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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Gospel Musicians' "BlueBeast" vs. the og EX5


video upload by

Check out Gospel Musicians video below.

"BlueBeast is here: https://gospelmusicians.com/products/...
Here's an A/B comparison of #gospelmusicians ' "#bluebeast " plugin vs. the original #YamahaEX5 . Also, a closer look at #PureSynth, the underlying software used to create that plugin. Table of contents:"

00:00 intro (G01 Swell Strings)
00:25 hi
01:00 creating one of the patches in PureSynth/BlueBeast: about PureSynth
01:37 Reaper's "Snapshot" extension for quick A/B testing
01:58 examining the original patch on the EX5 (F11 SynthClassic)
02:20 loading the correct waves into PureSynth
02:36 filter setup
02:46 amp & filter envelope
02:59 pitch lfo
03:22 volume adjustment
03:36 effects
04:24 finetuning
04:55 summary
05:21 sending in the first batch of patches and feedback ;-)
06:01 A/B testing some patches: A01 Piano
06:39 A12 Georgia
06:56 some important things to consider!
07:25 A14 Soulful
07:58 B02 Made in USA
08:15 Jazz Organ
08:43 C15 Fast Organ
09:05 D05 Tube Crunch
09:26 E04 My Big Section
09:42 E10 VeloTrombone
09:58 F07 Obersync
10:28 F13 Oberbrass
10:49 G01 Swell Strings
11:15 G11 AnaOrch
11:40 G16 Abendstern
12:31 H05 DreamPad
12:52 H12 Luminosity
13:13 A01 Oberweich
13:59 A03 Silverlake
14:37 D07 Kunimotone
15:10 E13 Boogie Bass
15:23 F06 UniPulser
15:50 G12 Flute
16:01 G16 Shakuhachi
16:22 H05 Kosmik
16:43 H07 Asian Rain
17:01 A05 Analog Bros
17:19 B04 Alaska
18:01 conclusion

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/

the BlueBeast® - Yamaha EX5 Virtual Sample Library for Desktop and iOS

video upload by Gospel Musicians

"Released in 1998, this was the first synthesizer I actually fell in love with. The EX5 was way beyond its time as it featured Analog Modeling, Virtual Acoustic Modeling, FDSP multi-Synthesis Modeling and of course sample playback. With a mixture of all of these sound synthesis techniques, the EX5 was literally a Blue Beast®. We were not able to capture all of the virtual modeling, but what we were able to capture was the warmth, phatness, and essence of the machine. We also were able to convert the analog waveforms into our own Phat Table™ format to capture all of the analog goodness of the VL technology. What you get in this virtual instrument is a beautifully sampled nostalgic representation in the spirit of the EX5. This is by far the most exhaustive and meticulously sampled EX5 virtual instrument, and is the closest you will ever get to the real thing.

Yamaha EX5 Virtual Instrument
30GB Sample Library Size
384 User & Perf Factory Presets
Includes all RAW Waveforms
Sampled Factory Voice Presets
AN Modeled Wavetables
Includes all Drum Kits
All Sampled VL Elements"

Monday, April 17, 2023

Bob’s Electric Birthday ⚡at the Moogseum with Patrick Gleeson



via The Bob Moog Foundation

Celebrate Bob Moog’s 89th “Electric Birthday” at the Moogseum With Us!

Join us at the Moogseum on Tuesday, May 23, what would have been Bob's 89th birthday, as we welcome modular synthesis pioneer Patrick Gleeson as our guest presenter, offer rare guided museum tours with our executive director, Michelle Moog-Koussa (Bob's daughter) and share coffee, cake, and champagne during a deep dive into the history of synthesis.

Get tickets here. Space is extremely limited, and synth community members are already attending from as far away as Georgia and Massachusetts.

“Bob’s Electric Birthday” also includes a live demo of the vintage Moog modular heard on the soundtrack to “Apocalypse Now” from legendary synthesizer pioneer, composer, producer, and Herbie Hancock collaborator Patrick Gleeson -- a lifelong friend of Bob Moog.

This is followed by an interview with Michelle Moog-Koussa about his storied career, followed by a short DJ set from Dr. Gleeson.

