07-The Baldwin Fun Machine- Rhythm Presets (ANALOG DRUM SOUNDS) pt. 1

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part one of a two-part demonstration of the sound and functionality of the rhythm patterns found on the Baldwin Fun Machine."

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How to adapt 1U modules to a 3U eurorack modular case | Mosaic + Xodes

video upload by DANIELE

"Added a bunch of Mosaic 1U modules to my 3U eurorack case thanks to the XODES adapter!"

Introducing ALM MFX - Stereo Multi Effects Processor - Features Overview - ALM032

video upload by ALM TV



"The MFX is a compact 6HP Eurorack stereo digital audio multi effects processor. It offers 14 different full featured effects programs plus a number of metering utilities.

Inspired by our favourite classic hardware effects processors, the MFX incorporates DSP technologies from the dawn of digital effects in the 70s to the present day. This combines with ALM character and uniqueness to form a highly useful, fun and practical Eurorack effects module.

The MFX user interface is designed to be familiar, quick and easy to use. Each program contains a wide range of controllable parameters both directly editable or freely assigned to CV or clocked control. Additionally, each program includes factory presets as well as the ability to store and recall user presets. All states are preserved across power cycles.

In this video we take a look at all the basic features and getting started with the MFX using the Digi-PCM Echo program to demonstrate."

New Waldorf Iridium Keyboard Synthesizer w/ Polyphonic Aftertouch

Sounddemo video upload by WaldorfMusicChannel

"Trailer & sound demo for our brand new Waldorf Iridium Keyboard Synthesizer with polyphonic aftertouch – no external effects and processing were used."

Waldorf teaser revealed.

Update:

Matt Johnson Jamiroquai Exclusive!! Waldorf Iridium Synthesizer keyboard version

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"This new synth is an absolute beast with 2 synth engines and amazing poly aftertouch!

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And the press release:

Waldorf widens range of high-quality synthesizers with polyphonic aftertouch pressure-providing Iridium Keyboard

REMAGEN, GERMANY: having introduced Iridium as a high-class synthesizer in a compact desktop form factor with welcomed added extras building upon the high-quality synthesizer developer’s demanding design standards set by its Quantum keyboard flagship’s futuristic functionality and advanced tonality, Waldorf Music is proud to take the concept further forward by announcing availability of its Iridium Keyboard counterpart — radically redesigning its desktop synthesizer namesake around an all-new 49-key FATAR TP/8SK semi-weighted polyphonic aftertouch pressure-providing keyboard as the first such implementation of that keyboard in the world, with an expanded front panel proffering one-knob-per-function control as a workflow-raising result of this high-class synthesizer’s palpable physical makeover, also allowing for six freely-programmable Macro buttons with which users can define functions from a wide range of features for additional performance control — as of March 4…

It is, however, hardly surprising that Waldorf Music has chosen to name its latest high-quality synthesizer Iridium Keyboard since the instrument in question is physically designed around award-winning Italian digital piano, organ, and synthesizer keybed manufacturer FATAR’s all-new TP/8SK keyboard, configuring 49 semi-weighted sensitive keys with polyphonic aftertouch and three contacts as possibly one of the best synthesizer keyboards money can buy. Best of all, tremendous tonal changes flow freely when playing the Iridium Keyboard live since polyphonic aftertouch is transmitted individually for each note played. Performers can conceivably play and hold down any number of keys simultaneously, subsequently moving each finger individually. In other words, individual keys are affected by the pressure applied by each finger, thereby creating, for instance, individual data streams for modulation purposes, whereas with monophonic (Channel) aftertouch all notes played will respond in the same way. With a powerful Mod Matrix offering 40 independent modulation assignments, each with individual settings for Source, Amount, and Destination, Iridium Keyboard far from disappoints when it comes to powerful modulation options, of course — just like its Iridium desktop synthesizer namesake. Notably, Iridium Keyboard is also capable of processing MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) data, duly making multiple parameters of different notes separately controllable to effectively enable it to behave more like an acoustic instrument in terms of spontaneous, polyphonic sound control.

