C64 VST
I have received quite a few questions on the recently posted C64 VST and if there is something similar that will run on a MAC, well there is (of course) I just think the other one had a somewhat more intuitive user interface and a little better sounding as well.
But for you all MAC and C64 lovers here is your alternative:
…and while you are at it why not download this little silly DJ MP3 app:
C=iao and have a great weekend
Happy 20 years birthday – S.P.O.C.K
Spent an evening with the old but very happy S.P.O.C.K crew. The event was held in conjunction with the monthly SpaceLab party held in Malmoe, Sweden. On the pic below you will see Mr. Android himself and the former band member Johan (can´t remember what he called himself …noid something I guess, hehe). Too bad Eddie B didn´t show up.
If you want to join future SpaceLab events – you will find them here >>
And of course an old SPOCK video, incl Eddie B:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzXZWJIsJc]
New album with Fixmer/McCarthy in May
The new Fixmer/McCarthy album will come out in may 2008 and called Into The Night. The Label will be Citizen Records, the french label of artist Vitalic! More info soon.
FM are confirmed for this year’s Einhoven based Extrema Outdoor Festival. That Festival will take place on July 19th, 2008.
And this is most likely one of the songs on the new album 
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZCe0xrF4cM]
Fixmer/McCarthy is an electronic music collaboration between the French techno producer Terence Fixmer, and British EBM vocalist Douglas McCarthy (of Nitzer Ebb).
The partnership released an album entitled Between the Devil… and toured during 2005, with a notable live performance at the Infest festival during August of that year.
New album from the Danish act – "Printer"
Not only is Adrian Recordings continually stretching into new genres, they’re also entering new territories! Printer is a 4-piece electronic/techno act from Denmark and this is their full-length debut.
Printer is a 4-piece band formed as a regular post-rock band but after the first two weeks, the drummer was up behind a keyboard and the guy brought in as guitar player never left his laptop. Getting more and more integrated as a band by interconnecting instruments through the computer, the name Printer became the best way to parallel this merge between digital and analogue.
On recent works the band has taken a more dirty and danceable, say techno, approach, although still maintaining the emotional and intellectual focus. It’s music to be moved by whether it’ll be on the dance floor or in your couch. It’s electronic pop music at its best. And it’s got power and depth. In addition to that the band really throws on sweaty live shows. They claim to be tired of starring at the floor while playing and instead they raise their heads, lift their hands in the air and lose themselves to the floor. Numerous shows in Denmark, at the Norberg Festival and recently in Malmö together with Familjen, have strengthened them to a full proofed elegant transcendental party banger.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmHfvM6krA]
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Today this blog has approxiamtely 500-700 readers per day and over 25.000 unique visitors.
Are you making/producing your own music within the field of electro, electronic music, synthpop, bitpop/chip music, EBM and the like and want others to listen to what you do and get quality reviews on it.
Then take the opportunity to e-mail me your MP3’s and I will post them here on this site and allow myself and others to give you feedback on your work and promote them to a wide audience of music lovers who enjoy the same type of music and are using the same tools, whether it be software or hardware based.
In the e-mail make sure to include:
Band name
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NOTE: In your e-mail you need to state that you own the copyrights to the posted material and that it is not material that is owned by a third party. Simply stated you have made it yourself.
Promotion:
1. If we really like what you do we will post it as a blog entry on the first page
2. There will be an exclusive demo room where all songs will be listed
3. There will be RSS feeds and a listing of the latest entries in the sidebar of the blog on the first page
So why hesitate go on and send me your music
C=iao
Nice review of Ableton Live 7 in MacMusic
It’s hard to believe, but Live 7 is already there. The miracle software from Berlin-based Company Ableton, both a tracker and a sequencer at the same time, is constantly evolving: we were just beginning to control Live 6 and its numerous new features when its follower arrived, of course filled with improvements and surprises. Throughout this article we’ll try to see, apart from describing the new functions, if Live 7 fills the gaps left by the previous version, what it brings and what it removes from our music, on stage and in the studio.
Version 7 Renews the Core of Live
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Enhanced Audio EngineLive 7’s enhanced audio engine improves fidelity with precision 64-bit summing at all mix points throughout the program, POW-r dithering, optimized sample-rate conversion and other advances. |
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SidechainingFully integrated side-chaining capability is available for the new Compressor as well as Gate and Auto Filter. |  |
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Device High-Quality ModesOperator, Dynamic Tube and Saturator now feature optional High-Quality modes for anti-aliased processing, reducing typical “digital” artifacts. |
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EQ Eight—New and ImprovedEQ Eight sports an improved user interface and a new 64-bit mode for increased accuracy and fidelity. | |
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Introducing SpectrumThe new Spectrum device is an analyzer that provides real-time visual feedback for any audio signals within Live (and it looks really cool!). | |
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Improved MIDI TimingThe MIDI engine has been reworked, and we were able to significantly reduce timing error (jitter) of recorded MIDI. |
AnaMark VST
Discover new soundscapes and a flexible variety of possibilities you won’t find anywhere else!
