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New Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer Eurorack Module

Pittsburgh Modular Crew - Behind The Scenes With Ask.Audio

Published on Sep 13, 2016 Ask.Audio

"Some Of The Pittsburgh Modular Crew drop by the Ask.Audio Academy for a Live Masterclass featuring their Lifeforms Series of analog synths. See the full MasterClass here: https://ask.audio/academy?nleloc=lect..."

And a couple of pics via @Perfect_Circuit

"Stop by our showroom tomorrow at 7pm to say "Hello"to Richard Nicol from Pittsburgh Modular and win a Phase Shifter"

and @pghmodular:

"New #eurorack module tomorrow with a performance and demos @perfectcircuitaudio tomorrow too"

https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/

Update: details via Pittsburgh:

"The Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer is a seriously featured, 4 channel eurorack beat programmer with a classic drum machine style interface. The familiar interface allows for quick mastery of all the features leaving the focus on the music. Seamlessly move around the module tweaking patterns and effects without ever stopping the beat. Easily create new patterns using the live performance or step recording modes, then add one of the powerful pattern effects to each channel to take the sequence to a new level. Eurorack drum programming has come to life.

Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer Features include:

32 Step, 4 Channel Sequencer
32 Sequence Non-Volatile Memory
6 Adjustable Pattern Effects (Shift, Glitch, Density, Morph, Swing, Add/Drop)
4 Percussion Tuned Analog Envelopes
4 High Quality Analog VCAs
Seamlessly Switch Between Play and Record Modes
Live Performance and Step Recording Modes
Internal Tap Tempo or External Clock Source
Variable Sequence Length
Channel Mute

Four Channel Programmable Drum Controller
Suggested Retail Price $349

The Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer is a seriously featured, 4 channel eurorack beat programmer with a classic drum machine style interface. The familiar interface allows for quick mastery of all the features leaving the focus on the music. Seamlessly move around the module tweaking patterns and effects without ever stopping the beat. Easily create new patterns using the live performance or step recording modes, then add one of the powerful pattern effects to each channel to take the sequence to a new level. Designed to integrate into any size eurorack system, simply patch 4 audio signals through the integrated high quality VCAs to create a set of unique percussion voices. Eurorack drum programming has come to life.

Anything is a Drum
Traditionally, patching up a modular drum kit was constrained by the amount of envelope and VCA modules in a system, restricting the number and complexity of percussion voices in most systems. Another option was to use dedicated drum modules that offer a limited sonic palate and few modulation options. The Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer breaks through these barriers by including a percussion tuned analog envelope and VCA on each channel. Patching anything from a basic sine wave to heavily modulated and processed noise sources through the Lifeforms Percussion Sequencer will quickly create a distinctive drum kit that takes full sonic advantage of the unique synthesis options available in any system.

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Electronics & Music Maker - Nov 1983 Article on Moog, The MemoryMoog, & the SL-8

This one in via @mu_zines after seeing this Moog advert from 1982.

mu:zines is a website dedicated to scanning and archiving old music magazines. This particular issue features a an industry profile with Moog music from 1983. It includes coverage of the MemoryMoog and the follow-up SL-8 which never made it to production. You can actually find some previous posts of the Moog SL-8 here on MATRIXSYNTH.

"David Luce, President of Moog Music Inc, Buffalo discusses the latest developments.

'We first introduced the MemoryMoog last year and it's been a very successful instrument for us, and as we have been promising everybody for the last year, there will be a sequencer in it and indeed we now have the sequencer with the MIDI interface now available. We have completed the development work on it now and the only delay is getting it into production. I think it is perhaps what you would expect from a sequencer - but it does have some unique features. The sequencer drives both the polyphonic internal sound generating elements in the instrument and also an external control signal so that you can, for example, link a monophonic synthesizer to it directly and run that at the same time.'

"There is another product which we've been showing to various people at the Chicago music show. This is the SL-8 (standing for 'Split Layered 8-Voice Polyphonic'). At the present time this instrument is just a working prototype using digitally-controlled oscillators but still with analogue synthesis. We also have some programmes going in the direction of sampling machines. This is a big step, but one of the reasons that I feel now is the appropriate time is that if we resolve what I think are some of the fundamental problems associated with digital synthesis perse - it's not really the digital synthesis that's the problem, for a lot of it relates generically to the methods and the techniques that you use to put the sound together whether it's analogue or digital. Synthesizers are things that have a lot of versatility and that's their great benefit. On the other hand, if they're impossible to get to where you want to go from where you are in a fairly straightforward way, then it makes things very difficult. You defeat the real benefit of the synthesizer - it's versatility, and one of our aims is to produce systems that let you deal with sound in a straightforward way."

Additional Details on "Keyscape" Virtual Instrument from Spectrasonics

Press release added to this post.

Pecha Kucha Night featuring Skot Wiedmann, "Make the future of musical expression"

"Pygmalion Festival Pecha Kucha Night featuring Skot Wiedmann, 'Make the future of musical expression' with the Hyve Touch Synthesizer.

The Pygmalion Festival is an independently produced, multi-faceted, week-long celebration of culture. PechaKucha Night Champaign Urbana’s 22nd Volume will feature presentations on topics surrounding the main themes of Pygmalion: music, tech, made, food, and lit. Perspectives may vary widely, but the high energy and creative ideas have undeniable appeal to all.

Our Volume 22 lineup will feature presentations by:

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Oberheim Matrix 6 with Original Logo Flight Case

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via this auction

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Musical Shoes for Instructables

Musical Shoes for Instructables from lara grant on Vimeo.

"This project is a fun way to create beats while hitting the dance floor. It's also a great beginner level project that uses Arduino, bluetooth, and soft conductive fabric switches.

Make your own: http://www.instructables.com/id/Musical-Sneakers/

Dancers:

Agatha Rupniewski AKA Agatron of IRON LOTUS Street Dance Company & BRS Dance Styles

www.ironlotus.dance

and

Jenay 'Shinobijaxx' Anolin of Mix'd Ingrdnts

http://www.mixdingrdnts.com/"

Roland System-8 Plug-out Synthesizer Demo

Published on Sep 13, 2016 SweetwaterSound

"Mitch Gallagher travels to Six01 Studios in Burbank, CA for Roland's 909 Day. In this video we check out the System-8 plug-out synthesizer, with help from product specialist Scott Tibbs. At the core of this awesome synthesizer is Roland's Analog Circuit Behavior engine, fueling three oscillators across eight voices, all loaded with filters, effects, and a massive array of modulation options. In addition to its amazing internal sound engine, Plug-out technology lets you load up completely different synth engines - JUPITER-8 and JUNO-106 Plug-outs included - and you can switch between three models on the fly. Talk about killer sound flexibility! Top it off with an interface that's both classic and futuristic, split and layered synths, an integrated vocoder, and much more, and the System-8 offers everything a keyboard player could ask for."

Vermona - twinOUT

Published on Sep 13, 2016 DivKidVideo

"Vermona were kind enough to send out a couple of modules and as a huge fan of the qMI (my first and still my most used MIDI interface) I was excited. Not a lot to show off really but I've been enjoying the twinOUT as a simple dual / stereo XLR output to interface with the rest of the world. Stereo line out / headphone output is provided too."

Boss BF-2 Flanger vs HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger (Synthesizer)

Published on Sep 13, 2016 3rdStoreyChemist

"Comparison of a MIJ BF-2 and a MIT HF-2 with a Roland JP8000

JP8000 - Boss BF2- Boss HF2 - DI

No further processing except for normalisation."