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Critter And Guitari Pocket Piano

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Sequential Circuits Prelude Synthesizer

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New Monome aleph Looper and Drum Synth by Ezra Buchla and Brian Crabtree

aleph prototype looper and drum synth from tehn on Vimeo.

"filmed by emily lacy and kelli cain. edited by kelli cain.

performed by ezra buchla and brian crabtree.

http://monome.org/aleph"

Ezra Buchla is Don Buchla's son.

aleph.
designed and engineered by ezra buchla and brian crabtree.
made by monome in upstate new york.
$1400. ordering open now.
shipping late fall.

"soundcomputer.
powerful audio processor, synthesizer, noise machine, rapidly modifiable instrument. a platform for experimental practice and organic discovery.

attachments.
connect grid controllers, modular synths, midi keys, stomp boxes, gamepads, hand-made circuits. for more direct control and uncommon pairings.

topography.
dynamically arrange control mappings with unprecedented flexibility. create software control sources such as modulators, logical operators, aleatoric processes, sequencers. all quickly storable and recallable.

open source.
designed for community engagement, a benefit for musicians and developers alike. an exceptional educational tool. the library of uses and possibilities can only grow."

Additional details here.

NI Maschine + MS Surface Pro demo... it wasn't quite as expected

Published on Sep 26, 2013 acemonvw·59 videos

I believe this is the first MS Surface Pro user video focused on making music.
Update: all working now. See this post.

The original post:
"So I thought it would be cool to use the MS Surface Pro as an interface
for Maschine. I was able to make some fun beats with it and use it
fairly well, but it would freak out every so often. I thought I had it
under control when I was making this piece... but it ends abruptly when
the CPU just gives out. The audio cut out just fine apparently, but you
can see at the very end the software and hardware just give up. Welp,
that's why I like hardware grooveboxes, they don't just give up on me
when I'm writing stuff (of course, the Surface Pro isn't THAT great of
a piece of hardware either, but I did expect it to manage this song).

Yes, the levels seem to be off, I just wanted to experiment with
Maschine and the Surface Pro... It was a failed attempt I think."

Update: see this thread on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge for some additional details.
Some notes on what was running:

"To be fair. I believe I have 5 reaktor vst's going, a few massive vst's going, one other NI vst that does drone-y things (can't remember its name), as well as some samples for drums..."

"The way I recorded the audio, was for Maschine to sample the master audio, which probably added to the fun. Oh, AND Maschine and all samples and VSTs are loaded on an external micro SD (class 10) card..."

This was also run with Windows Pro native audio drivers out of the box. Asio4all drivers and/or of course an external audio device might help.

Update2 via Tony Scharf in the comments before the updates from the Lounge: "The amount of RAM and storage speed in the surface pro is just totally in adequate for something like Maschine. You would have to have VERY high latency times for it to run. Also, I'd like to know if he is just using Maschine, or if there are any plug in FX being used. That would probably push it over the edge.

The surface pro 2 would probably fair better. Also, a more optimized application like FL Studio would probably run better given how FL Studio will run on a crappy netbook well. Maschine is many things but it is NOT lean."

Update3 via Michael, aka acemonvw on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge: "If you're interested in knowing, I have studied Maschine and the Surface Pro and find they work pretty well together. I have had much fewer hangups since switching to the AISO driver. I also found that a few services were causing issues randomly 1) Windows Modules Installer Worker, 2) WMI provider host, and 3) System. System was strange in that it was at about 30% CPU forever. Maschine only took up 10% CPU when running using 2 reaktors, 1 massive, and one Kontakt. Pretty impressive actually!"

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MOOG MULTIMOOG Analog Synthesizer 1978 | HD DEMO

Published on Sep 26, 2013 AnalogAudio1·117 videos

"(c) 2013 by AnalogAudio1

I played the Multimoog with reverb effects from a Lexicon MPX-500 and delay effects from a Roland DEP-5.

The Multimoog is a highly versatile analog monophonic synthesizer. It is basically an extended version of the Micromoog, which came out 3 years before. It features a ribbon controller and a touch sensitive keyboard. It has many interesting modulation routings and has a powerful, analog sound.

