a sucker for random - New Release by Franz Schuier

via Franz Shuler (also posted on MATRIXSYNTH-C)

"I finally finished it and would like to share with fellow synth lovers.

Except the drums and a bit of tertazzi and sunsynth here and there, the E.P. was done on a small buchla and a 5 panel serge.

"a sucker for random"

http://franzschuier.bandcamp.com/album/a-sucker-for-random

5 track E.P. exploring random voltages.

All tracks are based on underlying drumtracks programmed with analog drummachines. In contrast to the drumlines, the synths are driven by numerous random voltage techniques, using a Buchla Source of Uncertainty, Serge SSGs, Ciat Lombarde gear and a Serge TKB. More randomness was created by crossmodulating sources. E.g.: The SSG used the respective drum machine noise as source for the S&H.

Tracks were not arranged, but recorded as multitrack and then mixed/muted later on an analogue desk.

"The preserve of chance is a very amusing thing." M.Duchamp (Dialogues With Marcel Duchamp)

credits
released 28 October 2012
Produktion Franz Schuier
Mastering F.Sitterle

Find some "Making Of" pics here"

genoQs Officially Announces the Nemo

I just received the following email:

"Dear all,
we are excited to just having announced NEMO - our new MIDI sequencer!

Based on the technology already proven with Octopus, NEMO is a high-end machine, continuing our tradition of 'realtime everything' MIDI instruments.

With the interaction and function model of Octopus being adapted to a new interface, NEMO's particular strength lies in its compact, portable format. Its design is high-end, and the build level of our machines is already proverbial - Nemo makes no exception. Further details will be available on our site in the coming days. [NOTE: there is some preliminary info up now, so do check it out.]

Nemo will be available starting July 1st, 2008 for a price of 1399.- EUR.

Proudly, NEMO was first shown to the public at the Musikmesse 2008 and the feedback received by far exceeded our already high expectations.

We are accepting pre-orders for Nemo now, and pre-orders placed before April 1st, 2008 will be granted a 10% discount.

Furthermore, we are shifting the Octopus production from the Legacy model to "New Classic" Machines. These will feature the same black wood as the already legendary "Black Sea" with a white panel and red/green/yellow LEDs.

New Classic Octopus is available now and priced at 2599.- EUR. Also, Legacy Octopus machines are still available in limited quantities at the unchanged price of 2399.- EUR.

Once again - we are very delighted to break these news to you, and thank you, valued customers, users and interested parties alike, for your ever growing support, continuous dedication and trust!
--

Marcel Achim and Gabriel Seher
_____________________________
www.genoqs.net"

genoQs updates

News - Octopus OS v1.42 available, NewClassic picture book, Nemo development

"Dear all,
the last few weeks have been once again very busy over here. And these are the accomplishments:

* The resonance upon Nemo's announcement at the Messe was fantastic, and backed by the preorders we have recorded until early April. We are indeed much looking forward to the new "little" machine, that seems to become quickly our kids' new favorite. It's sure the size.. Plus, we are working hard to boost up some of the specs and prepare some nice little surprises for you by launch time.

* Octopus is seeing today a new release of the OS, now in version 1.42 (available now on our site in the download area). 1.42 is mainly a maintenance release, making the machine ready for the summer! Because we know the update procedure is not everyone's favorite, we also built in a few feature additions to help your update decision. Chords may span now up to three octaves, step pitches may become dynamic, and scale transposition comes with new qualities.
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* Finally, we have compiled a new picture book featuring the NewClassic edition, which has grown fast to be the rightful heir of Legacy. The picture book is getting into some operational detail as well, making it an ideal starting point for those new to the world of Octopus.
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Looking forward to the busy months ahead of us, and in the meantime wishing you all a terrific summer and fruitful musical creation!