The 545 factory presets provide a broad basis of sounds for the most varied kinds of electronic music:
- Real-sounding instruments (e.g. accordion, strings, organs, electronic guitars)
- Pads (warm-analog, vocal or spacy) and Drones
- Leads
- Basses (acoustics and electronics)
- Drums and Percussions
- Effects
- Retro sounds, e.g. C64 (SID), ATARI (POKEY)
Not enough? Try the function for generating random presets!
AnaMark supports Micro Tuning. This means that even if your VST host doesn’t support alternative tunings, you can use whatever tuning you want.
New album from Herr A and Herr B
Swedish duo Herr A and Herr B aka System was nominated for best electronic album in 2006 for their album “Sample and Hold”. March 26 marks the release of their third CD “Self Organising System” (will also be released as a double CD in a limited edition).
About them
SYSTEM was formed in the early nineties from the ashes of the group Die von Kempelens (DvK). DvK took their name from a hungarian inventor from the 18th century and programmed up-beat minimal synth pop. DvK never released anything officially but got a small underground hit with their song “Machines in Love” which was played rather frequently at the clubs in Stockholm at the time.
Later DvK slowly shifted into SYSTEM and Herr A and Herr B, the two former members of DvK and now, the members of SYSTEM, started working in a slightly different direction. Where DvK was a hobby band, SYSTEM was for real. And where DvK songs, although being very good, were badly and sometimes sloppily produced and thought through, SYSTEMs songs were the opposite.
The two gentlemen A and B locked themselves in their laboratory for quite some time and soon a couple of demoes saw the light of day. The demoes were called (in chronological order): “Music for machines”, “Artificial intelligence”, “Human/Machine interface”, “Fuzzy logic” and “Silicon based EP”. These demoes were, however, not distributed commercially in any way and the number of copies of each is very low (probably below 10 copies/demo). Then suddenly one day someone who was organising a concert happened to hear one of the demos and he got so excited with what he had heard that he insisted on that SYSTEM should come and play at his venue – which they did.
Since this last release SYSTEM has been busy with touring and has also contributed tracks to a number of compilations both in Sweden and abroad.
My new EBM bass favourite VST :-D
Also used by Nitzer Ebb this VST really does the job
EGOkILLER uses a double-dose Phase Distortion Oscillator in place of the standard oscillator/filter set-up. It is a very powerful form of synthesis first seen in Casio’s CZ synths in the ’80’s. The PD Oscillators have a very full sound that gives this synth great character. It is designed for EBM/Industrial music but is versatile enough to be used anywhere.
EGOkILLERversion2 is the first of the Version 2 synths. Like the original it is based on a single Phase Distortion Oscillator. The new version features a dual High Pass – Low Pass filter set-up with resonance, as well as graphical envelopes for both modulation and VCA. The LFO is new and extra flexibility has been added to modulation routings. It also includes really fat Unison and an enhanced overdrive.
And make sure to look out for the new one, scheduled to be released soon
GODkILLERversion2 is a versatile V/A synth, laid out in a similar manner to EGOkILLERv2. It improves on the original with two oscillators with sync and Hard Sync. The mixable Low-pass and Band Reject Filters are carried over from the original. It also has two graphical ADSR envelopes and a comprehensive LFO featuring 16 different waveforms. Overdrive and LFO destinations can be controlled by a Modulation Wheel on a MIDI keyboard controller.
More on EGOkILLER and FREE download >>
Absolutley awsome – Kitaro played by a 5 year old – a must see !!
The boy Jay plays the Yamaha Electone
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UszvHEI2VQE]
More on Kitaro
Back in Japan Kitaro started his solo career in 1977. The first two albums Ten Kai and From the Full Moon Story became cult favorites of fans of the nascent New Age movement. He performed his first symphonic concert at the ‘Small Hall’ of the Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Shinjuku, Tokyo. During this concert Kitaro used a synthesizer to recreate the sounds of 40 different instruments, a world’s first. But it was his famous soundtrack for the NHK series “Silk Road” which brought him the international attention.
He struck a worldwide distribution arrangement with Geffen Records in 1986; in 1987 he collaborated with different musicians, e.g. with Micky Hart (Grateful Dead) and Jon Anderson (Yes). In 1988 his record sales soared to 10 million worldwide. He was nominated twice for a Grammy award and his soundtrack for the movie “Heaven & Earth” won the award for best original score. He won another grammy award for his album Thinking of You in 2001.
DATAMASKIN
