Sampling with HALion 6 - pt 4: Creating a multisampled Yamaha CS-80 patch

Published on Nov 23, 2017 Future Music Magazine

"In this fourth video we show make a sampled CS-80 patch using HALion 6's sample recorder, with MusicRadar.com's Simon Arblaster and Editor of Computer Music magazine, Joe Rossitter.

Get your FREE trial of Steinberg HALion 6 here: https://www.steinberg.net/en/products...

Get the instrument featured in this video here: http://bit.ly/SSScssynth"

Control Ableton Live with your iPhone

YouTube via musicradartv
"Novation gives MusicRadar the lowdown on their Automap for iPhone app at LIMS 2009. CC control and learn, scene select and clip launch in live and more."

Monoklon virtual ribbon synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by UPROAR24 on Sep 16, 2011

"free vsti plugin plugins by philterplugs / minimalfabrik , Phil Monoklon virtual ribbon synthesizer, this is a freeware / donationware vsti plugin version roughly based upon the original Korg Monotron.
for more information visit.
http://www.minimalfabrik.net/3.html
http://www.minimalfabrik.net/5.html
http://www.kvraudio.com/db/monoklon-by-philterplugs
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2011/07/11/minimalfabrik-releases-the-monoklo...
http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/free-music-software-the-best-audio-app-an..."

ROLI Introduces NOISE 5D: Free Rise Inspired 3D Touch Keyboard Controller for iOS

Published on Dec 18, 2015 ROLI

Playlist:
NOISE: 3D Touch on the iPhone like you’ve never heard it before (3 Videos)
The Force Touch Awakens

iTunes: NOISE 5D

NOISE: THE iPHONE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE.

NOISE is a powerful instrument that unlocks the extraordinary expressive potential of your mobile phone. Its unique playing surface takes full advantage of the iPhone 6S’s 3D Touch capability.
Enjoy powerful, multidimensional sounds on-screen or use it as the ultimate portable sound engine for your favorite MIDI controller.

MAKE SOME NOISE
Play a subtle flute melody, a rich textured pad or a killer synth lead. For players of any ability or style, NOISE makes a big impact.

Its unique playing surface is laid out like a piano keyboard from the future. Where you used to have keys, you now have a continuous set of “keywaves.” You can strike, press into, glide left and right, slide up and down, and lift off the keywaves to create unique sonic effects. NOISE is the most expressive mobile sound engine ever created.

FIND YOUR SOUND
NOISE comes with the Fundamentals NOISE Pack bundled, which offers 25 diverse, powerful sounds to get you started.

Breath Flute, for example, allows you to faithfully recreate breath control through pressure, while the sound of Polyrhythmic Loops morphs as you play up and down the keywaves. Try Smoky Rhodes for a cool, modern reinterpretation of the Fender Rhodes.

Expand your collection with unique NOISE Packs - Hybrid Acoustic comes with over 500MB of unique samples, Expressive Electronic includes both vintage synths and contemporary pads, and Synthetic Leads is for when you really just need to shred!

POWER YOUR KIT
NOISE’s deeply expressive Equator sound engine is a great fit for a wide range of MIDI controllers. It has in-built MIDI over Bluetooth, which makes it the perfect choice for wireless music-making on the go.
It is also one of the first apps with built-in, customizable MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) Mode, so it also works plug-and-play with any MPE-compatible controller.

To really get the most out of NOISE and to take your musical expression to the next level, try it with our own Seaboard RISE, the award-winning MIDI controller hailed as “the future of the keyboard” (MusicRadar).

THE WORLD OF ROLI
NOISE is the result of years of innovative research and product development that enabled us to create the Seaboard RISE, a uniquely expressive, award-winning MIDI controller that enables 5 dimensions of touch; and Equator, its powerful native sound engine. With NOISE, we have shaped the surface of the Seaboard to maximize playability on an iPhone and remapped the new dimensions of sonic control offered by Equator. NOISE is built with JUCE, the leading cross-platform framework for audio apps.

