Featuring an interesting chip music seminar from Revision 2011
Elements of Chip Music
Abstract:
When working with a soundchip such as the SID or the 2A03, the artist faces a number of technical constraints that limit, guide and inspire the creative process. The seminar will highlight and briefly explain some of these constraints, with particular emphasis on how they influenced artists during the golden age of chip music to give rise to some of the clichés that now define the genre. We will also see (and hear) how variations of the same constraints have emerged in other genres and ages, and how composers such as Bach have tackled them in similar or different ways.
http://www.linusakesson.net/music/elements/index.php
http://www.revision-party.net/
DubSpot presents you with a “WaveShaper Combinator Effect w/ Malström” tutorial
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In this new video tutorial titled To Waveshape the Future, Dubspot instructor and electronic music producer Chris Petti shows you how to create a WaveShaper Combinator effect patch from scratch using Propellerhead Reason’s powerful synthesizers Malström and Thor. First, Petti starts with a fully-built WaveShaper effect patch plugged into to the output of Thor (which is generating an unprocessed sine wave) with a series of real-time controls mapped to Combinator. When the WaveShaper is engaged, the unprocessed sound is transformed dramatically. Then, in a step by step process, Petti demystifies the method he used to create the effect patch and shows you how to build your own WaveShaper effect from scratch, utilizing with a blank combinator patch. At the end of the tutorial you should have a good grasp of how to Wave Shape (process, bend, twist, or modify) any incoming sound and make the lead elements in your tracks more effective and lively.
Frequency AudioUnit plug-in for improved creativity
Sinevibes has announced a major update to it’s Frequency AudioUnit plug-in, which they tell us vastly increases the creative possibilities of this hybrid synthesizer. The new version 1.1.0 includes the following improvements and new features:
- Completely redesigned user interface with enhanced controls
- Increased note sequencer length to 32 steps
- New triangle, saw and square oscillator waveforms
- Oscillator balance modulation by envelope follower
- More prominent sound of the waveshaper
- Increased XY pad control depth of the waveshaper model #3
- New preset patches
Pricing and Availability:
Frequency version 1.1.0 is immediately available as a download for $49, and it’s a free update for all existing users. Frequency requires Mac OS 10.5 or later running on 32/64 bit Intel or PowerPC.
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GetLoFi Delay Unit and Piezo Tine Demo
This is a first demo of the newly revised GetLoFi Delay Kit. The kit will be available for purchase from GetLoFi.com/shop. The metal tines are mounted on a piece of wood with a Piezo pick underneath. The signal from the pickup is then routed directly into the LoFi Delay Unit and the output is routed strait to the audio recorder. The only controls on the delay unit are Delay Time and Delay Feedback. Unit turns on when an output cable is inserted. In the demo the unit is operated by an optional 9 Volt Wall supply. The delay itself is based on the PT2399 Digital IC, only bare minimum of components were used to make assembly as simple as possible. No OP-Amps are present in the circuit.
KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 from Native Instruments
Native Instruments has announced that KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 is now available in stores worldwide.
KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 is a high-performance six-channel audio interface for studio and live usage. As the successor to the acclaimed AUDIO KONTROL 1, it provides more connectivity, increased audio performance and a host of practical new features, complemented by a versatile software package for music production and DJing.
Based on the latest generation of Native Instruments’ USB audio interface technology, the KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 addresses the typical needs of musicians and producers in a highly portable and affordable package. With four balanced analog inputs and outputs, complemented by a digital S/PDIF stereo I/O and an integrated MIDI interface, the unit can be used as the centerpiece for a wide range of setups. The software package includes the all-round instruments collection KOMPLETE ELEMENTS, the new entry-level DJ software TRAKTOR 2 LE, the Cubase 5 LE sequencer from Steinberg, and a $30/25 EUR voucher for the NI Online Shop.
KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 is available for a suggested retail price of $339 USD / 299 EUR from authorized dealers and in the NI Online Shop.
More information: Native Instruments / Komplete Audio 6
Teaser: iPhone with FL Studio Mobile
FL Studio mobile will allow you to create complete multi-track projects on your i.Pod, i.Phone or i.Pad and, if you want, load mobile projects into FL Studio and
take them to the next level. If it’s a beat on the Stepsequencer, a melody on the Piano roll or a full song on the Playlist, FL Studio mobile has you covered.
