Two brand new synth videos from APOPTYGMA BERZERK and Emmon
Teaser from APOPTYGMA BERZERK’s new album: BLACK EP vol 2.
Music video for Slottet by Emmon made by Frida Sjöstam and Lena Trapp 2011.
Neon Indian – Step Into the World With Your PAL198X
“Step Into the World With Your PAL198X”
dreampop pioneer and flaming lips collaborator neon indian releases his new album ‘era extrana’ with a startling bonus: a mini analog synthesizer designed by bleep labs and the man himself! the synth is a hand-held gadget which features two triangle wave oscillators which can be activated independently or together, modulating each other and swappable controls which allow you to easily attach the included potentiometers or photocells – or a number of other devices – in any configuration to the three oscillators to create all kinds of chaos. ‘era extrana’ sees the chillwave wizard boldly step out from the synth
Pick up your own PAL198X only at neonindian.com
Written by Dr. Alan Palombro, PhD.
Directed by Dr. Alan Palombro, PhD and Johnny Woods.
Music written and performed by Alan Palombro, PhD / Neon Indian.
Editor: Johnny Woods.
Director of Photography: Stefan Fernandez.
Audio until 0:40 is the PAL198X running through a DL4 delay on multi-head. The rest of the video is straight from the PAL198X.
Testing the PAL198X with a Modular Synth
Mr. Soundman – Free Frequency Ear Training Game
Mr. Soundman is a frequency ear training game for music producers and sound engineers. Mr. Soundman enables you to enhance your frequency detection skills, compete with other music producers and sound engineers around the globe, and win special prizes.
Enhance your frequency detection skills, get a precise indication of your abilities, and find out once and for all: who’s got the golden ears? Prove your talent and you might win special awards and prizes!
– Play a challenging ear training game
– Improve your frequency detection skills
– Get a precise indication of your your abilities
– Compete with colleagues around the globe
– Win valuable prizes and awards
Rolodecks – Sneak Preview – new effect package for Reaktor
Background info:
Twisted Tools is proud to announce a new effects package for NI’s Reaktor 5, composed of two effects.
The two effects are:
Rolodecks – Realtime dynamic multi-effect by Twisted Tools.
RoloEXT – A version of Rolodecks which allows you to insert your own effects.
Pre-order now at http://twistedtools.com
Rolodecks Pro $69
(Rolodecks+RoloEXT)
Rolodecks $49
Both versions include over 300MB of samples by artists such as:
*Derek Mahone
Gil Sharone
Glitchmachines
Jedsound
Lawgiverz
Mike Huckaby
Michael Ndah
*Reuel Walker
Si Begg
Vocals for video by Michael Ndah (aka Tembu).
All samples in video are part of Rolodecks sample content.
http://twitter.com/#!/Tembu
*Derek Mahone (11yrs old) and Reuel Walker (14 years old) are students of Mike Huckaby at his Youthville music course. Youthville’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of kids in Detroit.
MOTION GRAPHICS BY: http://www.axiom-crux.net/
Record your voice, your fridge, your dog or let your iPhone or iPad speak and make rhythms out of the sounds
You can beat reality! Record your voice, your fridge, your neighbour’s dog or let your iPhone or iPad speak and make rhythms out of the sounds immediately.
RealBeat concentrates on simplicity and fast results. No steep learning curve or cluttered screens! Get creative in an instant!
RealBeat is a sampler that enables you to record sounds and create rhythms out of them. It also features an easy way to let your device speak and use the sound as a source material for rhythms and loops.
website:
http://apps.piringer.net/realbeat
Really nice free sound bank for the Sunrizer synth
Beep Street has released a free sound bank for Sunrizer synth, featuring sounds by Artemiy Pavlov .
To install it:
- Open Sunrizer on your iPad;
- Open Safari on your iPad;
- Click this link (or browse to http://www.beepstreet.com/Sinevibes.srb);
- Select ‘Open in Sunrizer’ & click yes when you see the install prompt; and
- Enjoy the goodness.
