Sound Design With The Modular 07.16.14 :: Shapeshifter Chords

Published on Jul 15, 2014 Mike Kiraly

"Exploring the power of the Intellijel Shapeshifter and it's Chord Mode. No weird, bleepy sounds tonight - just a deep, but bright, melodic sequence. Also featured in the patch: Xaoc Devices Moskwa, Make Noise Erbe-Verb and a Modcan Dual Delay."

DYNACORD TAM-21 No. 2 //weirdo FLANGING + Elektron Analog Rytm

Published on Jul 15, 2014 LESINDES

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"this is a real weirdo flange session with the historic DYNACORD TAM-21 -- close to the edge hard on the limit -- HERE: little or slo modulation but strong feedback -- based on the incomparable drum patterns of the Elektron Analog Rytm"

DYNACORD TAM-21 + ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM -- weirdo flange// PART2

Published on Aug 2, 2014 LESINDES

"PART 2 of the weirdo flange session with the historic DYNACORD TAM-21 -- close to the edge hard on the limit -- based on the incomparable drum patterns of the Elektron Analog Rytm"

ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM -- all factory presets B1-B16 //PT 3

Published on Aug 4, 2014 LESINDES

"Playing and foooling around with all of the presets of ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM -- part 3
Sorry for the cable problem in the end :( but I left the part because of the performance"

ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM -- all factory presets B1-B16 //PT 4

Published on Aug 14, 2014 LESINDES

"Playing and foooling around with all of the presets of ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM -- part 4
Sorry for the cable problem in the end :( but I left the part in the film and did not edit it because I did not want to destroy the flow of the performance"

Roman Bayou's Cinq: SE80 Beats 'n Band in a Boom* Box, in 5 (or so) Movements

Published on Jul 15, 2014 StudioElectronics

"Studio Electronics' SoundCloud (http://tinyurl.com/oq6c5sd) Copy:

What happens when one disappears into the wilderness road of one's mind (and mighty-mighty DP8) with a Boomstar SE80, a little help from its friends: Boom*s 4075, 5089, SEM, 3003, no fixed deadlines, the power and elegance of Kontakt, and a desire to inspire and be inspired? This piece "right there"—my two and a half year old daughters' go to phrase.

The Boomstar SE80 got the party started early with its remarkable capacity to generate very warm, acoustic sounding drum sounds, in addition to the emblematic, voltage-flavored fare. Hundreds of samples later—some put through "Waves" paces—I dragged my favs into a new sequence window at bar 1, with a fixed tempo, sans bar lines, and no particular key signature in mind.

Very non-random, if avant garde sounding patterns and melodies emerged, preparing me for an immersion headlong into West African rhythms, and demanding an extended vacay to the Isle of Dub. Once those pillars were in place all of the Stevie, Gino, Duke, Cameo, Zap, Monte Moir, and St. Regis (the band yo) chords, leads, and turns—produced by both the 4075 and SE80 Boomstars—colored and kept pushing until the Roger "vocalisms" of the dual resonant SE80 filters sat atop the throne, playing the solo diva, wowing the key Dub backbeats, and hitting the combo-organy voicing stretches. It was with great difficulty that I backed away the '80s knobs and switches, because of that intoxicating "vocality and warmth."

The drums, excepting one distorted fill which I enjoyed complimenting and co-opting with synthiness, the triangle (Drew Nuemann's brilliant 3003 creation recorded at 3% of unity—it's true Drew!), a crisp D. Neumann tom design (4075), a very Mike Neuble-ish 16th note triplet figure (SEM), an open hi hat (SEM), the crash cymbal (SEM), and the "Bonham" room mic kick drum from "Boomstar the Beguine" (SEM), were generated by the SE80; I made far more samples than I could press into service, but it was most enjoyable slipping and sliding them in whenever I could.

All of the leads are single sample stretches in Kontakt, or sampled performances (some of which went under the knife and tune); the chords are a mix of the same and individually tracked single note performances, which were in turn repurposed/retuned in various places spectrally in DP. The more percussive and filter driven polys represent the latter. It was amazing how good the "stretches" sounded—kind of reminded me of working with valve instruments and their gradually lower register, longer and slower envelopes ramps.

A bit of Boomstar 5089 begins supporting the last half of the Dub groove with a bass double, figure, and slide or two, snapping once in the 1st Movement (a pull from the "Shootout at the Boomstar Corral" YouTube vid for those still awake). The B* Moog filter also supplies the sub in the rejected "Simon Says" soundtrack moodiness in Movement 5. The piano and synth patches are from GarageBand, ported in via that .aiff stripping trick.

Boomstar 4075 gets its Gary Wright/Rene and Angela 2600 bass groove on, above the 5089 sub fray, yet under it's own classic lead sound; a bony redux of Movement 3's "Moir-ish" charm brings the effort to a conclusion.

