Day Was Departing

"Simple live Improvisation about three Illustrations by Gustave Doré for Dantes devine Comedy (Inf.I,1-II,1),describing Dante and Virgil walking through a dark forest, searching for the gate of hell. The mopho gives the voice of the she-wolf:)"

via Matthias Semmler on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"My first improvisation with the Virtual ANS. Strings by Roland JX-8P, Timps Alpha Juno 1, Lead Mopho Keyboard."

Starts with the JX-8P & Alpha Juno. ANS comes in around :40.

Virtual ANS : Test play with mouse, jpeg pictures and wav file.

Published on Apr 30, 2014 karenevil·333 videos

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

"Testing "Virtual ANS" on Linux ( Debian wheezy amd64 )
Virtual ANS is REALLY AMAZING software synthesizer.
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/
In this video I'm trying to play it with mouse, jpeg pictures and wav file.

( It also works with OS-X, Windows, iOS and Android.)"

PhonoPaper Camera Scanning Synth for iOS Now Available and Free

And the best part is it's currently free. What's interesting is it will work using the camera on anything. I thought the app would only read between the horizontal bar lines in the paper images you see to the left, but I just tried it on anything and it worked! You just have to set it to free mode. Great app to trip people out. Would also be interesting to use it to capture a visual what your playing on your modular or other and then feed that audio back in for processing. Or just have it watch TV and feed the audio back into your modular or mix. Should make for some interesting performances. I'm surprised it's is free as I can see it going viral with non synth people picking it up for a buck just to show it to people. Grab it while you can.

iTunes: PhonoPaper - Alexander Zolotov

You might remember the video posted here for the Android version (also available).

"PhonoPaper is:
• format of graphical representation of the sound (music, human voice, etc.); in other words, it is the 2D audio barcode (by analogy with the QR-code);
• real-time PhonoPaper-code reader (using the camera);
• PhonoPaper-code generator (sound to image converter).

Key features:
• PhonoPaper-code is analogue, so it is not so sensitive to different types of the image distortion (bad camera, dark picture, wrinkled paper, etc.); at least you will hear the "silhouette" of the original sound;
• PhonoPaper does not require access to the network; its code is self-contained;
• PhonoPaper-code can be played in real-time with hand-controlled speed and direction;
• PhonoPaper-code can be drawn by hand (paper version of the Virtual ANS synth);
• PhonoPaper is free!

Examples of usage:
• voice messages (or pieces of music) on the billboards, posters, postcards, goods;
• audio labels for phonorecords;
• audio examples in some textbooks;
• art-experiments;
• learning the basics of the spectral music.

PhonoPaper is based on the Virtual ANS engine - it is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS. So if you want to make more complex PhonoPaper-codes - use the Virtual ANS.

Default PhonoPaper-code length is 10 seconds. But you can make it shorted or longer - playing speed can be changed manually.

Official website with examples and FAQ: http://warmplace.ru/soft/phonopaper

Please try my other apps:
• PixiVisor;
• SunVox;
• PixiTracker;
• Virtual ANS."

All great apps.

Virtual ANS Based PhonoPaper: Play Music from Paper - How to Print your Voice and Play It Back

Published on Apr 16, 2014 Alexander Zolotov·123 videos

http://warmplace.ru/soft/phonopaper

The software is currently available for Android. Note this is based on Virtual ANS which is also available for iOS. See the details below.

PhonoPaper: How to Print your Voice and Play It Back


"What is PhonoPaper

PhonoPaper is:
format of graphical representation of the sound (music, human voice, etc.); in other words, it is the 2D audio barcode (by analogy with the QR-code);
real-time PhonoPaper-code reader (using the camera);
PhonoPaper-code generator (sound to image converter).

