TipTop Z-DSP - New cartridges by Christophe Duquesne featuring Deep Forest

Published on Nov 3, 2015 Christophe Duquesne

"This is a small improvised demo with the TipTop Z-DSP new cartridges by Christophe Duquesne featuring Eric Mouquet (Deep Forest)

It is a 3 takes improvisation and knob tweaking :
- first take with a Buchla going 100% trhough the Physical Modeling cartridge (waveguides and other physical models)
- second take with a Tempest going 100% through the Grain de Folie cartridge (granular effect)
- third track adds a few additional synth with an OB-Mx

A bit of editing and that's all (no additional effects)

The demo was recorded together by Christophe Duquesne (developper of the cartridge) and Eric Mouquet from Deep Forest (you can support Deep Forest on Pledge at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/d...)."

SpringSound Physical Modeling Synth for iOS with Haken Continuum Integration

Published on Oct 4, 2014 Christophe Duquesne

"This is an overview of the physical Modeling SpringSound app
The demo is on an iPad 2 with IOS 8 (so it is OK for IOS 8)
It also features EchoPad, LittleMidi, a Kaossilator 1 and a Haken Continuum at the end."

iTunes: SpringSound - Christophe Duquesne
New iPad Deals on eBay

"SpringSound is a physical-modeling audio synthesizer that produces sounds by simulating interactions and vibrations of a set of activators and masses connected to springs. The model offers detailed control of an array of features including: gravity, bouncing, fluid and static friction, mechanical limits, non-linear functions, and more.

SpringSound is provided with a very large set of sound presets that you can tweak and save.

It can be used as a sound generator or as an effect using its Audio-In feature, opening a new world of physical modeled effects. It is fully Audiobus® 2 and inter-app audio compatible, and manage state saving.

SpringSound can be controlled by a standard MIDI keyboard and directly from the iOS device screen.

SpringSound app is designed for optimum use with the Haken Continuum (www.hakenaudio.com) and integrate an IOS Continuum Remote (iPad only) allowing a very comprehensive and accurate remote control of the Continuum from your iPad (access to all parameters except programming the Eagan Matrix).

SpringSound has be designed to explore sounds domains you won’t be able to access with other synthesis technics. It expands your sonic palette with a new world of physical sounds. It is a rich musical instrument, a sophisticated sound-design tool and an entertaining sonic playground.

SpringSound is the big brother of my former Ackorage-Spring app."

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ContinuuCon Coming to Asheville NC This Week, Starting June 8

You might recall ContinuuCon, the event focused on the Haken Continuum fingerboard and MPE or Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression devices was announced here on MATRIXSYNTH back in October of last year, and again in May of this year. The event begins this Thursday, June 8. Russell Hoffman of Evaton Technologies who will be presenting at this year's event, sent in the schedule which follows. P.S. If you are new to ContinuuCon you can check out posts from previous year's events via the ContinuuCon channel label here.

via Russell Hoffman of Evaton Technologies on this year's ContinuuCon: http://www.continuucon.com

"There are lectures and workshops on all things Continuum, and the culminating event is the ContinuuConcert (free to the public).

Located at the UNC Asheville campus in Asheville NC.

SCHEDULE

All talks and workshops take place in UNCA, Lipinsky Hall, room LH044

Thursday – June 8

5:00-7:00pm – Check-In and Reception at UNCA, Lipinsky Hall (in lobby) – Music by Mark Smart

Friday – June 9

9:30-9:40am – Welcome by ContinuuCon Hosts
9:40-10:30am – Lippold Haken – History of the Continuum and its Forerunners
10:40am-12:00pm – Ed Eagan – EaganMatrix Introduction and Programming

12:00-2:00pm – Lunch Break (see restaurant suggestions below)

2:00-2:30pm – Russell Hoffman – CV Eurorack Interface – Product Introduction and Demo
2:30-3:00pm – Christophe Duquesne – EaganMatrix Effects Design
3:10-4:15pm – Ed Eagan – EaganMatrix Version 8 and Beyond

6:00pm – Dinner and Jams at Sally’s – (Non-ticketed guests $25)

Saturday – June 10

9:30-10:20am – Lippold Haken – Spreading The Word
10:30-11:30am -Ed, Rob, Sally, Benedict – Playing Techniques – (used in the ContinuuConcert)
11:40am-12:00pm – Benedict Slotte – Pitch Shifting Preset

12:00-2:00pm – Lunch Break (see restaurant suggestions below)

2:00-2:50pm – Jesse Chappell – iOS and the Continuum + Controllers and Visualization Prototypes
3:00-3:30pm – Christophe Duquesne – State Space Based Physical Modeling Algorithm
3:40-4:30pm – Closing session – Eagan Matrix, Performing, The Future
4:30-5pm Q&A and discussion

