Introducing the Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank
MOTU and the Bob Moog Foundation have released of the Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank, a new and exciting collection of instrument and percussion sounds produced in commemoration of Bob Moog’s 81st Birthday, coming up on May 23rd. All proceeds from the sale of the Encore Soundbank will benefit the Bob Moog Foundation.
The library ships in the form of a UVI soundbank that can be loaded into the cross-platform, universally compatible UVI Workstation virtual instrument player, available for free download from uvi.net. The library can also be loaded into MOTU’s MachFive 3 sampler for side-by-side integration with other MachFive-compatible soundbanks. Most of the 200+ Encore Soundbank presets are scripted to include vintage Moog-style filter and envelope controls.
The following artists generously contributed to this project: Vince Clark, Al Kooper, Jordan Rudess, Suzanne Ciani, Larry Fast, Tangerine Dream (Edgar Froese / Thorsten Quaeschning), Goldfrapp (Will Gregory), Kevin Antunes, Adam Holzman, Erik Norlander, Peter Gorges, Amin Bhatia, CJ Vanston, Drew Neumann, Kevin Lamb, Dave Spiers, Jack Hotop, Jerry Kovarsky, Kent Spong, Klaus Peter Rausch, Taiho Yamada, Michael Koehler, Chris Cox, “Magic” Dave Roberts, Marty Cutler, Marc Doty and I Monster (Dean Honer / Jerrod Gosling).
The soundbank is released in special remembrance of Edgar Froese, who enthusiastically donated sounds for the project, but passed away suddenly on January 20, 2015. His contribution to the Encore Soundbank was one of his last musical endeavors.
Sounds included in the library were created using classic instruments including various Moog modulars and Minimoogs, Buchla modular, EMS Synthi A and VCS3, Yamaha CS-80, Alesis Andromeda, Sequential Circuits Prophets, Hammond B3 organ, classic Korg synths, rare Russian Polivoks, multiple theremins and effects pedals, a rare and exotic Ondioline, and an extremely rare Moog Apollo, plus much more.
“Bob Moog’s legacy touches each and every one of us every day, ” said Jim Cooper, Director of Marketing at MOTU. “Here at MOTU, we were inspired by the milestone of his 81st birthday, to pay tribute to his lasting effect on music. What better way than with kids, and supporting the work of the Bob Moog Foundation to educate and inspire them through his life’s work.”
Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, notes, “The Foundation is tremendously grateful to MOTU and the contributing artists who have made the Encore Soundbank an extraordinary resource for musicians across genres. The funding generated from this product will allow us to expand our educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, and to inspire even more children through the intersection of science, music, and technology.”
Price: $99. All proceeds will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation.
Introducing Tin Pan Rhythm – new songwriting app
A peek at Tin Pan Rhythm, a songwriting app coming soon to iPad.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-st…
Gil Carmel and team have released Tin Pan Rhythm, a song prototyping tool, based around chord progressions and acoustic instruments.
As a game developer, I’ve spent much of my career optimizing for … human factors – doing my best to craft experiences that are engrossing, intuitive and self-teaching. I wanted to apply these principles to an app aimed at the “musical middle class”: folks who love music, maybe strum a guitar here and there or took viola lessons in third grade.
“My goal is to make tools that are musically expressive, accessible, playful and educational. They should be as fun as playing a real instrument. They should teach you something about music. They should let you make better music than you thought you could. And they should be designed for anyone who wants to use them.
Fairlight CMI Series I Audio Demo [1980]
38 minute demonstration of the Fairlight CMI Series I.
Feature Overview of Driver Synth for Reason – Looks like a Teenage Engineering clone to us :-)
Driver is a 12-note polyphonic synth with up to 9 oscillators per note. It’s perfect for electronic music production, specializing in rich basses and leads, and evolving sounds like swells, rises, and drops. With its intuitive direct editing of envelopes for every parameter, making complex sounds in Driver is surprisingly easy.
Driver is available from the Propellerhead Rack Extension shop.
Roland System 1M and System 100M together
This video is mostly about controlling an external LFO via keyboard CV and have it modulate filter, amp and pulse width. The first clip is 100M’s LFO modulating 1M’s filter. 2nd clip showcases the 100M’s VCO through the 1M’s filter. Both of these clips also feature TR-8 rhythms and sequencing from the Arturia MicroBrute. Last clip demonstrates external LFO from 100M modulating the 1M’s amplifier section.
Ludvigson & Marchione – The Apolitical Hymn
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the…
Video produced by Henrik Thyselius – www.thyseliusmarchione.se
Beautiful electronica piece by Ludvigson & Marchione. Offering both a glitchy electronic sound and a church-like setting, this melancholic piece stands out.
Original release:
1. The Apolitical Hymn (Original Mix) (03:03)
2. The Apolitical Hymn (Mechanist Retexture) (10:43)
LABEL: Mareld – mareld.substream.se
CATALOG ID: mareld102
RELEASE DATE: 2015-04-20
STYLE: Electronica
Remixes:
1. The Apolitical Hymn (John H & M.E.E.O Remix) (06:24)
2. The Apolitical Hymn (Mechanist Retexture) (10:43)
LABEL: Dansant – dansant.substream.se
CATALOG ID: dansant173
RELEASE DATE: 2015-05-18
STYLE: Techno, Electronica
(C)(P) 2015 The artist under exclusive license to Substream
Experimental track: Phantom City : KORG DSN-12
Experimental movie and soundtrack.