Yours,
Marcel + Gabriel
______________
www.genoqs.net"

SFF2022 - MODOR NF1 et DR2

video upload by Les Sondiers

"Démo des produits MODOR par leur concepteur, Marcel GROSS"

Organ Donors - Make The Girlies Wet (Original Mix) ULTRASOUNDS EP PART 1

YouTube Uploaded by OrganDonors on Aug 11, 2011

NSFW - spot the racks.
"BUY THE TRACK NOW http://bit.ly/r7gtHg
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'Make The Girlies Wet' Is the 1st installment from the insane 3 part ULTRASOUNDS EP ahead of their Massive Audio Surgery 'ULTRASOUNDS' event at the O2 Academy on Oct 1st.
Featured Multiple Radio 1 Plays, Showtek's Live For The Music Podcast, Isaac's Hardstyle Sessions Podcast, Fausto's Crossover 'Tune Of The Week'! + Dj support from the whos who!
Organ Donors are bending all the rules within the harder music scene, currently involved in collaborations with Scott Project, A*S*Y*S & Kamui as well as crossover projects with trance superstars Marcel Woods, Lange, Randy Kattana, Simon Patterson, Sean Tyas, Mark Sherry & Ali Wilson and pushing their new exciting HARD EDGE sound to the masses! Check This & Wreck This!.. Make The Girlies Wet!...

http://www.organdonors.dj/"

Chris Meyer's Alias Zone: The Cave

video upload by Learning Modular

"This performance premiered on April 1 2022 as part of @SynthFest France. It’s a mythical, musical exploration of the Lod Cave in Thailand, with the various musical parts rushing off to explore its various chambers and celebrate its mystery and beauty, while others are more apprehensive and suggest caution.

More music by Alias Zone: https://aliaszone.bandcamp.com

In this piece, Chris Meyer plays:
Pandora’s Box (modular synthesizer)
Ableton Live
Korg Wavestation and Arturia Pigments virtual synthesizers
cave ambience by Marcel Gnauk of FreeToUseSounds
wordless vocals by Holly Drummond via Black Octopus
graphical treatments: Trish Meyer"

Synth Art by MCV

ARP 2500 and Minimoog


via marcel

Update: Prophet-5 and Robert Moog added below.

Highsage - ToorCon - 2012 - Live Elektron Hardware Performance (excerpt)

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by shagghie

"Deep into an hour long set in a warehouse downtown surrounded by the best hackers on planet earth at a private underground party. h1kari, geo, and nfiltr8 ... thanks for another great Toorcon, and the best party ever. Thanks to Qualcomm, too, for sponsoring this particular party. Any time I'm sweating as much as the dance floor, you KNOW it's gotta be good!"

Elektrons in custom hinged case with custom green knobs.

Update:

Highsage ToorCon.org Party Studio Run (Full-Length HQ Audio) Live Elektron Hardware Set

Published on Oct 23, 2012 by shagghie

"This is the studio pre-run video take and live un-edited HQ audio leading up to the amazing Toorcon.org underground warehouse party in San Diego on Oct 20th, 2012. This set was performed in front of several hundred of the world's best hackers... no ordinary party, and it was quite a show! Mad respect to h1kari, nfiltr8, and geo for one of the best 'cons in many many years, and to Qualcomm for helping fund the sound and ever-flowing bar tab. Set is performed on a pair of Elektron Octatracks and a Machinedrum and some in-line FX, all mixed on the Octatrack and into the house mixer. Down and dirty Detroit style techno and house with a nod to the old guard trance coming out of the early 90's...all with a modern Elektron performance style twist. Tradition and Future, Liberation of the Machines in true hacker form. Shouts to Dreamlabs, Skippy, Marcel and the ever-sexy Katy Rokit, whose vocal samples are woven throughout the set."

genoQs OS V1.0 Released

"Dear all,
more than a year ago we were proud to announce the general availability of what was to become quickly a quite desirable piece of gear.. says the continuous feedback we get about the Octopus.

Needless to say, we are not only proud, but deeply satisfied to see that what has started as a labour of love and passion has found greatest appreciation by users and users-to-become alike, many of whom we knew and respected highly long before they knew about us.

The feedback, ideas, thoughts and commitment that we have seen in return have helped build a machine that today we are ready, proud and thankful to present to you. We are ready to launch Octopus OS v1.00

This is a key moment in the life of Octopus, and one much anticipated, by many, and for many reasons. Once again, our sincerest thanks go to all who have contributed to the effort that went into creating Octopus what it is today - we leave the description out but would explicitly like to get your feedback on what you feel that
Octopus is to you!

Now - we are listing below an exerpt of our list of new things in OS v1.00..

All the other details are up on our web site.

Enjoy!!

