Free Weekly Ableton Live Rack #8: "AfroDJMac Red Stripe Rack" [Beer Synth]

YouTube Uploaded by AfroDjMac on May 17, 2011

"Ableton Live Instrument Rack created by blowing on a Red Stripe Lager bottle and sampling the tone. Effects are then layered, including a tremolo using Ableton's Auto Pan effect.

I created a little beat and left you the stems, which I encourage you to remix. Send anything you make to afrodjmac.com or soundcloud.com/afrodjmac and I will post it.

Download the Live set here: http://bit.ly/freesynth8
it includes two versions, one with Sampler and one with Simpler.

Every week I put out a free Ableton Rack, so subscribe and Social Network me.

-AfroDJMac

http://www.afrodjmac.com
http://www.facebook.com/afrodjmac
http://www.twitter.com/afrodjmac"

Make Noise Pressure Points Fun

Youtube Uploaded by ISOTROPOSPHERE on May 18, 2011

"This was a little experiment quite like the Rene experiment I did. I am using all three of the X,Y, and Z CV outputs from the PP routed to a Doepfer A-151 Seq. Switch which is being fed a clock signal which goes from the PP to the Doepfer Clock divider and then to the A-151 for channel control. The main CV out from the A-151 goes to the TipTop Z3000 whose wave goes to the EMS synthi filter (cv from FH Choices) then to the QMMG which is also gated from the PP fourth channel gate out. I did notice that the sensitivity of the PP is greater than the gate signal received by the Doepfer clock divider so the timing sometimes goes a few taps of the PP longer to trigger the clk divider to switch channels.
The backround pulsing is from the Korg Z1 and drums later from the Korg ER-1 mkII. I had fun making this, the volume is HOT and loud, watch your speakers, bass is heavy in this video so listen with headphones or a sub. Enjoy."

Oberheim OB-X + Roland TR-808 "Erstmal Wind..."

YouTube Uploaded by retrosound72 on May 18, 2011

"vintage synth track by RetroSound

the name is a parody to the lots of electronic music tracks with the legendary filtered noise effect ;)

all sounds:
Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
Roland TR-808 Analog Drummachine (1981)
recording: multi-trak

windmill pics and movie are made by RetroSound"

Weird Sound Generator demo

YouTube Uploaded by Dovinia on May 18, 2011

"Yet another WSG which I am selling locally. This is just for the purpose of demonstration."

Review: NI RaZor - Additive Softsynth

YouTube Uploaded by sonicstate on May 18, 2011

"An interesting additive synth born from the twisted mind of Errorsmith. With some unusual features and weird waves and filters - we take a look at the Reaktor based instrument. For a full accompanying article:

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/05/18/sonic-lab-native-instruments-razor-..."

Circuit Bent Animal Band Keyboard by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on May 11, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"Animal Band Keyboard

Switched 1/4 inch jack output

Pitch Up/Down Control

Toggle Switch for Bit Crush noise thing"

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Modified Korg Poly800 squelch

Modified Korg Poly800 squelch by circuitbenders.co.uk
"A selection of disgustingly offensive squelchy unpleasantness from a modified Korg Poly800 synth. What better way could there be to waste 4 minutes of your life?"

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Nyle Steiner Playing the New Synthasystem

YouTube Uploaded by dingebre on May 11, 2011

"I let Nyle borrow the Synthasystem and here is a sample of what he did with it. In an email, Nyle said, "This synthesizer has all the character and feel that I remember the old ones having." High praise indeed. Thank you Nyle

Check out the blog and web site for more info. http://analoguerealities.blogspot.com/ and http://www.xmission.com/~dingebre/Synthasystem.htm"

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Vestax「PAD-One」解説ムービー

YouTube Uploaded by musicmasterjp on May 12, 2011

"ベスタクスのパッドコントローラー「PAD-One」をご存じだろうか？　本日、ベスタクスの製品担当（多良間さん）に直接製品の魅力を語ってもらうことができた（映像参照）。「PAD-One」は、写真で見るよりもズッシリと重く、ヒップホッ­プ系の人にはお馴染みのパッドでのトラックメイクを強く意識した製品となっている。また、映像でも解説されているように、単純にリズムの入力ツールとしてだけではなく、各­パッドにMIDIコントロール情報をアサインすることもできるため、パッドを強く押し込む（いわゆるアフタータッチ）ことでプラグインエフェクトのパラメーターやパンなど­も操作することが可能だ。価格は￥16,800（税込）。興味のある人は是非ともチェックを！"

