Turn your iPad in to a classic step-sequencer
Roger Mann says that his new R960BSeq app turns your iPad into a classic step-sequencer. It does not generate audio, but sends MIDI to Synthesizers
Features:
- Supports Core MIDI
- Can control any background MIDI enabled App
- Runs in the background
- MIDI input for External Clock and MIDI Sync
- Compatible with iOS MIDI interfaces
- Supports MIDI clock and Transport
Pricing and Availability:
$4.99
The Hi-NRG fast sequenced synths
Number 10 in the SynthMania quick tips series – here’s one way to obtain the classic “Hi-NRG fast sequenced synths” used in many hits of the ’80s.
Here’s a good classic vintage example:
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round
Nice going multi-touch jam on the FL Studio platform
nucleon & sacco do some impromptu jamming at the 2013 Image-Line developers meet.
sacco – http://www.image-line.com/documents/p…
nucleon – https://www.youtube.com/user/Electroc…
New for the Reason rack: Introducing the Parsec Spectral Synthesizer
I guess this one is a must have for anyone enjoying the Reason DAW, however it is expensive (as with everything else in the Prop Rack extension shop !!!) – its 99€
Parsec is available in the Propellerhead Shop
http://shop.propellerheads.se/product…
Propellerhead proudly presents Parsec Spectral Synthesizer—the futuristic sound of additive synthesis for the Reason Rack. With two independent sound engines, up to 1024 oscillators per voice, a wide range of sound sculpting tools, built-in effects and free modulation routing, Parsec won’t leave you wishing when it comes to sonic horse-powers.
Boasting a state-of-the-art synthesis engine and an inviting user interface, Parsec was designed for the novice and the PhD of sound synthesis alike. The comprehensive sound bank with patches spanning everything from crisp, digital sounding leads to lush and evolving pad sounds, rich sonic textures and instrument sounds, will make an excellent starting point to explore the sounds of Parsec. Once you are ready to dive further, the easy to grasp interface will have you creating your own otherworldly sounds in no time.
Features:
– Extremely powerful and easy to use additive synthesis.
– Amazing sound bank with inspiring sounds for electro house, bass music, minimal techno, electronic indie and pop, far-out experimental, and more.
– Two sound engines that make up a single sound. Use one engine for the attack and another for sustain. Or use both at the same time for ultra thick tones!
– Up to 1024 oscillators per voice.
– It’s a vocoder too, with modulation from Parsec’s audio input.
– Built in high quality reverb and delay.
Japanese Techno Girl Love MC-202 & TB-303 & TR-606
Awesome 😀
【電音道-ＤEN ＯN DO-】 is
A Japanese woman’s bride practice
MainPhrase 「SAKURA 」 A traditional children’s song of Japan
– Roland MC-202 (Sequence & “SAKURA”) DIN-SNYC MASTER
– Roland TR-606 (DrumBeats) DYN-SYNC SLAVE
– Roland TB-303 (AcidBass) DYN-SYNC SLAVE
– BOSS BX-800 (8ch Mixer) I Love Noisy Mixer !
ｂｙ PuneumaRecord
http://www.pneuma.sakura.ne.jp/
http://pneuma.sblo.jp/
https://twitter.com/KousokuNabla
New video from Erasure – Gaudete
‘Gaudete’ is taken from the new Erasure album, ‘Snow Globe’, which will be released on November 11th (November 12th in the USA) on Mute.
‘Snow Globe’ features brand new Erasure songs alongside classic seasonal favourites including Gaudete, White Christmas and Silver Bells.
Video by Martin Meunier & Tonya Hurley.
Make it wonderful this Christmas!
Snow Globe is available for pre-order now:
DELUXE 3-CD BOXSET: http://www.erasuresnowglobe.com
CD: http://smarturl.it/snowglobeCD
ITUNES: http://smarturl.it/snowglobeitunes
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.erasureinfo.com
Vince Clarke remix of Blancmange’s “Living on the ceiling”
Living on the Ceiling is a song by British synthpop band Blancmange. It was released as the band’s 3rd single in 1982, taken from their debut album Happy Families. It became the band’s first (and biggest) UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #7 on the UK Singles Chart and being certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 200,000 copies. The single also reached #5 on the Australian Singles Chart. Blancmange performed the song on Top of the Pops, but for broadcast on the show as well as on BBC radio, the track was edited to replace the lyric “Up the bloody tree” with “Up the cuckoo tree”.
