Inside an Arturia Polybrute

This one in in via Xavier of Hispasonic and Soviet Space Child.

Some great pics of the inside of an Arturia Polybrute via Hispasonic. Note the individual voice boards.

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BARCELONA - SYNTH MEETING 2017

"RECORDATORIO: El próximo sábado 6 de mayo tendrá lugar la 3ª concentración de sintes analógicos y vintage en Barcelona.

Una oportunidad única para ver en vivo máquinas como Roland Jupiter 8, Arp 2600, RSF Kobol, EMS AKS, EMS VCS3, Oberheim SEM, TB303, TR909, Polivoks, Moog Modular 15, MOOG SONIC SIX, SCI Pro-one, Nord Modular G2, Yamaha CS40, Befaco Modular, etc
Si quieres participar solo tienes que venir y traer alguno de tus equipos (sintetizador, caja de ritmos, sampler vintage, etc).

Durante el día habrá diversas actividades como Jupiter 8 vs JP-08, Roland TR909 vs TR09, Jam session by Befaco, ...

Más detalles e inscripciones en el siguiente hilo de hispasonic.com"

Googlish:

"REMINDER: On Saturday, May 6 will take place the 3rd concentration of analog and vintage synths in Barcelona.

A unique opportunity to see live machines like Roland Jupiter 8, Arp 2600, Kobol RSF, EMS AKS, EMS VCS3, Oberheim SEM, TB303, TR909, Polivoks, Modular Moog 15, MOOG SONIC SIX, SCI Pro-one, Nord Modular G2 , Yamaha CS40, Befaco Modular, etc.
If you want to participate you just have to come and bring some of your equipment (synthesizer, drum machine, vintage sampler, etc).

During the day there will be various activities like Jupiter 8 vs JP-08, Roland TR909 vs TR09, Jam session by Befaco, ...

More details and inscriptions in the next thread of hispasonic.com"

Sevilla Soft MBC1 MIDI Breath Controller

Review del controlador de viento MBC1 de Sevilla Soft

Published on Nov 3, 2015 Hispasonic

MIDI breath controller by Sevilla Soft based in Spain. You'll find a write-up in Spanish on Hispasonic here (Googlish here).

The following is some info via Sevilla Soft translated into Googlish:

"MBC1 is a device designed for musicians who know the possibilities offered by today's technology, synths, DAWs, MIDI interface ... without sacrificing human contact with the instrument, a real expression, which ultimately gives meaning to the music . All those who play a wind instrument know we're talking about. Clearly, the best way to imitate the expression of a wind instrument in a virtual instrument is blowing, as if the real instrument in question.

MBC1 comes with all the necessary elements for integrated programming and operation, you will not need any additional software to configure your computer, or any driver for its operation, is recognized by any operating system.

Is made up of:
- 3-digit LED display.
- Indicator 10 LEDs 8 to monitor the air flow and the value of MIDI output. 2 Indicators: MIDI IN, MIDI OUT.
- Rotary knob with push light where everything on the menu is set.
CONNECTIONS:
- DIN MIDI input.
- DIN MIDI output.
- Port USB MIDI Class compliant.
- Sensor input. Here the tube supplying the air flow is connected."

Musikmesse: Reactable Live! en funcionamiento

YouTube via Hispasonic
"La estrella del stand de Reactable Systems en la Musikmesse era, sin duda, el nuevo Reactable Live!, una versión comercial del famoso Reactable, más portable y con una configuración más sencilla, orientado a la creación de música electrónica en directo (nota: las bandas negras del vídeo son un efecto de la cámara; la superficie azul del Reactable no muestra esas bandas)."

"The star of the Reactable Systems booth at the Musikmesse was undoubtedly the new Reactable Live!, A commercial version of the famous Reactable, more portable and easier setup, aimed at the creation of electronic music live (note: Video black bands are an artifact of the camera, the blue surface of Reactable not show these bands)."

Dreadbox Nyx 2: primer contacto

Published on May 11, 2019 Hispasonic

Demo at 1:53.

