Thor and CME Xkey
Sonic explores Propellerhead’s Thor alongside the CME Xkey, video description below:
I know its been a while, but we managed to get Gaz and Nick in the same room for long enough to shoot this episode in which we take a look at the CME Xkey which has affordable polyphonic aftertouch,plus we look at Propellerheads Thor Polysonic synthesizer
Experimental: Diego Stocco: Sound Magician Part I “Reveal”
Presenting the reveal of Diego Stocco: Sound Magician Part I. He’s a Foley Artist, Sound Designer and all around guru of sound. Presented by DTS.
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Teaser: TouchAble 2 – COMING SOON – Control Ableton Live with your iPad
Here’s a sneak peek at the new TouchAble 2, details below:
touchAble – THE Ableton live controller app for iPad – available worldwide exclusively through the iTunes App Store: http://www.itunes.com/app/touchable
touchAble 2 will be a free update for all touchAble users
touchAble 2 introduces:
– Complete rebuild of the app
– New and faster Engine
– New Graphic interface
– New server
– New Template editor module : build your own controllers pages
– New Midi editor/ step sequencer
– New Isomorphic keyboard
– New Step Sequencer with Chord & Drum modes
– New Browser lets access to your library
– Complete rebuild of XY pad module
– Hundreds of new features, change and improvements
Full compatibility with Live 8 and Live 9, Intro, Standard & Suite.
touchAble provides a powerful, intuitive and reliable multitouch control solution for professional use.
touchAble includes templates for lives plugins and is fully compatible with vsts, audiounits and instruments.
touchAble is supported by many professional musicians, performers, djs and composers around the world, who use touchAble on stage or in studio.
Track by Le K http://www.le-k.org
Live Jam with Waldorf Rocket, lots of gear and a vocoder
Background video info below:
I got a brand new Rocket today, so… here goes!
Bass: Waldorf Rocket
Drums: Vermona DRM1, Acidlab Miami, MPC
Strings: Korg Wavestation SR
Pluck: Casio CZ3000
FX: Roland Alpha Juno 2
Vocoder: MAM VF-11
Vocoder Synth: DSI Tetra
Sequencer: Cirklon
I’m switching the Rocket between chord and mono modes over MIDI. To play chords, set the oscillator wave to sawtooth (CC #31 = 0), and the osc tune&shape knobs to max (CC #70 & #79 = 127). I’m also setting the mod wheel for some chord vibrato.
NIN “Came Back Haunted” – DSI Tempest Cover
Nine Inch Nails “Came Back Haunted” covered live on the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest Drum Machine. Stereo Line out of the Tempest, single take, no post processing.
Kraftwerk – Kakteen, Wüste, Sonne 1971
Not really as we are used to see them 
Kraftwerk – Kakteen, Wüste, Sonne 1971
(Instrumental)
(Cactus, desert, sun)
Attack Decay Portamento W/ Gate control
Charlie Slick explores the Sagittronics, details below:
this is a little fun demo of a portamento module I’ve been working on. It’ has separate controls for attack/decay (rise/fall) as well as a slope adjust between Linear and exponential portamento. it’s a modification of a Harry bissell design. I added a gate controlled switch for engaging the portamento.
Case Study # 1 Aphex Twin – Heliosphan
Here is an attempt to recreate Heliosphan by Aphex Twin.
All of the sequencing was done one the Yamaha RS-7000 and all sounds came from the Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard in multimode. The purpose of this recreation was to better understand complete compositions, mixing, and layering synthesizer sounds. It was also done for the sake of pushing programming skills and pushing the limits of the Micro Q.
Most often synthesizers are used to about 10 percent of their potential because they are not programmed correctly or used multitibrally.
Voyager RME +TR 606+MF 101+VX 351+VX 352 Weird Sequence
Weird random sequence generated by a Minimoog Voyager RME driven by a Roland TR606 via Moogerfooger MF101 envelope follower CV out to VX 352 CV expander.
Since there is almost no video in youtube that shows the practical uses of the Moog CV expanders ( VX 352 & VX 351) I decided to put online this lo quality video just to show a (funny) experiment on the day one I connected these machines…sorry for the poor audio quality, recorded from my iphone mic, but this clip was intended only for documentation purposes…enjoy!
FireBird 2 – the software synthesizer for Windows is now free
Tone2 Audiosoftware has released its FireBird 2 software synthesizer instrument for Windows as a free download.
Here’s what they have to say about the free soft synth:
After seven years of faithful service, the time has come to set the bird free. Firebird itself has become vintage and even though it’s no longer profitable to remain a commercial product, we feel that more people should deserve an opportunity to enjoy this sometimes heavily underestimated synthesizer.
Which is why we decided to release one last update and turn the product into freeware (previously $79). We want to say a big THANK YOU to all customers who supported the development of Firebird and other Tone2 products, by purchasing our software.
FireBird 2 for Windows is a free download here >>
Features
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Very easy to program and easy to use
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A unique sounding synthesis: Harmonic content morphing (HCM)
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High sound quality: Warm, transparent
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437 hand picked presets included, over 1000 sounds available
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84 oscillator types containing 18,000 morphable waveforms
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38 different filter types
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True stereo mode, 4x unison mode, and up to 8 oscillators per voice
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Can sound like other synthesis methods – additive, subtractive, AM, FM, phase distortion, supersaw, vocoder, sync
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Can sound like natural instruments like piano, brass, organs…
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23 spectral manipulations or “modifiers” can be applied to the oscillators
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21 arpeggiator types
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13 effect types
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Skinable user interface
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