Using Percussa's AudioCubes & Improvisor to Create Glitch Effects

Feral Glitch walkthrough video

YouTube Published on Apr 9, 2012 by Percussa

Full details on Percussa here.

Using Percussa's AudioCubes with Arduino

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"If you’ve been living under a rock, and haven’t heard about the Arduino yet, it’s described as an 'open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.' One of the key features of the Arduino platform is the way it can serve as the 'glue' in a system – reading inputs from physical sensors and transmitting those values to a computer. The Arduino can also be used to generate analog voltages from a computer, and that’s exactly what we need here. An analog synthesizer will often use what’s called 'control voltage' to modulate parameters like oscillator frequency, filter cutoff, or an amplitude envelope. We’re going to connect the Evolvor software to an Arduino so that we can control a synthesizer." Full details here.

Mick Jagger with Moog Modular in Performance

You might remember Mick Jagger in Performance from the video below posted back on March 24, 2011. The Alternative Shipping Forecast has a post up with additional details on the Moog system used. Click through for the full post.

"In Analog Days: The invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer [on Amazon], Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco tell the story of Jon Weiss, the Man from Moog, who traveled to London in the summer of 1968 with a series of black carrying cases that contained the component parts of the Moog Series III modular synthesizer. His students in London were to be the Rolling Stones, whose manager, Allan Klein, had managed to convince Robert Moog that, for promotional purposes, the Stones would receive a Moog synthesizer and a week’s free tuition...

The Stones’ electronic experiments come to the fore not on any of their studio albums, but on the tracks they recorded for Performance, the Donald Cammell/Nicolas Roeg film that was in production at exactly that moment. Mick was so taken with the device that it became a prop in the film itself, its aura of technological futurity fitting well with the film’s experimentalism and surrealism."


YouTube Uploaded by Performance786 on Apr 18, 2009 - (previously posted here)

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Previous posts mentioning Mick Jagger:
1970 Mick Jagger on a Moog Modular (video above)
Flight of the Conchords Ep 6 Bowie's In Space
Moog - Early Days in Rock
Speak & Math Circuit Bent Glitch Synthesizer

MINISYNTHS.mp4

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by taskent99

"Having fun with small synths: Live impro with BoardWeelil 2012, Nebulophone, Monotribe & Mute Synth. Effects: Monotron delay, Vox Amplug & Valhalla Room."

TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 - Controllerism with Moldover

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by NativeInstruments

"We gave two new TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 units to controllerism pioneer Moldover for a weekend test drive. Combining the F1s with his TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, he unlocked the full potential of TRAKTOR's new Remix Decks™."

See the Moldover label below for some of his own controllers.

6U BLUE LANTERN MODULAR SYSTEM

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That's one colorful system. It does not appear to include the controversial ZTVCO.

via the listing: "The case was Pro made by a Plastics Manufacturer. I installed (2) Pairs of Black Tip Top Z rails myself. I designed the Linear Power Supply myself. It is more then enough power for a 6U system. The beefy heat sinks don't get hot at all. There is a 2.1mm Jack where you can plug in a 5v Slim wall adapter if you needed to supply the 5v rail on the Doepfer Power scheme. The modules that I design don't use the 5v rail so I don't include the 5V wall adapter. You can buy one on ebay for about $10.00 (Center tip Positive). You only need the 5v Wall adapter if you ever buy Modules that require use of the 5v Rail.

SO THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE COMPLETED 100% WORKING MODULAR SYNTH AND THE DETACHABLE POWER CORD.

The buss boards follow the Euro Format standard and are compatible with all the Euro Manufactures out there.

SPECS OF THE LINEAR POWER SUPPLY
*TRANSFORMER-3AMPS WITH FUSE (110v AC USA)
*AC TO DC LINEAR CONVERTER HAS (1) 3A PTC RESETTABLE FUSES. THE POWER SUPPLY ITSELF IS RATED AT 1200mA FOR EACH RAIL (+/-)

SPECS OF THE CASE:
FLORESCENT GREEN AND CLEAR 1/4" THICK ACRYLIC CASE PRO GLUED TOGETHER TO MAKE IT ONE PIECE.
IT HAS RUBBER FEET ON THE BOTTOM.
The case outer dimensions are 18" x 12" x 6"

THERE IS 6HP REMAINING ON THE TOP ROW
THERE IS 43HP REMAINING ON THE BOTTOM ROW.

EVERYTHING IS NEW AND WAS BUILT THIS WEEK OF APRIL. I BUILT EACH MODULE MYSELF.
THIS JUST ABOUT CONTAINS ALL THE CURRENT MODULES I SELL.

