Audulus for iPad Briefing

An introduction to the user interface of Audulus for iPad.

Built in modules:

Jordan Rudess and Morphwiz on the Lenovo A720 with Windows 8

Jordan wowing us in his piano room at his home in NY. I just set up the PC (Jordan’s first PC) and installed the apps before Jordan sat down to play. The PC is a Lenovo A720 running Windows 8 RTM, with 10 point multi-touch at 1920×1080. The app is MorphWiz by Wizdom Music.

Light Globe Synth

A small synth box with 2 light sensitive Oscillators modulated by 2 pot controllable LFOs.
Circuit using a single 40106 CMOS chip freeformed (no circuit board) inside a re-purposed incandescent light bulb.
Amplification is from a single LM 358 deadbug style under the wooden control panel.
Speaker is a tweeter from a car stereo. Powered from a 9V battery.
Fun to play in the sunshine aswell.
Sound recorded with the camera mic.
Sorry for the out of focus, had trouble with the cam.

3 System- Micromac-D/Touch Keyboard/Tape Delay Synthesizer

Here’s a quick video demo of a MacBeth Micromac-D being played via the prototype of the up and coming 3 Octave Touch Plate Keyboard…..and another thin that I’ve been working on- a ‘dual tape delay synthesizer’! Playing these things together is a lot of fun!….

DM1 The Drum Machine, Version 3.0

DM1 The Drum Machine V3.0 – a new version to this popular app is out, details below:

We are happy to bring you lots of new and shiny features to DM1, that – we know – many of you requested for some time : drum import, FX automation, FX per track, time signatures to name a few. Not to forget 22 new drum kits.

Download DM1 on the App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dm1-the-drum-machine/id431573951?mt=8&uo=4

Download DM1 V3.0.pdf User guide on www.fingerlab.net/DM1

What’s new DM1 V3.0

Drum kits
– Samples import: Import and edit samples from the iTunes music library, the microphone, your Dropbox, AudioPaste or your iTunes sharing folder
– Create custum user kits.
– 22 new Drum Kits

FX
– Select which track (kick, snare, etc) goes through an FX (FX per track).
– Record and playback any FX parameters in real time (FX Automation).
– Assign an FX per pattern.
– Record and playback the Pitch ribbon.

Time signature
– 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, 2/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4.
– Custom time signature per pattern.

Mixer
– New fader track with Master volume control

Export
– Drop Box export
– Export separated tracks
– Export to (uncompressed) wav or (compressed) aac formats

Fixes
– Fixed timing issue in the sequencer
– Fixed export issue
– Battery issue fixed

What’s next ?
– A proper MIDI implementation
– iCloud (iPad/iPhone files stream)

Stay tuned.
The Fingerlab team

The Deathlehem Machine portable edition

http://youtu.be/S-IecUvThXk

Background description for this video by Richarius Molindarius:

This is a very short video to give you a rough idea of what my latest noise machine can do! 😀 This one’s a little different though! Not only is he PORTABLE and will be running on a pair of 9V batteries, but he also has STEREO speakers built into him and will have 2 stereo outputs as well! 😀
This is the prototype of my idea that I originally had for my 4th Deathlehem Machine that I built in the mid 90’s. This guy though blows that one away, as this one is operating on 4 x Voltage Controlled Low Frequency Oscillators! 😀 (2 of them USED to be 1V/oct. VCOs in my modular. The other 2 x VCLFOs were taken from the same place.)
The 2 x former VCOs can play then entire audio range as well as drop down to almost pausing speed VCLFOs with the triangle waveform. They can also modulate the other VCLFOs with squarewaves
The 2 x VCLFOs can operate from almost pausing speed up the midrange of audio with either triangle or squarewaves.

Operationally:
Each of the 4 x VCLFOs have the following controls:
– Coarse tuning
– Fine tuning
– Control Voltage #1 amount
– Control Voltage #2 amount
– Triangle or Squarewave
– a speed LED
– a volume control

Each of the 4 x VCLFO’s can modulate 2 others. The connections are:

VCLFO #1 is hardwired to modulate VCLFO #2 and VCLFO #3
VCLFO #2 is hardwired to modulate VCLFO #3 and VCLFO #4
VCLFO #3 is hardwired to modulate VCLFO #4 and VCLFO #1
VCLFO #4 is hardwired to modulate VCLFO #1 and VCLFO #2

There be some huge amounts of modulation potential in this guy as well as audio screaming that’ll scare not one but BOTH of your grandmas! 😀 Lol.

I’m seriously debating putting this prototype up for sale on e-Bay once he’s completed. I only have a couple of small things to do now to finish it up in a nice carry-around portable package.

Lemme know what you think he would be worth to anyone out there he gets a kick out of making sounds that you wont find everyday in your nearest CD store! 😀

Thanks for any input!

Bye buy boys and girl! 😉
Unkle Ryk

Speech by Mute’s Daniel Miller after being honored with Pioneer Award at AIM Awards 2012

Yesterday evening Mute label boss Daniel Miller was honored with the Pioneer Award at the AIM Awards 2012. AIM (short for Association of Independent Music) is a trade body established in 1999 to provide a collective voice for the UK’s independent music industry, each year they offer 15 awards.

With the Pioneer Award the AIM wants to recognize the visionary independent label founder. This year’s ceremony was be held at The Brewery in the heart of East London. The awards was hosted by BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens and 6Music’s Steve Lamacq.

Nebulophone Synthesizer – the tiny synth trend continues

Nebulophone synthesizer built from parts kit.

There appears to be a trend to do micro synths right now – the Nebulopone is one example, another one is the one we showcased earlier this week, watch below:

Steelberry Clones had the opportunity to try out one of only 50 copies of the unique micro synth Travel Weevil at a Bug Brand hosted modular synth meet up in Sweden, on October 29th

Off Topic: A NEW STAR WARS IS COMING IN 2015

OK, we know this is slightly off topic, but on the other hand hown many genuine synthesizer music fans out there are not also big fans of science fiction and space – so this had to be posted 😀

Disney just bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Announcing the news, Disney also said it will release a new Star Wars movie in 2015. The movie is currently titled Star Wars: Episode 7. That means it will take place after Return Of The Jedi.

From a press release: “Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future.” Traditionalists are going to scream in horror at this news, but there is a silver lining. The new films will not be produced by George Lucas – who lost his touch a long time ago. Disney executive Kathleen Kennedy will be executive producer of all new Star Wars films. Lucas will serve as a mere “creative consultant.”

“With the acquisition, Disney will acquire Lucasfilm’s live action production business, along with its Industrial Light & Magic effects business, its Skywalker Sound audio operation and its consumer products unit, among other things.”

Pro Tools 10 Tutorial – Using Björk’s Biophilia as a Midi Controller

This tutorial demonstrates how to use Bjork’s ‘Biophilia’ App as a creative music production tool in Pro Tools. Utilising the WI-FI options on the iphone/ipad and a computer, users can lean how to create a connection between both devices, and compose or produce sound in Pro Tools using the Biophilia app. In the Composition and Music Production department at AIM, students can utilise this process to produce and create their own sound and music.

Biophilia is the musical project and overall eighth full-length studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. The album was released on 10 October 2011, over four years after her previous studio album, Volta (2007). The album is “partly recorded” on an iPad and, as well as a standard CD release, was released in the form of a series of apps. Biophilia is the world’s “first app album” in collaboration with Apple. Björk has described the project as a multimedia collection “encompassing music, apps, Internet, installations, and live shows”. Material from the album debuted during a concert series which was held in the summer of 2011 at the Manchester International Festival.

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