The Multimoog has 2 VCOs and a suboscillator. The filter can be modulated by the oscillator B in different ways. It has oscillator sync, noise generator, sample & hold, mixable oscillator waveforms, pulse width modulation, the 24 dB Moog filter and two envelopes. It has all interfacing you would expect from a good monophonic synth: CV / Gate IN and OUT, EXTERNAL SIGNAL IN, VCF IN. You can even play a Moog modular system from the Micromoog keyboard."

NEW Ensoniq EPS16+ / MFB - 522 / NORD MODULAR

Published on Sep 26, 2013 michal23pl·94 videos

"my new system test"

via Michal Patulski on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"All the drums are MFB and EPS is sequencing everything and playing that sample you can hear at the beginning. everything else (bass lead, sines x 2, detuned lead) is from Nord."

Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies

For those of you in the UK, you can check it out on the BBC TV website here.

This one in via Ununseptium Warehouse & Ian Tomey
on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

New Vintage Synths Pack For Animoog

iTunes: Animoog - Moog Music Inc.

"Now available for download, three new expansion packs for Animoog: Monster Moog, Vintage Vibe, and Vintage FX. Each expansion pack contains powerful presets that inspire creativity as well as new timbres for creating unique sounds. Listen to a sampling of the new packs HERE.

Animoog Expansion Packs are available as an In-App purchase in the Animoog Store.

Monster Moog Expansion Pack
167 Timbres and 48 presets. This massive expansion pack was crafted using harmonic content extracted from new and classic Moog instruments including a System 15 Modular, Minitaur, 904a Filter, Freq Box, Bode Frequency Shifter, Sub Phatty, and more.

Vintage Vibe Expansion Pack
114 Timbres and 46 presets. This expansion pack was created using vintage synthesizer VCOs and Filters to shape unique timbral content, resulting in Timbres and Presets with the sound and vibe of the beloved synths of the 1980’s.

Vintage FX Expansion Pack
41 presets and 53 timbres.This expansion pack's Timbral content has been extracted from a wealth of vintage modular, rack, and stomp box effects including multiple analog delays, phasers, frequency shifters, resonant filters, & vocal phase filters."

Doepfer A143-9 Quadrature LFO Audio Demonstration Part One

Published on Sep 26, 2013 Raul's World of Synths·232 videos

"A brief audio demonstration of the Doepfer A143-9 Quadrature LFO. Sine outputs at different phase settings are compared. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

SKULL XLPC PHOTO THEREMIN SYNTH

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"THE (NEW AND IMPROVED, WIDER RANGE FROM LOW TO HIGH PITCH) LARGE PHOTO CELL INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE THEREMIN WILL PICK-UP ANY EXISTING LITE IN THE ROOM, AND TRANSFORM IT INTO SOUNDS THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD.THE THEREMIN REACTS TO ALL TYPES OF LITE, INCLUDING FLASHLITE, LASER POINTER, TV, OR ANY OTHER LITE SOURCE.BY SIMPLY WAVING YOUR HAND OVER THE PHOTO CELL SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN YOU ARE ABLE TO CHANGE PITCH, AND VOLUME.TO GET THE BEST SOUND EFFECTS YOU CONNECT AN AMP.(ALL MY XLPC THEREMINS ARE BUILT TO BE USED WITH AN AMP.) AND EFFECTS PEDALS TO THE THEREMIN AND LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO. ANOTHER NEW FEATURE IS THE RED LED LIGHTED EYES THAT ARE OPERATED BY THE RED ON AND OFF SWITCH. GREAT FOR DJ's, IN THE STUDIO OR LIVE ON STAGE. ADD MY XLPC THEREMIN TO YOUR SET-UP AND EVERYONES HEAD WILL TURN!!!

GO TO THIS WEB PAGE FOR A GREAT DEMO FROM MY FRIEND IN JAPAN http://www.apollonmusic.com/xlpc-theremin/exhibitions.html

The XLPC Theremin includes:

8 ohm Speaker(very small, low volume)

Red On/Off Switch ( RED LED LITE operated EYES by the on and off switch)

Silver Pitch Volume Knob

Extra Large Photo-Cell (NEW and IMPROVED, WIDER RANGE from low to high PITCH)

1/4" Output Jack (Amp. Cable not included)

1 C Battery

NATURAL HEAD and Heavy Duty Black Plastic Base

Instructions

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