micronaut – experiment one
Several nice synths have been used by micronaut in this video
Having a bit of fun with the new equipment set-up, and trying to get a feel for the workflow. This piece is entirely sequenced from an Apply //e and Roland CMU-800R. I’m recording in to Ableton Live, but there are no samples or pre-recording. This track is 100% live.
The quick arpeggio sound, drums, and 16th note pulse are coming from the CMU-800R. The low bass note is from a Korg MS20 running through a Roland RE-201 Space Echo, and the main melody sound is coming from the Doepfer modular (in this case a TipTop Audio Z3000 oscillator, plus some Doepfer shit) and running through a Realistic Electronic Reverb and an Eventide TimeFactor. I used a couple instances of Audio Damage Eos for the main reverb inside the DAW, but that’s the only computer effect.
Demo of the Roland SH-3A
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Here´s Apollo
Apollo’s interface has been designed for ease of use, providing the ultimate user experience. It comes with a diverse sound bank with 70 pre-made Bass presets so you can get started straight away making professional music. There are also 10 default presets for you to create your own sounds and all sounds can be manipulated to your desire.
Apollo consists of 2 oscillators, each oscillator with 2 waveforms. Inside the oscillators are sawtooth, square and sine waveforms. Apollo has an amplifier envelope, filter and filter envelope as well as pitch envelope and 2 easy to use effects: sample and hold and distortion to get those big bass sounds you hear in today’s Electro/House music.
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Episode 35 Q119 Analog Sequencer Showcase
This is a video of the absolute basics of analog sequencing and especially some things that can be done with the synthesizers.com variation on the them, the Q119. Tuning an analog sequencer takes a bit of practice of which I haven’t had much lately. So the sequence is badly out of tune but that is not what I’m trying to demonstrate. Anyway, hope this gives you and idea of what can be done with this kind of device!
Episode 32 MidiBox SID vs MonoMachine
Sometimes you have to take a break from this modular stuff and go back to your roots, even cheat on analog! The sound of 8-bit has been forever imprinted in my mind since my childhood and I absolutely love the SID chip of the old C64 computer. So much so that I actually traded my x0xbox and beloved old TR606 drum machine for the remarkable device that is the MidiBox SID. I got some cash in the deal too so I wasn’t totally ripped off 
So I posted a few patches I found interesting in it and this guy spotted my MonoMachine that sports a SID emulator among all it’s other feats. He wanted me to put them up against each other. I love a challenge so I did, here’s the result. And for props, the original video follows.
Episode 31 Pulse Multiply and Divide
Pulse division can be very useful in a modular synth, either to create a suboctave for an oscillator or to create new rhythm divisions. The synthesizers.com line doesn’t offer a pulse divider but it’s really easy to make one from a sequencer such as the Q119. But what to do if you don’t want to sacrifice an entire sequencer row for that purpose? Well I thought up a way using a sample and hold to create a flip flop kind of function. But I’m not sure if it really is more effective than using the sequencer, or cheaper for that matter
Baby Scratch
Async’s “Baby Scratch”, a free app that lets you sample any sound and then “scratch” it on the on-screen turntable over a handful of selectable beats
Baby Scratch is a free App available at Apple AppStore. Made a little try out as handling is pretty amazing with awesome sample sound. App has 3 build in beat loops and some samples and voice recording to scratch. Latency of scratch sounds is noticeable but still best of all checked scratch Apps.
Give it a try!
Die Sektor returns after 4 years of silence
After waiting 4 long years, the band releases it’s follow-up to its 2006 debut. “Applied Structure In A Void” is the first material to feature the return of original member Daniel Gant and new member Edwin Alter, joining forces with core members Scott Denman and Alan Smith. The album was mastered by sound engineer Brian ‘Big Bass’ Gardner from Dr.Dre, KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails fame.
Originally formed as a duo by Gant and Denman in 2002, Die Sektor were quickly signed to the German harsh-EBM label NoiTekk following the self-release of their 5-track demo “Scraping The Flesh” in 2004. The debut album “To Be Fed Upon” was released in 2006 and in 2007 by Russian label Gravitator in 2007.
Tracks:
- Accelerant
- Dissector
- Fall to the Noise
- Heaven sent – Hell embraced
- Death at first Light
- Corpus Accido
- In his Mercy all will perish
- Bleed till the last Light flickers
- First Murder after the Flood
- Infernal
- Divide to Dust
Bonustracks: - Corpus Accido (DETROIT DIESEL Remix)
- Accelerant (vPROJEKT Remix)
LIVE: The pain Machinery – Shine
A live version of a track taken from the upcoming The Pain Machinery album Surveillance Culture.
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The Pain Machinery: “Surveillance Culture”
The brand new album from electro punk heavyweights The Pain Machinery. These 15 tracks redefine TPM’s sound, using punishing minimal sequencer patterns, driving rhythms and raw upfront vocals to hammer home their message: sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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Guide To Understanding Electronic Music
To get the answers to these questions and to learn more about electronic music all you have to do is pay a visit to Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music.
Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music is a free to use website. Basically it is exactly what its name suggests: a guide that will help you understand electronic music better. On the site’s homepage you will find a tutorial that will detail the history of electronic music and the equipment used to create the music. Apart from that tutorial you also have various subgenres of electronic music listed on the left pane of the site. Click on any subgenre and its music samples will be presented on the right.
Features:
- Learn more about electronic music online.
- Interactive guide to electronic music.
- Details the subgenres of electronic music.
- Lets you listen to many popular electronic music songs.
- Songs are categorized decade-wise.
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