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Monday, March 01, 2021

Folktek Gait w/ Original Box

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"A simple and effective gate and trigger generator. Four individual momentary touch pads send both +5v gate and trigger signals simultaneously as the touch button is pressed via 4x2 3.5mm outputs.

TOUCH PADS AND OUTPUTS
Four hexagonal touch buttons.

- each generates +5v gate and trigger outputs simultaneously.

- gate signal holds as long as the pad is touched.

- individual jacks for trigger and gate."

You can find demos of one in previous posts here.

Source Audio Collider (no talking) Sound Demo with Waldorf Iridium


video by Bonedo Synthesizers

Korg Opsix (Presets Part 1)


video by 3rdStoreyChemist

SYNTHSPACE Modular VR Now Available on Steam


video by Bright Light Interstellar

First featured back in May 2020, SYNTHSPACE is now available on Steam.

"Synthspace is the ultimate virtual synthesizer. It combines the familiarity of real instruments with the possibilities of virtual worlds. It starts with what you know, then takes it to the next level and beyond! It’s infinitely expandable, can change its looks in an instant and lets you focus on your creativity like never before.

If you love synths, this is the place to be! Synthspace opens up the wonderful, creative world of modular synthesis to everyone. Space and cost are no longer an issue. - A room full of synths for the price of a nice lunch. *mic drop*

40+ Modules available at launch
Zero to Hero - Learn all the basics of modular synthesis in an interactive lesson
Context help for every module
Scale from 1:1 (Eurorack) all the way up to wall-sized synth
Record your entire sessions or individual signals
Import your own samples
Easily share your setups with other users by generating a unique share-code for your save
LIV support (record yourself inside VR with a webcam)
Check out the Synthspace Audio Layer on GitHub and learn how to code your own modules
In active development - join our Discord and have a say in what we work on next. The future is bright - you ain’t seen nothing yet ;)"

Playlist of SYNTHPACE demos:

Cosmic Tape Music Club Podcast hosted by The Galaxy Electric - E2 Sun Ra


video by The Galaxy Electric

New podcast from supporting members, The Galaxy Electric. Gear talk at 9:40, and 01:04:14 on Sun Ra's visit to the Moog factory back in the day. Sun Ra famously had the Minimoog Model B prototype. See this post for an interview with Sun Ra from 1971.

"Thanks for joining us for Episode 2 of the Cosmic Tape Music Club monthly Podcast! Join your hosts Jacqueline and Augustus of the experimental pop band The Galaxy Electric as they get cosmic on the topic of Sun Ra and his Arkestra band. In short he was a being that claimed he was from the planet Saturn. He was an avid reader and enthusiast of music instrument technology, as well as a virtuosic band leader, composer and pianist/keyboardist. We share all sorts of facts starting with his early life, his alien abduction, the various locations he lived and conducted the band from, his journey through being an early adopter of many different keyboards and synthesizers like the Moog Minimoog and Yamaha DX-7 (to name a few), his mystic ethos, and much much more!

Chapters
Intro 0:00​
Uncertain Origin 1:30​
Forbes Piano 8:30​
1st Gear Head 9:40​
Organ is the "Tastes Like Chicken" of electronic instruments 12:30​
Future Minded 14:50​
College 16:50​
Alien Abduction 18:18​
War Story 22:40​
Chicago 25:10​
Ghosting 32:00​
The band were on call 34:30​
Arkestra is Born 37:00​
Tape Delay 41:50​
A Joyful Noise bit 46:03​
Would LCD get an alien high? 49:10​
Rolling Stone Cover 51:50​
California 54:30​
Space is the Place 55:40​
One Take 58:42​
The Outer Space Visual Communicator 1:01:19​
Cosmic Keys 01:04:14​
Closing Notes 01:14:50​"

Visage 'Fade to Grey' Explained


video by Christopher Payne

"An account by one of the original writers (Chris Payne) about how it was written and recorded"

Interesting bit on U2's New Years Day starting at 10:33.

And Midge Ure on the track:

Midge Ure on Fade To Grey
video by woschinski

And the song:


This one is in via Douglas.

MiMa feat. Visage - Fade To Grey


video by mima14031985

"Here's my cover of this famous and immortal 80ies piece of music. As my habit, all the song is done by ear all by myself, keyboard parts all played by hands and drum track built with ModPlug Tracker. Then I muted the parts which I wanted to play on synths. Unfortunately the vocal part is missing, but this allows you to sing along the music if you want :-)"

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with MARKUS LANGE



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

"Ostblockschlampen, also known as Eastblock Bitches, are a German DJ and producer duo consisting of Sophie Schaefer and Markus Lange, which has existed and been active since 2009. Their music is a mix of Bass House, EDM, Trap and Moombahton, and their releases have reached over 20,000,000 streams.

Markus Lange has been a producer since 2003 and has released on labels such as Great Stuff Records. Sophie Schäfer has also worked as a DJ and producer since 2007.


We chatted with Markus on how he’s been using Sequential instruments in their productions."

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

Endorphin.es Co-Founder Julia Bondar's Compact Techno Eurorack/MIDI Rig and Performance


video by loopop

https://juliabondar.com/

TIMELINE:
0:00​ Intro
1:45​ Studio tour
4:45​ Live setup overview
7:45​ Patch from scratch
10:05​ Mixer setup
11:00​ Drums, MIDI to CV
13:20​ Samples, delay
17:35​ Melodic layer
18:50​ Velocity-to-loop trick
20:05​ Tuning & lead voice
28:40​ Recording vs live
29:50​ Secondary sequencer
33:55​ Performance demo
46:55​ Sequencing plan
49:10​ Building tension
51:50​ Track transitions
53:00​ Mixing and sidechain
53:55​ Reverb on bass
55:40​ Conducting the patch
57:00​ Live mixing
57:50​ Composing
58:50​ Polyrhythms/meters
1:04:10​ Recording setup
1:08:15​ Mixing, mastering
1:10:30​ Outro, more tips

Dark Noisy & Glitchy Drone Texture with DIY Neutral Labs Elmyra Synthesizer (Feat Empress Zoia)


video by Sound Provider

"On this small demo I did an Ambient Drone with the Elmyra from Neutral Labs, the Elmyra is a quite noisy but fun and cheap Diy digital/analog hybrid drone synthesizer with a digital delay.

Elmyra is based on the Adafruit ItsyBitsy M0 Express microcontroller. Its 10-bit audio resolution already gives it a wonderfully gritty sound, and this circuit adds some nasty analog distortion to it.

For the video in addition to the delay included in the Synth, I also added a bit of reverb with the Zoia From Empress Effects , the patch I used is the "1978 plate A" from Christopher H. M. Jacques which you can download for free here if you have the Zoia : https://patchstorage.com/1978-plate-a...

Voila
Leonard de Leonard"

You can find additional Elmyra posts here.
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