The Completion – real time modular
A generative real-time recording of the modular synthesizer and Kontakt5.
The synthesizers.com Q172 quantizer Aid module is sending midi pitch data back into my DAW (Steinberg’s Cubase 6) and I’m routing it to Kontakt 5 with an instance of Sonic Couture’s “Bowed Piano” sample sets. I also routed the midi through to the Yamaha TX816 with 8 modules playing a superb piano rendering.
Days worth of patching on the modular for everything else.
Some modules of note are the Ken Stone BiNTic filter/oscillator, J.Haible Tau “Pipe” phaser, Ian Fritz ChaQuO and 5 Pulser, two CGS01 sub oscillators and one CGS01 in Harmonic Sequencer mode.The HS mode is generating the pitch data for the formerly described piano patches and the high pitched sliding sounds in the background.
The dotcom sequencers and STG sequencers are producing voltages for the BiNTic dark ambient industrial sounds in the background.
A final white noise to the Q107 filter, Sputnik VCS, Cynthia QLPG, SSL digital delay and Oakley Deep Equinoxe phaser and STG signal amps round out the sound voices.
Simsynth Live | Subtractive Synthesizer
SimSynth Live captures the big multi-oscillator sound of a MiniMoog, and combines it with the warm, fat sound of Oberheim style SVF filters.
The result? Rich strings, wall to wall brass, and fat punchy basses. And we haven’t forgotten techno sounds either. SimSynth Live uses a filter technique that gives the EMPH knob a sound you can crank.
3 oscillators, each with a dual (warm) mode effectively making 6 oscillators
Ring modulator
A dual SVF filter that programs like an old Oberheim SEM, (lets you mix lowpass, bandpass, and highpass)
Two discrete envelopes and an LFO.Stereo chorus effect, (in case 6 oscillators aren’t warm enough)
Studio quality alias free rendering
FX Panel with EQ, Reverb, Phaser & Delay
FL Studio & VSTi versions included
Video of Retronyms’ Drum Deranger for Miselu (Early Demo)
Background information:
We finally had a chance to sit down with John-Paul Walton (co-founder of Retronyms) to have him showcase the early version of the XOX Drum Deranger. This video doesn’t include all the final features and polish yet, but can provide you an idea of the final product that Retronyms is building for the neiro. It is only the first device they are bringing to the neiro with much more to come.
KymaControl Kyma iPad Controller App
Pad app for controlling symbolic sound corporation’s Kyma sound design software for Mac. http://ipadloops.com/kyma-controller-app-for-ipad/
Kyma Control is the Swiss-army-knife of controllers for the Kyma Sound Design Workstation, providing four of the most popular Kyma controller-modes in one, wireless multi-touch package: a bi-directional mirror of Kyma’s Virtual Control Surface, a multi-touch pen/tablet controller, a standard and a Tonnetz keyboard, accelerometer controls, and compass heading for using direction as a control.
For use in the studio, on stage, in the lab, at home, or in classroom, Kyma Control frees you from having to sit in front of your laptop; put yourself inside the sound field and perform your Sounds in an expressive, intuitive manner using your hands and gestures.
What’s New in Version 1.1.1
This version adds support for two dimensional faders, and buttons and switches with distinct on and off labels. The standard and Tonnetz keyboards are now on separate tabs, the keyboard range indicator now includes keyboard rounding mode selector, and the Volume control faders are now longer. This version is compatible with iOS 5.
