Roland Jupiter 80 performed by S4K Team
Roland Jupiter 80 performed by S4K Team – Alex DD Space4keys. The JUPITER-80’s expressive, organic approach to synthesis makes a new world of sound design possible with multilayered SuperNATURAL textures under the control of a full-color touchscreen and creative hands-on controllers. Experience the metamorphosis of a legend with the all-new JUPITER-80!
- Powerful integrated SuperNATURAL synthesis engines designed for legendary vintage synth sounds to realistic organic acoustic sounds and more.
- Single Tone is equivalent to the performance of powerful single synthesizer—stack four of these to create a mind-blowing “Live Set”
- Tone Blender tweaks multiple parameters of tones in realtime for complex, emotive sonic movement during performance
- Fast, friendly operation with intuitive front panel and color touchscreen optimized for live performance
- 76-note semi-weighted synth keyboard, and 256 polyphonic voices (varies according to sound-generator load)
- USB-memory Song Player/Recorder for backing tracks or quick idea capture
- Easy integration with computers via built-in USB-MIDI/Audio interface
More info below:
http://www.space4keys.com
http://www.s4k.tv
Native brings us Maschine 1.7
OK, so now it is official; Native Instruments has announced Maschine 1.7, coming in September.
Maschine 1.7 version builds on plug-in support offered by 1.6, allowing the finding and loading of individual presets from within the Maschine hardware browser, withouthaving to touch your keyboard or mouse.
This furthers the integration between Maschine and Komplete 8, utilizing Native Instrument’s new NIS sound format.
With 1.7, you can browse and load the plug-in presets from all Komplete 8 versions, directly inside the Maschine hardware browser. This is designed so that you can operate Maschine without ever having to touch your mouse or keyboard.
Via ST
Interactive spatial sound synthesis – Tension
Here is a nice video showing how Kinect from Microsoft really can have a play in music production:
A brief video showing Tension. An interactive spatial sound installation for multiple users. A person enters the space and a generative sound is assigned to that person. The sound pans around in the 6-channel speaker system following the user in the space.
Up to 5 users can use the installation at the same time. Each person modifies the other sounds based on the distance to the other users. The closer you are to other people the more the tension in the sound increases.
Pantheon III Reason ReFill has been released
Nucleus has released a new version of their magnificent refill Pantheon, this is an evolution of the version II that has been reviewed by us earlier (read the previous review here), here is what they have to say about the new version:
Nucleus SoundLab proudly releases Pantheon III, the next evolution in their series of ultimate Thor ReFills for Propellerhead Reason 5. Pantheon III expands on the concepts and standards set by the first two ReFills with the largest amount of unique Combinators yet. As always, the Pantheon III sound designers continue to reveal their patching secrets with refined and detailed PDF documentation.
Pantheon III is comprised of Combinator and Thor patches created by a dream-team of Reason sound designers. Tom Pritchard, Adam Fielding, Kirke Godfrey, Joseph Mizelle, Clint Grierson Lewis Osborne and Shaun Wallace – Many of these designers have released a number of their own ReFills, both free and commercial. Now all have come together, united by the incredible quality standards of Nucleus SoundLab’s Lead Designer Jeremy Janzen, to create the highest-quality Thor ReFill – ever.
Pantheon III is built from the ground up for both Reason 5 and Record. This means that Kong effects are put to good use, as well as the new Combinator CV inputs. As well, 36 patches have been specifically built for those who own both Record + Reason 5 – though they will also work great for Reason 6 owners. These patches use the Line6 amps and Neptune pitch-shifter to take Thor to a completely new level!
Pantheon III is genre-agnostic – its not a pack of sounds specifically designed to create one sub-genre of electronic music. Instead, the patches inside are applicable to many different styles such as ambient, IDM, trance, electro, dubstep, filmscore and downtempo. Some sounds fall well outside these genre boundaries as well, and are suitable for exploring totally new sonic territory! Inside you’ll find an incredible aural landscape of sounds – such as huge modular chords, ‘workstation’-esque pads, filmscore FX, dirty amped leads, and wavetable arpeggios of all stripes.
Details:
- 260 fresh and unique Combinators
- 36 Combinators built for Reason 5 + Record (or Reason 6)
- 300 Thor patches.
- 8 .rps demo songs.
- All Combinator and most Thor rotaries/buttons uniquely mapped.
- All Combinator and Thor patches categorized intelligently.
- PDF Design documentation for each patch, detailing important aspects of its design, inspiration and performance.
Listen to what Pantheon III offers by downloading the videos and MP3 demos on the product page. In addition, a Demo ReFill (w/ 20 Combinators) is available for free download.