Googlish:
"Vestax Controller Pad "PAD-One" What you know? Today, in charge of Vestax products (Tarama's) said the appeal could have a direct product (see picture). "PAD-One" is heavier than Zusshiri to see in the picture, who has become a hip-hop products and make a strong awareness of the familiar track pad. And, as has been described in the video input as well as a tool of rhythm, simply because each pad can be assigned to MIDI control information, a strong push pad (called aftertouch) can plug It can also manipulate parameters and bread. Price ¥ 16,800 (tax included). Both people are interested in checking out!"

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Arcturan UltraTheremin for Reaktor and Konkreet Performer

Arcturan UltraTheremin for Reaktor and Konkreet Performer from Peter Dines on Vimeo.

"After a few too many pan galactic gargle blasters it's time to dig out the ol' Arcturan UltraTheremin and rock out on Squornshellous Zeta until you pass out on a living mattress.

I built this as a learning project to figure out how to map Konkreet Performer's nodes to voices in Reaktor. If you're interested, you can download at modulations.noisepages.com - you'll need an iPad and Konkreet Performer to take full advantage of it. (It also works with TouchOSC if you don't mind a slightly less freakish playing experience)"

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

Novation Nova Polyphonic Desktop Synthesizer ASM Synth

via this auction

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Bay Area Synth Meet 2011.05.08

flickr By g.p.macklin

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

MiniMogueVA - Free VST synth - vstplanet

YouTube Uploaded by vstplanet on May 18, 2011

"MiniMogueVA - http://www.vstplanet.com/News/2011/MinimogueVA.htm
Developer: glenstegner.com/softsynths.html"

Artist Interview: Semothy Jones (Lilly Allen, Professor Green)

YouTube Uploaded by PropellerheadSW on May 18, 2011

"Semothy Jones was 8 years old when he heard a record that showed him the meaning of life: producing music. Admittedly unable to sing or rap, young Semothy faced a somewhat existential crisis: "I make beats, what am I?"

The answer soon revealed itself to him when his beats were sought out by UK artists like Little Boots and Professor Green. When Green and Jones decided to do a remake of the 90s hit "Dub Be Good to Me," they had no idea that pop-royalty Lilly Allen would jump on the chorus and take the album to number 2 on the charts.

Since being introduced to Reason in 2002, every Semothy Jones production starts and ends inside the Reason rack."

Adam Blackstone meets the Korg Kronos!

YouTube Uploaded by KorgUSAVideos on May 18, 2011

"Long-time Korg friend & artist Adam Blackstone (Musical Director -- Eminem, Janet Jackson, Drake, Maroon 5, Kanye West) sits down face-to-face with the Korg Kronos for the first time. We will let Adam speak for himself in this video.

Visit Adam online at:
http://www.adamblackstone.com
and:
http://bassicblackentertainment.com/

Follow Adam on twitter @bassicblack"

WHITE SAMPLE

WHITE SAMPLE from KAIROS STUDIO on Vimeo.

"White Sample is based in Santiago, Chile.
It is a mixture of analog circuitry and selfmade audio units.
Ignacio Dacio. soundcloud.com/​white-sample

Video, camera (G12), editing, color & etc made by Sebastian A. López @ KAIROS
kairosworks.net/​"

"Doepfer Dark Energy, The Voice of Saturn, ThingAmaKit, modular, an 8 osc perfboard circuit a DIY 3 x 3 matrix mixer and a Arduino based speakJet chip synth."

Kid with a Buchla

Little girl with a Buchla via tumblr.

This one in via Obscotch.

ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 SOVIET ANALOG VOCODER SYNTH

via this auction

"Electronika EM-26 portable vocoder is intended for synthesis the voice or external signals, has internal strings ton-generator, analyzer-synthesizer, modulations and vocoder effects. Control panel include 4 sections: VIBRATO, VOCODER, STRINGS and LEVEL, also it has a panel real time transpose and other controls.

VIBRATO section has sliders - accent, depth and rate
VOCODER - chorus knobs (on, mode), mic/vocoder level
STRINGS - on/off, level, violin/cello, sustain
LEVEL - mic, line A, line C
Keyboard PANEL: main level, pitch, interval, octave, pitch bend

CONNECTION (1/4 jack): mic in, line A,C, phones, output, pedal, power.

Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard, 2,5
— Weight with case, 6 kg (approx. 13 Pounds)"

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Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad

Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad from Peter Dines on Vimeo.

"Coming soon - a new version of Loupe with bidirectional OSC mappings for TouchOSC - the slice / note settings update as you play each note so you see the settings at a glance. Grab all three filter parameters with your fingers and drag them around, navigate the waveform with your ears instead of your eyes.

More here:

modulations.noisepages.com/​2011/​05/​loupe-1-5-for-reaktor-now-with-bidirectional-osc-mappings-for-touchosc/​"

hexler - TouchOSC
iPads on eBay

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Yamaha SY77 Patch Demo: MKS-80 Bass

YouTube Uploaded by derekaggs11 on May 11, 2011

"Trying to remake that gritty MKS-80 Synth Bass 1 preset (I-77) featured on Madonna's Into The Groove. Composed & sequenced on the SY77. Used Oberheim DMX drum samples. Not too bad, huh?"

CNMAT New Instruments Event, May 6 2011, 1.15 gB.m4v

YouTube Uploaded by rogerlinndesign on May 11, 2011

"'New Musical Instruments' event at UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) on May 6, 2011, showcasing the Eigenharp, LinnStrument and SLABS."

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

TeknOnObs. AnalOque loves Digits. Old skOOl TeknO.

YouTube Uploaded by Janoise on May 12, 2011

"ANALOG BASS, ANALOG 303 sound.
From Novation D-Staion and BassStation.
Sequenced with a Roland MC-909.
A little piece of old skool Tekno."

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

REM Activity

YouTube Uploaded by beckhusen on May 12, 2011

"Music made with Future Retro Revolution (the basic drum) & Clavia Nord Modular G2. My video ressources are available for commercial use via www.earthviews.de"

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

Taro - Taro (grown-up kitty)

flickr By Sawa Masaki


Nord Lead 2 & 3

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

ACCESS VIRUS INDIGO with Custom Knobs [Buchla meets Paia]

via this auction

Crazy custom knobs - Buchla meets Paia.

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

Sold For: US $736.00

Roland RE-501 Space Echo

via this auction

"Full service has been done on this unit including
-replacement of various IC's and opamps.
-All electrolytic capacitors have been replaced with highest quality nichicon caps.
-calibrated and set-up for great sounding delay."

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

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Atari Punk Beepbox With Dual LFO

Atari Punk Beepbox With Dual LFO from Michael Una on Vimeo.

DISTRAKT & ALKOTA E-MU SP-1200 Flash MEMORY DRIVE

YouTube Uploaded by Distrakt on Dec 19, 2010

"Buy http://www.distrakt.com DISTRAKT & ALKOTA E-MU SP-1200 Flash MEMORY DRIVE with the E-MU SP-1200 Instructional Video and the Def Breaks & Kits Sound Library Vol.1"

via Jordan, via ALKOTA

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Rare Kawai SX-210 Synthesizer

via this auction

"This rare vintage Kawai SX-210 synthesizer is in great condition and comes with a manual. Easily rated an 8.0 out of 10. The SX-210 is a great sounding DCO based synthesizer with 8 voices ( 1 DCQ and 1 sub oscillator per voice ) analog filters, and envelopes ( 1 of each per voice ). The oscillator has 3 waveforms: SUB-OSC, PWM control, and a noise generator. The LFO can modulate: DCO, VCF, and VCA all at the same time. It is also one of the few synthesizers with both glissando and portamento."

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ROLAND JUNO 60 ANALOG VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

Pics of the inside below.

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REALISTIC MG-1

via this auction

SN 19321

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keybdwizrd - Omnisphere Demo #5

YouTube Uploaded by keybdwizrd on May 17, 2011

"Some more fun and interesting sounds from the Spectrasonics Omnisphere software instrument."

keybdwizrd - Omnisphere Demo #4 (keyboards)

Uploaded by keybdwizrd on Jul 26, 2010

"Mostly piano / electric piano sounds from Spectrasonics Omnisphere."

