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Mungo g0 Granular Module

Mungo g0 Granular Module from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

Published on Sep 13, 2012 by sEQuenz23

"1904 Steinway meets 2012 drum n bass. With the help of Ableton Live, Lemur on iPad, and a Wiimote it might just be possible. Live looping and sound effects are controlled with Lemur on the iPad, and drum loops are triggered with a Wii remote.

You can download the Ableton Live set (Live 8 needed), Lemur file, and OSCulator patch below if you'd like to have a play or use it as a starting point for your own live-looping experiments. If you're on a PC, you can use GlovePie instead of OSCulator to get the Wiimote to trigger drum loops.

http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsLiveSet.als
http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsLemur.jzml
http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsOSC.oscd

I also used the excellent free Aurex MFX1 effects rack which you'll need to download to use in the Live set. Details and link to download are here:

https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/2012/06/14/mfx1-master-effects-racks-aurex/"

iTunes:
Lemur - Liine
iPads on eBay, on Amazon

Division Furtive Type 46 and Type 40 Watches

Division Furtive Introduction Movie

Published on Nov 8, 2012 by DivisionFurtive

"Meet the Type 46 dual linear movement watch and the Type 40 dual LED display watch. You can buy a Type 40 (shipping starts in March 2013) or reserve a Type 46 (later in 2013) on the Kickstarter project page.

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So why is this on MATRIXSYNTH and not just WATCHMATRIX? :

Division Furtive Watch Plays James Bond Theme

Published on Nov 13, 2012 by DivisionFurtive

Radical Keys - Rack Extension

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by PropellerheadSW

"For more information: http://shop.propellerheads.se/product/radical-keys/

Introducing Radical Keys, a new Rack Extension instrument for Reason that faithfully recreates three classic electromechanical keyboards—Rhodes, Pianet and Wurlitzer. Based on the same 'Radical' technology as our Radical Piano instrument, Radical Keys goes beyond flawless emulation, by enabling you to sculpt your own instruments from the originals.

Disclaimer: All product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, and in no way constitutes an association or affiliation with Propellerhead Software. All trademarks are solely used to identify the products whose sound was sampled and studied during the development of Radical Keys."

XILS-lab Releases Rotary Speaker Emulation Plug-ins

"GRENOBLE, FRANCE: music software company XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of its LX122 and LX122 Premium rotary speaker effects plug-ins as of November 5, 2012...

LX122 and LX122 Premium are Mac OS X 10.4 (32-bit PowerPC and Intel) and OS X 10.6 (32- and 64-bit Intel) or later- compatible (VST, AU, RTAS — Pro Tools 7.0 or later) and Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7-compatible (VST, RTAS Pro Tools 7.0 or later) rotary speaker emulation plug-ins, both featuring XILS-lab’s proprietary True Stereo Dynamic Engine (TSDE), offering a whole new way to record rotary speaker effects.

As such, LX122 and LX122 Premium are the perfect partner for present-day organists and keyboardists everywhere — or, indeed, anyone seeking that still-sought-after sound, so first... a little history: the instantly recognisable tone of a Hammond organ/Leslie speaker combo remains a staple of many musical genres — think Procol Harum’s psychedelic multi-million-selling single ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, one of the standout anthems of 1967’s so-called Summer Of Love. Yet there was little love lost back in 1937 when Leslie speaker inventor Donald Leslie bought a Hammond, hoping it would prove to be a suitable substitute for a pipe organ. Disappointed with its sound at his home compared to the spacious showroom where he had originally heard it in action, Leslie sought to improve things somewhat by experimenting with his own moving speaker designs, finally settling on the now-familiar form of a rotating drum and horn for bass and treble frequencies, respectively.

Until now, a classic rotary speaker system simply comprised a stationary treble unit with spinning horns and a stationary woofer with spinning rotor (or drum), together with two filters to divide the frequency spectrum between the horn and woofer; both the horns and the sound baffle for the bass are rotated to create Doppler effect-based vibrato, tremolo, and chorus effects, while the rotating elements can be stopped, switched between slow (chorale) and fast (tremolo), or transitioned between the two settings. All are effortlessly emulated in LX122’s core modules alongside an authentic recreation of tube-based amplification — one of the most important characteristics of the original concept, which inadvertently paved the way for the heavier rock tones pioneered by the likes of Deep Purple’s Jon Lord, together with three reverb types, and MIDI-controllable SLOW and FAST mode buttons (for individually controlling the horn, drum, or both by keyboard inertia) for added flexibility.

Remaining in the computer-centric 21st Century, XILS-lab recognise that the true sound of a rotating speaker rests principally in how it reacts to the room in which it resides; to that end, the TSDE algorithm adeptly evokes this physical phenomenon. Moreover, the angle of the two ‘recording’ microphones can be tweaked within LX122 and LX122 Premium to allow varying amounts of room effects into the resultant mix, while internal cabinet reflections are also emulated to faithfully capture that much-loved mellowing side effect. It is even possible to increase or decrease speaker positioning from far away to directly within the cabinet itself — impossible with real rotary speakers, of course!

