MultiFreek 2.4 by UFO Scientific
MultiFreek 2.4 is a VST multichannel spectrum analyzer.
MultiFreek is a multitrack frequency analyzer for VST platform (Cubase, Sonar, or any other VST host can work with it), focused on the task of simultaneous monitoring of frequency distributions of several tracks. Its visual feedback lets you (in addition to hearing) clearly see and analyze your frequency problems and how your processing affects the mix, doing this track by track in your VST host, in a single-windowed graphical interface equipped with specialized features to save your effort and boost your inspiration. Multifreek is equipped with two frequency analysis engines: precise and efficient.
Features
MultiFreek is a VST plug-in providing you with handy way to monitor spectral picture of up to 7 different audio tracks simultaneously in a single window. Being a multichannel spectral analyzer, it not only shows smooth graphs for each track separately, but also allows you to:
- assign different colors to them;
- put arbitrary text captions;
- rearrange graphs as you want;
- Freeze graphs at any moment to get an instant snaphot of your frequency picture;
- Enable graph smoothing for easier visual analysis when necessary;
- See the spectrum on controllable level of detalization (overall picture or specific frequency range);
- Enlarge or reduce spectrums in order to fit them into size comfortable for monitoring. Doing this either “globally” – for all sources at one mouse move, or “locally” – for each source individually.
- choose between two different analysis modes:
- efficient mode which allows to maintain high bass precision while being very CPU friendly.
- precise mode which uses traditional Fourier transform and gives exact frequency picture of signal in expense of higher CPU load.
Next release from OMD is here
Out 28th February is the next single by OMD, “History of Modern (part I)”. It will be released as a limited edition collectors digipack CD and 10″ vinyl. The CD includes all the “History of Modern” b-sides plus three remixes of “History of Modern (part I)”, an OMD extended remix and the newly mixed radio version. The 10″ includes the b-side “The Grand Deception”, OMD’s Extended mix and “VCR (xx cover)”. The full bundle will be available online as download as well.
Teaser below:
OMD – History of Modern (part I) – Selebrities Remix by 100% Records
Matrix – the ultimate vocoder?
Inspired by the legendary VSM 201 Vocoder from Sennheiser we´ve spent MATRIX an additional Filter module modelling the analog Sound of the VSM. But to make it even better we´ve extended the filter range by adding two additional filters for the high end and MATRIX got two Filterbanks for stereo operation. MATRIX 2 also comes with a redesigned user interface, some additional presets and we´ve spent an internal noise generator for whisper effects.
The Vocoder was invented by Homer Dudley in the mid-30’s of the last century. Dudley worked at Bell Laboratories, and this is where the first Vocoder took shape.
The basic function of a Vocoder is characterized by an analysis of the input signal, usually speech but other type of inputs can also be very interesting. In a special filter bank, a spectral analysis is performed and signals are developed which follows the amount of spectral energy in each channel. What makes MATRIX 2 different to the vocoders in the past ?
– Precise analog modelling 8-pole filters and extremely fast envelope followers for unprecedented resynthesis quality.
– New voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch extraction algorithms for high intelligibility.
– Stereophonic synthesis filter bank preserves the spatial characteristic of the replacement signal.
– Easy to use interface.
– Latency free operation.
Check out more info on the MATRIX 2 as well as hear some demos on the official VirSyn product page at http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Pr…
News from out of space comes from A-ha
A-ha member presents ‘The Apparatjik Light Space Modulator’
Apart from A-ha, Magne ‘Mags’ Furuholmen has also been involved with the music, art and film project known as Apparatjik since 2008. The project has since released an album and two singles, and performed three concerts in 2010. Now they are preparing for their first large-scale project, to take place in Germany in March including an installation and performances at the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. (Tickets for the performances have gone on sale today, 1 February. Note that tickets will be limited to approximately 200 per show, and can be purchased from www.apparatjik.com . If you plan to go, contact us at info@side-line.com ). This project by Apparatjik is to be understood as homage to the legendary Meta-Musik-Festival that took place during the seventies at the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. Apparatjik are the musicians Guy Berryman (Coldplay, London), Jonas Bjerre (Mew, Copenhagen), Magne Furuholmen (A-ha, Oslo) and Martin Terefe (London).
