Turn your iPad into a Roland TR-606
Mobile Rhythm has announced a new iPad drum machine, inspired by old-school drum machines like the Roland TR-606, the mobileRhythm Computer Controlled mR-606 (App Store link):
Inspired by classic drum synths of yesteryear, the mobileRhythm mR-606 is a pocket sized classic in its own right.
A fully featured, yet easy to use interface allows editing of all controls and patterns, and 2 banks of 16 patterns gives you plenty of space to store your creations.
The mR-606 iPad drum machine is $6.99 in the App Store. If you’ve used the Mobile Rhythm mR-606, leave a comment with your thoughts!
Features:
- set tempo & beatmatch with your favourite music
- individual level controls for each drum sound
- easily switch between patterns to create whole rhythm tracks
- edit scale and last step for fine detail and crazy effects
All controls on the interface work just like the original drum machines of the 80’s.
Halloween organ treat
Organ Fairy has created this synth treat in true honor of Halloween, enjoy
I thought about what to do this year for a Halloween video. I found a pile of electric candles (!) that I bought a while ago but never used.
Then I remembered a melody I made in 2003. The idea was to use a rhythm on my then favourit drum machine – the Roland CR-1000 – that I had never used before: Charleston. And a weird preset on the Roland JX-8P that I had never used either. I modified it a bit to make it more “alien-like” and added the accordeon preset to the arrangement and a piano arpeggio from the Yamaha organ.
I played the melody on the Kawai MS-20 and Yamaha VSS-30. Added some organ chords from the Viscount organ. And that was it.
82 sounds for u-he ACE synthesizer
TeamDNR Collaborative Designs has announced the release of Symmetry Pro, a package of 82 sounds for u-he ACE synthesizer, including dark cinematic ambiences, heavy basses, drones and dark rhythmic sequences.
Symmetry Pro is perfect for adding dark soundscapes and rugged, developing atmospheres to compositions or some bite to a hard industrial sequence.
Symmetry Pro was designed to give you more of a variety of sound through the included patches by programming them specifically to react in a softer, more ambient manner when played soft, or a heavier, brighter sound when playing with any amount of force.
Symmetry Pro is available to purchase as a download for $9 USD. A free demo pack with 12 sounds can be found on the TeamDNR product page.
More information: TeamDNR / Symmetry Pro
Some serious analog tweaking
For all you arthouse experimentalists! The no drum machine synth jam. Bioni Samp joined us for some analogue tweaking, “Tha Dance of the Pumpkins”. Playing are Korg MS-20 & SQ 10, Yamaha CS50, Roland TB 303 & SH 101. Enjoy!
Experimental theremin music
Put some Beat Frequency in your Halloween Party. Dance Mix downloadable until Nov 5 at http://soundcloud.com/beat-frequency/…
Moog Etherwave theremin, Marshall Echohead EH-1 delay pedal, lobster knife, carving knife.
Happy Halloween.
(The knives serve a musical purpose – touching the metal blade causes an abrupt change in pitch or volume.)
Moogerfoogers in action
Truly nice mix of geeky sounds, enjoy. Moogerfoogers can be used as pedals to get analog sounds for use by DJs
Moog MIDI MuRF Moogerfooger
Moog Ring Modulator Moogerfooger
Moog Low Pass Filter Moggerfooger
Hooked up to an MPC-1000
Creating individual, energetic stringlines
Here’s a sneak preview of Orchestral Strings submitted by Hendrik Schwarzer
www.orchestraltools.com
Orchestral String Runs is a string library especialy for creating individual, energetic stringlines. With the innovative new OSR – RUNSBUILDER, you are able to create your own runs, based on several figures and structures recorded with an huge orchestra in europe. The Runs-Builder is only one part of a bigger sample-library.
Loopbased releases Winter Warehouse Vol 1 and Black Piano Collection
Loopbased has yet another release of high quality sounds lined up for us, here´s what they have to say about it:
Winter Warehouse Vol 1 from Artis Audio
‘Winter Warehouse Vol 1’ from Artis Audio contains 5 superb quality Techno and House construction kits with awesome gems to ignite your sonic palettes in all of your musical productions. Supplied in a range of formats including WAV, Apple Loops, REX2 and MIDI for ultimate versatility.
The first volume in the ‘Winter Warehouse’ series kicks off with 5 construction kits, totaling 1,8GB in each format. From shuffled percussion grooves to power baselines, vocal fragments and fresh synth lines. more than 100 original royalty-free audio gems to awake the creative in your productions.
Price: € 41.15
http://www.loopbased.com/techno-minimal-loops/winter-warehouse-vol-1.html
Black Piano Collection from R-Loops
‘Black Piano Collection’ features over 800MB of multi-format loops designed for producers of Hip Hop, Pop, R&B, Dance, Soul and more. In addition to 100 professionally mixed piano loops, this pack also contains MIDI data for ultimate flexibility.
With ACID WAV, Apple Loops, Reason ReFill and REX2 files included, this collection of Urban and Pop piano loops will work with any modern sequencer, on any platform. MIDI files allow you to assign these melodic phrases to your favorite synth or sampler, allowing them to slot perfectly into your production.
Price: € 24.00
http://www.loopbased.com/hiphop-rnb-loops/black-piano-collection.html
Weekend chip delight
Awesome new video created by “virt”
Artist: virt (Jake Kaufman)
Song: Retro City Rampage Theme
It’s Retro City Rampage: The Soundtrack! The tracks from the video game are heading to your headphones!
Download this track at: retrocityrampage.com
Degenerate – Bleepy skweee by Limonious
Limonious — Degenerate from Landström & Westerberg on Vimeo.
Video made by Landström & Westerberg.
Taken from the album House Of Usher by Limonious (©2010 Flogsta Danshall)
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