8:00pm ContinuuConcert – UNCA, Lipinsky Hall"

http://www.continuucon.com

La Voix du Luthier and Haken Audio Superbooth 22 concert

video upload by La Voix Du Luthier

"This is an excerpt of Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne concert (La Voix du Luthier and Haken Audio) at Superbooth 22 (@Superbooth Berlin )
The "busking" Onde set (Onde _ Continuumini) is used by Christophe Duquesne and allows a total freedom (the Onde is battery powered and also powers the ContinuuMini).
Edmund Eagan is using a Continuum Slim 70 and a Eurorack set including the Eagan Matrix module, connected to the new single body Pyramid from La Voix du luthier.
The recording was done on an iPhone and kindly shared by Antonio Machado (the audio is also from the iPhone and a bit noisy due the the environment, but also preserve the acoustic side of the performance)
The concert was mostly improvised. This is a 16 minute except of a 45 minutes performance."

Nantes SynthFest 2017 Videos by Klair Zaki

Published on Jun 8, 2017 Klair Zaki

Playlist:
SynthFest 2017 - Présentation du GEM Promega 2+ par Paul Wiffen
SynthFest 2017 - Vika Yermolyeva avec Nani Sound et Christophe Duquesne (Anckorage)
SynthFest 2017 - Klairzaki essaie la harpe laser
SynthFest 2017 - François et le Sequential Circuits Pro-One
SynthFest 2017 - Nori Ubukata et l'Ondomo
SynthFest 2017 - Démonstration du modulaire Doepfer par Florence Michel
SynthFest 2017 - Performance de Michael Sean O'Connor (intégral)
SynthFest 2017 - Performance d'Olivier Romary au Korg Monotron Delay
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer (extrait 1)
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer (extrait 2)
SynthFest 2017 - Présentation et démonstration Arturia Matrix Brute
SynthFest 2017 - Présentation et démonstration Arturia Matrix Brute (v2)
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer (extrait 4)
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer avec Kilian (extrait 3)
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer (extrait 1v2)
SynthFest 2017 - Concert de Time Composer avec Kilian (extrait 3 v2) HD
SynthFest 2017 - Démonstration du HAKEN Continuum par Christophe Duquesne

Spring in Summer

Published on Aug 24, 2016 Christophe Duquesne

"Spring in Summer
By Deep Forest and Anckorage

This summer I spent some time upgrading my springsound physical modeling algorithm adding a nice set of features.
I did a Max/MSP test environment and this makes it possible to demo it, even before embeding it in an app or any other environnement.

Eric Mouquet from Deep Forest was very kind to do a small demo using it.

In this demo only the pad (Wave) and solo (Voyager) are not produced by SpringSound: every other sounds, noises, strings, bows, scratchs, drums, etc. are from the new algorithm.

Christophe
www.anckorage.com"

Kurtz Mindfields Live at SynthFest 2017 - teaser - "The Dreaming Void"

Published on Sep 7, 2017 KurtzMindfields

A bit of synth spotting in this one, with Minimoog Model D on leads.

"Extract from the 40 minutes concert: 'The Dreaming Void' album in live at the Synthfest 2017. Berlin School return !
Captation et Réalisation by Guillaume Diard
Sample titles :
- Earth Albedo 0.37
- Mahjong Constellations
- Aletheia Part 2
Thanks to Patch Work Music, Moog France, Christophe Duquesne, Nany Sound, Philippe Brodu (Algam), Olivier Briand, Bertrand Loreau, Alain Parrain, David Perbal, Delphine Cerisier, Jean-Michel Maurin ....
The Dreaming Void coffret (2 Vinyls + CD) available at:
https://asso-pwm.fr/shop/kurtz-mindfi... (october 2017)

Continuum Electric Guitar Saturated Demo

Published on Dec 27, 2014 Christophe Duquesne

"Haken Continuum - Electric Guitar Saturated Preset (firmware v7.x)
This is a 3 tracks (+percussions from Drum Beats+) demo of the new Electric Guitar Saturated sound of the Continuum (3 tracks with the same preset sound). Only the Solo track has a is going through Amplitude 3, the 2 other just have reverb and a small additional delay."

"PS: I was asked what was the strange image heading the « E G saturated » demo: it is a sculpture of a kind of orc (by my wife) specially dressed for Christmas !"


Published on Dec 26, 2014

"Haken Continuum - Electric Guitar Preset (firmware v7.x)
This is a small 3 tracks (+percussions from DrumJam) demo of the new Electric Guitar sound of the Continuum (3 tracks with the same preset sound).
All tracks are recorded with Ableton Live. Reverb an delay are Ableton live devices."

