Circuit Bending workshop in Denmark
Circuit Bending workshop, conducted by John Alex Hvidlykke, as a part of No 9 Festival event, “A Technolor Dream Part II”, in Silkeborg, Denmark. 2011-09-30.
How to Make a Noise: Analog, Frequency Modulation, and Sample-Based Synthesis
Three new books in the How to Make a Noise series have just been published. Each book focuses on different approaches to synthesizer sound creation so the musician can choose the right tool for the job.
How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis starts from the basic principle of taking a sound source and shaping it with a filter. This simple but powerful technique can be applied to any hardware or software synthesizer to create the warm, rich, energetic, and commanding sounds that are often associated with classic hardware synthesizers.
http://noisesculpture.com/analog
How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis looks at frequency modulation (or FM) synthesis which works through a continuous and controllable interaction of two or more waves to give a broad spectrum of detailed, highly nuanced, bright, rich, shimmering, clean, metallic, and solid tones that can be used to create many musical (and non-musical) sounds.
How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis looks at how to sample, create, and control sounds—from high fidelity realistic recreations of real instrument in their original environment, through creative warped tones, to drums and loops—and the tools and techniques that are available to help.
http://noisesculpture.com/sample
Eigenharp built-in synth experiment
This is a quick unfinished experiment with hooking up the internal synth agents of EigenD to create a virtual modular synth.
The audio recording without compression can be downloaded from SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/gbevin/eigenharp-built-in-synth
This sound uses two rectangle oscillators with one heavily detuned and one sine oscillator for a little more body. One envelope generator handles the volume of the oscillators and a second one handling the frequency cutoff of a ladder filter into which all oscillators are patched. The key pressure modulates the entire volume of the filter envelope generator. Finally, this is sent into the multi-tap delay agent.
It’s worth noting that all these agents are designed for multi-timbral playing and that all expression signals are separate for each key that is played. From the signal coming out of the keyboard all the way through to the ladder filter, all data is separate. After the filter, everything is summed together before going through the delay and the console mixer.
More on the 76 Synthesizer for iPad
“Hey guys! just a quick demo of the iPad app “76 Synthesizer” by Never Be Normal. Enjoy!”
S.P.O.C.K live at ElectriXmas this year
Here’s the message from outer space!
Time is rolling on and we’ve been über busy with preparations! Finally we’re ready to give you some more news!
electriXmas is delighted to announce that Swedens legendary space cadets S.P.O.C.K. have landed just in time to join the party! We’ve been informed in the latest sub-space transmission that during their long voyage into the unknown they’ve been secretly working on new material! They’re looking forward to make this years electriXmas extra-special with a world-exclusive performance of a couple of new tracks!
So, the lineup now looks like this:
HOCICO (mx)
S.P.O.C.K. (se)
TYSKE LUDDER (de)
NECRO FACILITY (se)
Variation on the Largo from Winter by Antonio Vivaldi for Analog Modular Synthesizer
Beautiful capture of a classic composer 
Additional details:
This is my first video since I changed my modular system to all Eurorack. It is done just using step sequencers again. this time it uses the new Modcan Touch sequencer and two Analogue Solutions Oberkorn 3.
By the way I just needed to throw in some Buchla percussions to complement this post:
Enjoy
BT – Le Nocturne de Lumière
New nice instrumental electronica track from BT. Please be patient and listen till the drums get going
To be additive. I wish in some small way to bend the collective human narrative towards the positive.
To inspire untold (even to me) small leaps of faith that germinate and grow in people I will never know.
To make music that makes people feel connected & less alone. That inspires people to face life and even if they fail to do so with dignity.
BT’s “Le Nocturne de Lumière” is available on These Hopeful Machines:
iTunes: http://bit.ly/oWif9n
Amazon: http://amzn.to/obimPt
www.btmusic.com
Sunday synth music: IVY – Fascinated [Official Music Video]
The brand new music video for Ivy’s song, “Fascinated,” which Adam Schlesinger described to RollingStone.com as matching the “old-school, synth-pop” vibe of the song by featuring “some robot dancing, some vintage synths, and a guy with no face,” is out now! “Fascinated” appears on IVY’s new full length album, ‘All Hours.’
Ivy is a trio — multi-instrumentalist Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger and singer Dominique Durand — that started out in the mid-’90s out of New York. They were widely recognized and acclaimed until their long hiatus six years ago. (Schlesinger found much success as the bassist in Fountains Of Wayne and the writer of the theme from That Thing You Do!) According to the band, that long period time was difficult for them — struggling through obstacles both in their music and in their personal lives. The band has now gotten back on their feet with this fifth studio album, but I really should call it the first, since it is the first album that displays their new electronic sound.
Get your copy of ‘All Hours’
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/ivy
Amazon (US): http://amzn.to/mUIIAU
76 Synthesizer bringing retro look beauty to your iPad
Keen on getting that true retro feeling onto your iPad, well here’s your chance. 76 Synthesizer is a virtual analog monophonic synth for the iPad. Inspired by synthesizers from the 70’s, the 76 Synthesizer combines playability with style.
For a limited time only, get 76 Synthesizer for 50% off!
If you have already tried it – let us know what you think
Features:
- Three Oscillators with sine, sawtooth, triangle, square waves and switchable filter LFO.
- Voltage controlled filter
- ADSR
- Glide
- Pitch bend/modulation touch pad
- Three octave touch pad for note input with nine different scales
- Eight different effects: reverb, phaser, flanger, chorus, overdrive, delay, tremolo and vocoder— tap the outputs to patch into two effects simultaneously
- Eight different writable presets
- Stunning retro interface
The app is priced at $1.99.
ANIMOOG demo, with TENORI-ON
Here’s a detailed description of what is going on:
I’d rather play it with DOTS than use a keyboard like the rest! To do this was easy, if you have a USB MIDI device like this Alesis IO Dock – I plugged the MIDI OUT dongle on my Tenori-On W to a standard MIDI cable, then to the MIDI IN on the IO Dock. Start up Animoog, and press “SETUP” on the top bar. Press “Refresh MIDI Input(s)” if necessary. Then I selected the option “dock” from the list below. Then I pressed the “X/Y PAD” word on the top bar to go back to playing mode. The Animoog “listened” to the MIDI notes from Layer 1 of my Tenori-On, as if it was any keyboard! I then used layer 2, etc. to add drums and such, while my right hand operated the AniMoog’s amazing touch pad and other controls. Enjoy these 3 jams! Which get more complex as the video goes on. Subscribe, comment, and send me your apps etc. for review!
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