Monome Aleph Sampler Contemporary Music Synthesizer

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Monome Aleph Very Rare Synthesizer Programmable Effect Box

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Soundcomputer.

powerful audio processor, synthesizer, noise machine, rapidly modifiable instrument. a platform for experimental practice and organic discovery.

attachments.

connect grid controllers, modular synths, midi keys, stomp boxes, gamepads, hand-made circuits. for more direct control and uncommon pairings.

topography.

dynamically arrange control mappings with unprecedented flexibility. create software control sources such as modulators, logical operators, aleatoric processes, sequencers. all quickly storable and recallable.

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Little piece with Meadowphysics for Orac on the organelle

Published on Aug 31, 2018 junklight

"Someone ported the aleph monome externals over to the Organelle and I put one in an Orac module

Rather enjoying meadow physics and hoping to make a piece with the Ansible version in my modular soon.....

Organelle & grid owners can find the module here https://patchstorage.com/meadowphysic..."

Monome Synth Module - Aleph Sound Computer Synthesizer

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"designed and engineered by ezra buchla [Don Buchla's son] and brian crabtree::

%100 percent functional and looking great!
w/ 4Gb SD card,
loaded firmware,
original instructions,
and mysterious still photography
that came with the unit.

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Description from :
URL :: https://monome.org/aleph/

aleph is an adaptable soundcomputer where synthesis, drum machines, samplers, loopers, and various other possibilities can be implemented with creative mapping and numerous external control methods-- attach via USB (grid controllers, knob boxes, MIDI keyboards, gamepads), CV (control voltage for modular synths, foot switches, etc) and computers.

simply put, aleph is a small audio input/output device with a screen, bank of buttons, and series of encoders/knobs. it has the ability to host and run a variety of programs created by both monome and the user based community surrounding. new applications will be developed, documented and shared over time. elaborate mappings can be created without writing code by way of an easy menu driven environment and a thorough preset system.
soundcomputer.

powerful audio processor, synthesizer, noise machine, rapidly modifiable instrument. a platform for experimental practice and organic discovery.

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Aleph Patch Simplified

Published on Jan 7, 2018 Todd Barton

"I've been continuing to pare down and simplify my little Aleph patch. Enjoy! And I look forward hearing what directions other's take this in."

Aleph Patch V1

Published on Dec 12, 2017 Oren Levy

"My first attempt at recreating Todd Barton's Aleph patch on my Buchla system. I took some liberties to embellish the patch. By having the end of cycles trigger the opposing envelopes, you can hear a little bit of Krell.

Here is one of Todd's videos walking through the patch" [posted here]

Todd Barton Building his Aleph Patch on Eurorack with Random Source Serge Modules & More

Building My Aleph Patch Published on Dec 3, 2017 Todd Barton

"5 years ago I created a patch that I called The Krell https://vimeo.com/48466272 [posted here]
It was developed on a Buchla system and its name paid homage to Bebe and Louis
Barron and their pioneering electronic music from the film Forbidden Planet.

For the past many months I’ve be working of a similar yet different patch I call
The Aleph after the short story of the same name by visionary and imaginative writer, Jorges Luis Borges. web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/borgesaleph.pdf
'an Aleph is one of the points in space that contains all other points.'

This patch was developed using a constellation of eurorack modules. Hopefully this description and walk-through of building the patch will be a catalyst for others to develop, enjoy and explore!

My thanks to fellow travelers along the way who have encouraged, prodded and given me feedback: Bruno Liberda, Daniel Cramer, James Cigler, Gerald Good, Darrin Wiener, Bruce Bayard, Adam Scramstad, Charles Seeholzer, Michael Vannice, Robert Coburn, Federico Placidi, Colin Spiby, Michael Maag and Matrixsynth to name a few… Thank you!"

Also see The Aleph Patch Explained.

Barton's Aleph versus Husted's SP-4DP

Published on Oct 15, 2017 jdanielcramer

"Todd Barton's latest bit of patching genius in a grudge match with James Husted of Synthwerks fame's ultimate fader controller. Oh the humanity!"

Reminder: Todd Barton is currently on tour. You can find a list of shows here.

