VCF
with autoscillation, and cutoff cv attenuator.
E.G.
-fast fixed attack
-Release: 80ms to 1s
-Connected by default, to the attenuator of the cutoff cv, and to the VCA.
And it’s automatically disconnected when an envelope or modulation
is connected to the VCA jack or the filter CV.
For those attending NAMM, Dave Smith will be speaking as part of the A3E Summit at 1PM on Friday. If you'd like to attend you can register here, promo code: A3EFUTURE2019. General attendance passes can be had for $25 "to attend all of NAMM - Exhibits and Educational Conference Sessions." This sounds like a full NAMM pass to me. A3E is the company/organization.
Update: Dave Smith will be at Meeting Room TKAB during NAMM. He will be showing some new sound libraries from 8Dio for the Prophet X.
They include the following add-on packs:
Minimoog Model D
Sequential Circuits T8
Oberheim OBX
ARP 2600
Juno 4
Jupiter 6
Moog Prodigy
Update: it looks like Michelle Moog-Koussa of The Bob Moog Foundation will be on Friday at 3PM, and Bert from Percussa will be on Thursday at 2PM. You can find the full schedule on A3E's website here.
From the flyer pictured left:
"A3E Deep Dive "Developing Disruptive Technology: Risk vs. Reward
Disruptive technology is becoming the hallmark of the 21st century, replacing traditional business models with technology-driven automated systems that lower overhead, accelerate turnaround time and broaden the marketplace. Meet the forward-thinking companies that are reshaping the music industry, and find out how to manage the risk and capitalize on the reward of disruptive technology."
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 — Following the success of its Berlin and Metropolis Ark series, German sample library developer Orchestral Tools has joined forces with leading Dutch producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Tom Holkenborg to create a brand-new brass collection, Junkie XL Brass.
Holkenborg, better known in the music business as Junkie XL, is a former industrial noise producer and chart topping electronic live act, who has become one of Hollywood’s most successful and singular film score composers, blending classical composition with a mastery of modern instrumentation and studio techniques. One of the movie industry's few billion dollar box offices composers, Holkenborg’s diverse credits include Mad Max Fury Road, Deadpool, Black Mass, Mortal Engines, Tomb Raider and the forthcoming James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez project, Alita: Battle Angel.
Won over by the superior interface, sample cutting and playability of Orchestral Tools’ products, Holkenborg felt that the company was the ideal partner for creating his brass library: “I needed a ‘sound voice’ in this industry and realized right from the beginning that I needed to build my own sample libraries, and that’s why we’ve gotten to the point of creating my own brass library together with Orchestral Tools.”
As with previous Orchestral Tools collections, Junkie XL Brass was recorded at the Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin, a distinctively balanced 450 m² hall with sublime acoustics and the finest microphones from the last five decades. Classic brass instruments – trumpets, French horns, trombones and tubas – were sampled in many different section sizes to provide maximum depth and versatility, with a dynamic range going from pianississimo to fortississimo.
Junkie XL Brass is scheduled for release in late 2019 and will be available exclusively for the new Orchestral Tools Sampler Platform. As well as being designed as “an homage to acoustic instruments”, this platform is a powerful tool that is capable of customizing every single articulation to the user’s individual needs. And, as Tom Holkenborg explains, capable of inspiration as well: "What I want you to feel when you open up the sample library and play your first line is that you want to make music straight away. That’s how inspired you will be when you use Junkie XL Brass."
"DinSync’s GILBERT is a DIY analog synthesizer modeled after some of Roland’s most famous monosynths of the 1970s and 80s. The oscillators are based on the SH-101, the form factor and suboscillator are based on the MC-202, and the filter comes from the SH-09.
I will try not to repeat what’s readily available on the DinSync website. Suffice to say that if you’re looking for that butter-smooth, rubbery analog sound that made Roland famous, this is a great way to get there. Sequence it with a 303 or x0xb0x and you have a great little acid synth; or play it from a keyboard and tap into SH-101 or SH-09 vibes.
Additionally, it makes a great addition to a eurorack or other modular setup: in addition to standard CV/Gate inputs, you also have inputs for linear FM, exponential FM, VCF, VCF frequency and oscillator sync, and outputs for the VCO’s saw, square, triangle and suboscillator waves.
Oh! And if you’re not a fan of the PCB panel construction, a fancy aluminum case should be available directly from DinSync in the next few months."
"The Teenage Engineering OP-1 (which I hear is relatively in-demand these days) on its own on my lap. I put together a simple drum loop that ran through some delay for syncopation, then just added bass layer and other melodic elements courtesy of the Dr Wave, Pulse and String modules. Additionally, everything is run through the Grid Effect.
"First session with Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus II alone with some very simple patching. Reverb from MR12
00:00 Osc 1 (Low Frequency Audio) triangle wave out into looper 1 audio input,
Osc 2 (High Frequency Audio) triangle wave out into looper 2 audio input
00:34 Start recording on looper 1 turn on volume on looper out turn off volume on audio in
then same thing on looper 2
01:25 Start fiddling with speed control on both looper
02:26 Looper 1 Skip input patched on the triangle wave of Osc 3 then playing with Osc status
Switch (LFO, High Frequency, Low Frequency)
03:05 Looper 2 Flip input patched on the triangle wave ou Osc 4 then playing with Osc status
Switch (LFO, High Frequency, Low Frequency)
03:41 Switch Flip input to Skip input on Looper 2 and Skip to Flip on Looper 1
04:01 Again Speed Control fiddling
04:24 Switch Skip back into Flip input on Looper 1
04:28 Osc 5 Triangle Wave Output into Osc 3/4 Castle Mod Input
04:49 Again Speed Control fiddling
05:08 Osc 5 Switch output from Triangle Wave Out to S/H-Square Wave Out
Again Speed Control fiddling and Osc Status Switching"
Published on Jan 22, 2019 Christian's Sonic Spaces
"This is the third song with the Quasimidi TechnoX. It's a 21 voice 16-part multitimbral ROMpler from the mid-90s with a focus on techno, rave, electronic.
I used for the recording the following FX chain:
Quasimidi TechnoX - Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe - GFI Systems Specular Reverb v2
The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC via USB for recording. To create the complete song I recorded consecutively several stereo tracks. The final song was then mastered with a bit EQ and compression on some tracks and some limiting on the master track."
"*FYI: All music was composed and provided to me by Jexus personally.*
Check out the UPDATED website below. Jexus has a surprise for you there :) http://www.syntezatory.net.pl/
Hey guys, this is part 1 of 2 for Great Synth Mysteries: The Story of Jexus. This was done in collaboration with Jexus. Some of us like myself miss him as he was a big inspiration. This was done with love, I've learned a lot about myself through this process."
I remember the early days of Jexus, aka WC Olo Garb - click through for a history of WC Olo Garb posts on MATRIXSYNTH - you can scroll down through the years back to the first post back on 9/18/2005 - he also went by polaranta on Flickr. In the beginning there were synth pics followed by the videos. For all posts mentioning "Jexus" click here. He had and continues to have quite an influence on others in the synth community.
