Using Koushion with WaveGenerator, Animoog, Alchemy, and more
A quick overview using the Koushion MIDI step sequencer iPad app to control a variety of synthesizer apps including WaveGenerator, Alchemy, Animoog, and more. Koushion is on sale for the holiday season until Dec 31. Buy it now for $4.99 in the App Store!
**Link to the App Store**
http://itunes.apple.com/app/koushion/id424454249
Koushion is a MIDI step sequencer that allows you to easily program drum patterns and melodies using your existing drum machine, hardware synthesizers, or soft synths and samples in your DAW.
Features:
* 16 steps per scene (up to 128 steps in chain mode)
* 8 scenes with independent midi channel per scene
* 4 playback modes: single, simultaneous, chain, rebound
* Key switching between any major, minor, or pentatonic scale
* Adjustable quantization (1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32)
* Quantized scene switching
* MIDI clock send/receive
* Tap to set tempo (great for syncing with a live band)
* Velocity control
* Monophonic drawing mode (only allows one note per step; great for programming leads)
* Wireless connectivity via CoreMIDI Network Sessions
* Automatic integration with other apps via CoreMIDI virtual ports. Open up a synth in the background and Koushion will trigger the notes!
DigiEnsemble Berlin plays BACH’s Christmas Oratorio
The DigiEnsemble Berlin Physically Premieres the Aria “Großer Herr, oh starker König” from Bach’s Cristmas Oratorio in the Berlin Cathedral on the 16th Dec 2012.
Keep track on our
website http://digiensemble.com/
German website http://digiensemble.de
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Miss Kittin is back with a new EP – listen here
Out now is the brand new EP “Life Is My Teacher” by Miss Kittin. You can download the track for free now right after the jump. The song offers up a glimpse of Kittin’s third album, the self-produced double-CD “Calling From The Stars”, to be released on the Paris based wSphere Records on April 22, 2013.
Apart from this free download the single is also available as an EP featuring three more new tracks including the exclusive cut “I.L.A.N.E.N.O.” and “Tamarin Bay”, both of which reflect the album’s second disc of ’90s-inspired ambient techno. Also added is a remix of “Life Is My Teacher” by the Spanish duo Borderline.
The 4-track EP is available on iTunes, Amazon USA, Amazon UK and Amazon DE.
First look at WerkBench for iPhone/Touch (ft. Korg Monotron)
WerkBench for the phone is here!
Just a quick jam to show off our newest release with the help of one of our favorite musical toys: the Korg Monotron. WerkBench for iPhone is a streamlined sampling step sequencer based on our quirky and powerful iPad app. It is simple and does its job very well. Press a button and make a sound.
WerkBench features:
–“Fancy Controls” (pitch, lowpass filters, envelopes, and more!)
–Edit pitch and level independently for every step!
–Funky lo-fi tape echo for spacey effects.
–Save and load loops or whole sets of 4 patterns.
–Export loops and recordings via Audio Copy, iTunes file sharing, and email.
–Custom scales (never play a wrong note!)
In the app store around the world on Friday the 14th:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/werkbench-for-iphone/id585758206?ls=1&mt=8
More info:
http://www.bolasol.com/werkbench
AKAI – iMPC Music Production App for iPad
Akai has teamed up with Retronyms to bring the MPC to your iPad. With more than 1,200 samples, 50 editable programs, 80 editable sequences, and iconic MPC workflow, iMPC is the first app to bring all the functionality of a classic Akai Pro MPC to your iPad.
Developed in partnership with Retronyms, iMPC includes everything you need to create a beat quickly and easily, including built-in effects, plus the ability to create new sequences and record and overdub beats. Time correction from 1/8 note to 1/32T with variable swing, and Note Repeat from 1/8 note to 1/32T with latch control are also built in. The app’s built-in sampler can record samples three different ways: using the mic on the iPad, using the line input on the iPad, or using the multi-touch turntable interface in iMPC to record samples directly from iTunes or other music libraries.