Tesseract, módulos Eurorack desde Sevilla

video upload by Hispasonic

"Mangu Díaz es un sevillano enfrascado en una miríada de proyectos musicales. Entre ellos está Tesseract, su propia marca Eurorack, cuya lista de módulos anda ya por la veintena.

En este vídeo nos explica detalladamente el funcionamiento de Tukra, un secuenciador de 8 pistas con audio y midi que promete ser "una solución todo en uno para la batería en tu rack" y además, tiene una gran capacidad de integración con otros equipos (no sólo Eurorack). En Tukra no hay submenús, todas las funciones y vistas son accesibles en todo momento, y ofrece hasta 64 pasos por patrón, 64 patrones, 64 partes y 16 canciones por proyecto.

También nos muestra su última creación, Step Fader MkII, que estará disponible este mismo año. Como su nombre indica, es la evolución del anterior Step Fader, un secuenciador dual que presume de ser divertido de usar.

00:00 Introducción
00:21 Tukra
10:06 Step Fader MkII"

Googlish:

"Mangu Díaz is a Sevillian immersed in a myriad of musical projects. Among them is Tesseract, its own Eurorack brand, whose list of modules is already in its twenties.

In this video he explains in detail how Tukra works, an 8-track sequencer with audio and midi that promises to be "an all-in-one solution for the drums in your rack" and also has a great capacity for integration with other equipment (not Eurorack only). In Tukra there are no submenus, all functions and views are accessible at all times, and it offers up to 64 steps per pattern, 64 patterns, 64 parts, and 16 songs per project.

He also shows us his latest creation, Step Fader MkII, which will be available later this year. As its name suggests, it is the evolution of the previous Step Fader, a dual sequencer that claims to be fun to use.

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Tukra
10:06 Step Fader MkII"

Un vistazo a Nord Piano 3

Published on Jan 28, 2016 Hispasonic

"Matt Cossey nos muestra las características principales del nuevo Nord Piano 3 y hace una pequeño demo de su sonido."

El mío es más grande que el tuyo

flickr set By Común y corriente
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"Synth meeting organizada por Befaco e Hispasonic en Hangar, Barcelona, el 15 de octubre de 2011."

Befaco modular, KORG, ARP & Moog pictured here.

Sequential Prophet X: demo de sonido

Published on May 4, 2018 Hispasonic

"Echamos un vistazo al nuevo sinte de Dave Smith y escuchamos algunos de sus sonidos."

Pruebas con el Yamaha Reface CS

Published on Sep 8, 2015 Hispasonic

"Hemos tenido la oportunidad de probar intensivamente el modelo CS de la nueva gama Reface de Yamaha, que no ha dejado indiferente a nadie."

Escalas y modos con Novation Circuit

Published on Mar 21, 2016 Hispasonic

The scale modes on the Novation Circuit. This one is in Spanish, but non-Spanish speakers should be able to follow as well. Be sure to catch my extensive overview and review of the Novation Circuit if you haven't already.

"Escalas y modos, un recurso musical tan antiguo como eternamente vigente. Revisamos conceptos y aprovechamos Novation Circuit para ilustrarlos por su capacidad de modificar patrones ya grabados cambiando su escala/modo."

Googlish:

"Scales and modes, as old as eternally existing musical resources. We review concepts and Novation Circuit advantage to illustrate its ability to change patterns already recorded changing scale / mode."

https://us.novationmusic.com/circuit/circuit
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"Nueva generación de instrumentos musicales electrónicos"

via @alvaropalacios

"see this impressive revised reedition synthesis book, now free in hispasonic (in spanish): http://t.co/xCUl19b"

Rare Synther Frank-T

This one in via marcel spotted on hispasonic.

"The Synther Frank-T is a replica of the minimoog was manufactured in the 70 in Mataró (Spain) very rare of find."

Googlish translation from the post: "I can say that just looks like a MS20 and me, it sounds like a more metallic MiniMoog. The three mini jacks you have in the top, not trim, are connected to a super plate ... but not to serve."

