Getting Started with The Beatdown
Getting started with The Beatdown guides you through the basic operations of the this new virtual DRUM MACHINE for Ableton Live.
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The Beatdown includes 10 meticulously sampled kits, all included in one Ableton Live drum rack. It’s unique design allows you to mix and match sounds from each kit on the fly. The Beatdown is designed to be instantly playable as soon as you load it onto a track. It’s thunderous kick drums and beefy snares will give you maximum impact on the dance floor.
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The Beatdown is designed to be playable right out of the box, but if you want to get deeper into sound design then that’s when it’s power is unleashed. At the twist of a knob, you can manipulate each sound’s most useful parameters like pitch, decay and FX. The tweakability of The Beatdown is unrivaled, allowing you to sculpt entirely new drum sounds.
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The Beatdown includes a free Max for Live Step Sequencer for Launchpad and APC40. This custom device frees you from the mouse and gives you hands-on control like never before. Program beats and note velocities with ease while saving and recalling patterns in realtime. It also features realtime looping, FX and groove manipulation for killer live performances.
Get The Beatdown NOW at http://sonicfaction.com/Beatdown.html
Rickard from Dupont having fun with the synthesizers.com
Rickard Svensson from Dupont having fun with the .COM.
The duo Dupont has since their debut in 1998 moved from classic EBM to darker electronica. As one of the initiators of the second old school EBM wave they have toured Europe several times and also supported Covenant in the early years of the millennium. Dupont has become known as a dynamic live act now with a broader audience than ever.
The latest album “Entering the ice age” has received excellent reviews and reached top positions at the alternative charts as for example no. 1 on GEWC in Germany.
“I’m afraid the audio-input on the camera got overloaded a few times during but I think it sounds ok.”
Vacuum – I Loved You
Vacuum – I Loved You – The death of illusion, the birth of a ghost
The Swedish band Vacuum returns with a brand new single on SubSpace Communications after a couple of years of total silence. The single “I Loved You” will be backed with another new song “Black Angels”. The video that accompanies the single is directed by Katarina Di Leva. The official release for the single is set for September 1st.
Included in HEARTBOX. Order here: http://www.subspace.se/heartbox/
Direction and photography by Katarina Di Leva
Written by Lindblom/Wollbeck/Mackichan
Produced by Wollbeck/Lindblom
Web: facebook.com/vacuumofficial
©2012 Illuminati Arts
Analogue Solutions – Leipzig-S Analogue Synthesizer Improvised Demo
http://youtu.be/2G3vL6JCdGE
Allen Weldon takes us through the Leipzig-S analog synth:
This is the Analogue Solutions Leipzig-S Analogue Synthesizer and intergraded analogue sequencer. This is a synthesizer with pure voice and modulation circuitry featuring two voltage controlled oscillators w/4 types of selectable sync plus glide and PWM, a sub oscillator, 4 VCA Options EG 1&2,Gate and Thru, a noise source/ext in, LFO, a self resonating 24db voltage controlled low pass filter w/tracking, several cross modulation options for VCO 1 & 2 and Filter, 2 snappy ADSR’s w/selectable MIDI Trig Switches (very good for percussion) The intergraded 8 step analogue sequencer is what puts it into a league of its own. There are 8 clocking options including LFO, VCO2, MIDI Key, Accent, Ext 1, MIDI CV-2, MIDI Sync,-. There are also destination knobs on the sequencer for VCO1 VCO2 and Filter that provide voltage controlled modulation according to the destination source and amount from the modulation section. This is a badass synthesizer that is in a category of its own.
In this patch I’m using the intergraded sequencer clocked by VCO2. The sequencer is being triggered by EG 1+2 (I’m also using the MIDI Trigger switches from Envelope 1 & 2) VCO2 is synced to VCO1. The VCA mode is set to Thru. Towards the end I started clocking the sequencer using the switch provided in the mixer section. It clocks the sequencer at audio frequencies, then the sequencer becomes an audio freqeuncy.
Vintage Radio Synth
Background details (Googlish): Using an old broken radio to accommodate a mini analogue synthesizer and processor that uses an envelope filter, plus a basic VCO, delay effect, LFO (Pitch modulation and filtering) and audio input.
However I reused circuit area, especially are most reels, now occasionally leak radio signals that can be processed.
This box is a Mono Synth, Audio Processor and Radio signal generator!
Checking out THE DARK ZEBRA synth presets
A walk through some of THE DARK ZEBRA synth presets – a Zebra2 soundbank created by Hans Zimmer and Howard Scarr. A few of the clips reveal extra “ZebraHZ” features that are not present in the regular Zebra2.
Available from July 23rd, 2012 at www.u-he.com
(running the HZ version of this plugin requires a license for Zebra2)
Sonic Coils – FL Studio Track Mix
Music FL Studio track from Sonic Coils. An early mix of a new track using FL Studio as DAW. Instruments used in putting track together: Native Instruments Kore 2, Maschine, Korg M1 and Wavestation.
Hilary Hahn and Hauschka – “Draw a Map”
Music by Hilary Hahn and Hauschka hahnandhauschka.com
video by: Eric Epstein
featuring: Jordan Bruner (also a director/animator jordanbruner.net)
with: Nadia Husain, Kevin Lawler, Edward Tasick, Ayli Velorok, Desmond Williams, Nancy Diana Wong
associate producer: Desmond Williams
‘the box’ made by: Andi Burnett andiburnett.com
co-editor: Robert Lopuski forgottensundays.com
© Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
AutoRap – Even Superheroes Can Rap!
AutoRap – search for it in the App Store and Google Play Store!
Download AutoRap for FREE for iPhone and iPad: http://bit.ly/AutoRapSuperheroes
Download AutoRap for FREE for Android devices: http://bit.ly/AutoRapSuperheroesAndroid
YO. This is AutoRap. It turns speech into rap and corrects bad rapping.
With Smule’s patent-pending “rappification” technology, AutoRap maps the syllables of your speech to any beat, creating a unique rap every time.
Talk into the app, and AutoRap magically morphs your speech into a legit rap. Create your own original rap songs with Freestyle Beats, or use Premium Songs from artists like Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj, to AutoRap with the songs you know and love.
Tutorial: How to Chop Vocal Melodies in Ableton Live
Time for another Ableton tutorial on this sunny Sunday morning, check it out – details can be found below:
http://ohdratdigital.com This week we’re looking at how you can get started chopping vocal melody lines in Ableton Live to get sounds great for that UK Garage, Future Garage, Dubstep sound. Think Todd Edwards, Sunship, et al. Let us know what you think!
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