MATRIXSYNTH

Paint2Sound Image to Sound Converter

YouTube Published on Apr 9, 2012 by sawsquaresine

"Paint2Sound is a neat little free application for converting any .jpg or .bmp image or any picture you care to draw/paint, into a soundscape. Each pixel row represents a frequency band. The application synthesizes sine waves for each pixel row with an instantaneous amplitude determined by the brightness of each pixel in the pixel row, and then sums together all the sine waves. There is user control over various parameters like sample rate, sound duration, how frequencies are distributed across the pixel rows and the overall level in the mix of each sine wave. Can never have enough wacky sound sources I say..."

http://flexibeatz.weebly.com/paint2sound.html

ESX-4CV CV Expander

via Expert Sleepers

"The ESX-4CV is an expansion module for the ES-4 or ES-5, adding four CV outputs from one expansion header.

In order to squeeze four 12 bit channels through one 8 bit connection, the channels are time-multiplexed and so effectively run at one-eighth of the audio sample rate. For example, if the audio interface/DAW is running at 48kHz, the ESX-4CV's outputs are running at 6kHz. This is still plenty fast enough for most CV purposes, except for audio-rate modulation and the very fastest envelopes. Because the outputs are still derived from the audio stream, they retain the advantages of the ES-3/4 over traditional MIDI-based interfaces, that is, rock solid timing and absence of jitter.

The outputs are hardware calibrated and so do not require the use of e.g. Silent Way's software calibration when used with standard V/octave synths/oscillators. That said, the ESX-4CV's 12 bit resolution is adequate to perform software calibration if required (e.g. to cater for misbehaving oscillators that don't track well to a standard calibration), or to support oscillators with a Hz/V response.

Coming April/May 2012. See here for some info.
Specifications
The ESX-4CV's specifications are as follows:

Panel width: 4HP
Module depth: 26mm
Digital input: connection from ES-4 or ES-5 module
Analogue outputs: 4x 3.5mm jacks, DC-coupled
Output voltages: ±5.33V, hardware calibrated
D/A conversion: 12 bit, using high precision Analog Devices DACs
Indicators: 2 LEDs per channel (+ve and -ve voltages)
Current draw: TBC"

More info at Expert Sleepers here.

森俊之 x HATA（Dachambo）Special Session @ azurite Lab.

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by KORGINC
KORG Kronos & KAOSS jam via KORG.

"森俊之／HATA(Dachambo)両氏へのインタビュー後に行われたセッションの模様を収録したムービー。全く打ち合わせもナシながら、お互いの出す音に反応して幾つもの違った風景を描いて行くところなど、百戦錬磨のプロ・ミュージシャンならではの素晴らしいものでした。

音声は諸事情により簡易レコーダー（Airマイク）で録ったため、定位が若干ふらつきますが、その旨ご了承ください。

インタビュー：
http://www.korg.co.jp/SoundMakeup/SoundBytes/"

Googlish:
"While without any consultation at all movies. Was recorded the pattern of the session was conducted after the interview with Messrs. (Dachambo) / HATA Toshiyuki Mori ", such as where someone is going to draw a landscape different things some in response to the sound of each other, was a wonderful unique hard-bitten professional musicians.

Because recorded some voice in the (Air Mike) Simple recorder, but a slight wobble localization due to circumstances, please understand that effect.

Interview:
http://www.korg.co.jp/SoundMakeup/SoundBytes/"

Livid Instruments XPC Controller

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by lividTV

"Our XPC expansion controllers for the CNTRL:R and OhmRGB. Expand your control with these hand held devices."

Gaia + Jupiter 8 + JP6 + SR18 "Supersaw Highway"

YouTube Published on Apr 12, 2012 by synthartist69

"Here is my brief take on the Roland Gaia SH-01.

Pros: It has some really good sounds, particularly bass and leads. It has a great arpeggiator.

Cons" Only 37 Keys!!! Why why why???? The layout is horrible. It's a royal pain to navigate in real time! It's a pain to sync to a drum machine.

Overall: Roland is onto something here. If the next Gaia had a cooler name, 61 Keys, and a layout similar to the Jupiter 8 or the Jupiter 6 then this could be a really great synth. I not only love the sound of the early Jupiters, I love the simple layout as well. They are so easy to quickly navigate. Will Roland listen to what I am saying....probably not :("