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MusikMesse 2013: New Synth Coming from Clavia / Nord Keyboards

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MOOG SOUND LAB Seaon 3 | Zola Jesus | In Your Nature

Published on Mar 28, 2013 MoogMusicInc·231 videos

"Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, is best known for her dark moody ballads, but with the 2011 release Conatus, Nika moved forward creating her most dynamic album to date. Not content to rest Zola Jesus ventured into the Moog Sound Lab and further evolved her single "In Your Nature." In its original incarnation "In Your Nature" existed as an epic operatic with dance floor sensibilities, but here Nika imbues the song with analog warmth that contrasts her cold, snowy upbringing. A Minitaur Analog Bass synthesizer controlled by a Minimoog Voyager replaces much of the stringed arrangement found in the original version of the song. The Little Phatty played by keyboardist Nick Turco does double duty, further expanding what would have been a bowed arrangement and providing the arpeggiation featured in the second half of the song. The live violin played by Kim Free was routed through a MF-104 analog delay to thicken the sound and serves as the last trace of the rich strings that carry the original. Synthesist Alex De Groot provides the song's rhythm, expanding on the song's original percussive track with live drumming generated by three Voyager RMEs and controlled with a MIDI drum pad. Zola Jesus's Moog Soundlab session not only captures the energy and emotion of the original, but reshapes "In Your Nature" with a richness and gravity unique to this version.

Watch Moog Sound Lab Season 3 as it debuts at: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/

See more of the Moog Sound Lab series at: http://www.moogsoundlab.com

Visit Zola Jesus at: http://www.zolajesus.com"

Ambient Drone Synths

via David Lovelace on Facebook

"Oh, no... I'm actually catching up on my backlog of Anything Napkins! Perhaps now would be a good time to get yours... anything you want on a virtual (aka Digital) bar napkin for FIVE BUCKS (and up). Here's one for a guy who's into "drone synth" music..."

http://anythingnapkin.com

Make Noise Workshop This Saturday!

via Richard Devine on
The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Packing up for this weekends show and workshop with Make Noise: Reminder for the show tomorrow night in Asheville NC at the Apothecary

And Free modular workshop on Saturday @ the MakeNoise shop info here"

Doepfer A196 PLL- Experiments with the Phase Locked Loop-The Final Chapter Part Two

Published on Mar 28, 2013

"The final chapter in the Doepfer A196 series. Discussing other patches and final thoughts.
Sound and video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Spring Arabesque

"Performed solo in a single pass on the Mystery Serge by Doug Lynner a.k.a. Synthesizerman."

via Doug Lynner on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Muse Research ships RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO

"SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: music and audio technology developer Muse Research & Development is proud to announce availability of RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO, the latest additions to its line of dedicated hardware plug-in players, as of March 28...

With the introduction of these two new models, Muse Research now offers a complete RECEPTOR range priced to suit both budgetary and application requirements; yet each enable recording engineers and performing musicians to run popular virtual instruments and effects software in a high-performance, self-contained, tour-proven package with maximum performance and convenience.

RECEPTOR QU4TTRO, the company’s top-of-the-line model, is designed for demanding studio applications, film and TV composers, and touring bands wishing to simultaneously process keyboards, guitars, and/or vocals. This fourth-generation RECEPTOR is powered by a fastest-in-class 3.9GHz (peak) Quad-Core Intel processor and is equipped with 16GB of RAM and a voluminous 2TB 7200 RPM hard drive (or optional 256GB or 512GB SSD) to run even the most demanding virtual instruments and effects with ease.

RECEPTOR TRIO is the more affordable ‘middle child’ of the RECEPTOR family, and also features a Quad-Core Intel processor — only slightly slower than its big brother’s super-speedy affair, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive (or optional 256GB or 512GB SSD). No slouch by any means, RECEPTOR TRIO is a seriously-capable, cost-effective system suited to touring and studio professionals, as well as higher-end project studios, with ample power to run many plug-ins at once.

The RECEPTOR range was designed to tackle even the most demanding software synthesis and advanced signal processing tasks that face today’s modern musician. RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO take this one step further, thanks to TetraCore technology. This proprietary software threading and load balancing technology prioritises musical tasks over all others and optimises available processing resources to extract maximum performance from those four CPU cores. In turn, this lets the system run more demanding plug-ins at lower latencies than unoptimised platforms, but, more importantly, it makes RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO feel much more like a real hardware instrument or effects processor as a result. Users will immediately notice how natural and ‘tight’ their favourite virtual instruments and effects sound with TetraCore.

