Modular Wild Visits Knobcon 2014 Performances-Atomic Shadow

Published on Nov 3, 2014 Modular Wild

"A short compilation of clips from Atomic Shadow's Knobcon 2014 performance.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

http://www.atomicshadow.com

Microkorg Vocoder Tutorials

Published on Nov 1, 2014 Jacques Mongrel

"In this video I talk about how to properly set up the Microkorg for vocoder duties and then about how to get started with the vocoder mode."

microKORGs on eBay

Microkorg Vocoder 2 Tutorial

Published on Nov 5, 2014 Jacques Mongrel

"I talk about the Audio In 1 Settings: Gate Sense, Gate Threshold, HPF Level, HPF Gate."

Nebulophone Octatrack CUCKOO jam

Published on Nov 3, 2014 cuckoomusic .

"Support Cuckoo at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/cuckoomusic
Nebulophone by Bleeplabs: http://bleeplabs.com/store/nebulophone/

Here's a little jam but together with sounds from the Nebulophone by Bleeplabs, put into the Octatrack for further processing. It's a crazy little machine, with a surprisingly warm and cool sound. All Arduino based, I suppose you can update it to do whatever you want :D

Cheers
CUCKOO"

Modular Jam #18 - 32 Step Sequencing & Switching

Published on Nov 3, 2014 DivKidMusic

"Chaining four 8 step sequences to create a longer main riff plus some drums! Full patch details below.

PATCH NOTES

Sequences
I used 4 different 8 step sequences. The patch originated from the first sequence was what the Analogue Solutions SQ8 taking a clock signal from a Frequency Central System X Sample & Hold. The CV is in lo range of the SQ8 and goes to an RYO Ampmix (channel 1) to scale the CV before going to my ADDAC 207 Quantizer. Adding to that is a pair of Make Noise Pressure Points & Brains Module. Each row (3 rows of 8 steps) is going into the other 3 channels on the Ampmix to scale the output before taking each Ampmix channels output into a Doepfer A-151 sequential switch. Using step 1's gate output on the Pressure Points to switch the sequential switch it now moves between the 4 different 8 step sequences and the switches output then goes into the ADDAC Quantizer.

Riff
At the core of the riff is 4 Intellijel Dixie mk1 oscillators all mixed through the Bubblesound VCA4p. Each is slightly detuned to create a thick wash of sound and the saw outputs are used for a rich harmonic base at the centre of the patch. Beyond the VCA4p the signal splits, one output goes directly into channel 1 on the onboard mixer on the Manhattan Analog SVVCF. The split of the signal then goes into a Barton Waveform Animator for further detune and slightly mangled sound as the input is already a thick detuned wash of saw waves. The Animator output then goes into a Livewire Frequensteiner filter in HP mode with modulation from a Synthesis Tech E355 dual LFO module. The Frequensteiner then goes into the WMD Geiger Counter which has it's wavetable processing sequencing from channel 2 on the ADDAC Quantizer. The Quantizer sends channel 1s input to each of the 4 channels when no other input is present. So depending on the pitch output of the quantizer is also sends modulation to the Geiger Counter. The Geiger Counter then mixes into channel two of the SVVCF. The filter cut off on the SVVCF is modulated by a WMD Multimode Envelope (MME). The MME takes it's gate from the ADDAC Quantizer which when not gated provides a trigger output when it detects a change in pitch.The MME also takes modulation of it's attack and decay times from the E355 dual wavetable LFO. The SVVCF output goes into an RYO Vertmix on channel 1 which is my basic output mixer for this patch.

Drums
Using the clock thru output on the SQ8 I've taken the clock into the 4ms RCD and SCM to divide and multiply the clock further. Sending a clock into the RYO VC Sequencer I'm using the RYO TrigXpander output to take steps 1 and 5 to trigger my kick drum sound which is from the Mutable Instruments Peaks module. Peaks is in hidden/bonus mode 4 which is a drum synthesiser mode. Taking the clock output of the first VC Sequencer into a second VC Sequencer and TrigXpander I'm then taking step 5s trigger to trigger the snare drum which is Peaks channel 2 in normal drum mode. Both the kick and snare mix together in an AniModule TrAniModule for a bit of extra grit before going into an AniModule SOB Filter's first input. The third and final percussion layer is a clocked noise sound used as a basic 8 bit hi hat style sound. Various steps from the TrigXpander are mixed into a Low Gain Short Bus so I can manually flick the switches to select new rhythms taking the the output into a Mutable Instruments Braids trigger input in the clock noise mode. The internal envelopes in Braids are sent to the on board level VCA to create the sound. Modulation of Braids Timbre input comes from the VC Sequencer and the pitch is modulated through the FM input with a Bubblesound uLFO with the shaped sine output. The sine shaping is modulated by a Synthesis Tech E350. This sound then passes through a Make Noise Echophon before going into the SOB filters second input. The SOB now acts as a final mixer and filter for the drums in the patch before taking the low pass output into channel 2 on my Vertmix 'output mixer'.

