Ruismaker Drum Synthesizer Plugin for iOS

iTunes: Ruismaker - Bram Bos

"The first drum synthesizer plugin for iOS. Works conveniently inside your sequencer and Audio Unit Instrument hosts so you can focus on making electronic music without app switching and screen juggling like before.

*IMPORTANT* Audio Units are plug-ins that need a compatible host app to work. Ruismaker has been tested to work beautifully with Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Modstep, AUM and MultitrackStudio.

- Audio Unit Instrument: making music on iOS doesn't get more convenient
- Each sound is modeled using authentic analog and FM algorithms;
- Comes with dozens of unique customizable models, more to come
- Does not use any samples; all sounds are synthesized in realtime, on the fly
- Emulates analog components, introducing subtle, natural fluctuations in the sound
- Replicates the Ruismaker Annabella hardware drum machine
- Light on the CPU, so you can run lots of Ruismakers simultaneously
- Has an extra compact 4" UI mode; especially for iPhone SE and iPhone 5S
- Fully automatable parameters (requires host support)
- Fully MIDI controllable using MIDI CC
- Download the advanced guide on ruismaker.com for more details about parameter automation, available instruments and MIDI implementation

Do you have requests for new drum synth sounds that can be added to the available models? Let us know!

iOS Audio Units are supported on iPads (iPad 4, iPad Mini 2 and up) and iPhones (iPhone 5S and up) with iOS 9 and higher."

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Dual Looping Delay (DLD) Tutorial - Part 3: Time Switch and Advanced Feedback

Published on Jun 20, 2016 4mspedals

"In the third DLD tutorial we explore the Time Switch (1/8 to +16) and discuss how everything you do is recorded continuously when Feedback is high. We also show Blooming Echoes with Feedback at 110% and discuss the nuances of Feedback CV."

All parts here.

Improvisation du 20/06/2016

Published on Jun 20, 2016 MoonSatellite Lone Wolf

"Ce son de l'Andromeda... Je l'aime tellement! Accompagné de cette Taurus 3, mes oreilles en redemandent ;-)"

Dijkstar RiDrum TK-01 KickParameters

Published on Jun 20, 2016 Richard O

Korg Minilogue Ableton Live Instrument Racks! Analogue Polyphonic synth samples

Published on Jun 20, 2016 Expanding Sound

"Come check out our newest release, the Korg Minilogue Ableton Live Instrument pack. We created 30 unique instruments from scratch, using blank templates for every sound, to showcase how versatile this amazing synth can really be. For the money it's a no brainer for beginners and pros alike. If you don't have 500 bucks and want to hear what this synth can do, check out our pack! We think Ableton users will love hearing how great this synth can really be.

Paid pack is only 5 bucks, and has 30 instruments!

Our free pack is free, and is a sampler of 6 instruments!

Please connect with us at
www.expandingsound.com"

Boss PC-2 (+TR-606, SH-101) Demo by Jordan Passmore.

Published on Jun 20, 2016 Jordan Passmore

"This demo is focused on the Boss PC-2 Percussion Synthesizer. The PC-2 is triggered via the Roland TR-606. The 606 is also triggering a simple bassline sequence on the SH-101.

The PC-2 is great for many different percussive sounds, like frequency-modulated blips to simple tom(esqe) drums. The PC-2 is ran through the Boss DM-2w analog delay in this video."

Saturday Prophet Sketch by Paul Schilling

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Future Retro Officially Releases

We saw the videos, we now have the official release details.

via Future Retro:

"Today I am excited to announce the official release of our brand new 512 touch keyboard.

The 512 is much more than just a touch keyboard, and provides control over both MIDI and CV/Gate synthesizers simultaneously, with note on/off, pitch, velocity, aftertouch, mod wheel, pitch bend, and clocks. With many unique and very musical features such as user definable scales, different forms of scale mapping, defining scales from external MIDI notes, octave/linear/scalar note transposition methods, user definable chords with chord inversion, changing MIDI channels on the fly and much, much more. All of these features can be applied to any of the 512’s different modes of operation including: operating as a keyboard, arpeggiator, sequencer, MIDI to CV and MIDI to MIDI converter, or while using the Poly modes allowing you to play up to 16 monophonic synthesizers polyphonically.
The 512 also offers the ability to define user preferences including velocity and aftertouch curves and ranges, CV vs. MIDI octave offset, definable response times for pitch bend and mod wheels, as well as touch sensitivity control allowing each user to tailor their unit to the desired response.

The 512 MAP price is $800, and officially begins shipping today."

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Korg Volca FM Programming Guide

This one in via Andrew:

"I wrote a programming guide for the Korg Volca FM using the DX7 manual as a base, and modifying for the ins-and-outs of the Volca. The guide is located here: http://afrittemple.com/volca/volca_programming.pdf

Might be of interest to some of the readers as Korg does not include any information on how to program the thing."

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Streets of Rage - Intro Soundtrack (Live)

Published on Jun 20, 2016 Synt5

"This is our live synth performance of the iconic intro songs from Sega Genesis games Streets of Rage 1 and 2, originally composed by Yuzo Koshiro. Scroll down for more info.

Every melodic line has been transcribed note-by-note from the original arrangements and played live using hardware synthesizers, along with a sampler for drums. No computers were used.

From left to right, gear list and synth players were:

Korg M1 - França Guimaraes - M1 piano
Sequential Sixtrak - George Frederick - Synth solos #1
Korg Microkorg, Roland Sp404 - Guillermo Caceres - Bass, drum triggering
Yamaha An1x - João Marcos - Synth solos #2
Roland Jx-10 Super Jx - Raul Guimaraes - Pads

As you might have noticed, our arrangement combines both intros for Streets of Rage 1 and 2. The Streets of Rage 1 part goes up to 1:45 min, and then blends into Streets of Rage 2. In 4:19, just after SoR2 climax, we go back from SoR2 to SoR1 and finish as SoR1.

For the drums, we used the classic sample from Soul II Soul's Keep on Movin' , originally released in 1989. Recorded with a Tr-909, this drumloop would later become a staple for many electronic productions in the 90's, of which Enigma's Sadeness (1990) is usually the most remembered. It is extremely likely that Koshiro had this exact drum sample in mind when setting the mood for the SoR intro, so it made sense to use it in our version.

The piano sound in the Korg M1 is another interesting case. The M1 had already been available for 3 years in 1991, and was still extremely popular at the time. Its piano sounds found their way into all sorts of arrangements, especially in dance/house music trends, and became one of the most recurrent sounds throughout the 90s. If Koshiro had to choose a piano sound to record SoR, this would have to be the one.

The Sequential Sixtrak that plays the solo is quite convincing. The only problem is that it does not offer an option to quickly turn the portamento on/off. So, for some passages, you can see it being edited live.

Our barely functional 30 year old Roland Jx-10 provided us with some of the nicest pads available. The sound is a custom patch edited from a classic "Soundtrack" preset, and makes extensive use of its 12 voices and built-in Roland chorus unit. This would be our personal choice in a SoR recreation anyway, and the Jx was very happy to see some action again.

As usual, please forgive the grainy quality, the shaky cameras and the few misplaced notes, we were just having fun."

Update via Slonie in the comments: "The master approves! https://twitter.com/yuzokoshiro/status/745231130719227904"