On The inside of Nowhere

Published on Jan 14, 2016 Sounds & Things

"Korg MS-20 - Doepfer Dark Energy - LEAK Oscillator ."

I believe this is the first post to feature the LEAK Oscillator. I'm guessing it's a bit of vintage test equipment. If you know otherwise, feel free to comment.

Update: I asked Sound & Things if he had any more info on the LEAK. He picked it up at a garage type sale. The seller didn't have any additional info on it. Here's what he had to say:

"+matrixsynth Sorry i don't have any more information on the LEAK Oscillator. It was bought at a sort of garage sale and the person who sold it didn't even know what it was. It's definitely old, the oscillator needs to warm up for a while otherwise it goes really mental and it cracks a little when you switch waveforms I think it's DIY test equipment from what I've seen of the inside and because the case looks like a LEAK varislope 2 stereo amplifier...Whatever it was made for or by who, it has a sound that can cut trough solid rock!"

KORG WAVESTATION | The Most Fascinating Soundscapes | HD DEMO

Published on Jan 14, 2016 AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2016 by AnalogAudio1

Demo of the KORG WAVESTATION digital synthesizer from 1990 - The Most Fascinating Soundscapes.

All sounds (including the drums) come from 1 original hardware Korg Wavestation played live, without multitrack recording, without additional effects - right from the stereo outputs of one Wavestation.

The sounds are from the following sources:

0:00 - 3:26 "Film & Textures" (Korg ROM Card)
3:26 - 4:50 "Synth & Time Slice" (Korg Card Set)
4:50 - 5:59 "Vector Athmospheres" (Sound Source ROM Card)
5:59 - 7:00 "Hybrid Synthesis Vol.1" (Sound Source ROM Card)
7:00 - end: Factory Sounds from Korg Wavestation SR

Soundwise, it is a very interesting, inspiring (preset) synth. The sounds can be very complex. Sometimes, there is too much going on in one single sound. Sometimes, you just need to press and hold one key - it already sounds great. You can almost say - the sound programmers are the actual artists, not the synth player...
To create sounds from scratch on the Wavestation, you must go through hell though.

The perfect sound source for you, if you want to make a complete horror movie soundtrack in one day :-) It also sounds very ninetees...

It was used by Jan Hammer in the movie soundtrack from "Knight Rider 2000" - a movie from 1991."

Derailed Spaceship

Published on Jan 14, 2016 AcousmatiK

Mutable Instrument's Grids running on a Raspberry Pi 2

Raspberry Pi 2 + Push 2 + Grids

Published on Jan 14, 2016 Marc Nostromo

"A standalone mutation of Mutable Instrument's Grids running on a Raspberry Pi 2 and fully controlled on Push 2. The Push 2 display is driven using JUCE with a self-made bridge to the Push 2 display protocol.

All drum sounds come from the Nord Drums 2"

Thought this was interesting. Mutable Instruments running on non-Mutable Instruments gear. The code is open source and available on the Mutable Instruments website here.

Arturia Beatstep Pro midi sync controlling TR-8 TB-3 MB33 Retro Microbrute

Published on Jan 14, 2016 kvfive .

"Had a rewire a few days ago, the Beatstep pro is now the master clock for the TR-8 & the TB-3 - live performance using this method :)

The Beatstep Pro's melodic sequencers hitting the Microbrute & the MAM MB33 Retro."

Snow Drift (Korg Volca Keys, TC Electronics T2 + Transition)

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Metatron's Cube

"Bundled in blankets, watching the snow drift past windows. Something for those in cold places. Keys time with some delay(TCE "the reel thing" tone print) and reverb(TCE 'Interstellar' tone print). The stereo pedals that keep giving."

Maâ

Published on Jan 14, 2016 Kelyan Horth

"Maâ standing as Mother of Everything and life provider.

This is a mix between West indies music and new technologies such as Prophet 08 (from DSi), Moog Sub 37 and Acces Music Virus TI.

We just wanna share this joint with you all."

Arcadia

Published on Dec 24, 2015 Kelyan Horth

"Hi folks, hope y'all like this song I made with 'Noise', Roli new incredible app for iPhone.
I’ve been helped by my Moog Sub 37 & some babies of Korg family.
Stay safe, enjoy your holidays and merry christmas everyone !

Macbook Pro 15 Late 2011
MicroKorg
Moog Sub37
Roli Noise running on an iPhone 6s
Korg MicroKontrol 37"

SunVox Updated to v1.9.1 with New Module, Advanced Interpolator, New Functions and More

SunVox: Interpolation (pattern editor) - Note there is audio in this video.

iTunes: SunVox - Alexander Zolotov

"What's New in Version 1.9.1
* new module - Glide; it is similar to the MultiSynth, but it also adds the commands of smooth transition between the notes; see the glide.sunvox example;
* advanced Interpolator has been added to the Pattern Editor: with this tool you can make a smooth transition of the values of any pattern columns, with various parameters (like the curve type, noise, etc.);
* new function in the Module View (Routing) - Replace; use it if you want to replace the selected module by some other module without loss of connections;
* MIDI buttons (with notes) linked to some SunVox actions (shortcuts) are now ignored by the synths;
* Sampler (sample editor): now the Copy and Paste functions work through the file;
* Sampler (sample editor): new effects (Invert and Center) has been added;
* LFO: new controller "Duty cycle" (only for the square waveform);
* CUT operation has been added to the Module View (Routing) and the Timeline;
* new instrument from Cube48: DrumSynth48;
* new simple song examples: glide;
* new song examples: snowfall, SunVox Compo 2015.10 Winners (KnyazIvan - fatal precession, OceanicDegree - Dreaming, echo2 - unreal love 3);
* bugs fixed."

VERMONA and SchneidersBüro Coming to NAMM

via Vermona:

"Next week, from January 21–24, the NAMM Show in Anaheim, LA will open its doors. You will find us there on a shared booth no. 5014 in Hall B, organized by SchneidersBüro. Together with friends of the synthesizer- and modular scene, we will present our latest products as well as long-term classics.

Again we will show the ’14 Analogsynthesizer. Unfortunately we couldn’t fulfill our plan to release it in 2015 but this year we will! The first synthesizers will leave our Elektroakustische Manufaktur after SuperBooth2016 in Berlin.

Of course, we will also present the most classic VERMONA instrument: the DRM1 MKIII. You can play it on our booth in combination with the Action Filter 4 - analog stereo filter and convince yourself of the power and flexibility of analog circuits.

Our Modular Case 104 will be filled with VERMONA modules: Among others you can check out the VCDrive - distortion module - this time as final product, the latest version of the twinCussion prototype as well as a first impression of a multimode filter module.

We are looking forward to see new and familiar faces and having interesting conversations.

Your VERMONA crew of the
Elektroakustische Manufaktur, Erlbach"