Clearly, the 851 mm (W) x 355 mm (D) x 110 mm (H) physical dimensions of Iridium Keyboard has resulted in some marked differences to the original Iridium desktop design, with a one-knob-per-function control approach afforded by its naturally expanded front panel, albeit aided still by its industrial-grade highly-responsive touchscreen display to provide an interactive overview of the Mode page selected (via associated LFOS, OSC 1, OSC 2, OSC 3, FILTERS, MOD, and EFFECTS buttons), parameter changes, and additional information. Indeed, Iridium Keyboard also incorporates six freely-programmable Macro buttons adjacent to the Pitch and Mod (modulation) wheels with which users can define functions from a wide range of features for additional performance control, combining to further enhance its performance pedigree.

Put it this way: while Iridium Keyboard — duly described by Waldorf Music as “...a high-class synthesizer with an extraordinary polyphonic aftertouch pressure keyboard featuring a wide range of unique sounds with approved Waldorf quality — made in Germany!” — ships with specifically created new sounds and samples in addition to all those included in the Iridium desktop from the likes of Kurt Ader, BT (Brian Transeau), Richard Devine, Thorsten Quaeschning (Tangerine Dream), and Howard Scarr, to name but a notable few, its impressive specification otherwise mirrors that of the original Iridium — itself described by Waldorf Music as “...a high- class desktop synthesizer featuring a wide range of unique sounds with approved Waldorf quality — made in Germany!” — as a 16-voice digital synthesizer. Sounds from Waldorf Music’s Quantum synthesizer flagship — an eight-voice, hybrid affair as a result of offering two analogue low-pass filters per voice — can conveniently be loaded into Iridium Keyboard and vice-versa.

As another entry fit for Waldorf Music’s rich history, Iridium Keyboard — with its industrial design bearing the high-class hallmarks of Axel Hartmann, one of the most respected synthesizer designers in the industry who was also responsible for the company’s wavetable synthesis-based Microwave debut back in 1989 — takes pride of place in the high-quality German synthesizer developer’s distinctive family tree as another direct descendent of the legendary PPG Wave synthesizer series that made their mark throughout the Eighties by bringing the distinctive sound of wavetable synthesis to the musical masses. Musically, though, the Iridium Keyboard — like its Iridium desktop synthesizer sibling — brings much more to the production table than its acclaimed ancestor, featuring five different synthesis models for each of its three oscillators (OSC 1, OSC 2, and OSC 3): Wavetable — a table consisting of single-cycle waveforms; Waveform (virtual analogue) — a standard oscillator model to create typical analogue waveforms; Particle (sampling and granular sampling) — allowing for extensive manipulation of sample-based sounds; Resonator — manipulates multi- samples from the internal (2GB) sample flash memory or noise via an exciter and various spectral parameters that can be modulated, matchless for generating awe- inspiring animated sounds and drones, which can, for example, easily be integrated into a Eurorack modular synthesizer environment via the Iridium Keyboard’s integrated control voltage connections (CV In1, CV In2, CV In3, and CV In4); and Kernels — effectively enabling one oscillator to become up to six sub-oscillators that can be interlinked through FM at audio rate and arranged in user-definable constellations. Clearly, Iridium Keyboard can create a wide range of unique sounds like no other.

Other fanciful features include three true stereo path digital filters per voice that convincingly cover all conceivable classic filter variants — various digital filters are additionally offered by the FORMER section, such as Comb, classic Waldorf high- and band-pass, and notch filters from Waldorf Music’s Largo and Nave software synthesizers, plus PPG models, alongside signal enhancer effects, such as Drive and Bit Crusher, and more; six envelopes, six LFOs, and much more besides are available for use as sources in the Mod Matrix, routable to almost any numerical value in Iridium Keyboard.

Connectivity-wise, the well-spec’d Iridium Keyboard communicates well with the outside world, thanks to two audio inputs (for processing external signals); CV inputs as well as Gate In and Trigger In connections (for forwarding external signals to the Mod Matrix); Clock In and Clock Out connections (to synchronise with other gear); USB and DIN MIDI connections; USB Host port (provided for MIDI devices and also handling data exchange); Control and Sustain Pedals inputs; a headphone output (with dedicated volume control); and last, but not least, two audio outputs.

On the face of it, then, with a performance pedigree fit for taking its wide-ranging unique sounds further forward, the reassuringly-weighty (12.0 kg) Iridium Keyboard certainly more than lives up to its billing as “...a high-class synthesizer with an extraordinary polyphonic aftertouch pressure keyboard featuring a wide range of unique sounds with approved Waldorf quality — made in Germany!”