As implied by name, LX122 Premium is fundamentally the same as its LX122 software sibling, yet offers much more sonic scope to the discerning user, including control over microphone movement, room choice, room size, cabinet speed, horn diameter, diffuser removal, speaker configuration, ribbon age, horn and drum balance, rotation direction, and more besides. Digging deeper, its additional Studio Panel allows users to position the microphones anywhere within five different room models, for example, while different cabinet configurations can be chosen within the Cabinet Panel, as well as randomly rotating the horn and drum. Don’t be afraid to experiment; LX122 Premium is even better than the real thing, capable of rotary speaker effects hitherto unheard of in the real world!

LX122 features 14 factory presets to get users started, while LX122 Premium boosts that magic number to 75 by way of ably demonstrating its increased sonic scope. So why wait to rotate?

LX122 and LX122 Premium are available to purchase from the dedicated XILS-lab online Store (http://www.xils-lab.com/products/LX122.html) for a special introductory price of €29 EURO/ $37.00 USD (LX122) and €45 EURO/$58.00 USD (LX122 Premium) until December 5 (respectively rising to €39 EURO/$49.00 USD and €69 EURO/$89.00 USD thereafter). Note: these are serial number-protected products — no iLok required!

Listen to LX122 audio examples here: http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/LX122_Audio.html"

Rob Papen's RP-Distort RE

RP-Distort RE Tutorial

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by Rob Papen

"RP-Distort RE is not just a distortion unit, but much more. The distortion unit inside RP-Distort RE can be combined with an analog modeled filter, compressor and widener unit.

These units can be re-order, but also can be turned on or off. So in case you only want a great analog modeled filter... RP-Distort RE can offer this. Or only the unique widener unit which is great for widening a boring mono track.

On top of that, the controls can be modulated using midi sources or by one of the 4 build in LFOs that can sync to your host tempo..

The distortion unit offers 22 distortion types included ring modulator and lo-fi. Inside this section you can also find the EQ and noise-gate.

RP-Distort RE is in fact a wicked FX unit that will distort or alter your tracks in an inspirational way."

Joe Moresi Acid

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by MAKEN0ISE

"End of the work day at Make Noise, one of our technicians shows us how to coax some acid out of the Make Noise Shared System."

Arturia Announces Spark DubStep

Arturia SparkDUBSTEP Presentation

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by Arturiaweb

"Arturia announces availability of SPARK DubStep

GRENOBLE, FRANCE: music software and hardware company Arturia is proud to announce availability of SPARK DubStep, a powerful production and performance software suite dedicated to heavy-duty dubstep rhythm track construction, as of November 13...

Catering to the rhythmically distinctive needs of discerning dubstep producers globally, SPARK DubStep features a comprehensive library of 30 cutting-edge kits/480 instruments created in partnership with London-based leading pro audio loops and samples provider Sample Magic, themselves cited as being “...one of the elite dance sample venders.” Atomic wobble basses, filthy FX, dirty drums... it’s all there for the taking!

Yet SPARK DubStep is not just another sample library, but rather a complete rhythm track construction kit par excellence, boasting 960 pre-programmed MIDI patterns of harding-hitting drums, virtual analogue synths, and filter-modulated mayhem — perfect for putting together tomorrow’s pure wobble anthemic hits, or revisiting EDM and hip-hop stylings on dub steroids! A remixer’s dream team player, perhaps.

SPARK DubStep’s powerful, yet inherently user-friendly interface makes beat- and bass pattern-creation a breeze — especially when using the step sequencer situated at the top of the default centre panel. Hardware drum machine enthusiasts will feel right at home here. And thanks to advanced looping modes cleverly combined with the XY pad’s real-time slicing and filtering controls, users will be producing stunning breaks with the best of them in no time at all — perfect for live performance!

Each and every one of those 480 instruments comes complete with 12 sound-sculpting parameters to promptly put your own stamp on the resultant sound: modify the noise colour of hi-hats; clip basses using various analogue filters; adjust the LFO rate and depth of a wobble bass... the creative possibilities are almost endless! But musical creativity need not stop there. Far from it, in fact!

Mix fine-tuning is a given, with SPARK DubStep’s integrated 16-channel mixer offering 14 high-quality effects and also mapping of each instrument’s stereo output to the host DAW when seamlessly running as a plug-in (RTAS, AU, VST3) with real- time automation available on all parameters. And it’s even possible to export patterns as .wav or MIDI files to the DAW — simply drag-and-drop any pattern from the currently open kit to have it automatically rendered in the chosen format.

Of course, performers wishing to use SPARK DubStep as a standalone instrument independently from a software sequencer and play it from their favourite MIDI keyboard- or drumpad-based controller are perfectly free to do so. Either way, all onscreen key knobs and pads are easily assignable via MIDI.

So whatever your preference — production or performance, take the next step to dubstep with SPARK DubStep... and beat the future!

SPARK DubStep can be purchased as a software download for €99.00 EURO/$99.00 USD or boxed for €119.00 EURO/$129.00 USD from Arturia’s Online Shop: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/buy/online-shop.html"

iPulsaret Coming to iPhone

iPulsaret on iPhone 5 - Beta Test

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by Sinapsya

"We have one little/big news for you....
For any info: www.densitygs.com"

iPulsaret is currently available for the iPad:
iPulsaret - apeSoft
iPads on eBay, on Amazon