xx Calder Plays Theremin | Dorit Chrysler

video upload by The Museum of Modern Art

Calder Plays Theremin | Behind the Scenes
video upload by Moog Music Inc

"We invite you to take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Calder Plays Theremin," directed by filmmaker Michael Tyburski, featuring an original sound piece by composer and sound artist Dorit Chrysler.

In a new piece filmed at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, Berlin-based thereminist (and our dear friend) Dorit Chrysler brings a collection of electronic instruments together with sculptures on display in the museum’s 'Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start' exhibition for a novel experiment in sound and motion.

'Calder Plays Theremin' pays homage to both inventor Leon Theremin, whose eponymous invention has inspired generations of musicians and musical instrument creators, and sculptor Alexander Calder, who reimagined the art of sculpture as “an experiment in space and motion, upending centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings,” according to MoMA. In this piece, Calder’s sculptures control the sound of each theremin, making for a truly unique and magical composition among these objects, personified as artists for the occasion. 'To hear a theremin trigger the Moog Model 15 synthesizer in the Sculpture Garden—priceless. The sound of a Calder mobile element rubbing against the antenna of a theremin producing microtonal sound in slight movement—breathtaking.' -composer and thereminist Dorit Chrysler

Visit moogmusic.com to read our complete interview with Dorit, where she shares what inspired her to develop the concept for this piece."

Update: Also see https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/671

"EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE" - PIOTR GARBACZONEK (FULL LIVE PERFORMANCE AT BERKLEE)

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thank you all so much for watching my performance!
Date: December 14th, 2021
Location: B54 at Berklee College Of Music, EPD Labs
(Electronic Production and Design)

This show was my showcase as part of my EP-491's final project for my major. Aside from finishing a 5-track EP in a semester, I also was preparing this set for a very long time along with all the music. I decided to pull in a few songs from my previous EP: Experimental EP, Vol. 01, to spice up the performance a bit. The songs included were: Conformity, as the first song after the modular-only section; Time, which was the song at the end of the set with the QR code to my social media links. Everything else was songs from the past 4 months.

All the visuals were edited beat by beat, a song by song in Adobe Premiere Pro, and then rendered and then put into an Ableton Session to be played in a specific earlier-defined order.

I divided the show into 2 sections: Ambient Experimental, and Glitch Experimental.

The first part included rhythm-free elements only and primarily played on various modular synths, up until the 13th minute, where modular synths were supporting all the songs played in order.

The second part included various drum elements, as well as glitch music and frequency spectrum bending polyrhythms.

In terms of gear used, I used my Zoom L-12 Multitrack Mixer, to record all of the individual inputs directly into Ableton. Ableton had different effects in the effects chain of each track depending on what was necessary for each one.

For all the weird clock-driven, laser-sounding fast atonal sounds, I used the CMS MR-15 Modular System based off of the ARP 2500. For some chords and mild sawtooth progressions, I used the Blue Marvin 2600, which is based on the ARP 2600 with built-in Spring Reverb. The Blue Marvin was sequenced by one of my Qu-Bit Bloom Sequencers running in the minor key.
The master clock for everything was the ALM Pamela's New Workout, and it was clocking the CMS, Blue Marvin, 2x Qu-Bit Bloom, Qu-Bit Chance, Moog Subharmonicon (which was doing all the background pads), and Mutable Instruments Rings.
There were various other sequenced sounds, including Mutable Instruments Plaits as a 32-step arpeggio in minor, as well as Mutable Instruments Rings, going through Clouds as a textured effect.
Cwejman VCO-2RM was running through Qu-Bit Tone's LPF, and directly out as a very low analog sub.
The E340 Cloud Generator was my analog Wavetable synth, which I played directly on the Arturia Keystep MIDI-Controller, by sending it pitch information only, and running it through MI Ripples, and out.
The Instruo Arbhar was running in stereo mode, and that one was doing all of the tapping and scratching noises in left and right channels. It has a built-in condenser mic, so I was tapping it on the spot to fill up some space in transitions for some ASMR effects haha.
That's pretty much it in terms of gear used.
If you have any questions about anything, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments. I will happily answer.

Again a huge thank you to Wiggz for doing some cool action shots while I was playing.
This is his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCItL...

And thank you to Dr.B for being an amazing professor, and leading me through the last stretch of my EPD Journey, as well as opening new doors for me for the future.
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Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
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Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."

