H-Pi TBX1 MIDI Tuning Box Microtonal Keyboard Synthesizer Tuner Converter

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See this post for a demo of the H-Pi TBX1.

"From https://hpi.zentral.zone/tbx1:

Got a standard MIDI keyboard? Retune it! TBX1 makes retuning as easy as pushing a button. Attach this little box to your synth and you can make any key play any pitch you want. It comes preloaded with 128 tunings for you to try out, and stores tuning tables in 4 layers, totaling over 500 tunings, which you can easily edit with Custom Scale Editor (cross-platform software, license included). Set up your own tuning, upload it to TBX1, and plug into any General MIDI controller and synthesizer to make your music. Portable and ready for the stage, TBX1 can also run for eight hours on batteries.

Tuning

128 tables x 4 layers = 512 full range programmable tunings

General MIDI compatibility — Compatibility Requirements

Controls

jog dial: select and enter preset program parameters

MIDI LEDs: monitor MIDI IN and MIDI OUT traffic

LCD display: currently selected tuning, bank, patch and polyphony (with backlight ON/OFF switch)

sixteen channel switches: selectable MIDI output channel polyphony, from 1 to 16 voices

fifteen preset buttons: store and recall tuning, synthesizer bank and patch

14-bit MIDI pitch bend resolution: 0.01 cents

bypass switch: turn tuning function on and off without swapping cables

External MIDI Message Pedal / Sequencer Control

receive tuning table Changes

receive bank and patch changes

full sustain pedal support

full control of held key behavior when tuning table change messages are received

Inputs and Outputs

12V DC power input

MIDI IN: connect to any MIDI controller (keyboard, sequencer, etc.)

connect computer to MIDI IN to upload tunings

MIDI OUT: connect to any general MIDI tone module, sampler or computer MIDI interface for tuned output

sends the following MIDI data on selected channels

bank select, patch change, pitch bend range RPNs, 14-bit pitch bend

note on / note off (one note per channel = monotimbral up to 16 voice polyphony)

MIDI Velocity, Modulation, and Volume are passed as received at MIDI IN

MIDI THRU: sends unmodified MIDI data received at the MIDI in through to another unit."

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CASIO PT-7 Synth Electronic Musical Instrument Keyboard

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"CASIO PT-7 Synth Electronic Musical Instrument Keyboard. Has been tested and works great. In good condition. Includes charger"

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Modular techno #30 / Shapeshifter

Published on Apr 7, 2019 pawwakill

"A dub techno recording using Intellijel Shapeshifter.

Very straightforward stuff here. Shapeshifter both shapes modulated by Xaoc Batumi and Zadar. Zadar also modulates the Dual Borg filter. 909 CH through WMD/SSF MMF high pass filter, 808 open hat and Basimilus Iteritas Alter for the percussion. Eventide Space for the reverb and Strymon Timeline for the delay."

Novation Workshops Coming to Brighton Music Conference

via @WeAreNovation

"Going to Brighton Music Conference? The Focusrite x Novation Theatre at @BrightonMusicCo will host two full days of workshops, seminars and Q&A's from a huge lineup or artists, free to all BMC pass holders.
Full details: http://bit.ly/FocNovBMC2019 #WeAreNovation"

Upcoming Performances and Release by Todd Barton

via supporting member, Todd Barton:

"April is filling up beginning with the recent release of Softube.com’s Buchla 296e Spectral Processor plugin for their Modular platform.

I was lucky enough to do a 10 part video series overview/tutorial of the amazing Spectral Processor. [posted here]

Bruce Bayard and I, known as Control Voltage Therapy are looking forward to joining our friends Caballito Negro: Terry Longshore & Tessa Brinckman this Friday, April 12 at 7 pm at the Schneider Museum of Art as part of the Ashland Independent Film Festival’s celebration which included a video by Bruce which we will perform with. More details here.

And on Thursday, April 18 I will be performing an improvised solo set as part of the UCSB’s CREATE concert in Santa Barbara. I’m delighted and honored to have be invited by one of my guiding lights, Curtis Road’s. More details here.

Upcoming in May: a simultaneous rerelease from https://flyingmoonlight.bandcamp.com/music of my 2008 solo shakuhachi album, Ro and a sample reel from that album for the MakeNoise Morphagene available from freesound.org"

DSI Prophet 08: 15 Custom Synth Patches

Published on Apr 6, 2019 Burial Grid Official

Chordal Filmscore Music on the DSI PolyEvolver

Published on Apr 7, 2019 Reuben Jones

"Semi-improvised chordal playing on the PolyEvolver. Maybe for a film.

This patch changes from brass to strings depending on filter envelope settings, velocity and pressure.

Dave Smith PolyEvolver
Tal-Reverb"

SundaySynth #26 : Mellotron and Oberheim Vibes

Published on Apr 7, 2019 Khoral Central

"More work on the electro live set, Gforce M-Tron Pro sounds sampled with Elektron Digitakt, DSI Tempest melodies and Sequential OB6... themes by Negus"

Modular Synthesis Intro Concepts from Patch & Tweak

Published on Apr 7, 2019 PATCH & TWEAK

Tutorials from Patch & Tweak co-author Chris Meyer of Learning Modular.

"When you first get into sound synthesis, it may seem like people are speaking an alien language, describing it in terms of frequency, amplitude, harmonics, waves, modes, poles, envelopes, modulators, and the such.

But behind those words are some fairly simple concepts: What pitch you playing a sound at? How loud is it? How does that loudness change over the course of a note? How bright or dull does it sound? How can you change that brightness or dullness?

We describe these concepts in the Modular Synthesis section starting on page 12 of Patch & Tweak. But there’s nothing like hearing what they actually sound like, and seeing what we’re actually doing on a modular synthesizer to create those different sound qualities.

Therefore, Patch & Tweak co-author Chris Meyer of Learning Modular has created a set of short beginner-friendly movies that explain these Basic Concepts."

PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 1: Pitch and Volume
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 2: Waveforms
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 3: Noise
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 4: Filter Modes
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 5: Filter Slopes
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 6: Filter Resonance
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 7: Waveshaping
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 8: Envelopes
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 9: LFOs
PATCH & TWEAK Basic Concept 10: Random

Float - Eurorack Modular Ambient

Published on Apr 7, 2019 sprunging for voltage

"First video in quite a while. First video with the new Eurorack set up. Off camera the Novation Ultranova lends a sitar-like pad, while the Arturia Matrixbrute provides a dreamy, bendy lead. The Behringer Neutron is providing functions only and is not actually producing any sound via its oscillators. Also off camera are 3 Korg SQ-1 sequencers piping CV to various inputs on the modules. Various pedals and effects are also in play. Recorded in one take, stereo in to Ableton from my mixer. Enjoy."