The Packrat - June - September 2011

I realize I haven't put up a Packrat post in a while. The last one was back in April covering December - May. Below is June - September. You can find the full archive of The Packrat tunes on Dave C. Lovelace's umop.com here. Be sure to check out the rest of his work as well. There's tons of it, and it's aawllll goooood stuff. BTW, you'll find a MATRIXSYNTH Packrat that has a permanent home on the right this site. Dave made it back in 2006.

June

"Packrat meets Bog Moog in 1964!"


July

"Still stuck in 1964, the Packrat heads to San Francisco to find Don Buchla."

August

"Buchla is forever changed by his first encounter with a keytar..."

September

"Packrat figures he's permanently beach-bound in 1967, until he hears the dulcet tone of a theremin!"

Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

YouTube Uploaded by AciaNetMedia on Aug 24, 2011

"The 1984 computer that changed the world."

via moonbuz

BETA: The future of iOS music continued

BETA: The future of iOS music continued from Shoulda Woulda Coulda on Vimeo.

"This is a preview of an upcoming polychord release. In this video, we're using polychord (BETA) as a MIDI keyboard for nLog Pro (BETA) -- all on one iPad, all without any cables.

App makers are starting to work together to make all of your iOS music apps play nicely with each other through virtual MIDI.

This is still experimental, and it will be a little while until app makers optimize their apps for multitasking, and enable virtual MIDI. It's very exciting and clearly the future of iOS music making.

If you are a developer, get involved with the open music app group: groups.google.com/​group/​open-music-app-collaboration"

Shoulda Woulda Coulda - iTunes
iPads on eBay

Impro A

Impro A from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

"This patch consist of:

Gamma Wavesource into 4P LPF and clocked from The Voice os Saturn LFO. The audio of the VOS goes thru an oscillator Freq Moded by a Sawtooth and a Triangle modulates the Delay thru wich passes the mix which also controls the VCA."

Klirrfaktor: "AN4LOG" Modular Patch #30

YouTube Uploaded by TheKlirrfaktor on Aug 25, 2011

"Trying out the Pittsburgh Generator to make some noise/percussion resulted in this patch using my complete modular system :D

Starring:

Sequencing: Piitsburgh Timetable, MakeNoise René, Makenoise PressurePoints, Doepfer A-155, TipTop Z8000, 4ms VCA Matrix

Drums: MFB Schlagzwerg, 4ms Noise Swash + Metasonix R-52

Percussion (Noise): Pittsburgh Generator

Pads, Sequences & Lead: Bubblesound VCOb, Bubblesound uLFO, The Harvestman Hertz Donut, WMD Gamma Wave Source

More @ http://www.klirrfaktor.com

Klirrfaktor"

bah

YouTube Uploaded by elektrodwarf on Aug 25, 2011

knas

Introducing sympleSEQ -- the simple to build analog step-sequencer

"Analogue sequencing was once extremely intimidating to new comers to the DIY synth community, due to the inherent complexity of assembling them. All of the off-board wiring would drive people away. The sympleSEQ does away with that, and mounts almost every control surface to an easily panel-mounted circuit board. (with included drilling template).

Everyone thinks step-sequencer when they think 'analog synths', and thus everyone wants one (or two, or eight!)

sympleSEQ aims to bring analog step-sequencing delight to all builders, and also offers very competitive pricing. Most sequencer kits are much more expensive, and are nowhere near as easy to assemble. sympleSEQ is also easily scalable, so building a massive multi-channel sequencer is easy!

I encourage you to take a peek at the IndieGoGo.com fundraising campaign where a group-buy is being funded in order to produce the PCBs and kits for everyone for more information. Also I have a thread over on electro-music"

Loopy 2 Released

Loopy - A Tasty Pixel
iPads on eBay

"This is a looper that'll come out to play, but get down to work when you want to get serious.

While other music creation apps tend to be either powerful but difficult to learn, or easy to use but limited in features, Loopy 2 doesn't compromise. Loopy 2 offers a sleek, expressive, instantly understandable interface that beginners can start using effectively straight away. It's fun, right from the start.

More advanced users, however, will not be disappointed by Loopy 2's rich feature set, with extra features many other loopers just don't have. Plus, a sophisticated interactive tutorial system lets users discover Loopy 2's more advanced features at their own pace.


RECORD AND LAYER

- Six beautifully rendered circular loops, with simple yet powerful controls.
- Count-in and count-out lets you keep your hands free to play an instrument.
- Overdub, to build beautiful, complex soundscapes from many layers.
- Support for tracks of any multiple or fraction of a beat, for flexible and expressive looping.
- Sophisticated audio or visual metronome to keep you in time - no matter what time signature you choose.
- Perfectly synchronized, low latency audio engine.

IMPORT AND CONSTRUCT

- Import loops from your computer via iTunes, with support for AIFF, WAV, MP3, M4A, CAF and more.
- Bring in audio from many other audio apps with integrated MAPI AudioPaste, with support for Intua general pasteboard format.
- Imported loops are automatically fit to your beat, no matter what tempo.

MANIPULATE AND TWEAK

- Full stereo audio, with pan controls for each track to create custom stereoscapes.
- Fix up timing by twisting tracks around to line up the beat, or make funky sound effects with dynamic time shifting.
- Drag a track onto another track to merge tracks, and clear up a space.
- Live, dynamic tempo adjustment to speed up or slow down your creations, without altering the pitch.

PERFORM AND SHARE

- Record whole performances with in-app session recording facilities.
- Upload performances or single loops straight to SoundCloud, and post to Twitter or Facebook.
- Email audio clips (with automatic conversion to compressed AAC audio).
- Share audio with many other audio apps with MAPI AudioCopy.
- Transfer loops or performances to your computer via iTunes.


-------

Note: Loopy 2 is a demanding application that requires an iPhone 3Gs and newer, or iPod Touch 3rd generation (with headset recommended) or newer to run well. Older devices are not recommended for use with Loopy 2.

-------

Loopy is developed by a duo who love making great apps. We are dedicated to responsive development and support. Please contact us with questions, bug reports, feature ideas, and other feedback at support@atastypixel.com or http://atastypixel.com/forum. We may be able to fix your issue in less time than it would take to write a negative review!"

CLICK FOR MORE »

Roland SH101 vintage analogue monophonic synthesiser

via this auction

CLICK FOR MORE »

1st iMS-20 Improv

YouTube Uploaded by DJDJSMusic on Aug 25, 2011

"Just trying out my new(to me) iMs-20 app. on my new.
Using an "Analogue synth." on the iPad's touch screen is a lot more fun than clicking with a mouse on my PC.
Just couldn't resist those Kaoss pads.
I'm just using the pre-set "ambient " template here, but I hope to make some of my own noises soon."

KORG INC. - iTunes
iPads on eBay