"Announcing the release of the Snyderphonics MantaMate, a Eurorack-format analog synthesizer module that connects the Manta controller (and many other things) to your analog modular synth.
The MantaMate has 12 analog control voltage outputs (4 are 16-bit high resolution and 8 are 12-bit medium resolution). It acts as a USB host for the Manta, allowing you to use the Manta as either a touch keyboard or as a powerful sequencer without the need for a computer. It also translates USB-MIDI controllers, such as keyboards and knob banks. Unusually, it can also convert certain game controllers and joysticks to analog voltages as well, so you can plug in a flight-simulator joystick and control your analog synth. It is also capable of connecting to your computer as a USB-MIDI device, allowing you to easily send control voltages from a DAW like ProTools or a music programming language like Max or Supercollider."
"Welcome to a new series of videos that aim to answer the question of “how to get into modular synthesis”. I’ve got together with Red Dog Music to help me take my first steps into the world of modular. I'm your guide and your guinea pig as I strive to unravel this mysteriously musical form of DIY synthesis. There will be videos forthcoming on gateway synths to lay the ground work; software alternatives to whet your appetite; and on to choosing the right case and power supply. And then it will develop into an opportunity to try out, compare and review various modules as I start to put my system together."
"Matt Robertson is a composer and arranger from the UK, and has been working with various well-known artists (Björk and Cinematic Orchestra, Bat for Lashes...He also works for hollywood movies (Quantum of Solace, Kick Ass, Suicide Squad, Steve Jobs...) as a music programmer.
In this video he talks about his experience with Touché and Lié, and plays with one of the first prototypes of Touché."
"All the sounds that you hear in this track were created by mangling and manipulating the same vocal sample which is heard at the very beginning and end: "Hi, I'm Cenk from Elektron Music Machines".
Nothing has been resampled or re-recorded - the metamorphosis of the vocal sample into various musical sounds is all being done live and in real time.
This is 100% Octatrack, recorded directly from the main output."
TIMESTAMPS:
1:04 – Stream starts... I forgot to turn the mic up! Using a new iRIG Mic HD over USB and its great!
2:25 – Playing a first chillout jazzy jam
Taking questions and answering them.
46:30 – Playing two other demos. One having a truly jazzy, experimental, feel to it.
1:07:00 – Playing another demo with some cool vocal chops.
1:18:30 – Sampled a friend playing a medieval acoustic instrument. Made it into a little beat.
1:40:30 – Going over some sounds I made on the Digitakt.
1:50:00 – Going over my all the sounds I have saved on my Digitakt.
1:54:40 – Making a tune and showing how to program a full beat using ONE channel."
"Dreadbox NYX is a new paraphonic analog Synthesizer from Greece. It includes two oscillators, 2 filters, three modulators and a great reverb. For the fourth patch, the idea was to create a fat sounding basic sound and than to add this wonderful big reverb to it. Check out my result in this video."
"A small experiment about how different instruments can interact each other in a modular synth's ecosystem.
The Delta Harp by Salvi Harps is connected via a contact mic to the synth using the Koma Field Kit. The voltage created by the envelope follower in the kit is quantized by the CopierMaschine program of the awesome mxmxmxm's Ornaments & Crime. 3 of the 4 CV OUT piloting the Sputinik Dual Oscillator and the Make Noise STO.
The Delta Harp is plugged directly in the audio card.
Delays and Reverbs by D16 Repeater & Eventide Black Hole.
So ... Delta and Synth are played by Vanja Contu - Sounds and Synth are disturbed by me.
Recorded live using Pro Tools - Video by Ursula Castaldo"
"Fooling around with my upcoming semi-modular app Ripplemaker. This video shows a lot of modulations, including FM (using the slope circuit as a secondary oscillator)."
