Junkie XL Announces SCORE Academy for Free

Published on Mar 28, 2019 Junkie XL

Pretty awessome that he is doing this for free! Details:

"Film composer Tom Holkenborg today launched SCORE Academy, an annual year-long program, created in collaboration with ASCAP, that offers emerging composing talents the chance at hands-on instruction, up-close and personal with one of Hollywood’s most in-demand composers.

Tom Holkenborg’s SCORE Academy provides a singular opportunity. Students will be receiving a full-contact curriculum, designed by Tom himself, to educate a new generation of film composers and ready them for the demands of Hollywood. The Academy aims to raise students skill sets to the highest level in all aspects of scoring, sound design programming, music production, music technology and film music business.

'I have always been a passionate advocate of making education accessible to all, and my SCORE Academy will provide the hands-on tuition and training that’s required to make it as a composer,” said Tom Holkenborg. “Vocational education in this field is invaluable, and SCORE Academy will equip our students with the tools they need to succeed.'

The course will be offered annually to students for free, furthering Tom’s commitment to providing education resources to emerging composers. Tom already produces and funds the free online tutorial series Studio Time, which over three seasons has amassed a following of over 100,000 YouTube subscribers and given people around the world invaluable insight into Tom’s composition process. Tom also held an Associate Professor position at ArtEZ Academy of Music in the Netherlands, where he created a four year bachelor program called Media Music.

Tom Holkenborg’s SCORE Academy will mentor selected emerging film composers, taking a deep dive into production; tackling mixing, building sample libraries, working in surround sound, cue structure, sample and plug-in usage, among many other technical skills. Outside the studio the program will also provide tuition on navigating director/composer relationship and work-flow, marketing and promotion, and the business side of Hollywood.

Tom Holkenborg is one of Hollywood’s truly unique talents, a full contact composer, renowned for his maverick approach, and mastery of studio technology and instrumentation. He has over 120 scoring credits in film, video game and television music including Deadpool, Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Mass, Alita: Battle Angel, Divergent and the forthcoming Terminator: Dark Fate. He has worked with directors including Robert Rodriguez, George Miller, Tim Miller and James Cameron and his movies have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.

Find the application for SCORE Academy online

www.score-academy.org"

Hidden Patterns By Miguel d'Oliveira

Hidden Patterns, on Spotify, is a new album from Miguel d'Oliveira whose videos have been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.

via Miguel:

"Between documentaries soundtracks of the last 4 years I would try to write a track that was as different as possible from what I had just done.

Since each has an unusual pattern (structure, rhythm etc) I decided to release them as an album.
Hope you like them."

NuTone Eurorack Test

Published on Mar 28, 2019 Plankton Electronics

"Triangle wave on the Nutone eurorack distortion module. Basic patching and analysis."

Marienberg 5U Modular Synth Interview Summary (ENGLISH) #TTNM #TSR19

Published on Mar 28, 2019 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"At Thomann's Synth Reactor 2019 I had the unique opportunity to meet and talk to Steffen and Holger Marienberg extensively. I filmed an interview with Holger about the origins of the the company Marienberg Devices Germany, in which he also demonstrated some of their 5U modular synth modules. This interview was recorded in German language though, so I made this summary video here for my English viewers =)"

G'ma cooks it up best 🥧.

Some Moog Grandmother synth art via @moogmusicinc

"G'ma cooks it up best 🥧.

#Moog #MoogGrandmother #MoogSirin #Analog #AnalogSynth"

New TAQS.IM Synth for iPad

Spotted this one on discchord.

"The TAQS.IM Synthesizer features Middle Eastern Sounds and Rhythms for Arabic, Armenian, Balkan, Greek, Persian, Turkish Music and More. Sounds included are:

Accordion Octave
Clarinet Klezmer
CZ-101 Accordion
CZ-101 Square
DX7 Flute
Duduk Vibrato
Electric Baglama
Farfisa Lead
Garmon Reed
Guitar Jazz
Kanun Bell
Mijwez
MOSS Nay
Ney Hollow
OB-8 Sync
Oud
Piano Kavkaz
Sax 90s
Saz Acoustic
SH-2000 Accordion
SH-2000 Violin
Strings Kavkaz
Tar
Trombone Arabic
Zurna Synth
Zurna Turkish"

Introducing K1CK SYNTH - Kick Drum Plugin

Published on Mar 27, 2019 2getheraudio

"Boston, MA USA (March 26, 2019) - 2getheraudio, has released K1CK Synth, a virtual instrument with a new hybrid synth engine designed specifically for creating and delivering a huge range of electronic kick drum sounds. Two interfaces, Simple and Expert, give producers a highly optimized set of sound design controls for fast auditioning, simple tweaking or fine tune control of kick drum sounds. K1CK Synth is available to purchase under 2getheraudio’s Pay-What-You-Want (minimum $10) pricing model off their website.

