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Two New Video Demos for the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

"Polivoks in action 3" & "Polivoks in action 4 (sequenced)" added to the main post here. Don't miss them!

LITTLE PAW : WHAT KIND OF DAY HAS IT BEEN

Published on Sep 28, 2015 EXPLORING AUDIO

"This is a quick performance video of 'What Kind of Day Has It Been', a song from my upcoming album titled 'SPACE CORGI'.

The music was composed entirely on a Nintendo Gameboy with LSDJ and then recorded, processed, mixed, and mastered in Ableton Live. Guitar parts, Korg Monotribe, and Moog Sub 37 were added live on video.

'SPACE CORGI' will be released on October 15th, 2015, in honor of the first day of the third annual 8static Festival, which I am extremely proud to be performing at!"

Demora: the width control

Published on Sep 28, 2015 wellurban

"A detailed demonstration of the "width" function on Roland's Demora delay module.

(Note: there's some occasional glitching of the pitch that's due to some quirks in my input patch, rather than to Demora)"

http://www.roland.com/aira/airamodular/

How to Sync Scatter to System-1m

Published on Sep 28, 2015 Jacob Watters

"Here is a tip that shows you how to sync the Roland AIRA Scatter module with a System-1m."

http://www.roland.com/aira/airamodular/

New Audio Damage NEURON FM DRUM VOICE Eurorack Module Proof

Silver box acid jam with Inter Gritty

Published on Oct 18, 2014 Inter Gritty / Random Island

"Quick, raw single pattern acid jam straight from Random Island HQ aka my living room. The old silver boxes take the spotlight, backed up with some hats from the 909 and a bit of pedal action. Hope you like!"

And a little late but you can still appreciate the 909:

Happy 909 day!

Published on Sep 9, 2015

"It's 9/09 today. Here's how Inter Gritty celebrated."

Moog's MF-Chorus & MF-Flange Nominated For TEC Award

via Moog Music

"Moog Music is proud to announce that both the MF-Chorus and MF-Flange Minifooger Analog Effects have received TEC Award nominations in the category of 'Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects'.

Recognizing the technical innovations behind recordings, live performances, television, film and video games, the 31st annual TEC Awards will be held on January 23, 2016 during the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Moog Music is grateful for this year's nominations and for the efforts of the NAMM Foundation and TEC Awards in spotlighting the technical achievements of today that that will shape the sounds of tomorrow.

Enjoy these select demonstrations of the TEC Award nominated MF-Chorus and MF-Flange analog effects and visit the Moog Dealer Locator to find an Authorized Moog Dealer near you."

You'll find the demos on Moog's website here.

Upcoming Sound Labs at Amsterdam Dance Event Oct 14 - 18

Workshops at this years' Amsterdam Dance Event currently include Moog, STEIM, Ginko Synthese, and Falafular Synths. Details follow.

ADE Sound Lab: a modular synth heaven

"The modular synthesizer has always been an integral part of dance music, and ADE Sound Lab will shed a light on its heritage during a three day modular synth bonanza.
If you're planning on visiting ADE Sound Lab make sure to grab the annual ADE Card, which allows you to access MusicTalks and live performances.

Modular synths have been on the rise of late. Their new found popularity boosted the modular market in unforeseen ways. The market has spiked like never before, and there are ever more and more musicians, artists and producers making their own modular set up in search of unique sounds and machinery.

ADE Sound Lab focuses on the history and heritage of synths by inviting sound designers, inventors and even some legends of the modular world to inspire you with talks, workshops, performances and a Modular Market. By exhibiting the latest inventions in (modular) synthesis ADE explores the realm of the development of new electronic instruments, (modules for) modular synthesizer systems and audio installations, as well as innovations in the field of image and visualisations of sound. Amongst other work, ADE Sound Lab introduces the Modular Expo.

Do It Yourself Synth Building Workshops
You can not only play around with existing modules and modular systems, but you can also build your own synthesizer. ADE Sound Lab offers several Do It Yourself workshops, some free of charge, others for a fee. The latter will ensure you can take your brand new, playable synth back to your home studio.

Moog’s Chris Howe will head the workshops on Thursday and Friday. Friday will see a workshop that will be led by STEIM - Hypothetical Instruments, which will focus on the future of electronic music, what instruments will be needed and how we will correspond with those yet-to-be-invented modules. On Saturday, the DIY Workshop will be hosted by Ginko Synthese who will let you build your own synth with their very own DIY kits. They’ll even let you make a case to harness the instruments. Falafular will host on Saturday. If you like to learn more about prices and workshop registration, keep a close eye on our website and the respective event pages.

Workshops
Moog Werkstatt by Chris Howe (Moog Music Inc, US)
Werkstatt Workshop provides a way for synth experts and novices alike to explore subtractive synthesizers. Through hands-on instrument modifications, participants will learn the fundamentals of subtractive analog synthesis and the control voltage paradigm. Analog synthesizers have long had their own maker culture born of curious engineers, physicists and hobbyists who have created and crafted their sounds through electronic experimentation. It is our goal to share our love for learning, music, and electronics by encouraging everyone to create the world they want to hear, one mod at a time.

STEIM - Hypothetical Instruments
In this workshop you can design machines for creative expression. Working with low and no-tech, you’ll build non-functional instruments aimed at inventing the music machine of the future. By taking as a starting point how an individual imagines the experience of playing electronic music, we will spend the afternoon making the perfect machine or instrument for that person. This process is directly informed by the designers and researchers from Native Instruments, Johannes Kepler Universität and STEIM, with the goal of making instruments that are positioned on the bleeding edge of technology.

Ginko Synthese
Ginko Synthese, the braindchild of Jan Willem Hagenbeek, aims to close the gap between the stage and the studio. At ADE Sound Lab they will be presenting easy to build cheap DIY kits. The components are available at a reasonable price. The popularity of these kits is currently spreading across the world fast, meaning that a lot of new user codes are becoming available almost weekly. You can use these modules as granular oscillators, wavetable oscillators, drum synths and even as clock sources just by uploading a different code.

Falafular Synths
Falafular is the SDIY brand that enabled Falafelbiels (Niels Kloet) to build himself a fabulous modular synthesizer. The ’S’ in SDIY stands for soldering, and Niels Kloet will show you the nit and grit of Do It Yourself synth building.

ADE Sound Lab is organised by ADE, in cooperation with Creative Industries Fund NL, the Dutch fund that offers sound pioneers and innovators an opportunity to demonstrate what they are working on, as well as helping them to develop their talents further in a 'hot house' environment.

ADE Sound Lab
Dates: Thursday Oct. 15 - Saturday Oct. 17
Time: program starts at noon
Venue: Compagnietheater
ADE Sound Lab is a free program (except for the ADE MusicTalks series and live performances, free for ADE Card holders, also accessible for 1 & 5 Day conference ticket holders)."