Friday, March 24, 2023

Ondes Martenot Waveshaping Circuits in a Eurorack Synthesizer Module (custom PCB layout)


video upload by Lantertronics - Aaron Lanterman

"Work in collaboration with Georgia Tech Music Technology student Mir Jeffries.

0:00 -- Introduction
1:47 -- Sound Demos"

"To contribute to my work on this channel, you may make a targeted donation to Georgia Tech earmarked for my work with my students:

https://mygeorgiatech.gatech.edu/givi...

Type Lantertronics/GTF210000920 into the "Special Purpose" field, and type the amount of your donation into the "Your Gift" and "Special Purpose Amount" fields. Leave the "Roll Call" and "Parents Fund" fields blank. Fill out the remaining fields as appropriate.

Then, please send me an e-mail at lanterma@ece.gatech.edu telling me 1) your name, 2) the amount, 3) when you submitted your donation, and 4) if you'd like to be publicly acknowledged by name or would prefer to remain anonymous. (This will help me make sure funds don't get accidentally held up in our financial offices.)

This helps demonstrate to my colleagues that there is a hunger for this kind of material."

Sunday, February 19, 2023

64 NEW Modern patches for microKORG (M83, Tame Impala, MGMT, Aphex Twin, Beach House & more! )


video upload by RZ presets

"Modern synthesizer sounds for microKORG! M83, Tame Impala, MGMT, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Beach House and many more!

Patch list & reference points in video (see below)
If you want to buy this pack, send a message to rzpresets@gmail.com
This pack costs 20 Euros, payment is via Paypal.
Patches are also available as manual text input.

BASS
0:00 MGMT - Kids
0:18 College & Electric Youth - A Real Hero
0:38 Neon Indian - Baby's Eyes
1:07 LCD Soundsystem - oh baby
1:30 Pond – Sweep Me Off My Feet
1:51 Desire - Under Your Spell
2:12 The Knife - Heartbeats
2:31 The Dø - Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy
3:09 Hot Chip - Huarache Lights
3:43 Still Corners - Berlin Lovers
3:55 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
4:09 M83 - Midnight City
4:31 A$AP Rocky - L$D
4:48 The 1975 - Somebody Else
5:10 Phoenix – 1901
5:27 Pond – Sixteen Days

Pads/Organ
5:43 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
6:07 Tame Impala - Eventually
6:29 Wild Nothing - Paradise
6:51 Caribou - Can't Do Without You
7:15 Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
7:39 Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday
7:56 Jungle – Casio
8:17 Litany - Bedroom
8:32 Toro y Moi - "Girl Like You"
8:50 M83 – Road Blaster
9:11 Boards of Canada - Everything You Do is a Balloon
9:33 Adamski - Killer
9:52 Christine and the Queens - Tilted
10:06 Clio - Ai-je perdu le nord ?
10:34 Kavinsky - Nightcall
10:54 The Killers - Read My Mind

POLY
11:21 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
11:41 Metronomy – The Look
11:59 Future Islands- Seasons
12:18 Caribou - Never Come Back
12:50 All Saints – Pure Shores
13:23 Neon Indian – Polish Girl
13:37 Beach House – Space Song (arp)
14:05 Beach house – Lazuli (arp)
14:30 The Horrors - Still Life
14:57 Com Truise - Memory
15:19 Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love
15:39 Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor
15:59 Harry Styles - As It Was
16:15 The Wombats – Techno Fan
16:34 Kavinsky – Nightcall
16:57 The Weeknd - Gasoline

LEAD
17:15 MGMT – Time to Pretend
17:29 MGMT – Electric Feel
17:49 MGMT - Kids
18:05 Tame Impala - Why Won’t They Talk To Me?
18:34 Röyksopp - Eple
18:50 Air - La femme d'argent
19:04 Daft Punk - Da Funk
19:27 Men I Trust - Tailwhip
19:48 Metronomy – The Look outro lead
20:13 Boards of Canada - Olson
20:33 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
20:48 Tycho - Awake
21:00 Tame Impala - Is It True
21:16 Aphex Twin - Fingerbib
21:39 The Wombats - 1996
22:03 Foxygen - Shuggie"

Thursday, January 05, 2023

Buchla 291e Triple Morphing Filter & 261e Complex Waveform Generator Teardown Videos

Teardown of the Buchla 291e Triple Morphing Filter: PCB Analysis
video upload by Lantertronics - Aaron Lanterman

0:00 -- Introduction
1:32 -- Interconnects
3:03 -- Opening like a book
3:22 -- Microcontroller/DAC board
5:29 -- User interface board
7:53 -- Analog board
10:31 -- Wrapping up"

Teardown of the Buchla 261e Complex Waveform Generator: PCB Analysis


"Support this channel via a special purpose donation to the Georgia Tech Foundation (GTF210000920), earmarked for my work: https://youtu.be/VBu-LST1p9c"

These are in via Soviet Space Child who had the following to say about them:

"I found these to be super fascinating. Both modules are very complex in their builds/engineering. The 291e on its own looks to be a lot more involved than a lot of modern day synths. Also it's pretty interesting how the 291e uses a discrete circuit through hole design, where as the 261e uses surface mount technology, even though both modules were designed at around the same time. In any case, Don Buchla was really a brilliant guy!"

Monday, December 12, 2022

Physical Synthesis Cicada Acoustic Vibration Synthesizer & Nymph Eurorack Module Update


video upload by Physical Synthesis



You might remember the Physical Synthesis Cicada - Acoustic Vibration Synthesizer posted back in April of 2021 - you'll find a playlist of demos there. The initial run was sold out. They are now teaming with USA-based distributor Electro Distro on a new run of Cicadas as well as a Nymph eurorack module.

The press release follows:

NEW YORK, NY, USA: having sold out of its initial production run, unique products-producing hardware startup Physical Synthesis is proud to announce that it is working with San Clemente, CA, USA-based distributor Electro Distro’s growing global network of dealers (https://www.electro-distro.com/dealers) to bring its game-changing Cicada — an ‘acoustic synthesizer’ that transforms electronic signals into physical vibrations that can be fully manipulated before being reconverted back into a new, never-heard-before electronic sound — to a wider audience in advance of Nymph, its upcoming Eurorack module…

It is fair to say that every once in a while, a moment comes along whereby human interaction with sound changes completely. Cicada is effectively one of those moments — one of those new instruments that moves the needle in music technology. Indeed, it is pioneered by unique products-producing hardware startup Physical Synthesis as an ‘acoustic synthesizer’ that transforms electronic signals into physical vibrations that can be fully manipulated before being reconverted back into a new, never-heard-before electronic sound. Says company founder Spencer Topel: “Cicada was the first step in introducing physical synthesis methods to the synth community; it is an award-winning interface that really lets musicians explore microscopic sounds with precise control.” Clearly, Cicada made musical waves when winning the Judge’s Special Award at the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition 2022, hosted by Georgia Tech School of Music — one of the few schools in North America that offers Music Technology as a major in undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D levels of study — as an annual event dedicated to identifying the newest and greatest ideas in music.

Musical waves notwithstanding, ‘noise' is a subjective term; while electromechanical devices like speakers or headphones try to minimise the distortion inevitably introduced in physical systems, Cicada is designed to precisely exploit these distortion products as the basis of a new kind of synthesis. Cicada converts voltages to vibrations in a mechanical oscillator to create intermodulation — the addition of frequency content in a nonlinear system — in place of typical analogue or digital oscillators. By bringing the signal chain into a physical space, Cicada allows users to shape such content with natural, tactile gestures that truly transcend twiddling with a knob or pushing a slider. “As a violinist and composer, my experience of creating sound is highly physical,” proclaims Spencer Topel, adding: “With Cicada, I wanted to make an instrument that connects these elements, allowing musicians to produce complex, compelling sounds, but through tactile interaction.”

Insofar as actually doing what it does, Cicada receives two Eurorack-level signals that drive oscillation in a cantilevered Bridge positioned atop a Soundboard at an adjustable height. Digging deeper, distortion caused by the Bridge-Soundboard interaction adds frequency content to the input, determined by the specific qualities of the system. Self-explanatory Polycarbonate Soundboard, Foam Soundboard — made of EVA (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) foam, and Wood Soundboard — made of Birdseye maple — options each provide a range of resonating/filtering properties that combine uniquely with the likes of the Coral Wing Bridge — tip made of solid oak (resulting in a bright, clear tone), Coral Dual Tip Wing Bridge — tip made of premium rubber (allowing for a hard, precise attack with a balanced low-end), and Grey Wing Bridge — tip made of soft neoprene foam (resulting in a mellow, balanced acoustic effect); each pairing opens up a portal to a distinct sonic universe.