FEATURES
• Auto-mapping, bi-directional multi-touch mirroring of Kyma’s Virtual Control Surface (VCS)
• Pen/tablet surface tracking as many as 11 fingers with color trails to help you track finger position
• A keyboard for sending !KeyDown and either continuous or discrete values for !KeyPitch & !KeyTimbre
• A Tonnetz pitch-space with configurable vertical and horizontal intervals
• Pitches can be rounded to equal tempered pitch, rounded only on !KeyDown and continuously variable after that, or, in Strum-mode, triggered when your finger passes by the key
• Trigger or control Sounds with the iPad’s accelerometer measurements in the X, Y, Z directions, as well as controls corresponding with Pitch, Roll and Yaw
• Compass heading from the iPad’s magnetometer tells you which way the iPad is pointing so you can use it for panning and other controlsREQUIREMENTS
• iPad
• Symbolic Sound Kyma X.77 (or newer) with Paca(rana) Sound Computation Engine
• WiFi connection to network accessible to the Paca(rana)KymaControl is available for $14.99
Carl Craig – Modular Pursuits
Another snippet from the soon to be released “I dream of wires” synth documentary:
In April 2012, the I Dream of Wires team stopped by the studio of legendary Detroit techno producer Carl Craig, to discuss his electronic music influences and production experiences, including his recent interest in eurorack modular synthesis. Craig’s experiments in modular synthesis are best heard on 2010’s “Modular Pursuits” 12-inch, released under his No Boundaries alias.
For more info on Carl Craig: carlcraig.net
Music, used with permission from Planet E (planet-e.net):
“Desire” by 69
“Pursuit 1”, “Pursuit 2”, “Pursuit 3” by No Boundaries.
I DREAM OF WIRES is a forthcoming documentary film about the history and resurgence of modular synthesizers. The film is currently in production. This is the 4th in a series of extended interviews, which will be produced and released in various formats throughout the production, and following the release, of the film.
New sounds for the Virus TI synth
Resonance Sound has announced the release of CFA-Sound V-Bass , which they describe as “a huge bass soundset for the Virus TI synthesizer that delivers some serious weapons for mass destruction: aggressive dirty electro sounds, percussive and massive bassline tools completed with wild sequences and thrilling guitar sounds.”
Features:
- 80 patches
- macro controls allocated
- modwheel allocated
Requirements: Access Virus TI OS 4.5 or higher.
Pricing and Availability:
20.00 Euros
More information:
Step sequencer: PASTO is here!
Pasto is a multi-touch 32 step sequencer suite built in Ableton, TouchOSC and OSCulator.
more info, audio examples and downloads:
http://abelflaubert.com.ar
Gazelle Twin – Changelings (John Foxx And The Maths Remix)
A remixed video for the remix of Gazelle Twin’s ‘Changelings’ by John Foxx and the Maths.
Film by Gazelle Twin.
From the album, The Entire City Remixed (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records, 4 June, 2012)
OP-X PRO-II vs. Oberheim OB-X
A very nice test of the real thing verus the digital version, and below you can read all about it:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html
A dry 1:1 comparison of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual Oberheim VSTi software synth to an Oberheim OB-X Rev.2.
The lower manual in the video is an USB midi master keyboard (an Emu Xboard 61) which drives OP-X PRO-II hosted in Steinberg Cubase 5. No effects or any other treatments were involved, both OB-X and OP-X PRO-II were recorded directly to disk, OB-X over the line inputs of an RME HDSP 9632 which has very neutral sounding converters.
The exact detunings (deviating filter settings, warm up pitch drift, etc.) and the individual pan settings of the voices of OB-X have been copied in every detail before with the voice based tuning features of OP-X PRO-II for a perfect match to the real synth.
To copy the bright sound OP-X PRO-II uses the BRL (brilliant) filter setting (DMP button, second button above voice mutes) which is dedicated to copy the sound character of the early OB-X and allows the filter to open into the ultra sound area and adds some extra shine in the heights.
The used patches can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest
The patches as used in the video:
00:02 Preset 04 B3 – Slow Upsweep
02:05 Preset 03 D8 – Resonance Pad
08:01 Preset 05 D2 – Sync Unison
08:26 Preset 01 D4 – Soft Brass
09:53 Preset 06 D6 – Soft Strings
10:44 Preset 02 C7 – Fullanalog Strings
The letter number combinations are the physical memory locations of the patches in the used original synth which were copied with OP-X PRO-II for the comparison.
