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Wednesday, March 04, 2020

The Worst "Drum Machine" Ever Made? | Bee Gees Rhythm Machine


Published on Feb 9, 2020 Simon The Magpie

"The 'Bee Gees Rhythm Machine' (made famous by Kraftwerk) is a unit I see popping up online all the time. As a drum machine non the less! So I finally decided to pick one up and see if I can make music with it!"

The Soviet 808 Drum Machine?


Published on Mar 1, 2020 Simon The Magpie

"Checking out the ELSITA. A soviet vontagw drum machine that is written as possible to make 808 sounds. I call bullshit. But cheap bullshit!"

SEQUENTIAL INTERVIEW w/ DAVID COOK


You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Pianist, composer and Musical Director David Cook was born in San Diego to a musical family and raised in Columbus, Ohio. Now living in New York City, he has enjoyed a varied career of performing, recording and producing.

A graduate of the University of Michigan school of music, David has music-directed and played for many notable artists, including 10-time Grammy Award-winner Taylor Swift, Thomas Rhett, Emmy/Oscar/Tony winner Ben Platt, Maren Morris, Shoshana Bean, Lizz Wright, Academy Award winner Jennifer Husdon, Kesha, Utada Hikaru, Halsey, NSYNC, Billy Porter, Tei Shi and Shayna Steele. He has also played piano in jazz groups led by drummers Mark Guiliana and Red Baraat’s Sunny Jain, guitarist Greg Howe, saxophonists Adam Kolker and Bob Reynolds, as well as two-time Grammy-nominated trombonist Alan Ferber.

David has released two critically acclaimed records on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records label: Pathway (2010) and Scenic Design (2015). Produced by Ben Wendel of Kneebody, Scenic Design features David Smith on trumpet, Wendel on saxophone, Matt Clohesy on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums. Two-time Grammy Award-winner composer and bandleader Maria Schneider says “Scenic Design is full of heart, intelligence, and simply fantastic playing… every piece thoughtfully carries the listener along with evolving nuance, expression, and harmonic details.”

David is a member of the faculty at Montclair State University as Adjunct Professor of Jazz at the John J. Cali school of music. He also represented the United States in 2008 and 2017 with ensembles through Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department. Those travels included Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, and provided performances and clinics to audiences across the regions.

Other musicians that David has recorded or performed with include Dennis Chambers, Quincy Davis, John Ellis, Nir Felder, Tomas Fujiwara, Christian McBride, Donny McCaslin, Marcus Miller, Robert Randolph, Sachal Vasandani, and Victor Wooten.

We chatted with David on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music.

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You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Making Synths with Arduino & Dr. Bleep of Bleep Labs


via Eventbrite

"Making Synths with Arduino

April 2nd - May 15th, 2020
Thursdays, 6-9 pm
7 class sessions total + dadageek Exhibition on May 29th
$300 class fee + $50 materials fee

ABOUT THIS CLASS

In this course, you’ll learn how to build your own digital synthesizers and effects from scratch.

By the end of the course, you might create a new kind of delay effect, an ambient sound generator for an installation, a patchable modular synth, or whatever device you can dream up!

Starting to code with Arduino and hooking up the appropriate hardware for audio i/o and control can be daunting, but in this course, we’ll start at the very beginning and quickly get you making all kinds of music and noise.

This course is great for beginners to DIY hardware and software as well as those who have some coding experience and would like to get into making noise.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Arduino programming basics
Using the Teensy audio.h library
Digital and analog hardware basics
Audio processing basics
Coordinating LEDs with your sounds
Novel user interface hardware (light, motion, touch…)"

Ob 6 Transitions


Published on Mar 4, 2020 Arnaud Music.

Sequential OB6
Eventide Blackhole

Behind the Space - Novation PEAK evolving space ambient drone


Published on Mar 4, 2020 Alba Ecstasy

"Starting from an #ambient custom patch I made for the #NovationPEAK (soon on https://www.albaecstasy.ro), I just tweaked the filter and the delay parameters. Added from time to time some noise, increased the resonance and... that's all!
All internal effects, no EQ.
Amazing synth, right?

#patches"

DSI Prophet Rev 2 & TC Electronic Helix Phaser


Published on Mar 4, 2020 3rdStoreyChemist

ContinuuCon 2020 Set for April 27-29 In Palmela, Portugal



"ContinuuCon 2020, the fifth annual international Haken Continuum Conference, will take place on April 27–29 in Palmela, Portugal. Musicians and technologists describe the Haken Continuum as the world’s most uniquely expressive electronic musical instrument. As in previous years, ContinuuCon 2020 will extend an opportunity for Continuum players, sound designers, software developers, and electronic music enthusiasts to explore the Continuum Fingerboard and ContinuuMini through performances, workshops, lectures, and more.

University of Illinois professor Dr. Lippold Haken and Canadian film and TV composer Edmund Eagan developed the Continuum, the ContinuuMini, and their internal sound engine, the EaganMatrix, over decades of collaboration. Both men will be on hand throughout the event and will be joined by numerous other authorities to share their knowledge and musical expertise.

On April 27, just two days after Superbooth ends in Berlin, the conference will begin with a reception for attendees followed by a public concert at the Theatre S.Joao in Palmela. For the next two days, master players and authorities on the Continuum will give presentations and demos at the Palmela Public Library.

This ContinmuuCon will be the first opportunity to hear Expressive E's Osmose played together with Continuum -- both of these instruments have fast and accurate continuous sensing, both incorporate the EaganMatrix, and yet the difference between keyboard and continuous surface makes them very unlike each other. The performance by Edmund Eagan (on Continuum) on stage with Piano and Continuum virtuoso Rob Schwimmer (on Osmose) will be a historic not-to-be-missed event.

About Palmela

40 kms South of Lisbon, Palmela is a land of contrasts. Located between the estuary of the River Sado, and the hills of the Serra da ArrĂ¡bida, It has been inhabited since pre-historic times due to its privileged and strategic location. The Castelo de Palmela overlooks the city from a commanding position, and down a steep hill lies the charming historic centre. Palmela is Music – In the community, Music has a prominent place in the daily lives, where the act of creating and re-creating springs organically. Palmela, presents nature, heritage, gastronomy, award winning wines, arts and crafts and the beautiful beaches of the ArrĂ¡bida, making it an excellent place to welcome the ContinuuCon event.
ContinuuCon 2020 Tickets"

Minilogue VS Minilogue XD — Which one is right for you?


Published on Mar 4, 2020 BoBeats

"Today we are comparing the original Korg Minilogue with the Minilogue XD. If you enjoy my videos become a Patron: http://www.patreon.com/bobeats

Presets:
My Minilogue (original) Presets: https://gumroad.com/l/100miniloguePat...
My Minilogue XD Presets: https://gumroad.com/l/minilogueXDpresets"

Roland JX-03 Synthesizer, The Virtual Graphics Programmer - GP 002


Published on Mar 3, 2020 Robert Ch

"SOON MORE: Virtual Extension for the Roland JX-03.
Visit my website at www.robert.chrispijn.eu for more images.
Just click on the menu 'Roland JX-03' [actually do a find for Roland - it's way down on the page]

Why this?
A piece of history: On the Old Roland JX-3P there was a huge space on the right side of this synthesizer. It contained a graphical representation of the layout of the optional PG-200 Hardware editor. So I designed this version for the Roland Boutique JX-03 , in a Virtual way... A small separate unit I call the The GP-002."
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