NAMM teaser pics – more pics of the new NORD synth/drum machine
Here you go, just spotted on their homepage:
All or no more info can be found here >>
NAMM teaser pic -this time from NORD
A new drum machine is in the pipe apparently:
Nord has introduced a new site, norddrum.com, to introduce Nord Drum at the 2012 NAMM Show.
Specs for Nord Drum are to come – all the site offers is a NAMM Show date countdown.
FXpansion Tremor introduces a innovative Synthetic Drum Machine
More NAMM news is coming your way 
FXpansion is proud to present Tremor: a software drum machine with powerful synthesis, effects, modulation and step-sequencing. DCAM circuit-modelled sound generation is fused with new ideas to produce original sounds with the punch and extreme sound pressure of old-school analogue. Tremor’s dance drums, funky beatscapes, abstract machines and undiscovered sonic terrain are suited to all kinds of electronic, urban and experimental music.
Awesome – Dex Fontaine and the Drum Machine Shirt
Wearable DJ Quality Drum Machine Thumps out Sweet Digital Rhythms
This fully-playable t-shirt based drum machine lets you make complex beats with ease while strolling down the boulevards of funky-town. Not only do you get 9 different drum kits at your disposal, you can create your own drum loops just like a professional drum machine. Simply tap the drum pads on the front of the shirt to create a rhythm. Once your loop is created, layer additional beats on top to build up a complex rhythm. You can make loops up to 3 minutes long and you’ve got unlimited tracks to play with.
The ThinkGeek GeekLab™ boffins have done their best to cram as much amazing musical functionality into one shirt than ever before. With a little practice you can make amazing dynamic beats that evolve as you add layers of sound. Watch the video below to see exactly what we mean.
Product Features
- Real Working Wearable Drum Machine & Looper
- 9 Different Drum Kits with 7 professional grade drum sounds each
- ROCK DRUMS
- RETRO 808
- DISCOTEK
- TECHNO PUNK
- CLASSIC JAZZ
- BASS INVADERZ
- CHIPTUNE
- ZAPF DINGBEATS
- SCRATCHY
- Records and Loops Your Rhythms
- Record loops up to 3 minutes in length
- Create a loop, then build and layer beats on top with unlimited tracks
- Amazing 7-voices (you can actually hit all 7 drum pads at once)
- Mix and match sounds from the different built-in drum kits in one loop
- Working mini amp clips on your belt and goes to 11
- Built-in analog audio output jack
- Exclusive product invented and designed by ThinkGeek (Patent Pending)
- Fully washable. Electronics and drum pads easily remove from shirt.
- Requires 4 x AA Batteries (not included)
Introducing the new virtual Klang Drum Machine
Now available from Supersynths, Klang Drum Machine is a new virtual drum instrument for Windows, featuring full enveloping, loop and groove editing, effects, pattern sequencing, and much more for the beat-making musician.
According to Supersynths, Klang Drum Machine is an eight-layer drum sequencing beast. Klang Drum Machine has eight layers, each with its own mixer, panner, MIDI channel selector, envelope controls, and loop editor. Each layer is MIDI CC learnable, so you can assign them to pads, keys, and so forth. As Supersynth notes, the pattern sequencer allows you to either create up to 64 patterns that can play in any order you wish, or you can stack them to create multi-timbral patterns. With Klang Drum Machine, you can load and save patterns and banks of patterns.
As for effects, Klang comes complete with reverb, delay, and a compressor — all tempo synced for great tempo effects. The virtual instrument also comes with a simple unison drone oscillator, which you can use to create rumbling drones, sc-ifi sounds, and anything in between.
The Klang core library (326 MB compressed / 750 MB uncompressed) features a wide variety of clangs, hits, strikes, and more. Many new dry samples are also included, covering bass drums, snares, toms, cymbals, side sticks, and more; in addition to the more unique samples available, there are plenty of “bread and butter” samples to allow you to create any kind of percussion tracks you wish.
Klang Drum Machine features at a glance:
- 750 MB sample library
- 8 Layers with envelope, mixing, and panning
- Multiple tempo-synced effects
- MIDI channel learnable and selectable
- Full-featured pattern sequencer
- Low footprint for instant results
- Use as many instances as you want
Until January 1, 2012, Klang Drum Machine for Windows will be available at the introductory price of $40. For a limited time, Klang Drum Machine will include the Cloudplayer and one expansion. You can learn more about Supersynths’ Klang Drum Machine virtual instrument at supersynths.com.
Time machine: CRB DIAMOND 725 – Vintage Rhythm Box 1973
The DIAMOND model 725 is a pretty rare analog rhythm box made by CRB Elettronica, Italy. They had made some nice stuff, like COMPUTER BAND 2000 and VOCO-STRINGS.
The 725 came out 1973. Very stable metal casing – it’s built like a tank! It has 12 free combinable rhythm patterns. VOLUME and TEMPO controls.
The bassdrum and snare sound very good! The snare is more realistic than those of other rhythm boxes of that time.
Robot arm is playing the drum machine
robot arm programming: Motoi Ishibashi
software programming: Daito Manabe
using Ableton Live and Native Instruments Maschine to
make beats.
Review: Tempest Analog Drum Machine – Dave Smith Roger Linn
A review of the latest partnership between two of the most well respected synth designers around. This is a 6 voice analog drum machinesynthesizer.
SampleTank 1.1 released – The first professional sound and groove workstation goes universal!
SampleTank® 1.1 is a universal app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. New features include an enhanced PADS interface and 4-track MIDI recorder with unlimited overdubbing. Over 500 instruments and 1000 patterns are now available as well along with increased compatibility with third party docks and accessories. The familiar drum machine-style interface lets you lay down beats easily with adjustable quantize values that you can change on the fly as well loop record and a click track that you can turn on and off at will. Put a drum kit on part A, a piano on part B, a bass on part C, sound FX on part D … anything you like! You can export your recording as a stereo audio AAC file via E-Mail or iTunes File Sharing to use it in another app like AmpliTube or VocaLive or a computer DAW like Logic or Pro Tools. You can also export a .MID standard MIDI file. SampleTank 1.1 is a free update for all existing users and is available in the App Store. Check it out today!
http://ikmultimedia.com/sampletankipad/features/
Roland TB-303 run through a self-built BYOC “E.S.V. Fuzz” pedal
A Roland TB-303 run through a self-built BYOC “E.S.V. Fuzz” pedal.
The BYOC E.S.V. Fuzz comes with a hand selected set of the extremely rare NOS Philips AC127/01. Like the E.S.V. 2-Knob Bender kit, the E.S.V. Fuzz was inspired by our recent acquisition of a large lot of pristine AC127/01. These are, in our opinion, the holy grail of negative ground vintage fuzz tone. Very thick, very wooly and very dark sounding. But with focus, clarity, sustain, and the ability to clean up into a nice grindy overdrive just like a vintage fuzz face should.
And since these are NPN transistors, as opposed to the PNP NKT275 or AC128 that work best with a positive ground, the AC127/01 works best with negative ground. So they get along with all your other pedals and can run off a normal power supply, but still produce the vintage fuzz tone you expect.
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