5 Jams with Tymp Legio stereo digital percussion from Noise Engineering

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Check out these 5 Jams using the Tymp Legio stereo digital percussion module on the Legio platform. We hope these jams will inspire you to think of new ways to patch.

0:05 Jam 1
0:37 Jam 2
1:14 Jam 3
1:57 Jam 4
2:33 Jam 5

More info on Tymp Legio: https://bit.ly/3zQuw6C

If you already own a Legio module, you can swap to the Tymp Legio firmware for free at our Customer Portal and get patching right away. Customer Portal link: http://bit.ly/3JvmC8N

Jam 1: We're using two Tymp Legios for those fat four-to-the-floor kicks and for the cowbell-like hits.

Jam 2: Two Tymp Legios in this patch. One is the kick, which gets a gate from the Zularic Repetitor that opens up the Wackitude mode for a nice 'wump' on every upbeat. The other Tymp is set in Boing Mode, giving us quite the sound palette when turning the Decay and Wackitude knobs.

Jam 3: Here we explore all three modes - Boot, Cat, and Boing - to hear a spread of different sounds Tymp can produce.

Jam 4: We're using the Planar to rhythmically adjust the CV going to both Wackitude and Decay controls.

Jam 5: We're adjusting the controls of the Librae Legio dynamics processor to glue that perfect mix while adding some compression each time Tymp Legio kicks in. You can hear it both with long and short kicks."

5 things you can make with Tymp Legio stereo percussion Eurorack module

video upload by Noise Engineering

"We're using our Tymp Legio stereo percussion module to make BFFs with the BIA, patch a snappy bass, make some Miami Vice Toms, create ducking effects, and build a drum kit!

0:08 BIA's BFF
0:42 Snappy Bass
1:21 Miami Vice Toms
1:59 Ducking
2:38 Drum Kit

More about the Tymp Legio: https://bit.ly/3BSXAwJ

Inspired by our love of all types of percussion, Tymp Legio isn’t your normal drum-kit module with samples or emulations of simple sounds. Instead, we took the challenge of a small percussion module as an opportunity to fit the drum sounds we wanted quick access to in 6hp.

Tymp Legio’s simple interface puts a massive tonal and textural range under your control. The modes (Boot, Cat, Boing) are an onomatopoetic guide to the sounds each encompasses. Each mode is offset by three octaves but dial them up or down for even more versatility. Toggle the Tang switch to select the palate within each mode that suits you.

The Quack inputs will duck your audio to your percussion (or pass through in Boing mode), making Tymp Legio a fantastic performance-percussion module."

Tymp Legio - stereo digital percussion in 6HP from Noise Engineering

video upload by Noise Engineering

"We are taking pre-orders for Tymp Legio NOW. This module starts shipping Thursday, August 25, 2022: https://bit.ly/3zQuw6C

Tymp Legio was inspired by our love of all things crashy, bangy, thumpy, kicky, smashy, or generally percussive. We like to have fun here at NE, and we really wanted this module to reflect the sense of playfulness and our commitment to making great-sounding stuff without taking ourselves too seriously. Tymp Legio's modes (Boot, Cat, Boing) are an onomatopoetic guide to the sounds each encompasses. The Tang switch selects the palate within each mode, and the Quack inputs duck your audio to your percussion (or pass through in Boing mode). Tymp Legio is fantastic for live performance, sound design, or anytime you just want to make some fun and different percussive noises.

The Legio platform is our newest 6HP platform. Any module in the Legio series can be swapped to any other in the series, completely free, at the Noise Engineering Customer Portal. Learn more about the platform at the World of Legio: https://bit.ly/3Nf61nW"

Noise Engineering Introduces Polydactyl Versio Tymp Legio Eurorack modules

video upload by Noise Engineering

"We are taking pre-orders for both these modules NOW. Modules ship Thursday, August 25, 2022.

Pre-order Polydactyl Versio and Tymp Legio here: https://bit.ly/3A9Q5Ab

The press release:

Los Angeles, CA — Noise Engineering is excited to announce two new modules: Tymp Legio for the 6hp Legio platform and Polydactyl Versio for the 10hp Versio platform.