Output
The final output from the Vertmix goes into a J3RK Fader/Panner which is crossfading between the dry output and a copy of the Vertmix output going into a Doepfer A-199 spring reverb with a larger tank before going out into a Pittsburgh Modular Outs module for recording.

Manual Wiggling
- TrAniModule and SOB input levels to mix drums.
- J3RK fader to mix in spring reverb
- SOB cut off to filter drums
- SOB Wavefolder Mix
- Echophon feedback amount, feedback circuit 1 or 2, pitch modulation depth and mix amount.
- Vertmix, volume of main riff.
- SVVCF input levels, cut off and CV modulation depth."

Massive Aphex Twin Interview with Tons of Synth Talk

You'll find the full interview at noyzelab

Some interesting bits regarding the EMS SYNTHI 100 pictured below and the three KORG PS3300's to the left which were originally owned by Dave Simmons.

On unusual ways of making sounds with the EMS SYNTHI 100: "2nd thing that comes to mind is putting a bank of ldr's and a few thermistors over the oscilloscope of the synth 100, its 20 ldr's and 3 or 4 thermistors, so you get a nice visual feedback thing going on, sounded insane, got to record it next time! pitch transition were so nice..also got to record synthi100 with all oscillators synced,..that IS a sound...all oscs on that thing have sync

but like that you are going from electricity to light waves then back to electricity and then finally to sound waves in air, top...oh and then electrochemical in yer hed and then.......______ s100 with ldr's+thermistors

ive got a cv in control on the lights of the synthi 100 so can also use those to operate the ldr's, also putting the bank of ldr's behind a fish tank with light on other side, fish modulation :)"


On the three KORG PS3003's "so going back to about 93/94 ish there were 3 for sale in loot newspaper london for £10k for bloody ages, like 6 months or something, nobody was buying them! I mean i remember thinking that was a shit load of cash then even. so i went too see them, I had about £2k to my name then to live on and i would've dropped the lot on one of those bad boys so thought id go and see if i could get one of them at least. Went around with my friend vic, it turned out it was owned by Dave simmons of simmons drum fame! and his wife! was so cool to find that out but was REALLY bad atmosphere because they were SO SO nice to us, very welcoming showed us the synths , played us their music even , they didn't know who the fuk i was, even if id told them they wouldn't have known who i was.. but it became pretty apparent to me they were very in need of the money prob coz his business had gone down tubes, bought 3 korg ps3300's in better times for god knows how much...they even made us dinner thinking I was going to buy all 3 , it became really horrible atmos..then i was like ill buy one of you ...silence...tumbleweed..., here I've got 2k in cash now! they were so sad and didn't sell it to me , so i went home also sad.. then ffwd about 6 years and better money times for me and I was buying up loads of cheap analog on ebay and i thought i wonder what happened to those 3 korgs, id heard a rumour cold cut had bought them, pulled some strings and realised matt black lived literally 5 mins away from me! so i thought ok, its destiny. went to see him, they were all fucked, but working AND midi'd, he'd midi'd them. Matt, really lovely guy, was very friendly and lushly agreed to sell me one, it was unusable, used it on fenix funk for the mental spectral sounds at the beginning with pitch bend applied to it oh and dissonant sounds at end.

Prototype 1974 Vintage 1974 RMI KC-1 Keyboard Computer SN 509 with Punch-Out Card Reader

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via this auction

"Wow! This is the 1974 RMI Rocky Mount Instruments KC-1 Keyboard Computer! It has just arrived fresh from a Colorado Estate! I am still going through this incredibly rare synthesizer! This is the world's first portable digital synthesizer!! Less than 100 were ever made! That is the best guess as to how many were actually ever produced! The Keyboard Computer II, or KCII, followed this original KC1 version. That KCII model was offered from 1975 to 1982..