Users can dynamically change the system (and, therefore, how it is transforming signals) by adjusting the Bridge height, changing the region and degree of contact between Bridge and Soundboard, or applying pressure to either — effecting real-time, tactile timbral control, in other words. With that being said, premium vibration damping materials, such as Delrin, and custom circuitry minimise unwanted noise, allowing the intermodulation products to shine, while the output, captured by a pickup microphone positioned beneath the Soundboard, can be monitored directly, processed modularly, or recorded into a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).

With behaviours akin to those exhibited by a traditional acoustic instrument, Cicada is highly responsive to differences in the excitation mechanism — the input signal, in other words. As an example, striking a snare drum with a stick or using it with brushes produce vastly different-sounding results; driving Cicada with quiet or loud, spectrally simple or complex, or bass- or treble-heavy signals similarly yield very different timbres.

Though Cicada is designed to work with a Eurorack setup out of the box, one of its strengths lies in its inherent flexibility. Indeed, it can just as easily receive signals from a DAW, boosted to the appropriate 5-10Vpp level via an outboard mixer. Moreover, the choice of input is completely left open to the user: an Ableton Live loop run through Cicada acting as a physical filter to provide timbral variety over time, for example; an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) from a Eurorack module, generating rich percussive tones on the maple Soundboard as the foundation of a beat; or a harmonically dense signal — similar to the output of a Max/MSP FM patch (which many would, without doubt, prefer to navigate physically rather than digitally) — made by moving the Bridge around the Soundboard to amplify certain harmonics and suppress others, finding a grittier sound with the Bridge barely touching or coaxing a more ethereal tone with it centred and depressed.

Endless exploration possibilities are a given, guaranteeing that any sonically-ambitious Cicada user is likely to while away the hours playing with input signals, system configurations, gestures, modulation combinations, and more.

It is hardly surprising, then, that Physical Synthesis sold out of its initial Cicada production run, really hitting a home run by counting luminaries like renowned electronic music composer and performer Hainbach — citing Cicada as being “The Tesla of electro-acoustic workstations, miles ahead of standard piezo and solenoid boxes...” — and Ableton CEO Gerhard Behles amongst its fan base, and has now turned to working with US-based distributor Electro Distro’s growing global network of dealers to bring its game-changing ‘acoustic synthesizer’ to a wider audience. “I want to bring acoustic synthesis to a wider range of musicians,” maintains Spencer Topel, before ending on a high note: “We are building some really exciting expansions of Cicada to different formats, including a Eurorack module called Nymph, which is coming soon.”

Physical Synthesis’ ‘acoustic synthesizer’ is now available as Cicada Founders Edition Extended — encompassing two dual AMPs, one PRE, one Actuator, five Bridges, three Soundboards, three Meanwell power supplies, three custom SATA Cables, and one custom Nanuk 935 Flight Case — for $2,700.00 USD or as Cicada Pro Series individual modules — starting at $79.00 USD — via San Clemente, CA, USA-based distributor Electro Distro’s growing global network of dealers (https://www.electro-distro.com/dealers) or directly from Physical Synthesis’ online Shop (https://shop.physical-synthesis.com).

For more in-depth information, please visit the dedicated Cicada webpage here: https://www.physical-synthesis.com

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Sequential Synth Tips With Evan Hodges: Scoring For Film With The OB-6, Part 2


video upload by Sequential

"Welcome back to 'Sequential Synth Tips,' where some of our favorite artists share their tips, tricks, and techniques on a Sequential synth. In this episode, we feature composer Evan Hodges demonstrating the techniques he uses to integrate the OB-6 with other instruments and sounds for a film score.

Evan Hodges is a composer for film and mixed media that holds a degree in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University. He has scored more than 50 films, including both feature films and short films, two musicals, and a full video game soundtrack. Scoring comes intuitively to Hodges. His background and training in jazz, with its highly improvisational component, allows him to adapt quickly and easily to score both simple and advanced thematic musical cues appropriate for every scene. In 2017, Hodges scored the feature, The Canadoo. He was Emmy-nominated in 2018 for the PBS documentary feature, My Dear Children.
Follow Evan here:
http://www.evanhodges.com/

More about Sequential and the OB-6:
https://www.sequential.com/product/ob-6/"

You can find additional Sequential Synth Tips here.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Sequential Synth Tips With Evan Hodges: Scoring For film With The OB-6


video by Sequential

"Welcome back to 'Sequential Synth Tips,' where some of our favorite artists share their tips, tricks, and techniques on a Sequential synth. In this episode, we feature composer Evan Hodges demonstrating the techniques he uses with the OB-6 to create scores for film.