Jupiter-8 arp + delay: 'pure'

YouTube Uploaded by TheSynthFreq on May 17, 2011

"Hi! :) Today's video features the awesome and majestic qualities of the Roland Jupiter-8's arpeggio. I just discovered that JP is actually split even in latched arp mode. This means that you can have any pattern above middle C and then freely change the lower notes without disturbing the over all pattern, its a nice feature for adding variety. I used a delay FX unit only for delay, no other fx added.
Keep in mind that this arp is of course repetitive and can get annoying but I wish to show each feature of JP by changing waveforms, adding PWM, adjusting the Fc and changing the ranges of each oscillator itself, and keeping the 'sync' function active to keep 'beats' from happening between oscillators. This video doesn't feature everything but more will come soon. :)
:) TSF and Jupiter-8"

Modular analog groove synth prototype

YouTube Uploaded by bubagoo on May 17, 2011

"A little sample of the new synth I'm working on now. Lots of VCOs VCFs and a handful of trigger sequencers and a fleet of circuit bent BOSS half-rack effects."

Roland Jupiter 6 Analog Vintage Synthesizer

via this auction

"Serial number 301479"

Tip: When picking up used gear, you can search on a serial number in the search box to the right of the site to see what comes up.

[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

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Designer of the Alesis Fusion, ION & Micron Designed the iPad's UI

If you've been coming to this site since 2007, you might remember this post on Bret Victor. I was just reading Gizmodo and saw this post on his website. I almost skipped checking it out as I did not remember the name, but I thought I'd click through and see what got them so excited. Low and behold, I found the synth connection in his resume. I did a quick search here to see if his name came up in any post and found the one from 2007. Kind of neat when you think about it. Do check out his site (worrydream) and his resume for more that he has worked on. Note his new resume only mentions the Micron, but the 2007 post also mentioned the ION and Fusion.

Yamaha CS-01 Analog Synth with Original Portable Keyboard Bag

via this auction

Marsynth

Marsynth has been added to the manufacturers page. Remember to check it out now and then. These are the manufacturers that visit the site. If you are manufacturer and would like be on that page, send in a 250px x 100px banner and you will be added. Contact info is matrixsynth at gmail.com. Be sure to check out http://www.marsynth.com/ for what they have to offer!

Korg Lambda analogue synth

via this auction

"Korg Lambda, an old analogue string machine from 1979. This instrument is great for amazingly lush string and pad sounds."

Check out that wood!

This Second Sleep - Buchla Pattern Atrophy

YouTube Uploaded by arthurpainter on May 17, 2011

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
Please listen through a good set of headphones only!"

Prophet 6 (Custom Sequential Circuits Prophet 600)

YouTube Uploaded by Ascent68 on Mar 28, 2011

"Here's demo of my Prophet 600 (all sounds).
FX : Ibanez AD9, Midiverb 4, Korg SDD 3300, Electro Harmonix Small Stone."

Percussa Audio Cubes Meets Dr. Who

via Percussa

"In the last episode, “The Doctor’s wife“, glowing cubes who look very much like the Audiocubes, are used as containers for timelords. We have no official confirmation received about this, but we do know we have quite some customers in the UK, so it could be possible that these are the AudioCubes. You should have a look at the beginning of the episode as well as around the 15 minute timemark, where you can see a whole bunch of cubes."

Hadikat Raja II, Deuxième Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on May 16, 2011

"Composition for keyboard Virus TI"

Update: video reloaded.

SunVox on iPad with MIDI-keyboard

YouTube Uploaded by NightRadio2007 on May 17, 2011

"SunVox official page: http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/"

SunVox - Alexander Zolotov
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

EnergyXT For IOS First Impressions

YouTube Uploaded by mvpadrini on May 17, 2011

energyXT - XT Software AS
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Casio SK-5 Sampling Keyboard PCM Synthesizer

via this auction
"Casio SK-5 specifications
Presets
Preset tones/samples: 8 preset keyboard sounds, including
Piano
Vibraphone
Dog
Surf
Trumpet
Pipe organ
Chorus
Flute
Built-in samples: 4 (high conga, low conga, lion, laser gun)
Envelopes
Piano/guitar damped tone (slow decay)
Long release (slower decay)
Reverb (some sustain after decay)
Slow attack (slow initial volume increase)
Tremolo I (fade out with some vibrato)
Tremolo II (slight vibrato)
Auto-rhythms: 10 (rock, disco, 16 beat, march, bossa nova, samba, slow rock, waltz)
Demonstration tunes
Picnic
Turkish March
Clair de Lune
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Surprise symphony
Jingle Bells
American patrol

