Episode 44 Eleven MiniMoog Sounds
Showing off some synth sounds from this legendary machine. This is to counter the notion of the Mini being a bass machine. Even though it’s often used as one…
Synth spotting: MARK JENKINS “Berlin” Unicorn Studio, London 1993
“Berlin” is from my 1993 CD “Thunder at Midnight” which remains available worldwide. Around this time my London studio featured a wide selection of analog and MIDI keyboards which formed the basis for my book and sampling CD “Analog Synthesizers” which is available worldwide through Amazon.
In the studio;
MOOG Polymoog & MiniMoog, KORG DSS1, EX800 & VC10 Vocoder, ROLAND SH101, TB303, MSQ700, Sequencer & VP330, AKAI S950, GREENGATE DS3, EMS Synthi HiFli, OBERHEIM SEM & Sequencer, SEQUENTIAL Drumtrax, YAMAHA CS80 & KX5, electric guitar
Also Recorded;
SEQUENTIAL Prophet T8, EMS Synthi Aks, E-MU Emulator
Track available on the CD “Thunder At Midnight” worldwide through www.groove.nl
www.markjenkins.co
ALEXANDER NEVSKY / PROKOFIEV / THEREMIN
Alexander Nevsky is one of the great heros of Russian history. He is reputed to have driven an army of Livonian Knights (German “warrior monks”) from Russia in the year 1241. The decisive battle was on the ice of the frozen lake Peipus (in Russian “Chudsko-Pskovskoe ozero”) in the spring of 1242.
The Russian film director, Sergei Eisenstein, made a movie of this epic battle in 1938 and hired composer Sergei Prokofiev to write the music for it. ALEXANDER NEVSKY is considered by many experts to be one of the great movies of all time, and the piece of music in this video (transcribed for theremin) is from that film.
Following the Battle On The Ice, there are hundreds of dead soldiers lying in the snow and a young maiden walks out onto the frozen lake looking for her lover, and sings, “I shall go across the snow-clad field, I shall fly above the field of death, I shall search for valiant warriors there…..”
The composer Prokofiev had spent some time in Hollywood in the 1930’s, and had made a study of the new science of soundtracking for film. Director Eisenstein said of Prokofiev, “He is a man of our time and a man of the screen. He understands how the screen can reveal not only the outer appearance of things but their inner nature as well. He is able to dress objects in sound and instrumentation, bringing them to life with shifts in tone and timbre, adding an emotional dimension to images through his orchestration”.
Prokofiev later took his score for ALEXANDER NEVSKY and made a cantata out of it for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra. The interesting thing about the composition is that the music, as powerful as it is, does not overshadow the film. It complements it perfectly while remaining one of the composer’s most enduring works.
The theremin in this video is the 1929 RCA that was once the property of the late Hollywood thereminist, Dr. Samuel Hoffman.
Unboxing the KAOSS PAD Quad
Korg Kaoss Pad Quad Unboxing & First Look
Hot item from the recent NAMM show, the Korg Kaoss Pad Quad incorporates 4 effects each with 5 effect types, plus a freeze function. Its great for gesture control in the true Kaoss Pad style.
Create your own combination of Kaoss effects, and simultaneously control up to four effects using a single fingertip! Introducing the Kaoss Pad Quad; it’s Kaoss control evolved to a whole new level.
Kaoss Pad Quad Highlights
- Brilliant, colorful LED touchpad illuminations move in sync with your performance
- Control multiple effects in realtime using the intuitive Kaoss X-Y touchpad
- Create your own Kaoss combinations and use up to four effects at once
- Choose one of five effects from each of four effect groups; a total of 1,295 combinations!
- Freeze button holds the effect settings after you release your finger, for dazzling hands-free use
- Versatile and highly playable effects control, delivering unimaginable expression
- New Looper effects – Forward, Reverse and Slice – add new audio intensity
- Mix it up with new DJ emulation Vinyl Break and Ducking Compressor effects
- Auto BPM engine detection and Tap Tempo functions keep your Kaoss locked to the beat
How bass works ~ fundamental bassology
Music is usually broken down into melody, rhythm and harmony. But what about the very lowest notes in music, that can have an impact on all three? In this film Howard looks at the abiding fascination musicians and composers have had with the bass.
