Raspberry Pi running Pure Data w/ DR-OM patch
Video from Shawn Greenlee’s first session with the Raspberry Pi running Pure Data.
“I’m running Pd 0.44 (test version) with “-nogui -noadc -alsa” flags + a budget USB audio device, and a Novation ReMOTE ZeroSL as the midi device. Raspberry Pi OS is Raspbian “wheezy.” Note, I’m running from the command line, not from inside the X window system (performance with GUI seems more likely to glitch, at least with my first tests). I did not try headphone jack for audio given initial reports were not good (and presently I’m unable to test HDMI audio).
Pd 0.44 here: pure-data.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb-index.cgi
I used notes from Miller Puckette sent to the Pd-list (check September 8 & 9, 2012) and some info. from log.liminastudio.com/programming/running-puredata-on-the-raspberry-pi to get things going.”
DR-OM Pd patch from protoDROM version (Processing+ libPd) available at github.com/s3g/protodrom
blog.makezine.com/2012/09/24/protodrom-prototyping-with-pure-data-and-processing/
DR-OM code for Fluxama iOS app: github.com/fluxama/Drom
DR-OM ready-to-go for iOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-om/id555409573?mt=8
From the Lab: Airborne Beats
If you’re wondering how the app was built, Airborne Beats was programmed in C++ using g-speak and the creative coding library, Cinder. As for hardware, we pulled together one screen equipped with an IR sensor, a “commodity” computer (with g-speak installed), and speakers. For the most-part, it was designed and developed by a single person. Although Airborne Beats is currently a demo, the users of this application could be composers, DJs, or perhaps even children or educators. And the ability to recognize multiple hands opens up some unique collaborative possibilities (guest DJ, anyone?).
“Spacelab” – with CoolEdit vocoder
More Kraftwerk tunes coming your way, here’s a new cover of Spacelab by ‘organfairy’, details below:
After discovering that there is a vocoder effect in the multitrack part of CoolEdit pro I have thought about how I could use it. And then a couple of months ago someone suggested to me that I should play something by Kraftwerk.
And now I have added these two factors together and played the classic track “Spacelab” that was originally recorded back in 1978 on the album Man Machine.
Apart from the vocoder software and the old Telefunken microphone I use Yamaha HE-8 and Technics SX-C600 organs, Roland SH-2000, Korg Poly 800, and Roland JX-8P synthesizers, and finally the little Wersi M.A.X.1 module for the rhythm.
Most of the sounds are only treated with some reverb or echo. But I had to speed up the sequence in the beginning in post production because that was the only way I could do that particular sound.
And sorry about the goofy face. I am not used to singing on camera but I wanted to show that it is really me that sings – allthough in a modulated fashion 
Another Synth-Werk impersonation of Kraftwerk, or?
“KRAFTWERK new song 2012 Musique Electronique”
Regardless if it is a fake (which I am quite sure it is) it is still a nice electronic synth pop tune and a good reason to invest in Synth-Werk if you have done so already
BeatMaker2 “Electronic Beat”
Sample Collection for BeatMaker 2 by Intua:
32 drum kits with over 400 samples, 64 audio loops, 37 demo pattern
More infos: www.app-sound.com
A whole bunch of new Ableton Live Tutorial videos
FM has released a whole range of tutorials for Ableton Live, covering everything from DJ set ups, MIDI management, rewire etc. This one features the Ableton Live Simpler sampler — an instrument in it’s own right, turning any noise you can think of into something playable.
The other videos can be found here >>
Peavey DSC-4 Dual Clock Stereo Chorus Quick Demo
http://gstromelectronica.blogspot.com/
This is a quick demonstration of the Peavey DSC-4 Dual Clock Stereo Chorus.
“I stumbled across this pink nightmare in a second hand store for cheap. It was hard to pass up being an analog pedal. And holy sh*t it’s made in USA. After my not finding any demos out there I wanted to make a quick demo of my own.”
The DSC-4 is a mono input, stereo output effect pedal. It uses a simple sine wave on MOD 2, and a rectified wave on MOD 1. Each side of the chorus has its own speed and depth controls. This is an analog pedal using an MN3101 clock chip to drive an MN3007 Bucket Brigade chip. The pedal is capable of having one of its outputs fed back into the input for obnoxious noises as I show in Part 3.
Part 1 – Oberheim Matrix-6 Synthesizer, one synth voice enabled.
Part 2 – Fender Strat
Part 3 – Feedback loop using OUT A. Warning: loud obnoxious sounds.
Recorded straight to a Tascam DR-05 from an Alesis Multimix-8 mixer.
No other effects were used. This being a stereo effect demo make sure to listen on some decent studio monitors or headphones.
TANSU Synth DEMO
Released last week, here´s the first demo of the new iOS synth
Description:
The iOS application – which is named “TANSU (dresser)”, is a miniature
version of a Modular Analog Synthesizer. This synthesizer is the same as the
one used and mastered by Hideki Matsutake of LOGIC SYSTEM.
The sounds that were sampled and used for the VCO (Voltage Controlled
Oscillator) come directly from the actual “TANSU” owned by Hideki Matsutake
himself.
In addition, it also contains many original LOGIC SYSTEM recordings. The
application condenses the fun, experience and sound of an actual modular
synthesizer onto the small screen of an iPhone!!
What will the sound be like when using the application? This application is
focused on providing the user with the feeling and excitement of using the
actual synthesizer for which it is based.
Not only for a techno fan, but for any music lover!! Feel what it is like to
create your own music!!
Try this application to experience the “the birth of sound and music.”
Free SH-101 patches for Ableton Live
Producer Francis Preve has put together a new free library of synth patches for Ableton Live, featuring the sound of the Roland SH-101 synthesizer.
Here’s what Preve has to say about these Simpler instruments:
- SH101 Saw – Basic single oscillator SH-101 sawtooth.
- SH101 Square – Basic single oscillator SH-101 square wave.
- SH101 PWM – One of the truly classic SH-101 sounds lies in the character of its pulse width modulation.
- SH101 Saw+Sub – Another signature sound from the 101 comes from its sub-oscillator. Here, I blended it with a sawtooth waveform.
- SH101 ResSweep – The SH-101 shipped around the same time as the legendary TB-303 – and many producers have used the 101 in similar ways. The resonance on this synth is exceptional, so here’s a taste.
- SH101 Resonant – This is another example of the SH-101′s resonance, generating a whistling tone over a square/pulse wave.
- SH101 Noise – Lots of 80s tracks used the SH101′s midrange-heavy noise generator for synth drums, so I included a sample of it here.
- SH101 Bass – Gotta have some bass too, right?
Download the free Roland SH-101 instruments at Preve’s site.
Buchla Promo
Clarity films has uploaded this nice promotional video featuring the Buchla modular synth
A short brief on Clarity below:
Clarity Educational Productions, Inc. (dba Clarity Films) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax exempt organization formed in 1979 to produce and distribute films of historical and social value.
Our mission is to encourage a re-examination of our past to better inform social progress in our future and to stimulate thought provoking discussion around issues of major social concern in today’s society.
Our funding is provided by grants from private foundations and government agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, State Humanities Organizations, The Ford Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, numerous smaller foundations, and most recently, Kickstarter.
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