Geist - coming soon

YouTube via FXpansion | October 14, 2010

"Something special is coming. Watch the skies...

http://www.fxpansion.com"

DCAM Synth Squad Quicktip 12 - Animator & the transport

YouTube via FXpansion. click here for all videos in the series.
"A quick reminder on how Animator and the transport (play/stop) are linked.

For more information on DCAM Synth Squad, please visit:
http://www.fxpansion.com/sy..."

DCAM Synth Squad Quicktip 11 - Fusor's S&H modulation sources

YouTube via FXpansion
"Here we demonstrate the sample and hold function of the Macro modulation sources in Fusor."
FXpansion DCAM

DCAM Synth Squad Quicktip 14 - Cypher FX Sample and Hold

YouTube via FXpansion
"Here we take a look at the Cypher FX plugin which allows you to process external audio though Cypher's various components. In particular we'll look at applying sample and hold oscillator function to the incoming audio.

For more information on DCAM Synth Squad, please visit:
http://www.fxpansion.com/synthsquad"

NEW Cypher2 Expander: Elemental EDM with Songmaker Kit

Published on Feb 28, 2019 ROLI

"Download today from FXpansion.com: https://www.fxpansion.com/products/sy...

Performance by Heen-Wah Wai on Songmaker Kit.

Raise the roof with Elemental EDM, a collection of high-energy Cypher2 presets designed for the dance floor! Whether you prefer dirty dubstep breakdowns or sun-kissed tropical house, this expander has all the tools you need to take on the biggest festival-filling sounds.

Elemental EDM’s squelchy basses, bright plucks and luscious leads are guaranteed to get fists pumping and feet stomping anywhere. Build momentum with effects presets, ideal for dramatic swells or climactic drops.

All presets in this pack are available in both standard and 5D versions, for conventional and MPE MIDI controllers respectively. 5D versions are optimised for the ROLI Seaboard RISE and Seaboard Block.

Elemental EDM is compatible with Cypher2 Player, the version of Cypher2 bundled with ROLI instruments. So if you’re a Seaboard or BLOCKS creator, you can explore the sounds on desktop even without the full Cypher2 synth."

FXpansion Geist Quick Tip 11 - Midi Control of Graphs

YouTube Uploaded by FXpansion on May 27, 2011

"In this Quick Tip we take a look at two methods of controlling automation graphs using midi controllers."

Cypher2 Expander: Vivid Sequences with Songmaker Kit

Published on Nov 8, 2018

"Cypher2 Expander: Vivid Sequences is a collection of beautiful presets that take advantage of Cypher2’s incredibly deep and powerful sequencer. Discover instant inspiration at your fingertips.

Every sound in the Vivid Sequences expander is a masterclass in step sequencing. Explore presets inspired by everything from Acid House to Kosmische Musik. With 50 5D presets and 50 2D presets that make full use of Cypher2's expressive and flexible sequencer, there's plenty to inspire your creativity and add something special to your next production.

Available now from FXpansion.com:
https://www.fxpansion.com/products/synthx/synthexpanders/vivid-sequences/"

DCAM: Synth Squad 'Recreations'

YouTube via FXpansion — May 28, 2010 — "To celebrate the release of DCAM: Synth Squad 1.0.3, which includes over 480 new presets, we thought we'd have some fun recreating some classic synth riffs. Can you spot them all?

For more information on DCAM: Synth Squad, visit http://www.fxpansion.com/synthsquad"

FXpansion Tremor Tutorials Parts 3 and 4

Added to this post.

Waldorf Largo V1.5.0

via Waldorf:

"Largo V1.5.0 Update
We are proud to announce the release of Waldorf Largo V1.5.0. This free update for all Largo customers comes with a completely new Browse page for easy sound administration, a new 6-stage Chorus effect, new parameters in the Oscillator section and in the Arpeggiator. Furthermore it fixes several bugs reported by our beta testers and customers and Largo now runs in ProTools with the FXpansion VST2RTAS Wrapper. Included are more than 450 new sounds from highly acclaimed sound programmers. More information and download link:

http://www.waldorfmusic.de/en/products/largo/largo_v1_5_0

If our server is aching under the load of people downloading Largo V1.5.0, please be a little patient and try it again later.

Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and a lot of fun with this little present from

Your Waldorf Team!"

Synthesizer-Magazin #18 and #17

via sequencer.de
http://www.synthesizer-magazin.de/

#18
DSI Prophet 08 – Neoanalog gegen Saurieranalog
Roland VP770
Akai Mini Controller Pad/Keyboard
Trilian
Ableton & Cycling74 – Max4Live
PSP / Nitro
Record

It looks like I missed #17 which featured:
Challenger Analog-Synthesizer
Roland Jupiter 4 & Promars MSR2
Broken
Xils-Lab - Xils III - Wo gehts hier nach Bad EMS?
Sidsonic Library
FXpansion D-Cam Synthesizer
NI Komplete 6, Kontakt 4
Apples Rechner, Snow Leopard und die Musik

NAMM: Open Labs MiKo

"MiKo LXD

The Gen5 MiKo LXD is the latest addition to the Open Labs® products line. Using a 15” touch-screen, 37 black and white keys, external backlit QWERTY keyboard and running Windows® OS, MiKo LXD is an entirely new class of portable music instrument. This portable media work center was specifically designed for the electronic musician, music producer and today’s digital lifestyle.

MiKo LXD’s optimized Windows OS natively supports virtually any music application or plug-in developed for a PC. From Pro Tools™ to Nuendo™, Native Instruments™ Komplete™ to Spectrasonics™ Omnisphere™, MiKo LXD does it all with ease.

MiKo LXD is equipped with the new Bump MP™ integrated drum module, designed to allow the user to create beats and trigger any sound, loop or sample in real-time. Enhanced with a special Open Labs version of Guru™ from FXpansion™, key features of the Bump MP include: (16 plus 1) fully assignable pads, note repeat, max level, fixed level fader, transport controls, chromatic mode, hold, pad tune, multiple groove preset and eight engines with 24 presets per engine.

MiKo LXD is also equipped with the new Open Labs Mix/Edit controller. The mixer section consists of multiple fully assignable controls including: (8) encoders, (8) lighted buttons, (8) faders, (4 X 4) banks (total of 128 channels) and (1) master volume fader. The edit section consists of multiple, fully assignable controls including: (8) encoders, (1) LCD display (for encoders), (4) buttons and (4) banks (total of 32 control parameters).

MiKo LXD has the most relevant and compelling sounds including: Open Labs The Master’s Series Library™ produced by multi-platinum producer Mr. Porter (Denaun Porter), as well as Open Labs’ own V5™ sound, sample and loop library.

Open Labs Riff™ is an entirely new concept in virtual instrument hosting. Written from the ground up by Open Labs, Riff encompasses over six years of live performance and studio production knowledge gathered from some of the world’s top artists, engineers, composers, and producers. Its advanced features include: Live Controls™, which allows the user to create any number of virtual controls in real-time that can be mapped to various effects and other parameters. Advanced intelligence allows any number of virtual controllers to manipulate any number of other virtual controllers, providing automation for virtual instruments and effects. Rewire allows for this powerful host application to be used within any DAW program.

The MiKo offers superior mobility in a compact package. It’s perfect for working in a project studio of performing live – where creating beats, guitar and vocal multi-tracking, and DJ/VJ capabilities are as necessary as playing a keyboard.

The MiKo’s assignable Master and DJ controllers elevate live performance beyond normal application. For instance, you can trigger Mp3’s in real time, then grab audio waveforms via the touchscreen. To top things off, throw some real-time drum, bass, and vocal lines on top of your mix.

Open Labs instruments are equipped with Firewire, USB, PCI EXPRESS and an Ethernet port, allowing access to the Internet via a broadband connection. Open Labs tech support can log-in to your system, and our online technicians can remotely view and diagnose any issue – while you are still in your own studio.

We’ve included over 200 world-class virtual instruments and effects with over 20,000 presets with virtually unlimited capability for third party plug-ins and applications.

MiKo LXD Dimensions: 34"(L) X 19"(W) X 7"(H) Weight (base configuration) 38.8 lbs."

