MATRIXSYNTH

Rephazer - Live Jam on the Elektron Digitakt

Published on Jul 5, 2017 Rephazer

"Hi all, I received the Digitakt yesterday evening and after updating the machine + uploading some samples with the awesome sample transfer tool I started building some patterns.

This is just a quick jam with the first 3 patterns I've made on it.. Couple of mistakes and what have you, but I was pleasantly surprised by the sound quality of the Digitakt and by the overall ease of use of this machine.

I already have a little experience with the Elektron workflow, but I think this machine is a great way to get into the drug that's called Elektron if you are not into it already ;)

Hope you like it and have a nice summer!"

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RETRONYMS DEBUTS ON GOOGLE PLAY WITH PHASE84

Retronyms PHASE84 is now available on Google Play.

"San Francisco, CA USA (July 5th, 2017) – Retronyms has expanded mobile app ecosystem to now include Google Play with the launch of Phase84 for Android. Previously only available on iOS in The App Store and Samsung Galaxy Apps Store, Phase84 is the first Retronyms music app on Google Play.

Phase84, a next generation phase distortion synthesizer, fuses gritty digital sounds with traditional analog punch. The app features over 110 presets, containing all sorts of basses, leads, pads, bell tones, sweeps, atmospheric sounds, pseudo-realistic tones, and more. Phase84 offers a multitude of unique features, such as the groove gate, a 16 step rhythm matrix with tweakable envelope, patterns, and tempo while in perform mode. Experienced synth tweakers will be thrilled at the sheer variety of unique sounds that can be produced with this incredibly versatile synth, as well as musicians exploring Phase84 for the first time.

Phase84 takes the basic phase distortion technique and supercharges it, giving musicians endless amounts of creative options. Phase84 author Louis Gorenfeld expands on this, saying, “The sound of Phase Distortion exists somewhere in the space between traditional analog subtractive synths like the Minimoog and Yamaha’s chilly plucky FM tones.”

Phase84’s roots date back to the 80s, with the wave shaping synthesis in Casio’s CZ line of digital synthesizers. “Casio’s resulting CZ synth line found use on albums from a diverse list of artists from Moby to Jean-Michel Jarre to They Might Be Giants,” explains Gorenfeld. With Phase84, users can customize their waveforms much more than on the original Casio CZs.

The app in particular can create warm pads, glitchy sounds, dirty basses, filthy sweeps, screaming leads, and anything in-between. For those familiar with the typical Moog-like synthesis, think of the "shaper" as being synonymous with "brightness" or "filter cutoff”. An organic semi-randomized unison mode helps it produce killer pads. The oscillators can be FM’d together for even more complex and rough tones, or phased using pulse-width modulation.

FEATURES:
- More than 100 presets
- USB MIDI controller support
- Low-latency audio on both Samsung and non-Samsung devices
- Advanced Keyboard section
- Expressive Perform Mode with Groove Gate
- Precision Knob mode
- Preset saving in Standalone Mode
- Phat, naturalistic unison feature for super thick pads and sweeps
- Oscillator Section: 9 Params, 2 General-Purpose Oscillators, 1 Formant Oscillator
- Mix Section: 8 Params including Delay Amount and Pulse Width
- Envelope Section: Amplitude and Shaper Envelopes; fully visualized and interactive ADSR plus special Fade Param
- Delay/Filter Section: Stereo delay with loss modeling and a punchy overdriven analog-style filter"

Tentacles Lab 0008 (Ambient HHHiiiggghhh LLLiiifffeee)

Published on Jul 5, 2017 Tentacles

"Published on Jul 5, 2017
Lab 0008 is made with our Eurorack modular synth, sequenced by the DIY Ornament & Crime and mixed live with the Elektron Octatrack.

More about this Lab can be read here: http://tentaclesband.com/lab/new-ambi...

Gear used:
-Sampler player: ES Disting MK3
-Arp: Doepfer A110 + A106-5 + MI Peaks
-Bass: Ladik VCO1 + RYO Aperture + ALM Pip Slope
-High Voice: MI Warps
-Befaco Midi Thing is used to clock the modular.

Eurorack Patch: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/patches...

Mixed in Octatrack. Mastered in Logic with minimum effects.
Filmed in Mini-DV with a Sony Handycam DCR PC9E PAL

This is our musical laboratory, a place to cook new compositions, where we experiment with our music toys. Some of them will end in our albums, some not. Time will tell..."

