8-bits season greating
Renoise 3.0 is coming
Our favorit tracker/DAW gets a major upgrade adding new features and many improvements.
* Supercharged instruments with per-sample modulation effects and more
* New real-time performance options
* Instrument phrases
* New DSP effects and pattern commands
* Reworked GUI
Holiday Greetings from SBC
A friend of ours posted this nice modular Xmas tree on FB the other day, and what a great way to also wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. SBC and Stereoklang will continue to write during the Holiday Season as always, but with reduced speed 😀
Some new electronic music to kick start your time off can be found below:
Christmas with Kraftwerk Episode 1 – 3
Florian gives Ralf a present
From “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, aired on Dec. 10th, 2013
Featuring Josh Robert Thompson
Florian and Ralf exchange gifts
Syncing Volca Beats and Kilpatrick Modular and Buchla
Quick demonstration of a few ways to sync the Volca Beats to my modular:
1. Using arpeggio notes of the Korg Microstation to trigger the Volca Beats (trigger in) via a midi to cv convertor (Kilpatrick in this case)
2. Midi clock in the Volca Beats (midi through on the Kilpatrick)
3. Using trigger out of the sequencer (clock out works also)
EML Polybox Quick Test w/ Analogue Solutions Telemark
Here’s a quick test of the EML Polybox:
The GATE IN is accepting signal from the Analogue Solutions Oberkorn for purposes of rhythm.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/eml/polyb…
In only a few minutes it has already become obvious that this little box is capable of much more than standard basic polyphony…
Electrify NXT – nice virtual groovebox for iPad
Ingolf Koch has released Electrify NXT, a virtual groovebox for iPad.
Features:
- Rewritten and enhanced audio engine.
- New session mode lets you perform with loops and clips by creating arrangements on the fly.
- New polyphonic FM-style Synthesizer: Electrify NXT comes with a fully fledged frequency modulating synthesizer with 11 Algorithms and wave-morphing oscillators.
- The new drumkit combines 8 samplers into one ‘grooving loop factory’.
- Looper and slicer lets you deconstruct audio loops or rearrange your own clips beyond recognition.
- Comes with more than 1600 audio loops and one shot samples
- A huge load of effects
- Powerful parameter modulation: nearly every parameter of instruments and effects can be modulated by LFOs, Envelopes or by realtime parameter sequencing.
- Flexi-Groove templates
- Audiobus, AudioCopy and Midi are integrated.
Electrify is back! Electrify NXT turns your iPad into a virtual Groovebox with drum loops, synths and effects. All in realtime! Create musical clips or load samples and loops from the 1600+ samples library and arrange them on the fly in the clip matrix. Create dramatic break downs and build ups with the performance effects.
KR Mini portable rhythm machine is now available
Korg have announced that the KR Mini portable rhythm machine is now on its way to a retail store near you. The KR mini – an easy, simple and compact rhythm machine with a built-in speaker and optional battery power for play-anywhere convenience. It’s a great companion for practicing and performing with guitar, bass, keyboards, winds, or any type of instrument
Designed for guitarists, bassists, pianists or any musician looking for easy rhythm accompaniment, the KR mini features nostalgic looks and a simple design focused on easy, push-button control. The KR mini is also lightweight, can run on batteries and has a built-in speaker, allowing it to provide a backing rhythm pattern anywhere at any time. With a total of 60 diverse rhythm patterns across the genres, the compact KR Mini is ready to accompany any performance.
Key Features
- Easy-to-use design; just select a rhythm pattern and press the play button
- Chain function lets you arrange your favorite rhythm patterns and fill-ins to create complete songs
- Optional foot switches gives you hands-free control over fill-in/start/stop
- Tap the 16 pads for finger drumming or recording your own rhythms
- Built-in speaker with 2W output for jamming anywhere without the need for an additional monitor
- Headphone/speaker jack for quiet practice or connection to a mixer or monitoring system
- Two-way power; use the optional AC adaptor or batteries (AA alkaline batteries x 3)
Arturia Microbrute and Electro-Harmonix 8 Step Sequencer
Controlling the CV inputs of the Arturia Microbrute using the Electro-Harmonix 8 Step sequencer. Free running and synced to Midi Clock from Logic Pro X
Time machine: Roland Jupiter-4 performing “City By Night”
Vintage synthesizer demo track
all synthesizer sounds: Roland Jupiter-4 Analog Synthesizer (1978)
drums: LinnDrum
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: reverb and delay
More on this machine:
The first Jupiter synth. It was among one of the first poly synthesizers (4 individual voices which could be synced together for one fat monophonic lead), it had a pitch wheel that could be assigned to the VCA, VCF, VCO or all together, there are 8 memory locations and a cool arpeggiator – the arpeggiator can be heard in the Duran Duran classic, “Rio”. It also has a very slow LFO for those ever-so-long filter sweeps. Pretty good for 1978!
Not so cool however, are the 10 preset sounds which sound nothing like the piano, brass or strings they claim to be. The placement of all the preset buttons below the keyboard can be inconvenient, especially while playing it. And as with most old analog synths, the Jupiter-4’s tuning can go out often. Still it is a nice analog synth for creating weird trippy analog sounds.
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