Wing Pinger Third Moves

video upload by Todd Barton

"Continuing to feel out this instrument. Next I'll be exploring self-patching and also sending triggers and CV out to other instruments. Meanwhile...enjoy!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

TEIA Synthesizers | VastWave Complex Oscillator

video upload by DANIELE

"VastWave by TEIA Synthesizers is a complex analog oscillator and LFO with advanced waveshaping capabilities!"

See this post for additional details.

New Loops releases "NOIZE (WAV/DUNE Presets)"

New Loops has released NOIZE (WAV/DUNE Presets), a collection of noise textures and sound effects designed for use with samplers and synthesisers.

Here's what they say:

Add character and texture to your drums, or dynamic depth to synths and pads. You'll find many useful noise samples including, vinyl crackle, synth noise, digital noise and glitches, real-world ambiences, gravel sounds, water sounds, rumbling sounds, harsh noise, and much more. NOIZE features 150 noise sounds in 5 categories, including: 55 Atonal noises, 57 Tonal noises, 18 Real noises, 10 Synth noises, and 10 Vinyl noises. Each noise sample is can be looped and is perfect for use in software like Cableguys Noiseshaper (heard in the audio demos), or Devious Machine's Texture, or any software that loads user noise files and samples.

We've tested these noise textures in the following synths: Xfer Serum, UVI Falcon, Synapse Audio Dune 3, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Arturia Pigments, Kilohearts Phase Plant, Vital Audio Vital, Native Instrument Massive X, Kontakt, and Sonic Academy Ana. You can, of course, use these sounds in any app that uses WAV files.

Bonus Dune 3 Presets
In addition to the 150 WAV files, there's also 150 presets for Dune 3 using the WAV playback feature. Intro Price: £10.99 until January 10, 2021 (Reg. £14.99). Free demo presets are available to download from newloops.com"

Dreadbox Nymphes // First Impressions

video upload by Jorb

"This ended up longer than I expected, but I appreciate how natural it feels for to sit down without an outline for a first impressions, just let me train of thought dictate the episode. So in service of that, I didn't cut out as much as I normally would have.

Really, this is giving me the idea of a bunch of modules with the MPC, no keyboard, go against what I'm used to.

Chapters are hard for this one, just sort of went where my brain went, but we do what we can for the subs ;

0:00 Intro
2:42 Brief look at competing options
5:44 How's the filter sound?
6:45 Is the menu diving as bad as people think?
9:23 Can it handle varied sound design?
14:25 Let's chat about the reverb
18:05 Lets talk about modulation
21:29 Waveshapes into more modulation complaints
24:20 Extra envelope trick (different from LooPop I promise)
27:52 TiNy JuNo?
28:53 Demos with Stereo Chorus (wish I used less wacky patches)
32:04 Conclusions begin"

Wavetables + Waldof: The Untold Story

video upload by Miguel d'Oliveira

"Wavetable synthesis + history + examples + quirks on my favourite synth, the MicrowaveXT + other time wasters"

Moog Matriarch Dark Demo | No Talking |

video upload by DKS SYNTH LAB

Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:10 DKS Lead 1
2:27 DKS Para/Duo Pad
3:52 DKS Hero LFO
5:24 DKS Lead Rich
6:42 DKS Soft Sync
7:54 DKS Arp Theme
10:40 DKS Brassy Lead
12:20 DKS Evocative Lead

Plogue ChipSynth OPS7 - Bit for Bit DX7 emulation - Sonic LAB Review

video upload by sonicstate

"The Plogue Chipsynth OPS7 - is a bit level copy of the original DX-7 - warts and all. They are really into digital accuracy and emulation as with the others in the ChipSynth range. They've included the bugs, the envelope stepping and operator maths, as well as the insane compander and filtering.

We know there's a certain something about an original DX-7 and Owen Palmer is a man who appreciates such detail, so he's having a look at this new plug-in for us."

See this post for additional details.

Some cool Lexicon PCM41 demos w/ a Roland Juno-60

video upload by SynthMania

"Roland Juno-60 through the classic digital delay processor from the early 1980s, the Lexicon PCM41.

0:00 Opening Titles
0:10 Ambience
0:43 Classic Flange
1:39 Cylon Voice
2:05 Double Tracking
3:11 Echo
4:02 Talking Flange
4:43 Vibrato
5:16 Ending Titles"