Strange Lights

YouTube Published on Jun 8, 2012 by davidryle

"Trying out a new Polyvoks Filter. I chained the Q960 and Q119 step sequencers together so they would create a 13 step pattern.The melodic line repeats as several gate and switch settings come together. The Ardcore 001 and Yusynth Random Gates are working the gate logic for most all events and a CGS Master Divider sets envelope events as well. The main clock signal is from a Mega Ohm Audio LFO2. Every sound is within the modular with no outside FX or EQ. Straight to a single track in Cubase.
Loads of fun patching this up. I almost used all my cables this time."

Micro-Blackdeath recording

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YouTube Published on Jun 8, 2012 by theau61

"Micro-blackdeath synth with added reverb (SONY DPS55).
My aim is to record bits for future ableton Live Pack release.

More info on my work :

http://www.musikgear.com
http://designthemedia.com/files/file/24-blue-box-synth-live-pack/"

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DM1 The Drum Machine for iPhone by Fingerlab

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YouTube Published on Jun 8, 2012 by fingerlab

"DM1 the most popular Drum Machine for iPad is now available for iPhone.
Easy and fast to use, loaded with 64 superb electronic drum kits and beautiful hyper-realistic graphics, DM1 has been designed for a lot of instant fun.

As electronic musicians ourselves, we, at Fingerlab, have developed DM1 with the intention of delivering the perfect mix between fun playability and powerful sonic capacities. We always keep in mind the importance of a beautiful design with the right balance of powerful abilities while avoiding clumsy, overbusy interfaces.
Check our 64 electronic drum kits. 19 classic vintage drum kits plus 45 in-house produced electronic kits, edited and mastered at Fingerlab professional studio.


DM1 offers 5 main sections:

1 - THE STEP SEQUENCER frees your imagination with a smart use of the multi-touch screen. Just turn on and off steps in your sequence with the tip of your fingers to create cool beats, or unexpected rhythms!

2 - THE DRUM PADS simply lets you play and record the beat that tickles your fingers. No need to be a first-class drummer, automatic quantize does the work for you.

3 - THE MIXER for quick and subtle sound mixing of your drum kits. Featuring settings for volume, pitch, pan, sample length, custom drum kit element for each channel, mute and solo mode.

4 - THE FX TRACKPADS a creative duo of FX trackpads to distort, modulate and transform your beats. The effects include: Overdrive, Delay, Phaser, Texturizer, Robotizer, Resonant Filter & Compressor.

5 - THE SONG COMPOSER allows you to quickly make a song with the beat patterns you have created. Just drag and drop the patterns onto the timeline. Fast and easy.


Specifications:
✔ Graphic design by Jonas Eriksson
✔ Smart ergonomy for fast creativity and fun
✔ 64 vintage and produced drum kits, mastered at in-house Fingerlab Sound Studios
✔ Step Sequencer with multi-touch matrix
✔ Mixer page with pitch, length and level rotary controls, pan controls, and custom drum kit per channel
✔ 9 Big Drum pads, quantized recording and pitch-bend ribbon
✔ 7 FX Trackpads for real-time sonic destruction
✔ 16 or 32 Steps per patterns
✔ The Randomizer tool
✔ Extra fast drum kit loading
✔ Playable pattern selection for extra creativity
✔ Mode song with intuitive editing
✔ High-quality export to email, iTunes shared folder or AudioCopy
✔ Audio background mode
✔ WIST synchronisation technology by Korg for syncing 2 iPads/iPhones together

http://www.fingerlab.net/website/Fingerlab/DM1.html

Follow us on twitter @fingerlab"

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My Dinner With Spandre

My Dinner With Spandre from thonkblog on Vimeo.

100% Modular Synth

Farfest 2012 - October 4 - 7 Deleware, USA

A chance to see some vintage gear playing 70's prog rock!

This one in via decaying.sine, also posted on Muff's:

"Hey Everyone,
I wanted to put out a message for a friend who has worked really hard with his colleagues to put a really wonderful event together. It's called FarFest 2012. The website is here: http://www.farfest.com/

Tickets are now on sale.

My friend Gerry has helped organize this event. It is unique because they are having bands coming to play, and his group has offered to locate hard to find instruments for the bands so that when they play at the event they can reproduce the amazing progressive rock sound of the 70's. Gerry and his group went out and FOUND these instruments so that the bands could play them at this event. Basically, the goal of FarFest is to bring these lovely instruments and bands together to produce the sounds that we love, and some bands are reforming just for the performance!

On opening night, the keyboards will be on display in the Ninth Muse - an ample space on the second floor of the Grand Opera House. The exhibit will definitely be interactive, and it's expected that there will be a large variety of instruments on display.

