genoQs Nemo

More info is now available on the genoQs website.

"Nemo is a high-end MIDI step sequencer, adding portability to the highly acclaimed functionality and user friendliness of Octopus. It is in many ways an Octopus in disguise, and one that feels equally well in a backpack or on your lap!

It features the same sequencing lighthouse features that Octopus users have enjoyed for years, including polyphonic steps, self-modulating and cross-modulating sequences, freely editable musical scales, user editable runtime directions, full-scale MIDI recording, and much more.

Nemo’s tactile and visual feedback, as in Octopus, is a physical experience so typical for traditional musical instruments. You know already that music is about your body as music is being felt, heard and played with Nemo. And the numbers behind it all.. no display? Well, do you really care? Yes, computers love them. We love light, color, and most of all music!"

Yellow Drum Machine

via Heinrich. Check out Let's Make Robots! for more.

Digital VCO

via Eric on the SDIY list.
"This is a voltage controlled DDS, implemented with a Cypress PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip). It uses standard 1V/Octave control voltages over a 0-10V range and generates 8 different waveforms with a +/-5V swing as output. Output frequencies from 20Hz-20kHz are possible, and falling-edge sensitive hard-sync is also provided....

It was my 'freshman' SDIY project and a good introduction to the ins & outs. I like the idea of the PSoC, but the MCU is a bit underpowered, especially when it's running ISRs to handle all the housekeeping for the various peripherals. The ADCs & DACs are built out of Switched Cap blocks and don't have particularly fast conversion times either. It would be great for low-speed CV stuff thought - LFOs, EGs, etc. and I've got some ideas on the back burner for going further with some of those functions." You can find more info and samples here.

Update: Note that Eric did the firmware for the Modcan VCDO

Aeriel Studios

Aeriel Studios

of Thighpaulsandra


via Tara of AnalogSuicide.

Endorphin - Quad SID synth (first tests)

YouTube via fibranijevidra. via fischek
"..first sounds from my baby. Sorry for bad picture and sound quality. It was captured by digital photo camera. For more pictures: link" Interesting. This one appears to be the same as the one I put up here.

Divius TR808 clone

YouTube via fibranijevidra. via fischek
"First sound tests of BD and SD voices of Divius, a Roland TR808 drum machine clone.
Sorry for poor sound quality. It is taken with camera microphone."

Update via pilfermusic in the comments:
"It is important to note that these are Saha's very nice panel designs based upon the hard work and dedication of moogah (name withheld to protect the innocent). You rock Jeff!

You can learn more about the MB-808 TR-808 drum machine clone at the following websites.

http://www.eight-oh-eight.org/

Doug's sweet site - http://www.analognotes.com/mb808"

Butterfingers by Bomb the Bass

video here

The video was produced by Perish Factory where it is hosted.

via Steve.

Arduino Sequencer (first prototype)

YouTube via beamercola

"Tycho playing with my home built arduino midi sequencer. Still a work in progress!

First row is the standard note assignment
Second row is velocity (turned off in this video)
Third row is measure based global transposition

Tycho: http://tychomusic.com/
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beamerco..."

via Beamer:
"Beamer here (from the Beamer Wall http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/10/3aaasp-flickr-set-via-zonkout.html)

I've been working on a sequencer project for a while and I got some good footage of my good friend Scott Hansen from Tycho (http://tychomusic.com/) and ISO50 (http://iso50.com/) playing with it.

And some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beamercola/sets/72157604225735849/

It's based off of the Arduino right now.
The first row is your standard note assignment The second row is velocity (turned off in this video) The third row is measure based global transposition

The next extension I'll be doing is pots on both sides of each row allowing you to trim the left or right side of the sequence.

Thanks for all your hard work on the blog!
Beamer"

Thank you!

EWI Solo 1 (Paul Kerry)

YouTube via RoadRunnerLaser. via fischek.
"Paul Kerry demonstrating the amazing versatility of the EWI 4000s... This is part one of two. This is the start of the recording. Part two is probably slightly more interesting than part one. I made this recording because I wanted to record the riff so that I would not forget it. It's currently just a work in progress and I'm developing on the idea at the moment. (A version of this piece was played at Whistle Binkies - I now call this piece "Finally Live") The only instrument being played is the EWI. No drum machine, backing track or external equipment. The EWI is hooked to the amp via a radio transmitter. The instrument sound I'm using on the EWI, is one of my own custom settings that I designed to be an 'electronic didge'. This is the instrument that 'lacollll' referred to as my "grandma's fartophone". The sound was designed to be very 'quacky' and responsive to changes in breath because I wanted to use it, as I am doing in this video, with didgeridoo playing techniques. This particular version of that sound has the EWI's delay added to give me a form of 'note-repeat'. With the delay enabled, I can then play both the rhythm and the melody by alternating from one to the other, the delay keeping the rhythm going while I play a bar or two of melody. I normally prefer to play this sound without the delay because I like the response of the instrument and playing it clean gives a clearer impression of the way the instrument behaves. The technique used to make the sharp 'quack' is hard to describe accurately but it's based on the traditional didgeridoo playing technique called 'pulling'.

Didge players often describe this kind of playing with the syllables 'do-ro do-ro' as this approximates the action of the tongue. This tonguing technique is what I am using to create the rhythm. The sharp punchy quacks from playing this particular sound with that technique is the noise you are perceiving as a drum-beat. The effect is enhanced by the fact that it is layered by virtue of the EWI's internal delay. What you are hearing is purely a result of a combination of the EWI and playing technique"

FL Studio 8

"Key new features and changes

First of all, FL Studio 8 is everything which is included in FL Studio 7 plus many, many more. Let's have a look at its key new features ...

FL Synthmaker is a fully modular environment where you can create & share your own FL instruments, effects & dashboards without the need to write basic code.

One-click-recording using the built-in Edison Wave Editor, a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, loop-recording and more…:

Slicex, the power horse drumloop slicer & re-arranging tool.

Soundgooodizer is a stereo 'maximizer-enhancer' plugin based on the Maximus sound processing engine.

Soundgoodizer is shiny it’s good!

Included Fruity Limiter/Maximizer for maximizing & compressing final mixes or individual tracks

FL Studio can permanently learn and remember links to external controllers with the new ‘multilink’ function + 'Override generic links' option.

Wave Candy is a flexible audio analysis and visualization tool with Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyser and Peak Meter.

Sinc interpolation now faster (64point sinc now usable real-time depending on CPU)

Rendering with latency compensation

Score logger, records all MIDI & note activity for instant recall.

Directwave Player, broaden your musical palette with downloadable sound banks and multi-sample sets.

Recording filter, to select Audio, Automation or Note data recording independently or in any combination.

New slip editing and resizing tool for Playlist clips

Multi-core safe plugins are threaded for performance gain on multi-core CPUs.

Introducing 'Selected mixer track' in Mixer, to which the selected mixer track is routed, and where to place visual effects or a recording Edison.

FL8 now supports Track-based sequencing, Pattern Clips present sequence data as Audio and/or Automation Clips

A 'News Panel', to keep users updated with content and patches."

What's new in FL8? page
Be sure to check out CDM for their write-up.