About the synth:
Sunrizer synth (previously known as ‘Horizon synth’) is a virtual analog synthesizer that takes the definition of iOs synthesizer to the next level. Thanks to carefully designed architecture and heavy usage of coprocessor it blurs the boundaries between iOs and hardware synthesizers. Sunrizer was built to perform and works perfectly with any MIDI keyboard or sequencer. A lot of research has been done in order to achieve unheard warmth and clarity.
Highlights
True SuperSaw sound emulation, first found in the legendary Roland JP-8000 synthesizer. SuperSaw is a layered waveform consisting of multiple saw waves which are detuned to create an extremely full and epic sound. It’s possible to use 2 supersaw oscillators per voice * 7 polyphony = 98 saw oscillators playing the same time!
Two independent filters per voice with configurable routing. You can select between various filter types including classic resonant LP,HP,BP,Notch and less common like Comb and Formant. The Morph Group function lets you continuously morph of up to 30 parameters in a sound (including effects), using only the modulation wheel.
Oscillators
2 warm-sounding analog modelled oscillators per voice + 2 sub-oscillators (except SuperSaw). Available waveforms: Saw, PWM pulse,Triangle, SuperSaw.
Oscillator 2 hard-sync and configurable routing. Osc-mix, ring modulator. White noise oscillator.
Flexible multi filters
Two independent filters per voice with configurable routing. You can select between various filter types including: resonant LP,HP,BP,Notch, Comb and Formant. Configurable routing: serial or parallel with bypass option. ADSR envelope, keyboard tracking and full LFO control.
Modulation
Two LFOs per voice. It’s possible to assing each LFO to almost any parameter. 3 LFO running modes: trigger, 1 shot, global. 6 waveforms, phase and fade-in knobs. The Morph Group function lets you continuously morph of up to 30 parameters in a sound (including effects), using only the modulation wheel. Two Modulation ADSR Envelopes for amplitude and filters cutoff. Pitch and modulation wheels.
Effects
A number of effects are built in: distortion, chorus, equalizer, stereo delay. All parameters can be modulated using mod-wheel.
Spectrogram
This video highlights the collaboration between the artists and the audience
Check it out
Korg Offers Free Ringtones
Spice up your phone?
Korg USA has launched a collection of free Ringtones, all created with real Korg instruments. You can choose from a variety of Korg-quality synth sounds: bass, lead, vocoder and more. Also offered are more acoustic sounds including piano, harp or even a complete orchestra. Korg ringtones are now available to download free of charge at the URL below or on Korg USA’s Facebook page.
Pricing and Availability:
Free download.
More information:
What does the future sound like? – An exclusive interview with Andy McCluskey of OMD
Time for yet another synth-pop pioneer to enter the front stage, here at Stereoklang. I had the pleasure to talk to none other then Andy McCluskey, 50% of the legendary act Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, OMD for short. Few other acts have had such an influential role in the development of the electronic pop music scene, with classic hits like Maid of Orleans, Enola Gay, Messages to name but a few. I wanted to ask Andy all about OMDs re-emergence on the music scene, their work in the studio, past and present, and of course their most recent album “History of Modern”.
Looking back
For those growing up in the late 70’s and 80’s, OMD was as well-known to “synthpoppers” as any of the other leading acts at that time, i.e. Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Gary Numan, Yazoo to name but a few. I asked Andy how it all started. He lets us know that he and Paul started composing music when they were about 16, basically making music with what they had at hand (consider this was mid 1970s really primitive in other words). Andy was asked to join the band that Paul was involved in, but pretty quickly realized that they had much more in common and decided to go on their own. So in the very early days, what was later to become OMD, it all started as a pure hobby. Back in Liverpool it is easy to picture two young guys at home listening to Kraftwerk and dreaming of success. It was also in Liverpool that their first real gig came about, at a club called Eric’s. It was also at Eric’s that they saw other bands that were thinking along the same lines, like The Normal (featuring Daniel Miller) that made Andy and Paul realize that what they were doing had relevance on the music scene.
