Chipbeat on Roland Alpha Juno 2 / Drumstation / Blofeld
ChipBeat “Juno/Ann Flowers” — no Samples used, only Hardware ! Roland Alpha Juno 2 – Waldorf Blofeld – Drumstation (Trier August 2012)
NORD DRUM Synth Edit
Nord Drum is a four part/three layer synthesizer with separate control for Click, Noise and Tone; there’s a lot of internal parameter for sculpting the “percussive” sound. Too sad, in V 1.0 there’s no capability for remote MIDI programming… The line out of Nord Drum goes straight into digital recorder and you’ll need some subwoofer or some decent monitors to hear the bass frequencies coming out from this babe…
NORD DRUM as Expander
A plain vanilla video with Nord Drum under a) MIAMI audio out control and b) MIDI control for the four internal synth channels
MicroTrack dB – Tutorial on basic drum programming
A new tutorial video demonstrating basic drum programming in MicroTrack dB iOS.
MicroTrack dB is a music making app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Inspired by the classic instruments that defined electronic music and popular culture, this app puts music making in the palm of your hand. This portable, virtual studio offers high-quality audio output, intuitive sequencing, flexible drum programming and powerful synthesis, plus a range of effects and performance features. A user-friendly interface and online help enables beginners to start making music, while more advanced musicians will find a host of features to get their teeth in to. Get your creative juices flowing and produce tracks instantly. Realise your ideas, define your sound and create the music that you want to hear.
Available now on the app store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microtrack-db/id545192575?mt=8
Special Edition MK 2 x0xb0x / Roland TB 303 Comparison
http://youtu.be/Fz007tYItDA
Brand New Professionally Built x0xb0x – Using NEC 2SA733AP high beta transistors + 945NPN transistors in the Oscillator, Filter, Envelope and Amplifier sections for the most authentic Roland TB 303 clone money can buy. Remember where you saw it first…….
Samsara Cycle Audio releases Boxxy D VSTi for free
Samsara Cycle Audio tells us that Boxxy D is a VSTi for simulating the effect of a Mississippi Drum Machine.
They say that the plug-in also simulates Bass Drum instruments for use in many styles of music, especially Dubstep.
Features:
- Bass and Treble EQ controls
- Stomp EQ – controls EQ via velocity
- Volume control
- Envelope: Attack, Decay, Release
- Style switch
- Octave switch
Pricing and Availability:
Free.
More information:
Tic Tac Beatz Electro and Drumatron for iPad
This is V1.0. Check out V1.1 updated version here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od6L3yJknzI
Also check out the “How to Save and Load” and V1.2 update video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ar3cdRPhI
A quick demo of this new Ipad app and what it can do.
8 tracks split into drums, bass, synth, chords and effects. Designed exclusively for electronic style music.
It is on the app store now and at a bargain price. More info here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tictac-beatz-electro/id520672407?mt=8
Facebook page for this app:
https://www.facebook.com/TicTacBeatzElectro
Not just a super cool looking drum pad but a professional drum pad machine with almost all the drum sounds you would ever need and with lots of tweakablity. Almost 100 sounds to choose from ranging from rock and dance drums, bongos and maracas, special effects and more. You can edit each pad’s sound, level, pitch and decay. Store up to 4 custom drum kits. Velocity control on each pad depending on where you hit the pad. Ergonomically designed for either one-handed use or using both thumbs with ease. With visual feedback and lighting effects that add more enjoyment especially in the dark. Pad 3 is linked to pad 4 so you can mute an open high hat on pad 4 with a closed hat on pad 3 if you wish.
All sounds designed exclusively for this app and created from real drums and high quality drum synthesisers.
No latency. Any delay in this video is from the video/audio sync
Available here now!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drumatron/id546175262?ls=1&mt=8
New arcadish visualizer in PixiTracker
The retro drum synth Pixitracker has become even more retro with nice arcadish graphics, check it out in the video above
New visualizer in the new PixiTracker v1.2.2 for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nightradio.pixitracker
iOS version is on the way.
PixiTracker is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments. Without requiring a lot of musical knowledge!
AudioSpillage announces Elecktroid drum machine plugin
AudioSpillage has announced Elecktroid, a drum machine instrument plug-in for Mac OS X. A fusion of drum synth and and drum sampler with a custom designed rhythm sequencer.
Elecktroid combines drum synthesis, sample playback and step sequencer functionality in a single integrated package.
Elecktroid is a direct replacement for the MiniSpillage2 plugin which has now been discontinued. Customers who have already ordered MiniSpillage2 will automatically receive a full license for Elecktroid when released.
Elecktroid features
- 8 drum pads.
- 8 sequencer tracks.
- 24 MIDI playable patterns.
- Full velocity and parameter control graph editing.
- Assign trigger-probability value to any sequencer step.
- Humanize and groove quantize control.
- 4 drum synthesis models (BassDrum, SnareDrum, WoodDrum and Hi-Hat).
- 1 sample and 1 drum synth per pad.
- Or 2 samples per pad (without the synth).
- Velocity cross-fade between sample and synth (or between 2 samples).
- 8 sound outputs.
- Distortion, filter and lo-fi FX on each pad.
- 2 LFOS (6 waveforms) per pad.
- 3 ADSR envelopes per pad.
- 64-bit DSP processing.
Elecktroid for Mac (AU) is available to pre-order now at 20% off, priced £35 GBP / €45 EUR / $55 USD (regular £45 GBP / €56 EUR / $69 USD). Expected release date is August 8th, 2012.
LDB-1 Analog Drum Machine – Roland TR recreation
The Delptronics LDB-1 “Little Drummer Boy” is a modern recreation of the classic analog drum machines of the 80’s, like the Roland TR-606 and TR-808. Our goal was to recreate the warm sounds of the classics, using all analog circuitry — not samples. The brain of the LDB-1 is a powerful digital microcontroller that triggers the analog drum sounds and provides the sequencer, programmability and connectivity features. Eight instruments: Bass, Low tom, high tom, snare drum, woodblock, hand clap, closed hi-hat, and open hi-hat. Easily interfaces with other instruments, synthesizers, DAWs, etc. through analog connections, MIDI, and DINsync. The LDB-1 has all of the features of a classic analog drum machine in a small, affordable package.
Purchase and read more about it at http://www.delptronics.com/ldb1.php
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