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Ambient Sequencer AS-606

"Did you think about how to create ambient music that sounds like somebody left a brick on a synthesizer and went for a cup of coffee ?
Well now you can! With Ambient Sequencer AS-606 it is possible to compose music that lasts several aeons and is very simple to use.
Ambient Sequencer AS-606 features:

One-channel one-step sequencer*
Unlimited note duration
20-voice polyphony**
Compatible with all digital and analog keyboards
Real-time control for all parameters
"To Infinity And Beyond™" infinite control resolution
Contains no small parts
No choking hazard
Suitable for children less than three years old

*two-step sequencing option using "black-white" -technique
**with standard-sized keyboards, more with mini-keyboards
***yeah, right"

You can find more info including images here.

GorF Wins Zoybar Competition

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via Zoybar
"Congratulations also go to Paul Maddox (VacoLoco) introducing his project GorF 019, Paul's words:
"GorF will be 100% open source (GPLv3), the schematics are already available on my site, and a prototype PCB (100mm by 80mm) has been ordered, once I've built it using this PCB and confirmed it works, the PCB files and code will be published so others can build one and tinker with the code to suit their own needs... I hope that by giving these projects to the community it will encourage people to develop their ideas and create new things I can't even imagine!"

So, what's Zoybar?
"Zoybar is a unique platform for developing innovative music instruments and effects.

The Zoybar components provide research and development tools as
a sustainable prototype platform.

The same modular parts can be assembled as different instruments, can be changed during the performance and also be mounted with numerous special effects, just by adding and changing their position across the profile groves.

Learn more about Zoybar"

We're looking forward to see these skills integrated with the Zoybar hardware."

NAMM: WNAMM09: FX Pansion Unveil New Component Modeled Synths

See the write-up on Sonic State.

NAMM: WNAMM09: Quantum Leap Silk Road Crosses Borders

Be sure to see the write-up on Sonic State for more details.
Armenian Duduk and more samples of instruments from the East, China, Persia and India.

NAMM: WNAMM09: V-Machine New Look, New Sounds

via Sonic State
http://www.smproaudio.com/

Pixelh8 "Obsolete?"

via the Pixelh8 email list:
"I am very excited.
Recently I Pixelh8 have had the good fortune, with the help of The National Museum of Computing and the Performing Rights Society Foundation, to have a huge music project of mine funded. The project is to write a piece of music composed from sounds from some of the rarest and earliest computers and computing devices in the world to be performed at the World War II code breaking centre Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes on March 20th and 21st 2009.

The project entitled “Obsolete?” will make use of machines such as Colossus Mark 2 world’s first programmable, digital, electronic, computing device used for code breaking in World War II and probably one of, if not the most significant computer in the world. Another computer to be used is Elliot 803 from 1960, a giant machine that has only 4k!!! ithink it’s one of only three left in the world and I love it!

The blogs leading up to it have now also been declassified and can be accessed by going here http://pixelh8.co.uk/category/obsolete/

On the flipside the piece will also feature several other commonplace computing devices that have either been discarded or branded as “Obsolete?” as time moved on, so yes I will be using the ubiquitous BBC Micro too.

This will be chip tune music but unlike any other you have ever heard.

These machines have been restored to working order and in some cases completely reconstructed by volunteers and researchers at TNMOC, and I am honoured to be associated with these hard working men and women and the unique history of Bletchley Park.

This is to be one of many computer music related projects I am hoping to bring to the museum and I am very, very excited. I strongly recommend you go and visit The National Museum of Computing in the meantime, but you won’t get any more information about “Obsolete?” just yet, as it is classified information.

Pixelh8"

via brian c

Drum machine Orgy Update

I'm obviously smiling as I post this. :) I think this might get Title of the Year. Definitely for the year to date.

That said, you can find more info on the orgy here.

Hmm... I wonder what this will do to my Google ads. They are supposed to scrape the site and post relevant ads based on keywords. Orgy, orgy, orgy. Hot synths here! Hot dripping analog synthesizers!

BeatMaker 1.3.2 update is now available

"This update brings support for importing the Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer sounds directly into BeatMaker, as well as various general improvements."

The interesting note here of course is "integration" of different iPhone apps. I put integration in quotes because you can't run the apps at the same time for active/live integration.

You can find BeatMaker here: