Arturia Microbrute through Marshall MS-4 micro guitar amp (Kraftwerk – The Robots riff)
Test for a brand new Marshall MS-4 micro guitar amp:
http://www.marshallamps.com/products/…
You can listen the effects of the gain and tone controls on the classic “The Robot” riff from the Arturia Microbrute step sequencer.
Drums : Korg Volca Beats
Lead : Akai Miniak , sampled on Boss RC-505
Mixer: Behringer Xenyx X1622USB
Wilsonic – explore the microtonal systems of scale
Wilsonic is a new app for iPad that is designed to let you explore the microtonal systems of scale theorist Ervin Wilson.
Ervin Wilson’s 65 years of tuning research and discovery are now at your fingertips. By touching, hearing, and feeling Wilson’s designs you can break free of the limits of the 12 note scale used by historical musical instruments to pioneer new music never-before heard by mankind.
The app features 3 of Wilson’s most profound scale designs. Your hands and ears naturally find new melodic patterns and harmonies that touch on those feelings and emotions you couldn’t find before. When you find that perfect scale export it as a Scala file to tune up your favorite software synthesizers. Share your favorite scales with your friends.
No previous knowledge of music theory is required. These tonal worlds are based on an entirely unique mode of thought that has little to do with historical musical thinking.
Wilsonic is available for US $2.99 in the App Store.
Closer look at the Rhodes Chroma
Atlanta-based keyboard player and tech Eric Frampton gives a detailed explanation of how he restored his classic Rhodes Chroma. The Rhodes Chroma is one of the great polyphonic analog synthesizers. It’s also, unfortunately, very rare. The Chroma offers 16 VCO’s, multimode filters, a weighted keyboard with optional aftertouch and more.
Axoloti – New Hardware Synthesizer with Modular Software
“Axoloti is a platform that blends sketching of digital audio algorithms with the musical playability of standalone hardware.
The Axoloti Patcher offers a “patcher” environment similar to Max/MSP, Pure Data or Reaktor.
The patches run on a standalone powerful microcontroller board : Axoloti Core.
Look at some examples of what it is up to.
Optionally, it can connect to the Axoloti Control, which allows to navigate through patches and adjust parameters away from the computer.
It is still ongoing development, current source code is on GitHub.
Axoloti Control allows you to navigate through patches and adjust parameters away from the computer, without having to assign parameters to MIDI controllers.
It has a graphical monochrome LCD, navigation buttons, 4 endless encoders and 4-by-4 pushbuttons with LEDs.
It’s designed to enable interactions like controlling a 16-step sequencer, or as a 4-track arrangement controller, or adjusting 4 different values of one selected object like an ADSR envelope.”
Black Sonar – new frequency analyser tool
Iridium Iris Software has released the Black Sonar frequency analyzer. Black Sonar is a stereo signal analysis tool that allows audio to be visualized in time or frequency domain in any sample rate.
Black Sonar has 2 channels drawn in different colors where a user can change the transparency of the topmost for better visibility while comparing the two signals:
- Time Domain; the waveform is constant drawn from left to right visualizing the strength over time, displaying the peaks in dB. The RMS for each channel are also displayed and will change depending of what part the user is looking at.
- Frequency Domain; the spectral power representing the strength across each frequency. The mouse cursor will display hertz and decibel at any given point.
Price: $16. There is a fully functional free evaluation version which can be found here.
Akai APC MINI Live Controller
Gaz Williams takes a look at the new Ableton Live controller which comes with a software bundle that actually is more expensive to buy than the APC!
The APC Mini concentrates the essential features of the APC40 mkII into a compact design. It offers an expanded 8×8 multicolor clip-launching grid, 8 channel faders, and a diminutive but tough chassis for hands-on control over Ableton Live with a small footprint.
The APC Mini is also USB-powered and supports plug-and-play.
The Akai APC Mini has a street price of about US $100.
3 x 303 Clones v0.9
XOXbox, modded XOXbox, TT-303 (through RAT pedal), TR-8, ER-1 – all through a Lexicon reverb.
New Korg Electribe Demo: The Basics
This video demonstrates the features of the new Korg Electribe music production station.
The new Electribe features sixteen back-lit Trigger pads, an X/Y Touch pad, and is more mobile than ever, because it can run on battery power (an optional AC adapter is available).
NAMM teaser: New Casio groovebox in the works
The Casio XQ-PD1 Trackformer is being teased in the latest Electronic Musician mag. Its all we know – honest, but it would seem that there’s a new Casio groove box in the works. The round pad encrusted XW-PD1 appears to be some sort of track based groove box with 16 pads.
There’s no official word from Casio on what the XW-PD1 Trackformer will be, but the 4×4 grid brings to mind certain Music Production Centers….
New OS fot the DSI Tempest analog drum machine
In this tutorial, we walk you through updating the Tempest OS via Mac or PC.
Dave Smith Instruments Releases New OS and Soundset for Tempest Analog Drum Machine Gets Enhanced Feature Set and New Sounds, Beats, Projects
Dave Smith Instruments has released a new operating system for their acclaimed Tempest analog drum machine that adds a number of highly requested features — as well as entirely new internal sounds, beats, and projects. The new version, OS 1.4, ships with newly purchased instruments and is also available for download from the company’s website for users wishing to upgrade instruments with older versions of the OS.
Notable among the new features are:
• Increased sequence length (up to 128 sixteenth notes, or 8 measures of 4/4) • Arpeggiation
• New modal scales
• Free-running LFOs
• Compressor envelope controls
• Quantize disable
• A total of 928 new factory sounds, 64 new beats, and 16 new projects
Co-developed by Dave Smith and noted instrument designer Roger Linn, Tempest has been embraced by musicians from a wide range of genres for both live performance and studio recording. “The new OS adds several powerful new features to an already powerful instrument,” said Smith. “And we’ve enlisted the talents of some heavy-hitting sound and beat designers to come up with a extensive amount of new content that’s not only fresh and inspiring, but also versatile.” The new content takes advantage of the new OS features and was over a year in the making.
As Smith puts it, “Our users have put Tempest to a lot of really creative and expressive uses and this upgrade is going to allow them to take it even further. We can’t wait to hear what they do with it.”
The Tempest has a MAP of $1999.
Price and specifications subject to change.
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