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Realistic Moog MG-1.

Cool watch.

SEQ541 - Free Sequencer for OS X

See this post for a video with SEQ541 controlling a Moog Voyager, Little Phatty and Slim Phatty.

"SEQ541 is a MIDI pattern sequencer for OS X. The program is extremely flexible, all it requires is that you have an external MIDI device generating a clock and it will output notes in time to a pattern sequence you specify. Why is SEQ541 for you?

* I wrote this program because I wanted a way to control my Roland SH-32 synthesizer (which does not have a built-in sequencer) in time with my Korg ER-1 Rhythm synthesizer (which does have a built-in sequencer). It works pretty damn well for this purpose, especially live, where I would rather be playing pre-programmed melodies and basslines and tweak the knobs in real-time.
* If a full-blown sequencer is too much software for your music, then pattern based music programming might be the way to go. My musical background all started with MOD files, so I've never really let go of the pattern paradigm for music composition. SEQ541 is a great tool for doing pattern based composition with your MIDI gear.
* If you have a MIDI synth with a built-in sequencer, you can use SEQ541 to visually edit sequences for the device, then play then back into the device while it's recording. I use SEQ541 to do this with my Korg EA-1.
* If you're a software synth person, SEQ541 works really well for controlling software synths like Native Instruments Absynth or Waldorf A-1 in time with your external MIDI hardware.

If you have a hardware (or software) synth that you wish you could control using patterns, this is your program!

If enough interest (read: cash) is generated for this program there are a lot more features I would like to add, but for now, it does everything I need for my music. :-)
features (limitations?)

* you can't record patterns, only input them via mouse
* 128-note polyphony
* you can run as many pattern sequencers simultaneously as your CPU can handle
* you can store as many patterns as you want per sequencer
* while playing, transitions to the next pattern don't occur until the current pattern is done playing
* variable pattern length: 16, 32, 48 and 64 notes
* variable note length: 16th note through whole note in 16th note steps
* fixed note-on velocity 0x64
* play/stop must be driven from an external MIDI source
* MIDI clock must be from an external MIDI source
* can drive any hardware or software MIDI device
* can echo MIDI clock to the external MIDI device (for arpegio or whatever)"

Last Ditch Effort - Modular Patch by The B-Roll

"The patch started as a simple bass sound through a WASP filter. I worked in the rotating clock divider and the regular clock divider and began adding higher pitch melodies. Both melodies are semi-random created using a couple sample and hold modules each being fed a different LFO."

Audio and more details on The B-Roll

pop ambient live set 1 - white evil modular synth

YouTube via acum23 | January 28, 2011 |
some synth spotting
"pop ambient live set white evil modular analogue synth tr 909 xoxbox tenorion
reel echo roland sh07 played by acum23 microesfera and the king juls"

Gestures Gear VBlog: Roland Juno-106 and Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Duet

YouTube via AccumulatedGestures | January 29, 2011 |

"Casey plays a quick jam on the Juno-106 and Prophet 600, recorded into Cubase with no EQ or effects. The first half is played with the Juno providing chords and the Prophet providing the lead, before Casey swaps over for the second half.

There is a lot of talk about the slow envelopes of the Prophet 600 but I haven't seen many clips on Youtube really show what it sounds like when in action. Mostly, its flattering strings/pad synth videos that sound incredible. In truth, the envelopes are not a problem for a lot of sounds and it really does sound AMAZING as a string synth, but there are some sounds that are problematic for the software envelopes.

When Casey is soloing on the Prophet, the slows envelopes sound fine and the Prophet VCO sound really cuts through as a nice lead compared to the mellower Juno. However, once Casey switches over to comping on the Prophet the lag of the envelopes becomes quite obvious and distracting. Clearly not a job the Prophet will be filling in our music.

More videos of the Prophet and the Juno are to come. Apologies for the shallow depth of field - still getting used to filming with a Canon 5D.

About us:
The Accumulated Gestures are an 8-piece neo-soul/funk band from Perth, Western Australia. With lead vocalist/producer Donovan de Souza being an avid collector of synthesizers and vintage keyboards as well as a current move towards incorporating more synthesizers in our band sound, our Gear VBlog aims to show the strengths and limitations of synth interfaces, synthesizers and other musical gear. The kind of videos Donovan would have liked to see when he was buying electronic gear in the first place."

New Isequence track ipad

YouTube via ollli666AIG | November 25, 2010 |

iPad prices on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

via Palm Sounds

Native Instruments - Absynth patch (Stalker) - 3 Sounds

YouTube via ANTsynth | January 28, 2011 |

"This is a patch i made in Absynth 5. You can download the original patch at the Ni website Absynth user library."

Native Instruments - Absynth patch ( I Want To Take Your Soul) 2 VARIATIONS

ANTsynth | January 29, 2011 |

"This is a patch i made in Absynth 5. You can download the original patch at the Ni website Absynth user library."

Module #4 - Magnus Danielson sawtooth phase shifter

YouTube via Gameboygenius | January 29, 2011 |

"(Bad) schematic and theory of operation: http://home.swipnet.se/cfmd/synths/sc...

The original sawtooth frequency doubler ("octave shifter") works by "cutting the sawtooth in two", to double its frequency. The phase shifter lets you modulate where the wave is "cut", in other words, it allows to shift the phase of the wave. Instant fattification!
Of course, this module can be abused, just like any other module."

Grid Music for iPad — composition basics & Excerpt of "In C"

"Grid Music is a fun new way to compose music. Construct a miniature music machine on your iPad!

** See Grid Music in action: watch the video demo at http://gridmusicapp.com **

- Simple to use: just tap cells to change what they do, and swipe between them to connect them together. Cells can send "charges" out into the grid like an electronic circuit, play notes when charges touch them, or change the kind of sound Grid Music plays.

- Performance and composition in one tool: modify your composition as it plays, and switch parts of it on and off in real time by connecting and disconnecting.

- Embrace randomness: give charges a choice and they choose by chance, allowing you to create an ever-shifting non-deterministic composition.

- Save and recall your compositions: bookmark your favorites and return at any time. Everything is saved, including the position of charges on the grid."



You might remember Grid Music from this earlier post.

Stockhausen: "Telemusik"

YouTube via NewMusicXX | January 26, 2011 |

"Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Telemusik" (1966) Electronic music.
Sources for information contained in the annotations to this video: "Stockhausen, A Biography" by Michael Kurtz, "Stockhausen, Life and Work" by Karl H. Wörner, "The Works of Stockhausen" by Robin Maconie, "Towards a Cosmic Music" by Karlheinz Stockhausen"

via etherra