Recreating Marvin Gaye’s 1982 electronic Soul ballad Sexual Healing using Logic
Central to the groove is the Roland TR-808 drum machine – in fact, rumour has it that this was one of the first commercial hits to utilise the 808. Though the beat and groove sound simple, there’s a lot of syncopation so it’s essential to study the original beat. Try importing the track and slowing down the drum-only intro using Logic’s varispeed feature.
Two new videos: Emil Fitger – Forgotten Streets and Inertia – “Anticulture”
The second single from the debut album “A long wait beneath the snow”. Visit www.facebook.com/e.fitger for more music.
Music video for the song “Anticulture” taken from the album “Deworlded”.
Video filmed and edited by Michael Dickinson at Slimelight, London 2012.
INERTIA WEBSITE
www.inertia.gs
Rob Hordijk explains his new modular designs
Rob Hordijk explains his modular designs at the European Electro Music Event 2012 that took place at Mallorca – Spain.
Playlist:
1. Osc Hrm
2. Triple-Input 24dB Filter
3. Triple LF-VCO
4. Dual Envelope Generator
5. Rungler
6. Active Matrix
7. Node Proc
8. Dual Fader
9. Q&A
More info can been found here >>
Check out the new Synth Magic Polychrome
http://youtu.be/JA5vw1aqa50
Quick demo of Synth Magics Polychrome instrument.
A synth based on the Farfisa Polychrome for Kontakt 4.2.4 and above including kontakt 5.
Available at www.synthmagic.co.uk
More interesting though is perhaps to read the comments to this video, and I must say I am tempted to agree:
Doesn’t sound like a Polychrome to me. What was used for reference? Seriously. Maybe one of the demo tracks features something a bit like the choir section. Osc sync – what? How about recreating the paraphonic envelope? Isolate each section for a demo. If it’s good, the sound itself will sell it alone – not polished tracks with other instruments. Where’s the chorus ensemble effect – the phaser – tremolo? All hallmarks. Couldn’t hear any attempt at that.
This video shows the Farfisa Polychrome played with a Roland DEP-5 FX processor for delay effects.
The Farfisa Polychrome from 1979 is one of the rarest Farfisa keyboards. It is a flexible string synthesizer / string ensemble with a very characterful, musical sound.
It has a PERCUSSIVE section, a STRING section, a ENSEMBLE section and a VOCAL CHORUS section. The most sections have VCF cutoff / resonance controls. It has a great phaser (with SPEED, EMPHASIS and TREMOLO controls), a noise generator, single outputs, an external input jack (for external signals, which can be treated with the Polychrome’s chorus and phaser) and a lot more… It even has aftertouch! And it’s fully polyphonic, too…
Everything is a Remix Part 4
Kirby Ferguson has released a new episode of his series, Everything Is A Remix. Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy. They’re layered, they’re interwoven, they’re tangled. And when the system conflicts with the reality… the system starts to fail.
If you’ve enjoyed this series, please support my next project, This is Not a Conspiracy Theory, on KickStarter.
kickstarter.com/projects/kirby/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory
Buy music from this episode here:
everythingisaremix.info/p4_soundtrack/
New cat has arrived from Apple – OS X Mountain Lion
Bringing several of the goodies from iOS into the laptop might mean that we will have an even smoother experience when producing music and do import/export of your music between the two platforms.
Subscribe and Like.New Ipad 3 Keynote will upload in this channel soon as it released/
Mountain Lion — version 10.8 of the Mac’s OS X operating system — comes more closely on the heels of its predecessor than other updates. While each of the last four Mac upgrades has come about two years after its predecessor, Version 10.7 was released just seven months ago.
Schiller said Apple was able to get an early start on Mountain Lion because of all the work done to prepare Lion, which reviewers said marked the most sweeping changes in OS X since its 2001 inception. He said the company has so far shipped 17 million copies of Lion, making it the company’s best-selling release ever
Unusual Percussion for Ableton Live – 126 different sounds
AfroDJMac is back with some really unusual sounds :-D, check’em all out:
Drums from less than ordinary places. I’ve sampled a couple of random items into Ableton Live to create these percussion sounds. If you are looking for something different types of percussive sounds, then this is for you. Enjoy and Share 
Download @ http://bit.ly/freesynth47
How to use the new SodaSynth in GarageBand
A quick demo showing how to use a new software instrument, SodaSynth, in GarageBand. Spice up your tracks with SodaSynth – Download a copy today from http://www.oscillicious.com
Oscillicious has introduced an Audio Units version of its SodaSynth, allowing it to be used in GarageBand, Logic, MOTU Studio, and other workstations in addition to those that support VST plug-ins (Ableton Live, Cubase, Reaper).
SodaSynth is a VST and AU plug-in synthesizer designed to give artists clean sounds that fit easily into tracks.
Starting with an ensemble of oscillators, SodaSynth smoothly adds or subtracts harmonics while modulating the frequencies of these new components in novel ways. The results are clean harmonies that sound familiar, yet can morph in new ways.
SodaSynth for Windows and Mac is available to purchase for $23 USD. For existing SodaSynth users, the new AU plug-in is now included in the SodaSynth for Mac OS X download alongside the VST version.
The Mavericks Of Sound Design
At the Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina, four of the top Sound Designers in the world discuss their craft, philosophies, techniques and swap entertaining stories about their sound design experiences in a live panel discussion. Features Eric Persing, Diego Stocco, Richard Devine and Scott Gershin.
Monotribe Delay
“A good delay was an essential part of the classic analog synthesizer sound. More often than not, that delay came from a tape-style echo machine until affordable digital delays were created. The monotron DELAY is an analog synthesizer optimized for sound effects. In addition to its analog oscillator, filter, and LFO, it also provides a Space Delay that’s indispensable for swooping, cosmic sounds. The monotron DELAY even reproduces the pitch changes that occur when you vary the delay time, just as though you were using an analog tape echo. As with the filter, the delay effect can be added to any external sound via the Aux In jack. This fat and warm delay will add an authentic edge to your analog sounds!” – Korg.com
Via WTTE/Oliver Chesler
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