'The perfect kick drum is not easy to achieve and yet it’s critical to every music track no matter what the style,” says Jennifer Hruska, CEO of 2getheraudio. “Like all 2getheraudio products, we set out to make the sound design process easier and faster while delivering super professional results. I’m not kidding when I say this plugin delivers some serious kick, and making your own signature sound with K1CK Synth is finally a fun thing to do!'

Under the hood, K1CK Synth uses a custom audio engine with sampled attack transients and specialized synth oscillators to generate the initial big body sound. Individual envelopes for pitch and amplitude shape the decay while customized drive and compression circuits dial in the punch. Effects, including bit crushing, decimation, and low pass and high pass filters deliver a huge range of possibilities for extra character and edge. Finally, three kick drum microphone options add the polish.

For those without the time or expertise to fine tune all these parameters, K1CK Synth offers a Simple View which exposes just four sound control knobs, 4 effects buttons and 4 mic options for quickly dialing in your sound. When needed, and Expert View takes you under the hood for finer control.
K1CK Synth supports 64-bit VST, AU, AAX capable DAWs. It is Mac and Windows compatible. K1CK Synth is released under 2getheraudio's Pay-What-You-Want (minimum $10) business model so nearly all musicians, regardless of their ability to pay, have access to this software. A free trial is available at https://www.2getheraudio.com/ instruments/k1ck-synth.

For more information, please visit:
Website: https://www.2getheraudio.com"

Oberheim Four-Voice Synthesizer Field Test & Price List Vintage Brochure - 1978

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"Brochure includes 2 printed pages. Came in the mail from the manufacturer folded in 3.

Condition is Mint. Approximately 41 years old.

Compliment your vintage gear with original literature!"

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Mutable Instruments Elements Eurorack Resonator Synth Module DIY Clone

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"Mutable Instruments Elements Eurorack Resonator Synth Module Clone New Black/Gold Build 2018 MINT!

Mutable Instruments Elements built by an electronics engineer (Momo Modular) with ten years of experience. Calibrated and tested, with factory firmware. Includes screws and ribbon cable. Briefly used only in a smoke/pet free pro studio.

Elements is a full-blown synthesis voice based on modal synthesis – an under-appreciated flavour of physical modelling synthesis with a strange and abstract feel.

Elements combines an exciter synthesis section generating raw, noisy sounds characteristic of bowing (filtered friction noise), blowing (pitch-controlled granular noise), or striking (stick, mallet, hammer or brush sample playback… or bursts of synthetic impulsions).

These sources, or external audio signals, are processed by a modal filter bank – an ensemble of 64 tuned band-pass filters simulating the response of various resonant structures (plates, strings, tubes…) with adjustable brightness and damping. A stereo ambience reverberator adds depth and presence to the sound.

All parameters have a very meaningful and well-delimited impact on the sound. When designing Elements, great care has been taken in selecting parameter ranges and control curves, producing a large palette of sounds – often beyond physical realism – but always well controlled and stable. The “dark spots” of noise and feedback are reached gradually, and they do still react to controls. The module is deliberately menu- and switch-free – what you dial/patch is what you hear!"

FieldScaper 2.1 Update - Sound Transformation & Rhythmic Construction Videos

Published on Mar 28, 2019 Igor Vasiliev

"Instant transformation recorded sound and sound design with FieldScaper - Field recorder and Scapes constructor. More about this app https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com"

FieldScaper rhythmic constructions
Published on Mar 28, 2019 Igor Vasiliev

"Sound transformation and rhythmic constructions from usual melodic samples with FieldScaper - Field recorder and Scapes constructor."

What's New in 2.1:

● Added several new presets with use sequencer.
● Added controls for mic and external input.
● Added midi controls for sample edit.
● Optimization for iPhone Xr, Xs, Max.
● Several improvements of UI.
● Ableton Link SDK 3.0.5 updated.
● Audiobus SDK 3.0.6 updated.
● Built-in description updated.
● Several minor bugs were fixed.