Soundplant 45 Released - QWERTY Software Sampler Updated On Mac & Windows

Soundplant 45 sound design demo: Space Highway Ambiance

Published on Jun 30, 2017 keymapper

Soundplant 45 beat demo

Published on Jun 30, 2017 keymapper

"New York, NY - July 5, 2017 - Independent developer Marcel Blum has released Soundplant 45 for Windows and Mac, a major update adding playlist queuing, ASIO support, and other optimizations to the computer keyboard sound triggering program. Soundplant turns the standard QWERTY keyboard into a playable instrument with ultra low latency, allowing the instant playback of any format sound files on 72 keyboard keys with no need for extra hardware.

Version 45's new 'multi queue' feature adds flexible playlist support, allowing several unique capabilities including triggering dozens of sounds at once from a single key, playing multiple playlists simultaneously, and realtime chaining of queues via key press to build playlists on the fly. ASIO support on Windows brings even lower latency, higher sound quality, and expanded output device support. Also new in v.45 are a global 'fade out all' function, recording quality improved to 32-bit, reduced CPU usage, faster sound loading, contextual help, and many other improvements and bug fixes.

Soundplant intuitively turns an input device you've been practicing on for as long as you've been typing into a versatile multitrack playback tool. Now in its 18th year, the venerable $50 program has found wide use in studios, theaters, clubs, stadiums, and classrooms, its combination of ease and power earning adoption by professional audio engineers, sound designers, DJs, and producers as well as amateur podcasters, comedians, pastors, teachers, artists, and gamers. Users love Soundplant's rock-solid stability for live use, low-spec system requirements, straightforward drag-and-drop sound file assignment, customizable key press and release control, and powerful flexibility as standalone software capable of mixing hundreds of sounds at once in audiophile 32-bit/96khz quality.

Availability and pricing
Soundplant is offered as a free download at http://soundplant.org/ which includes a 25-launch trial of the registered features. In unregistered mode it is free for non-commercial use with limitations on some professional features. The registered version (USD $50, or a $25 upgrade) allows expanded sound file format support, output device selection, higher quality output sample rates, recording, and 'background key input' global hotkey triggering. Soundplant runs on minimum Windows Vista or macOS 10.6."

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Novation Circuit + Peak drone techno jam

Published on Jul 5, 2017 anode8

"Here's a quick little ditty I came up with at the Novation booth during Movement Detroit in May of 2017! I like the sound of the Peaks filters, and barely had a chance to scratch the surface of what it could do. This is just a little minimal techno groove, with a simple note on a loop to explore the synth a bit."

Creating a Self-Playing Patch in Audulus

Published on Jul 5, 2017 audulus

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modular shades #10 | feat. morphagene & orthogonal devices er-301

Published on Jul 5, 2017 Elinch

"modular shades #10 | feat. morphagene & orthogonal devices er-301

peace of music in two parts.
first part feat. morphagene (00:00 - 03:21).
second part feat. orthogonal devices er-301 (03:21)

first part
make noise morphagene sequence / 4ms dld
make noise sto / wmd mixer / wmd pm
rings / zvex instant lo-fi junky / 4ms dld
dreadbox theta noise / intellijel quadra / intellijel uvca

second part
orthogonal devices er-301 (4 sample player (drums) / 2 grain units & 1 loop units (background sounds))
intellijel dixie 2+ / intellijel quadra / vcl vcf 74 / intellijel uvca / tc electronic flashback triple delay
dreadbox gamma

all parts
mutable instruments clouds (voice sounds) / 4ms dld
dreadbox omikron / controled by disting mk4 (ring modulator) / dreadbox lamda / intellijel uvca

sequenced by artery beat step pro / yarns / voltage block. recorded live with tascam dr 100 (a bit limiting from the tascam at the end). for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers."

Brighton Modular Meet - Expert Sleepers General CV

Published on Jul 5, 2017 sonicstate

"The Expert Sleepers General CV module give you direct CV control of the General MIDI sound chip, and the results are quite promising already.

This is a module that we actually saw first at the Superbooth show this year, however as Os has now updated some of the hardware, we thought it would be a good time to get some updates.

More info at http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/

Check our Awesome MAX4Live Synth: http://bit.ly/wavejunction"

Brighton Modular Meet - Soulsby Synthesizers Oscidrum

Published on Jul 5, 2017 sonicstate

"The Oscidrum from Soulsby Synthesizers is an alternate software for the Oscitron oscillator, turning it into an 8-bit drum machine. This is an 8 part, 16 step drum machine with programmable rhythms and two banks of sounds.

Each 8-bit sample has independant volume, pitch, length and delay fx parameters, the sample rate of each sample can also be controlled locally or via the V/oct input.

For more info visit http://soulsbysynths.com/

Check our Awesome MAX4Live Synth: http://bit.ly/wavejunction"