SYNTH STATION – Hip Hop / Electro / Dubstep Mash-up
Second demo of the Akai Synth Station focusing on Hip Hop / Electro / Dubstep Mash-up
“More MPC features for your iPhone or iPad! I will walk you through making a beat that combines features of Hip Hop, Electro and DubStep.”
SynthStation transforms iPad, iPhone or iPod touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. SynthStation gives you three powerful synthesizers for creating and modifying sonic textures used for melodies, chords, and bass lines. Built around Akai Professional’s history in synthesis and drawing on the newest MINIAK synth, SynthStation sounds great and offers wide-ranging sonic flexibility with its virtual analog synthesis.
From the moment you start SynthStation, you’ll know your way around. It is jam-packed with tools to help you create music with the convenience of your touch screen and each section works the way you work. With SynthStation, you can create and save sequences and complete songs. The app contains three different three-oscillator synths and a range of drum kits you can sequence and mix right in the SynthStation. For creating melodic and accompaniment parts, the SynthStation contains an arpeggiator with preset patterns, built-in effects and filters, and an XY touch control interface for expressive control of key parameters.
- Three virtual-analog synthesizers, each with three oscillators
- Over 50 drum kits
- Create melodic and accompaniment parts using the sequencer and arpeggiator
- Effects engine with Chorus, Delay, Flanger and Delay
- Assignable XY MOD with touch XY pad control to set motion
- Compatible with SynthStation25 hardware
- Unlimited creativity with effects and real-time controls
AKAI APC Effect Sequencer by Mark Egloff
http://youtu.be/4pRcj3XfFkw
Max4Live effect sequencer patch by Mark Egloff. This patch turns your AKAI Professional APC20 or APC40 into a versatile effect step sequencer.
Download this Max4Live patch at http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device.php?id=879
AKAI MINIAK Demo
This is just a demo of AKAI MINIAK Synth. All sounds came from Miniak except drums. The track was sequenced in Cubase 5. For drum samples i used Groove Agent that comes with Cubase 5. Final mix was processed with UAD SSL 4K Channel Strip. L3 Ultra Maximizer. This is just a demo to show the sounds of the Miniak.
MoonSatellite – Emergence Part I
Piece composed by MoonSatellite
Instruments : Alesis Andromeda A6 / Moog Minimoog Voyager / Taurus III / Roland SH 201 / MC 808 / Korg R3 / Akai MPC5000
EHX Flanger Hoax / Polychorus / Deluxe Electric Mistress / Deluxe Memory Boy / Stereo Cathedral Reverb / Stereo Electric Mistress / Memory Man With Azarai
Boss RE-20 Space Echo
Featured hardware:
The Alesis Andromeda A6 is a 16-voice, 16-channel multitimbral analog synthesizer by Alesis which was released in 2000 and discontinued in 2010. The Andromeda A6 is a true analog synthesizer using two analog oscillators per voice, sub-oscillators, hard and soft sync and more! It features 16-voice polyphony. With the Andromeda, you’ll find a huge range of tonal possibilities: searing leads, warm pads, fat bass lines, extreme sound effects and more. And of course there are plenty of knobs (72) and buttons (144), even an assignable ribbon controller for addictive hands-on real-time control! The large high-resolution LCD display is excellent and shows you actual rather than relative values of parameters. Andromeda will integrate seamlessly into any studio with its total MIDI control and sync, individual voice outputs, stereo outputs and several audio inputs.
Andromeda is completely analog – no emulation! It features two analog filters per voice that sound great! They are a multimode 2-pole and a 4-pole lowpass. External audio can be routed through these filters too (three 1/4″ jacks)! As for modulation, Andromeda has three LFOs, each with six waveforms and they can be synced to MIDI clock. And there are three 7-stage envelopes with very creative and flexible functions. Also onboard is an extensive mod matrix for enormous freedom in configuring Andromeda’s sounds!
No analog synth would be complete without a set of classic effects and features. Andromeda also offers Portamento with nine slopes and legato functions. A built-in arpeggiator and analog-style sequencer are available, with MIDI sync! There are also some high quality digital effects such as reverbs, chorus, echo, distortion and more! Andromeda comes with 256 breathtaking preset patches plus 128 user. A PCMCIA-format memory card slot allows for additional programs and mixes.
Akai Synthstation 25 Demo
Nevada music has made this short demo of the Akai Synthstation:
The Akai SynthStation 25 transforms iPhone or iPod touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. The AKAI SynthStation 25 MIDI keyboard controller gives your handheld device a two-octave set of piano keys and professional audio outputs, and it works with the Akai Professional SynthStation Studio app. The SynthStation 25 is powerful enough for professional musicians, yet virtually anyone can use is to easily create music.
This 25-key synth keyboard features a built-in dock for iPhone or iPod touch. The SynthStation 25 gives you two octaves of velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys, pitch and modulation wheels, and octave up and down and sound-bank buttons. The SynthStation 25 has a stereo pair of RCA line outputs and a headphone output for connection to recording and sound reinforcement systems. You can use the SynthStation 25 with Akai’s SynthStation Studio app as well as virtually any MIDI music software on your computer or with MIDI hardware devices such as sound modules, samplers, and MPCs using its USB/MIDI output.
