MATRIXSYNTH

Grungy Analog Oscillators with Vermona DRM1 Drums - Stoel Music Systems

video upload by Stoel Music Systems

"These analog oscillators have the beef! The Stoel Music Systems Standard Oscillator can pack a punch for lead sounds. They are a great match with the Vermona DRM1 Mk III analog drums. Get your own Standard Oscillator here: https://www.stoelmusicsystems.com/eur...

We give away free modules! Just subscribe to our newsletter, and you will be automatically entered into our monthly giveaway. https://www.stoelmusicsystems.com/giv..."

Mellow Techno Patch Performance

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find this patch (and many others) together with patch notes on my Patreon page (all tiers) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/mellow-... I'm experimenting more and more with what I guess are techno patches? Well, more rhythmic stuff, I guess. I built a patch with a few voices, a few layers, and I'm performing it with the Midilar Midi controller. It's quite mellow. I really liked the vibe of it."

Isla Instruments Caladan first audio tests…

video upload by Isla Instruments

See addtional posts on Isla Instruemnts Caladan for more info on their upcoming synth.

Morton SUBOTNICK Documentary - North American Premiere + Live Performance Event

Details follow:

A special 2-night event in Toronto:
North American premiere documentary screening, and LIVE A/V performance by Morton Subotnick.

After our international preimere screening of Subotnick: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer nearly 1 year ago in Berlin, we had a few setback in terms of music licensing clearance delays... but we're finally ready to proceed with new screenings, and it all starts in October...

Announcing our North American premiere screening + live performance event in Toronto, please see details below. We are actively looking to book screenings, so if you have any interest/leads, please get in touch: info@waveshapermedia.com (or REPLY to this email).. More screenings booked and TBA soon include screenings in San Francisco, Barcelona, Malta, and Limerick Ireland.

Friday October 27th.

Morton Subotnick + Lillevan — LIVE.
A special A/V performance of Subotnick's newest work "As I Live and Breathe" — a multi-media, surround sound experience.
Subotnick’s final composition, and final live performance in Canada.
With an additional performance by Heidi Chan (modular synthesizer) & Kristine White (shadow projections).
Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC — 750 Spadina Ave
RESERVE YOUR TICKET NOW (General Admission seating):
https://SUBOTNICK.eventbrite.ca

Saturday October 28th.

"Subotnick: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer"
Documentary screening — North American premiere.
Post-screening Q&A with Morton Subotnick and director Robert Fantinatto.
From Waveshaper Media, producers of the acclaimed modular synth documentary, "I Dream Of Wires".
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema — 506 Bloor St W.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW: https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/subotnick

K-DEVICES Releases Secta, a New VST3/AU Audio Plugin

video upload by kdevices

"Secta is an audio effect that dynamically splits incoming audio in two sections and processes each with an exclusive kit of effects, sculpting silence, shaping accents and amplifying hidden details, guiding each layer into a parallel sonic dimension."

Secta / 10 minutes tape loop disintegration

Press release follows:

K-Devices releases Secta as VST3 and AU
parallel (sound) worlds

Arvieux, France - September 28 2023. K-Devices, developer of creative music tools, has released Secta, a new audio effect, as VST3 and Audio Unit plugin for MacOS and Windows.

Building on the concept of a multidimensional gate, Secta processes the audio in a unique way, adding an ephemeral and dramatic touch to acoustic instruments, warmly disintegrating loops, injecting abrupt drops and retexturizing your lines, or throwing down any beat into a dark path of fragmentation.

At first, Secta splits the incoming signal acting as a gate effect: the user sets an amplitude threshold using the Verge and Boost parameters. The signal’s amplitude portion greater than the threshold value generates an envelope which controls the Above and Below sections. The envelope itself controls the frequency of a lowpass filter in the Above section (resulting similar to a lowpass gate), while its inverse value controls the amplitude of the Below section. Such envelope can be shaped using several global parameters: Smooth, Retain, and Sidechain.
Above and Below sections process sounds using a different set of effects each: the more rumbling Above, the more textural and looney Below.
Using one section at a time holds interesting sculpting results, while combining and balancing them is great for creating richer textures.

Hard-to-describe with classic effect categories, Secta processes both sides of a gated source independently, acting as a counterpoint amplitude sculptor. Secta cuts to (re)generate. Secta is a colorizer, no mix parameters are available: just load Secta onto your track and let it inspire you with its timbrical shades. A gate, a dynamic multi-distortion, a double heads tectonic monster, a trembling detuned textures generator, and more... so many uses of Secta have yet to be discovered!

== Totem/ Series ==
Secta is part of the totem/ series by K-Devices: unconventional audio effects coming in a compact format, easy to use, at a lower, convenient price.
== Requirements ==
Available as VST3 and Audio Unit plugin
any 64bits compatible DAW
MacOS and Windows
== Availability, price, and deals ==

launch price: 19 EUR (until October 15))
regular price: 39 EUR (after October 15)
Product page: https://k-devices.com/products/secta/

Moog Music Releases Statement on Layoffs

Moog Music released a statement on their recent layoffs. I added it to the main post here. Scroll down to the red update when you get there.

How the TRON Music was made

video upload by Alex Ball

"Back by popular demand, another filmscore breakown. This time we look at Wendy Carlos' 1982 score to Tron.

0:00 Intro
0:49 Wendy Carlos
2:04 Tron - The Instruments
4:44 The Recording Rig
6:39 Cue Breakdown - Tron Theme
9:10 Cue Breakdown - Tron Scherzo
10:22 Cue Breakdown - We've Got Company
11:40 Use of Choir
12:49 Other Music
13:46 Summary & Thanks

Wendy Carlos official page: https://www.wendycarlos.com/+tron.html

D.A Wilson: https://hideawaystudio.net/
Synergenesis: https://hideawaystudio.net/2014/09/26..."

Vongon Ultrasheer | Sequential OB-6

video upload by Aurelius

"A Sequential OB6 synthesizer connected to a Vongon Ultrasheer plate reverb pedal.

Heavenly."

Christiane Dehmer - RAINING GRACE - Piano & Synths live

video upload by Christiane Dehmer

"'Raining Grace' live von Christiane Dehmer (Piano, Synthesizers, Komposition)

✔ Mehr Musik & News von Christiane Dehmer: https://www.christiane-dehmer.de

Ein Instrumentalstück über Dankbarkeit. Das Gute, das einfach so auf uns herab regnet, erfrischt und belebt. Wo man innehält, und sich fragt, ob es wirklich so ist, unverdient und einfach so. Bei allem, was man sich wünscht, ist man positiver gestimmt, wenn man die Augen dafür öffnet, was man Gutes hat.

Live am Blüthner-Flügel, Nord Wave 2, und dem Synthesizer „Waldorf Pulse“ über ein Basspedal."

Google translated:

"'Raining Grace' live by Christiane Dehmer (piano, synthesizers, composition)

✔ More music & news from Christiane Dehmer: https://www.christiane-dehmer.de

An instrumental piece about gratitude. The good that just rains down on us refreshes and invigorates. Where you stop and ask yourself if it's really like that, undeserved and just like that. Whatever you want, you'll be more positive when you open your eyes to what's good about you.

Live on the Blüthner grand piano, Nord Wave 2, and the synthesizer “Waldorf Pulse” via a bass pedal."