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Digitana Micro Punk Robot synth module

YouTube via DigitanaUK
"The micro punk robot is stepped tone generator synth, designed for use with modular and other cv/gate equipment. Hand made in the UK in small batches and limited quantities to very high standards, this versatile little box is ideal for those that like experimental sounds, classic PWM type bass, retro arcade sound fx, glitchy static clicks, interesting synthestic percussion sounds, and much more.

I only cover a small selection of the possible sounds and use no external eq or fx units, of course when used with a modular system filtering, waveshaping, etc can lead to unexplored sonic territory, also the MPR can itself be used as a modulation source.

It has 2 CV inputs, 2 frequency controls, 2x 2 way range switches, a reset input which can be used as a gate or strange type of audio input, a power input which itself can be used with a CV signal for power starve and base pitch changing modulations, finally an audio output which can also be used as a kind of cv output.

NOTE The CV inputs are not anything like 1v per octave and are non linear, a rise in voltage causes the pitch to drop.

It comes with a 9v PP3 type battery connector and can also be used with a user supplied 9-12v power supply with a 3.5mm positive tip connector.

Priced at £65GBP plus shipping at cost to anywhere in the world.

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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Update

"Dear people around the world,

This is the first OP-1 beta update from TE HQ since we announced the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer.
The reason you got this email is that you are one of the 4.465 people who signed up for the beta release.

Recap
The day before we went to the Frankfurt Musikmesse, we put the OP site online. On March 30th, 10:06:22 we got the first sign-up. During the trade show we kept the sign-up's open until we finally closed the form at 08:34:59, April 05th.

We where quite overwhelmed by the numbers and very happy with the response we got from all of you out there. But you might ask, 100 beta units and this many people!? Am I gonna get one?

Beta info
The selection process will use different parameters to make sure we get a wide range of people and countries included.

It'll work like this.

- By date: The first x signup's (and the last one before we closed) will be safe.
- By country: we want to test the machine in different conditions.
- Random: x units will be completely randomized.
- Friends: Our closest ones, both musicians and freaks.

Release date
We will not announce any dates at this stage. Here is a quick status report:
- The Synth is really fun to use!
- It sounds great.
- We are hard at work with everything from the electronics and mechanics to embedded dev & DSP optimizations.
- Two new persons joined the team to speed things up.
- Check http://www.teenageengineering.com/now/ for the latest info!

We've got very far but will spend a couple of more months fine tuning and testing so we are 100% satisfied before we start talking about release dates.

Yours,
OP-1 Team"

videos previously posted. Be sure to see the Teenage Engineering label below for more.

OP-1 Display test

Musikmesse: Teenage Engineering OP-1 at Frankfurt 09

multitouch midi control surface for reason

YouTube via visheshl
" multitouch table mtmini configured to be used as multitouch midi control surface with reason.
thanks to seth sandler for the awesome tutorial to build the mtmini.
visit www.sethsandler.com and nuigroup.com if u want to build one for yourself.

also thanks to mr greg kullum for the surface-editor application.

how it works?
its a simple box which has a webcam inside,the camera tracks the fingers touching the surface,
an application called 'community core vision' picks up the images and transforms them into tuio signals,
not the surface editor application takes these as input and moves whichever control is touched.
and then sends out the assigned midi message.
which is picked up by reason...and voila...a multitouch control surface.

my template can control
nn19,nnxt,subrtactor,thor,maelstrom--- mod envelopes,amp envelopes,filters,level,pan etc.
redrum levels,pan,and u can play drums on the surface.

im putting in more functions into it.
let me know if u need the reason-controlsurface file for surface-editor."

drums on multitouch surface