Boomstar 5089 boomed both the intro bass and 1:53 breakdown.

Lest I forget, the SE80 freeform synth jazz dance of the 4th Movement (3:03), grinds into "that perfect machine voice like ELP's, "I am perfect are you!" Directly following it is my friend Dan's "kind of atmospheric, distorted, Tomita-esque mood till 4:51 whence come the mysterious morse code signals from the nether reaches of outer space." All of which follows the sub movement (small m) of the SE80 Beat/Glitch Boxing: the punctuation for the preceding micro Glam Synth beatdown.

Final Note: The ambient, "spooky sound starting at 0:43 which weaves underneath awhile," following the 1st Movement (really another sub movement...), is an SEM lead subjected to generous Paulstretching in Audacity.

And do c.f. tinyurl.com/nmk7rfx for your purest listening pleasure!

Special Thanks to David Bowie whose fascinating, multimbral life and entertainment genius distracted and reinvigorated me near project's end; throw Gino Vannelli into that motivational kettle as well—THAT VOICE! Well, as my beloved mother Maria Therezia was wont to say without undue emphasis: "He's an Italian."

Enjoy near responsibly, preferably over some worthy Genelecs or Audix speaks,
Marc Alexandre Theriot St. Regis 6-24-14

(Quoted commentary by Peri O'Meri)"

Patchblocks Modular Synth

Published on Jul 15, 2014 Patchblocks

"Available at http://patchblocks.com

All sounds produced by 4 Patchblocks with the following patches:
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Patchblocks Tutorial 1: First Steps

Published on Dec 13, 2013

"This tutorial gives a brief introduction to the Patchblocks editor software and explains how to update the code that runs on the Patchblocks hardware."

Patchblocks Tutorial 2: Working with Signals

Published on Jun 9, 2014

"This Patchblocks tutorial explains how work with signals and modulate them with envelope generators or other oscillating signals."

EMS Putney VCS-3 Vintage Analog Synthesizer with Dust Cover

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Vintage 1973 Minimoog Model D Analog Synthesizer SN 3414

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JD73 Nord Lead 4 Sound Bank Demo.

Published on Jul 8, 2014 JD73's World

"Run through of my official Nord Lead 4 preset bank of 99 Programs and 25 Performances. Get the soundbank here:

http://www.nordkeyboards.com/sound-li..."

Retro 158 Buchla DIY VCO

Published on Jul 15, 2014 djangosfire

"Another build - another test - another vid. Love these oscillators!!"

noizevil Shooting Star, WMD Geiger Counter, Mooer Ana Echo, Arduino, LED Strip Light

Published on Jul 15, 2014 Akihiko Matsumoto

"noizevil Shooting Star, WMD Geiger Counter, Mooer Ana Echo, Arduino, LED Strip Light

noizevil
http://www.noizevil.com/"

This is the first noizevil post.

"Shooting Starは通常のエフェクターの域を超え、自己発振によりノイズシンセサイザーとしてツマミ演奏をも可能にしたファズです。ギターに限らず、ガジェットシンセやコンピューターからセンドリターンで使っても未知のサウンドが飛び出します。
5つのツマミのうちのTone、Spike、Chaos、Gainは密接に相互作用し、発振ノイズの音色をコントロールすることが可能です。発振させない通常時の音の太さもファズの中ではトップレベル！オルタナからノイズ、インダストリアルまでより過激な音色を求めるプレイヤーにおすすめです。
どこからが楽器でどこからがエフェクター？演奏or作曲？創作orレディメイド？楽音orノイズ？人間or機械？そんな芸術の境界線上にある問いをいくつも投げかける発振ノイズファズ。"

Googlish:
"Shooting Star is the fuzz that beyond the realm of normal effector, and also allows the knob synthesizer noise performance as the self-oscillation. Is not limited to guitar, the sound of the unknown will pop out even if I use the send return from computer gadgets and synth.
It is possible Tone of the knob of one 5, Spike, Chaos, Gain interact closely, to control the tone of the oscillation noise. Thickness of the sound of normal time that does not oscillate top level in the fuzz! It is recommended for players who seek a radical tone noise, than to industrial from Alterna.
Is from where and from where effector instruments? Performance or composition? Creation or ready-made? Musical sound or noise? Human or machine? Oscillation Noizufazu any number cast question that is on the border of such art."

Synth Fest 1 Trailer Nantes France

Published on Jul 15, 2014 Olivier Briand

"Résumé de la Synth Fest 1 qui a eu lieu à Nantes (France) en Avril 2014, Manifestation organisée par l'Association Patch Work Music.

Shorts moments from the first Synth Fest in France at Nantes in April 2014.
Organised by a collectif of musicians called Patch Work Music wich is also a Label.

www.pwm-distrib.com"