The Phaedra sequencer is soon to be released
A new MIDI sequencer is coming from Analog Industries. The plan for Phaedra is to include background mode and WIST too for launch.
In my ludicrously ample free time, I’ve been working on this bad boy, Phaedra. It is an “analog” style four-channel MIDI sequencer for the iPad. Click the picture for the full-rez screenshot. In the interests of full disclosure, I borrowed heavily from the Moon Modular 568 Quad Sequential Trigger Source, which you can read all about up in here.
I still have a long way to go, but it is coming along nicely. Each step has note, velocity, gate time, and a pair of MIDI CCs of your choosing. I haven’t yet coded in the chaining feature, but it’ll be able to do 4 x 32, 2 x 64, and 1 x 128 modes. The steps can be 32nd note, 16th note, 8th trips, and 8th note, and each “bus” can run in arbitrary lengths. The “Live Control” knobs on the left can be used to modify one of the four destinations.
I haven’t yet conquered “MIDI background mode,” as used by many iPad synth apps, but I hope to include it, as well as Korg’s WIST. It already does normal hardware MIDI and Network MIDI fine, though, and can clock, or be clocked from, an external source.
I have no idea when I’ll have this done, as I’m only working on it in spare moments, but I hope to be done before Christmas. I’ll keep you posted. Note this is not an Audio Damage product. (I know that even though I say that, and it clearly does _not_ say “Audio Damage” anywhere on the UI, all the other blogs that pick this up will say it is. You can lead a horse to water…)
Latest info will be found here >>
Introducing Oberheim SEM V
A giant has returned to life. Oberheim’s legendary SEM – Synthesizer Expander Module – is back for the first time as a high-end software emulation powered by Arturia’s exclusive TAE® technology.
Description:
A giant has returned to life. Oberheim’s legendary SEM – Synthesizer Expander Module – is back for the first time as a high-end software emulation powered by Arturia’s exclusive TAE® technology.
Faithfully reproducing the warm Oberheim SEM tone, the Oberheim SEM V is also polyphonic, with a full array of innovative sonic features.
Favored by top artists and producers such as Goldfrapp, Herbie Hancock and even John Carpenter for its fatness and unique harmonic spectrum, the Oberheim sound is an absolute must have for your studio.
MAIN FEATURES:
- All the original parameters of the Oberheim SEM : two oscillators, each offering sawtooth wave and variable-width pulse wave with PWM, sine wave LFO, 12dB/oct multi-mode Filter with low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch, two ADS envelopes.
- Added functionalities : New LFO, Noise, Sub oscillator, on board effects (overdrive, chorus and delay), Arpeggiator, Portamento.
- Polyphony and 8 Voice Multitimbrality
- New 8-voice Programmer module
- Advanced Keyboard follow module
- Modulation Matrix module
- Works in Standalone, VST 2.4 & 3, 64 bit & 32 bit, RTAS and AU 32 & 64 bit formats
- Compatible with Windows (XP/Vista/Seven 32 bit and 64 bit), Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel only)
Elixir – Real True Peak Multichannel Limiter
Flux has announced the released Elixir, a real true peak multichannel limiter effect plug-in.
Elixir is a novel kind of program limiter carefully designed to accomplish a truly pure natural sounding result without changing the nature of the audio material and its timbre, presenting none, or effectively reduced, conventional limiting “pumping” effects even during heavy processing.
Intended to fulfil the requirements of the broadcast, post-production and mastering industry, Elixir provides real True Peak output level in accordance with the ITU-R.BS 1770 and EBU R128 norms, and for surround/multichannel operation Elixir provides up to eight channels of simultaneous processing.
Elixir features
- ITU-R.BS 1770 and EBU R128 Compliant.
- Elixir, as all Flux:: plug-ins, provide up to 8 channels Input/Output.
- 64-bits internal floating point processing.
- Sampling rates up to 384 kHz DXD (Pyramix DSP based).
- Sampling rates up to 384 kHz for native (AU/RTAS/VST).
Elixir for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS) is available to purchase for the introductory price of 99 EUR (regular 149 EUR). AVID AAX compatibility expected during Q1 2012.
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Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.
Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.
Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra (cinematicorchestra.com) and the track is Arrival of the Birds – please buy the fantastic album: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos/id297787201
All screen imagery was animated – there are no screen replacements.
Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (theoryfilms.co.uk / facebook.com/theoryfilms – !NEW MAKING OF PICS ON FB PAGE! / @thetheoryUK / twitter.com/#!/thetheoryUK).
Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider.
Taking a closer look at the Mixr 1.1 Update – Sample Pad
http://youtu.be/q64JYj3SOXc
Featuring a 9-Pad Sampler and a completely redesigned UI, Mixr 1.1 makes it easy to add that extra layer of awesome to your mixes! Check out the all-new 1.1 video on youtube and check out the full list of features and improvements on our blog. Think adding a wicked sampler pad to your decks is going to cost you big time? Wrong! Mixr 1.1 is a free update for existing users. Just our way of saying thanks to our users for all the incredible support over the past two months.
Description:
Mixr was designed to capture and redefine the mobile DJ experience.
Mixr delivers a rich feature set designed for mobile DJ’s. You can pitch, tap to tempo, scratch, multi-cue and mix with precision. You can manage your iPod library with the revolutionary Crate Manager. Make crates with the touch of your finger in the drag-n-drop interface, you have complete control over your mixes. Featuring high quality DSP effects, you can add Delay and Reverb to your mixes to add that extra punch to your sets. Supporting mono split audio output, you can monitor pre-cueing with your headphones for live performances. Record your mixes and play them back in a sleek player. Recording a mix automatically creates playlists! Turn your iPad into the best mobile DJ Turntable Studio, with Mixr.
