NEW INC Showcase 2015 Presents: The Counterpointer

Published on Jul 22, 2015 NEW INC

See this previous post for some demos of The Counterpointer.

"The Counterpointer is a synthesizer that generates Baroque harmonies to a melody input by the user. The one on show at Red Bull was a collaboration between Luisa Pereira and Yotam Mann.

NEW INC’s first end-of-year Showcase features new, collaborative projects that have been developed over the course of the program’s inaugural year. Driven by a pure quest for experimentation and play, and informed by a commingling of disparate disciplines and ideas, these works thwart our expectations, defy categorization, and offer novel ways of looking at and interacting with the everyday.

NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator, unveiled eight new, collaborative projects for it’s first end-of-year Showcase. The featured works, which were developed over the course of the incubator program’s inaugural year, are driven by a pure quest for experimentation and play, and informed by a commingling of disparate disciplines and ideas. These projects thwart our expectations, defy categorization, and offer novel ways of looking at and interacting with the everyday.

On view at Red Bull Studios New York, July 10-30 2015 (Wed-Sun, 12-7PM).

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Thumbnail photo via Red Bull"

Blinkenlite Multiplier

Published on Mar 14, 2016 Mystic Circuits

"Grow your synthesizer with the power of light!

http://www.mysticcircuits.com/p/blink..."

MATRIXSYNTH Review and Overview of the Novation Circuit

Update: Not covered in this review, sample support has been added in the latest Circuit Components update.

The following is my overview and review of the $329 Novation Circuit.

Introduction

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Korg - miniKORG 700 S analog synthesizer

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"This synth has never been opened, refurbished, or modded in any way, it's 99.99% untouched; the only part that has been changed is the power socket ..."

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OTO Machines Bim House jam

Published on Mar 14, 2016 duncanperson's channel

"The Bim and the Biscuit make a great pair :3 lush and dense delays from the bim, Biscuit doing pitch shifting, filtering, lof-fi and other stuff. plus Roland JU-06, SH-101, and Acidlab Bassline. All sequenced through the Machinedrum. More jam Videos coming soon"

Electro Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine

Published on Mar 14, 2016 EHX

"The new MEL9 Tape Replay Machine emulates vintage Mellotron® sounds and uses the same ground breaking technology that powers the award-winning B9 and C9 Organ Machines, plus the KEY9 Electric Piano Machine. Nine of the most famous sounds are included: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir and High Choir.

MEL9 works on guitar without modifications, special pickups or MIDI implementation and tracks bends, slides, even whammy dive bombs! It also works with bass guitar down to the open A string and keyboards, too.

Watch as Bill Ruppert takes you on a tour of the MEL9 and re-creates some of the most iconic sounds of classic rock!

®Mellotron is a registered trademark of David Kean, M. Resch AB and Markus Resch."

The 3 New Pocket Operators From Teenage Engineering

Published on Mar 14, 2016 sonicstate

"Office, Arcade and Robot - Gaz Williams takes a lot at the quirky Swedish ultra-portable music devices"

Introducing Lifeforms Systems by Pittsburgh Modular

Published on Mar 14, 2016 Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Interactive inspiration machines. The next generation of our System line of eurorack synthesizers harnesses the power of the new Lifeforms modules and Structure enclosures. Designed around the Lifeforms SV-1 modular analog synthesizer voice and anchored by the classic Pittsburgh Modular filter and two full range analog oscillators packed with harmonically rich waveforms, the Lifeforms Systems offer a rich sound palette with the flexibility of an open, fully patchable analog voice architecture.

The System 201 and System 301 also include the Lifeforms KB-1 pressure sensitive keyboard controller. The pressure sensitive keyboard maximizes the creative process with arpeggios, sequences, triggers, voltage memory, and more. More information on the entire Lifeforms line is available at lifeformsmodular.com."

6 minutes with a Moog Voyager

Published on Feb 2, 2016 Jerry Richardson

"6 minutes of me with my MiniMoog Voyager. I test out my newest axe and discover the most expressive synthesizer I've ever played. Sorry about the squeeky sustain pedal, and the audio isn't the best because I literally forgot to hit record in pro tools. Taken with my gopro in my home studio. Organs are a Yamaha MOX8."

N/O/D/E 2016: conférence Olivier Gillet (Mutable instruments)

Published on Mar 6, 2016 Node Rendez-vous

Olivier Gillet presentation at the recent N/O/D/E 2016 event and conference.

"« Comprendre l'aléatoire et ses applications à la musique

Conférence d'Olivier Gillet (Mutable Instruments) donné le samedi 30 janvier 2016 à Pôle Sud, Lausanne, à l'occasion du N/O/D/E 2016, rendez-vous des curiosités sonores, autour de la thématique "algorithmes et big data"

Existe-t-il différents types ou degrés d'aléatoire ? Comment le décrit-on, le mesure-t-on ? Dans cette conférence, le concepteur de synthétiseurs Olivier Gillet vulgarise différents concepts mathématiques (continu/discret, distribution, indépendance, bruit, chaîne de markov) qui permettent de mieux saisir les différentes formes de hasard qu'on peut mettre en œuvre dans une composition musicale, que ce soit à l'échelle des notes d'une partition ou de la matière sonore elle-même. Chaque concept est illustré interactivement par des programmes python ou puredata, et ses applications musicales (que ce soit dans une composition de Xenakis ou dans les entrailles d'un module eurorack) sont présentées.

plus d'infos sur www.node-rdv.ch

http://mutable-instruments.net"

Googlish:

"Understanding the random and music applications
Conference Olivier Gillet (Mutable Instruments) given Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the South Pole, Lausanne, at the N / O / D / E 2016, appointment of sound curiosities, around the theme 'Big Data and Algorithms'
Are there different types or degrees of randomness? How do we describe the do we measure? In this conference, the designer Olivier Gillet synthesizers popularizes various mathematical concepts (continuous / discrete, distribution, independence, noise, Markov chain) to better understand the different forms of chance that can be implemented in a musical composition , whether to scale notes of a score or sound material itself. Each concept is illustrated with python interactively or puredata programs, and music applications (whether in a composition of Xenakis or in the bowels of a eurorack module) are presented."