Juggling Rhythms with Muxlicer & Burst from Befaco

Published on Jun 6, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's my first play around with the new Befaco Muxlicer and the Burst. Burst is creating polyrhythmic bursts triggering my hi hat, Muxlicer is sequencing, ratcheting / gate sequencing, trigger several percussion and one shot sounds breaking up gates across the steps and a hole lot more. Both really great modules for juggling and playing around with rhythms."

Tips n' Tricks: Creating a voltage-controlled envelope with 2x Moog Mother-32

Published on Jun 6, 2018 Alastair Wilson

"Welcome back to another tutorial, this time for 2x Mother 32!

In this video we use the VC Mix feature to morph between 2 envelopes with different decay times, giving the effect of a single voltage-controlled envelope. Never underestimate the power of utilities on a synth; by adding the VC Mix feature, Moog have made the M32 a million times more powerful!"

How to: Create atmospheric soundscapes with FORM | Native Instruments

Published on Jun 6, 2018 Native Instruments

"Product expert Tim Cant shows you how to create complex, atmospheric soundscapes and FX using REAKTOR synthesizer FORM. By using Oscillator FX, changing the modulation, and sample wave form, Native Instruments will show you how you can easily create eerie sound landscapes in next to no time."

Elektron Analog Rytm MKII - Trig Conditions

Published on Jun 6, 2018 BBoy Tech Report

Urbaninity: Featuring Moog Mother 32s and DFAM

Published on Jun 5, 2018 Wingo Shackleford

"I love to jam on the Moog Triple Threat Tower, and also to take videos out of the window of the Pacific Surfliner, apparently. Shoutout to the actual Cafe Car dude on vocal, who graciously vended me a large beer.

Performance was recorded live and mixed in Ableton. FX used: Ableton Conv Reverb, Ableton Delay, Moog MF-108M ClusterFlux pedal and a bit of EQ/compression."

Re-creating the Weird Synth Loop from MEXICAN RADIO by Wall Of Voodoo

Published on Jun 5, 2018 peahix

"Recently I was asked to make an instrumental version of Wall Of Voodoo's 'Mexican Radio.' Since I was not allowed to use any samples or audio from the original, I figured if I could nail the weird synth loop you hear at the beginning of the song, the rest of it would be fairly straightforward. I found that by slowing down the original to half speed, I could hear enough details in terms of the notes, oscillator tuning, and timbre that re-creating it was quite simple. The original was apparently done with a Minimoog and an Oberheim sequencer, with the Minimoog run through a guitar amp. Here I'm using a Sequential Circuits Pro-One with its own onboard sequencer. At the end you can hear a bit of the final product, with FX applied (via plugins). I'll post the full version of the final result soon, but for now I figured this little detail of the song might make for a fun mini-tutorial."

StepPolyArp Gets Audio Unit Support with StepPolyArp Unit

iTunes: StepPolyArp Unit - Laurent Colson

"StepPolyArp Unit" is a real-time polyphonic and polyrhythmic MIDI step arpeggiator and step sequencer. It can be used as a standalone application or an Audio Unit MIDI effect plug-in.

The application and the plug-in can operate as a step arpeggiator by automatically generating melodic patterns from played notes or chords, or as a step sequencer that doesn't require MIDI input to play.

Unlimited presets can be saved on a local device and synchronized to iCloud. Each preset contains 16 patterns, 5 customizable polyrhythmic step controllers, and a 32 steps event matrix with 11 polyphonic and polyrhythmic lines driving the arpeggiator engine.

The application supports full internal and external MIDI connections for input and output, Audiobus MIDI sender, MIDI filter routing, Ableton Link sync, and MIDI clock source sync. An internal sound bank is included.

The Audio Unit MIDI effect plug-in supports multiple instances. A compatible host is required to run the plug-in. The host needs to support the Audio Unit MIDI effect format.

Features:

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Synth Rorschach #53: ARPEGGIO | ROMA

What's ROMA? Oh wait...


This one spotted by @jasperhamill.

Snark Out - Akai MPC Live, MPC Dominion Club, D1, & Tanzmaus, Motas -6, kARP Odyssey, DSI OB-6

Published on Jun 5, 2018 Cave Way

"Lot's of synths coalescing into a puddle of mentalism. MPC is holding down the sequencing with the kARP Odyssey making some yazz floot sounds."

Korg Monologue and Pocket Operator PO-35 Speak jam - Brian Leahy

Published on Jun 5, 2018 Brian Leahy Art

"Monophonic Melody Makers / Battery-powered Buddies

Instruments:

Korg Monophonic Analogue Synth
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator PO-35 Speak

Backstory:

The PO-35 Speak and the Korg Monologue play very well together! Bonus: they're both able to be powered by batteries. Had a blast jamming the other night and this tune appeared. (Love the weird breakdown midway through). I think these guys might work so well together in part because melody-wise, they are both monophonic, creating a great complement for playing live (a situation where us humans only have so many hands).

Monophonic means that only 1 sound can be played at a time. (In the case of the PO-35 Speak, technically, it has a monophonic drum track that is separate from the monophonic melody track- they can play at the same time, but individually those tracks are restricted to playing one note at any given time).

So, what you can do with this setup in the video is program a melody (and beat in the PO-35 Speak) to play in the sequencers of both instruments. I leave the sequencers going throughout the song. Whenever I play something on top of the sequencers, the sequencers are temporarily silenced because the instruments are monophonic. As soon as you stop playing the new part the sequencer comes back on. This results in the ability to have 2 separate parts to a song without switching things manually."