Since all the original’s exact voice detunings have been copied in every detail too the patches sound almost 100% identical to the ones in the used device, which gives you the opportunity to have its unique characteristic sound at home too!
Some words about the OB-X:
The Oberheim OB-X was Oberheim’s first fully programmable polyphonic synth and is the direct follower to the SEM based 4/6/8-Voice models. Other than the later OB series models (OB-Xa, OB-8) the OB-X still uses the discrete wirings of the SEM for the oscillators and filters and only uses curtis chips for the envelopes.
This gives the synth a very bright and open sound, quite different from its followers OB-Xa and OB-8 which are fully curtis chip based and sound a bit darker and more behaved. The OB-X is the “enfant terrible” of the OB series.
Here’s some very useful info:
http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/oberheim_ob-x/
The featured OB-X is a six voice model (maximum was 8) and it has a lot of detunings going on because of all the wirings and dicreete voltage controlled components which gives the synth a very lively and organic sound.
The voices could be calibrated for a more “perfect” and even sound, but they were left as they are since it simply sounds more exciting like that, featuring some of the magic of the old SEM based 4/6/8-Voice where the never exactly even sounding voices (since they had to be programmed one by one manually) were part of the whole experience, and were the main inspirator for the Separate Voice Design (SVD) engine in OP-X PRO-II which allows to calibrate the voices for an individual sound too.
Arturia launches Hybrid Madness
Arturia has announced its Hybrid Madness limited time promotion.
This Spring, join the HYBRID MADNESS… a golden opportunity for musicians and studio owners alike to increase their sonic arsenal to include instruments meticulously modelled on a golden age of analogue (subtractive) synthesis…
Music software and hardware company Arturia is pleased to announce HYBRID MADNESS, an amazing promotion permitting happy shoppers to seize up to seven of its superb software instruments for free when purchasing any so-called Hybrid instruments — any Analog Experience keyboard or SPARK Creative Drum Machine, in other words — between May 1 and June 30, 2012, inclusive…
Hybrid Madness
- Purchase a SPARK Creative Drum Machine, get a free V Collection — luxury box-set containing six so- called Analog Classic software recreations (Moog Modular V; CS-80V; Minimoog V; ARP2600V; Prophet V; and Jupiter-8V) and Analog Laboratory, allowing all Analog Classics to be opened and edited within one convenient environment window, together with 3,000 presets, plus 200 scenes organised by genres with drum loops, layering, and advanced arpeggiated melodies — worth €499.00 EURO/$549.00 USD.
- Purchase an Analog Experience THE PLAYER, get one free software instrument from eight choices — any Analog Classic (Moog Modular V; CS-80V; Minimoog V; ARP2600V; Prophet V; Jupiter-8V; or Oberheim SEM V) or SPARK Vintage Drum Machines — worth (up to) €229.00 EURO/$249.00 USD.
- Purchase an Analog Experience THE FACTORY, get two free software instruments from eight choices — any Analog Classic (Moog Modular V; CS-80V; Minimoog V; ARP2600V; Prophet V; Jupiter-8V; or Oberheim SEM V) or SPARK Vintage Drum Machines — worth (up to) €458.00 EURO/$498.00 USD.
- Purchase an Analog Experience THE LABORATORY, get three free software instruments from eight choices — any Analog Classic (Moog Modular V; CS-80V; Minimoog V; ARP2600V; Prophet V; Jupiter-8V; or Oberheim SEM V) or SPARK Vintage Drum Machines — worth (up to) €687.00 EURO/$747.00 USD.
- Purchase an Analog Experience THE LABORATORY 61, get four free software instruments from eight choices — any Analog Classic (Moog Modular V; CS-80V; Minimoog V; ARP2600V; Prophet V; Jupiter-8V; or Oberheim SEM V) or SPARK Vintage Drum Machines — worth (up to) €916.00 EURO/$996.00 USD.
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