Pure eye-candy this time…
…the Arturia Origin synthesizer
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1qVB4p8BDk]
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Loaded with modules extracted from the best synthesizers of all time (Moog Modular, ARP 2600, CS-80, minimoog and Prophet VS) Origin lets you combine these modules and benefit from the additional possibilities put onboard. The result: a new type of sound accessible through an extremely intuitive interface.
Freeware: Groove Analogizer – audio controlled drum synthesizer
Groove Analogizer is an “audio controlled drum synthesizer”, it means that like a vintage electronic drum tone generator (e.g. Simmons) the percussion sound is triggered by an audio input, not by a MIDI message. This also means that you must not load, in the host, Groove Analogizer as a VST instrument, it loads as a VST effect, usually in an insert slot.
But it’s really a synth: the sound of three oscillators is triggered and shaped by the audio input in many ways.Groove Analogizer is an “audio controlled drum synthesizer” or a drum tone generator triggered by an audio input rather than a MIDI message.
Groove Analogizer must load as a VST effect, even though it’s actually a closer to a synth. Sounds of three oscillators are triggered and shaped by your audio in. Here’s how triggering works:
Any sort of percussive (meaning anything with a fast attack and moderate to fast decay / release) sound can be triggered in mono or stereo as a .wav file or VST instrument. Three generators each allow you to select left, right or left+right inputs before a band pass filter defines which frequency range will work as the trigger.
This allows you to create different patterns from a single audio source by separating the hi, mid and low tones. You can also use a Pre-Listening feature to monitor your trigger. The Sensitivity control more precisely selects the loudest triggers so that you can take or leave ghost notes as triggers.
If you want to move beyond the 128 presets, you’re afforded ample control:
- Sound Controls For each generator:
- Release time: amplitude and pitch envelope time
- Bending: positive or negative pitch envelope amount
- Offset : pitch base
- Timbre: from pure tone to noise, with FM option. New: overtone mode
- Output Controls For each generator:
- Effect: send to internal stereo delay
- Pan: stereo image
- Volume: output level
- Master Controls:
- FM: global amount
- Smooth: slope time for all envelopes
- Delay effect controls
- Dry: output of the trigger (source audio)
- Master : output level of all three generators
Today´s synth porn :-)
Came across this bautiful video clip today showing the famous Buchla synth – its a MUST see for all you geeks out there, hehe. Clic the picture to watch – re-directs to a friendly site
/ / / / / Viewing with headphones or a stereo source is highly recommended / / / / /
This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising on a 1970’s Buchla Music Easel. This extremely rare instrument is one of Don Buchla’s 200 series. Buchla (a pioneer of audio synthesis) only manufactured 14 of these units. The entire film was edited from an hour-long set of free improvisation, with audio was taken directly from Charles’ mixing board.
All of the photography and editing was produced by Alex Tyson, a sound and video artist from Pennsylvania. The film was shot in 16:9 720p High Definition format, using the Letus35 Extreme and a 35mm LensBaby 3GPL.
Subhuman synth – new update from de la Mancha
de la Manch announces updates to “subhuman,” a specialized double oscillator synth responsible for low down bass lines or sub-bass kicks and drops. A pitch envelope, contoured graphical envelopes and more than just envelopes have all been added.
subhuman is a specialized 2 Osc synth for creating powerful sub bass, either for low down basslines, or sub-bass kick drums and drops. subhuman has been updated to add a pitch envelope, contoured graphical envelopes, note-on sync, waveform display and oscillator phase. It also now has a pure sine oscillator for Osc1, which is generated by real-time math to avoid interpolation and give a pure signal
Subhuman now also features note-on sync, waveform display and oscillator phase. It uses a new pure sine oscillator for Osc1 that’s generated by real-time math. Add onto the pure sine waveform with Osc2 detuned and out of phase to fatten it up more.
key features
features
– 2 oscillators with independant volume, detune and phase
– Osc2 has 11 different waveforms
– Osc2 can be sync’d to Osc1
– note-on sync option
– resonant LP filter
– tempo sync LFO to modulate LP filter cut-off, 5 waveforms, note-on sync, depth & phase
– ADSR volume envelope
– ASR envelope for pitch and LFO
– all envelopes can have each section with a different contour
– graphical display of envelopes and waveforms
– drum mode removes sustain section of envelopes
– Overdrive for more dirt
– octave selector to reduce master pitch for simple layering
– midi CC / midi learn on all controls
– mono/poly options with envelope retrigger and portamento
microKorg ♥ Analog Factory 2.0
New version 2.0 !
New cool C64 synth from Odo
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Odo has released 38911 Bytes, a synth based on a commodore 64.
Here’s list of features in the company’s own words…
- It has 1 oscillator with 4 different waveforms: Saw,Triangle, Pulse and Pitched noise.
- 3 BPM sequencer with 7 rates and 2 to 8 steps .You can end a sequence or loop it.
