Roland Capture Series Technology: VS STREAMING
Background video description:
With the CAPTURE Series, Roland once again raises the performance standard for computer-based audio production.
VS STREAMING compatible models:
- STUDIO-CAPTURE: http://www.roland.com/products/en/STU…
- OCTA-CAPTUR: http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-…
- QUAD-CAPTURE: http://www.roland.com/products/en/QUA…
Mini Bruitist Quartet
Collective work of improvisation for Minibrute, Little Phatty, Roland V Synth XT and Playel piano. All instruments by Marc-Henri Arfeux, Noé Charmet, Quentin Grini, Nathan Nadal. Voice by Heidi Berthier. Recorded live friday 19th of march 2013.
Time machine: Oberheim OB-X + Roland VP-330
Vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
“Lost City”
synthesizer sounds: Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
analog strings and human voice choir: Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus (1979)
recording: multi-track without midi
fx: a little bit delay and reverb
the long version:
https://soundcloud.com/retrosound-ii/…
Product Presentation at SonicState – Roland VR-09
We get an in-depth look at Roland’s new stage keyboard with product demonstrator Gareth Bowen. The VR-09 is intended for live use, with dedicated piano, organ and synth sections – is it as lightweight as its 5 Kg heft implies… or are there hidden depths? Nick finds out.
Time machine: Roland Juno-60 “Monoton”
And speaking of Roland, as in the previous post, here’s a vintage version:
Vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
“Monoton”
synthesizer sounds: Roland Juno-60 Analog Synthesizer from the year 1982
drums: Roland TR-707
recording: multi-track without midi
fx: a little bit delay and reverb
this track is including in the new vintage synth album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huM0t1…
The Juno-60 synthesizer is a six-voice polyphonic synthesizer. The single digitally controlled oscillator (or DCO for short) per voice gave the Juno-60 a high degree of stability in maintaining tune; most analogue voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) of the time would tend to drift in pitch and require re-tuning of the oscillator. The DCO provides sawtooth and square/pulse waveforms as a sound source, in addition to white noise and a square-wave suboscillator pitched one octave beneath the key played. Both of these additional sources can be mixed in with dedicated sliders.
The filters and envelope on the Juno-60 rely on control voltages sent by depressing the keys on the keyboard and were thus analogue. The Juno-60 features a rather distinctive-sounding 24 dB/octave lowpass filter with resonance. Unlike other VCF’s of the day, the Juno-60′s is capable of self-oscillation and thus could be used to some degree as a tone generator in and of itself. The filter section also features controls for envelope amount and polarity, LFO modulation, and keyboard tracking. In addition, a three-position non-resonant highpass filter is provided to thin out lower frequencies.
The signal is then sent through a voltage-controlled amplifier (or VCA) and a simple four-stage ADSR filter envelope.
The Juno-60 provides limited options for modulating the audio signal. A single triangle-wave variable-rate LFO is provided as a modulation source; this can be mixed into the DCO to create vibrato or into the lowpass filter to generate a tremolo effect. The LFO can either be triggered manually by the left hand using a large button above the pitch bend lever or set to engage automatically whenever a key was pressed.
Teaser from Roland: Roland is BACK!
Guess we will know more at the upcoming MusikMesse in Frankfurt on April 10th
Jam with 2 Moogs, a Mopho (sequenced) and the Roland V-Synth
Synth jam held on March 9th, 2013 by REWO (René van der Wouden). Recorded in one go.
Time machine: Roland Juno 60 Analog Synthesizer Overview
The Roland Juno-60 is a popular analogue 61-key polyphonic synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in 1982 and a successor to the slightly earlier Juno-6. Like its predecessor, the Juno-60 has some digital enhancements, used only for clocking the oscillators and for saving and loading patches. This instrument was succeeded by the Roland Juno-106 in 1984.
Roland was losing market share with the Juno-6 in competition against the Korg Polysix. Related in features and price-class, the Polysix featured external control and patch memory, which the Juno-6 lacked. These features were quickly added to the Juno-6′s design, which sonically and architecturally did not change notably between the two versions, and then released as the Juno-60.
Demo of Elektron Analog Four and a Roland TR-707
This demo is of the Elektron Analog Four, a four voice analog synthesizer/sequencer and the Roland TR-707 drum machine. The Elektron is doing all the tones here and of course, the 707 is playing the drums. In terms of effects, there is a slight bit of analog delay and chorus on the 707′s snare. Otherwise, all effects used are the ones built into the Elektron (it’s reverb and delay were used on this project). The mixer is an Alto AMX-220. The master of that was then sent to an Electra EQ, then finally to my soundcard. No post-processing, compression, etc was used.
Jordan Passmore says: I am having lots of fun with the Analog Four. It excels very well as modulated and filtered textures. It sounds very different than other analog synths I have owned in the past and the sequencer is (of course) fantastic. All tones here were programmed by me.
Reaktor Tutorial: x0x Kicks
This tutorial looks at building Kick drums based off the classic TR-808 and TR-909. The tutorial goes over how to calculate Freq and Q (Quality Factor) from reading schematics. The video also shows how to modify the Core static BP filter to use Q values instead of Resonance. To see how to do the same thing for BandWidth (BW), see our previous video on Vocoders vimeo.com/59133221
The video also points out the excellent tutorials for building a TR-909 Kick at nireaktor.com/reaktor-tutorials/how-to-make-a-909-kick-in-reaktor/
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