Tymp Legio
Tymp Legio is inspired by the Noise Engineering team's love of all types of bang/ crash/ kick/ boom sounds. This is not your normal drum-kit module with samples or simple emulations, though. Instead, they took the challenge of a small percussion module as an opportunity to fit the drums they wanted quick access to in 6hp. “We really wanted the module to showcase our sense of playfulness. We don’t take ourselves very seriously here and we had so much fun designing this module. We wanted the panel to reflect this,” said Markus Cancilla, Chief of Destruction. Tymp Legio has three modes—labeled Boot, Cat, Boing—each an onomatopoetic reference to the sounds it makes. The Tang switch offers variations within a mode. If you want to duck other signals in your patch to your percussion, run your audio into the stereo Quack input. Tymp Legio’s simple interface puts a massive tonal and textural range under your control.

Availability and pricing: Preorders open now. In stock in black and silver. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting August 25, 2022; MSRP US$279

Notable features: Tymp Legio
● 6 HP
● Stereo percussion
● That’s not a kick but it’s kickin’ my butt
● Release the quack in: Stereo ducking
● Intuitive controls but powerful sound
● Platform: many modules for the price of one!

Polydactyl Versio
Polydactyl Versio is Noise Engineering's take on a stereo multiband dynamics processor. Equally at home on single-instrument timbral processing and on end-of-chain gloss and mix cohesion, Polydactyl Versio is sure to be love-at-first-patch for anyone looking to zest up their mix. Polydactyl applies a unique and transparent algorithm across three adjustable bands for maximal dynamic impact. If transparent doesn’t suit your needs, add in some multiband saturation. Polydactyl also features a noise gate and limiting capabilities; this is a processor that gives ultimate control of color and dynamics in just 10hp.

Availability and pricing: Preorders open now. In stock in black and silver. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting August 25, 2022; MSRP US$355.

Notable features: Polydactyl Versio
● 10HP
● Three-band stereo dynamics processing
● Optional saturation
● Limiting
● Noise gating
● Platform: many modules for the price of one!

Platforms
Both modules are part of Noise Engineering’s platform concept: Tymp on the 6hp Legio platform and Polydactyl on the 10hp Versio platform. Owners of a platform module can swap between firmwares, completely free, at the Noise Engineering Customer Portal. The new firmwares will be available when the modules are shipping on August 25, 2022 so current platform owners will get to try them out at the same time. Both platforms are also built on the ElectroSmith Seed and open-source support is available through LibDaisy for customers interested in creating their own firmwares.

Synth Rorschach #82: Gallery of Apple Macs That Could Have Been

Spotted this one on Boing Boing

What comes to mind?

See the Synth Rorschach label at the bottom of this post for more.

35+ Presets for UVI 8-Bit Synth (inspired by Boards of Canada)

video by Boing Poum Tchak!

"🎹 This video demoes the first preset pack carefully created by Boing Poum Tchak! for UVI's 8-Bit Synth. Contrary to its main purpose (8-bit and chip sounds), these presets have been programmed to reach nostalgic, mysterious, and dreamy pads, basses, arps, atmospheres..., in the spirit of Boards of Canada (and the derivative sub-genres they have inspired).

🔴 The preset pack is available right now here: https://ko-fi.com/s/86ff2b4798"

BARCODE-BOARDING Testing in a park

video by ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!

spotted this one on Boing Boing.

"An electromagnetic style of skateboarding is being born in which we attached a barcode scanner to a skateboard and sounded the scanned electrical signals🛹
(We send the signals to a speaker, no a cash register. Here we added on a tremolo effector to try it out. He have no experience in skateboarding. He wants to improve┃┃┃┃)
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バーコードリーダーをスケートボードに取りつけ、スキャンした電気信号を滑り鳴らす謎のスタイルが生まれつつある🛹
（※信号をレジではなく、スピーカーに無線送信。ここでは試しにトレモロエフェクターをかけてみました。彼はスケボー経験一切無し。しかし扉が開かれつつあります┃┃┃┃）

@ 北九州スケートボードパーク
#electronicosfantasticos"

Vol. 1​(​a​)​: Campfire Orb by Witch on Horseback Vintage Vinyl Featuring Trumansburg, NY Moog Employees

According to this post on Boing Boing, this is a narration featuring early Moog employees from Trumansburg, NY.