Steelberry Clones – “where did the band name come from?” Andy – “we were assigned to do a one off event and we really wanted to come up with the most preposterous name they could ever think of – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – having absolutely know meaning whatsoever”. “There were no master plan!”.
Biggest milestone
With a career covering decades I certainly thought that Andy would think of any of their great concerts or when any of their now legendary albums like the poetic “Architecture and Morality”, ecstatic “Junk Culture” or “Dazzle Ships” hit the shelves, selling millions of copies, being the obvious choice. But no, Andy tells me that the biggest milestone for him was when he, in his own hands, was holding their first ever 7” vinyl single “Electricity”. “This was a record by Paul and I!”, Andy says. This must truly have been a magic moment, as a any teenager at that time with a passion for music would browse through the import boxes in your local record shop as a weaken treat, finding rare issues of cool acts, imagine then to find your own piece of work.
With the single in hand, gigs started to come and OMD played as warm up act to Joy Division. Then Gary Numan, who had just bought their single Electricity asked if they would like to perform with him. The following year OMD themselves were the main attraction. Andy also remembers that this was also the first time, when performing with Joy Division, that they saw a real Pollard Syndrum in live action. The Pollard Syndrum was one of the first electronic drums and was capable of many different sounds. The sound favored by most recording artists was a sine wave that pitch-bends down, most famously heard at the beginning of “Good Times Roll”, the opening track of the Cars’ 1978 debut album.
History of Modern
“History of Modern” represents a highly anticipated come back from one of the most influential electronic pop acts to date. Skeptics were questioning if they could re-invent themselves and why are they doing a retro-flirt. I kindly asked Andy about the retro-flirt and although Andy was not so keen on the term retro in relation to the new album he admits that if going back to your roots and re-discover that unique and distinctive OMD sound, ”then yes let us call it retro”. For Paul and Andy it was really important to get that “voice” of OMD back, that sound they left behind. “We spoke with our own authentic sound”, Andy says.
Starting to work on the new album it was important to OMD that it shouldn’t be a copy; they needed to have new and fresh ideas. According to Andy “there are too many bands of our generation that do not have anything more to say.”
Read the full interview here >>
Jam with the Kraftzwerg as a stand alone modular
“My first jam with the Kraftzwerg, being sequenced by the Revolution via midi. Drums are from the Vermona drm Mkii (best drum synth in the world!!) all being driven by the MPC1000. Its a 2 bar loop again! with modulation of primarily frequency on both machines and a couple of hits of the remix button on the Revo. They make a formidible pair!”
Background info:
MFB-KRAFTZWERG is the semi-modular version of MFB’s Synth-II. It trades memory locations and MIDI-control off for 37 patch connectors that allow breaking and modifying the internal routing. Put single KRAFTZWERG components under analog sequencer control or let the whole unit interact with your existing modular-synthesizer-system.
MFB-KRAFTZWERG works as a stand-alone synthesizer without the need to patch any cable. The classic formation of VCO-VCF-VCA is pre-wired internally, complete with essential modulations. Therefore, you can play the KRAFTZWERG just like any other synthesizer using its MIDI-input. In addition, it may integrate into a full analog environment using control voltages – and benefit, unlike MIDI, from infinite continuous parameter resolution.
MFB-KRAFTZWERG offers a complete set for powerful and versatile synthesis: three VCOs with hard-sync, 24-dB-lowpass-filter with resonance, noise generator, ring-modulator, two envelope-generators, two LFOs and VCA. Technically and soundwise KRAFTZWERG is identical to MFB’s euro-rack-modules. However, the MFB-KRAFTZWERG comes in a compact format that is easy to take with you and faster in use. Your ideal analog partner on stage!
The unit need a power-supply AC/AC 12V 500mA.
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