Roland Pocket Catalogue 1984 | What was in it?

video upload by Espen Kraft

"Roland Pocket Catalogue 1984 - The complete Roland line-up and Midi was a new thing. Fir dealers only.

Find my music here:
Bandcamp: https://espenkraft.bandcamp.com/"

Chromatic Lightning Cage (DiN84) by Dave Bessell

Alesis Andromeda, Minimoog, Osmose video upload by

"Find the album here. https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album...
After Hours from the Album Chromatic Lightning Cage by Dave Bessell."





"Dave Bessell | Chromatic Lightning Cage | DiN84

Limited to 250 copies Digipak CD

https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com

This new release from synthesist Dave Bessell sees him completing a quartet of albums loosely based on the Greek philosophy of the Four Elements, namely Fire, Water, Earth and Air. There’s certainly no doubting that “Chromatic Lightning Cage” with its vivid cover is referencing Fire. At times the ghost of Amon Tobin and Nils Frahm wander through the album but mostly it has its own distinctive voice which draws on a whole variety of influences. This one will repay repeated listenings. Lovers of Electronica, Downtempo, Ambient and Soundtracks will find much to admire in this new album and the music once again showcases the unique talent of this highly individual musician.

USA customers can save on postage by purchasing here.

EU customers can save on postage by purchasing here.

To coincide with the release of Chromatic Lightning Cage there will be 25% off all the other back catalogue Dave Bessell titles on DiN until the end of March. No need for a code, the prices have been adjusted accordingly.

On CD & download:

Reality Engine by Dave Bessell (DiN62)

Black Horses of the Sun by Dave Bessell (DiN47) (only 3 copies left)

On download:

Phosphenes by Dave Bessell & Parallel Worlds (DiN65)

Dystopia by Parallel Worlds & Dave Bessell (DiN56)

Morphogenic by Parallel Worlds & Dave Bessell (DiN41)"

Luminous Trilogy & A CATALOGUE OF FM MATERIALS by Element433 ( a.k.a. Pere Villez)

via Element433 (Pere Villez)

"When I made the popular YouTube series 'FM Catalogue of Materials', many viewers commented that they would love to see some more of the 'music tech as cinema' style created in the videos.

My new project 'Luminous Trilogy' release, does exactly that. In part 1 'WTD', synths and synth technical diagrams, together with Pure Data/Max patches, become casual parts of the film's environment, which is set in an alt near future. Part 1 was realised with analogue modular, whereas Part 2 "Breath" was scored using binaural audio, VCV rack and live Indian tablas. Part 3 'Contrails' uses physical models, Samplicity's Berlin Studios and vintage FM hardware."

Update: Element433 has made the VCV patch and assets used in the film "Breath" below a free download. You can find instructions on downloading the patch and setting it up here: http://tinyurl.com/e433WpBrvcv.

Luminous Trilogy

video uploads by Element433 ( a.k.a. Pere Villez)

"Three music shorts around the theme of light, from incandescent urban folklore set in the near future, electric neon glowing medussae to impossible skies, all to the sound of dark ambient and techno-world music"

Playlist:

Walking The Dulzaina - Luminous Trilogy - Part 1

Walking The Dulzaina is an edited one-shot music film which details the manic walkthrough time-lapse of an imaginary synthesised dulzaina (Spanish folkloric instrument) being taken for a walk through the "Las Vegas" like dressed streets of a small village festive celebration set somewhere in the near future.

The visuals are nods to the Bladerunner, Lynch, Weirdcore and Kubrick where the glow of transparent neon CRTs, display technical diagrams with a music technology theme. Some suddenly slide up from the ground, while others cross from one side of the street to another.

The music is inspired by minimalism, industrial techno synth-folk where Steve Reich and Techno meet Raymond Scott and 1960's BBC radiophonic.

Musical Equipment Detail:

Intro: Moog Subharmonicon through Fairfield Randy's Revenge ring modular - into two crunchy Elby Systems stereo valve preamps and out into a stereo pair of Doepfer A-199 spring tanks).

Dulzainas: Buchla Easel Command sometimes untreated and sometimes solo through a J.H. 'Son of a Storm Tide' stereo analogue studio flanger (built by Van Daal Electronics (second dulzainas and very low transition whoooses). Buchla and Subharmonicon sync locked and clock divided by Ornaments and Crime clock divider.

Final wormhole sequence: Subharmonicon through stereo A-199 Doepfer spring reverbs and Paulstretched.

This work is not sponsored by any the manufacturers mentioned. They are personally purchased pieces of equipment.

Album:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ele...

