EXPERT SLEEPERS | IVO Voltage Controlled Low-Pass Filter

video upload by DANIELE



"Expert Sleepers IVO: 2 filters in 1 module!"

IVO made its first appearance along with Lorelei and Beatrix back in August.

TEIA Synthesizers | OptoCore Eurorack Filter and VCA

video upload by DANIELE

"Optocore by TEIA Synthesizers is a combination of a multimode Vactrol Filter and Vactrol VCA, plus it offers some cool features I'm going to explore in the video."

TEIA Synthesizers | VastWave Complex Oscillator

video upload by DANIELE

"VastWave by TEIA Synthesizers is a complex analog oscillator and LFO with advanced waveshaping capabilities!"

See this post for additional details.

New Noise Reap Eurorack Demos

Noise Reap Foundation Bassdrum Sound Examples
Noise Reap Anomaly VCF
Noise Reap Foundation Bassdrum

Noise Reap - Paradox Complex VCO and Anomaly VCF
video upload by John Schussler



SUCH A COOL OSCILLATOR | Noise Reap - Paradox
video upload by DANIELE

"Paradox by Noise Reap: two oscillators in one compact module and lots of different possibilities to make a wide variety of sounds. It's also an amazing noise machine!"

Expert Sleepers - Persephone VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)

video upload by Sound Isles

"The Persephone is a VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) using a discrete JFET as the gain element. The JFET can be used for saturation/distortion and overdriven effects. Persephone also includes an incredible zero-crossing detector, which can be used to restrict gain changes to zeros in the audio waveform, preventing clicks and pops that can occur with fast envelopes. The module's signal and CV paths are 100% analogue and is a perfect addition to the Expert Sleepers line-up."

JFET VCA | Expert Sleepers - Persephone

video upload by DANIELE

"Persephone is the new VCA module by Expert Sleepers but it's much more than a simple VCA! It uses a JFET as the gain element that can generate amazing overdrive and distortion sounds! Furthermore, it includes a zero-crossing detector and an asymmetry switch. In this video I go through all these different features of Persephone."

"'Persephone' is a VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) using a discrete JFET as the gain element. The JFET can be tastefully (or violently) overdriven for saturation/distortion effects.

Persephone also includes a zero-crossing detector, which can be used to restrict gain changes to zeros in the audio waveform, preventing clicks and pops that can occur with very fast envelopes, especially on lower pitched sounds. In fact, with the zero-crossing circuit engaged, you can use a simple gate as the CV input without clicks.

The module's signal and CV paths are 100% analogue (there is a little discrete logic involved in the zero-cross circuitry)."

MSRP: UK £159 (inc VAT), US $185 (exclusive of sales tax), EU €185 (inclusive of VAT)

See the dealers on the right for availibility.

Faselunare VEGA 4 Voice Eurorack Drum Module

You can find a SOUNDMIT preview demo posted back in March here.

"VEGA is the first module of the italian company Faselunare. Is a 6HP, 4 Voices drum module in Eurorack format. VEGA has 4 digital voices tailored for drum sounds, each voice works both in synthesis and with samples uploaded on the onboard SD card.

His unique color coded user interface, shrink the module at only 6HP, thanks to the RGB encoders, LEDs and buttons, you can access easily 12 parameters per voice, 5 presets and a very useful mute function for each voice.

VEGA has 4 Trigger inputs (one for each voice), 1 Random input which randomly triggers individual voices and a high quality audio output.

Why VEGA?

Here at FASELUNARE (Moon-phase in English), we have a passion for space and sci-fi, Francesco's Stage name has always been Urbanspaceman and together with Daniele he played and released some records as the "Space Aliens From Outer Space".

So that's why our projects have names inspired by science and science fiction!

If you look at an image of the Lyra constellation, you will notice that the 4 buttons of our module are positioned exactly like the 4 stars: Vega (α Lyrae, the brightest), γ Lyrae, β Lyrae and δ Lyrae."

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Aries & Xent - West End Girls

video by ABF Recording

From supporting member, Livio/Aries

"Cover version of the Pet Shop Boys iconic song West End Girls made by two huge italian fans, 'petheads' since the 80's.
Music & Lyrics by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
All rigths reserved.