Review de Waldorf Kyra, un sintetizador de 1280 osciladores

Published on Dec 18, 2019 Hispasonic

"Kyra es un sintetizador analógico virtual con 4096 formas de onda diferentes, 1280 osciladores, 128 voces de polifonía, 9 efectos por sonido (72 en total) y multitimbralidad de 8 partes. Unas cifras impresionantes que ponemos a prueba en este vídeo.

Índice del vídeo:

01:37 - Multis
04:38 - Sonidos individuales
06:42 - Edición básica de sonidos
08:42 - Arquitectura de la voz: osciladores
13:47 - Creando un sonido con hard sync
16:47 - Sección de filtro
23:53 - Amplificación y compresión
24:43 - Generadores de envolvente
25:39 - LFOs
30:20 - Más sobre la matriz de modulación
32:50 - Efectos
39:57 - Arpegiador
44:01 - Demos de sonidos de fábrica"

Demo del procesador vocal Roland VT-3

Published on Mar 17, 2014 Hispasonic·178 videos

"Completamos nuestro repaso a la serie AIRA con esta divertida presentación del procesador vocal VT-3."

Patching Panda Particles, variaciones creativas en Eurorack

video upload by Hispasonic

Yamaha i-MX1 MIDI for iOS

Yamaha MOX e interfaz i-MX1

YouTube Uploaded by Hispasonic on Apr 12, 2011

"Un primer vistazo a las características y aspecto de los nuevos teclados MOX de Yamaha, así como la interfaz MIDI i-MX1 para iPad, iPhone e iPod."

Similar to Line 6's MIDI Mobilizer, but supports Core MIDI.

Musikmesse: Roland Lucina AX-09 en la Musikmesse 2010

YouTube via Hispasonic
"Roland ha presentado en la Musikmesse el nuevo Lucina AX-09, un teclado de bandolera o keytar que sigue los pasos del AX-Synth."

Googlish:
"Roland has presented at the Musikmesse Lucina's new AX-09, a keyboard or keytar strap that follows in the footsteps of the AX-Synth."

New Slim Phatty Pics and Specs

Two shots spotted by Jose Franco on hispasonic.com. Click the images for the super size shots. Note there is nothing on the Moog site at the time of this post.

Googlish translation from Spanish:
"Moog Music officially announced yesterday that as we advanced, the new Slim Phatty, "the more portable analog synthesizer Moog and affordable throughout its history."

Phatty Slim (slim chubby ") is based on the architecture of the Little Phatty (two oscillators, filters, LFO / envelope / arpeggiator). Module can be used as desktop or rack mounted (you can buy optional rack ears or wood side panels).

It will cost 683 euros including VAT and will be available in November. Read on to know the new Slim Phatty further.

Features Slim Phatty
* Two oscillators
* Internal universal power supply
* External audio input
* USB MIDI
* Arpeggiator
* Bank of new sounds on the Little Phatty
* Moog Ladder Filter 24 dB / octave VCA control and output overload
* Section envelope generator with two ADSR generators
* Section 4 LFO modulation waveforms and bus 1x2 with 8 possible modulation sources and 4 destinations
* Master volume control, output switch on / off and headphone output

In the back of Slim Phatty are:
* Power connector (100-250VAC, 50-60 Hz)
* Switch on / off
* External audio input (accepts signals from line level +4 dBu)
* Tickets Pitch CV (1 V / Oct) Filter CV and Gate Keyboard
* MIDI in and MIDI out
* USB connector

Phatty Slim is 17 "wide (43.18 cm) and weighs only 2.6 kg, according to Moog Music," is the smallest and lightest tool we make. It is designed for the traveling musician, and fits easily in your luggage or backpack. "Rack mounted occupies 3 spaces.

You can play from the front panel with any MIDI controller, or can be used as an expander with a Little Phatty, Minimoog Voyager or any other synth.

The price recommended by the distributor in Spain is € 683 including VAT. Will be available from early November."

Barcelona Synth Gathering

This one in via Hector.

"15 / 10 / 2011... First analog synth meeting in Barcelona (Spain.) Organised and promoted by Jan (Bollinote) and Diego de León (Befaco).


Link of event and photos in Hispasonic forum..." [Googlish]