Soundation Studio Adds New Drum Machine

"The online sequencer Soundation has just added an awesome new virtual instrument to its collection with the release of SPC, an 8 pad drum machine. The SPC raises the bar for virtual instruments in your browser with 8 excellent kits. Included kits are Analog, Dubstep, Electro House, Hip Hop, Urban Box, Funk Latin, Pop Rock and Room Rock with a neat visually display that lets you control gain, cut and pan for each individual drum sound along with 3 knob controls: Punch, Bite and MSL (make stuff loud). The SPC is part the free virtual instruments available in Soundation Studio. So get over to www.soundation.com and making beats now!"

Gotye - The Human Factor & Ableton Live

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by AbletonInc

"Gotye takes his songs to the stage with the aid of Ableton Live. The congenial shooting star and his bandmate Tim Shiel strike the perfect balance between spontaneity and attention to detail.

Read our interview with Gotye at www.ableton.com"

Improv with SYNTHBOY+

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by deathstarchris

"We are close to the end on Kickstarter! We appreciate your support, here is the link to our Kickstarter. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/763704741/synthboy
Here is the link to more information on the SYNTHBOY+.
http://www.ninstrument.com"

Siel px for Kontakt from synth magic

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by SPFXsynthesisers

"Quick demo of a Kontack instrument which is based on 5 of the presets from a Siel electric piano.
All keyboard and bass sounds in the demo are from the Kontakt instrument(Except drums).
Instrument has lots of custom impulse responses.
Instrument is free to existing users of my products.
Gui designed by Anders Hedstrom (Flavours of Lime)."

optomix vs moddemix AM/ring mod

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by heodesalciphron

"optomix, moddemix, e350/wiard oscillator"

Doepfer A143.1 demo

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by hawklord2112

"some of the more basic features of the doepfer A143.1 Complex Envelope / LFO module"

Octatrack Pro Tip #4 - Controlling Slices With The Crossfader

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by ElektronHQ

"Two long waveforms each containing several sounds have been sliced. The crossfader controls which slices that will play. Different scenes affect the playback of the slices differently. By using this method, the sound of a pattern can change dramatically.

Download the set used in this Pro Tip here:
http://files.elektron.se/pro-tip/PROTIP4.zip"

Summer NAMM 2012: AIR Music Technology

YouTube Published on Jul 12, 2012 by soundonsoundvideo

"A.I.R. MUSIC TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES IGNITE SOFTWARE, AN INSPIRED NEW APPROACH TO COMPUTER-BASED MUSIC IDEATION AND CREATION

Ignite is a musician's creative partner, promoting experimentation and making it easier than ever to capture musical ideas.

Cumberland, R.I. (July 11, 2012) – A.I.R. Music Technology, the groundbreaking developers of acclaimed, industry-standard virtual instruments and audio processing tools, introduces Ignite, a new software solution with a revolutionary approach to music creation. A.I.R. will unveil Ignite at Booth 800 at the 2012 Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee, July 12-14.

Ignite is a discrete, standalone music ideation and creation software built from the ground up to spark creative ideas and enable musicians to build songs in an organic fashion. It's not another DAW with complicated controls or engineering-centric workflow. In fact, it's not a DAW at all.

With Ignite, musicians are set free from the rigid and stale interfaces of the past. Ignite conforms to the user's creative process and represents a fresh way of thinking about music creation—a way that complements and energizes a musician's natural workflow. It's a whole new way of creating, capturing, and sharing musical ideas and compositions, the perfect creative partner for a musician. Ignite helps musicians unlock creative energy and construct songs in an instinctive and satisfying way. Songs can then be exported to a sequencer or DAW if desired.

At the heart of Ignite is its non-linear Arranger, which replaces the traditional timeline and tracks-and lanes format. Just open the software, connect an M-Audio keyboard and start capturing musical ideas. Individual ideas can be snapped together in pairs or groups to intuitively construct entire songs. Ignite's Smart MIDI technology assists in the creation of chords, phrases, patterns, and complex arrangements, and five premium virtual instrument expansions are included. All of Ignite's built-in instruments and included expansions are based on A.I.R.'s professional virtual instruments, which were originally developed for Pro Tools.