Exploring some incoming electronic music
Here is a batch of electronic videos that we have come across recently, enjoy
http://youtu.be/p_XFUMXKeIQ
http://youtu.be/eoOIMoX5TVQ
Leave your thoughts if you like or dislike it
Jupiter 80 in action: The Music of ALNITAK
This is trully a very powerful synthesizer!
I made this music today,i could not do nothing,with this mighty sound,this sound is sooo fat and strong,i pushed myself making a simple song of it!
I hope you like it!
Depeche Mode’s and Recoil’s Alan Wilder at home
http://youtu.be/EHejxJ1KPxk
Alan Wilder — Collected is a 2011 documentary film directed by Martin Vladar.
Vladar worked personally with Alan and his estate in the UK: at Wilder’s Sussex residence, he discovered the house was filled with memorabilia spanning 35 years of a career spent in music, most notably during the 80s and 90s covering the musician’s stint with one of the most famous & successful bands of all time, Depeche Mode.
COLLECTED – The Alan Wilder/Depeche Mode Collection
A Historic Equipment, Vinyl & Memorabilia Auction
Auction date : Saturday 3rd September, 2011 4.00pm
Venue : Zion Arts Centre (www.zionarts.com)
Address : 335 Stretford Rd, Hulme, Manchester M15 5ZA
Viewing : 10.00am to 8.00pm – Friday 2nd September, and 10.00am to 4.00pm – Saturday 3rd September
http://auction.recoil.co.uk
www.omegaauctions.co.uk
DJ Haus with Traktor Sample Deck Overlay
http://youtu.be/_5ijI4zxQMQ
DJ Haus (one half of the Hot City outfit) drops a live “Unknown To The Unknown” label mix using the latest generation TRAKTOR DJ software with two TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 controllers and the new Sample Deck mapping and designated physical overlay. The overlay can be applied on top of the controller to re-label buttons and knobs to match the functionality of the Sample Deck mapping.
In this video, DJ Haus juggles eight Sample Deck slots of loops and clips, mixing and remixing tracks on the fly using the comprehensive control of the new mapping. The tailor-made visuals represent the individual sounds of the different loops loaded into the Sample Decks.
For more information and offers:
All new purchases of the X1 controller in August and September 2011 worldwide will qualify for the full TRAKTOR PRO 2 software for free, giving you a full TRAKTOR DJ setup for half the price.
More info about the offer: http://www.native-instruments.com/doubledeal
More info about the overlay: http://www.native-instruments.com/sampledeckmapping
You can find the track “Assassin”, re-created live in this video, and more releases from Unknown to the Unknown on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/assassin/402961
Basic overview of Edirol visual synthesiser
Here is how Roland describes this product:
The CG-8 was awarded the Best New Video Product Award 2006 by Club Sytems International, a trade magazine in North America for the Night Club Industry, at the Club System Awards.
Just as synthesis in music prompted new waves of musical creativity so the CG-8 is set to do the same for the visual artist. A sampling synthesizer takes audio in or regenerates it from a wave generator and then modulates it with filters and amplifiers before outputting the sound. In a similar fashion the CG-8 can take in still images, create motion pictures from these and then modulate them with Modifiers and Fade Controller. It’s easiness to grasp, and user-friendliness allows artists to concentrate on making stunning visual displays without getting caught up in complicated operations.Starting with picture files (JPEG’s) as the prime source, overlay files (PNG) used for overlays and built in Computer Graphics, all stored on the internal hard drive, the CG-8 can add any of more than 200 Photo effects and then from more than 60 Overlay effects before finally passing the output to the image modifiers which let you add further motion along X/Y/Z axes and control background colour/hue shifting. This final modulation can be set for rate, depth and waveform just like the LFO in an audio synth.
- More than 200 Photo effects and more than 60 Overlay effects .
- 16 trigger pads, a twin D-Beam controller, an assignable X-Y pad, control knobs or an optional foot switch.
- Adjustable frequency and peak detection provides graphic modulation based on the incoming audio.
- VGA, S-video or composite video (NTSC or PAL) output.
- MIDI compatibility with support for V-LINK enabled instruments.
Interesting new and free Mattel Synsonics drum machine
Francis Preve has put together a free virtual Mattel Synsonics drum machine for Ableton Live:
In the pantheon of vintage analog drum machines, there’s an unsung classic that isn’t from a big name manufacturer like Roland or Korg, but from a toy company. Released in 1981, the Mattel Synsonics was an affordable black box that housed a fully analog kit consisting of kick, two toms, snare, cymbal and hi-hat – all playable via velocity sensitive pads.
Of course, since it was a “toy”, few artists took it very seriously – with one notable exception: Kraftwerk.
About a month ago, I pulled my Synsonics of its shelf in my studio, fired it up and started sampling.
It’s available as a free download from Preve’s site.
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