Supporting the new TetraCore processing engine is a new and improved 64-bit operating system featuring Intellibridge technology to provide simultaneous support for 32- and 64-bit plug-ins. Users can comfortably run large, multi-gigabyte sample libraries that occupy more than 4GB of RAM while still running their favourite tried-and-tested 32-bit plug-ins at the same time. RECEPTOR TRIO is perfectly primed to do just that with 8GB of onboard RAM at its disposal while RECEPTOR QU4TTRO can capably handle even the largest sample libraries with its 16GB helping of RAM.

Even more impressive is what RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO users can do with that extra RAM when working with LIVE MODE, a proprietary performance feature for preloading virtual set lists (up to the limits of the available RAM) and moving instantly from preset to preset. No more waiting for large presets to load while onstage since LIVE MODE preloads presets for instant access when moving from song to song or cue to cue. Try doing that on a bog standard laptop!

RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO users have an abundance of stellar sounds to use with that breakthrough LIVE MODE since each model comes complete with over $900 USD of software plug-ins for free! Ranging from perfect pianos to searing synths, and running the gamut from guitar amp models to vocal harmonisers, too, there’s surely something there to suit most musical tastes and needs. Needless to say, sonic horizons can be affordably and easily expanded as both new models now ship with Native Instrument’s KOMPLETE 9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE collection of premium sonic tools for production, sound design, and live performance pre-installed and ready for evaluation and authorisation. And there are also dozens of other third-party plug-ins pre-installed in demo mode, making the search for that ‘just right’ sound for any music project or performance a breeze.

RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO are equally at home on the road or in the studio, and integration into any performance or recording environment is easier than ever thanks to the bundled PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL 24-bit/96K USB 2.0 Recording Interface. This pairing provides both models with support for four times the analogue I/O of their predecessors, with eight analogue inputs and outputs, eight ADAT optical digital inputs and outputs, a stereo S/PDIF digital input and output, and digital word clock output for integration with other digital audio devices. This massive 18- channel I/O count propels RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO to new heights, letting users send individual instruments to their own dedicated outputs, process multiple independent streams of audio, or simultaneously process guitars, vocals, basses, and other instruments while generating sounds using virtual instruments. Coupled with that PreSonus audio interface, RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO are more than capable of serving as the central hub to anyone’s musical universe!

The new models compliment the existing entry-level RECEPTOR VIP, taking the RECEPTOR range to the next level of power, ease of use, and flexibility. With RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO, Muse Research has successfully strengthened RECEPTOR’s robust, roadworthy plug-in-playing status as the go-to performance instrument of choice for thousands of professional musicians worldwide.

Quite simply, RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO possess all the power, memory, storage, and I/O needed to adapt to any recording or performance scenario. Wherever the superior sounds of virtual instruments and effects are needed, RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO will deliver high-quality results with exemplary performance and stability, all in a self-contained, roadworthy, and affordable package.

The Muse Research RECEPTOR product line is available through select music retailers in the US and Canada, as well as through music equipment distributors worldwide. The Muse Research dealer network from within the United States offers the products at the minimum advertised prices of $1,699.00 USD (RECEPTOR VIP), $2,499.00 USD (RECEPTOR TRIO), and $2,999.00 USD (RECEPTOR QU4TTRO). International distributors set their own pricing for their respective territories.

If there is no stocking retailer in your area, a RECEPTOR can be configured to your specifications and purchased via the Plugorama.com website (www.plugorama.com), which also offers virtual instruments and effects packages for use with RECEPTOR starting at $29.99 USD"

Cheetah SpecDrum (ZX Spectrum Peripheral) Demo

Published on Mar 28, 2013 snolan1990·26 videos

"This is a demonstration of the Cheetah SpecDrum, drum machine software & hardware combo for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k. This add on was released in 1986 and achieved moderate success by providing Spectrum owners a fully fledged PCM drum machine for significantly less than the cost of a new stand alone drum machine at the time.

Both Spectrums & SpecDrums can be found at relatively low prices however the need to load the software on each start up and connect the spectrum to a TV to display the interface coupled with the lack of MIDI means that, unless you are truly oldschool, samples might legitimately be the best way to utilise the SpecDrum sounds.

Despite all the downsides of the SpecDrum the sounds are undeniably punchy and the interface, while slightly clunky, does work well."