SYB bass synths

flickr set sent my way via kulten

"standard color shots with a digital camera, then turn to black and white with my iMac."

SYB-3 and SYB-5

Felix's Machines composition 02-2007

YouTube via pintsznifer. Felix Machines - Felix Thorn "early stage of development."
You can read more about it here. via fabio.

NAMM: Akai EWI USB

You've seen the videos and prior posts. Here is the latest press release including price.

"NEW EWI BRINGS WIND-INSTRUMENT EXPRESSION TO ANYONE

EWI USB Delivers Full Electronic Wind Instrument Functionality at Attractive Price

Cumberland, R.I. (Jan. 15, 2009) – Akai Professional, the leader in music technology for wind players, announces shipment of the EWI USB, its latest wind controller. EWI USB and its new operating system will be on display at the 2009 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif., January 15 – 18, 2009 at the Akai Professional booth, number 6400.

EWI USB enables anyone, regardless of wind instrument-playing experience, to perform with the expressive capabilities of the wind instrument of their choice. The wind controller features a plug-and-play USB interface for use with the included Aria software, with Garritan and Akai Professional samples as a sound source. EWI USB is Mac and PC compatible.

Professional players will find EWI USB fully capable of performance for stage and studio with a five-octave range, breath modulation with adjustable threshold, pitch bend, adjustable vibrato, transposition and octave shifting capability, and fingering modes to emulate various electronic and acoustic instruments. Further, the Garritan/Plogue Aria software enables instrumentalists to perform with up to four instruments selected from the full collection of more than 75 orchestral, band and synthesizer sounds.

While EWI USB has full professional capabilities, its attractive price point and easy-to-play design make it a perfect choice for wind students. With a removable, dishwasher-safe, interchangeable mouthpiece that works well regardless of embouchure, EWI USB is excellent for introducing students to the world of wind instruments. Former wind instrumentalists who would like to return to playing will find EWI USB easy to adapt to, eliminating much of the embouchure-building time required with a traditional instrument.

Thanks to multiple fingering modes, EWI USB perfectly emulates saxophone, flute and oboe, as well as traditional EWI and EVI trumpet. The result is completely intuitive performance, even for players who have never picked up an electronic instrument.

“With EWI USB, we are delivering an incredibly expressive instrument to a whole new world of wind players,” states Gregg Stein, Director of Marketing, Akai Professional. “Traditionally, electronic wind instruments have fallen into two categories: very expensive professional instruments, and inexpensive instruments of low quality. EWI USB is the first instrument to offer professional quality at such an affordable price.”

EWI USB is now shipping to musical instrument and pro audio retailers at an MSRP of $499."

samplemulti - Waldorf Blofeld Sample

Another Waldorf Blofeld sample via Boele of SCD:

http://www.synthmusic.info/mpdries/samplemulti.mp3

"This is a live played line on the keyboard just 20 minutes ago. A split keyboard with the two arps on the left part and right part of the keyboard (same sound), plus a third sound coming up half way across the whole keyboard.

The arped sound uses sample oscillators the third sound uses wavetables.

It's another example of how intuitive and inspirational this synthesizer will be!

Boele"

Vaco Loco MonoWave II

"The MonoWave II is a complete change for me in that it's a 100% DSP based synth. My reason for this is that it allows me to experiment with features and the sound of the synth without having to rebuild circuits from scratch.

The MonoWave II is a free download for anyone who uses the Sound Art Chameleon. It was designed with the same goals in mind as the original Monowave, a unique sounding monosynth with unique sonic abilities.

I'm new to DSP and this is my first project, so I've decided to make it a freebie. You can get the latest version, along with a patch dump, in the downloads section. You can also find the source code, including DSP assembly language, here. Please feel free to use it, but I would request that you keep a link to the modulus webpage and also SoundArt webpages in the files."