"John discusses a particularly bizarre vinyl recording he happened upon during the local library sale, created by a man named Dr. Noving Jumand in collaboration with some early Moog employees from nearby Trumansburg, NY:

Jumand was something of an Ithaca legend back when I first moved here in the nineties, though he's mostly forgotten now. He'd come to town for a Cornell PhD in psychology, and was teaching as a lecturer, when he got approval for a controversial study involving the effect of narrative on human behavior. A few of his subjects—students, getting paid five dollars an hour—ended up hospitalized, and one was (and perhaps still is) committed to a mental institution. This created all kinds of paranoid rumors about Jumand's narratives—that they were in some way magical, or had been funded by the defense department—but it turned out that he'd given half of these students an experimental drug cocktail, derived from Phencyclidine, and this is what sent them on their dangerously dissociative journeys.

An investigation followed, during which it was revealed the the subjects knew they might be drugged and had signed release forms saying so; and the ones who were hospitalized already had histories of mental illness and drug addiction that could explain their reaction. As a result, no criminal charges were brought against Jumand—but the University cancelled his research and kicked him off campus.

[…]

One extant artifact of his brief period of notoriety is a series of rare recordings of his narratives, made in collaboration with some former Moog employees he met at a swap meet in Trumansburg."

An ARP 2600 for 25$? 😱 CA2600 by Cherry Audio 🎹 290+ presets played!

Boing Poum Tchak!

"🎹 2020 definitely marks the return of the ARP 2600. After Korg's full size recreation in limited edition and Behringer's clone for 599€ very soon, Cherry Audio takes the wave and hits the virtual world with a really good plugin at a bargain price. Audio demo now.👇👇👇

0:00 Keys
2:10 Lead
7:01 Modulations
10:02 Organ
10:51 Percussion
12:46 Sound FX
17:24 Stabs
19:03 Basic
19:53 Bass
25:25 Brass
26:09 Duophonic
27:47 Factory Patches

*This is the demo of the the demo version, so from time to time you can hear a soft white noise.

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UVI - Shade: Impressive Creative Filter and EQ!

Boing Poum Tchak!

"Preset Tour of UVI's Shade with an audio techno loop. Impressive possibilities and beautiful UI!" Available here: https://www.uvi.net/shade

"Shade is a next-gen Swiss Army knife filtering tool, designed to shatter the boundaries of conventional EQ, filtering, and modulation effects. More than a filter, Shade is a creative environment, combining an unparalleled selection of 35 filter shapes with 9 types of modulators. Drag-and-drop modulation onto any parameter in a fully-configurable semi-modular system, complete with one-to-many and many-to-one routing, cross-modulation, envelope followers with sidechain and filter inputs, featured MSEGs, triggerable envelopes that can sync to host, audio, or MIDI, comprehensive multichannel support, and more. Shade delivers the EQ and filtering features you already know and love, while opening a whole new world of creative effects to explore."

ES101 - Rack Extension for ReasonStudio: a virtual SH-101 with a 2 OP FM oscillator and more

Boing Poum Tchak!

"The ES101 is available at Reason Studios: https://frama.link/es101" And the intro video from Ekssperimental Sounds Studio: Introducing ES101 Analog Synthesizer - Rack Extension

ES101 is the big brother and successor of ES01. Clearly inspired by the architecture of some all time favourite synthesizers it also has new functionality with the 2 OP FM oscillator and the Ring Modulation / Sine oscillator.

Unlike ES01 this beast has self resonating filters that can be finely tuned and modulated from either envelope generators, LFOs or CV signals. Its flexible routing system with mod source selectors for many parameters makes it great for experimental sound design and very fun to use.

Another big difference from ES01 is that ES101 has more CV jacks and mod switches instead of a digital modulation matrix. ES101 also comes with an built in effect bank featuring simple but great sounding drive, chorus, echo and reverb.

ES101 is great for classic synth sounds, gnarly metallic ring modulation sounds, raw and simple FM or a mix of it all. Perfect for EBM, industrial, synthwave and other synth heavy genres!

Experience the sound of the future with ES101.

[ALL SOUNDS IN VIDEO ARE FROM ES101]

Valhalla Supermassive 1.1.1: New reverb modes! Triangulum & Large Magellanic Cloud (w/ Korg Glasgow)

Boing Poum Tchak!