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8Dio Majestica Pro & Ultra Walkthrough

video upload by 8Dio

"Majestica Standard, Pro, & Ultra available now. Get them HERE: https://8dio.com/products/majestica

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0:00 - Majestica Pro & Ultra Trailer
0:21 - Majestica Pro & Ultra Scoring Teaser
0:52 - Intro with Troels
3:26 - Majestica Pro Overview
9:17 - Scoring Walkthrough
37:58 - Majestica Ultra Overview
42:42 - Majestica Ultra Walkthrough 1:05:44 - Outro

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One Orchestra To Rule Them All
Majestica Pro and Ultra are the same Majestica you know and love, and so much MORE! It is the largest symphony orchestra ever sampled, containing 240 players divided into 5 sections: strings (100), brass (60), high woodwinds (30), low woodwinds (30), and percussion (20). We upgraded it to our new user-friendly Century UI. We have also included our Polyphonic Legato and TM Pro Arcs in this iconic library.

Majestica Pro (formerly 8W: The Eighth Wonder, exclusive to our V8P members) boasts an expanded array of 5 extra microphone perspectives: a spacious Wide option as well as 4 distinct spot mixes per ensemble. These spot mics become your creative allies, enabling you to spotlight and accentuate individual instruments. Craving more prominence for the burning, brassy sound of the cimbassos in the brass ensemble? Eager to amplify the impact of those Bartok pizzicatos from the basses, or feel the rumbling contrabassoons resonate through your entire body? Simply dial in the spot mics for any instrument and open a realm of extreme sound within the grandeur of the largest orchestra ever assembled.

Majestica Ultra is the complete arsenal of this colossally epic orchestral library. Complete with the entire Majestica Pro orchestra and mic positions, it is also enhanced with dozens of synths curated specifically for film scores and epic music, dozens of ambiences, and Hybrid Cinematic Effects. Majestica Ultra is truly the ultimate "score-in-a-box."

Derived from our exclusive V8P sample catalogue, Majestica is designed for composers and producers that desire the ultimate, unrivaled, epic symphonic sound. We spared no expense and there is nothing like this on the market.

Majestica Ultra was recorded at 96kHz in the same large, world-class orchestral hall used for exclusive V8P series and 8Dio instruments such as CAGE, AGE, and Lacrimosa Epic Choir. It includes 3 microphone positions (Mixed, Decca and Far). The UI system for Majestica was built from scratch and contains over 35,000 lines of code giving you the ultimate experience in ease, flexibility, and playability."

The History of Time Travel | High Skies (Official Video)

video upload by Mat Jarvis

"Bizarre side effects of early time travel experiments which are still being felt around the world today

NARRATIVE:
0:00 Time Machine assembly
0:34 Side effects of time travel experiments
2:38 Time machine assembly
3:29 Side effects still being felt around the world today

● Grainy 1970s sections: time machine assembly
● Present day 60fps sections: catalogue of the bizarre time-warp and inverse perspective effects that are still being seen around the world today nearly 50 years later.

THE HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL by HIGH SKIES

Additional footage by Taryn Elliott
https://peanutbuttervisuals.com

Thanks to Kevin Lindley

BUY / STREAM
Bandcamp https://highskies.bandcamp.com
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1x8...
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/hig...
Also available on iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal..."

Analogue Solutions COLOSSUS CLASSIC - (Limited Edition w/ Black Wood Sides)

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"This demo unit was featured at Knobcon 2022, now on display here in our showroom. Can be freighted anywhere in the country, please contact us for more info!

Analogue Solutions is excited to introduce Colossus, an exciting new mega-synth with a design ethos truly from the dawn of analogue synths. It is more than a powerful analogue ‘workstation’ - it is also art, architecture, exquisite studio furniture.

Design inspiration is of course from the 1970’s EMS Synthi 100, however, no circuit from the Synthi has been cloned or copied. We prefer to make our own designs. We have chosen some of our favourite circuits from our own large back catalogue synths such as Polymath, Telemark and Vostok.

Colossus is not a Synthi 100 clone - all circuits are non-EMS, Analogue Solutions’ design.

The original Synthi was so large it wouldn’t fit through a standard doorway. We didn’t make that mistake but don’t underestimate it’s size. It will be prominent in your studio, or art gallery!

It is sized at 1585mm wide, 700mm deep and 655mm high and weighing in too big to fit on the scales. It’s not entirely practical, but to be impressive physically and in sound. It will be an awesome centre piece to your studio.

*diagonal dimension is a little less for those with tight door ways - about 620mm effective width.

Also we have found putting Colossus on its end, you can pivot it through narrow doorways (more details in the manual).

