Moog Music Announces V1.1 Update to FILTATRON - iPad Version Coming

"New Features and Improvements Boost Powerful Sound Sculpting Tool

ASHEVILLE, NC – December 28, 2010 – Moog Music today announced a major update to Filtatron; the real-time audio effects engine and powerful studio tool, available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Recently featured in iTunes REWIND 2010 covering hot new trends in apps, Filtatron is already taking the music world by storm and this update propels it to new levels of musicality.

New Features:
Major upgrades to the Sampler - now you can import any song in your collection into the sampler, and record and play back samples of unlimited length.

Pitch Lock feature for the VCO Pad - allows you to play a chromatic scale using the Filtatron oscillator.

Route audio output to speaker, earpiece or Bluetooth - a new settings panel also allows you to set the sample rate, audio latency and control response rate.

'We’re committed to expanding the Filtatron’s capabilities,' said Mike Adams, President of Moog Music. 'Retina display support and an iPad native version are currently in development and scheduled for release in early 2011.'

Since its release in October 2010, Filtatron has found a home in a wide variety of musical settings. Its high audio quality and ease of use make it ideal for everything from studio-level sound design and processing to catching a few moments of creativity while you’re waiting for your coffee.

About Filtatron:
Much more than your average sound app; the heart of the Filtatron is a four-pole resonant Moog Ladder Filter-meticulously modeled after the same filter that gives Moog instruments their classic warm, thick character. It musically shapes the sounds supplied by the Filtatron’s on-board oscillator, sampler and line/microphone input.


Additional features include:

Oscillator – A high-resolution, alias-free DSP oscillator with sawtooth and square waveforms, adjustable frequency from 0.3 Hz to 2kHz.

FX Modules – Amp provides warm, smooth overdrive with feedback control. Delay can be modulated by its own LFO (with rate and depth controls) and delay time is smoothly interpolated for analog-style delay time tweaks.

LFO – Five waveforms: sine, ramp, sawtooth, square, sample & hold, with crossfade and morph between adjacent LFO shapes.

Envelope Follower – Uses the volume envelope of sound inputs to sweep the filter, with controls for amount and speed.

Presets - Filtatron comes loaded with edgy presets to kick-start your sound.

Record and Playback – All audio processed in stereo, 16bit, 44.1kHz resolution.

File Sharing – Easily move audio files back and forth between the Filtatron and your computer. Built-in email function allows sharing presets with your Filtatron bandmates.




Featured in iTunes REWIND 2010 – Hot Trends In Apps
Filtatron product page
Moog Music website
Conversations on Twitter: #moog #synth #iphone #filtatron

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About Moog Music:
Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. Moog designs and manufactures electronic musical instruments, including Little Phatty® and Minimoog® Voyager® synthesizers, Moogerfooger® effects modules, Etherwave® theremins, Taurus Bass Pedals and The Moog Guitar. Founded by Bob Moog, Moog Music designs and manufactures its products in Asheville, N.C.

Su-Preme MPA - Sample based music production app.

YouTube via boombappz | December 23, 2010 |

"Su-Preme MPA is a sample-based music production app.
We call it THE OFFICIAL HIP-HOP APP!

MPA was co-designed by A. Supreme Wilder, one of the Wu-Tang Clan/Sunz of Man producers who is now a well-known music production mentor.

The app closely imitates a legendary device used by urban music producers. It has the following features:
- 12 low-latency pads for drum/one-shot sounds
- A piano keyboard (the number of keys depends on your screen size)
- A basic sample editor that allows you to cut your MP3s and WAVs
- Ability to record tracks with 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 quantization and swing
- True analog UI and classic design

This Beta is limited in its functionality. Please read the intro notes that are shown on the first launch.

MPA needs a reasonably powerful phone, although it works just fine on Droid Original.

We are looking for your feedback on this beta. Please contact us at boombappz@yahoo.com or at boombappz.com

We hope that Su-Preme MPA inspires you to make your greatest beats!"

