MS Paint Interpereted as audio data = Awesome music!

YouTube Uploaded by r2blend on Mar 9, 2011

"Just made a really weird and awesome discovery.

If you import an EXE file into an audio program as audio data, you hear all kinds of cool stuff. The most awesome by far for me was MS Paint.

It's probably one of the coolest things I've ever heard form something like this. All I did to the audio was master it slightly to make it sound less harsh to the ears, as well as remove a long section of noise.

Here it is on soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/r2bl3nd/windows-7-x64-ms-paint-exe

This is the Windows 7 x64 edition of mspaint.exe. I used Adobe Audition to import and edit the audio, but one could jsut as easily use Audacity's "import Raw Data" feature. I imported this as 8-bit, 22050hz stereo audio. I faded in the beginning, as well as removing a long section of noise part of the way through."

via Boing Boing

Electronic Computer Startup Noise recorded form an LED

Uploaded by r2blend on Mar 9, 2011

"This is of the sound that my computer's LED makes when its light is recorded as sound by connecting a CDS Cell to a handheld recorder's microphone input. Needless to say, it sounded awesome.

You can hear the disks spinning up, the PC Speaker (at 0:08), and all of the other devices that are drawing power. Even the background hiss is from the computer itself, as I had the recorder set to a relatively insensitive setting. Not to mention that the cell was literally pressed up against the light, effectively blocking out all other potential noise or hum sources."

GarageBand for iPad Now Available

Where'd the virtual Nord Lead go?
"GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument. Enjoy a full range of Smart Instruments that make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note before. Plug an electric guitar into your iPad and play through classic amps and stompbox effects. Use the built-in microphone or a guitar to record, or capture any performance. Then mix up to eight tracks to create a song you can share.

Play your iPad like a musical instrument.
• Perform on dozens of musical instruments on the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard.
• Tap out beats from the seat of acoustic and electronic drum kits.
• Recreate legendary guitar rigs on your iPad with 9 amps and 10 stompbox effects.
• Record your voice using the built-in microphone, and apply fun sound effects.
• Use the Sampler to create an instrument from sounds you record, then play them on a keyboard.

Sound like a virtuoso with Smart Instruments.
• Tap chords to instantly create keyboard grooves with the Smart Keyboard.
• Strum chords on acoustic and electric Smart Guitars, or trigger fingerpicking patterns for popular chords.
• Groove with an onscreen electric or upright Smart Bass by tapping on chords.
• Drag drum instruments onto a grid to create your own beats with the Smart Drums.

Create a song anywhere you go.
• Arrange and mix your song with up to eight tracks using Touch Instruments, audio recordings, and loops.
• Trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play.
• Use the Mixer to fine-tune each track’s volume – solo or mute any track, or adjust pan, reverb, and echo.
• Use over 250 professionally prerecorded loops as a backing band to your song.

Share your songs.
• Email songs right from your iPad (AAC).
• Export your song and add it to the iTunes library on your Mac or PC.
• Send a project to your Mac and open it in GarageBand to continue refining your song."

GarageBand - Apple®
iPads on eBay

MakeNoise René Jamming

YouTube via Uploaded by plague1715 on Mar 10, 2011

"Corrupting René. Pressure Points controls XMod set to Glide. QCV out to A-110. A-110 to R-53 to A-102 to A-131. Shred."

René Shredding

Uploaded by plague1715 on Mar 10, 2011

"Same patch as before, just getting heavier."

Multi-touch Surfaces

YouTube Uploaded by AndrewFentem on Mar 10, 2011
You might remember the sequencer in the opening clip from here (2009), here (2008) and here (2007).
"Some of the multi-touch surface technologies I developed. In order of appearance:
i. Multi-touch and multi-object tracking re-configurable music sequencer/mixer/drum machine.
ii. Interactive carpeting.
iii. Ultra high-speed touchscreen and LED display system for virtual air hockey.
(The music in the background of the video was composed on the multi-object sensing music sequencer.)"

Fentix Cube

Uploaded by AndrewFentem on Mar 10, 2011

Kapture Pad - Global Snapshots in Ableton Live with iPhone/iPad - Part 1/2

YouTube Uploaded by LiineTV on Mar 10, 2011

"Kapture Pad for Ableton Live and iPad/iPhone.