All the voice and modulation circuits are of course 100% analogue. We purposely steered away from digital, it doesn’t have MIDI or USB (there are plenty of MIDI converter boxes out there should you need that facility). This wasn’t designed to be the solution to your modern digital studio but rather a serious analogue power house of sound. There are of course digital elements to the sequencer control - that is unavoidable - even classic analogue sequencers like the ARP sequencer using digital logic chips. In fact the Synthi 100 features a digital sequencer.

This synth is purely for those who want it just as it was in the 1970s - but new with parts still in production.

Colossus is large scale, featuring large knobs that control metal shaft potentiometers. VCOs have multi-turn verniers. The two enormous pin matrix panels dominate the horizontal panels - these are incredibly expensive Swiss made broadcast quality signal routers - 1 for CV and 1 for Audio.

There are two spring reverbs, touch keyboards, step sequencers, moving coil meters, joysticks and so much more. An immense expanse of jack sockets for additional patching within or without the system.

There are no gimmicks - this is pure synthesiser. A huge sound enclosed in a solid metal case wrapped in solid hardwood. No expense has been spared to bring this incredible machine to life.

Synthesisers like this only come around once in a decade, or possibly a generation."

Scanner: Live Improvised Modular Session // Modular Meets Leeds 2022

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have the live and improvised performance from Scanner at Modular Meets Leeds 2022. With a Zoia FX pedal and only 6U of Eurorack modular Scanner takes us on a journey through electronic sounds, through ambience and texture rhythms emerge through a diverse set of tones. If you've seen Scanner improvise with a modular system before you'll know he traverse several ideas and makes bold decisions in how the sounds change over time.

If you enjoy this I strongly suggest you join the Scanner Fan Club on Bandcamp, it's a direct way to support an artist while also getting a massive back catalogue of work along with exclusives too. // https://bit.ly/scannerCLUB"

Yamaha Portraits Of An Artist Digital Instruments Catalogue & More

Supporting member, Loscha wrote in to let us know he's uploaded some vintage Yamaha sales books, catalogs and brochures that you can find here: https://archive.org/details/@loscha.

Pictured is the cover of Yamaha Portraits Of An Artist Digital Instruments. Also uploaded:

Yamaha Professional Equipment from 1989

What's the Smartest Choice You can Make In An Electronic Keyboard? from 1988 featuring the PSR-80 and PSR-90

Yamaha Electronic Keyboards PK-06 from 1998

Yamaha Digital Catalogue from 1989

You can flip them at the link above.

Resonant filters on 80s Akai samplers | How to do it

video upload by Espen Kraft

"The early S-samplers from Akai did not have resonant filters, but by hooking them up to Akai synths at the time you could still achieve it. The individual voices from the sampler goes out a special connector at the back called "Voice out". All the 80s Akai samplers features this connector. With the appropriate cable you took the output here and connected it to the "Sampler In" on one of the Akai synths of the time.
The Akai AX60, AX73, VX90 and VX600 has these "Sampler In" ports at the back. The AX80 does not, just so you're aware. The AX80 was Akai's first synth and it preceded their first sampler, the S612 and is in many ways the odd one in their catalogue."

Espen Kraft S700 videos

K-Devices Releases TATAT as VST3 and AU MIDI Notes Generator Plugin

video upload by kdevices

TATAT - Full walkthrough tutorial

The press release:

Arvieux, France - June 28 2022. K-Devices, developer of creative music tools, has released TATAT - a MIDI streams generator, as VST3 and Audio Unit plugin.

TATAT is a (unstable) MIDI notes generator plugin: it's a creative tool to assist and help producers and musicians to generate new ideas, becoming a great starting point for writing melodies and beats, and a perfect controller for virtual instruments and hardware gears alike.
TATAT has been designed for 3 main purposes: to create always-changing sequences, to quickly sketch and store music ideas, to add unexpected events to fixed patterns.

Notes generation in TATAT is based on a multi-chance concept: user sets up for multiple rhythms, multiple notes, intervals, and other parameters value. Using dedicated multisliders the user can then adjust the chance a note and/or a time resolution are adopted on next trigger, creating complex streams of events. The generated notes are then processed by several operators: Velocity, Less, Delay, and Length.

TATAT produces then a stream of notes based on settings and probabilities: we call these settings “mood”.

Once user got the right mood, he can do different actions:
to enjoy the always changing stream of notes
to enable “thru” to add the generative stream of notes on the top of a fixed MIDI clip/file or live MIDI input
to inject stability by using LIV/MEM horizontal slider, to mix between the live generated stream and a frozen pattern
to use the export icon (the triangle) to drag on a timeline, clip slots or folders, different MIDI files, generated by TATAT according to its mood
TATAT gives great results both with melodic/harmonic content, and percussive parts and beats!

