MIDI over Wi-Fi: BassLine in sync with MoDrum via CoreMIDI's built-in Network Driver

YouTube Uploaded by fingerAudioApps on Mar 23, 2011
follow-up to this post
"With the latest update for MoDrum (v1.1) and BassLine (v3.2), Finger is the first to fully exhaust the opportunities provided by Apple's CoreMIDI API for iOS.

Tempo-sync apps on your multitasking-capable device, or get the ultimate band experience by syncing several iOS devices with each other or your favorite DAW!

http://finger-pro.com

MoDrum and BassLine on the App Store:"
finger
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

New From Roland - Metamorphosis of a Legend

YouTube Uploaded by rolandmedia on Mar 22, 2011

"A dramatic transformation has begun. The spirit of a legend re-emerges. An amazing new instrument takes form. Prepare for a new musical beginning. http://www.rolandconnect.com"

This one in via Soviet Space Child

M-Audio Venom Box Shots

Just some box shots of my M-Audio Venom in for review. The full review will go up shortly.

Synth Pedal Demo - Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh

YouTube Uploaded by fearkonstruktor on Mar 22, 2011

"Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh

http://blackartstoneworks.blogspot.com/"

And with guitar:


YouTube Uploaded by asktehdust on Feb 27, 2011

"I was litteraly blowned away by this pedal. Probably the best Muff type fuzz I ever played in this price category, and it kills pedals that cost much much more.

Two things that makes it stand out

-the TONE OMG THE TONE. Seriously, it just sounds right, listen to the demo and hear what a Muff should always be.

It has some features that are so useful and yet quite rare : -two different input gain to chose from (upper switch) so you can set it differently depending on which pickups you have on your guitar or if you're stacking it with a boost, line driver, OD or whatever.
-Two tone controls who both have a 100% usable range of frequences
- A switchable second set of diodes (bottom switch) that will change the clipping stage and give you access to other well known Muff tones, it's really like having two pedals in one.

The video was recorded with a US Telecaster Deluxe going into a Fender Twin preset I made on a AXE FX Standard. Recorded with a RME Fireface 400.

Go there for all infos : http://blackartstoneworks.blogspot.com/"

Early experiments: encoding images with sound

YouTube Uploaded by ScrollingMusic on Mar 23, 2011

"The predecessor to our MATLAB synthesizer is a function we call RevSpectrogram, which interprets an image of any size as a spectrogram of a sound, and creates the sound based on the intensity of the pixels in the image. When the sound is visualized, the spectrogram image obtained retains much of the properties of the original image.

We encoded four sample pictures with RevSpectrogram:
1. An improvised picture with white lines
2. Picture of a gull (taken by Andy Wang)
3. "Earthrise", taken by William Anders in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission to the moon
4. A Windows glass desktop background

The reverse spectrogram interpolates each pixel to a linearly-spaced frequency index. The frequent clicks you hear prevalently are a result of the linearly-spaced sine waves matching up every 1/20th of a second."

Yamaha RX8 Digital Rhythm Programmer

via this auction

more pics

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Yamaha VL-1 Version 2 Synthesizer

via this auction

"Yamaha VL-1 physical modelling synth with the sought after version 2 firmware update. As Yammys go, it's a super rare peach of a thing and probably the best looking synth they made since the DX1. Even the floppies have faux mahogany stickers! VL's don't come up very often and VL-1's even less so.

[the following appears to have come from enlightenedsystems.com]
New VL synths are equipped with the Version 2 firmware and voices, although Version 1 voice disks can be obtained and used. Beware, though, since a dealer may have a VL synth that sat on the shelf and has not been upgraded to Version 2. For those who own a Version 1 VL1, a very strong case can be made for upgrading to Version 2. To wit:

* Quite a few of the voices have been improved. Notable improvements have been made, for example, in the trumpet, ethnic guitar, tenor sax, and recorder voices. This involves improved voicing and new elements, not just parameter tweaks. A number of the more odious Version 1 elements no longer exist.
* The new Excitation model (decay from pulse excitation) can be used in editing, and the new ethnic guitar voices, for example, use it.
* The new Modulation Effects in Version 2 are Chorus, Phaser, Symphonic, Celeste, Distortion + Flanger, and Distortion + Wah. As with the Reverb effects, all of these effects are well done. The Chorus effect will find a lot of use, and I particularly like the Phaser, Symphonic, and Celeste effects. With the Phaser you can, for example, set the Feedback Gain and Wet/Dry Balance down from their wild levels to something in the range of 35% each to get an interesting evolving timbre change during held notes. The Distortion effects are probably aimed at the guitar voices, but could be used on others, if you like that sort of thing.

* New parameters and extended or finer-grained parameter settings are available in Version 2 on almost all editing screens.
* Version 2 allows keyboard splits with different elements for each hand. They have a dynamic way of implementing the split that follows your hand, without using a fixed split point.
* Ver 2 brings a bunch of new breath noise types that are easy to select to get just the right breath noise for your favorite voice. Note that these breath noises are not just attack chiff, but are modeled according to the actual sound of a real musical instrument, so they may show up during sustain or decay, they may vary with breath pressure, may combine with pitch components (e.g. sax, flute, clarinet), and so on. This is not chump chiff!

* The Mixing screen (the heart of the resonant model) has two new types of tap settings.
* 30 new microtunings have been added, including Scottish highland bagpipe tuning, various Arabic tunings, Phrygian, Thai, African, etc."

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KORG MS-10 with YMO Sticker

via this auction

more pics

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Roland G505 Guitar Synth Controler Knob by Ibanez Japan

via this auction

Metasonix S-1000

via Escape from Noise where it is currently listed for sale.

Note the protective plate covering the tubes.

"All new Wretches comes with this metalic plate. This machine came originally with the old plastic one but it was replaced by a previous owner after the plastic shield broke."