Crumar Performer – Solid State Music
all sounds: Crumar Performer (1979)
recording: multi track without Midi
The Performer is a polyphonic analog Strings and Brass machine produced at the end of the 1970’s by the Italian synth company. It is slightly compact with just 49 keys. But it is fully polyphonic – you can play all 49 notes simultaneously! Programming is simple and clearly laid-out with just 15 sliders and a few buttons. A solid black chassis and wood end-cheeks round out this classic and often overlooked string machine.
The Performer is best remembered for its Strings. A simple 3-band equalizer with high, mid and low sliders can be used to give the strings shimmering sparkle or moody dark timbres. The Strings section uses two oscillators per voice with 8′ and 16′ settings. Simple Attack and Sustain sliders give you some control of your string’s envelope settings.
The Brass section is less exciting. It uses a single oscillator with just a square wave to generate a weak Brass sound. It has a low-pass voltage-controlled filter with resonance, but it too is pretty weak. Simple Attack and Decay sliders control its limited envelope settings too.
The LFO is pretty nice, with delay length, rate and depth control. It can modulate both Brass and String sections and can be routed either to the VCF or pitch. There are three outputs on the back: main output, brass output and signal output (for external processing) as well as CV and Gate connections.
Saturday morning with Mirrors
Viral for the Mirrors B-side ‘Broken By Silence’, directed by Harriet Macdonald.
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Vintage Stringmachines “Streichzart”
Vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
used vintage stringmachines:
Logan String Melody II (1979)
Crumar Performer (1979)
Roland VP-330 (1979)
s/h bass: Oberheim OB-Xa (1981)
drums: Roland TR-808
recording: multi-tracking layered without midi
fx: reverb and delay
I used the special functions (human voices, brass filter, lfo, tone colour, chorus…) and you can hear the different sound-character of the stringmachines.
Electro from across the planet
“Electronically Yours Vol 1” is a 2CD compilation of 23 tracks of female fronted electro from across the planet. Encased in deluxe art packaging with 2 posters, designed and illustrated by Barcelona-based art collective Agencia Bridge, it was compiled by EY’s Orac and Undo Records and features the finest selection of new electro.
Included are a number of exclusive songs and versions by well known female fronted acts such as Client, Marsheaux, Parralox, Mikro, Fotonovela, …
So far the compilation was not available via wide distribution, so grab your chance now to order your copy, it’s a must have!
“Summer from Neptune” – Antimatter Brain Seed
2 stereo track composed using primarily the Antimatter Brain seed eurorack module. Sounds coming from the Synthesis Technology E350 Morphing Terrarium filtered with 12dB Doepfer Wasp VCF A124. Processed with Zoom 8HD delay effect.
Hope you find somewhere warmer than this planet for a safe and enjoyable place for a summer vacation!
The Sonic Cloud Patch
An extended example of improvised patching with a medium scale Doepfer system. This example is titled “The Sonic Cloud Patch” Part one of four. Sound and Video by Raul Pena.
Resampling Reason’s Output into Kong for Jamming
Resample the rack with Kong to make your old music or ideas into new beats. Speo shows you how in this tutorial video!
Background video description:
What’s up guys! I’m back after a downtime due to exam stuff, and here’s a quick and simple tutorial on how to resample Reason’s master output into your Kong to create a jamming set up. More in-depth tutorials are on the way.
Cheers, have a good one of whatever you’re having,
-Speo.
Links:
Download theVoiceOfReason Refill: http://goo.gl/2vGXf
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New material from Scott Walker and Sunn O))) on its way
4AD have just tweeted a link to this website, solely hosting the above image and the label’s logo, paving the way for an interesting collaboration between Scott Walker and Sunn O))).
Confirming the project, a source at the label said: “They’re working together and there is a record coming later in the year”, but wouldn’t be pressed on more details. For now, behold.
Sunn O))) )), or with a 0 instead of an O) is an American drone metal band from Seattle, Washington that formed in 1998. They are primarily known for their synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and extreme metal.
A song from the album “Black One”
‘Digital Heart’ by thesecondwall (Original Demo)
This is the original demo for the tune ‘ Digital Heart’, also used on the Novation ‘Ultranova’ ad.
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The Weird Side Samples – free glitch sound effects library
99Sounds has released The Weird Side Samples– a free glitch sound effects library.
The Weird Side Samples is a free collection of glitch samples, weird sound effects and abstract sonic textures produced by Johan Ekelove aka Introspectral.
The author describes this sound collection as “a sonic exploration through hidden worlds afloat on a metaphysical plane”.
Contents:
- 182 audio samples in total
- 19 atmospheric sounds
- 29 sonic movements
- 17 percussive elements
- 69 tech samples
- 31 sonic textures
- 17 vox samples
- 24-bit WAV format
- 44.1 kHz Stereo
- 284 MB size on disk
- 174 MB download size (RAR archive)
The Weird Side Samples are available as a free download at 99sounds.
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