Available exclusively through the Apple App Store, SynthStation Studio gives you three powerful synthesizers for creating and modifying sonic textures used for melodies, chords, and bass lines. Built around Akai Professional?s history in synthesis and drawing on the newest MINIAK synth, the SynthStation Studio app sounds great and offers wide-ranging sonic flexibility with its virtual analog synthesis.
25-key MIDI keyboard controller with integrated dock for iPhone and iPod touch
Velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys for expressive performance
Pitch and modulation wheels, octave +/-, and sound-bank buttons
Stereo RCA line outputs and headphone jack
USB/MIDI for virtually any MIDI music software or MIDI hardware devices
Seamlessly compatible with Akai SYNTH STATION app
iPhone and iPod Touch NOT Included
Akai MFC42 Analogue Filter Demo
The MFC42 is a true analog filter module designed by Akai for their MPC-series gear. However, you can use it to process any sound source since it has basic 1/4″ inputs and outputs and MIDI! It has genuine analog filters for that warmer tone with Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, and Notch filter types. It consists of a MONO filter section and STEREO filter section. The MONO section offers 2-, 4-, and 8-pole filter slopes. The STEREO section offers 2- and 4-pole filter slopes. The MONO 8-pole slope utilizes the whole filter circuitry so the STEREO section is not active. Likewise, the MONO section is inactive when the STEREO section is in 4-pole mode. But when both sections are used simultaneously, they can be linked so that the MONO filter’s control knobs control both MONO and STEREO sections. The link can also be inverted so the two sections sweep in opposite directions.
Other features include one ADSR envelope for the filter’s contour. This envelope can be triggered by MIDI and Trigger button, but not by audio unfortunately. The LFO is essential to bringing this filter to life! It has four waveforms including sawtooth, square, triangle and random. It can be synced to MIDI clock and can modulate to 16th, 8th, 1/4, 1/2, whole, double-whole, and triplet notes in tempo with your MPC (or MIDI) sequences! Or use the “Tap” button to tap in the tempo in real-time. A large numeric display shows the current tempo and there’s also an EQ on-board for global sonic fine-tuning. Effects include a very harsh (in a good way) Distortion and stereo analog Phase Shifter. The ins-and-outs consist of three 1/4″ inputs (mono/stereo), stereo phono (RCA) inputs, stereo 1/4″ outputs, stereo phono (RCA) outputs, and MIDI in, out and through. All pertinent knobs and buttons can send and receive MIDI control.
In this video:
This is a brief overview of the features and functionality of the Akai MFC42 Analogue Filter Module. For this demo I have used a simple disco loop backed by some TR-909 drums and I have tried to cover all the functions of the unit while keeping the video as brief as possible. As I am sure you will have gathered by the end of this video the MFC42 has almost endless configuration possibilities to produce a huge array of filtering effects and I have only touched upon these possibilities in this video.
For those interested the Loop comes from the Akai S900 seen just below the MFC42, the drums are from a Roland TR-909 (with the exception of the hand clap which is from the TR-707 (because my 909 clap needs repairing)). Everything is sequenced with the Akai ASQ10 and the whole mix is liberally compressed by an Alesis 3630 for that ’99 Montmartre sound.
New electronic/ambient treat from BEARS in NIPPON – Okinawa
In this video:
New single from electronic/ambient act Bears in Nippon – Okinawa
Featuring vocoders, Moog synths, ARP, Jupiter8, Reason DAW, AKai and samplers.
Movie: Produced by BiN. We pay tribute to all these great animators who have contributed with material
Taken from the forthcoming album – Sapporo Love
MPK49 Pads Mod Tutorial -Increase sensitivity and accuracy
AfroDJMac quickly takes you, step by step, through his customization of his prized Akai MPK49. This will increase sensitivity and accuracy. The principles here are the same as the MPD 32 upgrade seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZViS288WH4 and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mI4SutQJpQ. Big thanks to these guys for sharing their knowledge!
In this video, I placed a rectangle of duct tape and then 6 rectangles of painters tape on each pad. The result is a MUCH sturdier feel and more accurate pads. It now feels comparable to an MPC 1000. Highly recommended and easy mod. Totally makes me want to do more finger drumming, Plus you’ll learn something about the insides of your gear!
Debukas – Join In The Chant (Nitzer Ebb)
Synth treat, just check the listing below:
Debukas plays Nitzer Ebb’s “Join In The Chant”. All live, apart from the choir.
Featuring Moog Prodigy, Roland SH-101/MC-202/TR-909/Jupiter 6/MSQ-700, Yamaha DX-7, Kawai XD-5, Akai MPC2000XL, WEM Copicat, Joemeek VC2, Drawmer 1960, API 512c/525, Zoom 1201, TC D-Two, Sennheiser 421
How to build an Akai APC 80 Ableton Live Controller out of an APC 20 and an APC 40
This Do-It-Yourself video shows you how to build an Akai APC 80 (mod) Ableton Live Controller using the APC 40 and the APC 20 that was officially released last year. Even though both controllers look like they were designed to being put together, they aren’t. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to do it – but there are some obstacles you can easily spot in this DIY APC 80 video.
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