"Test of the updated version of Valhalla Supermassive 1.1.1's reverb and delay with the two new Triangulum & Large Magellanic Cloud modes."

Roland JD800 SL-JD80-02 Dance Drums Sound Card preset patches

kerederoom78

11 Pedal Funk Bass1 00:00
12 Oddball Organ 00:53
13 Anvil Clav 02:06
14 PolySynth Wet 03:20
15 Flying High! 04:38
16 Tambo Vox 05:55

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first words ever heard in a feature film - The Jazz Singer; Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet

Published on Jan 4, 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment

via Boing Boing:

"In 1927, Al Jolson spoke those words in The Jazz Singer, marking the end of the silent film age. (Of course, that film also featured Jolson in blackface which unfortunately was common at the time."

Does This Make You Want to Buy Behringer Products?

Feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Curious if this has to do with this post.

via Boing Boing

"Electronic music equipment maker Behringer deleted a bizarre video (above) of a fake device called the Kirn CorkSniffer, named after tech journalist Peter Kirn, founder of CDM, a digital music magazine. The fake device has a caricature which depicts Kirn as having an unusually long nose."

Update:

And of course the design aesthetic is copied.

via Reverb

The Cork Sniffer Preamp / DirtyBoost from BLAMMO!

Synth Sounds of Baby Crocodiles

Published on Sep 17, 2019 Published on Sep 17, 2019

via Boing Boing

JD-Xi + microGranny 2 German style

Published on Aug 18, 2019 SynthMania

"Some custom programs I made on the Roland JD-Xi, that cover some of the most classic Kraftwerk songs we all love. The Bastl microGranny 2 plays samples in a couple of the program patterns

00:11 Autobahn
01:09 Radioactivity
01:49 Antenna
02:32 Europe Endless
04:03 Trans-Europe Express
05:12 The Robots
06:36 The Model
07:57 Computer World
08:55 Pocket Calculator
09:37 Numbers
10:14 Home Computer
11:10 It's More Fun To Compute
11:47 Boing Boom Tschak"

New Motas-6 Demo Videos

Published on Jun 21, 2018 MotasSynth

"Demo#6 of Motas-6.
The new MotasEdit software plugin is running within Ableton and a repeated simple bar of notes is playing (Motas-6 is connected via USB MIDI).
Parameter changes on the Motas-6 hardware are sent to the plugin/DAW (and likewise changes in the DAW/plugin are sent to Motas-6).

I play with various Motas-6 parameters including the analogue phase modulation, analogue noise and internal feedback (which comes from the audio output before the final volume control) to the pre-filter mixer."

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A Russian Theremin Builder Named Gene?

Spotted this one on Boing Boing.

Welcome to LA is a podcast on a slice of what it's like to experience the "real Los Angeles". I actually grew up in LA away from all the "glamor and stardom," so out of curiosity I thought I'd check it out. The trailer embedded further below starts with the mention of a Russian theremin builder named Gene. I've never heard of him, so I thought this would definitely warrant a post. :) If anyone knows who Gene is, let us know!


"Often when people think of Hollywood and Los Angeles, they perceive it to be glitzy and glamorous. The bubble is thick, but what is L.A. life really like?

In KCRW's new podcast Welcome to L.A., host David Weinberg bursts that bubble to examine what's really going on in (native-or-not) Angeleno culture."





"Host David Weinberg moves to Los Angeles and on his first day in town ends up on a yacht, attending a birthday party for a Russian theremin builder and his musician friends. But their pleasure cruise turns disastrous and the party goers have to be rescued by boat police. The ill-fated pleasure cruise is woven into the story of Léon Theremin, a brilliant inventor and Soviet spy."

You can listen to the rest on KCRW here.