At ROLI, we build game-changing tools for modern music creation. The award-winning Seaboard RISE and Seaboard GRAND instruments are part of our family of intuitively designed products - learn more at www.roli.com.

KEY FEATURES
- Tweak your sounds with onscreen macro controls and XY Touchpad
- Vary the size of the onscreen keywave surface to suit your screen and preferences
- Octave shift buttons and an onscreen sustain pedal add depth to real-time performance
- Control five dimensions of touch - Strike, Press, Glide, Slide and Lift
- Purchase additional NOISE Packs in-app and build your collection of sounds
- Recreate the Seaboard RISE experience on the iPhone 6S and make the most of its new 3D Touch feature
- Audio Units are coming soon. You'll be able to use NOISE as a synth in your favourite iOS DAW - stay tuned...

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- NOISE for iPhone is designed for iPhone 5C and above.
- Please note that while NOISE works well as a sound engine on all iPhones, you will only be able to take full advantage of its keywave surface with an iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus."

Superbooth 2021 - Playtronica Orbita

video upload by MusicRadar

Introducing Orbita MIDI controller: melody and drums

video upload by

"Turn color and gesture into music with Orbita - a new device in Playtronica’s range of quirky sound gadgets.

Who said interesting items should sit silently on a shelf? Creative technology studio Playtronica announces their newest device Orbita: a playful music device that lets you connect with creativity through sound and colors. While connected to a mobile device, tablet, or computer, Orbita lets people create music through color and gesture. For the electronic musician, Orbita is an intuitive controller and sound generator. For the music enthusiast, Orbita is a fun and exciting way to play with sound, wrapped in a modern form."

See the Playtronica label below for additional creations from them.

TouchAble 1.2 new module : multi dots XY PAD

YouTube Uploaded by touchAbleapp on Apr 22, 2011 "http://www.touch-Able.com touchAble is an unique iPad app is the first application to give Ableton Live users full control over their digital audio workstation, without the tiresome process of manual midi-mapping. touchAble allows live users to walk away from their computer and perform live from anywhere within Wi-Fi range (using ad-hoc connection or router) while keeping latency at a minimum. TouchAble App includes 6 advanced modules, Clip grid, Mixer, Devices, Pads, Keys, XY Pad, and 2 commands menu : clips and transport. TouchAble provides a powerful, intuitive and reliable multitouch control solution for professional use. touchAble includes templates for lives plugins and is fully compatible with vsts, audiounits and instruments. TouchAble App for iPad is available worldwide exclusively through the iTunes App Store : http://www.itunes.com/app/touchable the new 1.2 version include an Advanced multi dots XY pad with: -Up to 4 Dots at once - each with their own X, Y & Z Parameters. -Choose the dots X, Y & Z Parameters from All of Lives Mixer & Device. -Easy parameter assignments through the config menu. -Set direction & force of gravity and bouncing mode individually for each dot. -Record the dots movements - loop, reverse or cut them till they fit your needs. -Play them back as automations - quantized and in complete sync with Ableton Live. -Save automations and parameter assignments to the database within touchAble and exchange them with other iPads and Users via iTunes. -Save snapshots of the dots positions: Hold, Stop & Morphing mode -Set morphing length & which of the are dots affected by snapshots. TouchAble 1.2 also offers plenty of new features and improvements: Device Module: The Control elements on the FX8 & FX32 View now switch their behavior & style depending on the parameter they control. Possible styles are: Toggle, Multitoggle, Fader & centered Fader. This will work with Lives devices & all M4L Devices. Added 'Snap' mode: You can activate the Snap mode per device with the 'snap' button in the Menu to the right. If enabled, the control elements will snap back to their original value once you lift your finger. To change the original value of the parameters: disable Snap mode - tweak the device to your needs and enable Snap mode again to jump back to these values at the end of your touches. New optional settings: Added Relative Fader mode for devices Added possibility to disable scene launch buttons. Added OneTap Recording: Newly recorded clips will automatically be of the same length as the currently set Launch Quantization. This enables you to tap on an empty slot once to start recording and have it loop automatically after the set amount of time. General: Decreased latency and increased throughput to Live substantially. Performance increased throughout the app. TouchAble is supported by many professional musicians, performers, djs and composers around the world, who use touchAble on stage or in studio. FUTURE MUSIC UK: "You may think about touchAble and an iPad instead of a hardware controller. A compliment indeed." MUSICTECH MAG UK: "It can handle the majority of performance or interactive elements within Live without requiring any manual controller design or mapping, making it an easy-to-use but nonetheless powerful Live controller." 9/10 MUSICRADAR.COM UK: "The cheaper, more fully featured touchAble is a clear all-round winner. Its advanced control options give it the advantage in terms of power and make it the obvious choice for studio use and live performance." DE:BUG MAG DE: "Definitely a recommendation for all iPad users who think about buying a controller for Live - even though touchAble isn't able to deliver haptic feedback in many areas it has advantages to physical controllers. It's worth it - even for studio-use." touchAble - AppBC iPads on eBay

