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MIT Media Lab's Joseph Paradiso Coming to Moogfest 2014

via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"Happy CV Sunday! Love, your friends at #Moog.

MIT Media Lab's Joseph Paradiso is just one of many innovative minds speaking at Moogfest 2014: www.moogfest.com/Speakers"

Gingerbread Access Virus TI

via Access on Facebook

"Celebrate 40.000 Virus TI facebook fans with us. This yummy Virus TI extravaganza by Sária Édes is made of 100% gingerbread and marzipan! Enjoy"

Elektron Analog Four : Tutorial by 7-year-old, creating Photographic by Depeche Mode

Published on Feb 3, 2014

"A tutorial on how to use the Elektron Analog 4 and using it to program 'Photographic' by Depeche Mode - from the perspective of a seven-year-old kid. In Swedish, filmed in one go."

KARMA Motif v3.1 released - Mac OS X 10.9, MOXF, MOX, Rack-XS!

"Westfield, NJ, Feb 2, 2014 - Karma-Lab has released KARMA Motif Software Version 3.1, a major update that adds support for several more Yamaha instruments and Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9. A free update for any current owners, version 3.1 adds the following new features and improvements:

- supports 5 Yamaha instruments: Motif XF, Motif XS, MOXF, MOX and Rack XS
- supports Mac OSX 10.4.11 through 10.9.x Mavericks, Universal
- supports Windows XP through Windows 8.1, 32 and 64-bit
- supports the Steinberg CMC-PD and CMC-QC external controllers, among others
- adds additional control ports for use with more external devices at the same time
- new Previous Scene, Next Scene and Startup Scene functions
- new Phase Activity Display shows the relationship of each Module's Phase Pattern
- support for scrolling via MouseWheel/Trackpad where applicable
- revised and updated Help File including .pdf version; new and updated Tutorials
- other new features, enhancements, and improvements.

KARMA Motif brings developer Stephen Kay's award-winning and patented KARMA algorithmic music technology to a number of Yamaha Motif-based models, giving them extensive new interactive groove generation, arpeggiation and arranger-like capabilities. The software uses the Song/Mixing/Multi Mode of the Motif-based instruments to provide 16 part multi-timbral templates with the kind of fully interactive real-time controlled grooves that only KARMA can produce.

The software includes the ability to use the keyboard's Remote Mode to control all of KARMA's functions directly from the keyboard, while KARMA sends parameter information and values directly to the keyboard's display. This allows you to control KARMA from the keyboard without looking at the computer, and makes it feel like the KARMA software is built-in to the keyboard.

KARMA Motif uses the keyboard's Song/Multi/Mixing mode, where each of the included KARMA Performances is a complete, 16 part multi-track six-module KARMA algorithmic music groove, with a left hand and right hand zone for controlling KARMA and soloing on top of it, and eight fully voiced and completely different scenes. The keyboard's arps are also additionally integrated in each Performance as additional elements that can be added via KARMA's Intelligent Chord Trigger Transposition features. And since you are already in Song Mode, you're just one step away from recording your KARMA-fied musical performances into the internal sequencer - or you can route the output to any DAW for external sequencing. Furthermore, a KARMA Performance can call up any Voice, Performance, Song, Pattern, or Master slot when loading, so that KARMA can be used in any of the supported model's modes.

KARMA Motif is available directly from Karma-Lab for US $199. A 13 minute Video Introduction on the Motif XF is available demonstrating many of KARMA's interactive performance capabilities. More information, including links to documentation, tutorials and user forums, can be found at karma-lab.com/karma-motif

About Karma-Lab

Founded in 1994 and based in Westfield, NJ, Karma-Lab is a provider of software for music and sound creation. The company has developed the KARMA features, software and sounds for a wide variety of Korg keyboards including the Korg Karma, Triton, OASYS, M3, M50 and Kronos, and its award-winning KARMA technology is covered by 11 US Patents. Karma-Lab has also recently released software and sounds for a number of Yamaha products including the Motif XF and XS series, the MOXF and MOX series, and the Motif Rack-XS. KARMA technology is used worldwide by tens of thousands of users, for applications including audio production, song-writing, film/TV soundtracks, live stage sound, club remixes, computer game sound, and multimedia applications. Find out more at karma-lab.com"

KORG VOLCA LIVE SESSION w AMBIENT GUITAR (Drone/Looping/Soundscape) Keys Bass Beats

Published on Feb 3, 2014 VolcaRock·10 videos

"KORG VOLCA Series on an AMBIENT psychedelic LIVE SESSION with ambient guitar live loops (Drones) & Roland Juno 60, Jomox Xbase 09 (just percussion sounds).
Main synths are Volca Keys, Bass and Beats with individual Hi Hat Output.
The Main Output of VOLCA BEATS goes to the Filter Input of my DOEPFER MS-404.

I have described in the video (filmed with 3 cams), which Synths are playing and muted. So you don't have to guess the different sounds.