Gabriel Seher + Marcel Achim
________________________
http://www.genoqs.net

In the following, we use the following mark convention:
(***) for new features,
(**) for evolved functionality, and
(*) for minor changes.

FREE TRACK CHAINING (***)
Tracks in a Page may be chained according to any
configuration desired by the user.

TRACK PROGRAM CHANGE (***)
Tracks now retain the MIDI program change information
as a track specific value.

EDIT TRACK DIRECTIONS (***)
Directions 6-16 are freely editable by the user, including
re-trigger and randomize options.

STEP GROOVE ATTRIBUTE (***)
A step may be delayed at playtime by a random amount
of time in multiples of 1/192 of a note.

GRID-TRACK MODE (***)
Up to 90 tracks are mapped to Matrix buttons and act as
virtual track selectors allowing for direct track operation.

STEP-NOTE RECORDING (***)
Notes may be recorded directly on pre-selected positions
in a page, irrespective of timeline and chase-light position.

PAGE SCALE CAD (***)
Changes to a scale may be set to affect the pitch values of
the tracks in the page. Whenever the scale is modified, the
track pitches are aligned to the new scale, modifying the
harmonic structure of a page in a musical way.

VAST MIDI-IN CONTROL (***)
Apart from recording MIDI data, MIDI IN ports can be
used to control various functions of the machine via MIDI IN
signals. This includes selecting grid sets and toggling grid pages
via program change messages, or even creating and modifying
scales on the Octopus - all at runtime of course.

VIRTUAL MIDI CHANNELS (***)
Provide an internal wiring of tracks to the Octopus MIDI in.
In this way, Octopus tracks may be used to leverage the
capabilities of MIDI IN control, right on the Octopus.

MAP FACTORS (***)
Each relevant attribute map now has a map factor, which indicates
the amount to which that map is applied to the current output.

EXPORT CONTENT TO SYSEX (***)
Memory content may now be exported as MIDI system exclusive
streams, providing a means to store machine state data outside of
the Octopus.

PITCH BEND HANDLING (**)
Now pitch bend data can be recorded and worked with, similarly
to any other MIDI controller data.

TRACK FLATTENING (**)
The FLT mutator has evolved to new semantics. It is now applied
to two or more tracks to create a "stacked" version of that track
selection into a single track.

NEW EFFECTOR STATE (**)
Tracks can now take on an additional state with regard to the
Effector. In addition to being unaffected, a sender, or a receiver,
tracks may now be receiving senders.

CC MAP LEARNING (**)
In addition to programming CC maps, you can now have them
learn by listening to MIDI IN input. Saves time and comes in handy.

FORCE TO SCALE INPUT (**)
Externally played notes can be passed through the Octopus and
forced to the scale of the current page.

TRACK SPEED MULTIPLIERS (**)
Octopus now features additional track speed multipliers.
These include: 1.5 (for direct creation of triplets), as well as the
following: 1/1.5, 1/8, 8, 1/16 and 16.

BANK CHANGE MESSAGES (*)
In addition to sending program change messages Octopus now
also sends bank change messages."

ARP 2500 Desert

via marcel

Just a little live jamming

Published on Aug 1, 2017 Marcel Krol

"Jamming a bit. Gear used: KS5, S30, JD800, DeepMind 12, D50, S3, X7, EX5 and JV1000."

Arduino sample synthesizer is now full of samples - loading SF2 and WAV samples on ESP32 & RP2040

video upload by Marcel Licence

"I've been working on improving the sampler project, especially how it loads sound samples.
Now, you can load samples from SF2 soundfonts, wav files, and a chosen directory.
This project works on ESP32 and RP2040, and more support is in the works.
I've also included the effects section from the last project.

Soundfonts do contain one big chunk of 16bit/24bit sample data, a list of data sets.
They have details about the range, tuning, and loop points of the samples.
There's also a list of instruments that can use different samples for various key and speed levels.
Lastly, there's a list of presets with additional settings.
I tried to make it easy to load specific parts of the soundfont, leaving out some options on purpose for flexibility.

You can also load wav files. These files might have extra information about the samples, like loop regions and tuning.
They are stored in an additional tag: "smpl".

In the future, I'm thinking of supporting different data formats (like 8-bit and stereo) and adding more file formats for loading samples.
I'm considering vgm and spc (Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo samples) and aif files containing sample info.

