Alek Stark - Xmas Jam - Having a good time

Published on Dec 23, 2014 Alek Stark

"Alone in home, perfect time for a jam!"

Dewanatron Swarmatron in the dark. Buchla on the right.

iPad Music App Korg Gadget Kingston

Published on Dec 23, 2014 Synth Universe

iTunes: KORG Gadget - KORG INC.

"Another of Korg Gadget's instruments (I haven't done one of these videos for months!). This one is a chip synthesizer and one of my favourites.
For info & review go here: http://synthuniverse.com/korg-gadget/"

Deep House noodling

Published on Dec 23, 2014 SynthMania

"Just noodling...
Track 1: TR-909 drums, TR-727 percussion, Juno-60 bass, Roland Jupiter-6 electric piano
Track 2: Juno-60 strings
Track 3: Jupiter-6 clavi
(quickly) Recorded in Cakewalk Sonar X3 PE
(quickly) Optimized in Adobe Audition CC"

Korg Module: XmasJam "Silent Night"

Published on Dec 23, 2014 APP SOUND

"Studio Jam on the iPad for / on Christmas Eve, using the app KORG Module, playing a traditional christmas song."

iTunes: KORG Module - KORG INC.

Boucle Technoïde #8 - Verbos modules are here !

Published on Dec 23, 2014 modularsquare

"100% modular + no FX + no editing + raw recording

Little techno loop recorded live by Cyril at Modularsquare to praise the new Verbos modules !

Petite boucle techno pour fêter l'arrivée des modules Verbos !

Bassline : Verbos Electronics Complex Oscillator
http://modularsquare.com/Verbos-Elect...

Drums : TipTop drums modules
http://modularsquare.com/TipTop-Audio...

Sequencer : Intellijel Metropolis
http://modularsquare.com/Intellijel-M...

VCA/Envelope : Hex Inverter Galilean Moons
http://modularsquare.com/Hexinverter-...

http://www.modularsquare.com

Nous somme Modularsquare, une boutique d'instruments électroniques spécialisée dans les synthétiseurs modulaires, et une communauté d'artistes.

Notre blog : http://www.modularsquare.com/blog
Les photos de nos rencontres : http://www.flicker.com/modularsquare
Retrouvez-nous sur Twitter et facebook"

Underpass / Elektron Analog 4 Redux

Published on Dec 23, 2014 Jacques Mongrel

"l attempted to cover John Foxx's 'Underpass' using the Elektron Analog Four and a little modular for some tacked on melody at the beginning and at the end."

Alien Silent Night - Mark Steiner - Artemis & EVI

Published on Dec 23, 2014 Mark Steiner

"My arrangement of Silent Night. Filmed performances of a few unusual synths. The very incredible Sean Halley played acoustic guitar. I play a "Martenot" style synth with breath control and now light optics that I made called The Artemis. I also play Steiner EVI, a wind synth my uncle Nyle Steiner invented. And I play a toy school bus. I use an MRT Breath Controller with the Artemis and Alesis Andromeda."

Winter Solstice - Gattobus on Prophet 08

Published on Dec 23, 2014 gattobus

"An improvised composition programmed and played using D.S.I. Prophet '08 synthesizer only.
Recorded by chance on winter solstice.

Merry Christmas."

Italo Disco Nostalgia (live looping - Boss RC-505 MicroKORG Miniak Microbrute Volcas Kaossilator)

Published on Dec 23, 2014 PanzerLyu

"Rehearsal for a new track. Some live looping actions.
As usual, one shot one kill...so excuse me for the mistakes!
No DAW or Pc involed.

Gears:
Arturia Microbrute
Akai Miniak
Korg MicroKORG
Korg Volca Bass
Korg Volca Keys
Korg Kaossilator 2
Boss RC-505

Mixers:
Behringer Xenyx X1622USB
Behringer Xenyx Q602USB
Behringer MicroMIX MX400

if you like it please vote, comment, share and subscribe to my channel!

....and Merry Synthmas guys!"

XILS-Lab EMS Inspired Vocoder 5000 Arrives

"XILS-lab launches last word in vocoding with powerful plug-in inspired by EMS flagship

GRENOBLE, FRANCE: music software company XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of XILS Vocoder 5000 — inspired by its expensive EMS Vocoder 5000 hardware (partial) namesake (still held high in analogue awe) as an awe-inspiring, affordable vocoder plug-in for Mac (32- and 64-bit, AU, AAX, RTAS, VST 2.4, and VST 3 for Mac OS X 10.6 or higher) and PC (32- and 64-bit, AAX, RTAS, and VST for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8) — as of December 23...

By (typical dictionary) definition, a vocoder is an analysis and synthesis system used to reproduce human speech. Speaking historically, Homer Dudley, a research physicist at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, USA, developed the Voice Operated reCOrDER (VOCODER) way back in 1939 as a research device to test compression schemes for the secure transmission of voice signals over copper telephone lines. Later, Werner Meyer-Eppler, the Director of Phonetics at Bonn University in Germany, recognised the relevance of these machine marvels to electronic music following a visit by Dudley in 1948, subsequently using the vocoder as a basis for future writings which would inspire, in turn, the German Elektronische Musik movement. Musically speaking, the vocoder is indebted to German synth pop pioneers Kraftwerk more than most for bringing its distinctive robotic-sounding voice into commercial consciousness — so much so that Wikipedia even has a photograph of one of their early-Seventies custom-built vocoders alongside its own online definition of the word.

