New Zillidrone groovebox for iPad

Playlist:
Zillidrone groovebox for iPad (Demo: Polar lights)
Zillidrone groovebox for iPad (Demo: Mirage)
Zillidrone groovebox for iPad (Demo: Locomotive)
Zillidrone groovebox tutorial
Filt3s on Zillidrone (live in-app recording)
Filt3s plays on Zillidrone (in-app recording)

iTunes: Zillidrone groovebox - Andrey Savitsky

"iOS 8 is required.

Zillidrone is a sample-based groovebox for creating, performing and interacting with 32-step sequences for snares, kicks, hi-hats, sampler and two multioscillator synthesizers. With Zillidrone you can easily create, modify, save sequences and arrange them on the fly during a live performance. Use drum pads for making extra drum shots over the saved drum patterns. Shuffle samples, randomize patterns, use synth preset sequencers, apply DSP effects with automations to produce a wide range of sound transformations for your composition. Upload your own samples and use the magic of randomization without any editing to discover more ideas for your music. Record loops or full tracks in real-time, export recordings to other applications or share them via dropbox or email.

Features:
- Drum machine and drum pads for real-time groove production with 4 types of touches. Tap or swipe drum pads within different areas to produce different shots.
- Change samples manually or shuffle samples randomly during performance.
- Two oscillator synth with 5 presets, preset sequencers and automations for each controller.
- Sampler with piano keyboard (6 octaves).
- 5 real-time DSP effects: distortion, free verb, pitch shifter, wah-wah, ring modulator , one non-realtime "looper" effect and global delay effect.
- Mixer for panning and sending to global delay effect for each instrument and DSP effect.
- Arrangement editor for storing 16 different scenes. Each scene saves all states of controls, sequences, automations. You can change scenes manualy, randomly or create a song arrangement.
- Included library of 397 samples (99 per each drum instrument and 100 for sampler).
- Upload sample packs (wav, aif, aiff formats) via iTunes and assign them to each instrument separately.
- Real time recording for loops or long tracks. There's an option to record instruments and effects into different WAV files.
- Export recordings to Dropbox or open in applications with audio file import support.
- MIDI input and output. MIDI Sync input.
- Demo projects, help and video tutorial are included."

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PO-12 ≈ my first melancholy waltz

Published on Feb 2, 2015 Martijn Moedars

"In the weekend I was wondering if the PO-12 could do some waltzing.. you know, the 1-2-3 boogie.
I have to conclude that the answer is yes, but man.. it was a though one! It felt like doing mathematical research on a calculator.. 1+1 = 3

The composition is a spin-off from a song I’ve wrote on the accordion to get in those romantic vibrations. All romantic chiptunish sounds are PO-12 including the Reverb FX."

Buchla Polyphonic Rhythm Generator & Buchla Music Easel Expansion Card Overviews

Published on Feb 2, 2015 Synthtopia

"At the 2015 NAMM Show, Buchla introduced the Polyphonic Rhythm Generator, possibly the most powerful hardware sequencer ever created."

Buchla Music Easel Expansion Card

Published on Feb 2, 2015

"At the 2015 NAMM Show, Buchla introduced the Music Easel AUX Expander.

The Aux Card offers a noise source that can be variably filtered from full-spectrum White noise down to sub-audio “Infra-Red” CVs. The auxiliary control oscillator allows the Modulation Oscillator to assume audio duties and can be used as the modulation source for a variety of uses. It can even be modulated itself. An A-440 reference allows quick tuning of your Easel with the flick of a switch."

And the LEM Systems:

Buchla LEM Systems

Verbos Electronics Touchplate Keyboard controlling Audio Damage Seq1

Published on Feb 2, 2015 modularsynthesizers.nl

"Short and very simple demo of the Touchplate keyboard controlling the Sequencer 1. Touch CV out to CV in 1 (transposition).
3 modules:
Verbos Electronics Touchplate keyboard
Audio Damage ADM06 Sequencer 1
Intellijel Atlantis."

New Synth Gear and Makers in January 2015

After this year's massive New Years post, I thought it might be interesting to see how many new makers and new gear announcements we received in a single month.

This may or may not become a monthly theme on the site depending on interest.  If you think it's worth while, leave a comment.

At a high level we had 12 new makers, one new old maker previously never featured on the site, and a whopping 193 new synth related products. Check out the module list below.  The list is a combination of what was either announced or released this month.

The list in order of appearance:

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OP-1 Song: Late Night and Lo-Fi

Published on Feb 1, 2015 djthomaswhite

"Demo of a 4-track song I wrote after coming back from NAMM 2015 where I got to hang out with the Teenage Engineering team and chat on and on about my beloved OP-1 and what the future holds for Teenage Engineering. I came home inspired, wiped my OP-1 and wrote this little number. I hope you enjoy it. I added some brief discussion about how I organize my parts on the OP-1 tape at the end of the video. Happy music making!"

Black & white video.

We share this loneliness: MIDERA

Published on Feb 1, 2015 MIDERA

Access Virus TI (pads throughout)
Korg Radias (plucked sound)
Canon 60D
Rokinon 8mm fisheye

Sonic Mayhem's Kiwi-106: Part 3 - The Panel Board

Published on Feb 1, 2015 Syntegrator

"A detailed coverage of the rebuild process for Sonic Mayhem's Juno-106 panel board: Tact switches, LEDs and Sliders are all subject to removal and replacement with new parts."

All parts here.

Eventide H3500 factory synthesizer presets

"Aside from being a world class studio staple, effects processor, sampler, pitch/time compander, the H3500 is also a synthesizer. Here are some examples of its synthesis capabilities. With the exception of the String Modeller example, all other examples are completely synthesized within the unit. The String Modeller requires an external exciter/impulse in order to produce sound."

And some pics of an H35000 for context via this auction. Note this is not the one in the demos above. Just wanted to capture what it looks like in this post as they do not come up often. This is the first post to feature images and direct samples of one.

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Synthesizers.com Synthesizer triggers Roland TD-30 V-Drums Kit

Published on Feb 1, 2015 vasoll

"Demo of a Synthesizers.com Synthesizer triggering a Roland TD-30 V-Drum Kit. This was done by using the Q960 Sequencer to produce note voltages to be feed to the Q171 Quantizer and then output from the MIDI Out port on the Q172 Quantizer Aid module. Quantization is selected on/off per stage by the Q963 Trigger Bus."