Korg DS-10 Spooky Forest

YouTube via LPChip.
"Have you ever heard reverb on a Korg DS-10? Well, technically, its not really reverb, but the delay, that produces a similar effect to reverb. I used this to create strings like sound. My initial goal was to create an Ambient track. I even set the BPM to 10 and it worked quite well. Too bad that I got all these faster melodies in my head that I couldn't write down due to the speed. So I decided to set the speed higher and clear the patterns. I ended up with 45 BPM. I'm very proud on the sounds that I made.

I've got a new camera, and that allowed me to get a better quality video than my previous video's. In addition, I've recorded the video also through my line-in. After that, I edited the video and replaced the audio with the line-in recording. This produces a much better sound here on youtube. Its nearly the quality that you get when you download the mp3 version, except ofcource that the mp3 version is just the song, not all the edits afterwards, which you'll get here on youtube. :)

If you want the mp3 version, click here: http://files.lpchip.nl/lpchip/LPChip%..."

Korg DS-10 Walking

"For this song, I wanted to do something different. I wanted something like Baseflow, but differently.

I was aiming for New Age, but I think it went more into Ballad/Waltz. Not a bad change though, I like it. :) You can expect a really nice and calm song. I also added the more important screens. :)

I hope you enjoy the song as much as I did making it. Want the MP3 version? http://files.lpchip.nl/lpchip/LPChip%..."

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An odd time signature theme

YouTube via attorks
"The time signature for this theme is 5/4 so its a little bit difficult to track the chords and the solo. You can see my head moving on the down beats in the solo. But it turned out well I think. The Waldorf sequencer has an 8 step sequence with 6 x 1/8 step-lengths and 2 x 1/4 step-lengths. The Doepfer MAQ16/3 has 10 step sequences on two rows driving the Synthesizers.com and the self-built Modular. The first odd note sequences comes from the self-built Modular, the second sequence from the Synthesizers.com and the third sequence from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The Roland XP80 is currently on the keyboard stand because I have to practice some music to be played on a 50 year anniversary party together with some Tidal Wave members from some 30 years ago. The XP80 has the Vintage Keys card which contain some Mellotron sounds. The solo is played on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.
Notice you can see our dog Zoë in the mirrordoor behind me.
I had to shorten the video somewhat because of the YouTube limit of 10 minutes. The original video can be seen or downloaded from my website."

Roland SH-32 stringmachine sound

YouTube via knarrbacken
"The sounds are from the SH-32 when I had turned knobs for intensity, LFO:s & more and did get some kind of stringmachine / synthesizer-sound."

Makeshift Omnichord with Korg nanoPAD, GlovePIE & Alesis Ion

YouTube via adzy31

"Recently discovered the amazing 80s instrument the Omnichord (and its newer cousin the Q-Chord) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENY3BX... - brilliant kind of electronic autoharp where you have individual buttons for a load of different chords... and a touch pad you can strum and it plays notes in that chord in some kind of amazing arpeggiated goodness.

This is my attempt to recreate the Omnichord interface with a Korg nanoPAD. I set up all the pads so they're just sending control data rather than note data, and via GlovePIE the control data from the x axis of the touch pad is divided up into 13 regions, each of which is assigned a note from an arpeggiated chord. the chords are chosen by the top row of pads. bottom right pad sends a note off message. Right now it's all chords in the key of C but something which can be changed - it's just a pain writing out the note data for the arpeggiated chords.

Midi data is being sent out from GlovePIE running on my PC to my Alesis Ion synthesizer, on a patch I forgot the original name of (renamed it when i tweaked it a bit) then through some reverb on my guitar amp.

All sounds very technical but the end result is pretty fun to use :)"

MacBeth X-Series Dual Oscillator B

via the Big City Music blog

ToneBoard on iPhone

YouTube via felixxing
"ToneBoard is an iphone app with which you can compose millions of fun music by enabling various tone buttons on the tone board.

It consists of 10x16 tone matrix.

The horizontal line is the time axis while the vertical line is the tone axis. 16 different tones are distributed along the tone axis. Press each square to activate the tone and press again to deactivate it."

ToneBoard iPhone - Song 1


ToneBoard 2.0 on iPhone


Available on iTunes here:

apc

flickr by zerozeroisland

"sone stuff in the studio right now, akai apc 40 prototype, home-made weird sound generator, there's a casio sk-1 int here somepalce and just off to the right you can see the Rhodes Chroma Polaris, propped up against the wall. that one needs a little work"

iPhone SoundGrid App - NOW in AppStore!

YouTube via pronvit
"New sequencer-like iPhone app that gives you way to create stunning audiovisual performances anytime anywhere."
Available on iTunes here:


SoundGrid App for iPhone - Demo 2

"New Tenori-On-like sequencer iPhone app that gives you way to create stunning audiovisual performances anytime anywhere."

Update:

SoundGrid iPhone App - Tutorial

Akai AX80

via this auction

EMS Synthi A Mk1 vintage modular analog synthesizer

via this auction
"very early vintage EMS Synthi A Mark 1 suitcase synthesizer in great cosmetic and functional condition. Auction includes synth, lid, 19 patch pins, power cable with Bulgin connector, some vintage EMS sales literature, a spare for the rare reverb driver IC and a .pdf copy of the owner's manual. This unit has been modified to run off of 110V North American power. The Mark 1 is very rare and it is estimated that only 300 of the Mark 1 Synthis were ever made. Many people (myself included) prefer the Mk.1 to the Mk.2 VCS3 and Synthi mainly due to the fact that it has individual waveform outputs on the patch matrix for Oscillators 1 and 2. Though both revisions sound similar (and each individual one sounds completely different from each other!) there were actually quite a few differences... do a google search if you're interested. One of the big diffs, alongside the different matrix layout and Prestopatch jack, was a diffferent power supply on the Mk.2 that allowed it to run the KS sequencer. So any factory-original Synthi AKS you've seen has been a Mk.2, as the Mk.1 wasn't equipped for it. I did find a page in my "Synthi Mk.1" search where someone had Robin Wood mod one to accept a KS, though, so it can be done. I've previously owned a Mk.1 VCS3 and a late model Robin Wood Synthi and the Mk.1 is definitely where it's at in my opinion."