my music store whose synths manager, a very good friend called Pascal, had organized the first french presentation of the Mini Brute last saturday. It was something great to face one of the six already built Mini Brutes ! Yves Usson explained us he started building the future Mini Brute in modular form before imagining its shape with the Arturia's engineers, because he is so familiar with this kind of system, it was for him the best way to conceive an analogue.
Yves Usson, as every great creator, is a very simple and passionate man, generous and open minded, and I think his instrument has the taste of genius. By pure chance, I discovered he is member of a small association of electronic music I belong to. This created a friendly connection between us. I will certainly have other opportunities to meet him in his studio and maybe try one of his fabulous self made modulars ! I love this kind of persons, highly creative with simplicity and generosity."
Note the MiniBrute filter is the Nyle Steiner filter, and I believe the physical controls and case was designed by Axel Hartmann also responsible for the designs by Access, Waldorf, Moog, and more - you can find the list on his designbox site here. Use the on-page scroll bar on the right to scroll through the list.
Big thanks to Marc-Henry and Yves Usson for this post!
Update: turns out the modular in the background is actually a custom MOS-LAB System 16.
dry synth demo
YouTube Uploaded by squeakyfromme69 on Feb 15, 2012
"added an envelope and made a demo w no reverb for a change"
Trailer for "In the Air Tonight" synth / keytar JAM with Lee-Ann Lovelace!
YouTube Uploaded by hamsterdunce on Feb 15, 2012
"Subscribe to Lee-Ann's channel to watch the full video: LUCYZEKE12
More music on umop.com and lalovelace.com
Lee-Ann and Dave wallow in 1980s craziness in this super-colossal dual keytar jam session, covering "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. New, different artists will be featured every single week on her channel. There are already a few other ones uploaded, so check out her channel and be sure to subscribe if you love original & tribute blues, rock, R&B, and everything else in between (even the occasional synthesizer)."
Note the custom "Tron" red keytar, previously featured here. Dave is of course the man behind The Packrat series amongst others and back in 2006 he created The Packrat Matrix on the right of the site. His art has also been featured on numerous Metasonix products.
Buchla Beat Of The Day
YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Feb 15, 2012
"The signal path isn't that complicated, half the patch is controlling dynamics in subtle ways by the 266e.
There's about 20 seconds extra audio on my soundcloud if you need some resolution.
here: soundcloud.com/ibdk/0215-buchla-beat-of-the-day"
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