Here is a list of the instruments the bands requested:
Elka Rhapsody 610
Farfisa Syntorchestra
Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
Hammond B3 Organ
Mellotron 400
Mini Moog
Moog Taurus Bass Pedals
Steinway 9' Concert Grand Piano
Yamaha 6' Baby Grand Piano

The last I talked to Gerry they had lined up most of the keyboards they were looking for and were trying to track down an Elka and Farfisa. He offered a free ticket for all 4 days to anyone who provides a needed synth for use by the Farfest performers."

Giant Piñata Midi Controller

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"A completely unique midi-controller!

This was made completely by hand as an art installation for a gallery in Maine, and later, The Portland Children's Museum. It has a semi-removeable midi brain built into it's stomach from highlyliquid.com, and 24 piezo microphones embedded in its skin, that when hit/punched/kicked, send a midi signal to any compatible device to trigger a sound. You can think of them like hidden keyboard keys, that play a noise from your computer, synth etc. when you hit them. I want to make it very clear that this is ONLY A CONTROLLER. It doesn't make sound itself. It was built with being beat in mind and is very robust.

Fun possibilities abound with this thing!

ROUGH DIMENSIONS: 8 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and about 5 feet from nose to butt. Weighs about 70 lbs"

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Make Noise DPO Dual Prismatic Oscillator Video

Make Noise DPO Dual Prismatic Oscillator. Wave forms and simple sequence. from joseph raglani on Vimeo.

Here's a demo for the Wigglers out there who demand it. The new Make Noise Dual Prismatic Oscillator.
Disclaimer: I'm functioning on about three hours restless sleep. UPS man knocked on my door surprisingly early and well... I couldn't bring myself to go back to bed.
What we have here is a quick demo showing the raw wave forms from both sections of the DPO. Then some tweaking of the knobs and the modes. Then I use the Make Noise Pressure Points/Brains combo to construct a very simple sequence. Only other modules in use are the Make Noise Optomix (Low Pass Gate) and a mixer. There is some wave folding and FM modulation going on during the sequence. I hope it's pretty self-explanatory. I will be doing a proper tutorial when I've had time to spend with the DPO and hopefully borrow a nice HD camera. Until then enjoy!

Make Noise DPO Dual Prismatic Oscillator. Slightly more involved sequence. from joseph raglani on Vimeo.

Another quick demo of the DPO densely patched this time. A lot of control coming from the Doepfer A-149 Source Of Uncertainty module. Sequence is being done by Make Noise Rene.

Make Noise DPO Dual Prismatic Oscillator. Slightly more involved sequence again. from joseph raglani on Vimeo.

Same patch as the last video but I think this one sounds better.

Handcrafted Moogerfooger Panel Art & Contest

via Moog Music Inc on Facebook

"Every month, Moog Music asks an artist to create an original piece of artwork on a handcrafted Moog instrument, then we choose one lucky Moog customer to win it.

This month we're giving away this amazing MF-101 Lowpass Filter. Tomorrow we're announcing this month's winner, but it's not too late to enter. Register your Moog instruments on our website today and you're still eligible to win this one of a kind Moogerfooger.

http://bit.ly/KfrX2v"

Update: "Congratulations to Michael DeHann!
Michael is the first winner in our monthly contest celebrating the greatest customers
(and Moog enthusiasts) on earth!

Every month, Moog Music asks an artist to create an original piece of artwork on a handcrafted Moog instrument, then we choose one lucky Moog customer to win it. This month we're giving away this amazing MF-101 Lowpass Filter with handpainted calligraphic sides. Register your Moog instrument at moogmusic.com today and you will be entered to win next month's giveaway for another one-of-a kind Moog instrument.

No Purchase Necessary to enter. See Contest Rules for alternative way to enter."

Mutronics Mutator

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"Mutronics Mutator - MIDI, CV-Controlled, Analog, Stereo Envelope Follower, Low Pass Filter, Amp.

The Mutator is a stereo analogue filter and envelope follower with full control facilities. It contains two independent voltage controlled filters similar to those found in analogue synthesizers, which can be used to treat any external sound source. Each filter can be controlled from its own associated low frequency oscillator (LFO) and/or its own envelope follower section, which extracts the envelope contour of an input signal and applies it to control the cut-off frequency of the filter.

Each envelope follower can be switched to track either the envelope of the sound that is being treated by the filter, or that of an independent external control signal. This external control signal can be any audio source , eg. a drum sound, a guitar, a synth, a sampler output, or even a microphone. Thus the envelope characteristics of one sound can be superimposed onto the filtering contour of another.

Another switch on the envelope follower selects envelope follow mode or gate mode - in which the circuit detects whether a signal is above a certain threshold level before switching on.

In gate mode, the device can operate much like a dedicated noise gate unit, with the added capabilities of the analogue filter

The LFO's have four different sweep waveforms each and may be switched via a stereo link to produce stereo panning effects."

Moog Micromoog SN 6420

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