Experimental: Tobias Enhus – LumiTECTURE
A city as a living entity, a bold splash of raw color framed by an austere moon-rise and moon-set.
Studiologic has introduced Sledge 2.0
Studiologic has introduced Sledge 2.0 – an updated version of its vintage-inspired digital keyboard that offers a lot more synth for less money.
With Sledge 2.0, Studiologic and Waldorf Labs have made it more flexible as a pure synthesizer, added Dual mode for Split/Layer functions, introduced support for user samples, expanded the instrument’s polyphony from 8 notes to 24 and improved its effects engine.
Sledge 2.0 Key Features:
- Auto Dual mode: Sledge 2.0 can now play two sounds at the same time, in Split or Layer mode; the feature is controlled by a new page of the Global function and allows to simply keep one note (for Split) or more notes (for Layer) and then select a new sound, that will be added to the previous sound; as any other sound, also Dual Sound combinations can be permanently stored in any of the 1.000 available presets;
- Sample Player: sound samples and new waves can be loaded in the internal 60 megabyte of Flash memory, played by OSC 1 and modifiable by all parameters of the control panel, adding other oscillators, setting filters, envelopes and effects. This feature can constantly expands the instrument’s sounds and create a totally new combination of synthesis and sampling.
- Pitch & Hold controls: a new Global page allows to enable the Pitch and the Hold separately for the Lower and Upper sounds in Dual Mode, allowing to use the Pitch bend on the Upper sound (i.e. for solo parts) and the Hold pedal to control only the Lower (to keep playing a Drums groove or as a Damper for a Piano sound) and vice versa, or to enable Pitch Bend and Hold on both Upper and Lower sounds;
- Reverb+Delay: a new function allows to mix both effects; the Reverb keeps the setting previously selected, while the real time controls (time and level) allows to set the parameters of Delay also when mixed.
- Enhanced Polyphony: the total maximum number or notes that can be played at the same time have been expanded to 24, allowing to get a better real time control over the new sound possibilities obtainable from synthesis and sampling together.
- Sledge Spectre: samples can be edited (keyboard range, tuning and other parameters) and transmitted to Sledge 2.0 by the USB port, with a sample editor that allows to first load and play the samples on your Computer and then download them into the instrument’s memory.
Specifications:
- Keyboard 61 keys + Aftertouch
- 2 Pots – 3 “chicken head” rotary switches (7 positions) – 1 rotary encoder + push function
- 2 x 16 digits backlit LCD
- High Quality Pitch and Mod Wheels
- Up to 999 programmable Sounds
- Fast and efficient sound selection via numeric keypad
Modulation
- 2 fast LFOs per voice with adjustable Speed and Depth
- 1 extra modulation routing for Mod Wheel, with adjustable Speed and Depth
– LFO Shape: Sawtooth, Rectangular, Triangle, Sine, Sample & Hold, Ramp
– Destination: Osc 1, Osc2, Ocs3, PWM / Wave / FM, Volume, Filter Cutoff
Sound Generation
- 24 Voices polyphony – Monophonic mode with single or multiple trigger
- 3 Oscillators per voice OSC1/OSC2/OSC3
– Range from 64′ to 1′ with Semitone ant Detune controls
– Shapes: Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Sine, Pulse (with Pulse Width Modulation)
– OSC 1 with 66 Original PPG Wavetables + Sample Player (60MB internal memory) - FM – Frequency Modulation of Sine and Triangle – Oscillator Hard sync (OSC 2 to OSC 3)
- Noise Generator – White and Pink noise
- Mixer with Volume and On/Off switch for each Oscillator and Noise
- AUTO DUAL MODE : Split or Layer mode – prog. split point for each Program
Filter & Amplifier
- 1 Multi Mode Filter per voice – 24 / 12dB – Lowpass – Highpass – Bandpass
– Resonance up to Self-Oscillation and beyond – Adjustable Key track and Drive - 2 fast Envelopes per voice (Filter-Amplifier) with Amount and Velocity control (Filter+Ampli)
Arpeggiator
- Powerful Arpeggiator – Latch mode – syncable to MIDI Clock
– Direction Up, Down, Alternate – Range up to 10 Octaves
Effects
- 2 simultaneous Effects
– Effect 1: Chorus / Phaser / Flanger
– Effect 2: Reverb / Delay / Reverb+Delay
Controls & Connections
- Master Volume Control
- Power Switch
- Stereo line output
- Headphone output
- Expression pedal input
- MIDI IN / OUT
- USB connector for MIDI IN/ OUT, Firmware Update, Samples Loading (with Spectre)
– uses standard USB MIDI driver provided by host computer OS
– Windows ME minimum, Windows XP or newer recommended
– Mac OS X 10.2 minimum, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer recommended - Built in power supply
Size & Weight
- 97 cm x 40,5 cm x 11 cm
- 38,19″ x 15,94″ x 4,33″
- 8,3 Kg | 18,3 lbs
Additional Package Content
- Power Cord
- CD Manual
The Studiologic Sledge synthesizer has a street price of about $1,000.