Evan Hodges is a composer for film and mixed media that holds a degree in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University. He has scored more than 50 films, including both feature films and short films, two musicals, and a full video game soundtrack. Scoring comes intuitively to Hodges. His background and training in jazz, with its highly improvisational component, allows him to adapt quickly and easily to score both simple and advanced thematic musical cues appropriate for every scene. In 2017, Hodges scored the feature, The Canadoo. He was Emmy-nominated in 2018 for the PBS documentary feature, My Dear Children.

Follow Evan here:

http://www.evanhodges.com/"

Monday, December 14, 2020

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with PETER VOIGTMANN



You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Peter Voigtmann is a musician/producer who is living in an old mill between Bremen and Hamburg, Germany, where he is also running his own studio. He started chasing a professional career in 2012 as a drummer, with his main focus on sound and vibe, while constantly gaining more experience in recording and production. The outcome of all his electro-acoustic experiments can be heard in his solo project called SHRVL. In 2014 he started playing drums in the Noise-Rock-Post-Punk band HEADS, which he recorded 2 Albums and 1 Split EP with. These releases lead to a lot of touring through Europe and the US. After simultaneously being the lighting designer for the Post/Progressive-Metal band The Ocean Collective for 4 years, Peter changed position within the collective and began to work on all kinds of synths, soundscapes and samples for their 7th album Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic, which came out in November 2018. The following year they played several tours across Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Japan, and lots of European festivals. On September 25th 2020 they released their more eclectic, experimental and synth-heavy follow up Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic.

We chatted with Peter on how he uses the Prophet-6 and OB-6 in his music"

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You can find additional posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Moog Re-Introduces the Werkstatt-01 & CV Expander for $199


Moog Music Inc

"In this exploration of sound design and composition using the Werkstatt-01 analog synthesizer, Asheville-based electronic music producer and Moog Product Specialist Max Ravitz combines eight Werkstatt-01 synthesizers in a dynamic performance in the Moog Sound Lab.

Each of the eight Werkstatt-01 instruments provides a different element in the song ranging from booming kick drums to metallic hi-hats, and deep basses to wavering leads—many of which are based on the sounds found in the Werkstatt-01 Exploration Patchbook, which contains a variety of inspiring patches also designed by Ravitz. All eight Werkstatt-01 synthesizers in this performance are sequenced by the Winter Modular Eloquencer, with a touch of delay and reverb provided by the OTO Machines BIM and BAM to add dimension to the mix."

See the dealers on the right for availibility.

User videos:



Playlist:
1. Moog Werkstatt Overview and Demo by Patchwerks Seattle, available here: http://bit.ly/pw-werkstatt
2. A $199 Moog?! Moog Werkstatt-01 Analog Synth Demo & Build - Reverb
3. TOO Much Werk?? The Moog Werkstatt-01 & CV Expander - Noir Et Blanc Vie
4. Building + Playing Moog Werkstatt-01 + CV Expander Analog Synthesizer Kit - Lightbath
5. Moog Werkstatt-01 (From Build to ACID) - Red Means Recording
6. Moog Werkstatt-01 & CV Expander reissue 2020 build and review - Molten Music Technology


via Moog Music:

"Re-Introducing Werkstatt-01

Werkstatt-01 is a patchable and compact analog synthesizer. A gateway to the expansive world of analog synthesis, the instrument is a must-have for anyone interested in exploring classic Moog sound and circuitry through the unique, hands-on experience of a DIY synthesizer project. This affordable, easy-to-assemble kit requires no prior electronics experience and is a perfect afternoon (or Christmas morning) project.

The straightforward simplicity of Werkstatt-01’s design makes it an ideal jumping-off point to discover a limitless new world of analog sound design, and the included 3.5mm CV Expander makes it a no-brainer for everyone wishing to integrate the iconic Moog sound into their music. The 9" by 6" musical machine may be small, but the raw power and spectrum of the sound it produces is immense.

