Synth Rorschach # 14 : M83 'Steve McQueen' Official video

video upload by m83

"Official video for 'Steve McQueen' by M83, taken from the album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'. The video is the winner from the competition run in partnership with Genero TV.

The 'Steve McQueen' single is now available to pre-order on iTunes with a full release on on 25th November, featuring remixes by Maps, SALM, BeatauCue and Alluxe: http://smarturl.it/m83stevemc

Directed by Balthazar Auxietre & Sylvain Derosne
Editor - Balthazar Auxietre
Animation - Sylvain Derosne
The child - Augustin Clerc
Produced with the support of Manuel Cam Studio"

Ableton Live 9 & New Dedicated Push Hardware Controller

Published on Oct 25, 2012 by AbletonInc

"Live 9 comes in three editions: Intro, Standard and Suite. The editions share common features, but Standard and Suite have additional features, Instruments, Packs and Effects.

Live 9 Intro
The essentials at a great price
Some feature limitations
3 Instruments
26 Effects
700+ Sounds (4GB)
EUR 79

Live 9 Suite
The complete integrated studio
All features
9 Instruments
40 Effects
3000+ Sons (50GB)
Max for Live
EUR 599

Live 9 Standard
The full features plus extras
All features
3 Instruments
37 Effects
1100+ Sounds (11GB)
EUR 349

Ableton Push

Published on Oct 25, 2012 by AbletonInc

"See Ableton Push in action. Push is a new instrument that solves an old problem: how to make a song from scratch. With hands-on control of melody and harmony, beats, sounds, and song structure, Push puts the fundamental elements of music making at your fingertips - and it fits in a backpack alongside your laptop."

New in Live 9: Animate your sounds

Uploaded by AbletonInc on Oct 24, 2012

"Record automation into clips. Edit automation with curves. Session View automation lets you capture your performance or add movement to your loops. Use curves to make automation more musical.

Live’s unique Session View makes it easy to improvise with musical ideas. In Live 9, you can now record parameter changes directly into Session View for even more flexibility. Edit automation curves with the mouse to create smooth mix transitions or radical parameter changes in your clips.

In one click, create new Session View scenes from your Arrangement tracks, or drag and copy individual clips from Arrangement to Session. The automation comes with them, making it easier than ever to move from improvising to arranging and back.

Find sounds fast. With Live’s new browser, spend less time finding sounds and more time making music."

New in Live 9: Find your sounds faster

Uploaded by AbletonInc on Oct 24, 2012

"Live’s new browser puts all of your instruments and effects, samples, Packs and VST/Audio Units plug-ins in one easy-to-navigate view. Drag and drop folders into the browser from anywhere on your computer. Search as you type, navigate from the keyboard and sort items by various categories."

"Play new sounds. Live’s library includes new Instrument Racks and sounds to get you going fast.

Live 9 Suite comes with more than 3000 production-ready sounds that give you the full range of vintage synthesizers, drum kits and one-shot samples, acoustic instruments and loops - all powered by Live's built-in synthesizers and effects so they can be tweaked and personalized. All sounds are organized for Live 9's new browser and work seamlessly with all common hardware controllers. See the full list of Packs included with Live 9

Browse the Pack store at ableton.com to find even more amazing sounds - signature drum kits by Daniel Miller, Soniccouture, Flatpack and Puremagnetik, new tempo-synched loop collections and high-end multisampled instruments specifically designed for Ableton Live."

New in Live 9: Get your sound right

Uploaded by AbletonInc on Oct 24, 2012

"Get your sound right. The new analog-modeled Glue Compressor and redesigned studio effects help you get a better sound in less time.

Live’s new Glue Compressor, developed in collaboration with Cytomic, is modeled on a classic 80s console bus compressor, both for its great sound and also to provide musical results with a simple set of controls. Live’s studio effects - Compressor, Gate and EQ Eight - have been improved with new displays, enhanced controls and better sound, making it easier to see and hear your changes."

New in Live 9: Audio to MIDI

Uploaded by AbletonInc on Oct 24, 2012

"Reclaim the music in your samples.... Live 9’s new tools for converting audio to MIDI give you unprecedented flexibility to extract musical ideas from your samples and build upon them.

Convert your favorite drum break with the Drums-to-MIDI feature and reuse it with your own sounds. Speed up your remixing work by using Harmony-to-MIDI to get the notes and chords from the original audio stems. Or simply seed your creativity with inspiring, natural-feeling MIDI grabbed directly from the most exciting parts of your music collection.

...or sing the music in your head. Sketch out ideas quickly by singing (or beatboxing) into Live and converting your recording to MIDI.

Your voice is the new keyboard: sing, beatbox, tap a rhythm on your desk, or play any solo instrument to capture your musical ideas as they come. Then use the Melody- or Drums-to-MIDI feature to turn your recordings into MIDI clips that you can edit and reuse with any sound."

New in Live 9: Faster Editing

Uploaded by AbletonInc on Oct 24, 2012

"Edit the details. Powerful MIDI note manipulation tools and an improved editing workflow help you create new musical ideas fast.

Transform MIDI notes
New controls in the MIDI editor let you quickly invert, reverse, transpose and speed up or slow down selected MIDI notes in a single click.

Stretch MIDI notes
MIDI Note Stretch markers let you speed up, slow down - or even reverse - selected MIDI notes.

Edit automation more easily
Add or remove breakpoints with a single click. Hover the mouse near envelope segments to select and drag them without using a modifier.

Move notes on and off the grid
Beats are easier to see when editing, and editing grids are now “sticky,” allowing notes to be freely moved and resized while still snapping when close to grid lines.