Sample sources:
SM64SF V2.sf2 - https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthr...
Emu EMAX II Soundfonts - https://archive.org/details/emax-2-sf-2
Linn LM-1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6lbofq90s54...
Enigma Flute Sound – Emulator II Shakuhachi sample - https://music.geisheker.com/download-...
SC55 Piano_V2.sf2 - https://musical-artifacts.com/artifac...
Yoshi's Island (WK 1.05).sf2 - https://musical-artifacts.com/artifac..."

MFOS DIY Modular Synthesizer demo

Published on Jun 24, 2017 Marcel

"A demo of my 'music from outer space' diy modular synth.

Modules:
3x VCO
24dB low pass filter
12dB low, band, hi pass filter
wave shaper (wavefreaker)
Phaser
Auto panner (leslie emulation)
Quad log/linear VCA
3x ADSR
10 step sequencer
mixer
multiples

This all can be controlled by midi with the Vermona qMI2 Quad midi interface which makes this polyphonic......ish :)

I made the case myself out of MDF. (except for the doepfer case of couse:)."

New Superbooth Berlin 2021 Presentation Videos

You can use the controls on the bottom left or upper right of the player to skip around.

Playlist:
1. Joranalogue - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

The Belgium Eurorack synth maker Joranalogue presented not one, but three new modules at SUPERBOOTH21: Orbit 3, Enhance 2 and Step 8.

During their Gesprächskonzert at Fuchsbau they not only talked about these new modules, but Alter Fritz also performed a live session with a Joranalogue based Eurorack system.

Driven by an unrelenting passion for analogue circuits, Joranalogue Audio Design offers an expanding series of high-quality Eurorack music synthesizer modules. They're continually introducing new approaches and techniques to the Eurorack platform, making waves in the waters of analogue synthesis. All products are designed and made in Belgium, guided by experiences in both modern hardware engineering and vintage synthesizer servicing.

This year, the Joranalogue crew finally returns to Berlin to present its latest developments. Join designer Joran van Gremberghe and artist Frits Jacobs (Alter Fritz) for a whirlwind ride through the exciting world of these black and silver modules!

2. u-he Wiretap - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert) @SUPERBOOTH21

For this Gesprächskonzert Urs Heckmann, founder of Berlin based company u-he, teamed up with Sebastian Hübert for their performance and presentation at Fuchsbau during SUPERBOOTH21. The former one-man show u-he is now a tightly knit team of employees, active associates and 3rd-party contractors – with ambitious plans.

Famous for very accurate and widely appreciated software synthesizers and effects, u-he showed their first eurorack module at a previous edition of Superbooth – the CVilisation. At SUPERBOOTH21 it was time for another announcement. They took the chance to present their latest development with a Gesprächskonzert, of which you can find the video documentation below.
The module is named Wiretap and it played a major role in creating rhythm during their performance.

Wiretap is a double gate extractor for v/oct signals. It will generate a gate when the voltage goes high, when it goes low, when it's steady, when it moves, when it's higher than the other one and when it's lower. And you can set the gate length and get additional envelope outputs.

3. Bitwig - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Berlin based DAW-makers Bitwig played a Gesprächskonzert on Thursday of SUPERBOOTH21. With the idea of - Less is More - Dave Linnebank showcased Bitwig and its possibilities, concentrating on simple ideas and how to creatively make them more complex. In other words: In this performance Dave starts with some short phrases, and then uses Bitwig Studio to extend them into musical passages. These will then become performance-ready clips by adding Bitwig's Operators for some fuzzy logic, getting the computer to make compositional choices while Dave is busy playing new lines on top.

Dave Linnenbank is a musician, technologist, and teacher. Over the past 20 years, he has crafted musical tools for pop and jazz artists, Broadway musicals, and desktop electronic musicians everywhere. Dave is part of Team Bitwig in Berlin, regularly making YouTube tutorials and more.

4. Verbos Electronics Complete Systems – SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

During his Gesprächskonzert at SUPERBOOTH21 Mark Verbos is introducing the audience to the newly designed Verbos Electronics System Configurations: Designer Configuration, Performer Configuration, Producer Configuration.