Soundmit 2018 - International Sound Summit - Overview

Published on Nov 23, 2018 SOUNDMIT

Soundmit 2018 - 3/4 Nov 2018
www.soundmit.com

Soundmit 2018 - Overview
www.soundmit.com/en/s2018
www.soundmit.com/it/s2018

Exhibit at Soundmit 2019!
Contact us at info@soundmit.com

The second edition of the Soundmit - International Sound Summit ended keeping all the promises. 35 exhibitors from 11 different countries, over 800 visitors and 170 operators in the sector. Institutional patronage increased with the Italian Trade Agency, E.M.E.A., Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, DAMS Turin, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Arduino.

We would like to thank all the companies, manufacturers, makers, supporters and artists who participated in this fantastic edition.

Thanks to:
Arrel Audio, AudioDj, Ausr ltd, Baloran, Bastl, Bjooks (patch&tweak), Cavisynth, Euterpe Synthesizers Lab, Eventide, Fase Lunare, Finegear, Fingersonic, Grau Modular, Haken Audio, Intherphase Audio, Jomox, Keen association, La Voix Du Luthier, Modor Music, Nondestructive Design, Roland, Schertler, Schmidt Synthesizers, Soundmachines, Special Waves, SSSRLabs, Synth Fest France, Theresyn, This is not rocket science, Wavelicker, Yamaha, Zirante, Audio Modeling, Audiolino, Midiware, Moog.

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Strumming the Continuum

Published on Oct 9, 2017 Christophe Duquesne

"I started designing a strumming preset for the Continuum some weeks ago. At first it was mainly a game ("is it possible to do it ?"), but it appears to be very fun to play ! so here is a small demo of it.

Every sound (except drums) is coming from the Continuum (the effect processing is done internally using the layer feature, one preset processing the output of another one). The main preset is using the Touche feature of the Continuum and the Touche area is using all 3 axis: X for strumming, Z for strumming harder, and Y for damping. So that's 3 axis for both hands. The little black bar on the left side is just to help staying in the strumming area (if you start strumming outside of the area, it will not strum at all).

This demo is very 'guitar style' (Ok, you can say I'm a frustrated guitar player) but of course one of the interesting thing will be to play that way with all sorts of sounds."

Murobox N40

video upload by Christophe Duquesne

"Halloween style Murobox N40 music box demonstration with La Voile from La Voix du Luthier, an Eagan Matrix Module from Haken Audio and an Osmose from Expressive E
The N40 is an enhanced version of the N20, the main additional feature being a chromatic scale and internal pies microphone, both being huge improvements !

Murobox Kickstarter campaign page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Murobox website: https://murobox.com/en/
My review of the Murobox https://murobox.com/en/our-users/fren..."

IRCAM's ContinuuCon introduction to EaganMatrix

Published on Aug 4, 2018 Christophe Duquesne

"Introduction to the Eagan Matrix, the sound engine of the Continuum, at IRCAM's ContinuuCon on April 27th 2018"

Continuum-Aalto-MPE

Published on Aug 30, 2015 Christophe Duquesne

"Continuum Aalto Connected with MIDI MPE"

Cantor Digitalis on Haken Continuum

Published on Feb 25, 2015 António Machado

"Little demo on the Continuum
Fantastic work from:
http://cantordigitalis.limsi.fr
and congrats on 1st place http://www.guthman.gatech.edu

Thanks to Christophe Duquesne http://www.anckorage.com for 'special version'

"one hand and pedal" mode, it is single handed, still monophonic, and Y selects the vowel, while the foot pedal controls 'Vocale Tension' or 'Larynx Position' depending on your choice on (2) 'Left Hand pressure/Pedal'.
For single handed, the Continuum just need to be set with polyphony to 1, Y/Z on default CC and bend at 96."

COLD SONG

Published on Dec 22, 2017 Christophe Duquesne

"This is a very personal recording since I initially did it specially for my father.

It is "The song for a cold genius" (or 'Cold Song') from Henry Purcell: you probably know the amazing version of Klaus Nomi... I'm of course far from that, but this shows another direction where the Continuum can help you to go.
I recorded the backtrack with the Continuum and a SV1 (and a little bit of Nord Modular G2X). The "machinery" behind if from my friend NaniSound.
I played that track live during last Continuucon in Asheville and also in Nantes for the Synthfest.

And by the way Merry Christmas !!"

