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Jen Musipack 1.0 (1983)... waves experience thru Elsa sampler

Published on Apr 7, 2019 VSMI

"Jen Musipack 1.0 waves sample experience thru Elsa sampler app on Ipad. 8 bit source pure waves, ADSR control, no filter, some little reverb only, handmade random play on sequencer line... The AlphaSynthauri Made in Italy!!"

ORCA Visual Programming Language Developed by a Couple on a Sailboat

Published on Jan 15, 2019 Allieway Audio

"Get ORCA for free here: https://100r.co/pages/orca.html - if you like it, make sure to donate to it's lovely creators :)

Heya! I'm still working on my doubleknot+mosstone vid, but I wanted to make a quick informal video on this cool software in the meantime - it's pretty impromptu and not the best audio quality but I hope you still enjoy it!

Let me know what you think in the comments and maybe I can do a series of videos exploring ORCA a little bit further and making some complete songs :)

By the way, I didn't mention it in this video, but the couple who developed this software live in a studio on a sailboat, where they develop cool open source tools for artist! How rad is that?? :0

Correction, by the way: ORCA uses Base 36 numbers, not 36-Bit, and l was thinking of UDP, not OSC (though it also has OSC capabilities)."

"Orca is not a synth, but a livecoding environment to write procedural sequencers. In other words, Orca is meant to control other applications such as a DAW (Ableton, Renoise, VCV Rack, etc.), or an audio server such as SuperCollider.

Each letter of the alphabet is an operation, lowercase letters operate on bang(*), uppercase letters operate each frame. Bangs can be generated by various operations, such as E colliding with a 0, see the bang.orca example.

Operators

A add: Outputs the sum of inputs.
B bool: Bangs if input is not empty, or 0.
C clock: Outputs a constant value based on the runtime frame.
D delay: Bangs on a fraction of the runtime frame.
E east: Moves eastward, or bangs.
F if: Bangs if both inputs are equal.
G generator: Writes distant operators with offset.
H halt: Stops southward operators from operating.
I increment: Increments southward operator.
J jumper: Outputs the northward operator.
K konkat: Outputs multiple variables.
L loop: Loops a number of eastward operators.
M modulo: Outputs the modulo of input.
N north: Moves Northward, or bangs.
O offset: Reads a distant operator with offset.
P push: Writes an eastward operator with offset.
Q query: Reads distant operators with offset.
R random: Outputs a random value.
S south: Moves southward, or bangs.
T track: Reads an eastward operator with offset.
U uturn: Reverses movement of inputs.
V variable: Reads and write globally available variables.
W west: Moves westward, or bangs.
X teleport: Writes a distant operator with offset.
Y jymper: Outputs the westward operator.
Z zoom: Moves eastwardly, respawns west on collision.
* bang: Bangs neighboring operators.
# comment: Comments a line, or characters until the next hash.
: midi: Sends a MIDI note.
^ cc: Sends a MIDI CC value.
; udp: Sends a UDP message.
= osc: Sends a OSC message."

https://100r.co/pages/orca.html

Lorre-Mill Double Knot & Keyed Mosstone In-depth Overview / Demos

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Allieway Audio

1. Lorre-Mill Double Knot (in-depth overview / demo)

"TO SKIP THE BORING EXPLANATION SKIP TO 17:06

A couple years too late, the first video of the Double Knot on the internet with any explanation of what the heck is going on! Everything here is improvised and mainly didactic but I hope it at least shows you why I love this thing so much. I haven't even touched the surface of the many tricks I have learned so far!

Let me know what you think :)

EDIT: Just rewatched, and I'm now aware that the time signature at 28:15 was 4/4. I think I may have forgotten how to count at that moment :P"

2. Lorre-Mill Double Knot: Exploring Drones!

DISCLAIMER: I do not recommend using touch-jacks as I do in this video without sufficient understanding of the risks involved in touching something metal that's connected to a power outlet. I do not accept liability if you hurt yourself during reckless use of touch-jacks!

My last video was focused on explaining the double knot's different bits and exploring it's rhythmic possibilities, so I figured my next video on it should show off it's amazing capacities for creating sonic textures at audio rate!

I get a little lost in this video, toward the end - playing with this synth tends to put me in a sort of trance that's a bit hard to escape at times - you get tangled up in the knots I suppose :D

A lot of this video's audio is very dry for explanation purposes, but hopefully the end of the video shows how powerful this synth can be with for drones with some fx processing (I'm using the OTO Bam for reverb, by the way). Also, the audio in this vid is mono to prevent you only hearing the synth through one ear at parts of the demonstration, but you can imagine how crazy the stereo image of the knot's two sides can be at if you mix in stereo!

Leave a comment and tell me what you think, I'm hoping to make a lot more videos now that I've got a less shitty tripod, so I appreciate any feedback! Hope you enjoyed ^_^

3. Lorre-Mill Keyed Mosstone (in-depth overview / demo)

"I'm back again with a new in-depth explanation / video manual / rambleathon, this time about Lorre-Mill's newest synth, the Keyed Mosstone!

I originally intended this video to have a longer demo/screwaround session at the end after all the talking, but I realized after finishing my initial overview that I was actually very close to running late for a date I had later that day - one of the problems with shooting hour-long videos in one take! I'll be making a more extensive jam session video very soon, with MUCH less talking :)

Speaking of problems with hour-long vids, my phone's camera is quite nice but has a frustrating limitation - it can only handle vids of 2gb, and anything longer will cause it to stop recording and start up a new vid, leaving a noticable second-long gap. I'll try to record in several parts in the future to try to avoid getting cut off - for this video, I interspersed the cuts (there are two) with a transcript of the few words missed.