The Aleph Patch Explained

Published on Sep 2, 2017 Todd Barton

"Years ago I developed the Krell Patch https://vimeo.com/48466272 [posted here]
Now I'm exploring a new patch and am calling it The Aleph Patch after a short story of the same title by Jorge Luis Borges. Enjoy the ride."

GENESI - Festival (Official Teaser)

GENESI - Festival (Official Teaser) from Angle on Vimeo.

GENESI - Festival

31.12.2016

Bologna Fiere

www.genesifestival.it

Shot and Edited by ANDROMEDA

(Piero Fragola, Jacopo Cosmelli, Luca Ruggeri)

Music by ANGLE (Tiptop Audio Records)

Concept video-teaser for GENESI festival, by exploring a vision on the world's origin.

The Bereshit aleph, the first chapter of the biblical Genesis, was written on the surface of an egg, symbol of the principle of life, to tell how the Bereshit Elohim, principle transcending the divinity, created the sky and the earth, the life breath and the chaos.

We have written through images our idea of life birth, discovering a complex identity, between nature and power of the mind.

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And some info on the event, inspiration for the video, and the line-up via Piero Fragola of TipTop Audio Records:

"This is a music festival for new year's eve

There are 5 areas from techno to pop music, but the main stage is techno.

They asked me for a concept video-teaser and I have worked on the idea of the genesis as a moment before the human creation.

BLACK STAGE
SPEEDY J
REBEKAH
GARY BECK
BLACK ASTEROID
AMBIVALENT
MATH MIND
CHRIS SHAPE
THE ORION

RED STAGE
JAM & SPOON
MARC ACARDIPANE
MARUSHA
SACCOMAN
SENSORIA (live set)
RICCI JR
DJ PANDA

BLUE STAGE
JOHN JACOBSEN
ALEX KENNON
CIRCO NERO

GREEN STAGE
LA MAQUINA PARLANTE (music performance)
LINK DJs

YELLOW STAGE
we love 2000"

Broken Echo Meadowphysics | Meadowphysics CV

Published on Aug 31, 2016 Ted James Butler

"Monome Grid and Meadowphysics running direct to Make Noise Phonogene in Broken Echo mode, through MMG and out to Aleph running Skitter. Very simple patch. Maths channel 1 modulates Phonogene vari-speed while channel 4 modulates MMG Freq1."

Meadowphysics CV

Published on Aug 31, 2016 Ted James Butler

"Grid, Aleph and Meadowphysics by Monome.
STO, System0 and System Concrete by Make Noise.
Phonogene in Broken Echo Mode.
Toraverb by D16 Group.
Valhallashimmer by Valhalla DSP.
Meadowphysics CV scene by Rayce.
Ergonomic modular synthesizer enclosure by Goike.

September 8, 2014"

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966

Published on Jun 12, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.1 1955-1966
00:00 Hans Kox - Three Pieces for Electronic Organ (1955)
03:54 Ton de Leeuw - Study (1957)
10:51 Jan Boerman - Musique Concrète (1959)
14:02 Jaap Spek - Impulses (1959/60)
22:07 Rudolf Escher - The Long Christmas Dinner (1960)
28:29 Henk Badings - Cain and Abel (1956)
37:32 Dick Raaijmakers - Piano-forte (1959)
42:35 Ton de Leeuw - Antiphonie (1960)
57:54 Frits Weiland - Study in Layers and Pulses (1961)
1:02:47 Hans Kox - Cyclophony III (1964)
1:10:25 Tom Dissevelt - Gamelan (1963/64)
1:13:34 Axel Meijer - Werkstuk-1964 (1964)
1:16:12 Robbert Jan de Neeve - A.F. (1964)
1:17:36 Peter Schat - The Aleph (1964/65)
1:25:29 Ton Bruynel - Reflexes (1961)
1:30:08 Will Eisma - BTH. 3457 (1963)
1:34:24 Klaus Gorter - K45 (1964/65)
1:40:09 Luctor Ponse - Etude-I (1964/65)
1:46:33 Berend Giltay - Polychromie-I (1965/66)

Update:

