Yusynth Modular – First Flight
Background information:
This is a quick video of the maiden voyage of my DIY modular synth.
Most of the modules are Yusynth designs, but it also includes a few Paia, CGS and Ian Fritz designs.
The patch is fairly straight foward. The two randomized sequences are generated by Reaktor (via a Paia MIDI2CV). A Kurzweil Mangler is adding a small amount of Delay.
About 2:05 you will hear the second VCO frequency modulated by an Ian Fritz Chaos module.
A big thanks to all of the DIY synth community, but especially the Yusynth designer Yves Usson. His designs are brilliant and sound unbelievably good! Hopefully this video does them justice.
eDrops for iPhone/iPod/iPad
Gravity based sequencer for iPhone/iPod/iPad.
itunes.apple.com/us/app/edrop/id505956599?ls=1&mt=8
“Seriously addictive. Make music using dropping pulses. Mesmerizing.
Don’t use this app while working or speaking with your couple. 
Connect your headphones for a better experience.”
For more info: exotic-chef.com
Record music P2P with Google+ Hangouts and Ableton Live
http://youtu.be/vFARY-BN72c
Here’s a quick demo of a how to record peer to peer using albeton as our software. We then use google+ and other google products to communicate, organize and essentially recreate the studio environment but from anywhere in the world. Welcome to the future friends, this is just the beginning
KOMA Elektronik goes guerrilla at Musikmesse 2012
http://youtu.be/qYsrwV9imYU
As MusikMesse gears up – here’s a budget teaser from KOMA:
More information: http://www.koma-elektronik.com/musikmesse
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KOMAelektronik
As a small Berlin based analog effects manufacturer we have no large promotion budget, this is why this year KOMA Elektronik will go guerrilla at Musikmesse 2012. Instead of the “usual” booth the KOMA crew will be driving the press and everybody else who is interested in our products around in the “KOMA Cab,” and we’ll throw a big party on thursday night. You wanna fight the good fight with us?
PLAYING AT OUR PARTY (MARCH 22ND):
EMIL NIKOLAISEN & ÅDNE MEISFJORD (Serena-Maneesh, NO) (4AD)
http://4ad.com/artists/serenamaneesh
KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP (Planty Herbs, NL) (WAX-ON Records)
http://soundcloud.com/kaapdegoedehoop
O TANNENBAUM DJ’S (Ole Records, Berlin)
http://o-tannenbaum-berlin.de/
OldSkoolVerb 2.0 – new freeware algorithmic reverberation effect plugin
Voxengo has announced the release of OldSkoolVerb 2.0, a freeware algorithmic reverberation effect plugin for Windows and Mac.
OldSkoolVerb now supports most user interface features latest Voxengo plugins offer, including undo/redo history, preset manager, user interface coloration and others.
Most importantly, this updated version 2.0 features an improved reverb algorithm which became more robust, more stereo-balanced and more parametrically flexible.
OldSkoolVerb is available to download as a freeware effect plug-in for Windows and Mac (VST/AU).
Reason tutorial – How to Easily Make Complex Sounds with Combinators
Propellerhead’s product specialist James Bernard shows you how to use the Combinator to control multiple parameters on a Reason synth to give you quick access to complex sound manipulation. Assign a few knobs and buttons and you’ll be able to quickly morph your sounds on the fly in your music!
Download linke of James’ Combinators:
http://www.propellerheads.se/stuff/RSD6.zip
Expert Sleepers ES-3 eurorack module – Silent Way system
Background data:
Here’s our first video using the super-slick Expert Sleepers Silent Way system. In this video we are using the ES-3 module with the black acrylic front panel. Lightpipe to control voltage! http://bigcitymusic.com
Using Ableton Live we called up our Silent Way LFO plugin. The LFO is synced to the master tempo of Live and we wrote in some automation on our Ableton clip., selecting 1/4, 1/8, 1/4. then 16th notes. The drum beat is from Live too.
In this demo we’re using an RME Fireface 800, ADAT output directly into the ES-3 module. The sound is the Pittsburgh Oscillator into a Division-6 Filtaire. The Silent Way LFO is controlling the filter’s cutoff frequency.
Create the beat as you play – The Famous Game Lite
A pretty neat app that lets you create electronic music as you play the game
Get ready for an incredible music gaming experience, so intense that it will create a total addiction.
With just two controls, tapping to jump and tilting to steer, guide the ball on the track and catch the diamonds to play electronic music.
✔ Easy and addictive gameplay
✔ Colors change according to the progressive course of the game, more and more difficult
✔ Interactive “old style videogame” sound-effects created by Valerio K Solari (veryelectromusic.com)
Make your experience even more intense by getting the FULL version:
❖ Challenge the entire world through the rankings and objectives on the Game Center
❖ Full game more and more challenging and agressive
❖ New high-quality electronic sounds to unlock
Download the Famous Game FREE version on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-famous-game-lite/id502995675?mt=8
MusikMesse teaser: Eowave’s Magma synth is here
Synth manufacturer Eowave has announced plans to release the Magma analogue bassline synthesizer at Musikmesse 2012.
According to the developer, the Eowave Magma analogue bassline synthesizer was inspired by classic synths from the 1980s.
Key features include:
- Mix four different waveforms (saw, square, sub, noise);
- 24 dB low-pass filter; and
- A 16 step sequencer.
The Eowave Magma is priced at €599 and is expected to be available ‘soon’.
Features:
- Oscillator section
- analog VCO with square saw sub (sub can be 1 or 2 octaves below the master freq), noise.
- VCO can be modulated by LFO and PW
- Variable glide
- mixer to mix the 4 waveforms
- Filter section
- Full analogue VCO, filter & VCA
- external audio with a trimmer to feed the filter
- 24dB low pass filter (Roland style for a classical 80s sound)
- filter can be modulated by ENV2, KB, LFO
- VCA section
- VCA is affected to ENV1
- 2 envelopes ADSR modulate respectively the amplitude and the filter.
- Attack goes from 2ms to 10s.
- LFO section
- LFO with 8 waveforms (triangle, ramp up, ramp down, square, random, digital noise, staircase up, staircase down)
- Connections
- audio in
- audio out
- MIDI in
- USB (for software update and MIDI in/out)
- Sequencer
- 16 steps sequencer with LED
- 4 rows: 1 row controls gates and notes.
- 3 other rows are freely assignable to any parameter of the front panel.
- You can transpose the sequencer with an external MIDI keyboard.
Here’s an older demo of the Magma when it was still in prototype mode:
Retronyms brings Akai MPC to Tabletop for iPad
This ought to be a good one:
MPC in Tabletop! We’re really excited about this one! As you may know, we’re working with Akai Pro on the official MPC App for iPad. And now we can announce that the MPC will be available as a device inside Tabletop!”
The MPC on iPad is going to be a blast with classic MPC beat making features, sweet effects, and a killer sampling workflow, and now you’ll be able to work this legendary device into your Tabletop sessions!
Possibly the best part is how it works: owners of the stand alone MPC app will automatically unlock the MPC device in Tabletop for free — no need to purchase it twice!
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