New powerful virtual synth for free from B.Serrano
B.Serrano has released Radium on his web site for free download. Radium looks to be a pretty Xen-Arts that offers a combination of subtractive / virtual analog and frequency modulation (FM) synthesizer engines. Features include 16 voices of polyphony. Substractive synthesizer with 2 oscillators. FM synthesizer with 2 operators. Dynamic user definable envelopes. Programmable XY Pad controller. Filter step sequencer. MIDI learn implementation. Auto Pan functions and much more. Download Radium for free at http://bserrano.free.fr/Synt…
Kraftzwerg Meets Rota-Synth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9NJLiR27-4
Tentative early noodling
Nice video with some really cool ambient sounds coming out of the Rota, enjoy
Moog 900 Series Demo Record
This is a very cool find. This is a copy of the 1967 Moog 900 Series modular synthesizer demo record. This was given to people interested in the new Moog synthesizer. This is uploaded for educational purposes only, and also to show the historical significance of early electronic music.
Shared by oboeman123
Showing off the power of the Bluebox
If you are pressed for time, be sure to forward through each video to get a taste of what this thing is capable of. Note these are early videos in the making of the bluebox. See the bluebox label below for more and of course check out the bluebox website at www.digitalsoundchips.com.
Playlist:
New 8-bit synthesizer demo
Pocket lo-fi synthesizer
Hard core synthesizer 1
Hard core synthesizer 2
Hard core synthesizer 3
Hard core synthesizer 4
Hard core synthesizer 5
BleepLabs releases the Nebulophone synth
The Nebulophone is an Arduino based synth with a stylus keyboard. It was designed as kit for Handmade Music Austin and features:
– Five waveforms (ramp, triangle, square, pulse, and noise)
– Adjustable decay
– Light controlled analog low-pass filter with five adjustable LFO LED modes.
– Four arpeggio modes with adjustable rate.
– Portamento with three speed settings.
– Pitch range and keyboard temperament controls. Switch between major and chromatic keyboard mapping.
– Hypernoise 3000 mode
– Infrared control of arp rate with other Andromeda Space Rocker devices.
– Open-source Aduino code
MacBeth M5N (& Friends)_4
VELVET VOYAGE – “MacBeth M5N (& Friends)_4” – Performed live 5. Jan. 2011 by Bruno Ender Lee.
MacBeth M5N & Doepfer MAQ-Sequencer, Moog Little Phatty Stage II, ARP Odyssey, Roland Juno-60, Roland JP-8000, Analogue Solutions Vostok, Korg Delta, Korg DS-8, Prophet 2000, Technics KN 3000, Absynth
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Waldorf might be up to something at NAMM 2011
Waldorf Rumored to Debut Working Stromberg Synthesizer
According to a posts on NovaMusik and Harmony-Central, there are details of the new Stromberg synthesizer and word it may be shown. This new keyboard spearheads Waldorf’s analog modeling technology’s evolutionary advance. It boasts wavetable oscillators that come courtesy of wavetable synthesis’ inventor and a well-stocked sample library. On board is an immensely efficient two-way filter multimode system with a comprehensive selection of classic filter types in several qualities (24 / 12 / 6 dB) and exclusive PPG, com and cascade filters. Polyphonic up to 100 vioce. Analog addons a-filter and valve are 16-way analog filter bank and a freely variable tube module for warm saturation. Word is a working Stromberg will make is debut at this year;s NAMM
Via SM
Vince Clarke has released the 4th episode of Analogue Monologues
This time he is focusing on the Boss DR-55 and the Roland Jupiter-4
Boss DR-55
The DR-55 Dr. Rhythm was released in 1980 and was one of the first step-write-style drum machines, and it was the first rhythm machine in BOSS’ successful Dr. Rhythm Series. It was small, inexpensive and easy to use – perfect for musicians at any level. Incredibly basic controls and sounds made this drum machine an instant hit among guitarists and other musicians looking for drum accompaniment to practice along with and even record into their home recordings.
The DR-55 could store up to six 16-step drum patterns plus an additional two 12-step patterns. The 12-step patterns allowed for 3/4 and 6/8 rhythms. A variation switch allowed you to, on-the-fly, alter the pattern playing. There were only four sounds in the DR-55 which included Snare Drum, Kick Drum, Rim Shot and Hi-Hat. The sounds are comparable to Roland’s CR-series of rhythm machines as well as some of Roland’s cheaper TR-machines (like the TR-505, TR-606). You can globally adjust the Volume, Tempo, Tone and Accent for the drum sounds.
Roland Jupiter 4
The first Jupiter synth. It was among one of the first poly synthesizers (4 individual voices which could be synced together for one fat monophonic lead), it had a pitch wheel that could be assigned to the VCA, VCF, VCO or all together, there are 8 memory locations and a cool arpeggiator – the arpeggiator can in the Duran Duran classic, “Rio”. It also has a very slow LFO for those ever-so-long filter sweeps. Pretty good for 1978!
Not so cool however, are the 10 preset sounds which sound nothing like the piano, brass or strings they claim to be. The placement of all the preset buttons below the keyboard can be inconvenient, especially while playing it. And as with most old analog synths, the Jupiter 4’s tuning can go out often. Still it is a nice analog synth for creating weird trippy analog sounds. It’s used by >Meat Beat Manifesto, Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby, Saint Etienne, the Cars, BT, Simple Minds, Moog Cookbook, Vangelis, The Human League, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17, and film-maker Satyajit Ray.