Download the iMPC App here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/impc/id584548447?ls=1&mt=8
To learn more and download iMPC visit: http://akaiprompc.com/impc
Inside Neo Soul Keys – Virtual Electric Piano powered by HALion
Jamal Hartwell gives you the grand tour of the features to be wowed in Neo Soul Keys Virtual Electric Piano by Steinberg. (Part 1 of 2)
Combining faithful recordings of vintage keys with state-of-the-art technology employed in Steinberg’s engines and effects, Neo-Soul Keys proves to be the ultimate electric piano experience.
http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/vst/neo_soul_keys/start.html
Feature overview:
- Faithful sampling of original Mark I suitcase piano
- Elaborate interface for direct access and intuitive workflows
- VST Amp simulation with 6 different classic amp types
- Premium effect section: tube distortion, chorus, flanger & more
- Vintage modeled vibrato with intensity and speed control
- Realistic sounds & authentic bass, mid and treble boost
- Adjustable velocity curves for individual playing behavior
- Bark samples for classic grit sounds for authentic vintage sounds
Spacemen and Technosaurus Synths
Showing off the new machined base plates I made for the ABG and Nebulaphone kit builds. Had some fun syncing the IR units on these two. Nebulaphone is going thru the Synth Tech E560, modded by the Wogglebug slow CV. ABG is going thru the Korg KP3 effect with a motion pad recorded. Wogglebug woggle audio straight out. Doepfer R2M to a single square wave voice, no filter.
Technosaurus Microcon I, Microcon II, Effexon and Cyclodon small wonders series syths, effects and sequencer. All Technosaurus, no effects other than the Effexon in the first segment. All analog synths from Swiss creator Juerg Oldani. Late 80’s to early 90’s manufactured.
Radial Engineering has announced the SixPack Workhorse
Radial Engineering is pleased to announce the SixPack, the latest Workhorse power rack designed for the popular 500 series module format.
500 Series Range
The SixPack is Radial’s sixth power rack in their ever growing 500 series range. Add this to the 15 modules that are currently available and it is clear: Radial has certainly taken a most proactive stance with respect to building and supporting the 500 series standard. According to Radial President Peter Janis: “Given today’s ever changing digital environment, recording studios must be agile for them to adapt and they must also bring a higher level of creativity and uniqueness to the recording process. We believe that the 500 series is perfectly suited for this new reality as it is compact and easily transportable. And when you consider the hundreds of modules that are now available plus the tremendous patching options that can be put to use, there has never been a more exciting time to be involved in music production.”
Six Slots Rack
The SixPack is a 6-slot power rack designed to accommodate all 500 series modules including older ones made by API. It features a hefty 1600 milliamps of current for more than 265 milliamps average power per slot. This lets you mix and match solid state and tube modules without concern about powering. The external supply also provides 48V phantom power for mic preamps. Protective circuitry in each slot safeguards the SixPack and other connected modules against malfunction or short circuits.
The design begins with 14 gauge steel construction for added durability and improved shielding against noise. Modules may be patched in series using the FEED switch and stereo mated using the LINK function. Extra connectivity includes ¼” TRS connectors wired in parallel with the XLRs for cross-patching and parallel processing. These are also wired in parallel to a set of D-Sub connectors for easy patching to and from the workstation. Two front panel XLR convenience jacks let you access channels 7 and 8 on the D-Sub or may be assigned to channels 1 and 4 to create a stereo channel strip. Separate ground lugs on the rear panel enable the system tech to incorporate star grounding or other schemes into the studio design. Optional mounting hardware lets you recess the SixPack into the workstation or angle mount it for a more ergonomic set up. The same hardware works double duty to enable the SixPack to be mounted into a standard 19″ rack.
(Via GJs)
The SixPack will start shipping January 2013. For more information on the SixPack
Soundiron Intros Ambius 2: Systematik Atmospheric Synth
SoundIron has introduced Ambius 2: Systematik – a flexible and adaptive sample based atmospheric synth, details below:
We wanted a broad collection of richly nuanced flavors with the ability to freely layer, blend and reshape a wide mix of percussive, tonal and textural elements into custom multi-layered dynamic and evolving instruments. We wanted a unified and powerful interface to combine detailed performance and tone shaping controls with a wide pallet of experimental and environmental convolution effects. We wanted a built-in tempo-locking step-sequenced filter and LFO engine that could be adapted to just about any other GUI control parameter on the fly without missing a beat. Ambius 2 is all of that and much more.
Here’s a video introduction to Ambius 2:
A detailed walk-through video and tutorial of Soundiron’s new Ambius 2: Systematik library. This cutting-edge hybrid synthetic/organic lead, pad, texture and ambience design library is built on powerful new adaptive groove-building tools and inspiring performance shaping features that you won’t find anywhere else. Create and tweak your own multi-layered instrument concepts with nearly 5GB of freely mixable content and dozens of unique presets, each with nearly limitless creative potential.
http://www.soundiron.com/instruments/ambiences/ambius2/
Ableton Live: Making Beats with Push
Ableton Push is specially designed for making beats, with step sequencing and pad modes that work side by side. This video demonstrates how to make a natural-sounding, nuanced beat using Push.
Learn more about Ableton Push: https://www.ableton.com/en/push/
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