Cortez Pro-Rhythm D-3 Mini Synth

via this auction

"1980's Cortez D-3 Pro-Rhythm Mini Synth."

VILLALOBOS

"Producer and DJ Ricardo Villalobos will be the subject of Romuald Karmakar’s upcoming documentary, based around the Chilean bred tech house counselor. Ricardo Villalobos has been a central figure in the electronic music scene during the past decade."

You can find more info, pics and a video here.

via Ross

Reason 4 Tutorial - Thor as a Programmable Filter (a slightly advanced tutorial) - Part 2 of 3

YouTube via SirSedricMusic. Part 1 here

"This is Part 2 of 3 of my series on Thor. This video covers using Thor's extensive routing matrix to make really cool, switchable and programmable effects. I've made a patch that exercises some of your options when routing Thor, but the real power is in your brain. Once you know how to do things like this, you can take the time to make your own patches from scratch and really flourish in Reason.

I'm using a Subtractor mono synth, only running 1 oscillator and 1 LFO, turned stereo as the basis for my sound and all other modulation is done through Thor's routing matrix and Combinator button assignments. I've tried to provide the most detailed information I could find in the Annotations, so make sure you have those turned on for the full effect.

My blog and music website can be found here -

http://www.SirSedricMusic.com

For those who bothered to read this much but not watch the whole video; part 3 will use Malstrom stereo synthesis and all 4 of Thor's inputs and outputs. Quadra-synth, tri-filter, trippy envelope goodness. Thanks for watching!"

Jennifer's Body and the Buchla 200e

via Bryan C on the 200e list:

"I do quite a bit of work for the composer and wanted to mention that there is a lot of drone and texture sound design for the score using my 200e with a moog 104SD delay. A lot of it was manipulated with various plug ins in protools but you can definitely hear the textures of the 259e osc. The Buchla is sprinkled throughout but you can really hear it in the first minute and a half opening of the film.

Anyway, people always want to hear examples of the 200e so, here you go.
Zombies, Megan Fox, and 200e on the big screen. What else would you want?

Bryan C"

click the play button below for the trailer

Update via Bryan regarding any Buchla 200e in the trailer: "None in the trailer, just the score of the movie. You can hear 200e used for pads / drones sprinkled throughout but I recall a good amount in the intro."

D16 Group Shioitor

"Shioitord is a revolution in sound within the plugin market. Its authentic analogue character and extensive software features will fulfil the needs of the most demanding musicians and sound designers who use synthesisers in their work.

Since it uses a layered architecture, Shioitor has endless sound shaping possibilities. Each layer can be freely assigned to any midi channel or keyboard zone. Its audio output can be routed to any of the available audio outputs. Layers can either be used to create a single massive sound (where all layers respond to a single midi channel and a single keyboard zone) or to create many different timbres (where each layer plays a sound on a different midi channel). Using Shioitor to play a different sound on each midi channel allows Shioitor to work very efficiently as it saves memory and CPU compared to loading in multiple instances of the plugin for each sound.

Shioitor can work as either a monophonic synthesiser or a polyphonic synthesiser, where each layer can play up to 16 voices of polyphony (dependent on CPU of host computer). These settings are independent for each layer. Also, each layer can have its own independently controlled arpeggiator. In both play modes (mono/poly), it is possible to turn on a Unison mode with tweakable parameters for spread, filter cut-off frequency, panorama and tune. Unison mode will use up polyphony. However, it allows the creating of bigger more defined sounds.

Shioitor also has a built in chorus effect. This can be used instead of Unison mode to fatten a sound or it can be used with Unison mode enabled to create much bigger richer sounds. The chorus effect was modelled on classic analogue units, the same type found on old synthesisers. The chorus setting have been reduced to a few parameters with discrete values to make it easier and faster to use.

Shioitor is also equipped with an excellent Preset Manager tool which organises presets into groups. It also has a Timbre Manager which allows searching for layers and arpeggiator sequences within presets. Shioitor comes with a huge library of presets created by famous artists. This allows users to get up and running quickly. However, for those who love to experiment and create their own sounds, Shioitor will keep them busy for many hours as they become lost in its incredible array of sonic possibilities!

... Your imagination is the only limit."

"Layers
* 8 independent sound layers
* each layer can be assigned to different key zone, midi channel
* each layer has its own settings and parameters: polyphony, arpeggiator, chorus and sound -parameters
* dynamic signal routing from layers to outputs
* mute for each layer

Oscillators
* ultra high quality band limited oscillators (non-audible aliasing output up to 22khz for base frequency of the note)
* two base oscillators: square with PWM and sawtooth
* suboscillator with 5 different waveforms to choose
* noise oscillator with 3 different colours to choose

Filters
* no aliasing at high resonances and high frequencies
* constant-Q and very warm filters
* three filter modes: LP, HP and BP

Sound control
* two multipurpose synchronizable LFOs with 6 different waveshapes
* two multipurpose envelopes with 4 different trigger modes

Sound effects
* built-in chorus effect
* flexible unisono with tune, panorama and filter spread

Preset management
* two kinds of presets: per layer and full set of layers
* presets organised into groups

Midi management
* advanced midi event assignement system
* midi learn function
* ready at hand simple modulation matrix for modulation and pitch bend wheels

Arpeggiator
* 6 work modes
* full synchronisation
* 21 different time bases
* built-in gater/chorder
* tunable step length
* tunable shuffle"

tr 727

YouTube via zaphid. "just checking a 727 before sales... nothing special"

Stribe 1 Kit + shield + ableton live test

Stribe 1 Kit + shield + ableton live test from Mudo de Nacimiento on Vimeo.

"Testing my Stribe 1 kit with Ableton Live trought maxmsp.

Excuse about skills... stribes needs "a bit" pressure for detecting changes... is not a hardware issue, it is an "operator" (me) one!

xD

Feel free to comment!

Mudo"

Jupiter8 VariOS emulation and Edirol PCR300 freestyle jamsession

Jupiter8 VariOS emulation and Edirol PCR300 freestyle jamsession from Mudo de Nacimiento on Vimeo.

"Some nice jammed riffs over drumloop and live looped bass riff...
Enjoy and excuse my skills! xDDDD"

KORG DS-10 PLUS × 大人の科学マガジンに俺が載ったぜ！の巻

YouTube via jetdaisuke
"http://webdog.be/archives/09917_23534...
やっと発売されたKORG DS-10 PLUSですが、限定版の大人の科学マガジンのほうは、じつは今までナイショにしてま したが私もちょろっと載っております。
というご報告のみです。今回はソフトレビューなどではございません。期待ハズレですみ ません"

"The KORG DS-10 PLUS is finally released, but rather a limited edition of adult magazine Science, Innovation preface I found we had up until then it was actually Naisho.
Only a report. Not this time, such as software reviews. Nope sorry to expectations ""

Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano - Official Product Introduction

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos
"Experience the SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, a new instrument from Korg with stunning, detailed recreations of your favorite timeless keyboard sounds. Featuring real tube-driven amplifier modeling, period-accurate effects, and bold styling, the SV-1 is ready to join you center-stage. For more information, please visit http://www.korg.com/sv1."