KOMA Elektronik Komplex Sequencer: Teaser
Some close up features of the upcoming KOMA Elektronik Komplex Quad Sequencer right before Musikmesse! Now, the sequencer length is displayed by the LEDs beneath each step as it is changed momentarily. The Komplex Sequencer is driving the pitch and filter cutoff of the Korg MS10 while the Volca Beats provides a rhythm. The KOMA Elektronik RH301 provides the master clock.
For more info and preorders visit: http://www.koma-elektronik.com
New video from Hot Chip – Need You Now
Pre-order the new album “Why Make Sense?” and get an instant download of “Huarache Lights” and “Need You Now”:
iTunes – http://po.st/WhyMakeSense
Dom Mart – http://po.st/WhyMakeSenseDM
Hot Chip will release their sixth album and second for Domino, Why Make Sense?, on 18th May 2015. Recorded in Oxfordshire and London and produced by Hot Chip with Mark Ralph, Why Make Sense? is the band’s follow up to 2012’s critically acclaimed In Our Heads.
Hot Chip will be touring the US, UK & Europe in support of Why Make Sense? this May and June including an intimate club show at Oval Space in London on 14th May 2015. More information: http://live.hotchip.co.uk/
Director: Shynola
Production company: Black Dog Films
Producer: Jacob Swan Hyam
Head of Black Dog: Katie Dolan
Production Assistant: Stephanie Werrell Smyth
DoP: Benoit Soler
1st AD: Chris Kelly
Art director: Ezra Piers-Mantell
Costume designer: Kate Tabor
Gaffer: Mark Holownia
Focus Puller: Anthony Hugill
Girlfriend character played by Sophie Francesca
Video within video DoP: Beau Scott
Editor: Leila Sarraf at Trim
Colourist: Paul Harrisson at Finish
VFX and online: Ross McDowell
With thanks to Pod Equipment Hire.
ROLAND PRE-MESSE TEASER II – SYSTEM 1 RACK
This image looks like there will be a System 1 Rack revealed at the upcoming MusikMesse
Looper – Mondo ’77 (Official Video 2015 / Mute Records)
‘Mondo ‘ 77’ is taken from the new 5 CD box set ‘These Things’ released April 13th (14th USA). 58 tracks plus a 20 page booklet with sleeves notes by The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess. Includes a digital copy of the new album – Offgrid:Offline. Pre-Order limited edition: Looper Store – musicglue.com/looper/
Pre-Order box set: Mute Store (USA) – store.mute.com/these-things-5xcd.html
Amazon: smarturl.it/looperTTBox
Rough Trade- roughtrade.com/albums/90487
Looper emerged from Belle & Sebastian in 1997, when Stuart David (co-founder and bass player of B&S) and his wife Karn (an artist who directed the early B&S videos) collaborated for a show at Glasgow School of Art.
A limited edition of 200 signed box sets is available from the official Looper store with the following extras:
Live cassette of the 1999 Troubadour show in America, Lyric book ‘Looper, Mute Songs’, Looper badge & download of new album – Offgrid:Offline.
LOOPER ONLINE:
looperama.co.uk/
facebook.com/looperama
twitter.com/looperama
Traktor Kontrol D2 – the next-generation pro deck controller from NI
Native Instruments has announced Traktor Kontrol D2, the next-generation pro deck controller for Traktor Pro 2.
Designed for creative DJ performance that takes the DJ’s focus away from the laptop, TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 offers groundbreaking touch-and-see workflow in a compact format optimized for easy set-up with club equipment. TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 will join TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 as one of the first DJ hardware controllers to support Stems* – an upcoming, open audio format that allows multi-channel mixing with individual musical parts. Robust, lightweight, and compact, the D2 is the ideal performance deck for the touring DJ.
TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 creates a multisensory DJ experience thanks to its touch-and-see technology. Tracks appear on a full-color display as vector waveforms while several key views and pop-up panels are revealed when a corresponding control is touched. The Browse Knob for example, triggers the Browse View for track selection directly from the controller. Performance Panels appear over track waveforms to view and modify BPM, key, filter, or effect values when activated by touch-sensitve knobs. And an LED-guided touch strip provides motion-sensitive pitch bending, track seeking, vinyl scratch emulation, and keeps track of phase in dark environments.
TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 naturally delivers enhanced TRAKTOR deck functions that empower pro DJs to develop their own trademark sound. Samples and loops are easily accessible for mixing with the four dedicated Deck faders when using a Remix Deck. Eight color-coded pads can trigger sounds, juggle cue points while in Hotcue Mode, or rearrange a playing track on the fly in Freeze Mode. Similar to Remix Deck usage, the D2’s touch-sensitive performance knobs and faders will instantly correspond to a loaded Stem file’s different ‘stem’ parts.
Designed to minimize bulk and setup time, TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is highly transportable for DJs on the go. The lightweight, yet robust build features four foldable rubber-padded feet that extend to raise the unit to industry-standard height, or incline it for contoured comfort. Though one D2 alone can navigate through two TRAKTOR decks, two USB ports found on the rear panel allow a second D2 to be daisy-chained to one computer USB port for a two-unit setup. Connections are further simplified with an included power supply splitter cable that allows two units to be powered using one power supply unit.
Fueling the technology behind TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 is the included TRAKTOR PRO 2 software. An innovation in and of itself, TRAKTOR PRO is the award winning DJ software used by countless professionals. Four software decks, over 30 studio-grade effects, and powerful advanced features for creative looping and cueing have provided DJs all over the world with inspiring and customizable DJ possibilities.
TRAKTOR KONTROL D2 will be fully compatible with Stems on public release of the format in summer 2015.
Traktor Kontrol D2 will be available for $499 USD/499 EUR/£429 GBP on May 4th, 2015. Preorder is also available.
History of Soft Cell / Marc Almond – New Romantic
Young Guns go for it – The Story of Soft Cell (20-Sep-2000)
Introducing Johnny – Multiwave Tremolo Effect for iPad
Download http://johnnyfxapp.com/download
All sounds in the music for this video are just guitar processed with Johnny, the only synths used were for bass and drums. The mix was done with a self imposed “no post processing” rule including no eq or compressors, in order to show how Johnny can be used in a musical context, with as raw of a tone as possible.
I’ve made the Auria project for this track available for download for anyone who wants to poke around with the mix and listen to the individual tracks to hear what Johnny is capable of.
Download the Auria project
http://johnnyfxapp.com/promo-song-pro…
Johnny is a highly versatile stereo multiwave tremolo effect designed for Audiobus and Inter-App Audio, perfect for adding everything from classic guitar amp style tremolo to pulsating, rhythmic multiwave modulation effects for guitar, synths, voice and more. Harmonic Tremolo modes create vintage phaser and univibe like tones, you can also modulate the rate of the main LFOs with a second LFO for interesting speed sweep effects.
In addition to Audiobus and Inter-App Audio, Johnny can process external hardware by connecting a professional USB audio interface such as the Apogee Jam or Apogee ONE, and many more compatible USB interfaces. You can also use the built in headset microphone. Guitarists can use the effects live by connecting the output of their audio interface to an amp.
Johnny supports USB MIDI interfaces via the Camera Connection kit, Bluetooth MIDI (iOS 8), Virtual MIDI and WiFi connections. The MIDI Learn function lets you easily assign your MIDI controller’s knobs and sliders to control Johnny’s effect parameters.
For more info and video demos visit: http://johnnyfxapp.com
Check out our entire FX series including Caramel, Crystalline, Echo Pad, Stereo Designer and Swoopster!
COMPATIBILITY:
● requires iOS 7.1 or later
● iPad 2, iPad Mini 1st gen or newer
● Audiobus compatible (Effect, state saving)
● Inter-App audio compatible (effect node)
● Compatible with DAW apps such as Auria, Cubasis, Garageband and Multitrack DAW
● compatible with USB audio interfaces
● Core MIDI (USB, Virtual, Wifi)
● MIDI over Bluetooth (iOS 8, receiver)
FEATURES:
● Control Left and Right channel Tremolo Rate, Depth, Shape, and Multiwave parameters to produce everything form subtle tremolo to wildly modulated stereo tremolo effects.
