PocoPoco Live jamming in downtown Tokyo
Pocopoco is a new musical interface that users can control by pushing, holding and turning – very intuitive and tactile actions. To create Pocopoco we developed original solenoid units with built-in sensors and assembled 16 of them in a box-shaped container to serve as a universal input/output device.
Through the use of their up and down movement we have created a new form of musical expression. The resulting device is a versatile interface whose physical movement is appealing to both performers and audiences and which also has the potential to be used in a wide range of other applications including games and telecommunications.
Users can play music with PocoPoco very easily just by “pushing”, “holding ” and “turning” its cylinders . When a user “Pushes” on top of a cylinder, a sequencer switch is flipped to the “on” position causing the cylinder to rise and a sound to play at regular intervals. “Holding” a raised cylinder prolongs the note being played like the sustain pedal of a piano. “Turning” a cylinder affects the instrument’s tone in various ways (e.g. volume control, filters, pitch
bend) .
PocoPoco is very easy to play even for children and beginners with no musical experience, but at the same time it is also a sophisticated device that can be used to create compelling performances.
MoogulatoR live in Bernburg/Germany, 2011
Time for some hard core synth jamming hehe
808 emulation for iPad
ElliottGarage presents EGDR808, a drum machine that emulates the vintage hardware from the 80’s.
Its realistic and clear interface recalls the analog machine from the past, for all the vintage fanatics.
You can play with the rythm presets included or you can create your own pattern.
Features:
– Interface like the real drum machine from the 80’s
– 16 steps sequencer
– 12 programmable rythm patterns and 4 fills patterns
– Auto fill in every 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 pattern
– Save the pattern you’ve created and play your songs
Get to know the Mau5Bot Sequencer
Created for fun by our game team!
www.floathybrid.com
The Insider’s Guide to REAKTOR
Preview of the Insider’s Guide to REAKTOR tutorial which will shortly be available from http://www.platinumears.com
This new preview is a more generous 12 minutes in length, and serves as a general introduction to REAKTOR’s hierarchical structure.
The full tutorial is 42 minutes and goes on to cover snapshots (in detail!), polyphony, midi learn, sample maps and map editing, the player / recorder bar, host automation plus the auto-save feature for when running REAKTOR as a plugin.
Arturia SPARK – BEAT CHOPPING! – Remixing the Rhythms LIVE
Background info about the video:
Amazing possibilities for live remixing of the rhythms – using the beat looper and the effect pad! Demonstration of a range of various preset sounds for all styles. If you like MPC, Electribe or Kaoss control schemes, you can quickly adapt your skills.
Program shown c2011 by Arturia
Review c2011 by Vj Franz K
Reviewed with permission from Arturia, at NoiseBug Synthesizer Showroom.
Dirty Electronics Mute Synth
Dirty Electronics Mute Synth promo made only with sounds from the Mute Synth with edits and processing. Photography and animation Stereographic (Birmingham). Performed by Burlesque artist Eliza DeLite.
The Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration with Mute and graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy. The instrument brings together many Dirty Electronics aesthetics and instrument designs into one device in particular creating an instrument ‘of the hand’ (in terms of both playing and building), a noise-based device that utilises feedback, and exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board.
Orbital Transmission: Sci-Fi Sound Effects & Soundscapes from Bluezone
All about going into space we guess 
Bluezone Corporation is proud to present ‘Orbital Transmission: Sci-Fi Sound Effects & Soundscapes’. With sounds of UFO landing, alien atmosphere, alarm, extra-terrestrial communication and intrusive spacecraft, this fascinating sound library will take you into a new audio dimension. In addition to film scores, soundtracks and audio games, this essential sample pack is well-suited for Ambient, Dubstep, Drum n Bass, Breaks, IDM and Experimental tracks.
This new sound collection for modern music composers offers over 80 WAV sound FXs, futuristic soundscapes, dark Ambient textures and much more. ‘Orbital Transmission: Sci-Fi Sound Effects & Soundscapes’ holds over 300 MB of audio samples and is specifically designed to add finely crafted sound effects and dark ambiances in your future productions. Many of these samples are over 50 seconds long. Like all Bluezone Corporation sound libraries, this pack is royalty-free and does not require any additional costs or permissions – it’s 100% ready to be used in your commercial productions.
Suitable for style such as: Breaks, Dubstep, Industrial, Ambient, Drum and Bass, Soundtrack, Game & TV series.
Orbital Transmission: Sci-Fi Sound Effects & Soundscapes Contents:
ï Sound FX / Drones / Soundscapes / Textures
Technical Specifications:
ï 310 MB Data / 85 Files
ï Format : WAV
ï Instant Download
ï Requires Winzip or similar utility to unpack
ï Suitable for use in all major sequencers
ï Royalty-Free with no extra cost
ï Ready to use in commercial production
Soundcells Summer Sale 2011
Soundcells announces their ReFill summer sale 2011: 20 % discount on the single ReFills, and 15 % discount on the Soundcells bundles until the end of August. Customers are always welcome to ask for a specific combination of products!
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Casio PT80 – Today´s vintage synth exploration, from 1986
The PT-80 consists of a 2 octave monophonic keyboard with the sounds: piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, flute, clarinet, trumpet and celeste. The small keys on the left side is an auto chord section that is synchronized to the rhytm section. The rhytms are: Rock, disco, 16-beat, 2-beat swing, 4-beat swing, samba, bossanova, beguine, slow-rock, march, tango, waltz.
The rhythms are good and a useful thing is the ability to make fill-ins. If you, for instance, have choosen a disco rhythm and it is running, then press the disco button again and the fill-in comes.
Another feature of this model is the changeable ROM-pack that contains 4 melodies. These melodies can be played by the instrument alone or as a two way act: The instrument supplies the accompaniment, you do the melody.
In this video:
Casio PT-80 is routed via Radias as a external input to add vibrato and delay.
Virus Ti2 used for arpeggiator just to show the capability of Casio PT-80 for leads.
Not the very best demo, but I just received this cute little synth toy!
Alba Ecstasy
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