New arcadish visualizer in PixiTracker
The retro drum synth Pixitracker has become even more retro with nice arcadish graphics, check it out in the video above
New visualizer in the new PixiTracker v1.2.2 for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nightradio.pixitracker
iOS version is on the way.
PixiTracker is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments. Without requiring a lot of musical knowledge!
Arturia Analog Laboratory synth workstation review
http://soundsandgear.com/arturia-analog-laboratory-synth-workstation-review checking out the newly updated 64 bit and lower priced Analog Laboratory synth workstation plugin from Arturia. It features sounds from their Mini V, Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS, Jupiter-8V, Wurlitzer V and Oberheim SEM V
Korg Kronos Music Workstation — The Players Speak Out
Hear what the artists are saying about how Korg’s Kronos Music Workstation has been evolving their stage and studio rigs.
For more information about Kronos, please visit http://www.korg.com/kronos
Kronos Highlights
- 9 Sound engines, each offering a unique sound-creation technology (see list below)
- 16-part Combis allow all engines to function together in perfect harmony; Dynamic Voice Allocation keeps the polyphony high.
- Available with 61, 73 or 88 keys. The 73 and 88 key models feature Korg’s finest RH3 Graded Hammer Action. The 61 key model borrows the responsive synth action from the Korg M3-61.
- Comprehensive interface, based around a new large 8” TFT TouchView™ display
- A revolutionary sample playback system aided by a fast SSD (Solid State Disk) provides high polyphony and massive, ultra-long, and unlooped samples; offering unheard of performance from a hardware instrument
- Smooth Sound Transition: this often-requested feature allows held or sustained notes to keep sounding when changing sounds or modes.
- Set List mode: Organize the Programs, Combis, and Songs you need to perform your set in a single, easy-to-select screen – including performance notes!
- Use up to 16 premium-quality effects at once; individual effects rival dedicated units
- 12 Insert effects
- 2 Master effects
- 2 Total effects
- 12 Insert effects
- On-board sequencer offers 16 MIDI tracks + 16 audio tracks (24-bit, 48kHz recording quality)
- Open Sampling System – Instant sampling and resampling from any mode: Program, Combination or Sequencer.
- Sophisticated KARMA® technology generates infinitely variable performance-driven phrases, musical effects, and backing tracks to catalyze your creativity
- Expanded Drum Track for play-along grooves and inspiration
- Signature sounds created with guidance from world class musicians
After The Rain – live performance with modular synths
After The Rain is the inaugural live performance by Ian Boddy in Berlin featuring Serge modular synthesizer.
After The Rain by Ian Boddy
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Many consider Berlin to be the birthplace of the 1970’s electronic music movement that has proved so influential to the development of a myriad of electronica musicians, both past and present. So when Boddy got the opportunity to play an experimental set at the Electricity series of concerts held in the Lichtblick-Kino in this famous city, he jumped at the chance.
His musical heritage is shaped very much by the analogue modular synthesisers available to him in the late 70’s, when he first started to compose and release music. Over the last 12 months he has been expanding his arsenal of such instruments with a Serge modular system. This beautiful instrument, whilst not as famous as, for instance, the Moog modulars he uses with Mark Shreeve in his ARC project, have many unique features and an incredibly rich and varied sonic palette. Boddy was able to borrow a 3-panel system in Berlin and in combination with pre-prepared Serge soundscapes in Ableton Live, live minimal keyboard tones and random transmissions from a long wave radio, he was able to weave a mesmerising series of evolving sonic landscapes.
The music is split into two long, improvised sets with the first one “The Final Transmission” running to 25 minutes in length. Soft ethereal tones give way to a wash of distant wind and radio interference overlaid with shimmering textures in a wholetone scale. Subsiding to a gentle calm of snatched radio voices, a rising arpeggiated theme creeps in from the background. This builds into a cascade of bright, crystalline modulations before being subsumed by a monolithic bass drone slab that sees out this set with vast sliding tones.
The second set runs to 40 minutes and is the title track “After The Rain”. Delicate, soft notes slowly evolve into a great sheet of sound in an unsettling diminished scale that gradually builds in intensity. This segues into a gentle field of ambient plucked tones and arpeggios, giving some respite before a sea of electronics takes over the scene. An intense section of brooding, dark electronica finally breaks into a pounding rhythm for the final section of this epic set. Bouncing bass notes, crazy modulations and sheets of radio static bring the concert to an exhilarating climax.
This is certainly one of Boddy’s more abstract performances of recent years and showcases his talent for improvising engaging electronic soundscapes. Released on the DiNDDL download label the release comes with a selection of bonus material including concert posters & photos, video and demo tracks.
Buy the full album inc. bonus material from http://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain-dinddl13
More information at http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/447
AudioSpillage announces Elecktroid drum machine plugin
AudioSpillage has announced Elecktroid, a drum machine instrument plug-in for Mac OS X. A fusion of drum synth and and drum sampler with a custom designed rhythm sequencer.