- The first sequencer has notes from C to B and octaves from -3 to 4
- In the 2nd (waveform sequencer) you can select saw, triangle, noise, ring saw, ring triangle, ring pulse.
- 3rth sequencer for octaves from -3 to 4
- A filter with envelope from 1 to 8 stages and 13 curves you can select where you want your sustain point.
- Filter types :lowpass,hipass and bandpass.You can activate more than one filter type like on a real c64.
- Cutoff and resonance and a on/off button to save some CPU
- a pitch envelope from 1 to 8 stages and you can select where you want your sustain point.And has a on/off button to save some cpu
- a PW envelope from 1 to 8 stages and you can select where you want your sustain point.And has a on/off button to save some cpu
- Two big LFOs with 19 different waveforms and free speed or 14 bpm speeds
- Ringmodulation with a bitcrusher notes from c to b and octaves from -4 to 4
- a Bitcrusher volume envelope
- 128 presets to start and some simple helpfiles
New release of E-MU's Emulator® >> X3
E-MU Systems announces the Emulator X3 Streaming Sampling Synthesizer, which offers both 32-bit and native 64-bit applications, multi-processor and multi-threading support. X3 also does away with the E-MU hardware lock, so feel free to defiantly hurl your dongle into the nearest body of water.
E-MU’s Emulator® X3 is the world’s most powerful and complete software sampling tool in the world, featuring E-MU’s new Xstream™ streaming sound engine with a up to 192kHz sampling and playback, 32-bit and 64-bit native applications for both Windows XP and Windows Vista, an arsenal of automated sampling/beat analysis/editing tools and almost unlimited sound manipulation that builds on E-MU’s 35 years of synthesis experience.
With Emulator X3, you reap the benefits of E-MU’s Xstream streaming sound engine with up to 192 kHz sampling and playback, a range of tools for analyzing and editing samples and beats and so much sound manipulation that the only limit is your imagination.
Also new in X3 is the Region Xplode Beat Slicer. This feature turns your drum recordings into MIDI files. Xplode takes a selected region, generates new voices and maps new regions to MIDI notes. TwistaLoop analyzes and exports a song’s Tempo Map. This allows users to synchronize rhythm tracks to performances recorded off a click.
Finally, the Xtractor is an audio manipulation tool new to X3 that cuts or boosts audio levels in regards to stereo positioning and frequency. It’s easy as pie to remove, isolate or pitch shift specific parts like vocal lines, basses and more. It also provides visual display for each instrument as to where it lies in stereo space.
…and how COOL is this? KORG DS-10 for Game boy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rorBOzwR3Tc]
Features:
- Dual dual synths: Two patchable virtual synths, with two oscillators each
- Drum machine: Four-part drum machines loaded with samples of the virtual synth
- Sequencer: 2 synth tracks, 4 drum machine tracks, 16 steps
- Effects: Delay, chorus, flanger
- Input methods: Touch-control screen with real-time sound control, a keyboard screen, and matrix screen
More than just a piece of software, KORG DS-10 lets you control a “four part drum module, two analog synth simulators, and 6-track/16-step sequencer” with your Nintendo DS’s touchscreen.
AnaMark VST
Discover new soundscapes and a flexible variety of possibilities you won’t find anywhere else!
The 545 factory presets provide a broad basis of sounds for the most varied kinds of electronic music:
- Real-sounding instruments (e.g. accordion, strings, organs, electronic guitars)
- Pads (warm-analog, vocal or spacy) and Drones
- Leads
- Basses (acoustics and electronics)
- Drums and Percussions
- Effects
- Retro sounds, e.g. C64 (SID), ATARI (POKEY)
Not enough? Try the function for generating random presets!
AnaMark supports Micro Tuning. This means that even if your VST host doesn’t support alternative tunings, you can use whatever tuning you want.
Jean Michel Jarre on tour in Scandinavia…
…and best of all, he will not go with his more recent ambient electro stuff, but rather make a show covering the gross part of the Oxygene album :-). Which in my mind is one of his best, after Zoolook I stopped purchasing his later stuff, which I believe was noteven close to his previous work.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQiJJ3mJ8k]
The tour dates (in swedish, sorry):
Tillsammans med tre musiker och femtio synthesizers kommer franske Jean Michel Jarre till Sverige för en konsert. Den legendariske pionjären inom den elektroniska musiken ska framföra hela repertoaren från albumet “Oxygene” på Cirkus i Stockholm den 4 april.
Jean Michel Jarre är just nu aktuell med en nyinspelning av albumet som har 30 år på nacken och sålt i drygt 12 miljoner exemplar sedan det kom ut 1977. Fransmannen började sin musikkarriär på 1970-talet och hans första fullängsalbum “Deserted Palace” kom ut 1972.
Han är känd för sina stora utomhuskonserter och hans senaste spelningar i Sverige hölls 1997.
Den 4 februari släpps biljetterna till Cirkuskonserten.
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