Quick tip: Working with arpeggios on the KORG Monotribe
A few simple Monotribe tips, in this video it is shown how to make arpeggio type fx using the square wave LFO, and how to use a slower tempo to get 1 or 2 bar patterns.
Vintage exploration – Maplin 3800
A small test on this incredible synth…
This is the original model of the Maplin 3800, no midi, no other effect.The Maplin 3800 has a very distinctive analog sound. The audiopath is totally analog, from the oscillators all the way to the build in spring reverb! It’s very good for Moog-like basses and leads, total weirdness and drones.
Trevor G Marshall started building synthesiser kits in Australia in 1973, the first models being the 3600 and 4600 which were hybrid digital and analogue synthesisers. The original company was bought by the UK based Maplin Electronics and these models were marketed as the Maplin 3800 and 5600.
Two-dimensional loop recording with Donut for iPad
Here is an early preview of Donut – a new iPad app from The Strange Agency that’s currently under development.
They call Donut a ‘phrase looper with a twist’ that’s ‘most pleasantly strange.’ Donut is designed to let you record and play loops in 2d. The app is still under development, but the video shows the app’s current state.
Full KORG action with the iPad Samplewiz
Ipad Samplewiz combined with NEW WAH LEADS On Korg M3 by RIO
performed by Rio Ricardo ( http://www.youtube.com/user/myshiteru ) S4K TEAM MEMBER!!!
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Lots of knobs and sliders on the new soft synth from kiloHearts
Looking for a new cool soft synth then check this one out from kiloHearts:
kHs ONE is the first virtual synth to roll out from the flaming hot digital foundry kiloHearts. Look at all those knobs and sliders! What are you waiting for? They aren’t going to tweak themselves. Unless you automate them. Which you can do. All of them.
At kiloHearts we believe that the system requirements for a virtual instrument shouldn’t include a PhD in Synthesis. Getting to the sound you want should just be a matter of thinking what you want to do, and do it. Therefore kHs ONE is designed to put all its features at your fingertips. Download the demo and try it out for yourself!
We have put a lot of time and effort into making oscillators and filters of the highest quality which gives kHs ONE a pleasantly warm and analog sound, with filters that rapidly follow your every modulation. Working with professional musicians and producers throughout the development process, we have made sure that the sounds meets their high standards.
kHs ONE is available as VST and AudioUnit plugins which work in all popular digital audio workstations like Cubase, Sonar, Logic Pro, Gargeband, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Reaper, Studio One and many others. Both 32 bit and 64 bit versions are available on MacOS X and Windows operating systems.
Micro galactic frontier
Jordan Bartee explores the borders between man and 8 bit machine.
If you’re into chip tunes this is a must see!
Steelberry Clones – Analog waves
An analog electronic music treat from Steelberry Clones, enjoy
Background info:
Artist: Steelberry Clones
Song: Analog waves
Year: 2011 July
Label: Stereoklang Produktion
Gear: KORG, Casio, Reason, Voyager
Steelberry Clones – Analog waves by Stereoklang Produktion
New Beta version of the Sonigen Modular soft synth is released
Sonigen Modular is modular software synthesizer which gives you the freedom and flexibility of classic modular synthesis with high quality sound and efficient cpu usage.
Features
- Fully modular with as many modules and patch cables as you want.
- A fast and intuitive user interface. Layout is mostly automatic, cables indicate signal flow, and our (unique as far as I know) dynamic input handling reduces the need for extra mixer modules, and also reduces screen wastage from unused input terminals / knobs.
- Modular voice and modular output effect processing both cleanly integrated in one window.
- Everything is processed at full sample rate, there is no lower “control” rate. This means pretty much anything can be plugged into anything else. It also means higher quality modulation control and processing.
- Just in time (JIT) assembly. The audio engine is written entirely in assembler, it is dynamically assembled and optimised in real time with no interruption in the audio processing. This allows a whole class of optimizations that cant be done with pre-compiled binaries.
Pricing and Availability:
Free download
More information:
Swedish House Mafia – Casio Tone VL-5 vs. Teenage Engineering OP-1
http://youtu.be/z1zj4Vy56eg
Casio tone vl-5 (1982) vs. Teenage Engineering op-1 (2010)
Featured hardware:
This quite rare keyboard was the polyphonic successor of the famous Casio VL-Tone 1. Unfortunately it is missing the great built-in synthesizer, the octave switch and even the natural violin sound of the VL-1. Instead it has only 10 simple preset sounds. The rhythms are more complex but awkward to select. By an optical barcode reader pen (Casio MS-1) songs can be scanned from special barcode song books into the internal sequencer memory. The sequencer is only monophonic, but at least you can manually play to it.
The hardware of this thing contains a lot of hand- rewired complex component mess that looks rather like a prototype. It also has odd sequencer bugs those are mentioned in the manual.
main features:
- 37 button keys
- built-in small speaker (thin sounding, mounted in a resonance pot)
- polyphony 4 notes (2 notes during sequencer playback)
- 10 preset sounds {flute, bagpipe, clarinet, violin, trumpet, pipe organ, harpsichord, piano, pretty, funny}
- “tone memory” 4 step switch to assign 4 of the preset sounds for quick access
- 8 preset rhythms {waltz, march, rock, swing, samba, rhumba, slow rock, metronome}
- sustain button
- volume and “rhythm/ melody balance” sliders
- tempo slider
- LCD (displays numbers of preset sound & rhythm and sequencer note numbers)
- semi- analogue sound generator. The digital envelopes (with audible zipper noise) are linear and thus sounds unrealistic because they fade silent too soon.
- percussion consist of shift register noise for snare/ hihat and for the drums squarewave blips those have 3 pitches and 2 lengths. One sound is a long blip layered with noise. All percussion employ digital decay envelopes with much zipper noise.
- complex multi- chip hardware:
- CPU1= “NEC D910G 011, K2106K” (80 pin SMD)
- CPU2= “HD43191A07, 2A 25” (80 pin SMD)
- SRAM?= “NEC A19046-140, D444C, Japan” (20 pin DIL)
- 2x IC “LB1100, 1M3” (20 pin DIL)
- IC “LB1100, 1M4” (20 pin DIL)
- simple monophonic sequencer (240 notes, editor (insert & delete, rhythm start point), “one key play” to change note duration)
- optional barcode reader pen to load songs from special song books into the sequencer
- tuning trimmer at case bottom
- jacks for AC- adapter, headphone, line out & barcode pen
How to sync Korg Monotribe to Nintendo DS-10
See video for how to, this would also work with iMS-20 app or most other drum machines, just remember to create a short pulse and pan it hard opposite to any audio, have fun!
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