From Musical Exploration to Experimental Education

First introduced at Moogfest 2014 as part of the event’s Engineering Workshop, the Werkstatt-01 analog synthesizer has been admired as an essential introductory synth, a powerful standalone instrument, and an enhancement to any integrated electronic music ecosystem. Based on classic Moog circuitry, Werkstatt-01 was created to provide a hands-on understanding of how analog synthesizers work and encourage experimentation with sound through patching and interconnectivity.

The research and design that went into Werkstatt-01’s circuits, and the demand for more semi-modular exploratory analog instruments after its initial release, ultimately led to the development of some of today’s most expressive sound design machines: Mother-32, DFAM, Grandmother, Matriarch, and Subharmonicon.

More than a musical instrument, Werkstatt-01 has also served as an interactive educational tool in STEM curricula. The compact, versatile synthesizer has been the heart of the Georgia Tech Hackathon, a weekend-long competition that takes place each February at the Atlanta university’s Center for Music Technology, for six years and counting. The 2021 Georgia Tech Hackathon will be held virtually; see details here.

The easily mod-able analog synth kit has also proven to be a perfect learning ground for DIY modifications and the science of sound. This page of our website features a series of instructional videos to walk you through how to expand your instrument through breadboarding and arduino integration.

Classic Moog Sound & Circuitry

Werkstatt-01’s 100% analog circuits deliver the classic soul and futuristic sound Moog synthesizers are known for. Featuring a full-range analog oscillator with selectable waveforms for powerful sound and the legendary Moog Ladder Filter for precision harmonic sculpting, this instrument covers a vast expanse of sonic territory. Adding movement and modulation is as simple as engaging Werkstatt-01’s analog LFO circuit to simulate the motion of gently breathing waves, or crank up the LFO speed and summon cosmic laser beams. A two-stage analog envelope generator with sustain gives you control to shape dynamics, dialing in everything from lush electronic string swells to punchy basslines and organic percussion hits—and everything in between.

The included CV Expander allows you to enter the endless realms of modular synthesis, where new connections can be made and original sounds are unlocked. Patching inputs and outputs together from the 12 jacks of the 3.5mm patch bay will reconfigure Werkstatt-01’s circuits to create new signal paths and empower new sonic explorations. The included CV Expander also makes it easy to connect Werkstatt-01 to other Moog semi-modular synthesizers, Eurorack systems, or drum machines, enhancing any configuration with powerful analog sound."

See the dealers on the right for availibility.

Friday, May 01, 2020

Georgia's Dancefloor Live Stream


Published on May 1, 2020

Georgia - "Seeking Thrills" out now - http://smarturl.it//SeekingThrills

Simmons drums, Sequential OB-6, & DSI MoPho X4.

Previous posts featuring Georgia here

Saturday, March 28, 2020

GEoRGiA How I Wrote... About Work The Dancefloor


Published on Mar 28, 2020 GEoRGiA

Some synth spotting with Georgia.

Buy 'Seeking Thrills': CD / LP: http://smarturl.it//GeorgiaStore
Digital: http://smarturl.it//SeekingThrills

Sequential OB-6, DSI MoPho X4, & Clavia Nord Wave.

And the finished track:

Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor (Official Video)

Published on Mar 28, 2019

"Georgia - 'About Work The Dancefloor', from the new album 'Seeking Thrills', out now on Domino Record Co."

Monday, February 17, 2020

Sequential In The Spotlight Interview with Evan Hodges





You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Evan Hodges is a composer for film and mixed media that holds a degree in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University. He has scored more than 50 films, including both feature films and short films, two musicals, and a full video game soundtrack. Scoring comes intuitively to Hodges. His background and training in jazz, with its highly improvisational component, allows him to adapt quickly and easily to score both simple and advanced thematic musical cues appropriate for every scene. In 2017, Hodges scored the feature, The Canadoo. He was Emmy-nominated in 2018 for the PBS documentary feature, My Dear Children.


We chatted with Evan on how he uses the OB-6 in his music"

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You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Georgia - Live at 3voor12 Radio


Published on Apr 19, 2019 3voor12

Starts with Simmons Drums for the first track, followed by the Sequential OB-6 at 3:50 on the second.

