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Loopy 2 drum sequencer interface early preview

YouTube Uploaded by michaelrtyson on Mar 2, 2011

"Early preview of Loopy 2's new drum sequencer, built over the last three days.

No percussion type icons yet, but the rest is basically there:
- Full zoom/pan interface for use on an iPhone screen (although this was the simulator, operated with a mouse cursor).
- Two velocity levels available for each cell (127 volume levels supported in the back end, but not in the interface yet)
- 12 instruments
- Custom sound set support, so you can built your own kit from your own sample set and import it into Loopy

This is unlikely to be in Loopy 2.0, but expect it around version 2.1.

http://loopyapp.com"

Note Loopy was what Oliver Chesler used to record loops in this video.

Loopy 2 early preview

Uploaded by michaelrtyson on Mar 2, 2011

"Bear with me here - I'm a software developer, not a looper!

This is an early preview of Loopy 2 for iPhone (and soon iPad). Six tracks, simple touch controls. Tap a track to start recording, tap it again to stop. Tap in the middle to overdub, or elsewhere to mute the track. Drag one track onto another to merge instantly (not shown in this demo - another time!).

Inbuilt tempo settings (including live audio scaling, if you change the tempo mid-session), full stereo audio, volume and pan settings.

There's plenty more, and I'll demo them all in the weeks to come. Subscribe here, or over at loopyapp.com to stay tuned!"

http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelrtyson
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Synthesizer-Magazin #23

flickr By Moogulator

http://www.synthesizer-magazin.de/

Waldorf microWAVE Wavetables

via Christopher Arndt on the Waldorf list:

"While we're speaking about the Mircowave [1], I have often searched the net for a comprehensive description of the ROM wavetables in the Microwave (and the newer Waldorf synths).

There are scattered descriptions [2] on the net of the wavetables and the excellent reference of the first 27 wavetables with waveform graphs but, surprisingly, apparently no document which describes all waveforms in one place (or I just couldn't find one).

So I compiled the available information into a table and added some of my own observations. You can download it here:

http://blog.chrisarndt.de/article/519

Please note that while the blog article is in German [Googlish here], the document is in English. Also available there is a small Python-Snippet that has the wavetable data in computer-digestible form for you hackers out there.

Though the document lists the Microwave wavetables only, it should be of interest to Blofeld and Largo Users as well, since their wavetables are basically the same, except that they have three extra wavetables from the Q/microQ and the PPG."

Basic Sound Synthesis with the Ensoniq ASR-10

YouTube Uploaded by TheDaydreamSound on Mar 3, 2011

"In this video we'll create a synthesized sound using a sampled recording as our single oscillator.

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Definition: syn·the·siz·er

An electronic instrument, often played with a keyboard, that combines simple waveforms to produce more complex sounds, such as those of various other instruments

Traditional Sample-based synthesis:
One of the easiest synthesis systems is to record a real instrument as a digitized waveform, and then play back its recordings at different speeds to produce different tones. This is the technique used in "sampling". Most samplers designate a part of the sample for each component of the ADSR envelope, and then repeat that section while changing the volume for that segment of the envelope. This lets the sampler have a persuasively different envelope using the same note."

BugBrand ToggleTime

via the BugBrandBlog

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Sequential Circuits Split Eight/Split-8 or Pro-8

via this auction
"1985 Sequential Circuits Split-Eight,Split-8 or called Pro-8 in some markets. It is in working condition minus two keys one C key and one D# key are missing. All keys trigger as they should and all contacts have been cleaned including the data buttons and contacts. All voices sound as they should and this unit can be controlled thru midi note wise."

Sequential Circuits Drumtraks Drum Machine

via this auction

Roland CN-20 vintage midi controller

via this auction

"Roland CN-20 Music Entry Pad. This table-top device allows you to generate easy, MIDI chords using a specially designed keypad. Most types of chord variations are single-key accessed, which greatly helps entering those odd guitar chords. Also part of the keypad is an actual velocity slide control, as well as a programmable slide control (control, vol, pan, mod, bender,a.t.)."

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Roland CP-10 vintage digital midi fader controller

via this auction

"The CF-10 is a midi "fader" module with 16 membrane type "faders" each controlling midi volume (fixed) for that channel. In addition, a fine control, and panning are supported."