RIP William Onyeabor - Nigerian Electronic Funk Pioneer as well as Nigeria's 1st Moog Dealer

'Fantastic Man' (Full Length) - A Film About William Onyeabor

Published on Feb 25, 2014 Noisey

Video description: "'You Need To Hear This' is proud to present 'Fantastic Man' a documentary investigating Nigerian musician William Onyeabor, a man shrouded in mystery and myth. Directed by Jake Sumner (Alldayeveryday) the film tells the story of a label's attempt to track William down, speaking to fans such as Damon Albarn, Caribou and Femi Kuti and travelling to Nigeria to meet those who've worked with him in a bid to uncover the truth about his story. http://williamonyeabor.com/"


William Onyeabor was Nigeria's First Moog Dealer & Electronic Musician. He passed away this Monday, January 16, at the age of 70. Be sure to see the video further below for a taste of his music. To the left you can see him with an Octave Cat, Elka Rhapsody 610, and Moog Polymoog.  MiniKorg 700s in back.

via Boing Boing, via Luaka Bop:

"It is with incredibly heavy hearts that we have to announce that the great Nigerian business leader and mythic music pioneer William Onyeabor has passed away at the age of 70. He died peacefully in his sleep following a brief illness, at his home in Enugu, Nigeria. An extraordinary artist, businessman and visionary, Mr. Onyeabor composed and self-released 9 brilliant albums of groundbreaking electronic-funk from 1977-1985, which he recorded, pressed and printed at Wilfilms Limited—his personal pressing plant in southeast Nigeria.

For people in his hometown of Enugu, Nigeria, Mr. Onyeabor was simply referred to as "The Chief”. He was known for having created many opportunities for the people in his community. In his early 30s, he traveled the world to study record manufacturing, so that he could build, "the greatest record manufacturing business in all of West Africa." After those successful years as an artist and record label President in the 1980's, he opened a flour mill and food processing business. In 1987 these new business ventures saw him awarded West African Industrialist of the Year—just two years after the release of his most successful song "When The Going is Smooth and Good", and what should have been the height of his musical career. He was given the honorary title "Justice of the Peace"—a local judicial position elected by the community to provide independent legal ruling. In the early 1990's, he became the President of Enugu's Musician's Union and Chairman of the city's local football team, The Enugu Rangers. Despite all of these extraordinary achievements, his biography was always shrouded in mystery—some claimed he had studied filmmaking in the Soviet Union, while others placed him in France or Great Britain. To his great amusement (and ours too for that matter), this mythic image was at times so deeply ingrained, that we often encountered people who were convinced that he didn't actually exist. Whenever we shared this with him, or would ask him a question about his past, he would just smile and say, "I only want to speak about God."

After five long years of painstaking waiting, negotiating and intense research, we were finally able to release “Who is William Onyeabor?” in 2013 and his music and story took the world by storm. The release was featured in major newspapers, radio and television stations around the world. Time Magazine listed him as number 4 on a shortlist of that year’s best albums. In 2014, the film documentary “Fantastic Man” followed, as well as the “Atomic Bomb! Who is William Onyeabor?” live shows, which travelled to the most regarded festivals and music venues worldwide-starring over 50 special guests from many diverse generations, genres and backgrounds.

Still, William Onyeabor would never speak about himself and for a long time refused any of the many interview requests that came his way. For an artist that had never performed live in his entire life, he repeatedly, and very sadly, would always decline our invitations to take part in any of the joyous celebrations that were created in his honor. Having become Born Again in the latter part of life, he had turned his back on the music from the earlier part of his life.

As one of the absolutely smartest people we ever encountered—William Onyeabor was always in charge, whatever the situation may be (and even though he was living in a fairly isolated part of rural West Africa). As can be heard in many of his songs, he looked at the world from a bird's eye view. He would watch American, Chinese and European news simultaneously, so he could learn about the different points of view from around the world. In his later years, he was still conducting business as usual. Whenever we visited him in Nigeria, he welcomed us warmly into his home. Whether it be at his palace outside of Enugu or via crackly phone lines to America, he always made us laugh. As is also very evident in his songwriting—another example of his true intellect and originality—he had the greatest sense of humor. His life and accomplishments will never cease to astonish us. More than anything, and still to this very day, his music continues to live on—nearly 40 years after it was originally released.

Chief William Ezechukwu Onyeabor is survived by his wife, children, and four grandchildren. We would like to send our deepest condolences to his family and thank each and every one of you who has helped share the love for his music around the world.

In the short and wonderfully intense nine years that we came to know him, he changed our lives in many ways. If he hasn't yet, we hope he will affect you too, one day."

William Onyeabor - Good Name (Official)

Published on Dec 12, 2013 Luaka Bop

William Onyeabor Boxset available digitally at https://luakabop.lnk.to/OnybrBox. Mr. Onyeabor on iTunes and Amazon.