Chips on Engadget
Although some months old I haven´t seen it until now, but it is a very good coverage of the chip music scene
The Engadget Show: Inside chiptunes and 8-bit visuals
XILS 3 is a recreation of the EMS VCS synthesizer
The XILS Lab XILS 3 is a recreation of the EMS VCS synthesizer. It comes in two flavors. There is a LE version for $37 and a version with more features for $181. There is a demo. All versions including the demo require an iLok. There is an extended review of the XILS 3 in the August issue of Sound on Sound: click here. Basically they say it’s not a spot on emulation but a very interesting plug-in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Rdeh8rGwM&feature=player_embedded
“Given the DSP power available nowadays, you might think that it would be possible to emulate the VCS3 in software. You could imitate its unstable oscillators, model its unpredictable filter, recreate its loopy envelope generator and all its other facilities, iron out its idiosyncrasies, add a few enhancements, and then stick a pretty GUI on the front that forces players to approach it in the same way as the original. So, what is XILS 3? On the surface, it’s a soft synth designed to look, feel and sound like a VCS3. However, as we delve deeper, we’ll find that it’s much more than that.” – Sound on Sound
AX-09 Project
This video, by Jan Vogles, takes a fun look at the new Roland AX-09 keyboard synthesizer.
“I made this video with my friends at work,” says Vogles. “Yes, we actually sacrificed a real AX-09 by taking it for a swim. But it looks really cool.
Freedom of Expression
Features
Who says keyboardists need to hide behind their gear? Liberate yourself and roam free with the Lucina AX-09 Synthesizer. Lucina is compact, lightweight, and loaded with great sounds, all easily selectable with the onboard Category buttons. Plug in a USB stick and add backing tracks to your performances with the Audio Player function, or plug in an MP3/CD player and jam along with your favorite songs. This ultra-light synth is designed to fit all musicians — even kids. It’s super easy to use yet it packs a heavyweight musical punch with its stellar sounds and expressive controls.
- Stylish, lightweight, compact design
- Easy-to-use, intuitive user interface
- 150 high-quality sounds that cover a wide stylistic range
- 37-note velocity-sensitive keyboard, 128-voice polyphony
- External-In Jack and USB-Memory Audio Player Function
- (You can enjoy playing your favorite songs)
- Runs on AC or battery power
Official intro video for MIDI Fighter
This is the official intro video for MIDI Fighter, a $140 DJ MIDI Controller that’s designed to be customized and hacked, but also to be used as a plug and play device.
Details at the Techtools site.
Go here for more info: http://techtools.myshopify.com/products/midifighter-diy-kit
- Tactility – High performance Sanwa arcade buttons play like magic
- Eye Catching – The Blue LEDS and original construction style really grab peoples attention
- Light and portable – They are easy to fit into your rig
- Fully Customizable – The visual style can evolve over time with your taste
- Unique! – Not just another plastic set of buttons
- Stellar Support – Dj TechTools service is way cool
- Community Based – Local flavor served up to an international crowd
- One of a kind – Each controller is limited edition and totally original
- Free mind-blowing mappings – Like this one bellow
12 years of fruity loops
Video celebrating over 12 years of Image-Line’s Lifetime FREE Update policy (since 1998). For more info click on –
http://www.image-line.com/documents/n…
or visit our shop here –
Music for this video was made in FL Studio by Madeon –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op7ljm…
Enjoy!
PS: Yes we realise that after Thomas Mahler the count is 2 years short (we updated Thomas’ free update years but forgot to change the count). But 2/1285680 is an error to the total of 0.0000015 years, what’s that between friends 
Live performance on the Arrick modular synthesizer
Really nice neokitsch
A modern musical take on the ‘Teaserama’ and Bettie Page 1950s burlesque acts and stripteases. The music was composed by Danny Hahn at the NeoKitsch studio using the Haken Continuum Fingerboard as the main instrument.
Retro pin ups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjTzGXjhkCE&feature=player_embedded
Spook keys theremin
I made a post last week on theremin and guess what a VST of course appears in my tip box
If you like it let me know
Spook Keys – Free VST synth http://www.vstplanet.com/Instruments/… Developer: simple-media.co.uk
Updated virtual drummer
AudioSpillage has released version 1.1 of DrumSpillage, a high quality multi-faceted drum synth plug-in for Mac OS X.
Version 1.1 features improved automation support, choke groups, solo buttons, performance optimisations and many more enhancements.
Changes in DrumSpillage v1.1
- Improved support for automation recording and editing.
- Added choke groups (12 groups available).
- Added solo buttons for each pad.
- Pad selector in model editor now displays pad triggers in realtime.
- Added copy/paste pad menu items in pad editor.
- Added user preference to view MIDI note ranges as absolute MIDI values (0..127).
- Pads can now transmit ‘velocity’ via a user preference.
- Added user preference to set default pad note-on velocity.
- Global velocity sensitivity on/off switch.
- Velocity sensitivity can also be toggled on/off on a per pad basis.
- Improved meter sensitivity and accuracy.
- No longer supports Carbon GUIs (see minimum requirements for more info).
- Significant code/memory optimisations improve real time performance.
- Polyphony/voice allocator routines have been rewritten
- Bug fixes.
DrumSpillage is available to purchase for a discounted price of £65 GBP / €79 EUR / $99 USD until 31 August, 2010 (regular price £99 GBP / €119 EUR / $159 USD).
More information: AudioSpillage
Keller has created an iPad app called Radarhead
Multimedia designer Franz Keller has created an iPad app called Radarhead. It’s a rotary sequencer in which you can control the speed, direction and center point. The sounds are represented by colorful 8-bit alien images. It’s fun and well worth the .99 price: click here
“Kinduv a rotary beat sequencer. Looks weird (but cool) at first, but not hard to make interesting stuff if you play around with it for a bit. My fav thing to do is make several constellations of aliens and move the radar guy between them. You can also reverse or speed up the beams by dragging the arrows–don’t just tap on it!” – Milo Cantos (iTunes Review)
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