Friday, February 28, 2014
Roland RS505 Paraphonic String Synthesizer
Published on Feb 28, 2014 SynthDan1·14 videos
"A little improv on the 1978 Roland RS-505. It's a paraphonic string synthesizer, with a synth section (with resonant filter) and a bass section to boot. This video is a blend of the synth & strings, which creates a lush and almost haunting sound.
What's a paraphonic synthesizer? It's a keyboard that allows you to play many notes (because it's essentially a divide-down organ), but all the sounds run through a single filter and envelope. This is of course less powerful than a conventional polyphonic synthesizer, but they allowed for unlimited polyphony and some interesting sounds and effects. There were tons of string synthesizers made in the 1970s, all based on the paraphonic concept, and they were used in tons of famous songs (think of the beginning of "Dream Weaver" while listening to my demo).
P.S. Sorry about the weird audio glitch at the very first note, I guess my phone glitched."
Roland TB-303 Computer Controlled
Billy Corgan 'SIDDHARTHA' on Eurorack Modular Live Feed Now
Started on Feb 28, 2014 montelds·89 videos
"'SIDDHARTHA' BY HERMAN HESSE, WITH MUSICAL INTERPRETATION BY WILLIAM CORGAN"
As this is happening live right now, new posts will go up below. Be sure to scroll down for new posts!
"Korg Gadget for iPad Remix Contest"
"MELVILLE, NY, February 28, 2014 - Korg has teamed up with SoundCloud to offer a worldwide contest in celebration of its newest music app, Korg Gadget. The 'Korg Gadget for iPad Remix Contest,' which runs from February 28 through March 31, 2014, will award an array of great gear prizes for remixes made using the Korg Gadget for iPad app. [iTunes: KORG Gadget - KORG INC.]
This remix contest is open to everyone, amateur and professional alike. Contestants can enter by remixing any of the official demo songs that are pre-installed on Gadget for iPad('Gadget World Tour', 'The Body & Soul', 'Our Cities', Shape Down'), and then uploading the remixed track to 'GadgetCloud'.
Prizes include:
First place:
KORG taktile-25, KORG volca keys, KORG volca bass, KORG volca beats, 2-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Second place:
KORG micro KEY-25, KORG MS-20 mini, 1-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Third place:
KORG nanoKEY2 in white, KORG volca keys, 1-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
10 Runners Up receive:
1-year SoundCloud Pro Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Winners will be selected by a Korg committee and will be contacted in mid-April 2014. To listen to the all the entries, visit GadgetCloud. Full details on how to enter, as well as rules and regulations, can be found here: www.korg.com/contest_rules/ ."
This remix contest is open to everyone, amateur and professional alike. Contestants can enter by remixing any of the official demo songs that are pre-installed on Gadget for iPad('Gadget World Tour', 'The Body & Soul', 'Our Cities', Shape Down'), and then uploading the remixed track to 'GadgetCloud'.
Prizes include:
First place:
KORG taktile-25, KORG volca keys, KORG volca bass, KORG volca beats, 2-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Second place:
KORG micro KEY-25, KORG MS-20 mini, 1-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Third place:
KORG nanoKEY2 in white, KORG volca keys, 1-year SoundCloud Unlimited Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
10 Runners Up receive:
1-year SoundCloud Pro Membership, a featured spot on Korg's social channels and website
Winners will be selected by a Korg committee and will be contacted in mid-April 2014. To listen to the all the entries, visit GadgetCloud. Full details on how to enter, as well as rules and regulations, can be found here: www.korg.com/contest_rules/ ."
Drums with DIY modular synth by vinnui
Published on Feb 28, 2014
"I'm using 2 VCAs, 4 LFOs (2 YuSynth VCLFOs), a noise source, and a ringmod, to create rhythmic sounds."
via Aluötvözet-Lemez Hidegen-Hengerelt on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
Disklavier Controlled by Nord Modular G2
Palle Dahlstedt's Circle Self - a live feedback algorithm for Disklavier
Published on Feb 25, 2014 otoskope·45 videos
According to Palle the "G2 does it all - essentially it is a modular synth (the G2) generating sequence patterns for a player piano based on a seed from a human player (me). No other equipment involved."
"A quick pre-concert test of the 'piece' Circle Self, for Disklavier and electronics. The underlying engine consist of four virtual musicians who listen to each other in an intricate feedback system (hence, "Circle"). All paramers are controlled from a keyboard, through a dynamic vector mapping. But the keybaord output is here fed back to the system, through this vector mapping, so the whole system is essentially playing itself (hence, "Self"). It needs to be triggered by a manual seed to get going, though.
This is the third piece in the Circle series. The previous two are:
Circle Squared (the virtual musicians are controlled by a musician using expressive pressure pads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gcCLfmLyeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-b1cKBsG1I
Circle Keys (the virtual musicians are controlled by, and interacted with through the actual piano keyboard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkTi8PfKFhY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5sMRIY_D5o
The system is programmed by Palle Dahlstedt, and it is part of the research project Creative Performance. Recorded in the Sjöström Hall of the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The Disklavier belongs to the academy's department for electronic music, the Lindblad Studios."
Published on Feb 25, 2014 otoskope·45 videos
According to Palle the "G2 does it all - essentially it is a modular synth (the G2) generating sequence patterns for a player piano based on a seed from a human player (me). No other equipment involved."
"A quick pre-concert test of the 'piece' Circle Self, for Disklavier and electronics. The underlying engine consist of four virtual musicians who listen to each other in an intricate feedback system (hence, "Circle"). All paramers are controlled from a keyboard, through a dynamic vector mapping. But the keybaord output is here fed back to the system, through this vector mapping, so the whole system is essentially playing itself (hence, "Self"). It needs to be triggered by a manual seed to get going, though.
This is the third piece in the Circle series. The previous two are:
Circle Squared (the virtual musicians are controlled by a musician using expressive pressure pads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gcCLfmLyeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-b1cKBsG1I
Circle Keys (the virtual musicians are controlled by, and interacted with through the actual piano keyboard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkTi8PfKFhY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5sMRIY_D5o
The system is programmed by Palle Dahlstedt, and it is part of the research project Creative Performance. Recorded in the Sjöström Hall of the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The Disklavier belongs to the academy's department for electronic music, the Lindblad Studios."
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