LX5 and XXL pictured below. More info: http://openlabs.com/products.html

Geist Teaser 2

YouTube via FXpansion | October 29, 2010

"More information on our forthcoming virtual instrument, Geist, to be released on November 17th 2010. The price will be $249 / £157 / €189."

Soundsdivine's New Retro Presets - Strobe.mov

YouTube via SoundsDivine111 | January 04, 2011 |

"Preview of the presets from the 'New Retro' soundset for FXpansion's DCAM:Synthsquad Strobe synthesizer"

Arturia Announces Availability of Breakthrough BeatStep Sequencer/Controller

"“I’ve fallen in love with a new little toy — the BeatStep. So simple and yet so effective. I hate complicated technology and the BeatStep is as simple as one could wish for. Plus it has the benefit of great sequencing and control possibilities, including CV/Gate connectivity, so I can get my old synths down from the attic and back into the studio!”

- Oliver Huntemann, 2014 (electronic music producer and internationally-touring DJ)

GRENOBLE, FRANCE: having set pulses rhythmically racing when launched to critical acclaim at the 2014 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, music software and hardware company Arturia is proud to announce availability of BeatStep — a space-saving portable pad controller-cum-step sequencer that breaks price to performance ratios without breaking the bank — as of April 24...

Chameleon-like in its many control options, BeatStep is designed to work with DAWs, loop triggering software, VST instruments or effects, MIDI hardware, or even CV/Gate-equipped analogue instruments like Arturia’s own award-winning MiniBrute Analog Synthesizer or other manufacturers’ models — vintage classics or more modern contemporaries alike. Try triggering audio clips within powerful, flexible software environments such as Ableton Live or playing drum parts in conjunction with the likes of FXpansion BFD or Toontrack EZdrummer... it’s as easy as exercising your trigger fingers!

When working in CONTRL (MIDI controller mode) users can comfortably use BeatStep’s 16 sensibly-spaced, ultra-sensitive (velocity- and pressure-sensitive) pads to create dynamic percussion performances. Pads are brightly backlit with red LEDs, lending a helping hand with overcoming far from ideal lighting conditions that are typically associated with onstage operation and also assisting with making studio-based beat-making an equally easy on the eye experience.

Easily switch to SEQ (step sequencer mode) and those LEDs light the way still, but backlit in blue to reflect the mode change. Cool colour change notwithstanding, the pads themselves now perform a different function with each one representing a single step in a 16-step sequence — simply pressing a pad enables or disables the current sequence step — while adjusting the encoders provides pitch information. Creating and changing patterns on the fly is equally easy: repeatedly press (pads) and turn (encoders) to your musical heart’s content. Couldn’t be simpler, surely? Save up to 16 sequence patterns for instant recall — an added bonus when it comes to both performance and recording.

Even better, both modes are available simultaneously, so it’s perfectly feasible, for instance, to step sequence a MiniBrute (courtesy of BeatStep’s built-in Gate Out and CV Out connections), keep that sequence running, then switch to CONTRL mode and use the pads to launch clips in Ableton Live while using the encoders to manipulate Arturia’s latest SEM V soft synth (running on a computer connected via USB). All in sync. All at the same time. Or any combination of devices that well-connected BeatStep users can come up with when making the most of its Gate Out, CV Out, MIDI, and USB connectivity. Controlling the MMC transports in Apple Logic is as simple as letting BeatStep do the talking (using its transport buttons); bring an Apple iPad and Camera Connection Kit combo along for the musical ride and BeatStep becomes one of the most flexible iOS controllers around — all the more so when working with Arturia’s award-winning apps like iMini and iSEM; add Arturia’s MIDI Control Center utility software into the musical mix and a wide range of MIDI commands can be assigned to BeatStep’s pads and encoders. Almost anything is possible.

Put simply, never has step sequencing and MIDI control been so flexible, fun, and affordable for so many! To witness a BeatStep in action is to truly want one — which is exactly why Arturia has seen fit to include a Kensington Lock to keep it secure from prying eyes (and hands)! However, you can walk away with one from your local authorised Arturia dealer today for only $99.00 EUR/€129.00 USD (MSRP).

