x0xb0x Creator Limor Fried Wins Entrepreneur of 2012

Follow-up to Vote for x0xb0x Creator Limor Fried as Entrepreneur of 2012. She won! :)

via Entrepeneur where you'll find the article.

Some fun bits on our synth mistress ladyada from the article:

"Fave quote: 'We are what we celebrate.' --entrepreneur and inventor Dean Kamen

Words of wisdom: 'Be the change. If you want to live in a world that looks a certain way, don't wait around for someone else to do it.' --business partner Phil Torrone

Required reading: Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

Entrepreneurial idol: Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, publisher of countless maker-friendly magazines and books

Biggest motivator: Feedback that Adafruit is inspiring the next generation of engineers

Design inspiration: New York City"

And a blurb on how it all started:

"She liked to put skills she learned in class to the test by building functional objects like MP3 players, synthesizers and light toys from scratch, using custom-ordered parts. This was before YouTube and the iPhone, so she posted DIY instructions for the projects on her personal website. Soon she was bombarded with requests to sell pre-assembled kits. "At first I was like, 'No dude, I'm really busy, leave me alone,'" she says. But after a few months, her fans wore her down.

With $10,000 her parents had allocated for her tuition, Fried bought a bulk quantity of parts and began assembling and selling her kits, making about $10 on each unit. In the beginning, running the company consisted of shipping a couple of packages a day from the 24-hour post office next door to her dorm. As orders increased, she hired friends; before she knew it, she was designing a new project every week around newfangled components like gyrometric sensors, solar panels and thermal printers."

"Last year New York City-based Adafruit did a booming $10 million trade in sales of DIY open-source electronic hardware kits..."

Be sure to see Entrepenuer.com for the full article.  It's a good one. Photography by David Johnson

Jarre phased strings sound with KORG POLYSIX

Published on Dec 18, 2012 by drbenway

"STRINGS + PHASER + DELAY = JARRE

STRINGS = Korg polysix
PHASER = genuine 1974 MXR Phase 90
DELAY = Roland SDE 3000"

"The ensemble effect of korg polysix is impressive. The drum machine is a TR 808 and the noise/theremin sound come from a Siel mono synth."

Kat & Mau5

via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"Congratulations to Joel Zimmerman, aka deadmau5, on his recent engagement!

Joel is a true synth connoisseur with a real appreciation for analog instruments and their history (he's even wearing a Moog Source shirt!).

We wish Joel and Kat all the best."

Ditto.

Spreading the synth & tattoo love.

Funny side note: My wife is a big fan of Kat and follows her on Twitter. She showed me some of her drawings.  Kat is an amazing artist.  We also watched her show LA Ink.  Anyway, I told my wife that I'm putting up a post with her.  She was curious why.  I told her he was sporting a synth T, and they were engaged.  She hadn't logged on yet, and heard it here first!  :)

Ready. Set. Play - Tabletop for iOS & Richard Devine

Uploaded on Dec 17, 2012 by retronyms

"Big update Tabletop introduces Midi controller support, timeline editor, session sharing, and Tabletop Ready Apps with iMPC from Akai Pro! The update is free! Tabletop is free!

Ready. Set. Remix!
The exclusive Soundtrack in this video was created in Tabletop by Richard Devine. You can find the song Glitch Breaker Demo inside the Tabletop in-app community, or on SoundCloud. To celebrate the new update for Tabletop we're making a call for remixes! Download the Glitchbreaker Session right in Tabletop. You get access to all of the custom samples, sequencing, and arrangement. Remix to your heart's content. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Richard Devine: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richard-Devine/105387759760

Glitch Breaker https://soundcloud.com/richarddevine/glitch-breaker-made-with-1"

iTunes:
Tabletop - Retronyms

iPads & More on eBay - Don't miss the Daily Tech Deals

Related: Retronyms Releases Major Update to Tabletop for iPad

Glitchmachines SPORE

"SPORE is a FREE download of 50 royalty free sound effects by sound designer Ivo Ivanov.

This Nanopack features an exclusive collection of hyper-stylized sub bass impacts, massive cinematic drones, and eerie mutated atmospheres suitable for game, multimedia, or music projects in need of fresh audio assets with a modern, high tech aesthetic."

Below are pics of the gear used to create the sample set including a eurorack modular, OTO Biscuit, Teenage Engineeing OP-1, and Mutable Instruments Shruthi.  Sounds were processed with Native Instruments Reaktor.

Mattson Sequencer Short Performance Demo

Published on Dec 18, 2012 by hewstigator

"This is just a really short demo of me experimenting with using the Mattson sequencer at the end of a new song that our band, The New Lines (thenewlines.bandcamp.com), is currently recording...

