Audulus Tutorial: Building a Synth from Scratch

Audulus Tutorial: Building a Synth from Scratch from Taylor Holliday on Vimeo.

"In response to a surge in interest, Subatomic Software has released a 20 minute video tutorial showing how to create an original synth from scratch using Audulus, the modular synth app for OS X available on the Mac App Store [App Store link].

Using a node based music creation program, Audulus allows users to build synthesizers, design new sounds, or process audio. All with low latency real-time processing suitable for live performance.

Beginning with a blank canvas on a computer screen, developer and founder W. Taylor Holliday talks viewers through the process of synth creation. He adds oscillators, refines sounds, and adds modulation -- all graphically displayed-- to the point of the synth's completion. In the process he demonstrates some of the new features of Audulus 1.5.

'Newcomers to Audulus should first watch the 'Audulus Briefing' on our home page before clicking on 'tutorials' to view the longer 20 minute video,' suggests Holliday. Entitled 'Building a Synth from Scratch,' the video tutorial can be viewed above or by visiting audulus.com.

Audulus Features include:
Audio Unit hosting - use your favorite plugins.
fluid interface - smooth animated interaction.
MIDI control - use your MIDI control surface or keyboard.
presets - quickly change between settings.
unlimited history - everything you do is stored.
polyphony - process multiple voices.
encapsulation - group nodes into sub-patches.
diverse nodes - from ADSR to ZeroCross.
Audio Unit version - run Audulus as an Audio Unit inside other apps (free download).

Audulus is available on the Mac App store for $29.99. For more information, visit Audulus.com"

Russell Graham American Idol JP-80 Demo

Part 2: Russell Graham American Idol JP-80 Demo

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by DanKrisher

"In this extended clip Russell Graham, multi-instrumentalist and producer, shows off more of the real-time sound control as he improvises on the Jupiter-80"

Downtime with Russell Graham at BET Awards Rehearsal

Published on Jun 29, 2012 by DanKrisher

"JP-80, VP-770"

PINK - A TALE FROM THE REUSEUM

YouTube Published on Jul 29, 2012 by Fragmentchaz

"A man toyed with nature and the results were far stranger than he expected.

This story was created with the help of The Re-useum.
You can explore the possibilities at http://reuseum.com/

You can also watch some fun behind-the-scene videos created by Jim Talbot here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hhtQCHy04s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaRWQChfj0&feature=channel&list=UL

Contact: chazgentry@u.boisestate.edu"


This one in via Nathan:

"The music was entirely created with my monolithic synth 'knoturdel_3' picutered here. The video is a short horror tribute to the early/mid 80s and the director asked me for that old synth sound. So, I broke out the big synth."

R3Trio

via R3Trio on Facebook

Electric violin, Ensonic ESQ-1 & Guitar.

ARP 2600 Patch Book - Full Scan in PDF Format

This one in via Ant (Rhythm Plate & YSE): "I have an update to the freely available ARP 2600 Patch Book .PDF file which was originally scanned by Pascal.W aka 'Analogue Monkey'. The pages can now be read in sequential order and they are all the right way around - I hope other people find this as useful as I now do."

You can download it here. BTW, even if you do not have a 2600 you can of course try the settings on other synths.

Update: It's also available on Korg's site here. Thanks goes to roetnig in the comments for the link.

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Paia 4700/2700 Modular

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"Here is a fully loaded Paia 4700 modular synth. Excellent condition, made very well. Sounds awesome. Comes with the rare keyboard too and 15 patch cables.

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Richard Devine @ Empty Bottle 7/29/2012

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by bendedavis

Follow-up to this post where you'll find a pic of the eurorack system used in this performance.

Flare 1532

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by davidryle "Demo of the Sputnik West Coast Random Source module. A clone of the 200 series Buchla 226 [Update via Chris Muir in the comments: "This is a 266 Source of Uncertainty clone. The 226 was a quad mixer."]. Way too much patching to describe completely. I was just having a go at trying out the various functions of the module. A more musical application of this device will be in order next.
Secondary effects include a low mix in of a delay and a variable panning.
Nine vco's, a Polivoks filter (Analog Craftsman), a Cyndustries QLPG, Sputnik VCS, Oakley Equinoxe and SSL Digital Delay are included in the signal chain.
The title is taken from the Solar CME happening at the time."

Malgorithm MKII Prototype in Orange Acrylic

via Juliana Jaeger on Facebook