[Arturia Beatsteps on eBay]

Watch Arturia’s official BeatStep trailer here [here]

Watch Arturia Vice President of Product Management Glen Darcy’s BeatStep tutorial video here" [here]

Arturia Beatsteps on eBay

Soundsdivine's New Retro Presets Strobe

Published on Jan 7, 2014 SoundsDivine111·13 videos

"Preview of the presets from the New Retro soundset for Fxpansion's Strobe synthesiser ."

Soundsdivine's Vintage Electronic Presets - Strobe

Synthesizer Magazin #17

via sequencer.de
"Maschinen
* Challenger Analog-Synthesizer
* Roland Jupiter 4 & Promars MSR2

Maschinen II
* Broken
* Xils-Lab – Xils III – Wo gehts hier nach Bad EMS?
* Sidsonic Library
* FXpansion D-Cam Synthesizer
* NI Komplete 6, Kontakt 4

Maschinen III
* Apples Rechner, Snow Leopard und die Musik

Menschen
* Zoot Woman
* Klaus Nomi
* Air
* Bassface Sascha über Drum and Bass
* Mate Galic für Native Instruments

Final Report
* • Berlin Museen mit Synthesizer-Content besucht und dokumentiert
* • Auf Abo-DVD: Jede Menge Gearporn und A8 Demo vom Bluesynths Meeting 2009, Kufstein & MIDI Cube “An-Schlag”-Special Video Footage"

Explore 200 new 5D sounds – the Seaboard with STROBE2

Published on Feb 1, 2017 ROLI

"Starting today STROBE2, the award-winning $179 software polysynth from FXpansion, will be available to all Seaboard RISE and Seaboard GRAND creators — along with Equator. Get your hands on the Seaboard now in our store: https://roli.com/store/seaboard

With a sophisticated analogue modelling engine, a superb effects section, an easy-to-use preset library browser and compatibility with Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) instruments, STROBE2 is a must-have for music producers. It recently became an even more powerful tool for expression after adding over 200 new preset sounds designed for 5D Touch on the Seaboard. Listen to some of them in this video."

909DAY 2020 - Launchpad Pro Finger Drumming Performance

Nular Music

"Happy 909DAY! This is a Launchpad Pro finger drumming performance with some 909 drum sounds.

I started off with a bunch of TR-909 samples from Samples From Mars and turned them into a velocity-layered drum rack in Ableton Live.

I used FXpansion's Cypher2 for the synth; the notes were generated live by my custom Max for Live sequencer.

As always, all played live, no editing or quantisation."

Cool Parallella Kickstarter Updates

This is a follow up post in via cheater cheater:

"I just wanted to let you know that the Parallella kickstarter which I wrote to you about last month (http://m.matrixsynth.com/2012/09/parallella-supercomputer-for-everyone.html) is going strong. The project has broken 50% of the required goal; with 10 days to go it just might work out. There have been a lot of updates, and they showed some DSP demos, which directly apply to performance in music applications:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone/posts?page=2

Demo #1: Using a Scalable Parallel 2D FFT for Image Enhancement
http://www.adapteva.com/white-papers/using-a-scalable-parallel-2d-fft-for-image-enhancement/
- FFT, that's reverb, equalizers and cabinet simulators for you! This demo uses the much more computationally intensive two-dimensional FFT for images.

Demo #2: Scalable Parallel Multiplication of Big Matrices
http://www.adapteva.com/white-papers/scalable-parallel-multiplication-of-big-matrices/
- matrix multiplication is a staple in many advanced DSP techniques. Among others, analog component modeling can be implemented with it (think Virtual Analog synths the kinds of FXPansion's Synth Squad/ D-CAM, Arturia, or the u-he Zebra/ACE/Diva)

Demo #3: Approaching Peak Theoretical Performance with Standard C
http://www.adapteva.com/white-papers/approaching-peak-theoretical-performance-with-standard-c/
- what this says is that, MHz for MHz, nothing can be faster than the Parallella. It's fairly amazing given that, when comparing clock speeds, the thing is about 5x faster than desktop CPUs.

There are also new pledge rewards and pledge levels. A lot of comments have been posted and the discussion is very lively: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone/comments

It looks like the project is on the verge of getting funded - but it'll need any bit of help - so if anyone reading this is interested in the project, consider backing it!"