By the way, I did realized after finishing up that I forgot to illustrate the sound of the second random's digital noise when applied to various sound parameters (e.g. wavefolding), which is an important aspect of the synth's sound - I'll make sure to cover this first thing in my next video on the Mosstone!

Also, another minor correction - the gate output in the very bottom left of the synth is actually a trigger (spike) output, not a gate: it just does a quick trigger when you press any (circle) key. Handy for triggering the randoms!

Let me know what you think, and if you have any other questions about this synth, or requests for future videos, especially featuring the knot and mosstone, as they are the best of friends!"

Psychedlic Sam Sam [Episode 130]

Published on Apr 7, 2019 CatSynth TV

"Video of our beloved cat Sam Sam playing and grooming processed using Vizzie in Max/MSP.

The music features the following software and hardware instruments:
Arturia Synclavier V 2
Arturia Buchla Easel
2hp Cat Module
Strymon Magneto
Arturia MiniBrute 2"

H-Pi TBX1 MIDI Tuning Box Microtonal Keyboard Synthesizer Tuner Converter

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See this post for a demo of the H-Pi TBX1.

"From https://hpi.zentral.zone/tbx1:

Got a standard MIDI keyboard? Retune it! TBX1 makes retuning as easy as pushing a button. Attach this little box to your synth and you can make any key play any pitch you want. It comes preloaded with 128 tunings for you to try out, and stores tuning tables in 4 layers, totaling over 500 tunings, which you can easily edit with Custom Scale Editor (cross-platform software, license included). Set up your own tuning, upload it to TBX1, and plug into any General MIDI controller and synthesizer to make your music. Portable and ready for the stage, TBX1 can also run for eight hours on batteries.

Tuning

128 tables x 4 layers = 512 full range programmable tunings

General MIDI compatibility — Compatibility Requirements

Controls

jog dial: select and enter preset program parameters

MIDI LEDs: monitor MIDI IN and MIDI OUT traffic

LCD display: currently selected tuning, bank, patch and polyphony (with backlight ON/OFF switch)

sixteen channel switches: selectable MIDI output channel polyphony, from 1 to 16 voices

fifteen preset buttons: store and recall tuning, synthesizer bank and patch

14-bit MIDI pitch bend resolution: 0.01 cents

bypass switch: turn tuning function on and off without swapping cables

External MIDI Message Pedal / Sequencer Control

receive tuning table Changes

receive bank and patch changes

full sustain pedal support

full control of held key behavior when tuning table change messages are received

Inputs and Outputs

12V DC power input

MIDI IN: connect to any MIDI controller (keyboard, sequencer, etc.)

connect computer to MIDI IN to upload tunings

MIDI OUT: connect to any general MIDI tone module, sampler or computer MIDI interface for tuned output

sends the following MIDI data on selected channels

bank select, patch change, pitch bend range RPNs, 14-bit pitch bend

note on / note off (one note per channel = monotimbral up to 16 voice polyphony)

MIDI Velocity, Modulation, and Volume are passed as received at MIDI IN

MIDI THRU: sends unmodified MIDI data received at the MIDI in through to another unit."

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CASIO PT-7 Synth Electronic Musical Instrument Keyboard

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"CASIO PT-7 Synth Electronic Musical Instrument Keyboard. Has been tested and works great. In good condition. Includes charger"

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Modular techno #30 / Shapeshifter

Published on Apr 7, 2019 pawwakill

"A dub techno recording using Intellijel Shapeshifter.

Very straightforward stuff here. Shapeshifter both shapes modulated by Xaoc Batumi and Zadar. Zadar also modulates the Dual Borg filter. 909 CH through WMD/SSF MMF high pass filter, 808 open hat and Basimilus Iteritas Alter for the percussion. Eventide Space for the reverb and Strymon Timeline for the delay."

Novation Workshops Coming to Brighton Music Conference

via @WeAreNovation

"Going to Brighton Music Conference? The Focusrite x Novation Theatre at @BrightonMusicCo will host two full days of workshops, seminars and Q&A's from a huge lineup or artists, free to all BMC pass holders.
Full details: http://bit.ly/FocNovBMC2019 #WeAreNovation"

Upcoming Performances and Release by Todd Barton

via supporting member, Todd Barton:

"April is filling up beginning with the recent release of Softube.com’s Buchla 296e Spectral Processor plugin for their Modular platform.

I was lucky enough to do a 10 part video series overview/tutorial of the amazing Spectral Processor. [posted here]

Bruce Bayard and I, known as Control Voltage Therapy are looking forward to joining our friends Caballito Negro: Terry Longshore & Tessa Brinckman this Friday, April 12 at 7 pm at the Schneider Museum of Art as part of the Ashland Independent Film Festival’s celebration which included a video by Bruce which we will perform with. More details here.

And on Thursday, April 18 I will be performing an improvised solo set as part of the UCSB’s CREATE concert in Santa Barbara. I’m delighted and honored to have be invited by one of my guiding lights, Curtis Road’s. More details here.

Upcoming in May: a simultaneous rerelease from https://flyingmoonlight.bandcamp.com/music of my 2008 solo shakuhachi album, Ro and a sample reel from that album for the MakeNoise Morphagene available from freesound.org"