Georgia is currently on tour. You can find dates and locations on her site: https://georgiauk.com

Setlist:
0:00 About Work The Dancefloor
3:48 Started Out
7:50 Mellow
11:30 Feel It

Googlish:
"She has been playing drums since she was 8 and later she took the synths. She studied Ethnomusicology and her father is also none other than Neil Barnes, of the iconic group Leftfield. So you can say that at Georgia Barnes, or Georgia, the music flows through her veins. Her track 'Started Out' has been heard many times in 3voor12 Radio and now she is in the 3FM Live Box for an extra long set."

Original (2nd paragraph is a promo for 3voor12 Radio):
Drummen doet ze al sinds haar 8e en later pakte ze daar nog de synths bij. Ze studeerde Ethnomusicologie en haar vader is ook nog eens niemand minder dan Neil Barnes, van de iconische groep Leftfield. Je kunt dus wel zeggen dat bij Georgia Barnes, ofwel Georgia, de muziek door haar aderen stroomt. Haar track “Started Out” heb je al vaak voorbij horen komen in 3voor12 Radio en nu staat ze in de 3FM Live Box voor een extra lange set.
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Je hoort in 3voor12 Radio de allernieuwste muzikale trends, alternative tracks en de actualiteit van vandaag én morgen. Regelmatig zijn er artiesten te gast om te praten over hun nieuwe releases (en om ze te spelen, natuurlijk). Ook hoor je hier concertrecensies en de Je Weet Nooit Wat Je Krijgt-Request! Tune in: iedere maandag t/m donderdag van 21.00u - 00.00u.​

Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Georgia - Against The Clock


Premiere in progress. Started 7 minutes ago FACTmagazine

10 minutes to compose a track.

"It’s been a banner 2019 for North West Londoner and multi-instrumentalist Georgia. After making her name as a session drummer for artists such as Mica Levi and Kate Tempest, her heady swerve into electro-pop this year landed her spots on BBC Radio 1’s A playlist and an appearance at Glastonbury’s Park Stage.

This week we sit in while she works magic on her beloved Dave Smith OB-6, Roland SH-101 and Nord Wave synths and layers EBow strummed sitar lines around a rousing four-on-the-floor kick drum beat.

Georgia’s Seeking Thrills LP arrives via Domino on January 10.

Filmed by Pedro Kuster and Pawel Ptak
Edited by Pawel Ptak"

Love this track from her:

Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor (Official Video)

Published on Mar 28, 2019 GEoRGiA

Georgia - "About Work The Dancefloor", from the new album 'Seeking Thrills', out 10th January 2020 on Domino Record Co.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Halloween LoFi Beat (Roland SP404sx)


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Little Music Boxes

Halloween is almost here. Keep an eye out on the orange Halloween label on the top left of the site and feel free to send your Halloween tunes in. Email link is the little letter icon on the bottom right of the site.

"I was in Savannah Georgia and it's definitely haunted. I made this spooky beat in a graveyard.

Vocal Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQNb_..."

Monday, August 12, 2019

Sequential In The Spotlight Interview with Hinako Omori


You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Hinako Omori is a musician with a love for synthesizers and anything that makes interesting sounds. Born in Yokohama, Japan she moved to London when she was three, where she is still based.

Initially training to be a sound engineer, she studied Music and Sound Recording at Surrey University then went on to work at record labels and distributors then at audio equipment manufacturer Focusrite/Novation. After session playing on the side, she leapt into music full time as a keyboard player and programmer – some of the artists Hinako has worked with include Georgia, Kate Tempest, KT Tunstall, James Bay, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Ellie Goulding, and Fionn Regan.

Her move into creating her own music was instigated by her friend Hannah Peel, who asked her to remix of one of her tracks from her Mary Casio album. The track was included on Hannah’s own Mindfulness Mix on BBC Radio 1, and also played on BBC 6 Music and Radio 3.

The experience spurred her into creating her own musical journeys, combining ambientspace-synths with field recordings and her own ethereal vocals. Thematically, her music is influenced by the idea of space and infinity, floating into separate universes — everything being transparent and lucid, and the idea that nothing is permanent.