Note this app is for the Android OS, not the iPhone.

ROLAND JUNO 106 SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

Juno-106 under Christmas tree.

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Oberheim Xpander Analog Synthesizer

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Roland Juno-G VOCAL/PAD demos

YouTube via SynthManiaDotCom | December 27, 2010 |

"Vocal and Pad sounds on the Roland Juno-G."

Mark my words

YouTube via attorks | December 28, 2010 |

"This improvisation is heavily inspired by the track Floating of the Klaus Schulze album Moondawn. But then again, it also sounds nothing like it but you might recognize some elements. At least the tempo is the same. You hear 3 different sequences, two 8-step sequences from the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the self-built Modular and the Ian Fritz Through-Zero VCO together with the Blacet MiniWave and an 8-step sequence from the Synthesizers.com Q960 manually alternated on row 1 and 2 with the Q962 sequential switch driving the Synthesizers.com Modular. I use the Q963 trigger bus to switch on and off individual steps of the Q960 sequencer and use the first four dials on row 3 of the MAQ16/3 to alternate the gates which are used to shift the Q960 sequencer. The notes of the sequences are as follows:

MAQ16/3: Tempo 128
MAQ16/3: Row 1: c4 e4 g3 a3 f4 a3 d4 d3
MAQ16/3: Row 2: a3 d4 d3 a3 d4 a3 e4 d3 (half time of the other sequences, so tempo is 64)
MAQ16/3: Row 3: x x x x (gate is shifting the Q960)

Q960 : Row 1: e3 f3 d3 a3 e3 g3 a3 d4
Q960 : Row 2: d3 e3 a3 e3 e3 a3 a3 c4

I use the grey MIDI keyboard to transpose the sequences. Preset A13 of NanoStudio on the iPad is used to do some tones and chords. The strings are performed on the Roland XP-80. The solo's come from the Creamware MiniMax ASB together with the Clavia Nord Lead 1 and from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. Operating the camera, playing the keyboards and dialing the knobs is difficult so I hope you don't mind that the action sometimes is just outside the viewing range of the camera.

This song is dedicated to my son Mark is going through some heavy times the last couple of months. Mark, please know that I love you and that you are beloved by many others.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

Watch this TB-303 video very carefully

YouTube via phono1337 | December 28, 2010 |

"It's worth watching until the end, it'll make more sense then.

more info at http://www.dinsync.info"

Division 6 Filtare SEIII Eurorack Analog Modular Filter

YouTube via matrixsynth | December 27, 2010 |

It's a bit dark in here... Warning: this video is grungy, distorted and loud! Turn your speakers down and adjust up. Watch in 480p. Note it will sound better with decent headphones and/or speakers. Also the noise you hear in the beginning is the line in on the Canon T2i. It goes away the second the audio comes in. Don't be frightened. :) This is a very simple patch: 1. Audio out of a 3 OSC Moog Voyager patch with its filter wide open, no resonance and a held note into the Filtare - nothing in between and no effects. 2. Tiptop Audio Z8000 Matrix Sequencer/Programmer into 1 V/O CV in of Filtare. 3. Harvestman Zorlon Cannon 4bit out into adjustable CV in of Filtare to start, then the filter type CV in at the end. 4. Roland TR-909 for Z8000 clock and kick. What's going on: 0:00 - opening and adjusting the filter cutoff of the Filtare with no mods active and no resonance. 0:14 - adjusting resonance followed by filter 0:28 - starting sequence on Z8000 0:44 - adding Zorlon Cannon CV modulation to Filtare - note all you are hearing is the Moog running through the Filtare. No audio from the Zorlon Canon is coming through. The Zorlon is only a modulation source to the cutoff frequency of the Filtare. 1:09 - I stop the sequence and adjust the amount of modulation coming in from the Zorlon Canon so you can hear some of the spectral harmonics bleeding in and out. 1:30 - sequence kicks in again this time with the bass drum audible followed by slight adjustments. 2:26 - I get some odd rhythmic things happening with the cutoff and resonance. The 909 is still your standard 4/4 kick, so what you are hearing is the Filtare responding to the sequence. 2:44 - I increase the Zorlon Canon modulation for more grunge. 3:01 - I start to sweep the filter mode from Lowpass through Notch to Highpass. 3:12 - I bring the Zorlon Canon mod amount back down. 3:17 - I sweep back to Lowpass and add back the Zorlon making adjustments. 3:51 - I pull out the Zorlon and plug it into the CV mod for filter type. Note the Zorlon Canon 4bit out can be considered a more extreme modulation source. With something like a slower LFO or sequence, the result would of course be much smoother. This video was just a little sound exploration after first use and it did turn out very, very grungy. The Filtare is more than capable of your classic smooth filter characteristics. Check out the sound samples on to the right of the Filtare SEIII site here. Update: Timeline above updated to match YouTube. It was slightly off.