Whatever way one views it, actually it was Peter Zinovieff’s London-based company EMS (Electronic Music Studios) — best known for making musical history in 1969 with its introduction of the VCS3, the first portable synthesiser commercially available anywhere in the world — who released the world’s first commercially-available vocoder, the EMS Studio Vocoder, in 1976. Soon renamed the EMS Vocoder 5000, this vocoder par excellence ended up in the talented hands of a privileged few, both musical or otherwise, including Kraftwerk, predictably; Stevie Wonder; US Seventies-vintage sci-fi TV series classic Battlestar Galactica (‘Cylon’ centurion voices); and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. With its 22-band analysis and synthesis sections, the EMS Vocoder 5000 is probably the most highly-specified such unit ever produced. The fact that it can still be bought new today is testament to its still-stunning design, though there is only one (not so small) problem: purchasers should be prepared to part with a handsome five-figure sum for the privilege and then wait quite some considerable time to take delivery of this weighty (20kg) vocoding heavyweight. However, XILS-lab has an answer to that problem: now those fantastic features and more can be accessed instantly in the comfort of your computer at a fraction of that cost, thanks to the XILS Vocoder 5000 plug-in!

Put simply, XILS-labs’ software-based vocoder virtually emulates the fanciful filtering techniques and incredibly complex circuitry of its analogue predecessor to achieve the same organic sound, precision, and clarity. Just like the EMS Vocoder 5000 before it, XILS Vocoder 5000 can be made to ‘speak’ clearly in English and German — just like Kraftwerk... or in any other language for that matter! Respectively resurrecting the still-sought-after sounds of the EMS VCS3 synthesiser and Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus keyboard in popular plug-in form as XILS 3 and XILS V+ certainly stood XILS-lab in good stead when it came to meaningfully modelling the EMS Vocoder 5000’s impressive feature set of no fewer than 22 bandpass filters and envelope followers; oscillators (modelled from the EMS VCS3); noise generator; frequency shifter; and spectrum analyser — including its distinctive 22x22 pin matrix patchboard, allowing any band of the modulator signal to be connected to any band of the carrier signal. So while analogue vocoders like the esteemed EMS Vocoder 5000 typically analyse an incoming signal by splitting it into a number of tuned frequency bands with modulator and carrier signals being sent through a series of tuned bandpass filters — in the case of Kraftwerk’s beloved robotic voices, for example, the modulator is a microphone and the carrier is a noise or sawtooth waveform — with XILS Vocoder 5000 it’s just the same.

Haying that, XILS-lab being XILS-lab, that’s not all. Additional features that make XILS Vocoder 5000 a truly 21st Century product par excellence in its own right include additional filter types; more SLEW RATE modulations; two LFOs — the original Vocoder 5000 had only one; in-depth FM AMNT (Frequency Modulation amount) and PWM AMNT (Pulse Width Modulation amount) controls; additional oscillator waveforms; improved SPEECH (sibilance) input detector; GATE input; and also a keyboard for playing melodies or chords. Unlike the restrictive nature of the original Vocoder 5000’s ‘real world’ pin matrix patchboard, XILS Vocoder 5000 users can quickly populate its onscreen matrix by freely drawing lines... and it helpfully has its own presets! Picture-perfect, some might say!

So there it is. As well as feeding the human voice — truly the most variable sound source of all — into XILS Vocoder 5000 to alter its pitch, tone, vibrato, and other characteristics to synthesise a choir from a single voice or create musical melodies from ordinary speech, why not use XILS Vocoder 5000 to process drums, percussive elements, guitars, or any kind of synthesiser to breathe new ‘analogue’ life into them or reshape them totally? Try creating vocoded synth patterns from drum loops... loopy! Almost anything is musically possible with XILS Vocoder 5000, so why not give it a try today? Here at XILS-lab we’re sure you’ll love its authenticity, adaptability, and affordability.


XILS Vocoder 5000 is available to purchase and download directly from XILS-lab as an eLicenser or iLok copy-protected virtual instrument and effects plug-in for an introductory discounted price of €99.00 EUR (including VAT within the EU) until January 17, 2015 — thereafter rising to €149.00 EUR (including VAT within the EU) — from here: https://www.xils-lab.com/products/XILS-Vocoder-5000.html

For more in-depth info, please visit the dedicated XILS Vocoder 5000 webpage here: https://www.xils-lab.com/pages/XILS%205000.html

Several short audio demos showcasing XILS Vocoder 5000 can be heard here: http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/XILS5000_Audio.html

Various XILS Vocoder 5000 tutorial videos showing several key features and functions can be seen here:
https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/XILS5000/video/XILS5000_TutorialProcessFreqShift.mp4
https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/XILS5000/video/XILS5000_TutorialMatrixPatchSlewRate.mp4
https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/XILS5000/video/XILS5000_TutorialCarrierControl.mp4
https://www.xils-lab.com/audiosample/XILS5000/video/XILS5000_SideChainCubase.mp4"