Kinect “AiR” Scratch Dj n’ with Traktor
(©) “AiR Scratch” augmented interactive reality dj scratching.
here im using the kinect to control dj software. its no joke in air gesture scratching.
Helix is the new Black
Helix is a Wave-Table-Shaping, Phase modulation, Virtual Analog, Physical Modelling Hybrid Synthesizer. Unusually high sound quality, massive modulation, creative audio-routing and many built-in effects all make Helix a synth easy to like.
Specification:
19 voices, 1.6% CPU hit (@3GHz), This is not a joke.
Proud Presets
Helix comes with over 800 presets, from BigTone, Reason Lahalla, MaliceX, Alonso Sound and more. The presets range most styles where electronic instrument might fit.
800+ presets ordered in bank/category/preset.
Super Sound
Inspired by the “super-saw” of the late nineties, Helix takes the unison-sound to the next level and allow you to make any waveform “super”. This makes Helix capable of huge and wide unison pads and leads. Where many Virtual analogs stops at seven or nine detuned waves for a supersaw, Helix takes the extra step and allow for 16 detuned and panned waves per oscillator. At four oscillators per voice we realize that we can max out our sound at 64 (sixty four) waves per voice. That’s super!
The wave oscillator can do super-wave, and provides start phase control.
Wave-Table-Shaping
Combining the wave-shaping of synths like z3ta+ with the wave-table synthesis of the Prophet VS and the ESQ-1, Helix lets you shape the first and the last waves in a table, the in-between are automatically filled in. The morph control picks the wave to play
Shaping the first wave and looking at the morphed results.
Clean Cut
Great care has been taken to ensure no aliasing in the oscillators, so the sound is free from many artifacts traditionally associated with software (and Virtual Analog) synthesizers. This becomes very clear when playing high notes.
A sawtooth sweeping down into the audible range, showing individual partials.
Filter Frenzy
Three Filter per voice, including traditional low/band/high pass, EQ, and comb, less usual dynamics, to the exotic String Model and PM Delay, a delayline where the delaytime is modulated in audiorate.
Distortion Delight
Three stages of distortion/waveshaping per voice and one global can add a touch of old school harmonics or turn any sound into a nightmare of screaming machinery. Select from ten different shapes to find your favourite style of dirt.
Distorting a sine wave with the 10 shapes.
Surely Stereo
All parts of Helix are stereo in – stereo out. Oscillators, filters, shapers and effects. This helps keeping the signal huge.
Modulation Mayhem
More modulation slots than you can handle. Each with one source, two destinations and a scale-source. The amount of modulation possible would be impossible to find in the analog realm (it would require a great amount of cables, splitters, multipliers/ringmods and mixers) and hard to find anywhere.
More modulation than you can handle! (8 times the above)
Exhilarating Effects and Radical Routing
Helix comes with some built-in effect: Distortion, Flanger/Chorus, Phaser, Delay, Limiter, Reverb, 3 band Eq. The effects can be applied in any order.
Both the Voice architecture and the Effects of Helix follow an approach where a signal can be mixed in or sent to the effect at any point. The result is great freedom on how to apply filters and effects.
Check out Helix now on the offical Audjoo product page at http://www.audjoo.com/Helix/…
PressPausePlay Official Trailer
This is the first official trailer for the documentary film PressPausePlay.
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.
But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?
This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.
Bluezone Corporation releases Hardstyle Loops & Hardcore Sample
Bluezone has a new release out, here is what they have to say about it:
Bluezone Corporation is proud to present Hardstyle Loops and Hardcore Samples. This brand new sample pack has a wide panel of loops and samples as the reversed kicks, distorted kicks, Hardcore drum samples, basslines, kick and Bass Loops, hardstyle drum loops, sound FX, synth sounds and many more.
Again, Bluezone Corporation propose a pack of Hardstyle / Hardcore. After the massive success of Hard Style and Core, the fresh new sample pack “Hardstyle Loops and Hardcore Samples” offers a wide choice of devastating sounds. With more than 390 loops and samples, this sound’s library contains an outfit of innovative and complex sounds. This exceptional pack consists of several directories containing drum samples ( claps, hats, percussions, rides, snares, hard kicks, Gabber kicks and more ), Hardstyle bass loops, kick loops and percussion loops for complex assemblies, as well as numerous atmospheric textured samples, pads , FX sounds and synth one shot.