In the middle of the session I used Waldorf Puls I for a Sample&Hold-sound, too. Yamaha RM1x is just used as Master MIDI-Clock (no use of internal sounds). Beats has MIDI-Out Mod and syncs my Boomerang III Looper, which is running in free mode. all synths use their internal sequencer/arp or are played live.
Recorded without overdubs and mastering in just one take.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT

KORG VOLCA SET UP:
Volca Keys signal left channel into MFB-Filterbox and right channel straight into the Submixer, with heavy use of Delay
Volca Bass into Shockwave Distortion into the sub mixer
Volca Beats HiHat into the sub mixer, Main Audio Out into Doepfer MS-404

SUB MIXER for all Volcas: Behringer Xenyx 802
SEND FX used for Volca Keys:
Rocktron Tsunami Chorus into 2 Behringer Vintage Time Machines (built into one housing) for analog Stereo Delay

SYNTH RACK SETUP (*used on this track)
Roland Juno 60 (with Kenton MIDI PCB MK II)*
Doepfer MS 404*
Waldorf Puls I*
Waldorf Microwave I (with Access Programmer)
Nord Modular Rack
Emu Proteus 2000
Yamaha Tx81z
Jomox Xbase 09 (special edition with Jazbase upgrade)*
Roland Rhythm 77
Roland DR-880
all Synths run into Main Mixer (Soundcraft Sprit M12)

SEQUENCER / MIDI KEYS: (*used on this track)

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littleBits Guest Maker: Bilal Ghalib

Published on Feb 3, 2014 littleBits TV·318 videos

littleBits synth kits on eBay

http://littlebits.cc/guest-maker-spot...

"Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Bilal Ghalib, a hacker aficionado and founder of both GEMSI (Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative) and pocketfactory.org, at our offices in New York City. We asked Bilal to come spend time with us at littleBits and make the craziest project he could think of.

Not only did Bilal create a mind-blowing project with interesting interfaces that challenge the way we think about littleBits in combination with the physical and digital realms, his process truly showcased the power of littleBits as a prototyping tool.

littleBits makes an open source library of electronic modules that snaps together with magnets for prototyping, learning, and fun. Find out more at littleBits.cc"

Devil Fish-Bassline TT303-Acid A4-Breaks

Published on Jan 26, 2014 TB-303 Devil Fish·7 videos

"Sunday arvo Acid jam using the Devil Fish(bassline), TT303 through MXR Fullbore Metal distortion pedal(Acid) and the Analog four(beats and percussive synth sounds)."

Playlist:
Devil Fish-Bassline TT303-Acid A4-Breaks
Devil Fish CV/Audio in to 32 Bank Memory mod+Midi out
Devil Fish-Audio in to 32 Bank Memory+MIDI Out
Devil Fish CV in to 32 Bank Memory System (No.1)
Devil Fish Meets Analog Four
Devil Fish stuck note FM
Devil Fish+ dual Metal Zone (LOUD)

Kauf - Entonces

via Pablo on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Reuniting with an instrument is one beautiful thing.
For a little less than a year, my Oberheim Matrix 6R was “incapacitated”, doing all sorts of crazy things. A couple of weeks ago, I finally found the time to take it to Hernán “The Wizard” Baldi, who returned it in Mint Condition. Anew.

The excitement and emotion of having my Matrix back in my studio was such that I set myself to a “challenge”: composing a track using ONLY the Matrix, programming every sound from an “INIT PATCH” situation.

I then complemented those sounds with the wonderful Eventide Space Reverb, added a little EQ and compression, and after several days of mixing, here’s the result, my first Ambient work of 2014.

I hope you enjoy it."

Moog Liberation Synthesizer SN 1089

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via this auction

via the seller: "I am the original owner of this beauty. I purchased Brand new in probably about 1982 and used it for some minor gigging, but mostly I used it in my song writing and recording. So it never was exposed to heavy traveling and abuse. It does have a couple of broken sliders which still work fine it's just that the little plastic sliders broke. I still have the pieces along with the little caps, and they could probably glued but I never had the desire to open up the chassis and do that since the sliders still work fine. You'll see what I'm talking about in the Contour Generator section. It's the Loudness - ATTACK & SUSTAIN sliders. They have red caps and those pieces are pushed into the the foam of the flight case. And also in the Mixer section it is missing the little green cap on the NOISE slider, which got lost along the way. Again it works completely fine without that little cap. You'll see all this in the pictures.

The Liberation was the first commercially produced Keytar style keyboard/synthesizer. It was big back in the 80's and is a classic analog machine. It has 2 monophonic VC Oscillators and a polyphonic capability so you can actually play organ type chords. But it's not like a 32 or 64 voice machine that you can play Big Lush chords. The Oscillators have Square, Triangle and Sawtooth waveforms. The keyboard is aftertouch sensitive. The neck of the unit features controls for Force, Glide, Mod Amount, Filter, Volume and a Pitch Bend Ribbon.

This unit does show some signs of normal wear and usage with minor scuffs and paint wear but overall it is in really good shape. It also comes in a Flight Case that, if I recall correctly, I paid a couple hundred for back in the day. This is a heavy duty case and not the guitar like case that I've seen. The case is in good shape although the foam padding has started to break down after all these years, so I've lined it with a moving blanket to help keep the foam from sticking to the keyboard..."