Mark Verbos explains the intended use of each configuration as well as the philosophy behind not only the module selection but also module arrangement. He also plays some examples with all three system to give a musical reference to the explanation of the ideas behind each system. This Gesprächskonzert is a great opportunity to watch and hear all three configurations right next to each other – where else would that be possible? Enjoy the video!

5. Modor DR-2 - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Modor introduced its powerful DR-2 drum machine at SUPERBOOTH21 with a short explanation by Marcel from Modor Music about its most deviant possibilities. This six-channel drum machine is completely digital – a discipline that Modor shines in. The DR- drum synthesizer features a sequencer with 128 steps and a very tidy user interface.

It positively surprised many people when it was introduced, because it is unusual and brings something new to the table. Luckily the DR-2 is not a copy of a classic, but uses modern digital synthesis to create drum sounds. A drum model can be assigned to each of the six channels. You can also assign the same model to several or all channels. The models include: Three bass drum models, three snare models, three cymbal models, claps, two tom models and miscellaneous, the latter divided into three subcategories: rimshot, rattle and cowbell.

This Gesprächskonzert was a very welcome opportunity to hear this rare drum machine in action. Enjoy the video!

6. Polyend Tracker - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Sobutane presents his upcoming album Future Cake using two Trackers and one Medusa durng this Gesprächskonzert at SUPERBOOTH21.

After working with the Yamaha RM1x sequencer for 13 years Sobutane discovered the Tracker by Polyend. Originally bought just for drum parts, it revealed itself to be a great live-oriented tool, making him compose music outside his trusty RM1x for the first time in his life. Although the idea of a tracker is not particularly new, the Tracker still feels fresh and inspirational to many musicians. The Tracker brought Sobutane ideas and a new approach to composing his music, so he bought a second one and a Medusa, also made by Polyend. That was the starting point for the creation of the music you hear in his Gesprächskonzert for Polyend. Enjoy!

7. Ploytec Boom Kick - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

This Gesprächskonzert was unusually opened with a steel-guitar performance by DobBroMan, showing the Ploytec Boom Kick (Guitar Pedal).

Ploytec always valued the opportunity of Gesprächskonzerte at Superbooth and so they took the chance to do another one in 2021 this time for a rather unusual product – a guitar pedal that generates a kick drum in sync with the tapped in tempo. Additionally it sends a MIDI clock to other gear. This is useful for simple backing of what the guitarist is playing. The addition of a bass drum completes the otherwise solo guitar and with the MIDI tempo output, other instruments can play in sync – whether these are additional drum machines or synthesizers or whatever.

And there is one special thing to note about the bass drum sound – there are no samples saved to this machine. The drum sound is generated through synthesis and it has a huge range of possible sounds, suitable for pretty much all music genres.

And if you haven’t heard the Superbooth blues yet, watch until the end!

8. LPZW & Tubbutec - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Kai and Tobi (aka LPZW & Tubbutec) probably could have sold every second SUPERBOOTH21 guest a 6mod6, that's how well their first joint product was received. At Fuchsbau the Berlin based manufacturers presented the result of their collaboration: a highly modified homage to the 606.

They were accompanied by an opening performance from Cem Oral a.k.a. Jammin’ Unit in which he used the new module intensively, giving a good idea about what the module sounds like in a musical context.

After the performance Kai and Tobi walked the audience through every sound engine of the module and showed their modifications of the original 606 circuits. Not only with the Gesprächskonzert, they convinced a lot of people that they created a great sounding and very versatile 606 inspired drum module.

Now the wait begins, the first batch of the 6mod6 still has to be built. Let's hope that the chip shortage does not delay the production too much.

9. Erica Synths PĒRKONS - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Erica Synths team of engineers and musicians have been working hard to bring surprise us all with a new instrument that no one expected and everyone wanted. Erica Synths had their booth completely dedicated to their latest product the PĒRKONS HD-01 drum machine.

PĒRKONS features four sonically versatile hybrid voices (digital sound engine + analogue multimode filter with overdrive) and a sequencer with simultaneous control over all four percussion tracks, an internal analogue BBD FX send, parameter automation and much more. This is a modern drum machine with a serious vintage look.

For their Gesprächskonzert they brought not one, but two of these machines and finally explained it and showed what it is capable of. For everyone’s surprise, the demo started with a drone set – yes, it can also do drones. And for the final concert part of this presentation, no other than Kodek entered the stage. Sounds fun? Enjoy the video!