This version was released on April 9th 2021 and is available on all the digital platforms and stores.
Voice by Daniele Paternò (Xent)
Arrangement by Livio Conduttore (Aries)
Produced by Aries
Developed by ABF Recording

Here some link for you: Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon"

MEFF Modular Synthesizer Exhibition Fair Set for April 6th & 7th 2019

Tiptop Audio, Lattexplus & Synth Café present MEFF Modular Synthesizer Exhibition Fair

April 6th & 7th 2019 Impact Hub Florence, Italy

Featuring:

ARTURIA - BASTL INSTRUMENTS - BEHRINGER - CLANK - DIY SYNTH ITALIA - ERICA SYNTHS - ERROR INSTRUMENTS - EXAGONAL - FRAP TOOLS - GARRET LABS - GINKO SYNTHESE - GRP SYNTHESIZER - JOLIN LAB - L-1 - LIVESTOCK ELECTRONICS - MARTIN PAS - MIDIWARE - MILK AUDIO STORE - MODAL ELECTRONICS - MODULAR AUDIO DEVICES - MOOG - NOVATION - PURRTRONICS - QOSMO MODULAR - ROLAND - RTFM - SOMA - TANGIBLE WAVES - TEENAGE ENGINEERING - TIPTOP AUDIO -  WALDORF - YAMAHA

Modular synthesizer fair, workshops and performances with the best manufacturers and artists in the industry.

The press release:

March 2019, Italy - Tiptop Audio, the Californian modular synthesizer brand, in partnership with Lattexplus leading event organisation in Florence since 2010 and Synth Café the Italian synth web community are proud to announce the third edition of MEFF at the Impact Hub Florence and BUH! Circolo culturale urbano on the 6th and 7th of April 2019. The fair will involve more than 30 International synthesizer brands and distributors with workshops and performances in an event free to the public.

MEFF returns to Impact Hub coworking in Florence and BUH! Circolo culturale urbano to set up its event, which will include an Exhibitor area where attendees can explore, learn, interact, demo and purchase instruments. The Performance area, called the Auditorium, part of BUH! Circolo culturale urbano is a room acoustically designed by the sound designer and engineer Donato Masci. In the evenings, the location will host workshop and performances including a soldering workshop by Brno brand BASTL Instruments.

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Novation Circuit Mono Station Demo by Daniele Vantaggio

Published on Mar 14, 2019 Your Music

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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SoundMiT 2018 Announces First Exhibitors

The following is a list of the first exhibitors coming to SoundMiT - International Sound Summit. The second edition of SoundMiT will be held on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 November 2018, at the Teatro "Lavanderia a Vapore" - Corso Pastrengo 51 Collegno (Turin).
You can click through the links below for additional details on each.

"For the first time in Italy, Schmidt Synthesizers!

Soundmit exclusive, for the first time in Italy the famous no-compromise analog eight-voice polyphonic Schmidt-Synthesizer!

After selling more than 50 units of this exclusive instrument and just starting the production of the third batch of 25 new ones, german manufacturer e:m:c will show the Schmidt-Synthesizer for the first time at Soundmit - International Sound Summit in Torino, 3-4 November 2018.

"We are very excited to show the Schmidt at Soundmit in Italy" says Product Manager Axel Fischer. "Italy is one of the leading countries in electronic music and has a long history of very successful electronic instruments. We are looking forward in meeting the Italian synthesizer scene on location."

Schmidt, one of the most coveted modern analog synthesizers, comes to Italy with his eight-voice polyphony with unison and true multitimbrality mode.
Full MIDI implementation with a USB port and complete programmability. The signal path is fully analog with precise digital control. Schmidt´s sound generation engine features virtually everything that subtractive synthesis is endowed with – and even more: Schmidt gives you truly unique features that have never been implemented in an analog synthesizer before, not to speak of polyphonic units! Think of Multi-PWM and Multi-Ring Modulation.

Every single parameter – even for the most complex modulation routings you might envisage – can be accessed directly using dedicated front panel controls and switches. No more browsing through mind-boggling and confusing menus.

Thanks to programmable high-quality real-time controls (pitch and modulation wheel, stick controller, and aftertouch, as well as several inputs for footswitches and expression pedals), Schmidt has become a real performance synthesizer that feels as good as it sounds.

Schmidt is made to match the highest production standards – it has entirely been hand-crafted in Germany. The casing, made of metal and carefully selected wood, keeping a close eye on environmental sustainability, is as beautiful as it is sturdy and robust.

And we can admire it in November at the Soundmit 2018!"

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MEFF 2018 - Modular Synthesizer Exhibition Fair in Florence March 24-25 Announced

MEFF 2018 - Official video teaser from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

"Tiptop Audio and Lattex Plus are joining together to host the second edition of MEFF, a modular synthesizer event in the heart of Italy.

This is a two-day event in March 24-25 2018 which will take place at the Impact HUB, in the artistically vibrant city of Florence.
This event is open to all manufactures of Modular Synthesizers and electronic music technology entrepreneurs.