Key features:
PhonoPaper-code is analogue, so it is not so sensitive to different types of the image distortion (bad camera, dark picture, wrinkled paper, etc.); at least you will hear the "silhouette" of the original sound;
PhonoPaper does not require access to the network; its code is self-contained;
PhonoPaper-code can be played in real-time with hand-controlled speed and direction;
PhonoPaper-code can be drawn by hand (paper version of the Virtual ANS synth);
PhonoPaper is free!
Examples of usage:
voice messages (or pieces of music) on the billboards, posters, postcards, goods;
audio labels for phonorecords;
audio examples in some textbooks;
art-experiments;
learning the basics of the spectral music.
PhonoPaper is based on the Virtual ANS engine - it is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS.
So if you want to make more complex PhonoPaper-codes - use the Virtual ANS."

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov - note this is for Virtual ANS, not PhonoPaper.

Virtual ANS: Fractal Sounds

Published on Apr 9, 2014 Alexander Zolotov·121 videos

"Converting some fractal images to the sound.
Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Как звучат круги на полях (Sounds of the Crop Circles)

Published on Mar 31, 2014 Alexander Zolotov·120 videos

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Загадочные послания на полях, преобразованные в звук при помощи спектрального синтезатора Virtual ANS. Предполагаемое воздействие - на уровне подсознания. Диапазон частот: 16Гц - 16кГц (10 октав).
Информация о программе:
RU: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/index_ru.php
EN: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/
Подробности о знаках: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Круги_на_полях

Happy New Year! The Year in Synths 2013

Happy New Year Everyone!

What a busy year it has been in the world of synths.

This is going to be one doozy of a post, so bear with me. This post is a review of the year in synths for 2013. We begin with Tributes to Those We Lost This Year, followed by New Manufacturers & Makers, Older Manufacturers Added to the Site, New Gear Announcements, Top 10 Posts by Traffic,  My Standout Posts for the Year, and finally This Years' Synth Events. I did my best to keep things as short and concise as possible.

Let's begin with the hardest part of the post.

Tributes to Those We Lost This Year

RIP Bernard Parmegiani - Electronic & Acoustic Composer
Lou Reed RIP
RIP Dick Raaymakers aka Kid Baltan
RIP George Duke - DreamWeaver
RIP Ralph Dyck, Sept 28, 1941 – May 20, 2013
RIP Ray Manzarek

All missed and never to be forgotten. Take a moment to remember them.

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New Manufacturers & Makers

Starting last January, I decided to keep a running list of every new manufacturer and maker introduced to the site during the year.  This is something I haven't done before and I thought it would be interesting to see how many there were in the year.   It's easy to focus on the big synth announcements throughout the year, but what about all the new makers and brands? I shouln't have to go considerably into the significance of new designers on the scene, so I'll just say two things regarding them.  One, the number of new makers is a direct reflection on the interest in our scene, and two, these are the creators of new gear which directly translate into new designs not previously available to us.  Think about that for a moment.  These are makers and designs that did not exist before.  They are part of our synth history.  So what is the total count of new synth designers for the year? A whopping 113. Think about that a bit. One hundred and thirteen new synth designers and brands this year alone.

Here they are (note a handful date back to 2012, but 2013 marked their momentum and availability):

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Electricity in the Fish Life

Published on Dec 29, 2013 Alexander Zolotov·116 videos

"Composed and recorded together with Igor Vasiliev (http://motion-soundscape.blogspot.ru).
SoundCloud version: https://soundcloud.com/zzzwiw/electri...

Recording: Master Record for iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/app/master-r...

Final processing: Audio Mastering for iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/app/audio-ma...

More about audio processing apps for iPad:
http://audio-mastering-ipad.com

Instruments:

Virtual ANS
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans

VTOL sound boxes
http://vtol.cc/filter/system"

Virtual ANS & Drawing

Published on Dec 12, 2013 Jeff McLeod·22 videos

"Using Virtual ANS with one of my drawings. Just a quick experiment."