10. Nonlinear Labs C15 – SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Stephan Schmitt, the founder of Nonlinear Labs, plays some improvisations on the C15 and shows the enormous tonal possibilities of this instrument and its ability to be played very expressively – with up to four expression pedals and the two large ribbon controllers. The C15 is a puristic and distinct digital synthesizer. Its sounds are generated by elementary algorithms and feedback structures. This opens up new fields for sound design and gives musicians an expressively playable and dynamical behavior, similar to acoustic instruments. The C15 is an instrument that has to be played by hand to unfold its full potential. After the performance Stephan explains what features are new and which special features of the C15 he used.

This isn’t the first Gesprächskonzert by Nonlinear Labs, so be sure to check out the previous editions for more information about this unique instrument.

11. Haken Audio & La Voix du Luthier – SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

Haken Audio and La Voix du Luthier have been presenting together at Superbooth for several years now, showing how well these two companies and their products fit together. This Gesprächskonzert features a Haken Continuum, the all-new Continuum Eurorack Module and the large Pyramid Resonator.
Watch Edmund Eagan passionately talk about his products and enjoy the demonstration and performance of the Continuum Fingerboard by Rob Schwimmer.

The almighty synthesis engine behind all these sounds is the Eagan Matrix, that now is also featured in the Eurorack module. This is a huge opportunity for sound designers and artists to expand their sound palette with very expressive and unique sounds.

12. UDO Audio Super 6 Desktop - SUPERBOOTH21 Gesprächskonzert (lecture concert)

UDO Audio brought the world one of the most interesting poly-synths of the recent years. Very rarely a company achieves such a success with their first ever product – but the Super 6 made it. Now UDO Audio showed the desktop version of this incredible synth. Great looks, ergonomics and the sound of the original Super 6 make this machine a very interesting option for many musicians and studios on the hunt for a capable poly-synth.

In this video George gives a little insight into the development of the company in general and his view on the past two years, since he presented the Super 6 to the world at SUPERBOOTH19.

John Bowen Solaris

via marcel

http://www.johnbowen.com/

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Art by MCV

via Marcel

also see his Minimoog and ARP 2500

Octopus OS 1.61_06 - public beta

via www.genoqs.net

"Dear all,

we are delighted to announce the first public beta of the upcoming OS 1.62.
At this stage the beta is available for Octopus only - Nemo is to follow.

The OS update is long awaited for its many user-proposed workflow improvements,
and also adds a new powerful and simple to use key feature: Hypersteps!

Hypersteps officially promote Octopus (and Nemo of course) to become the polyrhythm
machines par excellence, and we feel that they may lay the foundament for a new class of
features to come - as they will be suggested and asked for by our users :-)

Being in beta still, the OS file is recommended for the brave and adventurous for the
time being, and while we think it is quite stable, there may be aspects we have still to work on.
You can find it in the download area of our web site and installation is done via
SYSEX as described in the Octopus manual.

In another strain of events, note that our forum is back!
Unfortunately everyone needs to re-register, which is a bit of a pain.
Please accept our apologies for taking so long with restoring the operation.

As always, much looking forward to your feedback, ideas and thoughts.

Cheers,

Gabriel and Marcel



OCTOPUS OS v161.06 release documentation

start ----------------------------------------------------------------

- HYPERSTEPS
In short, hypersteps are steps that do not trigger notes, but trigger tracks in their respective page. Therefore, if a track is linked to a hyperstep, once the hyperstep is played, the track is being triggered to play at a speed corresponding to the step length (in 1/192 intervals), and taking over the hyperstep's velocity and pitch offset.
To engage the hyperstep function go to page mode, hold a track selector down, and at the same time designate the hyperstep in the matrix, in a row other than the track's (by pressing it down as well). You will see that the track selector and the hyperstep start "shining" green.
A track can only have one associated hyperstep.To disengage the hyperstep of a hyped track, hold the selector pressed and press a step button in the matrix row of the track.

- PREVIEW PERFORM mode introduced in page mode. This is similar to EDIT mode but does not send MIDI notes out as in EDIT mode. Allows for better Berlin School type of performance. Engage by pressing the EDIT button twice (again, "twice", and not double-click!).