For half a millennium instrument makers have been trying to construct instruments of all shapes and sizes capable of thudding, sonorous low notes. Only with the arrival of the synthesizer did they succeed in producing a rival to the mighty organ. With disco, dance, and drum ‘n’ bass, the bass has arrived centre stage.
But bass notes have another, crucial role. Far from just plodding away in the background, bass lines can have a critical effect on the whole structure of a piece of music, helping to drive the chord progressions.
Howard looks at the dark horse of the musical family, and its use in the hands of such diverse musical talents as Johann (and Richard) Strauss, John Philip Sousa, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Albinoni, Bach and Motown’s resident bass maestro, James Jamerson.
Part 2
New freeware VST plug-in “8kut”
Tek’it Studio are pleased to annouce a new freeware VST plug-in “8kut”. 8kut is a stripped down version of our popular plug-in “Kutter” designed with Dj’s and live performance in mind, allowing you to cut frequencies on the 8 bands easily. Cut frequencies with the 8 pads, from bass to mids range, high mids and treble.
Feature highlights
* 8 bands frequencies cutter
* Phase inverter, Effect bypass, Gain boost
* Full MIDI automation
* Easy MIDI learn on all parameters
* Use 7-bit MIDI Continuous Controller or High resolution 14-bit MIDI NRPN and RPN
* Works in mono or strereo
* Undo your changes to initial patch value
* 32 Factory presets
* Up to 128 user presets per bank
* Easy installer
System requirements
* 1.2GHz CPU or higher with SSE
* 512MB RAM or higher
* Microsoft® Windows® 7, XP (SP2 or later), or Vista™
* VST™ 2 compatible host
Download heret http://audio.tekit-studio.eu…
48 hours of non-stop electronic music
48 Hours of Live electronic and experimental music streamed from around the world to your computer. There will be no schedule. People are invited first come, first served, to play their own convenience. People are welcome and encouraged to play join the event with extended immersible sets as we will be playing live for 48 hours. Listen in or join the mix February 5th and 6th at http://radio.electro-music.com/
Via SM
Cloud Chamber Live Subatomic Sounds Demo
Alexis Kirke – the synthesizer settings are fixed for this demo, but can be varied so that the particles make non-pitched noises, violin bows, high beeps and more complex swoops. (Demo of the system used by composer Alexis Kirke to create a performance for violin and subatomic particles.)
www.alexiskirke.com
How to build an Akai APC 80 Ableton Live Controller out of an APC 20 and an APC 40
This Do-It-Yourself video shows you how to build an Akai APC 80 (mod) Ableton Live Controller using the APC 40 and the APC 20 that was officially released last year. Even though both controllers look like they were designed to being put together, they aren’t. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to do it – but there are some obstacles you can easily spot in this DIY APC 80 video.
Mehr zu video bei www.delamar.de
The Fairlight CMI Legacy MK II+ ReFill
Introduced friday, February 4th and free to all previous Fairlight MKII customers, the brand new refill contains new patches, new signature patches and a completely new structure, where everything is divided into virtual ‘machines’, like AIRBASS bass module, THE ORCH orchestral sounds and much, much more. Information will be posted on the site shortly. Entire Fairlight IIx library included, as well as a truckload of other things – everything outer-worldly skillfully programmed and edited. Completely new graphics on the Combinators and much much more. Compatible with Reason 4 and Reason 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DRL1XIj8lM
A quick tutorial on how I use the BitleyTM ‘Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII+’ ReFill when creating music in Propellerhead Reason. All improvised!
The BitleyTM ‘Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII+’ sample library is the world’s largest collection of Fairlight recordings and is available in Propellerhead ReFill format and Kontakt format.
For more information on the library, please visit http://bitley.laconicsounds.net
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