Features
Interface
✓ Dual Multi-Touch Turntables
✓ Audio Waveforms
✓ Multi Cue Loops
✓ Tempo
✓ Equalizer
✓ Effects
✓ Quick Loader
✓ Double-Tap Slider Reset
✓ Manual Crossfader
✓ Crate Manager
✓ Settings
✓ My Library
✓ My Mixes
✓ Recorded Mix Player
✓ LCD Track: Artist, Song/Album. Elapsed/Remaining Time.
Audio
✓ Tap to Tempo
✓ Tempo control (+/- increments)
✓ Pitch-Bend (6%, 12%, 25%)
✓ 4-band equalizer (-24 dB to +6 dB)
✓ 3 Manual Loops
✓ High Fidelity Vinyl Scratching
✓ Ultra-low latency
Music Library
✓ Direct iPod library access
✓ Quick track load popover
✓ Browser by play list, songs, artist, genre
✓ AAC, AIFF, WAV, MP3
✓ Create, delete & rename Crates
General
✓ Pre-cueing thorough headphones (Mono Split)
✓ Advanced recording
✓ Auto track listings
✓ Auto-saving (cues, crates, bpm, waveforms)
✓ Fully optmized for iOS 5
Tips & Tricks
★ Crossfader: Use the A and B buttons to perform a smooth auto crossfade
★ Library: You can rearrange crates and tracks in wiggle mode
★ Sliders & Faders: Tap any where to instantly change values
★ Mixr Academy: Watch training tutorial videos to sharpen your DJ skills at http://mixrdj.com/academy
For more information, please visit: www.mixrdj.com
For news and updates, please follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ipadmixr
Review: Beat Shuffler
“I roused myself from a Turkey-induced-coma to bring you this timely review, so please forgive all the “uhh”s. Beat Shuffler is a beat juggling app for the iPad that makes loop mashing pretty fun and easy. ”
Beatshuffler is a music app that slices loops and allows you to trigger those slices, always on time. It is a great beat sketching tool where almost everything sounds interesting, since the slice triggering always falls on the beat. At its core, it is inspired by the mlrv app, for the Monome and other grid devices.
It features:
– 6 tracks for loops.
– Ability to import WAV and MP3 files.
– iOS File Sharing import for exchanging files with the app.
– A mixer.
– A master channel with effects.
– A separate channel for each of the tracks, with effects.
– Available effects: Delay and Low Pass Filter.
Among the upcoming features are Audio Clipboard support, to import loops from other apps and an expanded loop library.
iPad Music App Demo: Synthtastic
Here’s a nice demo of the experimental app Synthtastic, which actually I also downloaded a couple of weeks ago and it is really fun to play around with and creating ambient synthish sounds
“Demo of Synthtastic. A great sounding app that needs an update to get rid of the constant crashing. Works on Iphone as well.”
NOTE: For me it hasn´t crashed any time yet 
Sweden’s synth party – electriXmas 2011 – lineup complete!!
Code64 is the latest edition
Should be a nice evening I would say
“Finally, we’re happy to announce the last band to join this years electriXmas lineup – Code 64!
The swedish/norwegian electropop trio Code 64, exploded back into the scene with their highly successful album “Trialogue” in 2010 after a long break from the spotlight. We’re really looking forward to see what they bring to the stage!”
So, the complete lineup now looks like this:
HOCICO (mx)
S.P.O.C.K. (se)
TYSKE LUDDER (de)
CODE 64 (se)
NECRO FACILITY (se)
Check out the Artists page for more info.
As well as this we’ve got this years DJ’s booked in with an all-Swedish attendance!
DJ Faleryne (Synhcave, Freakshow, Göteborg)
DJ Elektroskull via Solar Drifwood (Stockholm)
DJ P-machine (Neostalgia, Malmö)
DJ sand (Klubb [re]form, Malmö)
Get more info on the DJ’s here.
And lastly…
As we did last year we will raffle off two tickets to this year’s electriXmas!
This is open to everyone but there are a few simple rules. The rules are the same as last year – too easy!
In order to have the opportunity to win you have to…
– Have “liked” eX FB page www.facebook.com/electriXmasfestival
– Be in the eX FB group www.facebook.com/groups/electrixmas
– Be friends with eX FB user www.facebook.com/electrixmas
… by December 4th (it’s a Sunday).
On the evening of Sunday 4th we’ll we draw at random a pair of winners. Good luck !!
So… there’s nothing left to do now but to get ready to party !!
Miditribe unboxing/ install/ first play
And here are the background details:
Miditribe
unboxing/ install/ first playkorg
tested with :
http://www.alesis.com/iodock
alesis iodock midi out with ipad running StepPolyArp
http://laurentcolson.com/steppolyarp.html
http://www.alesis.com/micron
alesis Micron midi out
!!please note you should turn off the unit before installing
the miditribe interface
please refer to the install VIDEO
http://youtu.be/9yISozPVz4g
the monotribe retains all of it’s original functionality
drums = ch 10
synth = ch 1
responds to midi tempo sync /stop/start
Many thanks to Gabriel Rodrigues of Amazing Machines
for the fast delivery it was shipped from brazil and received in under 8 days
http://www.youtube.com/AmazingMachines
http://www.amazingmachines.com.br/
Trakktor – “Reaper” (Live)
TraKKtor – Reaper LIVE [Nachtmahr tour of Sweden] 2011
Enjoy
DATAMASKIN