Samples here

You can find more info on the original MonoWave here. In short it was a mono synth with Moog style filters and the PPG waveshapes for the Oscillators.

As always see the labels below for what's gone up in the past.

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"I can clear up a thing, because I own three MonoWaves: it does not produce wavetables. But it contains all the waveshapes the PPG waves used to make up the wavetables by interpolation. So it does sound like a PPG from the oscillator side. But the filter is a pure and legal (written permission by Bob Moog!) Moog filter.
http://www.till-kopper.de/monowave.html
Scroll down for the english (sort of) version.
Here is my MonoWave rack:
http://www.till-kopper.de/monowave-rack-small.jpg

keep on turning these knobs"

Till"

Update via Lord Avon in the comments:
"It's worth noting that you can control the wavenumbers via MIDI CC, so if you sequence it you can get psuedo wavetable effects, like this demo from Paul Nagle ;-
http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/monowave/sounds/MonoWaving_Seq.mp3"

16 step sequencer beat & video 1

YouTube via beyondthesevoices
"This was a live recording with my new video mixer. It's only a record of where I am in the creation process, so don't judge me too harshly. The video and part of the audio were made by a cellular automata video synthesizer, and the beats were made by my Nintendo DS with Korg DS-10."

NAMM: Introduction to Native Instruments Maschine

YouTube via NativeInstruments
"This is the first in a series of 17 videos that explain MASCHINE, the upcoming computer-based groove production studio from Native Instruments.

To see the other videos that cover all areas of MASCHINE in detail, visit www.native-instruments.com/maschine.info"

Una tarde con Ford Proco (electronic music, analog synthesizer)

YouTube via pepemogt. some synth spotting
"Ford Proco son un par de amigos que conozco desde hace casi 20 años, Lauro Saavedra Y Robert Castañeda tuvimos una reunion para finalizar su album "Diagrama Percutor" y me obsequiaron la recopilacion MEM que puedes bajarla gratis en AtAt-Records.com/Mem
Enjoy!"
Googlish:
"Ford Proco are a couple of friends that I know for almost 20 years, Robert Castañeda Lauro Saavedra And we had a meeting to complete its album "Percutor Diagram" and I MEM obsequiaron the collection that you can download for free at AtAt-Records.com/Mem
Enjoy!"

NAMM: BugBrand Modular Videos

BugBrandModularDemo - Jan09 - SinToucher

YouTube via BugBrand
"A simple patch to show some Touch control along with the ENV1 Attack/Decay env.gen.

We start off with a simple sin-wave passing through an LPG - pitching is from Touch Row1 and the touch gate controls the ENV1
- Row2 is then used to control decay
- and Pressure is used to control attack
- we switch the ENV1 into loop mode for fun and variation!

Check more at www.bugbrand.co.uk"

BugBrandModularDemo - Jan09 - Weeviling

"Here's a demo of the two-rack BugModular system..

- begins with a sync'd osc with modulation from the BugCrusher s/h unit (including some gliding)
- the Syn1 Weevil then brings in some rhythmic control
- introduction of a voice using Touch Panel control for pitching and envlopes
- yup!

Check www.bugbrand.co.uk for more details!"

BugBrandModularDemo - Jan09 - PowerRack

"A complex patch on the new BugBrand Modular 2rack desktop setup.

Touch Panels are used for diverse control and the SYN1 Weevil produces a load of timing pulses to control the ENV1 Attack/Decay

Visit www.bugbrand.co.uk for more details!"

Bobby "O" - I'm So Hot For You

YouTube via ProphetFromJupiter. Sleazy bar break between posts.
"Bobby "O" is my favourite producer, he's so clever and creative.
Hope you like this little remix I made...I'm so hot for analog synths. They drive me crazy !"
Another NAMM interlude. What's NAMM without the...
Don't worry, I won't be changing the site to EVERYTHING SYNTHETIC anytime soon.
I thought the description was a little funny. Just a little? Sorry?.. :)