Steve Reich - Piano Phase (played on two Groovesizers)

Published on Oct 29, 2013

http://groovesizer.com

"Steve Reich's Piano Phase as played on two Groovesizers.

Why? Because I was introduced to the piece in music class in a high school in Germany as an exchange student in 1991 and had heard nothing like it before. Over the years as I've been making with computers, the piece has kept bugging me for the fact that it's not as easy to reproduce with digital music machines as you would assume. Sequencers and synths seem to want to be either perfectly in sync, or not at all with none of the middle ground required to perform Piano Phase. Since I started working on this project, it's been a personal goal to find a way to enable phasing in general, and specifically a performance of Piano Phase, on the Groovesizers. I think I can finally move on!

For the techincally inclined, the Groovesizers are running Alpha firmware, v102. The (naked) Groovesizer on the right is slaved to the one on the left via MIDI sync. The slaved Groovesizer expects 6 MIDI clock pulses before moving to the next 16th note (assuming 24ppq). By pressing shift-R and F6, the slave is nudged ahead of the master by adding an extra pulse (it can also be nudged in the opposite direction by subtracting a pulse with shift-R and F5). After 6 nudges, the patterns align again with the slave now a 16th note ahead of the master."

Mountain Oasis 2013 Pics by Chris Stack

Full gallery on Facebook here.  That's Dan Green of 4ms above.  I saw him at the MMTA SYNTHFEST on Saturday in Seattle.  He mentioned his new Modular Row Modules (latching, stackable eurorack cases) that meet carry-on baggage demensions and testing them out on his flight that night.  I didn't realize he was flying out to the TRASH_AUDIO event at Mountain Oasis on Sunday!  That's dedication right there.  I wish I could have joined him!

Below: Moog Voyager XL & Moogerfooters, followed by a DIY modular system featuring a Synthetic Sound Labs Ian Fritz Double Deka Ultrasonic VCO Model 1130.

Check out the event channels below for more coverage of the event.

WMD Mixed Eurorack Modular at TRASH_AUDIO Mountain Oasis

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"@wmdevices modular setup from the @trashaudio show. pic.twitter.com/sYOl7gV47V"

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Mutable Instruments Anushri Analog Synthesizer

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Technosaurus Microcon Analog Mini Mono Synth

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"Microcon is a CV/GATE mini analog monophonic synthesizer module
emulating the simple design and sound of classic Roland TB-303 and SH-101 synths.
They are made by Technosaurus, a Swiss company best known for their high-end Selector modular synths.
It is handmade using the same discrete circuits found in its bigger brothers.

The Microcon is a totally analog table-top synth module that's slightly smaller than the original TB-303. It has one main oscillator capable of either sawtooth or square waveforms,
just like the TB-303. The addition of a sub-oscillator is more like SH-101, which can help beef up your bass sounds.
The analog lowpass filter is switchable as either 2-pole (12dB/oct) or 4-pole (24dB/oct), which is better than the TB-303 or SH-101 offered.
The LFO can modulate the filter cutoff frequency with either triangle or square wave and the VCO can be modulated by square or triangle waves.
Simple attack and decay envelope controls and a Glide effect round out this fairly simple to use and highly affordable 303 clone.
it also possible to use filter section with external sounds into it.

The Microcon only uses CV and Gate for being controlled externally
no MIDI IN/OUT


ATTENTION TO USE:

Microcon has a lot of function into a small package,
so each jack has dual functions.

you need attention to select connecting cables especially for GATE input
manual says,The units should be used with stereo 1/8" cables unless you specifically want to disable the oscillator
but this doesn't work with all gear combinations.

if you use mono 1/8" cables to GATE input,insert the gate plug only halfway to get the unit to sound
or use insertion cable(1/8" stereo to dual 1/4" mono cable)

Here's a rundown of the connections:
CV Tip - pitch control voltage
CV Ring - filter control voltage
Gate Tip - gate
Gate Ring - short to ground to mute oscillator (this is what happens when you use a mono 1/8" cable)
Out Tip - audio output
Out Ring - filter input"

Techmology! - Deadmau5 with Prototype Surface Controller

Published on Oct 28, 2013 deadmau5 ·179 videos

"Thanks to our partners over at microsoft and their PPI team, our team were able to make some pretty righteous touch software that drives the OSC / Midi to... other ... stuff. ;) ... its still early in development, but were making great progress. Heres a quick demo!"

Trash Audio at the Apothecary - NIN's Alessandro Cortini, Carl Oliver, Jason Butcher, & Don Hassler

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Moments Lost - Music & Art inspired by Blade Runner on Indiegogo

Published on Oct 29, 2013 AnalogSweden·59 videos

Update: Indiegogo link fixed: www.indiegogo.com/projects/moments-lost

"Preorder / support on www.indiegogo.com/projects/momentslost

It started six months with our first Blade Runner tribute track, and after the great response it spawned the idea to make a whole album. We're approaching the creation of the music with a rig similar to Vangelis' original setup, of course including the Yamaha CS80, Roland VP-330 strings and Rhodes. On this track we also used the Prophet 5, Jupiter 4 and Analogue Solutions Vostok mk1. The working methods are also inspired by Vangelis, using a live and direct approach to capture the energy and feel of the original recordings where everything is played by hand. No midi is or will be used, only analog sequencers will be used.

Together with a professional writer we're creating new small stories, called moments, that will be the themes for the music, and to please the eyes we're working with illustrators Kilian Eng and HR-FM for the creation of the album art. dwdesign.tumblr.com/ www.hr-fm.com/

We want to release cd, colored vinyl and an art booklet with illustrations for every track and documentation on the creation.

Moments Lost - sounds and visuals from a lost world. A project with music and art inspired by the world of Blade Runner. www.indiegogo.com/projects/momentslost"