The Apparatjik Light Space Modulator is presented as a twofold project: during two weeks the installation can be accessed in the glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie and three unique concerts will be performed at the same location (at 9 pm on March 12, March 26, and March 27, 2011). Those performances are inspired by the visual experiments of László Moholy-Nagy. Moholy-Nagy taught at the German Bauhaus, as did Mies van der Rohe who was the architect of the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. At the center of both the Apparatjik installation and concerts are moving images that project from a large scale cube into the open glass structure of the building into the city space — a reference to the kinetic Licht-Raum-Modulator created in 1930 by Bauhaus artist Moholy-Nagy.
Apparatjikʼs project will conclude on March 27 with a special interactive composition performed in collaboration with the Deutsches Kammerorchester. This concert is dedicated to Mies van der Rohe on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of his birth.
Kinect Drawable Synthesizer and the Impromptu Sound Board
Cool take on the Kinect 
You draw buttons, and they become key you can play. See the impromptu sound board video for a demonstration of drawing buttons.
Using the Kinect, I can create buttons by just drawing enclosed shapes on a piece of paper! The kinect identifies those regions as buttons that can be activated when I press them with my finger. This program uses ROS, the openni kinect drivers, and software I wrote here at MIT. You can find the code in the mit-ros-pkg repository.
Get the grips with KORG Kaoss Pad
Korg has released a batch of high quality tutorials for the Kaoss pad
Create your own KAOSS combinations with the Kaoss Pad Quad! Four processors under one pad; each processor has five options (plus off) — that’s 1,295 combinations. Each processor also has an independent Freeze control. This video shows an overview of the product.
This video shows off some of the effects in the Korg Kaoss Pad Quad. Like all Kaoss products, the X-Y touchpad is used to control multiple effect parameters in real time. The Kaoss Pad Quad takes this idea even further, offering four effect processors, all controlled from a single touchpad.
The Kaoss Pad Quad features four independent effect processors. Each processor has its own “Freeze” button to hold the parameter settings while continuing to control the parameters of the other processors. This is a very fun and cool feature, and this video demo shows it in action!
In addition to all the cool effects, the Kaoss Pad Quad also performs Looper, Reverse Looper, and Loop Slicer operations. This video demo shows how to use these Loop tools in combination with the other effects. Very slick!
The Kaoss Pad Quad can quickly integrate into any DJ setup. There are Vinyl Break and Scratch effects, as well as a ducking compressor that can really move the show along. Everything is selected in real time from the front panel, making the Kaoss Pad Quad ideal for live performances!
Instantaneous Melodic Improvisation
Well the author of this calls it “Thank You and Good Night”
266e QRV followed by Quantized S/H Pulse-Ballons = Instantaneous Melodic Improvisation.
Buchlazz are assisted by RMX Drums and Percs, M5 Strings and French Horns, and a WaveDrum.
Cableguys updates the Curve
Cableguys has released version 1.1.1 of Curve, a virtual synthesizer instrument for Windows and Mac.
With this update now demo version users of Curve can also add their presets to the preset library. Besides this, the release is all about fixing bugs and flaws
Changes in Curve v1.1.1
- Fixes:
- [Mac] Crash bug, loading VST and AU versions at the same time could lead to crashes.
- [Mac] Waveform editing, double-clicking in the waveform area could behave strange.
- Syncing presets, the list of presets was not always updating while syncing.
- Improvements:
- Adding presets: Demo version users of Curve can also add their presets to the preset library.
- Editing release: Now, changing release time has immediate effect on releasing sounds.
- CPU consumption: Decreased CPU usage for pitch modulation.
Curve for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purchase for 119 EUR / $159 USD.
More information: Cableguys / Curve
Via Ronnie
Livewire Vulcan
Livewire Vulcan with reset / sync mod
Demo of a mod done to the Livewire Vulcan to allow independent reset of the two LFOs. To the right of the Vulcan you can see a 4HP panel with the two jacks mounted, behind this is a circuit board designed to interface to the Vulcan and process incoming triggers. Jack1 is normalled to Jack 2 so that one cable can trigger both resets. Modules used: MFB SEQ-01 (provides the triggers) Livewire AFG (single oscillator that is being modulated) QMMG (not doing anything until the later parts where I modulate its in LPG mode) Doepfer VCA (just being used as an attenuator) The SEQ-01 could be replaced by any source of rhythmic triggers including gates from your midi to cv converter. The demo starts with no sync and simple modulation and then I start to patch more complex triggers and cross mod. Sorry for the poor quality! I forgot to turn on the camera light…. future videos will be better
Duel: Human vs. Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyHbXHuawI
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