More info on the first new Casio synth since 1988 – Casio XW-P1
RC CIRCUIT BENT POKAR SYNTHESISER MICRO LFO DRONE KEYBOARD
A new circuit bending synth, enjoy:
FROM SMALL MACHINES COME A MIGHTY SOUND
FITTED WITH 1/4″ JACK OUTPUT
EXTREME PITCH CONTROL
SQUAREWAVE LFO
DER OTO
Der OTO is the new firmware upgrade that turns your Biscuit into a 2 oscillators monosynth with an integrated 16 steps sequencer.
NAMM teaser pic – Check out the Casio XW-P1 Performance Synthesizer
This is something we definitely need to check out at NAMM – don’t miss it 
25.000USD for a vintage synth
We never or very rarely tip about vintage stuff you can buy on eBay or similar type of pages, but this one deserves an exception, we believe. An original PPG Realizer!
Notice that the Palm team didn’t forget the knobs!
“This is the legendary PPG Realizer that we have all heard about. From my understanding, only two of these were made. This is one of those two. Please contact us if you are interested in buying this rarity.”
Here’s some background info on the PPG Realizer:
The Realizer was the last machine PPG produced. In fact very few were finished or released so it’s pretty rare. The Realizer was very unique in its effort to combine sound production, emulation, processing, recording, sequencing, and mixing into one all-digital system. A concept that was very much ahead of its time considering that we’re only now seeing affordable software-based devices that can offer this type of environment.
As for synthesizing sounds, the Realizer features an analog model, an FM model, wavetable synthesis, and a sampler. They were designed to show an image of a Minimoog, or other synth on their built-in monitor. Then you could control the Minimoog knobs with the controls around the screen of the Realizer. Pretty space-age stuff for 1986! Unfortunately, the price tag of $65,000 didn’t exactly make it a marketer’s dream. It was the last thing that PPG made, and they went out of business a short time later.
Free Reason Refill based on the Nord Modular G2X synthesizer
You may have seen that we have had a new banner from SoundCells up for a while now >>>>>>>>>
Here are some more details on this really nice free Refill
Nordic Red is based on samples from the ever popular Nord Modular G2X synthesizer.
Besides unlimited possibilties of creating a wide range of individual sounds – from 80’s retro sounds to modern club patches, emulations of acoustic instruments to a world of sounds that never have delivered before – the main feature of this version of Nordic Red are the G2’s “self-playing” patches, called ‘Noodles’.
Contains:
– 20 combinator patches.
– 35 NNXT patches containing the basic patches which were used to build the combinators.
– 24 recordings (up to 1.30 minutes per sample) from the Nord Modular G2X, 305 MB uncompressed.
– Great for all styles of music where deep atmosphere is desired.
– All samples are included into this download in Wave format – ready to use in any other DAW.
Upcoming new stuff – the Sprockit mini-synth
Matt Heins of Hack Me Electronics has announced a new synth for 2012, the Sprockit mini-synth.
Sprockit is a pint-sized version of Hack Me’s Rockit synth.
Sprockit features include:
- Two oscillators – Just like Rockit, except there’s only one knob. There are currently 32 oscillator settings, which choose both oscillator 1 and 2 and the oscillator mix at the same time. Oscillator 2 still has a detune knob.
- 4-pole Analog Low Pass Filter – Instead of Rockit’s three-mode filter, Sprockit has a 4-pole Low Pass only filter. Filter envelope control is accessible externally. There is no external audio input like Rockit.
- 1 LFO with 3 waveshapes and 3 destinations, with more shapes and destinations accessible externally.
- ADSR envelope with Attack and Decay control on board and everything else externally accessible
- MIDI Input – No MIDI output.
Here’s what Heins has to say about the Sprockit synthesizer:
My goal with Sprockit it to take a lot of Rockit goodness and compress it down to something smaller and a bit cheaper. I’m achieving both goals by having a very dense design and by reducing some of the features.
Sprockit is 4?x4? versus Rockit’s 5.1?x8.6?, so it’s substantially smaller, like pocket sized (I would’ve called it Pockit Rockit, but there are some products out there already). There are obviously fewer knobs, LEDs, and switches. All of the control parameters are still there though and will be accessible via an external MIDI controller.
The microcontroller is downsized from an ATMEGA644 to an ATMEGA328. I’m also incorporating a lot of the things that I’ve learned from doing Rockit and rolling those improvements into Sprockit. This image is my first prototype and I’m well into prototype two, which will be much improved.
Heins is planning to have Sprockit ready for a workshop with Dorkbot Chicago at the end of February.
DX5 playing DM “Shake the Disease” 101 version
Background data:
Happy 2012 everyone. Updated “Shake the Disease” version, more 101 oriented. Yes, I used Alan original samples in my EMAX II The sample allocation is the same alan used on tour.
You can find some mistakes as this was recorded at the first take, first time I played the whole track (once assigned samples and levels).
More covers coming soon, also my next new album with original tracks (reworking on some demos these days).
Gear Used:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax I
Low: Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools. Grid metal effect was recorded hitting a pipe on a grid door.
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Korg Kronos Sounds – Schoenberg Orchestra – KARMA Atonal GE’s
Background data:
A demo from our upcoming “Soundtrack Mix” which features the KARMA Atonal Generated Effects. Music is from the combi “Schoenberg Orchestra”, named after the inventor of twelve tone technique – composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Soundtrack Mix for the Korg Kronos includes 64 New Programs and 32 New Combis and will be available February 2012. More info on all our Korg Kronos sounds can be found at:
http://www.kidnepro.com/KN/Korg/Kronos/Kronos_Main.html
Electronic video – Synthesized Landscape
Lars Larsen & Johnny Woods in Denton, Texas synthesizing an abstract landscape using only the LZX Visionary modular video synthesizer (no input video signals). Video output is directly from the modular.
Music by Josh Ascalon.
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