The worlds smallest synthesizer announced
Digital Sound Chips – The Underrground Scientists -has posted information on the Blue Box synthesizer, a synth inspired by Steve Jobs, Woz & 70′s phone phreaks:
The blue box was originaly a device to call for free
Used by the early hackers called phone phreaks. To the left you can see the blue box built by Steve Wozniak, on display at the Computer History Museum.
Every thing went in another direction in the early 70ties when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak the founders of Apple the worlds largest computer company and their friend Captain Crunch, was making a “free” call from a phone booth to get some friends to pick them up. Steve Jobs was making the call as the cop showed up when Jobs was standing in the phone booth with the blue box in his hand. The Police probably thought they were like drugies or something because Wozniak had long hair. What is this, the police said? Asking about the divice that wozniak desperatly tried to hide, sneaking it into his coat pocket. When you punch the buttons they all make tones, so Wozniak said: It’s an electronic music synthesizer. The police man got them all into the police car, and drowe them down to the station, stating that a man named Moog beat them to it. And the rest is history. The thought about the blue box as a electronic music synthesizer was born.
According to the company, the Digital Sound Chips Blue Box is “the worlds smallest fully featured synthesizer”.
See the Digital Sound Chips site for audio demos.
The Blue Box is priced at €195.00. Details below.
Specifications:
- Casing dimensions: (W x D x H) 7.5cm x 2.5cm x 11cm.
- Casing dimensions: (W x D x H) 2.95″ x 0.99″ x 4.38″.
- MIDI-in: Syncs to MIDI clock, Responds to Program Change, Pitch Bend, Note Velocity, Expression Controller, Breath Controller, full parameter control by CC messages and more.
- 3.5mm stereo plug for line out (can drive headphones).
- Uses AAA batterys for power (24 hour battey life).
- Mechanical on/off switch.
- Digital endless knob for real-time editing and performance.
- 2 LED’s for fast parameter visualization.
- 72 preset sounds, that can be edited and saved.
- One octave keyboard, with real-time access to 3 octaves.
- Free sound editor for MIDI control via your computer.
- MIDI-out: Notes, Program Change, mod. wheel, CC and more is available via breakout cable.
- 2 OSC’s with 32 different waveforms to choose from.
- 2 Digital filters. Low Pass in series with High Pass.
- 1 Preamp output stage. Can be overdriven for distortion.
- 3 Fast step sequencers, for SID drums, arpeggios and more.1 LFO. Wide range and 32 different waveforms and more.
- * 3 ADSR’s, for filter, volume and sync. PM (phase modulation), Subtractive and True Noise synthesis.
- Unique percussion mode for live performance and more.
NAMM 2011 – M-Audio Venom
The M-Audio Venom is a 49-key synthesiser that combines the classic analog synths with modern digital processing to deliver in their words ‘an aggressive new sound’. Venom offers 12-voice polyphony, three oscillators per voice, ring mod, tube-style saturation, six resonant filter types, on-board effects, and a built- in Pro Tools® M-Powered compatible interface.
Details are:
- 49-key, full-size, synth-action keyboard
- 12-voice polyphony, each voice including: – 3 oscillators with 41 waveforms and 53 drum sounds sampled from vintage analog synths, FM digital synths, and drum machines
- pulse-width modulation, sync, FM, and ring modulation
- resonant multimode filter with tube saturation limiting
- 12 dB/octave (2-pole) low pass 12 dB/octave (2-pole) band pass 12 dB/octave (2-pole) high pass 24 dB/octave (4-pole) low pass 24 dB/octave (4-pole) band pass 24 dB/octave (4-pole) high pass
- 3 LFOs with selectable sample-and-hold – 3 AHDSR envelopes
- 4-part multitimbral operation with independent MIDI-syncable phrase sequencers
- 512 onboard Single patches
- 256 onboard Multi (layered) patches
- 2 global bus effects
- Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser
- 1 insert effect per multitimbral part (4 total) – Compression, EQ, Distortion, Bit Reduction, Decimation Tremolo, and AutoPan effects
- classic arpeggiator with up, down, and alternating patterns
- tap-tempo and manual BPM control from top panel
- built-in USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface (USB 1.1 backward compatible)
- 2 x 2 24-bit, 44.1 kHz (CD audio quality) operation – mic, instrument, and stereo line level inputs route to DAW – synth sounds route to DAW – DAW audio output mixes into main outputs – stereo main audio outputs (1/4” TS) – stereo headphone output (1/4” TRS) – master volume knob; instrument and mic gain knobs – MIDI In and MIDI Out (5-pin DIN)
- large custom LCD
- 4 rotary encoders and 1 button for matrix-assignable performance control and editing
- dual-function octave up/down and transpose controls • assignable pitch bend and modulation wheels • sustain (1/4” TS) and expression (1/4” TRS) pedal inputs • included Vyzex Venom software editor
- arrange sounds into banks, rename patches, and save backups
- patch collider feature mashes up multiple patches to create new hybrid sounds
- 16-cell modulation matrix offers comprehensive routing configurations
Also included is the Vyzex Venom Editor/Librarian for Mac and PC which runs on Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6 and Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7. Estimated street price is $599.00 Shipping date TBC
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