Microbrute in action – beautiful leads
Just testing out my new Microbrute. Reverb and Delay for the microbrute are from the machinedrum… and… as they need to be triggered… they sound a little glitchy…
BTW Microbrute is great fun! Hope you enjoy it!
Derezzed in China
Michelle Kwan performs Daft Punk’s Derezzed, from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, on Guzheng.
Wikipedia writes:
The guzheng or gu zheng (Chinese: 古箏; pinyin: gǔzhēng, pronounced [kǔt͡ʂə́ŋ]), also simply called zheng (箏, gu 古 means “ancient”), is a Chinese plucked zither. It has 18 or more strings and movable bridges, and the modern guzheng usually has 21 strings and bridges. The picks (called “DaiMao”) used by performers to play guzheng are often made out of the shells of Hawksbill.
The guzheng is the ancestor of several Asian zither instruments, such as the Japanese koto,[1][2][3] the Mongolian yatga,[3] the Korean gayageum,[2][3] and the Vietnamese đàn tranh.[2][3] The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin (another ancient Chinese zither with lesser bridges).
Soundcells refill
Soundcell offers a new years gift for Reason users.
SnowFill Contents:
• 12 combinator patches.
• 24 device patches (Thor, Malström, Subtractor & NNXT) containing the basic patches which were used to build the combinators.
• 190 MB samples, 44 khz / 24bit.
René Splinter vlog – making of Almery
The album ‘Almery’ by René Splinters was made in 1989. The main title, as well as some other titles on the album, were inspired by science fiction novels by Jack Vance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance) that Mark used to read in that period of time.
René talks about making the album in his home studio.
Ultravox Monument
Great footage of Ultravox from Quartet tour
8 bit remix by lukhash – theme from Supremacy/Overlord
SH 101 in your rack
“The Atlantis is heavily inspired by the architecture and sound of the classic Roland SH-101. It has always been one of our favorite synths and we really liked how the seemingly limited architecture allowed for all sorts of creative and musically useful sounds to be easily generated.
Just like the 101 it is quick to dial in beautifully rich bass and lead sounds. However this module uses triangle core VCOs (based on the Dixie core) instead of Saw core which respond much more musically to FM. The modulation oscillator can be used as an LFO or VCO (audio rate) and both track very precisely over 8 or more octaves.
In the mixer section you can adjust the balance of the primary oscillators waveforms including a sinewave which is normalled to the EXT IN jack. You could also patch in one of the modulation oscillators waveforms into this channel and be able to operate the Atlantis as a proper two oscillator synth. There is a switch labelled “LINK” which enables the modulation vco pitch to be based as an offset of the primary VCO. This is useful when using it as a stacked dual vco or when you have the mod VCO acting as the linear FM source for the primary vco and wish to maintain the ratio.
The filter section is a Roland style cascaded 4 pole multimode filter with LP, BP and HP modes. The LP Boost switch engages a special mode useful for the LP that produces a much fatter and prominent sound that is not drowned out by resonance (unlike the original SH-101). The filter self-oscillates to produce a very clean sine wave which also tracks 1V/Oct. Between the Mod VCO, Primary VCO, Sub Oscillator and resonating filter it is possible to layer up to four different pitches at one time.
The envelope section is an ADSR with a dual range switch. It also can be set to a looping mode which can be gated on/off externally.
The output VCA feeds into a two level output clipping circuit that you can use to get a much ballsier/dirtier sound.
Main features:
Modulation VCO: triangle core with Hard Sync and Link switch to connect pitch to primary
Primary VCO: triangle core with Hard Sync, Octave switches, Linear/Exp FM and PWM
Global modulation bus with four VCO waveforms, noise and S&H options
4-Pole COTA multimode filter
Looping ADSR with range switch, manual gate, and external level (velocity) control.
Three position output clipping circuit
27 jacks for creative and complex patching options
Header on back of pcb that allows it to be linked (normalled) to the Intellijel Metropolis sequencer
Skiff Friendly
Starts shipping January 1st.
Summary of enhancements over the SH-101 core:
Triangle core vcos (with far better tracking and Hard sync) instead of saw core
Primary vco has linear FM (not just exp)
MOD Vco can be linked to the primary VCO pitch CV.
Modulation oscillator switchable from LFO to VCO
Filter is multimode, 2/4pole switchable and has a special LP boost mode
Filter allows for selection of inverted ADSR mod source
Filter tracks 1V/oct
Mixer section includes and external source which is normalled to a sinewave
Filter has built in soft clipping
Envelope has looping option, re-trigger and selectable time range
Output VCA has two stage clipping circuit
External clock input for the S&H
Patch points for every synthesis section
Available to purchase on January 1st 2014…”
Christmas Light
A wee daft video featuring Andy Hagerty’s cover of Kraftwerk’s ‘Neon Lights’, to say Merry Christmas! Hear the full version of this track on the album ‘My Electronic Heart’, available on iTunes. More details at:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-…
www.andyhagerty.com
GForce Christmas greetings
Modulo: documentary on electronic music pioneer and modular afficionados
Travis Boisvenue made a short film/documentary on Canadien electronic music pioneer and physicist Hugh Le Caine. As it turns out three modular afficionados live in the same area and close to the museum storage of the equipment made by Le Cain.
DATAMASKIN