LIST OF BLUE LANTERN MODULES
*(2) RED VCO'S
*(1) THE BASICS MODULE (MIXER VCA, ADSR, ADSR, DUO LFO, MIDI CV, ATTENUATOR) THE LAST ONE!
*(1) LM4250 VCF
*(1) DIODE VCF
*(1) SPACEMOTH VCF
*(1) PRO FM JOYSTICK
*(1) DUO NJM VCA
*(1) 6 CH MIXER
*(1) NOISE GENERATOR, WAVEFOLDER, GATE TO TRIG CONVERTER
*(1) 3 CH ATTENUATOR

THE MODULES RETAIL WOULD COST YOU $1540.00 IF BOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY.
THE CASE COSTED ME OVER $300.00 TO MAKE. SO THE MODULAR WOULD COST AROUND $1800.00 IF YOU TRIED TO MAKE ONE YOURSELF."

Roland JSQ-60 Digital Keyboard Recorder/Sequencer for JUNO-60 & JUPITER 8

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The Most Annoying Synth Spotting Post Ever

Let me know if I missed any labels. :)

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MTribe Monotribe Editor

YouTube Published on Apr 12, 2012 by june74tube

"Editor and Control Surface for the Korg Monotribe.
MTribe is available at: http://www.fabriziopoce.com/MTribe.html

Requires a MIDI mod (suc as http://amazingmachines.com.br/store.html)

MTribe feature list:

- MIDI IN/OUT integration for all Monotribe MIDI supported features
- Adds LFO as second oscillator (auto tuning)
- Adds key tracking (modulating LFO intensity based on incoming pitch)
- XY Pad for controlling two parameters at once (reset and spring mode)
- Glide mode emulation
- Preset load/save for storing and recalling presets
- Editing capabilities (copy, paste, name preset)
- Preset Randomizers (VCA, LFO, modulation, glide)
- Additional MIDI control interface for dynamic GUI mapping (standalone)
- Max for Live version supports Ableton Live's GUI mapping and clip envelopes"

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FlexibeatzII Pattern Based Music Making Application

YouTube Uploaded by sawsquaresine on Apr 10, 2011

"Please visit http://flexibeatz.weebly.com

FlexibeatzII has a default grid of 16 checkboxes (or steps), each step being 1/16th of a measure, although you do have the option of changing resolution to 1/32nd of a measure if you desire. You then chain these patterns of notes together to form longer compositions. You can use any .wav sound samples of your choice, or sounds you synthesize with the application itself from scratch, in each of the application's 10 channels. You can even combine samples with sounds you have created yourself, such as frequency modulating one with the other. Besides extensive sample editing and synthesis options, you also have a multitude of effects and 3-band parametric EQ per channel available. You can vary the pan, pitch and level of each sound in each channel, mute and solo sounds, specify which sounds can cut-off which other sounds, vary each sound's start and end point, and accent and swing notes, all while the sequence is playing. Tools are also provided to automatically chop up drum loops into individual hits, lock tempo of sounds in channels to master tempo, and auto-generate arpeggiator patterns. Once your composition is complete, you can record it to a .wav and .mp3 file. The application can be operated as a standalone application working off its own internal timer, or you can slave playback via midi-sync to another DAW or external sequencer."

Playlist:
FlexibeatzII Tutorial #1: Changing the sound of your sample - "This video is the first in a forthcoming series exploring interesting/unusual aspects of the free FlexibeatzII pattern based music making application. The current video focuses on some sample editing functions and effects which can transform the sound of your sample to practically a different instrument or sound effect."

FlexibeatzII Tutorial #2: Synthesizing sounds from scratch, and vocoding - "This video is the second in an ongoing series exploring interesting/unusual aspects of the free FlexibeatzII pattern based music making application. The current video focuses on how to use FlexibeatzII to synthesize every instrument sound from scratch (drums, bass, lead, sound effects and all) in a pattern for an Electro track, including vocoding of the vocal sample used in the track."

FlexibeatzII Tutorial #3: Chopping a drum loop sample into its individual sounds - "This video is the third in an ongoing series exploring interesting/unusual aspects of the free FlexibeatzII pattern based music making application. The current video focuses on how to use FlexibeatzII to automatically chop up any percussion loop wav file you may have into its individual 'hits' and then sequence the 'hits' into an entirely new pattern."

FlexibeatzII Tutorial #4: Syncing to a DAW or Hardware Sequencer - "This video is the fourth in an ongoing series exploring interesting/unusual aspects of the free FlexibeatzII pattern based music making application. The current video demonstrates how to sync FlexibeatzII to both a DAW and an external hardware sequencer. All applications in this video: FlexibeatzII, Reaper, Audacity and LoopBe, are freely downloadable and not time/feature crippled in any way."

FlexibeatzII Tutorial #5: Making a complete track from loops - "This video is the fifth in an ongoing series exploring interesting/unusual aspects of the free FlexibeatzII pattern based music making application. The current video demonstrates the creation of a complete track around a couple of drum loops freely downloaded from the 'net, and shows how the finished song needn't sound anything like the original loops."