First users included Jean Michael Jarre and Garth Hudson, Uses the North American Rockwell MOS chip set that came right out of the NASA Space program from the 1960s!

10-voice polyphonic digital wavetable synthesizer with IBM punch card reader. I have about 50 IBM punch cards included in sale

This keyboard Pre-dates all PPG and Prophet digital synthesizers!

Low serial number- all wood enclosure-not the plastic top KC1 version- the selector buttons light up when selected as only the very first versions did!

61 key polyphonic-3 Audio channel output- 3rd channel was for white noise only

$4,495 in 1974"

Related posts: The PPG 1003 "Sonic Carrier" - World's First Programmable Synth? - The First Synth to.... Also see the RMI channel.

Update via 909955847736 in the comments: "This is actually the prototype which was used on the demo record, ads, and promotional tours. It's very possible that only one of these was ever made. It's the only one with a wood body and illuminated switches. The production model Keyboard Computer (KCI) has a molded plastic body with non-lighted push-in/push-out buttons. And it also had a few differences in the voices and functions compared to this instrument. They are both portable versions of the Allen Theater Organ. The later KCII was not directly associated with any specific Allen organ model. None of the KC models qualify as a synthesizer any more than any other electronic organ did in 1974."

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New Synclavier³ In the Works

via Synclavier.com

"What Is Synclavier³ - Mitch and I are teaming up to bring a new and exciting round of Synclavier® hardware and software to our very loyal customer base. The Synclavier³ Application for Mac OS X is a rewrite of the user-interface portion of SynclavierX using the latest and greatest Mac OS "Cocoa" framework. So it will work on future Mac OS's and it removes some of the limitations of earlier releases - such as the 9 GB hard drive size for example. Synclavier³ loads sound files directly from your Macintosh hard drive or network - no need to use "image files" or "optical disk images".

On the hardware side we have designed a replacement for the obsolete PCI-1 interface card that is based upon PCI Express, and is compatible with - hold your breath! - the latest Thunderbolt™ Macintoshes by using a Thunderbolt-to-PCI-Express adapter. We plan to make the software compatible with early Original Keyboard systems so that ORK customers with failing floppy drives can still use their system.

We hope to commission a production run of the new PCI Express card and adapter box during the first quarter of 2015. But we can only do so if there is sufficient interest within the customer community to justify the production expense. So if you are interested in taking advantage of this new hardware option you will need to place a 50% deposit on your purchase by December 31st.


Please read on for further information about these exciting new developments.

Cameron Jones
November 1, 2014"

This one in via Nenad Marusic.

Halloween Theme Live Techno Remix(RS7000, Korg MS2000, Korg EA-1, FL Studio)

Published on Nov 3, 2014 Bit 9

"John Carpenter's classic...You can only watch so much Halloween before wanting to remix the theme song am I right? I wanted to get it up by Halloween, but technical difficulties prevented that! Also it took a while to figure out a solid beat on the 5/4 time signature. Try it sometime! It's weird."

Hardware Knob Controller for Akai Miniak / Alesis Micron

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"Real time knob control over 72 parameters of your Alesis Micron - Akai Minaiak

Power supply (9v cc 500ma 2.5 pin, center positive) not included.

Just plug and play.

No computer required !"

Emerson Soundpack (Week 7)

Published on Nov 3, 2014 KM Productions

"Let me preface, this week's soundpack is not for everyone, actually it wasn't even made for you...let me explain. If you follow me on Instagram (@KyleMohr) you will quickly notice 2 things, that I have a mild obsession with Midi Fighters and that I have a 7 month old daughter, Emerson (Emmy). When we started the free weekly soundpack series I quickly came up with the idea to make one for Emerson by sampling the sounds of all her toys and even her talking, throwing the audio into Ableton, and chopping it up into a soundpack. This was so that her efforts to learn the Midi Fighter would be more engaging. So, I decided that for this week I would share Emerson's soundpack with you, for those with kids, just young at heart, or looking to put something different into your productions. Enjoy! -Kyle

http://www.kmprodj.com/

FREE DOWNLOAD (Ableton Project File, Traktor Remix Kit & WAVs Folder all in one zip file): https://maps.djtechtools.com/mappings...

Video Credit: Alex Medvick"