ContinuuCon Electronic Music Conference Tickets on Sale

Details follow: "Preparations are well underway for ContinuuCon 2024, the sixth international Haken Continuum conference, scheduled for April 26–28 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Anyone who plays, aspires to play, or wants to learn more about the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, ContinuuMini, or EaganMatrix Eurorack module—as well as the Expressive E Osmose synthesizer, which also incorporates the EaganMatrix sound engine—is welcome to attend.

ContinuuCon 2024 tickets are now on sale on Eventbrite. Purchasing a ticket by March 25 entitles you to a $50 discount, with conference tickets priced at $280 until that date and $320 after. A ticket allows entry to all conference events, including the opening night reception and two full days of presentations, workshops, and demonstrations. Tickets also include two catered lunches.

Previous ContinuuCons were held in France, Portugal, and North Carolina. This year’s conference will be held at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. For more information and to view videos of past events, visit continuucon.com. Purchase tickets at eventbrite.com/e/continuucon-2024-tickets-829395021837.

Call for Presentations
In addition to Lippold Haken, inventor of the Continuum Fingerboard and ContinuuMini, scheduled presenters include Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne, developers of the onboard synthesis engine the EaganMatrix. If you have an idea for a presentation, please submit an informal proposal to continuucon@continuucon.com as soon as you can. Presentations that incorporate some performance aspect are preferred. Presentations should be 30, 45, or 60 minutes in length. Applications can no longer be accepted after the available slots have been assigned. Please note that sales presentations will not be accepted.

About Haken Audio’s Instruments
The Continuum Fingerboard is a touch-sensitive, polyphonic electronic instrument that offers continuous multidimensional performance control by responding to each finger independently. The ContinuuMini is a smaller, more affordable duotactic model based on the same technology. Inside either is the EaganMatrix, a cutting-edge, user-programmable, digital modular synthesizer taking full advantage of the supple playing surface’s myriad performance possibilities. For Eurorack users, the EaganMatrix Module is a modular gateway to new musical explorations."

Continuum, CVC, Dark Energy and Z-DSP

Published on Jun 18, 2017 Christophe Duquesne

"Coming back from the Continuucon with a CVC, I plugged it to my Dark Energy (Doepfer) and Z-DSP (Tiptop audio with Valhalla DSP Cartridge). The Continuum is controlling 6 CV from the CVC to drive them. The Continuum is really bringing the Dark Energy to life !"

Seaboard RISE and Haken Continuum

Published on Sep 21, 2015 Christophe Duquesne

"This is a small video combining the brand new SEABOARD RISE, from ROLI, and the Haken Continuum, each running its own sound engine (EQUATOR on a Mac for RISE, and Eagan Matrix internal sound engine for the Continuum).
No competition here, but a nice collaboration between these two expressive synths.
The sound design is from me on both engines."

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Auld Lang Syne on Continuum & Osmose

video upload by JOSH MADOFF

"Thanks so much to Christophe Duquesne @anckorage for this amazing new Osmose preset, "Bouncing Pad"!

This was performed on the Haken Continuum and Expressive E Osmose. I have never played two synthesizers with such an incredible range of dynamics and expression. I really hope that this comes through in the performance.

Using the MPE Arpreggiator on the Osmose, this patch feels both unpredictable and organic. It seems like it's reading my mind, as the most imperceptible change in pressure simultaneously change both the sound and the Arpeggiator in very musical ways. The Osmose is known for attaining more expression through pitch-bend on a per key basis (the bendy keys), but I have actually turned that feature off for this performance. Even without per-note pitch bend, the extreme sensitivity of the keys controlling the MPE Arpeggiator, on a preset that is already in constant motion, gives me access to a vast universe of expression.

And thanks to the unmatched sensitivity and complete pitch freedom of the Continuum, this relatively simple patch feels like playing an acoustic instrument. It has all of the sensitivity, feedback, and nuance that comes with playing an acoustic instrument, as well as all of the difficulty and unpredictability. There are so many unplanned moments when I first touch a note, and the pitch is not perfectly in tune, then I intuitively slide over to correct it. It imbues each performance with a very human quality.

This is in no way a perfect performance, but I've left it as is. I believe that all of the imperfections make it more honest and human. (And some of these happy accidents hopefully make it more musical).

Thanks so much for watching and reading. I hope this year brings you peace, happiness and success :)

- Josh"

Continuum and Cirklon

Published on Mar 15, 2016 Christophe Duquesne

"This is a small jam with a Continuum and a Cirklon squencer. The only sound engine is the Egan Matrix (internal sound engine of the Continuum)... no additional effects ! The Cirklon controls one voice of the Egan Matrix and the Continuum's surface the other channels.
This is a live jam recorded at Eric Mouquet's studio (Deep Forest)"