KORG MONO/POLY VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER SN 373870

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Old school presets. Note the knobs with the alphabet stickers and the corresponding Bass, Horns & Sax stickers.

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Meet the Sonic Artist Making Music with Plants: Sound Builders

Published on Sep 16, 2014 Motherboard

"In this episode of Sound Builders, we went to Los Angeles, to meet with Mileece. She's a sonic artist and environmental designer who's developed the technology to give silent seedlings a portal to their own sonic expression.

Channeling a plant's sentience into an instrument is no obvious feat. Mileece's background as an audiophile and programmer dovetailed to turn a garden into an organic medium for music. She pulls this off by attaching electrodes to leafy limbs, which conduct the bio-electric emissions coming off living plants. The micro-voltage then gets sucked into her self-authored software, turning data into ambient melodies and harmonic frequencies.

It's simply not enough for these green little squirts to just spit out noise. All this generative organic electronic music must sound beautiful, too. As a renewable energy ambassador, Mileece's larger goal behind her plant music is to enhance our relationship with nature. And if plant music can have a pleasing aesthetic articulation then hopefully we all can give a greater damn about our environment.

While some may see the paradox in an organic medium generating electronic music, Mileece does not. She sees this as a symbiotic relationship, a vital one, and one that hints to a larger relationship she's been trying to unify, which is that between humans and nature."

blender oscilloscope test

Published on Sep 24, 2014 hansiraber

"more testing with my blender audio renderer"

MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO Moved to Level 3 of EMP - This SATURDAY Sept 27!

Originally slated for the EMP Lounge, the event will now be at the EMP's Level 3, pictured. This is a much better space. You'll find full details on the event here (including some of the gear you can expect to see).

This will be more of a traditional synth get together, so please feel free to bring gear. There will be plenty of space. If you do bring gear, be sure to bring power strips and speakers (amps, monitors, etc) if you have them.

Let the cacophony begin!

Roland Aira TR8 distorted with the Proco Rat

Published on Sep 24, 2014 Calle Nilsson

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"The Aira TR8 distorted with the Proco Rat.
First the TR-808 sounds and at around 02:50 the TR-909 sounds.
Enjoy!"

Atomo Labs Atomosynth Mochika Analog MIDI Synth

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"The Mochika features one square and saw waveform VCO with a huge pitch range (from subsonic to ultrasonic sound), one square and triangle waveform LFO (that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like sounds), a white noise generator that triggers the VCO and can create percussion like sounds, an 8 step Sequencer with note on/off switch, and pitch knob for each step. Also the instrument is lit with 2 super bright leds that indicates the LFO and Sequencer Rate, and 8 leds to indicate the step that is being played. Very useful when you play it on a dark stage."

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CHIPSHOP [Sample Pack] FREE DOWNLOAD!!

Published on Sep 24, 2014 midierror

"A free sample pack crammed with over 800 individual samples and 70+ Loops. All recorded direct from C64, AtariSt and Nintendo Gameboy.

https://soundcloud.com/midi-error/chi...

The pack contains 844 samples:

Gameboy [Nanoloop, LSDJ]
91 x Bass, Synth, Lead, Perc and SFX Hits
117 x Sampeld Drum Hits

SID [Cynthcart, Retroskoi]
61 x Bass, Lead and SFX Hits

YM2149 [Various]
36 x Bass Hits
48 x Custom FX
124 Drum Hits
145 x Multi-samples [5 Instruments over 5 octaves]
29 x White Noise Hits
29 x Sampled Hits
110 x SFX Hits
54 x Synth Hits

and

70 x Loops [22 Full Loops and 48 Drum/Synth Loops]"

COTK Sequential Switch C 962 - Demo 2

Published on Sep 24, 2014 alternatingbitmusic

"Picking up where I left off with the demo, but this time illustrating a possible application where you can see the unit in action similar to something like a v-gates module.
Club of the Knobs Sequential Switch"

Part 1 here.

Analog rytm and Tb303 Techno

Published on Sep 24, 2014 Maxime F

Elektron Analog Rytms on eBay

"Rythm part : Elektron analog rytm / no samples
Pads : waldorf microwave
Acid : tb303 + culture vulture + korg se300

Main bus : Overstayer VCA"

VirtualCZ Casio CZ Emulator Now Available

Video previously posted here.

"Plug-in Boutique have released VirtualCZ - a new plug-in inspired by an iconic series of digital synthesisers made in the 1980s.

VirtualCZ uses Phase Distortion - which is similar to FM Synthesis but easier to program. It can make great pads, leads, bass, percussion and RAVE ORGAN sounds that will fit into a wide variety of genres. Many people fondly remember the CZ synths and they have become retro-classics that are highly sought after, having been used on countless techno, house, rave and synth-pop records in the late 80s and early 90s. Lots of artists still use them today for their unique sounds.

The synthesis engine of the original hardware is modelled in the plug-in which can load and transmit CZ SYSEX patches, but the plug-in goes beyond the hardware to offer new sound possibilities and usability features. It’s much more fun to edit, since all the important synthesis parameters have their own control. It includes things not found on the originals such as switchable envelope generators (ADSR or 8-Stage MSEG) and Unison modes.
Developed by Oli Larkin (www.olilarkin.co.uk) with graphics by Philippe Decuyper (www.eareckon.com), VirtualCZ will ship with a library of great presets offering both retro and modern sounds by Plug-in Boutique's sound designers and artists.
VirtualCZ comes in VST2, VST3, Audio Unit and AAX plug-in formats plus Standalone app for Mac and PC.

VirtualCZ is available to purchase now exclusively from www.pluginboutique.com for £59 / $99."