MATRIXSYNTH

Boards of Canada - Roygbiv (COVER by Pece) / KORG Volca Bass

Published on May 21, 2014 Piotr Cieślik·39 videos

"From Wikipedia: 'Roy G. Biv is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors; the distinct bands are an artifact of human color vision.'

I decided to keep the sound close to the original. It took a lot of work but I had a lot of fun too. Big respect to BOC for making up such a splendid melody and catching the uncatchable.

Everything is mixed in Reaper. I used a lot of VST processing, especially on piano.

Beat was made from various samples and I used a little bit of bit crusher effect to emulate the sound of 12bit samplers which BOC apparently love.

The sample of the kid saying "hey" was taken from the original with low pass and high pass filter applied.

If you try to emulate their sound you instantly know why they always say things in interviews like how they shape the sound of hihat for a few days and about all the hard processing job. Yes, indeed, this is the hardest part in this type of music.

Synths used: Yamaha DX100 for piano, KORG Volca Bass for bassline, Waldorf Blofeld for main melody and the melody at 0:35, Yamaha AN1X for the melody at 0:45.

http://www.facebook.com/PeceFanPage
http://www.piotrcieslik.com"

Axel F Beverly Hills Cop VST - OP-X PRO-II

Published on May 21, 2014 virtualoberheim·52 videos

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

Original music by Harold Faltermeyer. All sounds except for drums are coming from the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog VST synthesizer plugin.

The used sounds can be downloaded as bank here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest

The song uses 13 instances of OP-X PRO-II for all sounds except drums. The used sequencer is Cakewalk Sonar X3.

The song runs in an entry level Acer Aspire E1-510 notebook featuring an Intel N3520 2.42 GHz CPU and Windows 8.1.

The maximum CPU load read from the Sonar X3 CPU meter is about 30% running all 13 instances of OP-X PRO-II in realtime (no track freezing used).

The used master keyboard is an E-Mu Xboard 61.

The copyright of the original composition belongs to the respective owners. This track is just a cover version using virtual instruments to recreate the sounds and doesn't contain any bits of the the original music.

Related:

Axel F VST
Oberheim VST
Oberheim OB-X VST
Roland Jupiter-8 VST"

GrooveBoy XL running Nanoloop X2

Published on May 21, 2014 LoFiFuture·7 videos

"2 instances of Nanoloop running on two GBA SPs, MIDI synced to an MPC via Arduinoboy. Built in 2 channel mixer, analog synthacon filter clone and a stereo deep blue delay clone. All housed in a custom modified NES shell.

This system also runs LSDJ and Mgb off of the built in flash carts."

New Voodoo Design Synth & Delay Module Demos

New Voodoo Design Simple Module #1 Delay Modular Synthesizer Echo & TNVVO synth demo

Published on May 21, 2014 J Tracy·14 videos

"Demo of First of New Voodoo Design 'Simple Module' series -Delay analog modular synthesizer modules & Small or Short demo of TNVVO portable analog synthesizer & LFO with CV control (control voltage)"

TNVVO New Voodoo Design CV Control Voltage controlld Analog Synth Synthesizer demo

"TNVVO New Voodoo Design CV Control Voltage controlld Analog Synth Synthesizer demo"

Sopranotron, Demo and Tutorial for iPad

Published on May 21, 2014 thesoundtestroom·273 videos

"Sopranotron from Omenie the team that brought us the excellent Mellotron M3000. This is simply superb."

iTunes: Sopranotron - Omenie Limited

"The first dedicated 'Virtual Soprano' instrument for iPad - add soaring operatic soprano tones to your recordings, or take a pitch-perfect Virtual Soprano on stage with you!

Here by popular demand is Omenie's M3000 HD 'English Soprano' library, provided as a standalone instrument. Caitlin Downie, gifted soprano and national treasure, has been painstakingly recorded and assembled into a huge vocal collection. 525 different samples, 15 different voices, with chromatic sampling over the M3000's 35-note range, and note stretching below and above the range to deliver 5 octaves in total.

3 distinct vowel vocalizations, 'soft' voices, 'forte' voices with huge projection and vibrato, staccato vowels and 3 different ensemble voices are provided. Two different playable instruments are available at the same time, one blended from a selection 3 of the 15 voices ('A/B/C'), the other a single voice ('D'). The 'D' voice may be assigned to programmable chord pads, or the two instruments may be played independently via class-compliant MIDI keyboards. 64 programmable 'Voicebanks' allow popular selections of voices to be saved and restored immediately for recording or performance.

Virtual MIDI on 2 separate channels and AudioBus support make Sopranotron a very flexible and powerful instument for adding vocal sparkle to recordings or live performances."

ARTURIA iSEM Strange sound

Published on May 21, 2014 ryouichi harada·69 videos

iTunes: Arturia iSEM - Arturia

Roland Aira TB-3 + CASIO XW-P1 (sequencer play)

Published on May 21, 2014 Metatron's Cube·61 videos

"Starting to dig into the sequencer on the Casio XW-P1. I had 4 or 5 unused tracks as well. Just trying to get comfortable using the new menu layout on the new synth. Sounds beastly even with the tb-3 blasting away. The synth section is really big too, saw that it had 300-ish waveform types and went back to the sequencer...another day for that. Some fooling about for the first three minutes till I settle on some beat sounds. Thanks for watching/listening.

Download: https://soundcloud.com/miles-baskett/random-late-night-tb-3-jamming"

Kick.S Live / X813 【 Goa Edit 】

Published on May 21, 2014 Kick.S·272 videos

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Blogger : http://electronica-mini.blogspot.jp

PollySynth Interactive Installation for Mobile Devices

PollySynth Demo Published on May 21, 2014

"Imagine having a signature synthesizer sound that followed you around in the real world.

What if your sound could interact with others in a physical space?
What does it sound like flying around the room?

PollySynth combines simple UI with fun character design to virtually eliminate the learning curve associated with synthesizers and the technology involved.
PollySynth is a multiplayer polyphonic synthesizer created by Secret Feature.
Synthesizers are controlled by your smart phone, and visualized as members of the PollySynth gang. Spatial audio effects add to the fun as characters respond to the controls and parameters.

PollySynth is currently available as a location specific experience. For inquiries please contact info@pollysynth.com.

http://pollysynth.com
http://www.secretfeature.com
http://superdeux.com
http://brightspectrumfilm.com

PollySynth created by Ray McClure and Sebastien Roux Superdeux at Secret Feature

Video Directed by Joe Stillwater at Bright Spectrum"

Moscow Synthpozium Event Pics

The Moscow Synthpozium was held on April 30, as posted here. The following are some pics of the event sent my way via Andrey Erikashvili. The first eight are from this set. The rest with the MEMORIUM logo are exclusive to this post. Enjoy. You can click on each for some full size wallpaper.

Roland had a strong presence with the new AIRAs, along with plenty of modular gear, DIY & some classic vintage synths. Check out the Atari system with custom Jenko keyboard controller with Buchla style knobs.