Octatrack synth jam
A jam with the new Octatrack, Machinedrum, ARP Odyssey, Moog Voyager, xoxbox and a line 6 DL4. Synths are sequenced by the xoxbox, everything is running into Octatrack and straight stereo to Logic with a mastering channel strip on the master buss.
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Mini Formanth Challenger
Only at MusikMesse you may sometimes encounter a manufacturer of analog synthesizers focusing solely on buttons and knobs. The Challenger ‘a device with four oscillators, two filters, two way audio and panel-style recliner Minimoog. The price, once in the marketing of the series, should be very interesting. Appears to have been designed by Hans-Joachim Helmstedt and to be a boutique synthesizer now under development
POKEY.synth demo
Using only the pokey.synth module for sound source. I’m also running the uLFO sine wave through the Aux input to demonstrate the SR function.
I’m using my uStep/Short Bus to trigger Envelators which are outputing CV Into the “vol” input on the Pokey. The Pokey module has 2 built in VCA’s! 
which is pretty awesome! Z8000 is also being clocked via Short Bus/uStep which is controlling pitch for pokey osc 1 & 2, uLFO pitch, SR CV (on pokey) and Wave CV on Pokey.
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Quantum Consiousness
Xenos Soundworks has announced the release of Quantum Consiousness, a sound bank for the Vanguard virtual synthesizer plug-in by reFX.
Quantum Consiousness contains 140 sounds for a wide variety of musical genres – Techno, DnB, Industrial, Ambient, Big Beat, etc.
This soundset is a former Pro-Sounds release created back in 2006. I have made some slight improvements and re-released it under the Xenos Soundworks brand.
Quantum Consiousness is available to purchase for $4.95 USD.
More information: Xenos Soundworks
Electronic Sackbut Synthesizer
Hugh LeCaine of Ottawa created the Electronic Sackbut Synthesizer in his home studio over a period of three years from 1945 to 1948. This synthesizer is the first voltage-controlled synthesizer ever built, preceding the manufacture of commercial synthesizers by twenty years. Le Caine, a nuclear physicist with the National Research Council, was passionate about music. He was concerned that the musical notes produced by electronic instruments in the 1930s, such as the Hammond Organ and the Morse Robb Wave Organs, lacked a certain expressivity. Determined to shape technology for the needs of the musician and expand the possibilities of musical sound he built a synthesizer that allows for complex variations in pitch and tone. This, LeCaine achieved, through the innovative use of voltage control. The technique provides an automatic background voltage that can remain stable or be altered through the manipulation of the knobs and keyboard. The keys are sensitive to a vertical pressure that controls the volume and a lateral pressure that changes the pitch. In this way the musician can simultaneously manipulate the volume, pitch, and timbre of each note and produce gradual transitions from one sound to the next. The rudimentary appearance of the synthesizer its three legs made of crossed pieces of scrap wood and with instructions penciled onto its surface camouflages the brilliant concept behind this invention. LeCaine’s Electronic Sackbut Synthesizer is the precursor of today’s electronic instruments.
See this treasure on the official Canada’s Got Treasures website!
http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum…
Cubic Audio Releases ProTon VSTi
VSTi Soft Synth For Electro House Basslines, Fidget blips and 8bit arcade style effects, with its 4 oscillators, 4 filter types and several effects its a quick and simple way to get that very large bass sound which dominates in electro, with 128 ready made presets you wont be short of inspiration.
ProTon is a subtractive / Phase Modulation Soft-Synth with 4 oscillators, 2 of which can be used as PM for tonal like sounds. ProTon is aimed for making pure raw Bass sounds along with interesting 8 bit arcade type effects and sequences, this is helped along by 4 step sequencers, Modulation, Filter, Pitch and Amp. ProTon has five main effects, Pitch, Distortion, Chorus/Phaser, sample and hold and decimation along with an in-built EQ and 4 different filter types.
System Requirements
Windows
Pentium III 800 MHz
512 MB RAM
32 Bit / Windows XP/Vista/windows 7
VST 2.0 compliant host
ProTon is available now for purchase as well as a demo version at http://www.cubic-audio.info/…
Deceptikon – Broken Synthesizers
http://deceptikon.net • official Deceptikon music video for “Broken Synthesizers” from the album “Mythology of the Metropolis” out on vinyl now!
video by http://mikrosopht.godxiliary.com
Sure hope they do not get in trouble with George Lucas hehe
Yamaha CS-80 – Initial Machine Experiments
From Pete Townsend’s CD “Scoop” liner notes:
“Initial Machine Experiments
This peace was played on my Yamaha CS80 synthesiser to test a TEAC half inch eight track machine. This is very much indicative of the kind meandering I get into when locked away with a synthesizer. Someone once said that when you play around with a synthesizer you end up suffering from a disease called ‘synthesiseritis’. I suffer happily.”
MIDI-controlled 8-bit digital synthesizer & lo-fi audio sampler
Introduction to the “deMIDulator”: my PIC-based MIDI-controlled 8-bit digital synthesizer and audio sampler. That’s a lot of hyphens!
Device generates several different sounds based on incoming MIDI Note On/Off, Pitch Wheel and Control Change messages. Default waveforms are Sine and Square. An audio sampling function is available to record custom waveform samples that can then be played-back similarly to Sine and Square waveforms (think Impulse Tracker or Scream Tracker or any other tracker from 1997). Audio input is switchable between on-board microphone and external 4-conductor headset jack.
Current Features:
* Simple interface
* Sine, Square and audio Sample playback waveforms
* Audio input switchable between on-board Mic and headset jack
* Up to 4 seconds of recorded audio @ 8bit x 3.937kHz
* Switchable mono / 4-note polyphony for all waveforms
* Pitch Wheel (glitch) support
* Sustain support
* Program Change support for switching waveform modes
* All MIDI notes implemented
* Volume and Output Filter Cutoff controls
* Powerful 150mW headphone amplifier can drive headphones or external speaker
* 4-conductor audio jack for use with iPhone compatible headsets (earbuds w/mic)
* Powered by 3 x AAA batteries, DC power jack or ICSP header
* Final firmware written completely in Assembly
* ICSP header for reprogramming PIC
* PCB includes unpopulated MIDI output jack for fun
Eyecandy from Leploop
Laboratorio Elettronico Popolare (L. E. P. ) is proud to present to you a one-of-a kind analog synthesizer, sequencer and drum-machine: LEPLOOP! Small in nature but aggressive in sound, the user will be able to create a variety of analog timbres and beats. LEPLOOP was designed to be a minimalist electronic music live-performance groove-box, which can be used to create a variety of electronic musical styles.
The LEPLOOP can be synched via MIDI to another LEPLOOP for tempo-synched operation or to another MIDI device or sequencer to receive sequence stop & start i nstructions.
Read further to find out what else your LEPLOOP can do here >>
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