Circuit – the new inspirational grid-based groove box from Novation
Novation has introduced the Circuit, an inspirational grid-based groove box.
Circuit is designed to inspire. Two Novation polysynths and a four-part drum machine, combined with an intuitive grid-based sequencer in a standalone box that will have you making electronic music in minutes.
Hit some pads, tweak the knobs and your track will start to emerge, all locked in time and key. Play around with effects, patterns and sounds in real time, to produce your track, brimming with fat grooves and beats.
Circuit features
- Step sequencer.
- Two Nova Engine synths.
- Four part drum machine.
- Sync your other synths and drum machines. Or another Circuit. If that’s what you’re into.
- USB connectivity – easily sync and sequence within your favourite DAW.
Circuit will be available for purchase on October 15th, 2015, priced at £249 GBP / $329 USD (street).
Ideas in seconds:
Circuit inspires, straight out the box. It combines a 2-part synthesiser and a 4-part drum machine with a 4×8 RGB velocity-sensitive grid sequencer, which will have you finding new musical directions and creating electronic grooves in no time.
Stand alone:
The compact and battery powered with a powerful built-in speaker means Circuit can be used to make music entirely on its own. In the studio it will work alongside standalone synth gear and run in sync with music software too.
Cutting edge sound:
Circuit is designed to deliver cutting-edge sound with production-ready mono and poly patches, and tons of character, for easily creating deep bass lines, epic leads and warm pads.
Build ideas quickly:
Circuit’s split grid shows steps and notes at the same time, so a user can sequence and play while seeing exactly what’s going on. Parts can be built either by programming each step or capturing a performance in real-time.
Combine simplicity and experimentation:
A musician can use simple streamlined modes to keep harmonies, rhythms and melodies locked in time and key while they make riffs, hooks and chords.
Velocity sensitive RGB pads let a user build expressive drum beats, by step sequencing or playing the wide range of drum sounds. The sound can be defined with total control over pitch, decay, distortion and EQ.
Create subtle builds and breaks by tweaking synth and drum sounds using eight endless macro knobs. Each one allows a user to make multiple changes to the sound, with RGB LED feedback.
Whole tunes can be built with effects: A user can create an tune by combining up to 128 steps of synth and drum patterns, then add space, depth and energy to the music with built-in effects. Sidechain your synths to the kick drum to get them to pump. Tunes can be saved to one of 32 slots.
Röyksopp – Monument Synth Cover
Background video information:
My hardware synth adaptation from Röyksopps Awesome track, Monument (T.I.E Version).
I’ve made one version earlier that you can hear on my soundcloud :
https://soundcloud.com/tiergrinder/ro…
But this time I wanted to do new video version using just hardware synths and use computer only for recording.
Synths used:
Bassline : Roland SH-101
Chords : Roland SH-01 Gaia (Sequenced by Boss DR-202)
PWM backing synth : SH-101
Pads : Jupiter Clone
Choir vocals in break : Roland SH-01 Gaia
Bright DX-style synths : Yamaha TX81z
Solo Synth at the end : Jupiter Clone
Drums : Roland TR-707 and Roland TR-606 (Hihats)
Reverb and delays : Lexicon MPX100
Sending CV into Patchblocks
In this video it is shown how to send CV from Eurorack modules into Patchblocks. This can be used to sequence Patchblocks from analogue sequencers. Patchblocks are hardware audio modules, created by Sebastian Heinz, that you can program with your Mac or Windows computer.
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Theremin:
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New stuff from Mute: Arca – Soichiro
Track from the forthcoming album “Mutant”
OP-X PRO-II – new virtual Oberheim OB-X synthesizer instrument
SonicProjects has launched Mac and x64 version of OP-X PRO-II, a virtual Oberheim OB-X synthesizer instrument.
We are very proud to announce that after two years of development work we now finally can offer our flagship synth OP-X PRO-II with full native Mac and 64bit support to you! It offers future proof support for the newest VST3 interface and too for the established VST2 and AU interfaces and full native 64bit compatibility on both platforms.
The new x64 and Mac versions offer all of the synth’s unique features and furthermore include the complete so far available sound library offering more than 2’500 awesome sounds!
The OP-X PRO-II is on sale for 85 EUR until October 4th, 2015.
Roland Aira & Elektron Machines Live by Jens Aderholz
Live with
Elektron Octatrack
Elektron Analog Four
Elektron Analog RYTM
Roland Tr8
Roland Tb3
Roland MX1
Korg Electribe2
Virus TI Polar
When Minimoog Voyager was discontinued, images of the new Mother-32 appears
Looks like the Mother-32 will be a single oscillator desktop, eurorack type, patchable, monophonic synth, with a built-in sequencer
Disto – emulation of two compression and saturation hardware units in one
SKnote has announced the release of Disto, an emulation of two compression and saturation hardware units in one.
Disto includes three units in a rack (two compressors and a stereo unit for warmth, saturation and transformers) and a Mid/Side encoding/decoding matrix.
Disto can be used as mono, linked stereo (to keep a perfect stereo alignment from the source), dual stereo (unit working separately on left and right channels) and Mid/Side. In Mid/Side mode one unit processes the Mid component of the signal and the other one processes the Side component, with independent control, for a deeper stereo processing.
Distro features
- Several compression modes.
- Knee compression.
- Several saturation modes.
- Warmth control. A special dynamic filter attenuates brightness for a “tape” style warming effect.
- Hottitude control. Set headroom and saturation independently from dynamic control.
- Output transformer option. A special saturation on low frequency range.
- Mid/Side matrix, with independent controls for Mid and Side.
- Original/Out of Order modes.
Disto for Windows and Mac (VST/AU, AAX in development) is available for the introductory price of $29.99 USD (regular $39.99 USD).
Sputnik Selector Wave Multiplexer
This video examines one way to use the Sputnik Modular Selector or any sequential switch to toggle between different audio rate wave shapes to create more complex shapes.
We’re giving away one free Sputnik Modular Selector module! Check this link for more details!
https://www.voltagecontrollab.com/201…
Laplace Resonator Synthesizer (v1.2.0)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id920832…
http://ios.icegear.net/laplace/
Laplace is a physical-modeling synthesizer based on resonator synthesis that makes it easy to create bowed string, plucked string, blown pipe and metallic sounds.
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