● Multiple modes including Classic Tremolo and Harmonic Tremolo.
● Modulate the rate of the main LFOs with a second LFO for interesting speed sweep effects.
● BPM synced tremolo including MIDI clock sync, independent per channel or linked.
● Audiobus compatible with state saving
● Inter-app Audio compatible
● Core MIDI compatible, works with any MIDI controller via MIDI Learn
Johnny works with just about any professional iOS compatible USB audio interfaces. Here is a list of interfaces that have been tested and verified to be compatible:
● Apogee Jam and Jam96k
● Apogee Mic and Mic96k
● Apogee ONE for iPad/Mac
● Apogee DUET for iPad/Mac
● Apogee QUARTET for iPad/Mac
● iConnectMIDI2+
● iConnectMIDI4+
● iRig
● iRig HD
● iRig iMic
● Focusrite Scarlett series (*requires USB hub)
● Focusrite iTrack dock
● Alesis io2
● Alesis IO Dock
● Behringer UCA202
● many more
New video from Parralox – Aeronaut
Directed by John von Ahlen for Subterrane.
Filmed on location in Paris, France.
https://itunes.apple.com/album/aerona…
http://bit.ly/plox-bandcamp-aeronaut
www.parralox.com
Creative Director – John Ibrahim
Editing – John von Ahlen & Christopher Hart
Assistant – Emil Rockerfeller
Hair & Makeup – En Doan
Post production courtesy Subterrane Recording Studio
Produced by John von Ahlen
Engineered by Juan del Toro
Vocals by John von Ahlen
Backing vocals by Johanna Gervin
Recorded at Subterrane Studio, Melbourne, Australia.
℗ 2015 Tunecore
© 2015 Subterrane Records
Atom TM – Stop Imperialist Pop
Live aux Trinitaires
Dreadbox Erebus – Tidbits and Tips for Patching the Erebus Synth
Background video description:
Just four basic patching examples on the Dreadbox Erebus Synth Module. As mentioned in the video, though having some experience programming synths, I’m fairly new to working with physical patch cables.
For me, there is a nice immediacy felt with working with patch cables versus a digital modulation matrix with menus you have to dig through just to decide what source is modulating what destination. With real patch cables and a semi-modular synth, adventurous exploring is much more promptly rewarded, though the problem can be trying to go BACK to some really cool sound you did an hour earlier, but can’t remember how.
The Erebus is a new semi-modular, paraphonic analog synth module. It offers what is essentially a monophonic synth architecture, but allows for independent control of its two oscillators. This means you can play (or sequence) two different pitches, but the pitches will go through a shared VCF, VCA, etc.
Features:
- Full Analog Paraphonic Synthesizer
- Full Analog 2-voice Paraphony or Unison sounds
- 2 x VCO with separate glide controls
- Two pole (12dB/ocv) resonating VC Low Pass Filter
- VC LFO with additional VC Depth
- 2 x Envelope Generators (1xADSR and 1xAR dedicated to the AMP)
- VC Delay/Echo
- 14 patches for an astonishing Modular experience
- CV Outputs: LFO, Envelope, Modulation Wheel, Gate, Osc1 pitch (1V/ocv), Osc2 pitch (1V/ocv)
- CV Inputs: Osc1, Osc2, Echo time, VCF, LFO rate, LFO depth, CV/Gate
- MIDI interface: Pitch note/gate on-off, retrigger function (on-board), Mod wheel (patched on-board), Pitch wheel, MIDI Channel select 1-7 or Omni (DIP switch)
- Paraphony CV/GATE outputs lets you to turn monophonic devices into Paraphonic, or even combine 2 monosynths into a paraphony orgy
The Dreadbox Erebus is priced at UR $539. See the Dreadbox site for details.
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