Video was edited with Kdenlive on Debian jessie GNU/Linux.
Soundtrack was programmed with KORG DSN-12 on Nintendo 3DSLL and recorded with ZOOM Q4.
Frequency Modulation by Zeropage
Jam Session with Doepfer A-100, Roland Aira, Elektron Octatrack, Analog Rytm, Korg Kaoss Pad
Audio: http://soundcloud.com/zeropage
Mechatronic – Lifelike Dreams 2015 Official Video
New recording and mix of Mechatronic – Lifelike Dreams. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
Gotta find out what it means to me
All this dreams that I’ve been havin’
Of all stars shining in the night
I’m the one, the brightest in
My dreams in stereo
Take their seats, their heads turn to me
Looks at me, but do they see me?
Can I be a night star at day?
All I get is one take of
My life in color
Hear me now, see me now
My old 2D has grown to 3
I’m the star, so it seems
Sweet performance in life like dreams
Lifelike dreams, in lifelike dreams
Take their seats, their heads turn to me
Looks at me, but do they see me?
Can I be a night star at day?
All I get is one take of
My life in color
Hear me now, see me now
My old 2D has grown to 3
I’m the star, so it seems
Sweet performance in life like dreams
Lifelike dreams, in lifelike dreams
Hear me now, see me now
My old 2D has grown to 3
I’m the star, so it seems
Sweet performance in life like dreams
Hear me now, see me now
My old 2D has grown to 3
I’m the star, so it seems
Sweet performance in life like dreams
Lifelike dreams, in lifelike dreams
—————————————-
Live photo by Peter Åhrberg
DAVE SMITH POLY EVOLVER DSI synthesizer demo review 80’s music hits songs after unboxing & connect
In 2005 Dave Smith Instruments released their third Evolver – The Poly Evolver. Their flagship instrument, it’s a four-voice synthesizer (essentially four complete Evolvers) with a 5-octave keyboard, pitch and mod wheels, and a ton of knobs and switches in a clean, clear, easy-to-navigate layout. It can be a four-voice poly synth, four mono synths (each with its own sequencer), or any combination in between. The Evolverseries resurrects some of the oscillator, filter and other component technologies from the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet-VS and Pro-One synths. The Evolver was a huge hit the moment it appeared and this is the super-hands-on-real-time-programmable-polyphonic version of the little beast.
Each voice is a complete Evolver with four oscillators per voice: two analog and two digital – it’s a true analog/digital hybrid synth. The analog oscillators feature multiple classic waveforms plus pulse-width modulation and hard sync, and they sound really nice and big. The digital oscillators feature FM synthesis, Ring Modulation and 96 Prophet VS wavetables plus 32 user wavetables (loaded via MIDI only). Each voice also features two Curtis voltage-controlled analog low-pass filters which are fully resonant and switchable for two- or four-pole operation, two digital highpass filters and real analog VCAs. Modulation capabilities are handled by four LFOs and three ADSR envelope generators (for the filter, the amp, and one is user assignable). There are dedicated onboard effects (feedback, delay, distortion, glide, etc.). One of its best features is the MIDI-syncable 16-step 4-parameter analog-style sequencer (with each patch having its own sequence) which really brings things to life with evolving sounds. The LFOs, step sequencer, and three separate delays can all be synced for massive, rhythmic, time-based effects in stereo. A major unique feature of the Evolver is its true stereo signal path. For each Evolver voice, the left and right channels get their own independent analog oscillator, lowpass filter, highpass filter, VCA and effects. This allows for pretty nice stereo imaging effects.
The Poly Evolver essentially quadruples all those Evolver specs! In Program mode, all four voices play the same sound. In Combo mode, voices can be allocated however desired: stack all 4 for a huge unison sound, split or layer the keyboard in any configuration, and/or play one or all sequences at the same time. Each voice can also respond to a different MIDI channel. Each voice has its own stereo output jacks in addition to the mix output. Stereo audio input can be routed to any or all of the voices, enabling parallel audio processing of external stereo or mono signals. The output of one voice can be routed to the input of another for interesting double-processing effects. And multiple Poly Evolvers can be daisy-chained for increased polyphony!
Full of hundreds of jaw-dropping preset patches, the Poly Evolver offers four times the punch of the original Evolver. The Poly Evolver finally answered prayers for a truly hands-on, programmable synthesizer version of the Evolver, and Dave Smith went all out on this one. The keyboard is semi-weighted with velocity and aftertouch, the wood end caps and overall design make for a great, classic look. The Pitch/Mod wheels are back-lit. With 77 endless-turn knobs and 59 switches, pretty much all parameters are within easy reach. There is a Poly Evolver Rack version of this keyboard, but where is the fun in that? Unless, of course, you “Poly Chain” one or more Poly Evolver Rack models to a master Poly Evolver keyboard for tons more polyphony and Evolver madness! The Poly Evolver would soon be followed up by the much less expensiveMono Evolver, a monophonic keyboard version of the original Evolver.
DATAMASKIN