TATAT is a brand new plugin, but it already exists in our catalogue as a Max For Live device. Since its release, TATAT got a lot of love from our users, and we received multiple requests asking for opening up its use to other DAWs; so we are really thrilled for it to finally become available to everyone!
== Requirements ==
Available as VST3 and Audio Unit plugin
any 64bits compatible DAW
MacOS (Apple Silicon ready) and Windows
== Availability, price, and deals ==

launch price: 19 EUR (until July 30)
regular price: 39 EUR (after July 30)

https://k-devices.com/products/tatat/

Super RARE 1967 R.A. Moog Electronic Music Performance Equipment Catalog

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via this auction

"Super RARE 1967 Moog Synthesizer Catalog Electronic Music Composition- Performance Equipment

How many of these exist? Incredible opportunity to purchase this extremely scarce, guaranteed original, 1967 R.A. Moog Co. catalogue featuring 22 pages of early synthesizer products. Catalog measures 12x9 inches.

Condition is excellent with some slight browning of cover on certain edges. Completely attached. Corners and edges have slight creases."

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Xjam, nuevo controlador de pads y repaso a las interfaces ESI

video upload by Hispasonic

Guessing this is the same ESi posted back in 2008 here.

"Aunque el lanzamiento oficial se producirá en el inminente NAMM, ESI mostraba en su stand Xjam, un coqueto controlador de pads y encoders. Os contamos sus características y repasamos otros productos recientes de su catálogo, en particular sus interfaces MIDI con detección automática de entradas y salidas que además aportan un útil hub USB 3.0 y disponibles en variantes de 8 o 16 conexiones clásicas MIDI DIN 5 puntas, o alguno de los recientes modelos de interfaces ultracompactos con interfaz tanto Dante (Ethernet) como USB."

Googlish:

"Although the official launch will take place at the imminent NAMM, ESI was showing Xjam, a cute controller for pads and encoders, at its booth. We tell you about its features and review other recent products from its catalogue, in particular its MIDI interfaces with automatic detection of inputs and outputs that also provide a useful USB 3.0 hub and are available in variants of 8 or 16 classic MIDI DIN 5-pin connections, or any of recent ultra-compact interface models with both Dante (Ethernet) and USB interfaces."

ROLAND TR-707 Rhythms From Scratch (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"Catalogue Present:
Roland TR 707 Rhythms From Scratch

Some rhythmic pattern created from scratch, using the 707 sequencer.
Everything is recorded from the main stereo out, without any effects.
The 2 beats are programmed step by step using the internal clock.
Enjoy ;)"

ROLAND TR-909 Rhythms From Scratch (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"Catalogue Present: Roland TR 909 Rhythms From Scratch

Some rhythmic pattern created from scratch, using the 909 sequencer.
Everything is recorded from the main mono out, without any effects.
The 4 beats are programmed step by step using the internal clock.
Enjoy ;)"

Roland TR-606 Rhythms From Scratch (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"Some rhythmic pattern created from scratch, using the 606 sequencer.
Everything is recorded from the main mono out, without any effects.
The 4 beats are programmed step by step using the internal clock.
Enjoy ;)"

Roland TR-808 Rhythms From Scratch (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"Some rhythmic pattern created from scratch, using the 808 sequencer.
Everything is recorded from the main mono out, without any effects.
The 5 beats are programmed step by step using the internal clock.
Enjoy ;)"

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESETS 401 TO 500 (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"CATALOGUE PRESENT:
The Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Presets and Sequences

These are all the presets of the fifth sound bank ( 401 - 500 )
The synth have a built in step sequencer that work also in poly mode.
Here you can hear all the programmed sequences for each preset.
Enjoy!"

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESETS 301 TO 400 (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"CATALOGUE PRESENT:
The Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Presets and Sequences

These are all the presets of the fourth sound bank ( 301 - 400 )
The synth have a built in step sequencer that work also in poly mode.
Here you can hear all the programmed sequences for each preset.
Enjoy!"

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESET demos by Catalogue

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESETS 201 TO 300 (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"CATALOGUE PRESENT:
The Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Presets and Sequences

These are all the presets of the third sound bank ( 201 - 300 )
The synth have a built in step sequencer that work also in poly mode.
Here you can hear all the programmed sequences for each preset.
Enjoy!"

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESET demos by Catalogue

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESETS 101 TO 200 (4K)

video upload by Catalogue

"CATALOGUE PRESENT:
The Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Presets and Sequences

These are all the presets of the second sound bank ( 101 - 200 )
The synth have a built in step sequencer that work also in poly mode.
Here you can hear all the programmed sequences for each preset.
Enjoy!"

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 - PRESET demos by Catalogue