Funny side note: My wife is a big fan of Kat and follows her on Twitter. She showed me some of her drawings. Kat is an amazing artist. We also watched her show LA Ink. Anyway, I told my wife that I'm putting up a post with her. She was curious why. I told her he was sporting a synth T, and they were engaged. She hadn't logged on yet, and heard it here first! :)
"Big update Tabletop introduces Midi controller support, timeline editor, session sharing, and Tabletop Ready Apps with iMPC from Akai Pro! The update is free! Tabletop is free!
Ready. Set. Remix!
The exclusive Soundtrack in this video was created in Tabletop by Richard Devine. You can find the song Glitch Breaker Demo inside the Tabletop in-app community, or on SoundCloud. To celebrate the new update for Tabletop we're making a call for remixes! Download the Glitchbreaker Session right in Tabletop. You get access to all of the custom samples, sequencing, and arrangement. Remix to your heart's content. We can't wait to see what you come up with!
This Nanopack features an exclusive collection of hyper-stylized sub bass impacts, massive cinematic drones, and eerie mutated atmospheres suitable for game, multimedia, or music projects in need of fresh audio assets with a modern, high tech aesthetic."
Below are pics of the gear used to create the sample set including a eurorack modular, OTO Biscuit, Teenage Engineeing OP-1, and Mutable Instruments Shruthi. Sounds were processed with Native Instruments Reaktor.
"This is just a really short demo of me experimenting with using the Mattson sequencer at the end of a new song that our band, The New Lines (thenewlines.bandcamp.com), is currently recording...
What you see is me flipping the play mode switch (to "program") to allow me to play an oscillator on my keyboard, and then at the end, I flip the play mode into "run" to start the sequence. And then I put the clock way up, close encounters of the third kind style...
sry about the audio quality - was running out of time and had to just use my cell phone audio for this one...!"
"A simple filter sweep test for Doepfer Dark Energy Mark II. No music on this video, just slow filter opening and closing under LFO 2 control with the four modes: LP, BR, HP and BP.
A little great machine with a sound fairly different from Dark Energy Mark I."
"Great new filter module for eurorack modulars with CV'able Mix Output! With a backlit Cutoff knob!
After releasing two pedals and a CV motion controller in one year, Berlin based musical instruments manufacturer KOMA Elektronik are slowly moving into the world of modular synthesizers. Last month they announced the release of a tap tempo module for Eurorack synthesizers, but first there is the KOMA SVF-201: a state variable filter for the eurorack modular synthesizer format!
Just like it's bigger brother the FT201, the SVF-201's filter circuit is built up with optical parts (vactrols) therefor delivering excellent studio audio quality and an unique warm analogue sound The extensive patching possibilities make the module very easy to control and a versatile tool in any studio with any kind of input signal.
Inputs and Outputs
The SVF-201 comes with CV inputs with attenuators for Cutoff, Resonance and Select/Mix Out, where the last one allows the user to instantly sweep between the three different filter characteristics. The module also has adjustable gain up to +6dB, which gives the user to opportunity send a (slightly) overdriven signal into the circuit which results in MS20-like filter sweeps, allowing the filter to create nice experimental percussive sounds; just that extra punch that is sometimes needed to take a production to another level...
The unit comprises four audio outputs that can be used independently of each other at the same time, a High Pass, Band Pass, Low Pass and the unique CV’able Mix Out. The Mix Out out let’s you sweep continuously through the other three outputs by means of a knob and control voltage.
Build and layout
Build in KOMA's characteristic black and white style of design, the module looks very retro, with the full aluminum knobs allowing the user to set the filter cutoff frequency and resonance in a very precise manner. Behind the Cutoff knob there are 2 small LED's fitted that give a nice glow, ideal in dark performance situations! The SVF-201 uses parallel mounted PCBs so it can be used in skiffs as well as in big cases, the total depth is less than 40 mm. The SVF-201 offers an amazing sounding filter together with an user friendly surface; a professional feeling inviting musicians to play it real good!
The SVF-201 is now available at selected KOMA dealers worldwide and directly from KOMA Elektronik's webstore at www.koma-elektronik.com. MRSP: 259 EUR (Incl. EU VAT) | 230 EUR (Excl. EU VAT)
Specifications:
GENERAL
- Size: 3U, 12HP (60,60mm)
- Interface: 2mm white powder coated aluminum front plate + silkscreen printing
TECHNICAL:
- 4 audio outputs:
Low Pass
Band Pass
High Pass
Mix Out
- Audio input with attenuator / adjustable gain
- 3 CV inputs:
CV input for Cutoff with attenuator
CV input for Resonance with attenuator
CV input for Mix Out with attenuator
(The Mix Out attenuator acts as a normalized CV source if nothing is patched into the Select CV input)
- Large 30mm, full aluminum knob for Cutoff with white backlight (a jumper on the PCB lets you turn it off)
- Large 20mm, full aluminum knob for Resonance"
"Micromac-D UPDATE: Awesome- the black M3 Philips Screws that I have been waiting on for the Micromac-D have just been dispatched! I am expecting this afternoon- the now finished cases with toughened laquer covering to arrive from Engineering this afternoon. Assembly down southe say the PCBs will be finished and dispatched Thursday for a Friday delivery. THis is the first batch of 30 'mac-d units coming out of the 150 being made. These units are for the pre-order clients. I'm now going as fast as possible- pictures and contact soon!"
Greg Surges has a new fundraiser for the TabulaRasa. You'll find links to videos there also captured in previous posts via the Greg Surges label at the bottom of this post. The following is the description captured for the archives.
"The tabulaRasa is a digital wavetable oscillator with voltage control of frequency, waveform selection, and the amount of interpolation between waveforms. The tabulaRasa consists of two components: a hardware synthesis module which can integrate into a modular synth system, and a software application which allows the user to create their own custom waveforms. These waveforms are then transferred from the computer to the tabulaRasa module through a standard SD card slot. A wavetable oscillator is a standard technique in computer music. The oscillator uses a counter (ramp wave) to read a memory array. The array is filled with pre-computed samples of the desired waveform. The memory index being read increases with the counter, and resets when it reaches the end of the array.
The tabulaRasa hardware module has three potentiometers and three control voltage inputs for each of the control parameters (frequency, waveform selection, and interpolation). The control voltage inputs expect a voltage range of +/- 5V, and the board requires a +/- 12V power supply. The potentiometer for each setting selects a midpoint from which the corresponding voltage input diverges.
The tabulaRasa software application allows users to create waveforms in three distinct ways: through manipulating breakpoints to set sample amplitudes, adjusting the strength of various harmonics, or by loading audio samples.
The first method, manipulation of breakpoints, allows the user to adjust 16 breakpoints of a waveform. Each breakpoint is represented by a slider, which can be raised or lowered with the mouse. The points between those breakpoints are interpolated, and there are six user-selectable interpolation types: linear, sigmoid, cosine, circular, exponential, and “Decimated" (a simulated bit reduction algorithm).
The harmonic method uses the same sliders as the breakpoint method, but instead uses the sliders to represent the amplitudes of 16 harmonically-related sine waves. From left to right, the sliders climb the harmonic series, and a harmonic will become more prominent as its slider is raised from the bottom of the screen. The waveform which results from these mixed waveforms is displayed.
Finally, using the “Load Sample” option, the user is presented with a file dialog box from which a short audio file can be selected. The Adventure Kid Waveform pack works perfectly, and is made up of 4300 free single-cycle waveforms.
Note: This fundraiser is for PCB/Microcontroller sets only, not complete kits."
