Dave Smith and Pioneer DJ to Announce Something New at the Musikmesse

This one in via Soviet Space Child, spotted on DJWORX. I bet you didn't see this one coming. If you look at the Pioneer DJ website you will see a number of DJ products featuring multi-colored pads as seen in the graphic although in much more limited layouts. This is DJ product so a good guess would be DSI's filter and/or effects integrated into one or more of their products. As for the number of pads in the graphic? We'll find out soon enough. If you have any guesses feel free to leave a comment. Note Dave Smith will be at the Pioneer booth daily noon to 5PM Thursday April 7 - Saturday April 9.

Update: details are here.

Electribe 2, Bass Station II, Monotribe - live hardware drum & bass

Published on Mar 30, 2016 Matt Greer

"Live hardware Drum and Bass - korg electribe, monotribe & novation bass station 2

Hello,

So, I've been contemplating selling my Electribe 2. I've been a little unsure about this so I decided to give it a little more use before I made my decision. I arrived at this.

Ah, yes, Drum & Bass. My oldest, deep passion in electronic music. Actually, for me, it started with Breakbeat Hardcore then Jungle then DnB. Basically, I've watched it grow through many transformations over the years. Always loved it. Funny to me that the basic style has been around for 20+ years yet it still holds surprises.

As such, my own DnB tends to be a bit of a fusion. It's always a tad slower (166 BPM here) than the new stuff (old school jungle was a bit slower) and I tend to mash different styles together. Incidentally, I'm also working on an alternate mix of this track with Ragga style vocals.

So.. here we are. I made a jungle-ish, jazz step-ish, smooth-ish, ragga-ish, atmospheric-ish Drum and Bass kind of thing. Hope everyone likes it, even the NON-old school-jungle-heads. ;)"

Spring in Blue | Eurorack Modular Ambient

Published on Mar 30, 2016 r beny

"Taking a break from recording to...record. Got a new, better tripod and I wanted to try it out.

This one is inspired by lingering feelings from winter.

Eurorack and Audiothingies P6."

Prelude to War (Circuit, Rhythm Wolf, Tom Cat, Freq Box & MF Drive)

Published on Mar 30, 2016 HardtekStudios

"Download the audio track for FREE here-https://soundcloud.com/hardtek-studio...
The main bass line is the same setup as last weeks, with the tom Cat tom going into the Freq box then the MF Drive. The Rhythm Wolf is providing some extra percussion & bass and the Circuit is taking care of the main drums and backing synths. Hmmm, does the baseline remind you of something? Maybe a nearly 20 year old "Beast" of a theme?"

The Dark

Published on Mar 30, 2016 Dimitrios Sismanis

"Second attempt at self generating patch. Starts with Cyclebox into Korgasmatron, Phonogene, then Echophon. Vampire into Clouds. Piston Honda into Polivoks and then Streams, followed by Wow and Flutter. Elements into Strymon Mobius, Timeline and Big Sky.

Based around Maths Channel 1 cycling, attack and delay modulated by Quadra Channels 1 and 2 also cycling. End of Rise from Maths clocking Wogglebug, QCD and several sequencers."

Fender / Rhodes CHROMA POLARIS - Ambient chillout music【SYNTH DEMO】

Published on Mar 30, 2016 synth4ever

"Fender / Rhodes CHROMA POLARIS analog synth demo. Playing ambient chillout music on vintage CHROMA POLARIS analog synthesizer by Fender / Rhodes in 1980s. Effects: MXR stereo chorus & Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal."

Native Flute or Ocarina Modular Synthesis Style

Published on Mar 30, 2016 Live Electronic

"Used my band new Intellijel Polaris to create a native flute lead. Signal Chain is Intellijel Polaris, Audio Damage Dub Jr Mk2 a (Mannequins 3 Sisters Filter on the feedback loop), Mutable Instruments Clouds. Vibrato LFO is from Make Noise DPO. Envelope is Make Noise Maths. VCA is Make Noise Optomix. Noise Source is Mutable Instruments Braids."

Further Explorations of Mutable Instruments Modules (in five parts)

Published on Mar 30, 2016 Genshi Media Group

"Further Explorations of Mutable Instruments PEAKS + BRAIDS + WARPS + ELEMENTS + RINGS + CLOUDS with the Music Thing Modular Radio Music (custom mirror-polished version from Magpie Modular) and the Make Noise Richter Wogglebug. The Eventide H9 is processing Rings. All patched and perform live in one take with no additional overdubs or processing."

Watch Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith bring her modular orchestra to life

Published on Mar 30, 2016 FACTmagazine

See this post for Kaitlyn's upcoming release on April 1st. Click here and scroll down for more posts featuring Kaitlyn's work.

"The electronic composer invites us to her LA home for an intimate performance.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has become one of the most fascinating champions of modular synthesis in recent memory — but she didn’t start out that way.

Raised on Orcas Island in northwest Washington state and classically trained in guitar and piano, Smith spent a curiosity-fueled year teaching herself synthesis after a serendipitous encounter with the Buchla Music Easel, an instrument that’s come to define her as much as she has defined it.

Her explorations in synthesis reach an apex on her stunning new album EARS, out April 1 on Western Vinyl, blending woodwind and her own vocals with the primordial sounds of the Buchla to make her most definitive statement yet.

After recently relocating to Los Angeles, Smith invited FACT to her home studio where she showed us the different synthesizer voices used to create her modular symphonies before churning them together in a spontaneous improvisation.

The intimate home performance serves as a taster for her show on April 1 at Rewire Festival in the Hague, Netherlands, where she’ll play the city’s Lutheran Church with Chris Watson and Kara-Lis Coverdale + MFO."

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