Daft Punk on the Casio SK5
A lo fi retro synth jam – Daft Punk performed on Casio SK5
The secret power of Casio sk5.
Enjoy!
Absolutely awesone – Flash player Tenori on – you must test it
I just can´t stop playing around with this 
The ToneMatrix is part of Andre Michelle & Co’s (HobNox) AudioTool project
Happy Synthgiving everyone
Native Instruments today launched “Synthsgiving”, a time-limited special offer that gives musicians and producers access to some of the most powerful software instruments on the market at a drastically reduced price.
Until November 30th, ABSYNTH 5, FM8, MASSIVE and REAKTOR 5 will be available for download purchase in the NI Online Shop for $99 / €99, a discount of up to 75% on the regular pricing.
Five free VSTs from Cakewalk!!!
Cakewalk has announced that it’s now offering it a bunch of free Windows music software, including synths and effects processors.
Here’s what Cakewalk has to say about each of the freebies:
- SFZ+ is rgc:audio’s SoundFont player sample-playback engine, packed in a professional VST/DXi instrument. Outstanding sound quality, stereo built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings to adjust it to your hardware, fully multitimbral operation, multiple stereo outputs, several loading modes including direct-from-disk streaming and a beautiful interface make sfz+ the perfect choice for SoundFont users and professional composers.
- Square I offers the warmness and classic sound of the vintage analog synthesizers, combined with the fidelity and precision of a VST instrument. A simple synthesizer, oriented to the serious music enthusiast.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 1 is a series of real-time audio processing plug-ins. All Cakewalk Audio FX plug-ins are Microsoft DirectX- compatible, allowing you to use them with any digital audio software that supports DirectX – including Cakewalk SONAR and other Cakewalk applications.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 2. Audio FX 2 uses advanced processing algorithms to apply the classic sound and warmth of several different vintage guitar amplifiers and analog tape decks to your digital audio.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 3 SoundStage allows you to design acoustic environments in which to play back digital audio, resulting in unique, realistic reverb. Audio FX 3 Features Two Views: Performer’s View and Room View. To create the perfect room, just click and drag your mouse to move walls and change ceiling height. Choose from different microphones, and place them inside the room. Then assign each audio track to different “performer” positions to hear custom reverb on each track. When you’re finished, save your soundstage for other sessions, or use as a template for other designs. Audio FX 3 includes ready-to-use soundstages too.
120 Mb of free Reason Refills
Stereoklang has uploaded another 120Mb of Reason Refills, thins time featuring everything from KORG, ARPs, Night Club beats, synth basses and more
Make sure to check’em out, they are all free to download
Depeche's new video
This is the official music video for Depeche Mode’s Fragile Tension.
via dmdotcom:
Depeche Mode – Fragile Tension
Director: Rob Chandler & Barney Steel
Part of the double-A-side “Fragile Tension” / “Hole To Feed”, this is the third single from the album “Sounds Of The Universe”.
Pre-order the 8 track CD single AND the 8 track double vinyl 12″ from Mute Bank now!
http://tinyurl.com/fragiletension-mutebankFor more details on the single, as well as the current Tour Of The Universe, stop by the official web site – http://www.depechemode.com/
Retro Musical Droid Arrives… from the Future
If HAL 9000 mated with R2-D2 and their electronic offspring was tutored by Kraftwerk it would probably end up something like the Bliptronic 5000 LED Synthesizer.
At once a minimalist musical plaything and a hardcore old-skool synthesizer, the Bliptronic defies categorization as it belts out 8-Bit style style tunes from its grid of glowing buttons.
You’ll notice sound similar to a retro Casiotone with an interface not unlike a simplified Yamaha TENORI-ON… if that makes any sense. Either way, once you start touching the keys of the Bliptronic you’ll be hooked by it’s simple pattern-based approach to music.
Product Features
- Unusual retro synthesizer is played with a grid of glowing buttons
- Create looping patterns and change them dynamically while playing
- Chain multiple units together and create more complex melodies
- One octave range. 8 notes can be played simultaneously
- 8 different old-skool synth sounding instruments to choose from
- Sounds created using FM waveform synthesis
- Set the BPM (beats per minute) from 60 to 180 in 20 BPM increments
- Built in speaker with headphone jack and line-out jack
- Front panel is constructed from brushed aluminum
- Includes, manual and 2 link cables for connecting additional Bliptronic units
- Requires 4 x AA batteries (not included)
Only for pros – MixMeister tutorial
MixMeister Fusion Live software gives you a radically different approach to DJing, so you can focus on rocking the party – not the nuts and bolts of DJ technique. You don’t need to concern yourself with counting and matching beats, setting cue points, or syncing keys. MixMeister does all the technical work for you, freeing you to be in total creative control to interact with your music – and your audience!
MixMeister Control is the only controller designed and optimized to work like a true hardware extension of the MixMeister interface. If you already use MixMeister, you will be performing in seconds. MixMeister Control even comes with a full version of MixMeister Fusion software – the perfect way to get started.
Individual hands-on controls are included for looping by track, EQ, FX and more with complete control for up to four tracks at once. A massive amount of control is available from its 40 knobs, 53 buttons and a Jog Wheel for fast location management. Finally, automation effects, VST plug-ins and other functions can be manipulated with minimal computer interaction.
Included MixMeister Fusion software frees the DJ from monotonous tasks like beat matching, setting cue points, and counting beats in their head. It gives them the power to unleash their creativity and shape music with live looping and remixing, VST effects, harmonic mixing and more. DJs can manipulate tempo, volume, and EQ in real time, on-the-fly. Fusion even records all DJ actions (not just the resulting audio), so users can go back, listen to their mix, and make precise adjustments with studio-style editing capabilities.
Whether you use MixMeister to perform live or to mix in the studio, MixMeister Control is a “must-have” addition for MixMeister.
Technical specifications
* Hardware control surface for MixMeister software
* USB 1.1 interface – No driver required
* Includes MixMeister Fusion software
* Compatible with other MIDI applications
* Works with Windows or Mac OS X
* 94 hardware controllers for ultimately expressive software control
ElectriXmas looks promising for 2009 – VNV Nation
Finally the “real” bands are starting to appear for this year’s event
Good going, can we hope for Covenant, Welle, AndOne or Mellotron to top it off?
Cheers Ola
Music service Spotify finally on Symbian/Nokia
Now all music lovers with Nokia phones can finally have what the iPhone users has been treated with for the past 6 months or so.
DATAMASKIN
