The Real Parakeet – Cockta Haze
The Real Parakeet – Cockta Haze, tribute video made by Tonefloat to celebrate Cockta as the official Swedish synthpop/electronica soft drink
Go behind the scenes with electronic act Node
The Killers, Depeche Mode, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Warpaint, PJ Harvey – these are just a few of the names that producer Flood has worked with to help shape their sound, and the history of music as we know it. He’s also one quarter of a collective of musical vanguards that make up synth pioneers Node – who recently ended their 17 year hiatus for a new album and live performance at London’s Royal College Of Music.
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Respectably Insane – Dave Smith Instruments – Sequential Prophet 6
The weird and wonderful world of the beautiful Prophet 6. Arpeggiated patch at very slow intervals and bpm with the occasional knob-twiddle for good measure. Recorded live in 1 take and the only effects are a touch of built-in chorus and BBD. Video shot separately just after the audio had been recorded, then spliced together.
TB-303 ACID JAM
Working on the new live Acid set for the Sept. Carry on Avin it party. Straight to camera mic.
Technical Details:
- Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizer
- Roland TR-909 drum machine
- Sequential Circuits Pro One synthesizer
- Audio is straight to camera
First music instrument on Apple Watch – Micro-SqueezeBox Accordion
First tests of the AppCordions.com Micro-SqueezeBox Accordion app for the Apple Watch.
Check out all Accordion, Concertina, and Bagpipes iOS and Android apps!
Live Synth Jam: Moog Sub37 and Aira TR-8
Background video description:
Having fun with the Moog Sub37 sequencer.
This is my first real encounter / jam with the Sub37 since I got it a few days ago.
The step sequencer is amazing and highly tweakable live ; and with the new firmware, it gracefully turns everything you throw at it into something musical.
Started with an init patch and took it from there.
Recorded straight into Ableton via the Scarlett 6i6 with just a touch of reverb.
Drums courtesy of the Aira TR-8.
All about the new Jean-Michel Jarre album
Jean-Michel Jarre today announced the full details of his upcoming albumElectronica 1: The Time Machine, which features Jarre’s work with fifteen collaborators.
Electronica 1 ranges from work with newer artists like Gesaffelstein andLittle Boots, to songs with electronic music veterans such as 3D of Massive Attack and Moby, and fellow electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter. The album offers Jarre’s personal vision of electronic music over the decades.
The track listing for Electronica 1: The Time Machine is:
1) The Time Machine (JMJ & Boys Noize)
2) Glory (JMJ & M83)
3) Close your eyes (JMJ & AIR)
4) Automatic (part 1) (JMJ & Vince Clarke)
5) Automatic (part 2) (JMJ & Vince Clarke)
6) If..! (JMJ & Little Boots)
7) Immortals (JMJ & Fuck Buttons)
8) Suns have gone (JMJ & Moby)
9) Conquistador (JMJ & Gesaffelstein)
10) Travelator (part 2) (JMJ & Pete Townshend)
11) Zero Gravity (JMJ & Tangerine Dream)
12) Rely on me (JMJ & Laurie Anderson)
13) Stardust (JMJ & Armin van Buuren)
14) Watching you (JMJ & 3D (Massive Attack))
15) A question of blood (JMJ & John Carpenter)
16) The train & the river (JMJ & Lang Lang)
Electronica is a two volume project with 30 Collaborators in total. The first volume will be released October 16 (but can be pre-ordered now via iTunes and Amazon, withVolume 2 to come in Spring 2016.
Yamaha DX7 vs ARPIE – MIDI Arpeggiator
Giving the ancient synthesizer a new lease of life with the ARPIE from Jason Hotchkiss! Check out his other goodies here https://www.tindie.com/stores/hotchk155/
Synth Explorer DX7 is available here http://www.loopmasters.com/genres/81-…
Ableton Magic Racks: Processing Racks – new collection of 5 powerful mixing and creative FX processing racks by Hedflux for Ableton 9
Sample Magic has announced Ableton Magic Racks: Processing Racks, a collection of 5 powerful mixing and creative FX processing racks by Hedflux for Ableton 9.
Take your sound processing, track mix-downs and live set performances to the next level with our advanced mixing and creative FX racks. Processing Racks contains five powerful racks designed to give you complex sonic manipulation with the simplest of macro controls.
As always, each rack has been painstakingly sculpted to meet the demands of modern electronic music producers and performers. Vigorously tried and tested both in the studio and in the club, these five racks will help give your music a truly unique sonic stamp.
Built solely using Ableton’s native tools, each rack utilises complex processing chains to offer highly flexible, powerful and dance-tailored FX manipulation and mix processing that will become and indispensable part of your music production arsenal.
All five racks have eight simple macro knobs to control custom reverbs, delays, beat-repeats, gates, distortions, filters and multi-band compressors to offer unrivalled production know-how with the minimum of fuss.
For advanced users there’s endless possibilities as all racks are totally customisable – open them up, tweak parameters, change routings, swap in and out tools – so they fit your workflow seamlessly.
Ableton Magic Racks: Processing Racks is available for purchase for £14.90 GBP.
BeatSeeker syncs Ableton Live with drums
BeatSeeker is a responsive Max for Live device that adapts Live’s tempo to stay in time with a drummer or other rhythmic audio. It lets bands maintain their natural groove when performing with Live. The device has been developed by Andrew Robertson, based on research at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London.
Learn more about BeatSeeker: https://www.ableton.com/packs/beatsee…
BeatSeeker works by detecting the BPM of any rhythmic audio signal and matching Live to its tempo. Then you can launch clips and BeatSeeker adapts Live’s tempo to respond to the signal and keep on the beat.
Drummers can switch between playing to a click or having Live react to shifts in tempo by using one simple control, which can MIDI-map to a footswitch or other controller.
BeatSeeker is designed for use with live drums, but can also be used by DJs to sync Live with turntables, or with any other rhythmic audio signal used in performance or production.
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