Amateurs of great, fresh sounds and hard tunes will not be outdone. This pro audio tools offers great and various possibilities in styles as Hardstyle, Hardcore, Hard Techno, Schranz, Hard Dance and Hard Trance.
price : 26.95 €
Hardstyle Loops and Hardcore Samples Contents:
Kick Loops
No Kick Loops
Percussion Loops
Bass Loops
Sound Effects
Pads / Layers / Atmospheres
Drum Hits / One-Shots
Synth Hits
Technical Specifications:
385 MB Data / 793 files
Formats : WAV / AIFF
Recorded at 142 bpm
Instant Download
Royalty-Free with no extra cost
Ready to use in commercial production
SSL Duende Native Plug-in Collection Released
The Duende Native Plug-in suite is a collection of audio processing tools which bring professional audio quality, sophistication and benchmark performance within reach of all DAW users.
Duende plug-ins provide the superior precision, advanced feature set and legendary tonal characteristics of SSL console products in affordable VST/AU/RTAS* plug-in form. They are quite simply the easiest way to get your hands on professional tools that will help you achieve professional mixes that sound like a record.
More info and 30 day demo download here
Via AUB
After 16 years Sweden’s top electronic, synth, alternative magazine call it quits
Sad but true – one of my favorite magazines has called it quits. However, they will continue as a webzine and we wish them all the best going forward.
Here are some final words from the people behind it (in Swedish):
Kära läsare
Papperstidningen Zero har nu bevakat den alternativa musiken i drygt 16 år. Allting har ett slut och nu har tiden kommit då vi beslutat oss för att dra in den tryckta utgåvan. Detta beror på att det idag är svårt att överleva som musiktidning i Sverige, framförallt med en specialinriktning som Zero haft. Vi som jobbat med tidningen hoppas att du har förståelse för vårt beslut och att vi ses här på www.zeromagazine.se i framtiden.
I veckan som gick fick alla prenumeranter ett brev och tidningen Studio som vi hoppas att ni uppskattar. Vi vet att många av er gör och vill göra musik på egenhand och uppskattat våra artikelserier som “Audiofila Betraktelser” och “Jukebox” så när Zero inte längre finns ta chansen och upptäck Studio.
Nu fortsätter Zeros satsning med en ny hemsida. Vi kommer fortsätta utveckla vår Web-TV och eventuellt kommer tidningen ZERO i ett nytt format i framtiden. Vill du vara med och dra igång en ny tidsera av Zero hör av dig till Petter Jahnstedt. petter@zeromagazine.se
TACK FÖR ALLT OCH VARMT VÄLKOMNA TILL NYA ZERO!
Petter Jahnstedt & Jon Josefsson
Get to know the history of Roland synths
Pretty amazing 
Here´s what the makers of it has to say about it:
Music on radar it was last fall of this very extensive and therefore worth reading feature on the Roland synthesizers of the company. They that have a total of 89 models from the years 1973 – 2010. Each of the models with a photo and a brief description. It lacks the TR series and the TB, otherwise everything should be there.
Because I was the so-turns, I now have all prepared on an image. Nearly all, for a whistle went I go. I also had it, obviously, make an animated gif.
Love Song Machine
Well Valentine’s Day is over but you can still surprise someone with a love song I guess:
Choose one of the love songs below (or compose your own) and press “Play Song” to play it on the bell ensemble in our office.
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Tellart is launching the Love Song Machine, a musical instrument controlled (by you) through the internet. Visitors to the website can select a song or compose their own, and press play to send the song to the instrument in our Providence office.
The bells are played by a series of solenoids, which are controlled by an Arduino micro-controller. The notes that you submit are processed on our web servers and then sent to the Arduino, while we load up live video and audio so that you can watch your song play. If there are users ahead of you in line, the queuing system will let you know how long you’ve got before you can watch your song.
The bell machine will only be available for a limited time, so start composing!
Chip like – I normally do this on sundays
New video from deadmau5:
modular-vania. lots of midi to CV, the M5n, SK1, Oberkorn, BLD’s, Cwejman VCOS’s, dark energy, voyager, couple of kenton USB’s. yadda yadda. fun stuff.
KRAFTY – NEW MICHAEL NERVOUS- KORG DS 10
a new track in the works by mchl nrvs
live patterns into camcorder-lots of video effects-audio untouched
DATAMASKIN