There will be many stands in different exhibition spaces and every brand is welcome to manage mini live sets and/or presentations by performing the sounds of their systems.

The access to the event will be FREE for visitors.

Organized in collaboration with our partner Lattex Plus, the final show will include performances by well-known and established artists, who perform their live sets with modular synths."

http://tiptopaudio.com/meff/

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Modular Synth Masterclass with Gino Robair - 11.01.17 Torino (Italia)

Published on Jan 22, 2017 NOISECOLLECTIVE

"Hanno suonato
Erika Sofia Sollo - Voce, Effetti
Guido Bertolino - Moog SUB37, Modular
Daniele Pagliero - Moog SUB37
Silvano Audisio - Modular
Riccardo Gallio - Korg MS20
Fabrizio Nepote - Modular
HD Frank - Korg MS2000
Leo Gilardi - Sound Machines NS1

IL WORKSHOP
Il workshop prende in esame una serie di tecniche da utilizzare durante l'improvvisazione con sintetizzatori modulari e analogici in un contesto di gruppo e pone le basi per un concerto la sera stessa, con i partecipanti al workshop.

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TheAuralab Octopus VS Korg MS20 Drawing controlled synthesizer

Published on Aug 30, 2013 TheAuralab·43 videos

"Polpo contro MS20
TheAuralab
30-8-2013
Ottavia Cimmino
Daniele Principato"

Synth drawing.

TheAuralab OnTheRoad Roland TR606 TB303 "car amp test"

Published on Apr 4, 2013 TheAuralab·37 videos

"Roland TR606 & TB303 on the Road to Pontecchio Marconi"

And The Auralab's latest via Daniele Principato on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

TheAuralab La tentation atteindre

Published on Apr 16, 2013

TheAuralab La tentation atteindre
music Daniele Principato
Image Ottavia Cimmino
TheAuralab in Paris 2013

VirusXL, Moog & V Synth

Roland Jd800 + D50 synth performed by S4K Team ( Space4keys )

YouTube Uploaded by Space4Keys on Apr 3, 2012

"Roland Jd800 + D50 synth performed by S4K Team ( Space4keys )

performed by Daniele Manfredi ( Sion )

http://www.space4keys.com
http://www.keyboardsolo.com"

audioscan MILANO

audioscan MILANO - Noise transformed into ambient music from Tobor Experiment on Vimeo.

www.audioscan.it
YouTube via toborexperiment — May 06, 2010 — "audioscan is a multimedia interactive installation and a live performance combining music and video. Both are based on the sound mapping of Milano.
At the basis of audioscan there are 1.580 recordings and phonometric surveys gathered within the perimeter contained in the main ring road of Milano. audioscan puts itself up as a chance to reflect on the features of the sound surrounding us and the spaces we act in. A process of meeting and exchange between contemporary art, music and environmental themes, a meditation on soundscape and the auditive dimension of human experience, both on an aesthetic and a social perspective.
An ambitious cataloguing work and an environmental awakening project through the transformation of a waste product of technological society noise into an artwork.

Concept and art direction
Giorgio Sancristoforo

Music
Giorgio Sancristoforo and Giuseppe Cordaro (tobor experiment + con_cetta)

Video
Quayola

Production
AGON
Basemental

Organizational
Danilo Cardillo

Tech consultant
Massimo Marchi

Field recording
Diego Del Sarto
Alessandro Roggero
Luca DAloia
Eliana Varlaro
Dario Persi
Daniele Filaretti

Software & sound design
Giorgio Sancristoforo

Assistant sound designers
Diego Del Sarto
Alessandro Roggero

Touchscreen software
Daniele Pagliero

Catalog
Postmediabooks.it

Production assistants
Cecilia Vanoletti
Walter DAversa

Thanks to
Dalila Sena
Pietro Pirelli
Vittoria Broggini
Silvia Sartorio
Len Sasso
Simone Tosoni
Marco Fringuellino
Massimo Gardella
Olindo Genovese

further infos: www.audioscan.it"

Synton 3000

via Daniele

Synton 3000 modular system for sale.

"The system has 31 modules mounted into a nice cabinet with psu and lights. Mint conditions + lot of cables" 7500 euro. Check out any of the images full size for Daniele's email address.

more images here

Multivox MX-3000 Polyphonic String Synthesizer

images via this auctions
"MULTIVOX MX-3000 string synthesizer The MX-3000 is one of the best string synthesizer ever made, a lot of controls and nice features. It's a gem for collectors and electronic music producers! It come in very good working and nice shape conditions. Working voltage: 220 Volts"

via Daniele: "I have also a korg echomixer and a Gerd Compact Phasing (used by klaus schulze) in my recent ebay auctions..."