“We are very proud to announce Ignite. This is the result of more than a year of research and development, blood, sweat and tears. It is exciting for the whole team to see it come to life,” said Samara Winterfeld, Principal Product Manager, A.I.R. Music Technology. “We're musicians who were never really satisfied with the music-making experience on any DAW, so we built Ignite for ourselves and for musicians everywhere who want to capture and develop their musical ideas in ways that are intuitive and inspiring. This first release introduces key features that are central to the product. We have many more new features in development and look forward to sharing them soon.”

Ignite provides an immediate outlet for natural music creation and ideation—its unique tab interface eliminates distraction, presenting users with all the tools they need for each step of the process and nothing more. Select an instrument, record, edit MIDI in the Piano Roll View, organize and arrange clips and more, all in a clean, inviting interface with straightforward controls and zero clutter.

With Ignite, musical collaboration and sharing are easier than ever. Its Sharing Tab includes direct links to SoundCloud, Facebook, email and more. Ideas can be shared instantly, empowering musicians to craft, collaborate and create songs together, whether they're separated by a few miles or on different continents.

Ignite 1.0 is focused specifically on the keyboardist's workflow. Beginning in Q3 of 2012, all M-Audio keyboard controllers will ship with Ignite included, and other brands in the inMusic family will include Ignite with select products. This initial product release will be followed by a number of scheduled releases designed to address the complete music creation process. These processes span content access, music creation, collaboration, finishing, publishing and live performance for both keyboard-based musicians and those recording audio from analog sources.

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About A.I.R. Music Technology

Based in Germany, A.I.R. Music Technology started as Wizoo Sound Design, one of the earliest pioneers in virtual instrument technology. The A.I.R. team is responsible for the core of much of the effects offerings in Avid's Pro Tools software, and also developed a suite of award-winning virtual instruments specifically for Pro Tools. A.I.R. Music Technology is a member of the premier family of brands known as inMusic. For more information, visit inmusicbrands.com.

About inMusic

inMusic is the parent company for a family of premier brands that includes A.I.R. Music Technology, Akai Professional, Alesis, Alto Professional, ION Audio, M-Audio, MixMeister, Numark, and Sonivox. Committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation in the DJ, music production, live sound, musical instrument, pro audio, and consumer electronics industries, each of inMusic’s brands creates cutting-edge products that incorporate and build upon the latest in engineering, design, and technology. For more information, visit inmusicbrands.com."

Geo Synthesizer-Sampletank-Thumbjam jam#1 (AGUPT)

YouTube Published on Jul 12, 2012 by efectism

"-Geo Synthesizer controlling Sampletank via Midi Bridge
-Akai synthstation 25 controlling Thumbjam"

BugBrand Demo sounds of a particular 1Frame arrangement

"1 Frame Demo Sounds

Some studio explorations using a BugModular 1Frame System along with a Kenton Midi-to-CV unit.

How things change - a few years back I had almost no interest in playing my modular designs in 'traditional' (//keyboard) manners, but by indulging in more studio play lately I've really come around to it. Here I use a little controller keyboard and then the powerful M185 Step Sequencer software from Defective Records (highly recommended!) to drive a synth-voice setup with two oscillators.

The 1Frame consists of:
CTL2 Joystick - versatile modulation/control
ENV1 Attack / Decay - your basic Envelope source
2 x SYN2B Quadrature VCO - strange to base a system on Sine VCOs! But the Lin FM on these is just fantastic and it is great having the counting/tuning dial for fine pitch adjustments on-the-fly. Tracking is *excellent*!
DD2 - LFO/DCMixer - a very useful little utility
PRC5 Wavefolder - harmonic creation! Add some grunt - but you can also use it as a VCA
PRC3A SV Filter - lush harmonic removals!
DD1 RingMod/LPG - two different forms of VCA - one fast and invertable, the other vactrol slow gloop.
UTL2 Output Mix - basic three channel output to the wider world
1 x Frame + MiniPower"