What you see is me flipping the play mode switch (to "program") to allow me to play an oscillator on my keyboard, and then at the end, I flip the play mode into "run" to start the sequence. And then I put the clock way up, close encounters of the third kind style...

sry about the audio quality - was running out of time and had to just use my cell phone audio for this one...!"

4MS KITS for christmas ambient unboxing

Published on Dec 18, 2012 by FSK1138

"SCM Breakout version v2 assembled
Shuffling Clock Multiplier kit
Rotating Clock Divider kit
RCD Breakout Kit

2x Pingable Envelope Generator kit


get your 4ms kits here
http://www.4mspedals.com/kits.php
also available at moog audio in montreal
http://www.moogaudio.com/"

Doepfer Dark Energy II Filter Sweep

Published on Dec 18, 2012 by AudioCentralMagazine

"A simple filter sweep test for Doepfer Dark Energy Mark II. No music on this video, just slow filter opening and closing under LFO 2 control with the four modes: LP, BR, HP and BP.
A little great machine with a sound fairly different from Dark Energy Mark I."

KOMA Elektronik releases the SVF-201 Analogue State Variable Filter!

"Great new filter module for eurorack modulars with CV'able Mix Output! With a backlit Cutoff knob!

After releasing two pedals and a CV motion controller in one year, Berlin based musical instruments manufacturer KOMA Elektronik are slowly moving into the world of modular synthesizers. Last month they announced the release of a tap tempo module for Eurorack synthesizers, but first there is the KOMA SVF-201: a state variable filter for the eurorack modular synthesizer format!

Just like it's bigger brother the FT201, the SVF-201's filter circuit is built up with optical parts (vactrols) therefor delivering excellent studio audio quality and an unique warm analogue sound The extensive patching possibilities make the module very easy to control and a versatile tool in any studio with any kind of input signal.

Inputs and Outputs
The SVF-201 comes with CV inputs with attenuators for Cutoff, Resonance and Select/Mix Out, where the last one allows the user to instantly sweep between the three different filter characteristics. The module also has adjustable gain up to +6dB, which gives the user to opportunity send a (slightly) overdriven signal into the circuit which results in MS20-like filter sweeps, allowing the filter to create nice experimental percussive sounds; just that extra punch that is sometimes needed to take a production to another level...

The unit comprises four audio outputs that can be used independently of each other at the same time, a High Pass, Band Pass, Low Pass and the unique CV’able Mix Out. The Mix Out out let’s you sweep continuously through the other three outputs by means of a knob and control voltage.

Build and layout
Build in KOMA's characteristic black and white style of design, the module looks very retro, with the full aluminum knobs allowing the user to set the filter cutoff frequency and resonance in a very precise manner. Behind the Cutoff knob there are 2 small LED's fitted that give a nice glow, ideal in dark performance situations! The SVF-201 uses parallel mounted PCBs so it can be used in skiffs as well as in big cases, the total depth is less than 40 mm. The SVF-201 offers an amazing sounding filter together with an user friendly surface; a professional feeling inviting musicians to play it real good!

The SVF-201 is now available at selected KOMA dealers worldwide and directly from KOMA Elektronik's webstore at www.koma-elektronik.com. MRSP: 259 EUR (Incl. EU VAT) | 230 EUR (Excl. EU VAT)

Specifications:

GENERAL

- Size: 3U, 12HP (60,60mm)
- Interface: 2mm white powder coated aluminum front plate + silkscreen printing

TECHNICAL:

- 4 audio outputs:
Low Pass
Band Pass
High Pass
Mix Out
- Audio input with attenuator / adjustable gain
- 3 CV inputs:
CV input for Cutoff with attenuator
CV input for Resonance with attenuator
CV input for Mix Out with attenuator
(The Mix Out attenuator acts as a normalized CV source if nothing is patched into the Select CV input)
- Large 30mm, full aluminum knob for Cutoff with white backlight (a jumper on the PCB lets you turn it off)
- Large 20mm, full aluminum knob for Resonance"

videos:

SVF-201 Analogue State Variable Filter Module

Published on Oct 12, 2012

previously posted

Koma SVF 201 Vactrol Filter

Published on Nov 28, 2012 by Jimmy Edgar

"First look at the new Koma SVF 201 Filter. Serial Number 004
Thnx, J"

MacBeth Micromac-D Update

via Ken MacBeth on Facebook

"Micromac-D UPDATE: Awesome- the black M3 Philips Screws that I have been waiting on for the Micromac-D have just been dispatched! I am expecting this afternoon- the now finished cases with toughened laquer covering to arrive from Engineering this afternoon. Assembly down southe say the PCBs will be finished and dispatched Thursday for a Friday delivery. THis is the first batch of 30 'mac-d units coming out of the 150 being made. These units are for the pre-order clients. I'm now going as fast as possible- pictures and contact soon!"