- Fix for the the bug related to recording on the first step in chained tracks.

- Copy and paste steps works in Page EDIT mode.

- EDIT LED blinks orange when activated in PAGE and GRIDTRACK mode

- GRIDTRACK mode matrix key presses are now as responsive as they should be

- Upon stop or page switch all chains are reset to play the head track

- Program Change send optimizations

- Double-click in GRID mode (non-EDIT) does not toggle page status. Live-safe!

- Step phrases are now shifted correctly on shifted tracks

- Recording in chained tracks with chainsplayhead now records the correct pitch

- Blinking freq of LEDs is now a bit lower and hence easier on the eyes

- Long chords (> 192/192) are played with the correct length.

- Step skips will keep the step state after an unskip operation.

- Un-skip function is now active in the EDIT and PREVIEW PERFORM mode.

- Step skipping is possible in two ways: hold MUT and press the steps, or hold the step buttons and press MUT.

---------------------------------------------------------------- end"

Modor NF-1 Synthesizer Overview Videos

Published on Jun 23, 2015 Turnlab

"Marcel from Modor Music shows us the Modor NF-1 synthesizer. More info and specs at modormusic.com"

Playlist:
Modor NF-1 Synthesizer - Video 01 - Overview
Modor NF-1 Synthesizer - Video 02 - Fomant filter
Modor NF-1 Synthesizer - Video 03 - Filter Section
Modor NF-1 Synthesizer - Video 04 - Oscillator Section

genoQs BlackSea Brings New OS 1.40

"BlackSea does not only look uniquely exciting - it also brings us the the brand new OS 1.40!

Pre-installed on all BlackSea, and of course installable on all Octopus machines, OS 1.40 adds several features with focus on live play. The detailed list is provided in the release notes document.

The OS can be downloaded in the service->OS software area of our web site.

Some of our favorites:
- Step Length multiplier, to have steps play up to 8 full notes at normal track speed
- Increased resolution of the MIDI CC stream, with CC messages sent in-between steps
- Page EDIT mode - a toy in itself!
- Step selection stores, to quickly switch between groups of selected steps
- Step selection inverse editing - you just have to try this..

We are very proud of the new features and the new OS. The true merit is once again with our user community, whose engagement and commitment was once again one of our main sources of inspiration and energy in the creation process. Thank you for that!

Finally, we would like to wish you and your families a wonderful, peaceful Holiday Season, and are looking forward to the new year, which may bring you all the blessings from above and within.

Yours,
Marcel + Gabriel"

You can find more info on the genoQs Octopus and BlackSea on the genoQs site.

New genoQs OS and Website

"Dear all,
some time has passed since we brought to you version 1.0 of the Octopus OS. Response has been tremendous, and we have been quiet since. So have been most of you, playing your machines, as it turned out. And rightfully so!

In case you were wondering about us.. we were busy doing some homework in the background. And finally, we are now ready to present you our latest achievements!

1. NEW WEB PRESENCE
We have completely redesigned our web page. Same place, different look!
We are far from done, but this structure enables us to grow more easily.

2. NEW FORUM
The new page incorporates a new forum engine.
We will not move contents from the old forum into the new one, but let
us know if you find that something should be carried over and we will work
out a solution.
The user access information is not carried over either, so you need to
re-register to use the new forum. Sorry for any inconvenience this may pose.

3. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
We have significantly cut our delivery lead time for Octopus.
For all practical purposes, one can say that Octopus is now available
without any wait!

4. FACE LIFTED DOCUMENTATION
We have re-formatted the Octopus documentation, and hope that you will
find it more easy to read. We have also isolated out the tutorials, to make
them easier to handle and hopefully multiply in the near future.
Separate PDFs in A4 and Letter versions will appear shortly, watch the space.

5. OS UPDATE
Finally, the release of a new OS version!
OS 1.02 is primarily a maintenance release, but does bring you a few goodies:
. Multi-track MIDI recording
. Channel pressure is now part of the implementation
. Pitch bend is processed in 14 bit resolution
. Throughput of MIDI data when recording
The update to 1.02 is recommended for all users.

We hope you enjoy the new artifacts, and as always, we much look forward to your comments and feedback.

Until then, happy sequencing!


Gabriel + Marcel"