Starr Labs releases the Clipper – Wireless Ableton LightBoard controller
The Clipper is a compact, portable and programmable LED-lit fingerboard that can remotely run an Ableton Live session. With 144 touch-sensitive buttons you can record and play a Live set in one area and perform guitar, bass, drums, add Live beat-repeats, whatever, in another area of the Lightboard. You can now record and play clips into the Live Session View interface and control Live at the tips of your fingers while you’re moving across the stage or interacting with your audience. The Clipper’s Lightboard offers 32,000 colors and can match the colors from the Live session running in your computer, and completely wirelessly when the AirPower option is installed.
This full-color LED fingerboard controller is also very versatile and can easily be programmed to display text messages, JPEGs, and animations. In addition to that, you can set up separate colored zones on the fingerboard to play bass, drums, piano, or any sounds using Live while connecting to hardware synths via MIDI.
Gaining more popularity in the electronic music genre, Ztar fingerboard controllers are a welcome alternative for Electronic Music performers who want to interact with their audience. Noteworthy clientele include Pendulum and Excision as well as the Chemical Brothers, Linkin Park, Maroon5, Vernon Reid, Bob Weir, Lou Reed and many others. Electronic musicians and DJs can now better express themselves and interact with the audience with this advancement in MIDI controllers.
In addition to portability and convenience, the Clipper’s LED fingerboard can be programmed to display text messages, JPEG images, animations and lighting FX in response to your touch or streamed in from an external computer. The fingerboard offers 32,000 colors that can be matched to your computer’s Ableton Live session. Separate colored zones can also be set up on the fingerboard to play clips, bass, drums, piano, or any other sounds by using Live or connecting to hardware synths with MIDI. With 144 touch-sensitive keys, a live set can be recorded in one zone while solo performances can be played in another.
Ableton Live Portable Control Surface
At the core of the Clipper’s lighting control is a library of lighting commands that can be programmed on the Clipper and performed directly by playing the Clipper’s fretboard, drumpads, ribbon, knobs, joystick, and pedals. By connecting the Clipper’s USB port to a computer, you can stream live lighting FX from Max-for-Live, any sequencer, or create your own software.
Now you can control all your sounds with animated colors at the tips of your fingers, and all while moving across the stage. This Ztar Clipper LightBoard Controller is unlike any other and offers an entirely new experience to electronic musicians everywhere.
The Clipper has a full complement of hardware and software features:
- 144 velocity-sensitive RGB LED keys with over 32,000 colors
- 6 programmable Knobs
- 6 Programmable touchpads for Notes, Chords, Loops, MIDI CC’s, Lighting EFX
- Embedded bi-directional MIDI Wireless capability as an option. Be completely cable-free!
- Multi-purpose programmable Slider
- 4 way programmable joystick
- Sustain and Volume Pedal inputs
- MIDI I/O and USB2.
- Onboard Programming interface
- Easy user command set for controlling the LED lighting with any external MIDI sequencer or computer. Display and scroll text, images, and lighting effects. Get creative with Max for Live.
- Embedded step sequencer and arpeggiator
- Clipper – Clip-based Live Interactive Performance Controller
Price for the basic Clipper: $1695 MSRP, $1995 MSRP for the Clipper with bi-directional MIDI Wireless and Battery Pack
KORG Volca with Amazon Kindle
Experimental play with KORG Volca beats, bass, keys and Amazon Kindle ( using kindle’s “Text to speech” function ) The text is from Volca bass’s manual 😀
Nord Lead 4 Review With The Freemasons
James Wiltshire from The Freemasons makes a demonstration of the feature-set and sonic capabilities of the new Clavia Nord Lead 4 synthesizer. Watch the video and discover why James thinks it’s a truly next-generation synthesizer.
Here’s some bonus footage for the Nord Lead 4 demonstration with James Wiltshire from The Freemasons. Watch as he makes some parts for a track using the Nord Lead 4 and displays the synthesizers vast sonic capabilities.
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