Chip music: Hietsuki Bushi
Chip tunes with a touch of Japan 
Hietsuki Bushi (Full version) / Omodaka (Far East Recording)
Animation+Dir.: Ryo Hirano
On 2011/8/14 Omodaka has a new release!!!
New album including “Hietsuki Bushi” will be downloadable
in iTunes Store,Amazon MP3 or many online music stores
on 2011/8/14. The physical CD is also available from
amazon.co.jp (Asin: B005DDNIGW) on 2011/8/14,too.
It can be searched with”Omodaka” as the artist’s name.
http://fareastrecording.com
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B005DDNIGW
The first big Reco-Synth
Probably the first analogue modular synth ever built in Brazil. The first big Reco-Synth.
Features:
The Jolymod is the first Modular Reco-Synth.
It has :
4 x 16 steps sequencer
4 x voltage quantizer
6 x VCOs
2 x noise
2 x 12 db filter
2 x 24 db filter
2 x LFO
2 x sample & hold
2 x AR envelope
2 x ADSR envelope
1 x double VCA
1 x midi to CV
1 x ring modulator
1 x phase shifter
1 x multifunction module
1 x spring reverb
1 x stereo auto pan
1 x analog VU
1 x tube VU
This Modular has PCB’s from : MFOS, PAIA, OAKLEY SOUND and RECO-SYNTH
Dub Step Modular Synth Patch
Background info: “Quickly patched this together to give an example for good old muffwiggler.com. Basically as long as you have a few good filters, and Formant style oscillators, you will be able to get a similar sound. Literally took me 5 minutes to get this together, so I want to see your version!”
Signal Path for main Oscillation: Piston Honda – Polivoks BP – Plague Bearer – QmmG Ch1 on LPG – Borg2 – QmmG Ch3 on LPG
All modulated by Maths
KORG vs KORG
Small duel to spark of the synth weekend:
Korg Electribe MX-1 spotyka Korga Radias
Korg Electribe MX-1 meet Korg Radias.
Movie has been recorded live without using any filters or dynamic processors outside this 2 devices.
The official full-colour catalogue for COLLECTED – The Alan Wilder/Depeche Mode Collection
The official full-colour catalogue for COLLECTED – The Alan Wilder/Depeche Mode Collection is now complete, with plenty of photographs, a foreward by Alan, and all 414 lots described in detail, along with anything else you could possibly need to know.
This catalogue will also be available as a limited edition collectable printed book (from Omega), at the bargain price of only £5. Get your registrations and orders in soon as they will go fast!
In order to attend the event in Manchester you will need to be registered with Omega Auctions. Please visit: Omega for more information on registration. Theatre places at Zion Arts Centre are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.
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Also, at eBay – more exclusive items ahead of the auction were added last Sunday. Be quick and get your bids in as these one-offs will only be there for a few more days! Everything posted at this eBay link is authentic & part of the full AW/DM collection.
Full auction details below :
Alan Wilder and Omega Auctions ‘present’
COLLECTED – The Alan Wilder/Depeche Mode Collection
A Historic Equipment, Vinyl and Memorabilia Auction
Auction date : Saturday 3rd September, 2011, 3.00pm
Venue : Zion Arts Centre
Address : 335 Stretford Rd, Hulme, Manchester M15 5ZA
Viewing : 10.00am to 8.00pm – Friday 2nd September, and 10.00am to 2.45pm – Saturday 3rd September
For further details :
http://auction.recoil.co.uk
www.omegaauctions.co.uk
www.the-saleroom.com
Artist Interview: Kirsten Price talks about Reason
Here’s a new video from the Propellehead’s:
Her latest album title, Brixton to Brooklyn, is both a catchy alliteration but also a succinct bio on Producer/Songwriter Kirsten Price. Originally from London, Price has since made Brooklyn her home and her music reflects the eclectic blending of those transatlantic influences.
We met up with Kirsten Price at a studio in Los Angeles to check out one of her recent projects.
More info on Kirsten Price can be found here:
www.kirstenprice.com
More info on Reason is available at our website:
www.propellerheads.se
Brand new video with Miss FD – “Negaverse”
Official music video for the song Negaverse, from Miss FD’s 2nd studio album: Love Never Dies.
Love Never Dies is available from
iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/love-never-dies/id413444963
Take 5 interview with Diego Stocco, Composer
Background information:
Take 5 is a video web series published exclusively on the FIDMDigitalArts.com Blog by FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising at www.blog.fidmdigitalarts.com.
Take five on Take 5 to get inspired, to get motivated, to get inside the minds of creative professionals. Join FIDMDigitalArts.com as we take five minutes to interview film directors, graphic artists, composers, illustrators, 3-D modelers, creative directors, motion graphics designers, photographers and other intriguing industry pros. Learn what makes the creative pros “tick” on Take 5.
In the video above, meet composer/sound designer, Diego Stocco, who uses cutting-edge techniques and unorthodox instruments to develop music and sound for film, television, trailers and video performances.
For more episodes of Take 5, visit http://blog.fidmdigitalarts.com/take-5-video-channel
Undead Instruments unleash the TimeFrog2 controller
The timeFrog II is a powerful and flexible MIDI device dedicated to music computer and MIDI applications. The spin/inertial sensor provides a totally new kind of control surface, which opens new way for playing with parameters. The 8 endless encoders, 4 potentiometers and 6 buttons form a functional and compact. There is also a embedded 4 steps sequencer: 4×4 steps x 6 voices This patch was setup in Ableton Max For Live using only two instances of SonicCharge’s Synplant software synthesizer. These two patches where customized and designed to work with the timeFrogII. Creating for some very unique musical gestures. All sequencing and note generation is from the timeFrog controller.
undeadinst.com/products/timefrog
The timeFrog is an open hardware plateform. The firmware stands under GPLv3 license. New functionnalities, new modes can be added, the whole device can be totally reprogrammed.
Hardware Specs:
» Inertial surface control
» position and speed messages
» absolute and relative mode
» 0-127 looping or 0-127 locked values
» 8 endless ecoders with LED position display
» 4 buttons soft touch
» 2 buttons hard touch
» 4 faders
» MIDI in, thru, out
» USB self powered
» Dimensions: 260x160x50mm
» Firmware:
— 1.0: controller/keyboard
— 1.1: controller/4 steps sequencer
— 1.2: controller/keyboard/4 step sequencer
— 1.3 planned: 4 automates, arpeggiator editor
Arduino SpeakJet Module Prototype
This is an Arduino driving a SpeakJet chip to produce allophones and weird synth sounds. It works on an algorithm coded in Arduino, which is basically a sequence with a variable, the slide potentiometer position amount, which makes the sound change. The rythm and velocity must be changed into the code.
It has an LCD to display the amount of the slide potentiometer. It says “Voice Pitch” but it could be anything. The first slide potentiometer is the volume.
Based on the sequence you can produce robot voices. The easy way should be to add another chip which translates text into sound.
DATAMASKIN
