Mokira/Tilliander - 303/303/303/303

YouTube Uploaded by repeatle on Mar 15, 2012

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Snazzy fx:ardcore arp/delay

YouTube Uploaded by snazelle on Mar 15, 2012

HSS3jp0 HSS3jp1 HSS3jp2

YouTube Uploaded by ggijs on Mar 15, 2012

"http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=hard-soft-synth-3"

KOMA Elektronik KOMMANDER (Coming April 2012)!

YouTube Uploaded by KOMAelektronik on Mar 15, 2012

"We shot a little clip of our new product, the KOMMANDER at NAMM2012!

The KOMA Elektronik KOMMANDER is a handheld dual infrared X-Y motion controller that makes controlling your instruments intuitive and fun. The device measures the distance to your hand or any other surface and sends out corresponding CV signals between 0 and 8 volts. The closer you have your hand to the KOMMANDER, the higher the output voltage. This will allow you to create weird synth sounds, trigger a drum machine, control effect pedals or any other instrument that is capable of receiving CV signals.

Because of our innovative circuit design there is no interference from sunlight or stage light, so the musician can use it wherever she or he wants. Just plug the KOMMANDER into your Eurorack Modular System, Buchla, Moog, Roland or any other synthesizer and create.

SPECIFICATIONS:

* 4 CV outputs - 2 x CV (0-8 volts) - 2 x Gate Out (adjustable threshold)

* 2 IR sensors with optical crosstalk
* Sensing range trimmer on the inside
* 9V DC input
* Great Black Metal design!

Availability and pricing:

The KOMMANDER will be available at http://www.koma-elektronik.com or at KOMA Elektronik Dealers worldwide from April 2012 for approximately 59.00 EUR / 75.00 USD (incl. VAT).

http://www.facebook.com/KOMAElektronik
http://www.koma-elektronik.com"

MicroSTATION KORG 128 sounds/combi per live performance

MicroSTATION KORG 128 sounds/combi per live performance (part 1)


MicroSTATION KORG 128 sounds/combi per live performance (part2)

YouTube Uploaded by JackOasys on Mar 7, 2012

"NOVITA' MARZO 2012 --- 128 combi (banco User) per Korg Microstation appositamente programmate ed equalizzate per avere suoni potenti nel live e nelle band dove le tastiere vengono sempre coperte dai chitarristi. Lead, pad, brass, synth, chitarre, voci, mellotron, cori, effetti. Tutto programmato con attenzione a split, mulltilayer, polifonia, riverberi, delay, pan, equalizzazioni e controlli in tempo reale. Il caricamento è semplicissimo tramite file PCG (da copiare sulla vostra scheda SD) che non altera i programmi e le combi originali (default) della vostra Microstation, ma aggiunge solo le 128 combi nel banco USER.

NEW ! 128 combi patch purposely programmed and equalized for live performance on Korg Microstation miniworkstation. Split keys, multilayer, panpot, power bass, polyphony, dinamics, real time controls: all ready to use. Powerful classic, lead, pad, guitars, mellotron, vocals, and strange sounds. Simple load operation in GLB/MEDIA mode, from PCG file in USER bank.

Info&Contact:
JackOasys on YouTube
jackoasys@libero.it"

Something New From Clavia / Nord Keyboards Coming to Musikmesse

via Nord Keyboards: "Wednesday March 21th at 10.00am the 2012 Musikmesse opens in Frankfurt! The Nord Crew will be there and as always there will be something new to try out..."

Click the pic and look at the red box he's resting his hand on. My first thought was the new nord drum presented at NAMM 2012, but if you look at the back of it in this post, you'll see it's fully black. This one is red. Along with the new nord drum at NAMM, Clavia showed the new Nord Piano 2, and C2D Combo Organ, none of which this appears to be. So, a small red box. My dream? A new affordable fully polyphonic micro-modular with iPad editor for performance editing and software editor for PC/Mac/Linux. They could repackage the DSP in the G2 rack with the existing engine and put resources into the editor. I can always dream...

Update: Consensus in the comments is that it's actually the wood side panel of a keyboard standing on it's side. It's painted red like other Clavia keyboards. Note none of the Lead and Wave line of synths from Clavia have had wood end caps, so if this is a new synth, it would be a departure from that.

Update: Looks like it will be the Electro 4D. You can find the announcement here.

Soviet Tom-1501 Analog Strings, Brass & Piano

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via this auction

mechanical animals

"Tom-1501- 61-note (F-F) string / brass / piano multi-keyboard. This one reminds Crumar multi-keyboards. Nearly all controls on sliders on sloping back panel. Splittable. Vibrato depth, speed. Brass filter AR, resonance and cutoff. Preset sounds, mixable, include piano, clavinet, orchestra (violin, alto, contrabass), brass. Chorus. Piano has separate out. Made at the Tula factory. Size: 920 x 360 x 195 mm. Weight without case: 13 kg

PANEL PARAMETERS:
- VOLUME: phones level, 5-din out
- VIBRATO (LFO): depth, rate, tuning
- VOLUME GLOBAL: strings, bass (+on/off), piano
- BRASS-FILTER: attack, decay, resonance, cutoff
- LEFT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- STRING ENSEMBLE: timbre level, orchestra (chorus) on/off
- RIGHT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- SUSTAIN: level ; POWER on/off
- CONNECTIONS (5-din): pedal in, mono out, stereo out (brass left, pno-strings right), piano out; 220V power socket, fuse, ground.

Tom-1501 provides very impressive analog sound, it is convenient for modeling of really fat strings and warm pads, classic brasses and horns, old space leads, vintage piano sounds, layered combinations etc."

MOM 1501

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Grendel Drone Commander Listening Test.mov

YouTube Uploaded by AudioCentralMagazine on Mar 14, 2012

"A listening test - more or less, function per function - on the mighty Grendel Drone Commander. Hats off to Eric Archer. There's no excuse for this listening test: there are no excuses for this video: I need a audio feedback on the Grendel to start modeling the circuit by software on my web magazine ;-) www.audiocentralmagazine.com"

[Experimental Music] Buffer Troll II

YouTube Uploaded by metabog on Mar 14, 2012

"Made with my Max/MSP patch, Buffer Troll. Might not be everyone's cup of tea."

TheDaydreamSound's Review of the Ensoniq ESQ-1 Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by TheDaydreamSound on Mar 14, 2012
No synth demo in this one. Just TheDaydreamSound's reflection on the ESQ-1. I do enjoy these.

Also see TheDaydreamSound's Ensoniq Mirage 8bit Sampler - The Great Grand Daddy of the ASR-10

"My thoughs on the Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer

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Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a hybrid digital-analog synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1986. The ESQ-1 featured 8 voices with 3 digital oscillators per voice. Each oscillator could be set to one of 32 different waveforms. Some of these were standard simple waveforms such as sawtooth and pulse, while others were samples such as piano and voice. Each oscillator also had an associated DCA (not VCA) to control its volume in 256 steps. In addition to that, an ESQ1's voice featured 3 LFOs, 4 envelope generators, a 4-pole resonant analog lowpass filter (VCF), and a final VCA with left/right panning. It also sported a 61-key velocity-sensitive keyboard, full MIDI implementation, memory for 40 patches, a memory cartridge slot, and an 8-track sequencer. A rackmount version called the ESQ-M was also released circa 1987, with exactly the same specification minus the sequencer. The ESQ-1 was produced until 1988."