MIDI Conrol for iOS - Control All You iOS Synths at Once

MIDI Control for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

Published on Nov 8, 2012 by SecretBaseDesign

"MIDI Control is now free; the development team has shifted focus to converting live audio into MIDI notes -- please check out our other app, Audio MIDI Connect. There are YouTube demos for this, to see what it's about.
Video Demo: http://youtu.be/8oQ_mZQvuFc
User Demo: http://youtu.be/kZOqJuR0QKs

This app is a basic interface for Apple Core MIDI, to send notes to synthesizer apps and external sequencers and synthesizers. When it was first introduced, there were very few Core MIDI apps; now, there are tons of them, many of which are very good.

The app also includes a very simple synthesizer engine; in the past year, tons of these have been released too (Animoog! Alchemy! Lots of good ones!).

The app currently only supports Core MIDI; we hope to add DSMIDI WiFi support in the next few months.

There are three main types of control surfaces.

★Piano Keyboard: unlike a conventional keyboard, which has 88 keys, the app keyboard spans the entire range of MIDI notes possible, with 128 keys total, with adjustable width. The keyboard emulates velocity sensitive behavior. Each piano keyboard transmits on its own MIDI channel; for the dual keyboard configurations, you can select different channels to play two different instruments simultaneously.

★Drum Pads: Pads also emulate velocity sensitivity, and pad assignments can be reconfigured.

★Theremin: the app provides a method to generate a continuous range of pitch, through either the internal synthesizer, or with an appropriate MIDI patch.

❖Connecting WiFi MIDI❖

The app can connect to external MIDI devices, using WiFi and the Audio MIDI Setup application available on Mac OSX. Low latency connections can be made with computer-to-computer WiFi networks. Connecting WiFi MIDI to PCs can also be done; there are a few drivers available for this.

❖Connecting USB MIDI❖

MIDI equipment can also be connected through the Apple camera connection kit USB adapter."

iTunes:
MIDI Control - Secret Base Design
iPads on eBay, on Amazon
iPod Touch on eBay, on Amazon

Korg R3 / '''Let me hear that voice again''' (© 2010 by Axxim)

Uploaded by 5ynthesizer on Jan 17, 2010

"A song of mine, using only the Korg R3 as sound source and its vocoder.

Enjoy,
Axxim"

PPG FREE for iPad Released

"PPG FREE is a feature-limited version of the PPG WaveGenerator App. All editing functions are disabled, voice count is 5 maximum with a sample rate of 44.1Khz, but the user still has access to a selection of the incredible library from the full version. To benefit from the full power of the PPG synth engine users will need to purchase the PPG WaveGenerator App from the App Store."


iTunes:
PPG FREE - Wolfgang Palm
iPads on eBay, on Amazon

PPG-Wavegenerator Tutorial: Recording and sampling sounds with iPad for the PPG Wavegenerator.wmv

Published on Sep 29, 2012 by 5ynthesizer

"This tutorial shows you how to record and sample sounds with your iPad2 and import them on the PPG Wavegenerator with the help of two additional free available Apps: APT (Acoustic Picture Transmiter) and a picture editor like Photoshop express.
If you want to try it, you can download my soundbank which has some examples and a preset for starting your own import at the following link: "www.axxim.de/media/axxims.wgbnk". Just input the link on your iPad and choose "open with wavegenerator" Enjoy!"

iTunes:
WaveGenerator - Wolfgang Palm
iPads on eBay, on Amazon

mbira patch play

mbira patch play from todd barton on Vimeo.

"exploring using the pre-amp from the Buchla 207r into a vintage Buchla 130 envelope detector. . ."

New SublteNoiseMaker Spikebox

Published on Nov 8, 2012 by Sascha Neudeck

"SubtleNoiseMaker is proud to introduce the mighty new
SPIKEBOX, available now at www.SubtleNoiseMaker.com"

"A very versatile, touchable sound- and noisegenerator with a lot of sonic possibilities to explore.

comes with a very intuitive interface consisting of twelve heavy nails, six 3-way-switches and six potis.

makes absolute weird sonic noisewalls and rhythmic ever-changing patterns.

works with one 9Volt-battery

2 channels means 2 output (6,3mm), dimensions:220x144x54mm,
weight: ca. 2kg"

Soundbeam v. 1.5 Released with Ability to Record Audio

"We are really excited to announce the launch date of Soundbeam version 1.5. The App Store launch date of the update is November 8th 12:00 GMT.

We listened to our users' feedback and one of the most anticipated requests was that of sound recording, well it's finally here!

Soundbeam can now record up to 15 seconds of audio and render it into a beautiful, easily shareable video file.

Or you can...just save your creation to the camera roll ;)"

iTunes:
Soundbeam - Evil Window Dog
iPads on eBay, on Amazon
iPod Touch on eBay, on Amazon

XBS Korg VC 10 Vocoder Upgrades

via XBS:

"This week i am going to start an extensive series of mods on an old Korg VC 10 Vocoder. The Korg VC 10 has a reputation for being flawed in some ways but i think it has a lot of potential despite this. This is the beginning of a series of modifications to make it more useful as an instrument and sound better over all.

Part 1:

1, There’s a quirk in the way the 20 sound generators are treated. Channels 17 to 20 have their carrier input only connected to the Noise source. Performing this mod will increase the speech recognition and add the missing edge to the sound.
2, The bias signal for the sound generator does not affect channels 15 – 20. By routing the bias signal to all the channels you get a brighter and more well defined vocoder output as all the channels will behave together.
3, Replace the IEC jack of course!
To be continued!"

Click here for the full post including additional pics.

Doepfer A117 DNG Basics and Percussion

Published on Nov 8, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Brief Description and Demonstration of the Doepfer A117 Digital Noise, Random Clock and 808 source. Demonstrations of how to create percussion sounds with this module.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Doepfer A117 Playable Noise and Special FX
Published on Nov 15, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Demonstration of "playable" noise using the Doepfer A117 DNG. There is also a short demonstration of a Special Effect from the manual for the A117. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Also see:
Doepfer A155 Analog/Trigger Sequencer Basics
Doepfer A188-2 Tapped BBD Delay Module Basics
Doepfer A156 Dual Quantizer Basics
Doepfer A189-1 VBM Voltage Controlled Bit Modifier Basics
Ring Modulation of Basic Waveforms with Doepfer A114 Ring Mod
Doepfer A131 VCA Intro
Doepfer A101-2- LPG Modes
Sample and Hold with Doepfer A148
Doepfer A118 Filtering with A120 VCF Low Pass Filter
Doepfer A110 Filtering with A101-2 and A120
Doepfer A110 VCO /A145 LFO-Pulse Width Modulation
Doepfer A110 VCO Features and Functions Tutorial
Doepfer A188-1 BBD Basics

KiwiTechnics Kiwisix Limited Release Shipping & Polysix Power Supply Upgrade

KiwiTechnics is currently shipping a limited release of their Kiwisix upgrade for the KORG Polysix. They have also developed a power supply upgrade which will be available separately or bundled. This will be available in about two weeks.