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977

Published on Jun 13, 2016 ozashikiTECHNO

Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol.2 1966-1977
00:00 Jacob Cats - Cadence-1 (1966/67)
06:18 Tera de Marez Oyens - Safed (1967)
13:57 Jos Kunst - Exterieur (1967)
23:43 Gilius Van Bergelijk - D. E. S. (1967/68)
31:36 Frans van Doorn - Minnuet (1967/68)
40:48 Thomas Arras - A.B.C. (1968)
49:25 Simeon ten Holt - I Am Sylvia (1973)
1:05:05 Victor Wentink - Discours (1975)
1:18:32 Louis Andriessen - In Memoriam (1971)
1:23:42 Peter Smith - Etude-1 (1975/76)
1:32:49 Tony van Campen - Sintering (1976/77)

Infinite Looper 1.1 & Aleph Looper for iPhone

Infinite Looper 1.1 Published on May 1, 2016 Secret Base Design

iTunes:
Aleph Looper - Secret Base Design
Infinite Looper - Secret Base Design
Curious if there is any relation to the monome Aleph Looper from Ezra Buchla & Brian Cabtree. Both are loopers.

"Aleph Looper is the iPhone version of Infinite Looper (which is universal).
From the stage to the studio, Aleph Looper will let you capture musical ideas, and can provide the framework for songwriting, all in a single integrated app. Loop MIDI phrases easily, control six different instruments, and quickly assemble loops into full songs. Visit the Secret Base Design web site for details and demonstration videos.

* MIDI Looping
There are dozens of audio looping apps; Aleph Looper expands on this idea, allowing you to quickly select different synthesizers, and loop the MIDI to each with perfect synchronization. Each of the instruments can have up to eight simultaneous loops. The loops can be of different lengths, up to sixtyfour measures long.

* Internal SoundFont Engine
Built into the app is an extensive SoundFont library with hundreds of instruments, and multiple drum kits. Pianos, strings, guitar, brass, synthesizers -- it's all there. Everything you need to get going right away.

* Inter-App Audio
Aleph Looper can host IAA-compatible synth apps -- take advantage of the wide range of innovative synths.

* MIDI In and Out
The app recognizes MIDI from other apps, over Bluetooth connections, and from hardware controllers. Secret Base Design is the developer of the innovative Apollo MIDI over Bluetooth -- the first Bluetooth MIDI solution for iOS. We're also partners in the musicIO app, which allows both audio and MIDI to be sent over an ordinary iOS sync cable. The app is built using the excellent MIDIbus library -- the Secret Base Design team has been at the forefront of MIDI on iOS for years.

* More that just loops. Songs.
Built into the app is a loop sequencer -- select different sets of loops for each section of a song, and the app will step through them automatically. You can build complex compositions, so that your songs evolve and breathe.

* MIDI Export
The iPad is an excellent music sketch pad, but it's not the end of the road. Aleph Looper will export a MIDI file for a song, which can be loaded into professional desktop DAWs. Use your iPad to put together a demo, and then bring in the full set of studio tools to finish your masterpiece.

* Keyboards and Pads
The app features a responsive piano-style keyboard -- adjust note velocity by touching towards the tops of the keys. And because on-screen keyboards can be hard to play, there's also ten pages of programmable pads. You can quickly assign notes or chords to pads, making it easy to capture the progression for a song idea, and bring the whole thing into focus.

* Quantization and MIDI Latency
To lock down timing, you can toggle on quantization -- or leave it off, for a loose, natural feeling. If you use external MIDI controllers, there can be latency in the MIDI messages -- the app can time shift slight to account for the delay of Bluetooth connections or WiFi. And if you use an audio-to-MIDI converter app like MIDImorphosis, latency compensation can tighten up the timing.

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NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFIED

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And a track from the release on Bandcamp:


Tracklist:

1. NYZ_FMMGKSQ_43t
2. ISR_16x16_WCM
3. CSN [excerpt 2 mono]
4. SWI_r170_16x32x32_B
5. SWI_FM1#16
6. NYZ-1_1#08_A [finite downsized]
7.CSN1 [excerpt 1 mono]

Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH exclusive further below!