Elecktroid combines drum synthesis, sample playback and step sequencer functionality in a single integrated package.
Elecktroid is a direct replacement for the MiniSpillage2 plugin which has now been discontinued. Customers who have already ordered MiniSpillage2 will automatically receive a full license for Elecktroid when released.
Elecktroid features
- 8 drum pads.
- 8 sequencer tracks.
- 24 MIDI playable patterns.
- Full velocity and parameter control graph editing.
- Assign trigger-probability value to any sequencer step.
- Humanize and groove quantize control.
- 4 drum synthesis models (BassDrum, SnareDrum, WoodDrum and Hi-Hat).
- 1 sample and 1 drum synth per pad.
- Or 2 samples per pad (without the synth).
- Velocity cross-fade between sample and synth (or between 2 samples).
- 8 sound outputs.
- Distortion, filter and lo-fi FX on each pad.
- 2 LFOS (6 waveforms) per pad.
- 3 ADSR envelopes per pad.
- 64-bit DSP processing.
Elecktroid for Mac (AU) is available to pre-order now at 20% off, priced £35 GBP / €45 EUR / $55 USD (regular £45 GBP / €56 EUR / $69 USD). Expected release date is August 8th, 2012.
iYM2151 : Dark City from The Scheme
Dark City (The Elegy of Battle) played with iYM2151.
iYM2151用のデータはこちら → http://gm7add9.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/iym2151data/
From PC-8801 game The Scheme, composed by Yuzo Koshiro.
kiloHearts releases Faturator effect plugin
kiloHearts has released its Faturator effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.
Grit, oomph, fatness, raw, color, or just that certain something. Sometimes your sounds need a shovel of dirt. Faturator is standing ready to tear whatever you throw at it apart violently, and then gently (but firmly) put it back together fatter and rawer than ever.
Faturator can do everything from adding subtle and warm gritty character to your sounds to slam them into a wall of heavy saturation and digital fuzz. Contrary to many distortion effects, Faturator will preserve the dynamics of your sound and work its wonders on it regardless of input gain.
Faturator features
- Warm saturation.
- Fuzzy distortion.
- Sound coloring.
- Stereo widening.
- Dynamics preserving.
- Faturating.
The Faturator plugin (VST/AU) is available to purchase for 15 EUR.
Play Virtual Instruments with Mobile Keys
Mobile Keys™ are the first keyboards that directly connect to iOS devices plus Mac and PC computers—so you can use the same great-feeling controller any time you want to create. See how easy it is to start an idea using Core MIDI apps on your mobile device, then finish it on your Mac or PC using software such as GarageBand.
Jordan Rudess has released Taychon
Wizdom Music is back with their new musical app called Taychon, read all about it below:
Do you want to play an electric guitar and a piano at the same time? What about choosing the electrifying buzz of a drill and blending it into the soothing tone of a human voice? Jordan Rudess and Kevin Chartier’s Tachyon gives you all these options and more.
From the makers of the award winning app, MorphWiz, comes a new creation that allows images and sound to become one as they magically blend under your fingertips. Each note you play is an individual expression, allowing independent control of pitch and tone far beyond that of traditional instruments.
Most instruments only allow you to play one sound at a time, but with Tachyon, you can seamlessly blend between any two sounds as you slide your fingers up and down the screen.
The visual experience of Tachyon is just as mesmerizing. As you move along the playing surface, a field of twinkling stars morphs into the shape of your selected instrument, allowing a direct correlation between sight and sound.
As described by Jordan Rudess, “Tachyon is simple to use and at the same time offers a unique musical expressive power. The sonic core of the app is a custom crafted sound set from my personal library, encompassing sounds as familiar as those you would find in your home toolbox, and as exclusive as the ones I use on tour with Dream Theater.”
Whether you’re a seasoned musician looking for a next generation instrument to further express your creativity, or just a regular Joe browsing the app store looking for a fun and simple purchase that will delight the whole family, Tachyon is the app for you!
Tachyon is priced at $1.99.
Visual Music reflecting the emotional processing of music
“limbic” is a Visual Music clip which reflects the emotional processing of music in the limbic system and the resulting reactions of the body (the so-called “chills”). It has been proved that musical attributes like the violation of expectations, the beginning of something new, a new cue or a recurring pattern are more often leading to chills. Those can be expressed, among other things, through a higher heart rate, twitching facial muscles, sweaty hands or even the well-known goose bumps. The film discusses how far chill-experiences are part of the evolutionary and/or the cultural development.
“limbic” was produced as a Video 2 exam for Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling and Andreas Kolinski.
Music: Johannes M. Arend (jmarend.de). Concept and realization: Manfred Borsch (mfred.net).
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