New track from DATAMASKIN – Airport
Teaser track from upcoming DATAMASKIN album
‘AIRPORT’
Released in collaboration with THE CAVE and Stereoklang
Album: Point of no return – Spring 2015
BBC Four HD – Kraftwerk PopArt
20150130 BBC Four HD Kraftwerk PopArt
CUCKOO vs DATALINE NAMM15
Background video description:
Here’s another jam that I thought worked out really well. Perhaps I put myself a little low in the mix. I like how this song turned out.
DC1drumcomputer demo
Pattern loading, interaction with CV inputs for fills and mutes of tracks, other wigglings (bass sequence and cutoff manual modulation by RC1radiostar synced to DC1drumcomputer)
Tangerine Dream – Montreal 1977
0:00:00 – Cherokee Lane [19.12]
0:19:12 – Monolight [23.43]
0:42:54 – Part Three [24.18]
1:07:12 – Part Four [23.40]
1:30:52 – Part Five [11.33]
1:42:25 – Part Six [12.29]
April 09, 1977
Place des Arts (Montreal)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann
During Tangerine Dream’s North American Encore tour of 1977, two of their concerts were thankfully broadcast over radio. The first was the concert at the Washington Lisner Auditorium on April 4th (see Tangerine Tree Volume 4: Washington 1977), and Montreal Palace des Arts followed soon after on April 9th. The still existing CHOM-FM radio station aired the complete show, and despite some minor technical flaws (and the disturbing comments from the CHOM-FM presenter during some of the tracks), Tangerine Tree Volume 18: Montreal 1977 is able to present another outstanding performance from the Froese/Franke/Baumann line-up.
The quality of the music alone would justify an official release as it has all the trademarks which made Encore such a fan favourite. For the North American tour, Tangerine Dream always began their concerts with variations on Cherokee Lane and Monolight, which were then followed by music which was, for the most part, completely improvised. The band also appeared onstage with Laserium, an outfit that produced laser light spectacles.
A new video from Red Mecca – “Pressure”
Here’s the official video premiere for Red Mecca’s “Pressure”. Shot by Emil Nordin.
Korg Arp Odyssey – NAMM 2015 – Live Demo
Background video info:
Synthbug Demo of the Korg Arp Odyssey recorded at NAMM 2015. Played by Carmen Silva from Synthbug, patch design by Draven (me). Audio recorded line out directly into my recorder at 48K 24bit.
Moog’s new Tolex Minimoog Voyager XL
Moog’s new Tolex Minimoog Voyager XL – a limited production run (100 pieces) version of the Minimoog Voyager XL, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Moog modular synthesizer.
The Minimoog Voyager XL is designed to combined the immediate playability of a Minimoog with the flexible synthesis options of a traditional modular synthesizer.
With the Tolex Minimoog Voyager XL, the wood cabinet has been hand-wrapped in black tolex, just as the Model 15 modular synthesizer, and the chassis has been updated to parallel that of the original Moog modular synthesizers.
Features:
- 61-Note Velocity Sensitive Keyboard with After-Pressure
- Ribbon Controller with Pitch and Gate CV Outputs
- Touch Surface Controller with X, Y, A and Gate Outputs
- External Audio Input
- Effects Loop Insert
- 2 Active Attenuators
- 4-Input CV Mixer
- Lag Processor
- Additional LFO Source with Multiple MIDI-Syncable Waveforms
- 3 Four-Way Mults
- 20 Control Voltage Outputs
- 3 Gate Outputs
- 10 Control Voltage Inputs
- 4 Gate Inputs
- 2 Modulation Busses
- Solid Maple Cabinet
- Tilting Control Panel
The Tolex Minimoog Voyager XL is available now, priced at US $5,500.
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