Wednesday, June 29, 2011
New TNR-i Tenori ON iPad iPhone! - MOST DETAILED REVIEW - Part B - Hardware Software
YouTube Uploaded by VJFranzK on Jun 29, 2011
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TNR-i - US - Yamaha Corporation of America
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iPod Touch on eBay
MoogLab Adds One-of-a-Kind Novitiate Educational Synth by Dewanatron
"Bob Moog Foundation Acquires One-of-a-Kind Synthesizer for MooLab Educational ProgramJune 29, 2011 -- Asheville, N.C. — To further the Bob Moog Foundation’s goal of teaching science through music, Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa commissioned the unique synth builder Dewanatron to construct an equally unique electronic musical instrument. The result is the Novitiate, a literally one-of-a-kind device stripped down to a synthesizer’s most fundamental functions and built entirely with the Foundation’s needs in mind. Its purpose is to aid in teaching beginners the basics of synthesis, without the distraction of unnecessary bells and whistles.
The Novitiate was donated to the Bob Moog Foundation by Dewanatron, a company that builds solid-state analog electronic musical instruments. The result of collaboration between artist/musician Brian Dewan and inventor/musician Leon Dewan, Dewanatron has gained considerable attention from the Swarmatron, a synth featured in the Academy Award-winning soundtrack to The Social Network, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Housed in a furniture-grade poplar cabinet, the Novitiate has 1950s sci-fi movie styling that’s best described as “futuristically retro.” The front panel’s four sections—oscillator, modulation, filter, and envelope—each demonstrate a primary synthesizer function. According to Leon Dewan, “We designed in the Novitiate something very simple for someone who doesn’t know anything about synthesis to start with and just get a handle on the basics of waveforms and filtering and frequency modulation.”
Brian Dewan adds, “It’s the first instrument we made that was not really conceived of as first and foremost for making music. It’s really made for understanding synthesis.”
“Where modern day synthesizers can be a bit overwhelming for new students of synthesis,” says Michelle Moog-Koussa, “the Novitiate does a beautiful job of presenting the four basic building blocks of analog synthesis in an accessible and compelling manner. We are delighted to add the Novitiate to our MoogLab program and we are deeply grateful to Brian and Leon Dewan for supporting our educational initiatives with this custom instrument.”
The Novitiate is an especially valuable asset to MoogLab, the Foundation’s outreach program for taking hands-on experience with electronic instruments into schools and the broader community. Its next public appearance will be at The Artery in Asheville during Pushing the Envelope: ADSR, a multimedia art show beginning July 9 and ending July 30, 2011.
For more information and photos on the Novitiate:
http://www.moogfoundation.org/2011/mooglabs-novitiate-educational-synth-by-dewanatron/
For more information on MoogLab:
http://www.moogfoundation.org/2011/mooglab-residency-at-claxton-elementary/
For information on Dewanatron:
www.dewanatron.com
For information on Swarmatron:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/01/24/110124ta_talk_paumgarten"
Modded EML Electrocomp 100 Audio Demo
See the updated dated today at the bottom of this post from 2006.
Stay in Sync
via Innerclock Systems"Back in 2009 when the Original Sync-Lock was in the early prototype testing phase we had nothing like our new Sync-Gen II software available and we based our hardware conversion design on raw audio pulses because we knew we could guarantee 100% sample-accurate, external tempo-sync with zero-latency regardless of computer platform or host DAW application.
One minor drawback in generating sync using this method is the difficulty in providing seamless transport control.
Stopping the DAW means the audio pulses also stop causing any connected slave-sync devices to be left ‘hanging’ waiting for the next sync pulse.
As a workable solution we added a Footswitch Input on the Original Sync-Lock. Simply pressing the Footswitch once forced all slave-sync devices to Stop and Reset themselves ready for the next DAW Start command.
Necessary, totally functional but not entirely elegant.
In designing our new Sync-Gen II software we had two primary goals:-
Sample Accurate and Zero Latency External Tempo Sync
Seamless DAW Integration
At the end of June 2011 after more than eighteen months of intense software development, extended hardware trials and exhaustive real-world DAW testing we feel we have exceeded our original expectations.
Transport is now fully integrated and seamless between the DAW host application and your external hardware via Sync-Gen II.
Force Reset is now ancient history. The DAW Spacebar runs the show.
Rather than leaving the Footswitch Input to waste on the Original Sync-Lock we decided it could be put to better use.The Original Sync-Lock Analogue Pulse Output generated fixed 16th Note 20ms Positive 5v DC Pulses to drive external sequencers, synthesizer EGs and drum-trigger inputs. We felt this was the most useful rhythmic interval to drive analogue clock-driven arps and step-sequencers too.
A factory hardware update to the Original Sync-Lock now provides a wide range of quantized, rhythmic pulse intervals – 1 : 1/2 : 1/2T : 1/4 : 1/4T : 1/8 : 1/8T : 1/16 – and these are simply selected by holding down the Footswitch. At the beginning of each new bar if the Footswitch is held down, the next rhythmic interval is selected.
Email us at info@innerclocksystems.com for more information on updating your Original Sync-Lock.
http://www.innerclocksystems.com/New%20ICS%20Sync-Gen%20V2.html"
drone
YouTube Uploaded by bowmoneydrums on Jun 28, 2011
"just some noise for fun...the recording didn't pick up as well as i would have liked it to but it came out alright nonetheless"
Stratojets tweaky Casio DG20 solo extraordinaire by Mr. 9 Volt
YouTube Uploaded by Stratojets1 on Jun 7, 2011
"Stratojets' Mr.9Volt demo of his Casio DG20 / MFB Synth lite combo.The little MFB Synth is permanently mounted on top of the plastic body of the DG-20."
Stratojets vs. Kinect
YouTube Uploaded by Stratojets1 on Jun 5, 2011
new 8bit / synth project Stratojets (www.stratojets.de)
"the Stratojets are testing their new magic kinect to midi device. Captain Supreme, Mr. 9Volt and Stylotone 500 (order of appearence) are controlling their synthesizers by waving their hands. On the left you can see a projection of the kinect capture screen and the midi data being send to the synths."
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