Freemasons' James Wiltshire interviewed at Propellerhead Producers Conference 2010

YouTube via musicradartv | November 02, 2010

"Speaking at the 2010 Propellerhead Producers Conference at Ministry Of Sound, London. Stay tuned to MusicRadar for more coverage from the event including tutorials and interviews from Propellerhead's own James Bernard, Reason beat designer Sharooz and dance music legend A Guy Called Gerald."

Ableton Introduces Note for iOS

video upload by Ableton

"Learn about Note, a playable iOS app for forming musical ideas. Build beats, capture melodies, and sample the world around you. When you’re ready to take your ideas further, export your Set to Ableton Cloud and continue working in Live.

Learn more: https://www.ableton.com/note/
Download the app: https://apps.apple.com/app/ableton-no..." Is Ableton Note as close as we'll get to Live on an iPad? Here's what it can and can't do...
video upload by MusicRadar Tech

"After years of speculation, Ableton have released their first iOS app, Note. But this isn't exactly the iPad/iPhone version of Live some imagined. In this video we explore what Note is – and isn't – and ask if this is a must have for music makers."

"Start new musical ideas with a curated selection of sounds and effects. Play beats and melodic parts, sample your world, and continue your tracks in Ableton Live.


Note is a place to form ideas, experiment with sounds and find direction. Get your ideas out or play until inspiration hits using a selection of Ableton Live’s drum kits, synths and melodic instruments. Or create your own sound palette by recording the sounds around you into Note’s sampler instruments using your phone’s microphone.

If you want to take your ideas further, use Ableton Cloud to send your projects to Live without leaving the app. Open your project from Live’s browser, then keep working – you can edit all your MIDI notes, and all your samples and sounds from Note are exactly the same.


Begin with a beat:
• Choose from 56 Drum Sampler kits
• Tap out a beat using the 16-pad grid
• Quantize your beat to fix any loose timing
• Nudge notes to correct mistakes
• Add more layers of rhythm
• Create beat repetitions with Note Repeat
• Change parameters to shape your sound
• Experiment with effects

Start with a melody:
• Choose from 261 synth sounds and 36 Melodic Sampler instruments
• Play your melody or chord progression with either the 25-pad grid or the piano roll
• Set a key and scale to get instantly harmonic results, or leave your options open
• Overdub more layers of harmony
• Change parameters to shape your sound
• Add effects to experiment with sound design

Sample your environment:
• Create your own kits by recording percussive sounds into Note’s Drum Sampler
• Record tonal sounds to create your own Melodic Sampler instruments
• Manipulate your samples by cutting, filtering or repitching them
• Shape or transform your sounds with effects

Capture improvisations:
• Play something, then tap the Capture button to keep it
• Play at the tempo that feels comfortable and Note will detect it
• Note will recognize the length of the phrase
• A loop is created automatically
• Quantize it, add to it, or change the sound

Create variations:
• Note features a grid-based Session View layout
• Double your loops to create variation within clips
• Duplicate your clips and create different versions of your ideas
• Create eight tracks with up to eight clips on eight scenes
• Try different layer combinations and song structures
• Export your work in Session View as an audio file to listen and share"

Hands-on with the Korg Volca range

Published on Aug 30, 2013 musicradartv·420 videos

"We examine and demo the new compact, affordable Volca Beats, Bass and Keys analogue instruments from Korg. Read our first look review here: http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/f...