Warp clip automation
Audio clip automation is warped alongside the audio itself. Envelopes in MIDI clips can be stretched using MIDI stretch markers.

Add curves to automation
Hold a modifier while dragging to create and edit curves in automation envelopes."

"Max for Live is now included in Suite. Expand and extend your musical possibilities with Max for Live.

Max for Live, based on Cycling 74's Max 6, is now included with Live 9 Suite. Get access to all of the 900+ devices built by the Max for Live community."


What is Ableton Live? Published on Oct 25, 2012 by AbletonInc

"Get acquainted with Ableton Live, software for creating, producing, and performing. Create ideas, make changes without stopping, and capture everything as you work.

Visit http://www.ableton.com to learn more"

via Alex

Sync Gen II Cirklon JD 990

Published on Oct 24, 2012 by innerclock2004

http://www.innerclocksystems.com/

Buchla & Eurorack

Buchla & Eurorack from Eldancer on Vimeo.

Prophet 600 Health Check

Prophet 600 Health Check from pulsewidthmod on Vimeo.

"I recently sold my prophet~600 which I've put a ton of tender-loving care into. I had a friend help me with restoring the rubber silicon contact strips. I've polished the enclosure and I've even restored the white indicator lines on all the knobs freehand.

The video is really boring, It is by no means creative. It's purpose is to just demonstrate it's functioning. It works great and sounds great."

Waldorf XTk Wavetable Synthesizer

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"Sonic Crusher" built for Squarepusher - For MoogFest 2012 by Dr. Blankenstein

Published on Oct 24, 2012 by DoctorBlankenstein

http://www.drBlankenstein.com

"'Sonic Crusher' built for Squarepusher for MoogFest 2012 by Dr. Blankenstein

Ok, trying to make lightning strike twice over here. Is it truly possible that I am to give two of my biggest musical influences custom gear in THE SAME YEAR!? We shall see... This piece is for techno extraordinaire and bass guitar god Squarepusher (Tom Jenkinson ).

The piece came out pretty sick if I may say so myself. Stylized to death in a true Squarepusher fashion... visually and sonicly. It features two sets of body contacts, one for the warp function and the other is a capacitor based "voltage starve" effect. 5 switches the mangle and WARP the sound in different ways (too many to list), sound sensitive red LED, a selectable motion sensor (light sensor) / WARP knob, momentary on / off stutter switch, 1/4" input and output and a On / Off switch... STOCKED! ;)

The demo video shows both how it works on a voice and on music... the voice is the most recent presidential debate... the audio is from Squarepusher - Ufabulum "Dark Steering". An epic album.. if you don't have it already... BUY IT!

I just couldn't go to MoogFest empty handed... :) I of course have no idea how I am going to get it to him, but like the Kraftwerk piece... I figured YouTube was probably a good place to start.

So on again I ask... if anyone knows of how to get a message to Tom, please send me a message here or at my website. I am really excited to give him this gift, I think he will dig it... and it was my pleasure designing and building it for him. Thank you in advance for your help!

Background Music: Squarepusher "Untitled" / "WAP155" / "Do you know Squarepusher"
one of my personal favs ;)"

3x Monotron-e loves Pittsburgh audio timetable

Published on Oct 24, 2012 by FSK1138

"A LFO driven patch

the Pittsburgh audio timetable
is triggered by one monotron-e
and sends lfo rest to all 3 units
the lfo of each monotron-e
is also used to control it's filter cv

all audio is processed with ableton live
the drums are provided by audio damage axon

can't wait for my 4th unit !!!


get your monotron-e here
http://erthenvar.com/store/monotrone"

rauAngelico – drum synthesizer based on fraAngelico

Láčes u rybníka from standuino on Vimeo.

"all sounds were recorded from fraAngelico & frauAngelico
fraAngelico is true digital grain monophonic synthesizer with lfo, adsr and midi input
frauAngelico is drum hack software for fraAngelico with followin features:

-sample based polyphonic plaback (6 voices)
-8 fully adjustable sounds for each preset that can be triggered by midi or by built in sequencer
-microsampling features to adjust the sound ( loop length, shift speed, start, cut)
-bitCrusher, pitchDown, softVolume
-sample rate knob
-step sequencer with record feature, tap tempo, pattern length and shuffle
-it can store 6 double-presets(32 steps) in each preset
-4 presets

music by caveArt http://cave-art.bandcamp.com/
thanks to Homola family
madie in Lovčice, South Moravia, Czech republic"



frauAngelico demo from standuino on Vimeo.
video by Felix Hüsken http://www.youtube.com/flx04 and Standuino

Additional pics and demos here.

Beem - Race to Digital

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by HouseOfFlogsta

The synth list:
Low Bass - Yamaha SY77
Clav type sound with the Bass - Yamaha SY77
Brass - Chroma Polaris
Pad - Yamaha SY77
Lead Brass at :30 - Akai AX-60
Voices - Yamaha SY77
Harmonica - Korg DS-8
Portamento background lead - Oberheim SEM
Claps - Simmons Digital Clap Trap

"From the LP Beem Sings With His Hands (FDLP5) Flogsta Danshall.
Video made by Oskar Westerberg http://www.eldved.se/

Video like from the late 80s, with some heavy use of Yamaha SY77 from
1990, on the bassline and lead synth sounds.
Track is taken from the 2012 album "Beem sings with his hands". More
at http://beem.se

Released on vinyl and digital by Flogsta Danshall."

This one cross posted on MATRIXSYNTH-C.