Alongside her teenage music-crush of The Knife, Hinako’s recent musical inspirations include Marie Davidson, Mark Pritchard, Katie Gately, Susan Sundfor and Tomoko Sauvage. Her debut single Voyage/Teleport is out now. Synth sounds evoke travelling to another realm in Voyage, and the feeling when you finally reach the other side in Teleport.

We chatted with Hinako about how she uses Sequential instruments in her music.

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You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Brew Music with Korg: Red Hare Brewing of Atlanta, GA


Published on Jun 11, 2019 Korg

"KORG joined with Red Hare Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate the art of synth music and beer for its growing Brew Music campaign. Brew Music provides musicians with the opportunity to get hands on with Korg’s newest and most popular synthesizers. Tell us where you’d like us to go next!

Music: “soft focus” off the album "beets 4"
by Birocratic (http://www.birocratic.com)
The songs used in this video were licensed via Birocratic License
v05.2016. For info on how you can use this music in your project,
check out http://www.birocratic.com/license-app.
To download Birocratic’s 60+ song discography, visit http://
birocratic.bandcamp.com."

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Capacitive Touch Janko Keyboard for Moog Werkstatt


Published on Feb 13, 2017 Ben Bradley


"This is a Janko-layout touch keyboard I made at the 2017 Moog Hackathon at Georgia Tech, February 10-12. I'm playing a few classic bass and melody lines from popular and classic tunes. I only have one octave (13 notes) connected so far.

The capacitive touch sensors use MPR121 capacitive-touch chips, on breakout boards from Adafruit (Moog Hackathon sponsor Sparkfun makes a similar board for the same chip). The example code from Adafruit was modified to read four boards (using the Adafruit library and making four sensor objects and initializing each to one of the four I2C addresses is remarkably easy for anyone with moderate familiarity with C++), and code was written to send a gate (key down) signal to the Werkstatt, and to write a binary representation of the pressed key (low note priority) to an Arduino port connected to a precision R-2R ladder to generate the voltage for the VCO exponential input.

The capacitive touch sensors can be used to make a touch keyboard with any configuration, not just the Janko. With these sensors it's remarkably easy to make a functioning electronic musical keyboard, as no mechanical switches or moving parts are needed. The feeling is at least as responsive as a "real" keyboard, as response to touch and release feels instant as far as I can tell. If anything, there's a "problem" in that if you accidentally, even slightly, touch a key it will sound, whereas with a mechanical keyboard you have to "accidentally" press a key down for it to sound.

A traditional seven-natural-and-five-sharp-keys layout would have been just as easy, but less "interesting." I chose the Janko layout after having read about it for many years (see Paul Vandervoot's piano video "Demonstration of 4-Row Janko Keyboard" - he describes the layout at 4:06). The Janko has, from left to right, six whole steps per octave, thus is one less key wide per octave than the traditional keyboard, so with the same key spacings the Janko octave is a shorter distance. Going up or down diagonally is a half step, so a chromatic scale of all 12 notes is a zig-zag pattern. A major scale is the first three notes in a line (whole steps), diagonally up or down to the next key (a half step), this and the next three keys across (whole steps), and then diagonally again (a half step) to get to the octave key. You can start on any key and the major scale is the same description. This is the remarkable property of the Janko layout, there are very few patterns to memorize for the different scales and chords.

ETA Feb. 18:
Here's a blogpost I just wrote, it includes a schematic diagram and the Arduino source code:
http://blog.freesideatlanta.org/2017/..."

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Atlanta Synthesizer Club "Meat" Meet at Georgia Tech's Under The Couch Sunday April 9th


"There will be a lot socializing, gear spotting, short performances and a raffle that includes significant gear from companies like Moog (Mother 32), Roland (TB-03 signed by DJ Pierre), Malekko (Voltage Block), Synthesis Technology (E330 VCO), DSI/Sequential (poster signed by Tom Oberheim and Dave Smith) and a slew of other donated DIY kits, studio time, stickers, records and other swag.

The response of the local community as well as the manufacturers have been well. Round expectations.

The Atlanta Synthesizer Club is dedicated to all things synth of the software and hardware variety, drum machines, effects, sound design and electronic music in and around Atlanta and the Southeastern US corridor. Our goal is to foster a community and be a resource for musicians, artists and individuals interested in the particulars of sound synthesis through an exchange of ideas, regular meetings, workshops and performances."

Location:
Under the Couch
350 Ferst Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
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