Never lose that idea again.
Get it down and happening wherever you are.
Sinori is a one of a kind percussion derived from a sheet of steel
Virtuasonic has released Sinori Live, a sample library for Kontakt 4, based on a brand new musical instrument, called Sinori.
Sinori is a one of a kind percussion derived from a sheet of steel, capable of producing a wide range of interesting sounds thanks to its unorthodox design and shape that allows unique playing techniques, as well as the most traditional ones. If you want more information about the Sinori Percussion, you can visit www.sinoripercussion.com
Throughout the last year, Virtuasonic has recorded two Sinori models in collaboration with its creator: a standard version (named Sinori Studio, not yet released) and a special prototype (Sinori Live). This sample library features the Live model.
Thanks to the high resolution samples recorded at 24 bit / 96 KHz and the mapping capabilities of KONTAKT, the instrument’s range has been extended to produce a wide palette of sounds that can rival other metallic percussions and bring new flavours to your compositions at the same time.
Sinori Live features
- 9 instruments for KONTAKT 4.2.
- 517 samples (recorded Dry).
- Sampled at 24 bit / 96 KHz.
- Size: 1,6 GB (compressed).
- Up to 10 Dynamics and 8 Round robins.
- Playing techniques: Mallets (hits, crescendos, rolls, trills), Superball Mallets, Harmonics (bamboo and woodsticks), Body-playing (flexion: center, knee, hand/top), Muted hits (woodsticks).
- Requirements: Native Instrument KONTAKT 4.2 or later (Full version).
Sinori Live is available to purchase as a download for the the introductory price of 24.95 EUR (excl. VAT) until May 8th, 2011 (regular price 29.95 EUR excl. VAT).
Virtuasonic has also launched a special sale on other products, offering 20% off on each single sample library and 40% on bundles. This offer ends on May 8th.
More information: Virtuasonic / Sinori Live
Absynth SoundScape – A Space Odyssey
Sound Design I did in Absynth. I had in mind the great monolith scene in Stanley Kubricks film A Space Odyssey. I modulated the pitch of all 3 oscillators very slowly in time to achieve tone clusters at various points in the piece.
Free track from the acclaimed duo Krystal System
Paris-based combo announces the forthcoming release of their new CD “Nuclear” (pre-orders are available at Alfa Matrix). The 13-track release will also released as a deluxe double-CD limited carton box edition with poster and a sparkling bonus CD featuring several exclusive remixes by the duo itself as well as the unreleased cyber punk cut “Dead World”, plus a selection of fruitful collaborations between Krystal System and artists like the famous Japanese DJ Taiki, their neighbors Treponem Pal and Punish Yourself, DJ’s Ethan Fawkes and DJ Drill/Edrive69 or yet label mates Implant and amGod. Check the complete tracklist of the bonus disc right here.
The band is also present on the new Depeche Mode tribute album “Alfa Matrix re:covered vol. 2 – a tribute to Depeche Mode” with an exclusive Aiboforcen remix of their excellent “Master and Servant” cover.
You can download the track “Nuclear winter” for free:
KRYSTAL SYSTEM – nuclear winter by alfa-matrix
Up for a challenge? How about remixing Howard Jones
Howard Jones has started the ‘ReWork Howard Jones’ project. The ReWork project will give music producers, both rising stars and old hands alike, the chance to remix / recreate / ReWork some of Howard Jones’ finest records. The project launches on April 18th with the release of remix parts for “Automaton”, a track taken from his 1985 platinum selling album, “Dream Into Action”. Beyond April 18th, Howard and the team will continue to release sets of remix parts for a number of past classics; tracks picked from a music repertoire spanning in-excess of 25 years.
Interested parties ‘need not toil in vein’. Whilst the motivation of remixing an original synth-pop icon might be enough for many, Jones and the team will be paying special attention to the contributors that attract both their ear and the attention of the community peers. With copyrights returned and a burgeoning list of A-list studio hacks interested in reworking Howard, a new album concept has been born; details of which will be announced soon. What can be confirmed is that the overall ‘winner(s)’ will become part of said album concept.
If you are interested in getting involved, all ReWork Howard Jones news, announcements updates, and communications, including the release of new audio parts, can be discovered via the offical blog and content hub, www.reworkhowardjones.info , first.
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