Take snapshots of your Live set and restore them at will without interrupting the audio.

Global Snapshots store all mixer and device parameters.

Track Snapshots also allow sound morphing - an Ableton Live first!

Kapture Pad -- an incredible new way to perform electronic music with Live.

Part one of two videos.
Available on iTunes App Store on March 15th 2011

http://liine.net

Video shot by Shai Levy"

Liine - iTunes
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Update:


YouTube Uploaded by LiineTV on Mar 11, 2011

M-185 Software Sequencer Now Available

The M-185 software sequencer is now available at Defective Records.

"MIDI-enabled software recreation of the hardware [Roland System 100m influenced DIY] M185 step sequencer, designed by RYK - developed with their input! what are its features:

Includes virtually all major functions from the hardware M185, and adds many new ones specific to the software version:

• Multi-stage step sequencer with stage-selectable gate modes
• Gate modes include Mute, Single, Multi and Hold
• Trill mode available when in Multi mode within a stage
• Polyphonic potential when using long Note Length values
• Each stage can be from 1 to 8 clock pulses in length
• Internal or MIDI clock control
• Built-in clock divide capability
• MIDI output to any hardware or software synth
• VST instrument hosting
• 16 preset slots for instant recall of parameters
• Presets can be saved to and loaded from disk"


M185 software step sequencer - Overview - YouTube Uploaded by dnigrin on Mar 10, 2011

"A brief demonstration of the M185 Step Sequencer by Defective Records Software. Inspired by the hardware M185 Sequencer developed by RYK.

The M185 is playing a VST softsynth; drum loop coming from other software. More information at http://defectiverecords.com/m185."

Akai APC6000?

via obscotch spotted in the inthemix forums posted by Fledz.
"KEY FEATURES:
8x8 Button Matrix (velocity sensitive)
4 High response pads (velocity sensitive)
3 complex mode configuration
LED device highlighters for complex mode selections
2 XY pads
2 Touch Strips
High Quality Hampster and Cross Faders in DJ device section.
32 step Sequencer.
USB powered or Firewire800 and AC adaptor
Headphone Jack in the back
Builds whatever M4L device you tell ito in the speach recognition.
Keeps girlfriends from complaining about not spending enough time with her
Cost $200."

First Musikmesse teaser? Early April Fools? The Musikmesse runs April 6 - 9 this year.
The Musikmesse is Europe's NAMM.

Perfectly Working Like New Yamaha CS60 for Parts

YouTube Uploaded by vincentpellerin on Dec 7, 2010

Why would someone do this? Worth more in parts? Easier to ship?
How big of an audience is there for CS60 parts?

"CS-60 Parts on Sale on Ebay.
Perfectly working CS-60, this video [first vid] shows that:
8 voices Filters, Ribbon, Ring Modulator, Waveforms, Noise, LFO
Are working perfectly"

I'm guessing these are the parts.

Playlist:
CS-60.8 voices check_Filter_Ribbon_Ring Modulator_Waveforms_Noise_LFO.swf
CS-60 Memory Sliders.swf
CS-60.Sustain.Portamento.Glissando. envelopes.swf
CS-60 Presets+Octaves.swf
CS-60 Touch reponse + Keyboard control Brilliance.swf
CS-60. silent. under keyboard.swf
CS-60.Silent Inside and Panel.swf

Octatrack vs Aluminum Foil

Octatrack vs Aluminum Foil by Micah Frank
"4 playback tracks of aluminum foil and 4 "neighbor" effects tracks. LFOs modulating feedbacks, plate verb params etc." via Micah Frank

Current original TSF synth art 2010-2011

flickr By TheSynthFreq
(click for more)


BTW, Danielle, aka TheSynthFreq is featured in the "Dig My Rig!" feature of the February 2011 issue of Keyboard Magazine. It's the issue with Thomas Dolby on the cover if you are subbed. You can see her synth art in the background of the image used.

Click here for more posts on TheSynthFreq featuring Danielle's other synth art and videos featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.