[*Apologies for the slightly distorted sound, this is due to our camera and not the Volcas themselves!]"

KORG Volcas on eBay

Doom Comes to the 1010Music Blackbox

video by 1010music

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Superbooth 2021 - PWM Malevolent

video upload by MusicRadar

You can find additional Future Sound Systems PWM Malevolent details here.

Roland launches Juno-DI synth at LIMS 2009

YouTube via musicradartv
"MusicRadar speaks to Roland about the latest in the Juno line: the Juno-DI."

Musikmesse: See Akai's new MPD18 and Miniak synth at Frankfurt 09

YouTube via musicradartv
"The folks at Akai give MusicRadar the skinny on what's new for Musikmesse 2009: the MPD18 USB pad controller and the Miniak virtual analogue synth."

Musikmesse 2010: Elektron Octatrack prototype demo

YouTube via musicradartv
"Live from Frankfurt, MusicRadar.com brings you a demo of Elektron Music Machines' new Octatrack prototype."

Musikmesse 2010: Elektron Octatrack demonstration

YouTube via gear4music1
"Elektron give http://www.gear4music.com an overview of the new Octatrack advanced sampling sequencer. It's essentially Ableton in a box...but Elektron have made it more amazing than we could possibly imagine."
http://elektron.se/
Looks like the elektron site is overwhelmed at the moment. I'm getting "Unfortunately our site is currently overloaded because of the massive interest in our new products. We'll be back shortly."

Update:

First look at the Elektron Octatrack

YouTube via gearjunkies
"During the MusikMesse at Frankfurt, our team filmed this demonstration of the new Elektron Octatrack."

FM Review of Waldorf Blofeld

via peterwendt:

"The UK magazine FutureMusic has a review and audio demos of the Waldorf Blofeld in the February issue. Here's the cover [click for a larger image]. There is a shorter version of the print review online at musicradar.com but the print version is a lot better."

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"Some strange thing happened to the Blofeld picture on the front page:
How to lid 4 LEDs like this?
It is not a normal mode. And not a hidden function.
So it is a little bit photoshopped ?"

Yamaha CS-80 | Hands-On Session

Published on Dec 2, 2017 Computer Music Magazine

"CM Editor Joe Rossitter and MusicRadar's Simon Arblaster get their hands on the world's most iconic synthesiser, and talk you through its features and architecture.

Get an exclusive pack of raw recordings and samples straight from an original Yamaha CS-80, plus a £160 synth plugin: http://bit.ly/CM_251"

Toto's Africa

Published on May 22, 2013 TotoVEVO

Just spotted this one on BoingBoing. A synth demo with an interesting bit of synth history (BTW, the GS1 went up for sale in 2014 - you can also find an interview with Steve Porcaro here):

Paich told Musicradar in 2013:

"Its first inception came when there used to be UNICEF commercials on TV, showing children and families living in poverty. The first time I saw that it affected me deeply…
"I sat down and started playing and the chorus just came out like magic. I remember after I'd sung 'I bless the rains down in Africa', I just stopped and went, 'Wait a minute. I might be a little talented, but I'm not that talented - God's using me for an instrument here!'

"I realised I had a song in the making, so I started writing on the Yamaha CS-80, which you hear in the intro - that's the keyboard playing - and then you hear the little kalimba sounds [on the Yamaha GS1] in the chorus. It was a fertile time to make music with new sounds, and that kind of defined that song."

Control Ableton Live with your iPhone

YouTube via musicradartv
"Novation gives MusicRadar the lowdown on their Automap for iPhone app at LIMS 2009. CC control and learn, scene select and clip launch in live and more."