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Virtual ANS: Making a Brush from the Voice

Published on Dec 10, 2013 Alexander Zolotov·115 videos

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Virtual ANS for iOS Update

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

"What's New in Version 2.1
* layers;
* multi-level undo buffer (default number of levels - 2, but you can change it in the app Settings);
* improved brush manager (with such options as Load From JPG/PNG/GIF file, Save to PNG);
* now any selection can be converted to brush;
* new effects: Gain, Noise, Vibrato;
* added Panic button (in the Project menu) - press it to stop all audio and MIDI tasks;
* new Visualization settings: Pitch Panel (Show/Hide), Time Panel (Show/Hide);
* additional File Browser functions: Remove, Rename, Cut, Copy, Paste, Create Directory;
* now you can see the file size in the File Browser;
* iOS: Audio Copy/Paste (Project -> Export/Import -> ...);
* progressive JPEG support;
* AIFF support (load only);
* bugs fixed."

Work Of Fiction with Virtual ANS

via Joel Braverman on Facebook

"Little track created with Virtual ANS app for iPhone..."

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

This would be great to loop in the background for Halloween trick or treaters. :)

Electricity in the fish life (Studio version)

"Audio impressions from old time radio broadcast. Performance together with Alexander Zolotov author of Virtual ANS.

Recording: Master Record for iPad itunes.apple.com/app/master-record/id662532945

Final processing: Audio Mastering for iPad itunes.apple.com/app/audio-mastering/id640515541

More about audio processing apps for iPad: audio-mastering-ipad.com

Instruments:

Virtual ANS for iPad itunes.apple.com/app/virtual-ans/id711384847

Author site:
warmplace.ru

VTOL sound boxes
vtol.cc/filter/system"


via Igor Vasiliev on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Virtual ANS demo for iPad and Audiobus example

Published on Oct 14, 2013 thesoundtestroom·147 videos

"A Demo of Virtual ANS from Alexander Zolotov the man who brought you Sunvox..I go through some of the features and show you an example of using it with audiobus.."

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

A synthesizer and an application

Published on Oct 6, 2013 ryouichi harada·37 videos

MS-20mini monotribe
minibrute
iPad modular
iPhone Virtual ANS [iTunes]

KORG MS20 Minis on eBay
Minibrutes on eBay

Virtual ANS Now Available

VirtualANStestsound1003
Published on Oct 3, 2013 ryouichi harada·38 videos

まだ、テストです。　もう少しこなれたら雰囲気出せるかもです。

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The instrument was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers.
You can hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker.

While the other similar programs are just fun toys, the Virtual ANS is a full-featured professional tool which allows you to create unusual, deep, atmospheric sounds. With this app you can draw a complete piece of music, or convert sound to image (sonogram) and then make some complex sonogram modifications.
Actually the potential of the program has not been explored yet, so it (as well as PixiVisor) is more appropriate for people who are searching for something new, not afraid to experiment with sound.

Key features:
• unique Virtual Analog sound engine;
• unlimited number of pure tone generators;
• powerful sonogram editor - you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time;
• any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa;
• MIDI Input;
• supported file formats: WAV, PNG, JPEG, GIF, VNS (Virtual ANS 1.x);
• Jack and Audiobus support;
• iTunes File Sharing;
• Wi-Fi Export/Import;
• Virtual ANS is also available for Android, Windows, Linux and OSX;
• more functions in the next Virtual ANS updates...

Official Virtual ANS homepage:
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans

Please try my other apps:
* PixiVisor;
* SunVox;
* PixiTracker."

Virtual ANS Test Drive

Published on Sep 20, 2013 stexe·82 videos

"Getting comfy with the gradient drawing tool on a bamboo tablet and the newly released Virtual ANS synth."

Virtual ANS: Drawing the Music on iPad (with MIDI Keyboard)

Published on Sep 19, 2013

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

See the ANS label below and scroll for info and demos of the original ANS.

Virtual ANS - New Cross Platform Synthesizer From the Creator of Sunvox

Published on Sep 19, 2013 Alexander Zolotov·113 videos

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

Playlist:
Virtual ANS: Intro
Virtual ANS: Sound to Image and Vice Versa
Virtual ANS: Image to Sound Conversion
Virtual ANS Universe
Virtual ANS Live Jam: iPad + Android Phone + Monotribe

Update: If you are not familiar with the ANS, be sure to see this post. It is an incredible pice of synth history. "The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957..." Also see the ANS label below.