Stochastic Inspiration Generator SIG and Prepared Piano

video upload by Friendly Noise

"Using the Befaco voltage to midi converter VCMC and Stochastic I struments SIG to play a VST piano plugin within the DAW. Some details included in the video.

Modules: Befaco VCMC, Stochastic Instruments SIG Stochastic Inspiration Generator."

The Monument - live ambient music in the woods with Nigel Rippon on gyil (West African xylophone)

video upload by drone-in-the-woods

Half an hour before this session it was pouring with rain, but it was the last day of the storms down South and we sheltered from the receding winds on the side of the hill.
This was the first of three tracks recorded during that session, and you can see and hear the wind in the trees above us whilst Nigel improvises flowing patterns on his gyil overtop of the track that I started writing in my last video.

Nigel Rippon - Gyil
Keith Sutton - Roland SH101 Roland MC101 Roland Gaia Sh01

Goodwood 22nd February 2022"

New Music Toolbox: Synthesizing Environmental Sounds by Peter Speer

4-part series playlist above by New Music USA. You can find the write-up on https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/synthesi...

"Let’s do a quick exercise: listen to a sound, any sound (a baby crying, a phone ringing), and ask yourself: can I hum it? Trace the movement of the sound with your hand in the air and observe: is it rising and falling in a pattern? The answers to these questions point toward the equipment needed to recreate them. I’d like to synthesize the sounds of the beach, in particular a memory I have of an afternoon spent there as a child. We’ll begin with the sound of ocean waves from the listening perspective of the shoreline. It’s low tide and the surf is mild. The sun hangs in the air, lazily. Read more on https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/synthesi..."

S-CAT Circuit Bent Casio MT-40 with midi clock.

video upload by Space Cat Audio Technologies

"Here we have S-CAT Circuit bent instrument number 1075. We have been modifying instrument like this for some 15 years now. To celebrate the end of an era, we have added midi sync along with our usual 26-mods for a customer in Germany. Let me know what you think, as this is, as far as we know, the only Midi clocked Casio MT-40 in the world. We may consider supplying the midi retro-fit as a diy kit. :)"

Update:

Test run on the S-CAT midi synced Casio MT-40 Sleng-Teng and a Roland TR-909. Full audio. :)


"We have added midi clock input to the Casio MT-40, this is just an off the cuff jam to test that it’s running properly. :)"

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Prism Circuits - APICULUS Panel

video upload by NOISEBUG

"The APICULUS panel is an experimental voice panel that offers deep exploration in sound and moving textures.
The following modules are included within this panel -
1973 Oscillator x 2
VC Phaser
Noise Source
Smooth & Stepped Generator
Peak & Trough
Slim Dual Mixer
24V Mean Well power supply included.

https://www.noisebug.net/products/pri..."

ASM Hydrasynth Explorer @ Noisebug

video upload by NOISEBUG

https://www.noisebug.net/

"ASM Hydrasynth Explorer is the ultimate in power and portability, offering the powerful Hydrasynth sound engine together with battery-powered operation and the ASM Polytouch polyphonic aftertouch mid-sized keybed. The user interface is designed with the utmost attention to detail and offers a rapid workflow. This is the ultimate companion for a portable setup where a smaller footprint in needed.

Utilizing an advanced wavetable synthesis engine, three oscillators, dual Wave Mutators and two filters that can be configured in series or parallel, the tone generating capabilities are unmatched. On the performance side, the proprietary 37-note mid-sized Polytouch keybed offers polyphonic aftertouch control over each individual note, giving you the type of expressive control found only in certain vintage synths.

8-voice polyphonic digital wave morphing synthesizer
Polytouch polyphonic aftertouch keyboard with 37 mid-size keys
MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatibility
Microtuning support via MIDI Tuning Standard files
3 oscillators per voice with 4 Mutators total
1 multimode filter and 1 variable/sweepable LP-BP/notch-HP filter per voice
640 patch storage locations with category search
CV/gate connectivity
Polytouch keybed
Hydrasynth Explorer features the ASM Polytouch 37-note mid-sized semi-weighted keybed, allowing both on/off velocity as well as full polyphonic aftertouch. d In recent years companies have been trying to find ways to give the keyboard musician more ways to better express themselves; the problem is their solution is almost never a traditional keyboard, so you have to learn a new technique to play them. The Polytouch keybed features high quality, standard sized keys so you can start playing it instantly."