FM EXPLORATIONS AND MICROTONAL DRONES FROM NYZ (AKA DAVE NOYZE, DAVID BURRASTON, NOYZELAB, BRYEN TELKO)

This is the first release by NYZ and is a superb musical collection of research areas classified to internal Noyzelab operations. Not even .MEDS label were informed of the secret processes underlying its creation, excepting that we know it involved Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis! We have not been given any information regarding when this work was recorded, but we suspect the material spans at least a decade of David's FM algorithm research on numerous synthesizers, as well his own custom built ear deceiving gear...

According to one reviewer of David's previous musical output he "gleefully disrupts just about every standard convention of musical form you could think of, including those of so-called experimental musics."

Other reviewers have written that :
"His music is a bizarre, yet compelling journey investigating the outer realms of music generated on ancient & contemporary machines." "It's strikingly original audio that doesn't really sound like anything else I can think of." "Utterly sublime. So there you go, a life-affirming slab of mind-altering sound to reawaken you to the terrifying possibilities of creation."

"absolutely wreaks havoc" wrote Keith Fullerton Whitman on reviewing David's last release T. H. Cycle cassette on Important Records/Cassauna .

Cassette releases April 1, 2016

All Audio by David Burraston
Design Tom Knapp

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MATRIXSYNTH recently asked NYZ why he put together this new album of FM synthesis based explorations, and whether he would discuss some of the process behind it. The declassified information below has been put together by NYZ especially for a MATRIXSYNTH exclusive.

***BEGIN NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFICATION REPORT***

DC REPORT STATUS: PARTIAL DECLASSIFICATION ONLY
PARTIAL DC STATUS: INCOMPLETE CELLULAR BINARY SPACETIME
PARTIAL DC LEVEL: SEMI-PICTORIAL_TEXTUAL_HIGHLIGHTS
FUTURE DC STATUS: _PENDING

The main reasons for making this album were an interest in FM synthesis in both analogue modular and MIDI/digital mediums. I had worked with digital FM synthesis since getting a Yamaha TX81Z when they came out back in 1987 (which I still have, along with another backup machine with a very hummy mains transformer which bleeds onto the outs). How me and another synth friend used to cry with drunken laughter at preset D11 Hole in 1... :) But after initially wondering whether I had just wasted about 350 UK pounds on an utter piece of shit... I quickly warmed to its better presets, and its very different approach to synthesis yielded enough interesting results early on for it not to get outed.

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Monome Aleph And Greyscale 128

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"The Aleph is one of only one hundred made and has the latest version of Bees installed. And quite a few scenes. The Monome 128 is also great fun and can be used without the Aleph (and the Aleph can be used without the 128). The aleph is amazing and can be pretty much whatever you want it to be. Synth, effects processor..,"

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Monome Aleph sound computer synth

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"This is a collaboration between the guys at Monome and Ezra Buchla. The Monome website describes it as," powerful audio processor, synthesizer, noise machine, rapidly modifiable instrument. a platform for experimental practice and organic discovery." The Aleph can basically be anything you want it to be.
It is an amazing little box, wish I had more free time to spend with it.
Comes with the original universal power supply and a SD memory card."

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Jams

Published on Jun 27, 2015 Benjamin Kinsman

"New Vid in the works, having a tough time deciding on an arrangement here's a lil jam i recorded earlier tho, all audio sources into the phonogene (broken echo mode) then the eventide."

The white box is the monome aleph.

Slip Track

Published on Feb 22, 2015 Benjamin Kinsman

"Got this setup perfected now, really liking the options that i have, no more new gear for a bit (famous last words...)
Gear Used:
Elektron Octatrack & Analog Rytm
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Monome Aleph & Grid
Eventide Space"

Beat Space

Published on Jan 11, 2015 Benjamin Kinsman

"First proper vid with my new 'mini' setup"

Monome Aleph on the bottom left.

pocket drop

Published on Nov 23, 2014 Benjamin Kinsman

"Haven't uploaded anything for a while, sorry about that!
No specific breakdown for this as it was to test out the midi/din to cv cable that i made but i will leave the patch assembled for a week if anyone has any questions.

Hope you enjoy it!

Gear used: Elektron Analog Rytm, 9u of Eurorack, Monome Grid & Aleph, Teenage Engineering OP-1 & Eventide space."