Sampling and playback
Sampling rate: 8-bit, 9.38 kHz
Tuning control: ±30 cents
Built-in speaker: 8 cm diamter / 1 watt output
Inputs: microphone jack (1/4th inch), line-in minijack (1/8th inch)
Outputs: audio-out minijack (1/8th inch)
Power
Auto power off time: 7 minutes since last operation
Power: 5 AA batteries or 7.5 volt negative tip polarity AC adapter
Power consumption: 1.8 watts"

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Access Virus C Desktop

via this auction

"This item Includes:
Power Adapter
Users Manual
SoundDiver Editor and Librarian Software CD
Programming Analogue Synths Book"

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phonogene

YouTube Uploaded by DrOctave1 on May 17, 2011
Audibly NSFW.
"scarface in the phonogene and some 4/4 just checking it out and playing around"

via Make Noise
"The Phonogene is a digital re-visioning and elaboration of the tape recorder as musical instrument (Firmware Engineered by Flemming Christensen, Gotharman). It takes it’s name from a little known, one of a kind instrument used by composer Pierre Schaeffer. While it is not an emulation, it does share the primitive, tactile nature of it’s namesake, and expands upon the original concepts. It is informed by the worlds of Musique Concrète (where speed and direction variation were combined with creative tape splicing to pioneer new sounds) and Microsound (where computers allow for sound to be divided into pieces smaller then 1/10 of a second, and manipulated like sub-atomic particles). Having voltage control over every parameter, it is most successful as a digital audio buffer for the modular synthesist.

The Phonogene is comprised of a pair of tool-sets which work well together. Tape Music Tools allow for sounds to be recorded on the fly, layered using the internal Sound On Sound function, manually cut into pieces using the SPLICE function, and re-organized with the ORGANIZE control. Once it is Spliced up, it is possible to create nearly infinite variations of the original loop by modulating the ORGANIZE parameter, and VARI-SPEED allows for the speed and direction of playback to be controlled continuously with one control signal. GENE-SIZE, GENE-SHIFT and SLIDE make up the Microsound Tools. GENE-SIZE divides the audio buffer into progressively smaller pieces called Genes (aka particles, grains, granules). A clock signal applied to GENE-SHIFT will step through those pieces in chronological order, while a control signal (such as the Wogglebug Smooth CV) applied to SLIDE, moves through those pieces in a nonlinear fashion. Using SLIDE, random access of the audio buffer is possible. Obviously, functions such as VARI-SPEED and ORGANIZE are useful for Microsound as well, which is why these functions were grouped into one module. The end result is a sampler/ looper/ audio buffer that is able to exist within a modular synthesizer system, and offer a vast amount of real-time sound manipulation in a fast and tactile way.

There is often the expectation that “bad sounds” such as clicks, pops, distortions, wrong notes, phase in-accuracies and otherwise, should be impossible with modern musical instruments. Many designers are making instruments which are fool-proof, and which guarantee some specific musical result, thus making it easy to create the same music, over and over again. The Phonogene does NOT use this approach. In fact, we have made it very possible to make the “bad sounds” and “mistakes” that have led to some of the greatest moments in musical history (and of course, some of the worst!). With the Phonogene, it is possible to Splice sounds in such a way that you will hear sharp contrasts, clicks and pops. This is the physics of sound! It is possible to slow down a recording to point of complete decimation, so that all that remains is trail of digital artifacts. Such are the limitations of digital sound (at the moment). It is possible to render the source material completely unintelligible, to cut busted loops, to distort digitally, to obscure, to regenerate to the point of almost no signal integrity. This is the nature of the Phonogene. If you seek the perfect looping tool, in the most contemporary sense of the word, then please look elsewhere. If you desire to explore the realm of modular, digital sample manipulation and microsound, welcome!

This module is 20HP and consumes 70mA worth of current."

the return of the FairySynth

YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on May 17, 2011

"Last winter I build a small synthesizer in a case that used to house an oil furnace test apparatus. Several people have challenged me to actually play something with the weird contraption.

And now I've done it!

I came up with a relatively simple composition that I could play on the thing and mixed in a noisy toy keyboard dance track in the beginning. The rest is played on Böhm Station One workstation, Roland E-15 and Yamaha PSR-78 keyboards."

Haible Living VCOs Demo Video

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