miniBit – new 8-bit/chiptune synthesizer
AudioThing has released miniBit, a 8-bit/chiptune synthesizer.
miniBit is a 8-bit/chiptune style synthesizer that emulates the sound of 80s game consoles and retrocomputers.
It features a main oscillator with 12 waveforms paired with a sub oscillator (a square wave pitched one octave below). The waveforms are not bandlimited and will produce aliasing. Furthermore, using the built-in bitcrusher, is it possible to create even more noisy and retro sounds.
Details:
- 12 Waveforms.
- Sub Oscillator.
- Poly and Mono mode with Glide.
- 2-poles Low Pass Filter.
- Delay and BitCrusher effects.
- LFO with multiple destinations.
- 30 Presets.
- Preset randomizer.
- Formats: VST, AU, and AAX (32/64-bit).
- Platforms: OS X, Windows.
Price: €20 / $24.50. miniBit is available for the introductory price of €16 / $19.60 until January 15th, 2015.
Teaser pictures of the new Korg Odyssey
Korg has shared this teaser image for the new ARP Odyssey, saying only “Be prepared for a new evolution 1-22-15″. Jan 22 is the opening of the 2015 NAMM Show, so we can assume that the new Korg ARP Odyssey will make its official debut at the event.
Korg announced plans in February that it plans to reissue the ARP Odyssey. At the time, Korg also announced that ARP co-founder David Friend was joining Korg as their chief advisor on the Odyssey.
With Behringer also getting into the game, as announced some days ago, we may have an interesting NAMM show ahead of us 
Listening in on the PPG wave 2.2
Vintage synthesizer demo track featuring the PPG wave
all synthesizer sounds: PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer (1982)
drums: KORG KR-55B analog drummachine (1982)
recording: multi-tracking without midi, internal arpeggiator
fx: reverb and delay
Elektron Monomachine Demo
This video demonstrates the sound of the Elektron Monomachine! Enjoy!
Product description:
Each of the six Monomachine tracks is loaded with sound shaping devices. At your command is a tape style delay, a resonant multi mode filter, a sample rate reducer, a distortion effect, an arpeggiator and no less than three LFO’s – per track. The sound palette is limitless.
Despite the depth of the Monomachine it is very easy to use. Every parameter is close at hand and no confusing menus are in your way. Everything is laid out in a logical and usable manner. This is particularly useful when you perform live and don’t want to press the wrong buttons.
A special MIDI mode gives you control of six dedicated MIDI tracks. Use the versatile arpeggiators and all the other special sequencer features to take MIDI sequencing to the next level. The Monomachine is a given centre piece in any studio.
You can upload your own customized waveforms and use them in the Monomachine environment. This, plus the ability to treat sound incoming through the two external inputs using the special FX machines, makes the Monomachine a sound designer’s dream come true.
The Monomachine SFX-60+ MKII comes equipped with a +Drive by default. With a +Drive there is no risk of running out of storage space. Over 16’000 patterns, 16’000 kits and 8’000 waveforms can be internally stored.
Man and machine have never been closer to each other.
U-He’s Urs Heckmann in an in-depth interview
Edd Butterworth talks with U-He’s Urs Heckmann about the origin of the company, their awesome synth collection and more.
Trent Reznor, Hans Zimmer & Danny Elfman Talk Music : The Full Composer Roundtable
Marco Beltrami (The Homesman), Danny Elfman (Big Eyes), John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon 2), Trent Reznor (Gone Girl) and Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) discuss the process behind scoring the top films of the year.
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New video from welle: erdball – Ich rette Dich Teil 1
welle: erdball – Ich rette Dich
Offizieller Musik-Clip zur Sendung “Ich rette Dich!” (MaxiCD)
http://www.welle-erdball.de
Eine Funkhausproduktion (c)2014
Experimental: Yes/No Questions
Sound Installation, 44 speakers, wood, black laminate, archival inkjet print on transparent, Variable dimensions.
This installation composed of two different parts, touches upon the multifaceted political, social, and cultural aspects of conflict. The first part of this installation consists of dozens of amplifiers whose fronts are covered with a photographic print of drum leather. The sounds emanating from the amplifiers are those of voices repeating the words “yes” and “no” in different languages. The effect is that of a cultural and aesthetic clash between elements suspended in a state of continuous struggle and confrontation, while building up to a final conflict.
The second part of the installation consists of embroidered ink drawings. Although the ink stains are arbitrarily created and cannot be controlled, their outlines are demarcated by the act of embroidery, which comes to define and domesticate them. In this context, the embroidery appears as a violent act, which injures the canvas in a desperate attempt to give form to the inherently formless stains.
Whereas the circular stretches of drum leather are made to fit into a square frame, the square canvas that forms the support for the ink stains is forced into circular embroidery hoops. These inverse relations between the supports and frames constitute a formal conflict. At the same time, the ink stains resembling maps of charted territories allude to additional, political and social conflicts.
Strymon Deco – a demo with TR8, Sub37 & TB3
the name “deco” is formed from decoration, that is mainly what this FX does. it garnishes your sound with a mixture of different FX.
i put it far over the max settings, so you can better hear the differences, in real it should not be used this way 😉
i like this FX very much, i use saturation on drums and on the sum of the mix, the other FX (chorus, phaser, stereo widener, etc.) i use with Synths.
Two new videos from electro act Optic – Believe and Need
Released December 2014
http://www.opticalism.net
United Machine Records
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