A late Christmas present arrived yesterday. The Eurorack format Filtare SEIII from Division 6.

Grungy video below...

This is a very cool filter. Some notable features include:

- Smooth adjustable transition of filter type from Lowpass through Notch to Highpass with Notch out (most filters do not allow this - see the third pic here and the video)

- CV in for filter TYPE (you can modulate the filter type!)

- Two CV ins for Filter Cutoff - one adjustable and one 1 V/O fixed

- Separate CV in for Resonance

See Division 6 for full details (also captured in this post).

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modified akai ewi4000s

See the update in this post.

3D Audio for Your Synths: Longcat AudioStage - 3D Audio Processing

YouTube via LongcatAudio | December 23, 2010 |

"Binaural demo, using AudioStage Stereo edition and H3D rendering. Headphones needed!"

Obviously not a synth, but you could use this for some interesting effects with your synths.

"AudioStage benefits from a full-3D user interface that shows a virtual sound scene and all its components: audio sources, listeners, rooms and trajectories.
The interface may be used with tactile screens or a mouse, and allows for a simple sound and space authoring."

More details including a Lite version at Longcat here.


Update via Longcat in the ocmments:

"For those (Chris, loneraver...) interested in binaural mixing, our H3D VST plugin is now available on our website. We tried to keep it simple and affordable...

It uses the very same H3D technology you already heard in our video demos, and displays sound sources as 3D objects (with bargraphes, automations...).

Only 99 euros, and includes a free evaluation mode (automations are disabled, and the plugin sometimes beeps). The Mac version is being developed right now.

Benjamin / LongcatAudio"

"The H3D plugin allows you to 3D mix audio tracks from your digital audio software (Cubase, Nuendo, Live...) and to obtain incredible spatialization effects. Sounds then seem to come from every possible direction, using standard audio headphones.

Especially aimed at musicians or podcast producers, H3D inserts in major PC audio workstations (Cubase, Live, Pyramix, Nuendo, Reaper...) and displays all audio sources in a simple, visual 3D interface that is easy to manipulate.

Features
* H3D_3dView3D object-audio mixing - use the 3D interface to place and easily animate sounds
* Longcat Audio H3D technology - when listening on headphones, H3D allows panning sound in 3D all around the listener's head.
* Unique HRTF processing - H3D uses Longcat own processed HRTF filters in order to achieve the best spatialization effects.
* H3D Presence - independently adjust H3D's immersion effect using the Presence parameter.
* Automation - fully automate parameters and 3D animation of audio tracks.
* No tedious settings - Just insert H3D plugins and start moving sounds in 3D!

Compatibility
* Windows XP, Vista or Seven (32/64 bits)
* VST2.4 compatible host (Cubase, Nuendo, Pyramix, Reaper, Live...)
* OpenGL 1.2.1 capable graphic chipset"