Something Dark in the Woods

Published on Sep 28, 2017 HardtekStudios

"With summer dying and fall taking over, the creepy things have begun to spread. In this track the Tom Cat and Circuit Mono Station are run thru the TP-2 for some Tube Overdrive & Optical Compression. The Circuit is playing clean. All tracks run thru the Mackie Onyx mixer and then recorded into Logic. Once in Logic, everything is mixed using Compression, EQ and a reverb send. Everything is synced via midi."

Restoring a Memorymoog Plus by Wes Taggart for The Bob Moog Foundation

The Bob Moog Foundation has a post up on Wes Taggart's journey in restoring a Memorymoog Plus. You can find the full post here.

"The Haloed Memorymoog. Probably the Henry the VIII of all the late 70s/early 80s poly analog synths, equally as big and mythical. Also, just as finicky and vindictive.

Michelle Moog-Koussa, the executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation, contacted me in September of 2016 concerning a Memorymoog Plus that was graciously donated by that summer’s raffle winner, Lee Keeley. As the 2016 Memorymoog raffle winner, his dream of owning a solid working Memorymoog came true. Michelle asked me if I was willing to bring Lee’s donated instrument back to life."

noyzelab EMS Sweden Residency

Another visit by noyzelab. This one was at EMS Sweden. Click through for the full post include more info and pics of the Buchla system and more.

"On Feb 1 - 12 I was Guest Composer at EMS Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm, Sweden. I also had my Eurorack modular with Intellijel Shapeshifter, CycleboxII + Expander, Tiptop Z-DSP & Numberz, as well as my uMANIAC and MANIAC cellular automata sequencers and a MacBook Pro + MOTU MicroBookII.

For the creative outcomes I spent my time again working mainly with modulation synthesis such as FM, RM, PWM, AM, and wavetable synthesis via audio rate sequencing. I was also processing sounds from my Rainwire recordings through some pretty exotic effects modules/units, ranging from spring/plate reverbs, modular systems and high end DSP boxes. Some of these recordings appeared in my Rainwire [Processed] installation at Sound+Environment 2017 at Hull University, part of the UK City of Culture 2017..." You can find the full post at noyzelab.

Late Night Improv :: Arturia MatrixBrute, Make Noise 0-Coast & Eventide Anthology X

Published on Sep 28, 2017 experimentalsynth

"Trying out some things with the Arturia MatrixBrute, Make Noise 0-Coast and Eventide Anthology X software. More in-depth explorations to come, but this was a fun 'shake-down cruise'..."

Sequential Circuits Prophet-10 w/ MIDI & Extras

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"Sequential Circuits Prophet 10, working. Sounds Great. After market MIDI. Includes road case, original operation manual, repair manual with all schematics, and diagnostics ROM IC."

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ROLAND JUPITER-6 220V WITH EUROPA v2.0 MOD SN 343748

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"The Europa v2.0 upgrade was so worth the money. It adds so many great features which can be read here...

In 2015 I re-calibrated the synthesizer as per the Roland service notes. Improvement was heard instantly with more consistency across all VCO's, Filters and PWM settings.

The metal end piece just to the right of the top most key had been "re-engineered" in the past by a previous owner. When I bought the synth, there was a poorly repaired slot in the piece which I re-repaired and repainted the piece. It is not the exact colour as the rest of the Jupiter, but it is close and I'm just mentioning it so you know everything there is to know.

There are a few chips to the paintwork on the face shown in the photos. The aluminium end pieces have a few nicks, but overall, very good condition. The synthesizer has remained in good care in my home. Close up photos show these.

It all works perfectly, no scratchy pots or sliders, no missing caps, nothing bent or broken."

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Acidlab Miami Analog Drum Machine

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My Movie 6 by therudyrude - Buchla 251e Controls Euroracks

Published on Sep 28, 2017 therudyrude

Tasty Chips GR-1 Granular Synthesizer Stretch Goal Tease

Published on Sep 28, 2017 Tasty Chips

"The keyboard is split in 2 octaves. The higher octave plays within the area of a drumloop sample. The other one is playing in the area of a synth sample. Within the drumloop sample, the sample position is mapped to MIDI notes, so you can map a note to the snare position for example. This is a quick hack to test multitimbral possibilities and is not even close to be polished and included, but we will work this out when the next stretch goal is reached!! :)"

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AMPIFY | Creating Patterns with Groovebox

Published on Sep 28, 2017

iTunes: Groovebox - Novation

"GROOVEBOX for iPhone & iOS

Groovebox is a free, beautifully designed music studio app packed with inspiring synths and drum machines. Groovebox supports Midi In and Chromatic Mode, allowing external midi keyboards and other devices to play and record patterns into iPad and iPhone.

AMPIFY x NOVATION
Ampify is a unique innovative team formed from Novation, world-renowned music instrument pioneers. We’re responsible for some of the most popular music creation and remixing apps on Apple’s App Store. Launchpad for iOS has nearly 7 million downloads, and Blocs Wave for iOS won a number of prestigious awards. Our team, originally called Blocs, is now known as Ampify.

MAKE & REMIX MUSIC
Launchpad is the number one app for remixing and performing electronic music, whilst Blocs Wave paves the way for generating new musical ideas instantly. Now with Groovebox supporting these advanced features, Ampify offers a variety of new creative ways to make music on iOS.

ABOUT AMPIFY
The Ampify team was born out of talent from established electronic music brand Novation. The team were responsible for previous innovations such as the original Launchpad hardware. Their latest accolades include Launchpad, Blocs Wave and Groovebox for iPad and iPhone."