New experimental instrument – Six String Smomid
New instrument built in June 2012. Features 9 sensors that act as string modelers, 2 joysticks, 2 force sensitive resistors, many knobs, many buttons and some really bright blue and red LEDs. Designed and built by Nick Demopoulos, but credit goes to Ranjit Bhatnagar for programming the 2 arduinos that are inside of it, Malcolm Pepin for fabricating the wood body and Josh Dotson for consulting in many design issues. More info at www.nickdemopoulos.com
Time machine: Korg DW-8000 from 1985
Time again for another trip with the time machine, this time back to 1985 tocheck out the KORG DW-8000:
A voyage into the heart of the Korg DW-8000 from the year 1985.
Exploration by Marko Ettlich
DWGS (Digital Waveform Generator System) Synthesizer with 16 digital waveforms
analog filter and amp
arpeggiator
digital delay
It has been used by Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Joe Zawinul, Keith Emerson and many more.
Take Korg’s first digitally controlled analog synth hybrid (DW-6000) two steps higher and you get the more popular DW-8000. Sound is digitally generated from the DWGS (Digital Waveform Generator System) and has been doubled from 8 sampled digital waveforms to 16 simple analog to complex digital waveforms. The DW-8000 has 8 voice polyphony in two modes, or one monophonic mode with all eight voices stacked. The analog VCF resonant filter and VCA both have independent ADBSSR envelopes. Parameters can be altered in real time via a single programmable slider. There are 64 presets that can be reprogrammed by the user.
When the DW-8000 succeeded the DW-6000, it expanded it to 8 notes polyphony, 16 sampled waveforms, a velocity sensitive keyboard with programmable aftertouch, auto-bend, a simple arpeggiator and a digital delay unit. The Digital Delay was an astonishing goody for the time, offering up to 512ms delay, phasing, flanging, chorusing and other time effects. Both the Arpeggiator, Auto-Bend and Digital Delay make this synth an inspiring and great sounding machine to use for great 303 basslines, techno and house bass and synth sounds and more! The EX-8000 (pictured above) is a rackmount version of the DW-8000. Several 3rd-party developers offered expansion boards for the DW-8000 providing up to 1024 presets, layered sounds, keyboard splits and Sample+Hold for the LFO.
Shapesynth and Sphero – NEW Controls test
Testing out some code having sphero control arpeggio, delay and the filter in shape synth.
Shape is a polyphonic synthesiser allowing the user to draw the shape of the oscillator wave form. The positive side of the oscillation is represented by 32 blocks and the negative side is its mirror, generating all sorts of possible raw retroish sounds. Shape is best experienced with akai synthstation 25 or any other midi device.
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+++ 16 voices.
+++ Attack.
+++ Decay.
+++ LFO envelope.
+++ Delay.
+++ Akai synthstation 25 compatible.
+++ On screen 25 key stylophone style keyboard.
+++ Arpeggio.
+++ Finite inpulse respons pong filter.
+++ sequencer.
+++ sampler.
+++ coreMIDI (usb and network).
+++ MAPI audio copy.
+++ Soundcloud upload.
KORG cover of LMFAO’s smash hit
Brett Domino and Steven Peavis cover LMFAO’s smash hit using only a MicroKORG, Mini Kaoss Pad II, and Kaossilator II.
Twitter the Trio: @BrettDomino and @StevenPeavis.
Why Spotify didn’t exist in the ’80s
Why Spotify didn’t exist in the ’80s. Some people asked me for the PC noise version of the Smurf song of Father Abraham… Here it is: http://archive.org/details/Squirrel-monkey.comTerribleSmurfSong
Roland Juno 2 iPad controller with Arduino Ethernet demo
Demo of a custom device build around Arduino in order to control the Roland Alpha Juno 2 via Wifi.
The Arduino connects the Juno2 to the Wifi network of the iPad via an Airport router, an Arduino Ethernet shield and a midi shield.
I used Touch OSC to design the controller.
Touch OSC sends OSC messages (e.g /jun/DCO_Range 2.000) which are translated by the Arduino into Midi SysEx messages.
But the Arduino also translates Midi sysex messages from the Juno 2 into OSC messages (sort of loopback) so that when you change the patch on the Juno2, faders automatically move to the right position !
The code and detailled instructions will soon be published on http://4colors.free.fr
The control design mimics Roland PG300, but better !
Henry Homesweet – Live-Mode
“Live-Mode” is the latest manifestation of experimental hardware only performances from Henry Homesweet.
Paris Hilton turns into a DJ
Not sure whether the world needs yet another DJ, and if so not sure Paris would have been my top choice 😉 – but here goes for what it’s worth
PARIS HILTON WORLD PREMIERE AS A DJ IN BRASIL. Medley of songs played.
At 0:56 is not a pitch problem, the camera has a problem with pitch sometimes. 
(not defending, just being fair with the pitchbend comments)
blog: dontskip.com
twitter: @dont_skip
Facebook: Facebook.com/dontskip
LIVE AT POP MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012 – 23/06/2012
Opção de assistir em alta definição (Option to watch in High Definition)
Enjoy
Making A Beat Using Native Instruments Maschine and Vinyl Records
Here is a video breaking down the creative process of a sampled based beat using Native Instruments Maschine and Vinyl records. We included a few screen shots of the Maschine software as I made changes on the control surface. We start off by grabbing a few records, pulling some drums, Choosing some samples and then we put the whole thing together and sequence it using the Maschine’s software.
Want to hear more? Check out B.A.D Company – Bars and Drums (Produced by Asterix) on Itunes http://itun.es/iLY3LT.
Ellen Allien – Take Me Out
Nice quirky synth sounds from Ellen Alien, enjoy
Artist: Ellen Allien
Title: Take Me Out
Title Album: Galactic Horse
Release Date: 23.03.2012
Label: BPitch Control
Comp: Pfadfinderei
DOP: Lisa Wassmann
Cut: Annikki
Dancer: Elsa Loy
Year: 2012
Length: 03:35
LC: 11753
CAT NR.: BPC248
ISRC: DEAE6-12-10224
EAN VIDEO: 4050486076774
Genre: House, Electronic
Nationality: German
Music produced by: Ellen Allien, co-produced by Skinnerbox
Composer: Ellen Allien
Vocals written and performed by: Ellen Allien
published by BPitch Control Music Publishing
under courtesy of BPitch Control
Taken from the single “GALACTIC HORSE” (BPC248)
www.bpitchcontrol.de
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