Deep Kicks – SET YOUR OWN PRICE!
Yes, that’s right. We’re celebrating the beginning of the new year with the ultimate no-brainer deal. We let you decide how much you pay for this collection of 500 deep and punchy kick drums from Simplosive.
This amazing offer will only be visible and available for 24 hours on Saturday January 1st, 2011.
Activation starts tonight at midnight (CET).
Happy New Year for all synth maniacs
Zapping through some Reaktor presets
Some quick run throughs in Reaktor coming your way
I was very surprised when I found out that Native Instruments had reanimated the well known Electronic Instruments XT bundles (1 + 2). Those instruments – based on the Reaktor engine – run as a standalone app and a VSTi as well. A couple of yeras ago NI discontinued the developement and sale and since then these bundles were hardly missed. Now they’re part of Reaktor 5.5! THX a lot for that, NI!
What I still miss in Reaktor is the DSQ32 drumsynth/sequencer. It was part of Reaktor4 and in my opinion it is still one of the best sequenced drum synths ever! It is missed since Reaktor 5.0 and it never came back. Well, I still got the DSQ32.ens and fortunately it runs pretty well on Reaktor 5.5. So I made this lil’ vid.
The DSQ32 is running in realtime together w/ the sequenced synthesizer Viering (Reaktor 4) and the new Lazerbass (Reaktor 5.5). Lazerbass is triggered by the Monoliner step sequencer (Reaktor 4).
Screenrecorded w/ Microsoft Expression Encoder. It’s free, it’s damned cool but it has a 10 minutes limitation. But dang, it’s the only screenrecorder that works properly on my Win7 64bit system.
Shruthilogy
Playing around with the nice playable build in sequencer in the lovely DIY Shruthi-1
The developer describes it as a “best of both worlds” design:
Digital…
An 8-bit microcontroller plays the role of the two main oscillators + sub-oscillator. This allows the generation of (aliasing-free) classic analog waveforms, but also wavetable/transwave synthesis and a trove of weird digital algorithms (sinewave bitcrushing, formant synthesis, phase distortion, bit toggling, XOR modulation).
… and Analog
Beyond this point, everything is analog. Most of the Shruthi-1s are built with the SMR-4 filter, a warm 4-poles “modern analogue” low-pass (no vintage IC). But you are in no way limited to this! The filter section of the Shruthi is on its own board and can be easily replaced. We currently offer 2 alternatives filter boards, one with the CEM3379 VCF/VCA chip of the Ensoniq/Waldorf fame ; and one with the classic SSM2044 VCF. More to come, based on vintage chips or modern OTAs and VCAs! From silky-smooth to squelchy or fat: pick the filter that matches your personal taste best.
The Shruthi-1 has an audio input: external signals can be processed by its analog section, under the control of the digital LFOs, sequencer and arpeggiator for crazy gating and re-enveloping effects. A perfect way of warming up the sound of your favorite VA or… cheesy organ!
The kit includes everything needed for building the Shruthi-1 synth, except for the enclosure:
- PCB for the digital section and the filter
- All electronic parts / ICs
- Pre-prgrammed ATMega644 and patches/sequences storage EEPROM
- Switches caps / knobs
- Blue backlight LCD display
- Connectors
- A pack of screws / spacers / nuts for holding the two boards together
The Dark Energy Keyboard
Doepfer Dark Energy and d3m in homemade case. This is just a test of some sounds it can make. The delay is a analog delay called Memory Lane 2 made by Diamond. The backingtrack is “Phonological Perception – Experiment B (Part IV)”
You can find pictures of the “Dark Energy Keyboard” and the building process at http://www.myspace.com/projectdehli/p…
Via projectdehli
Indamixx2Pro portable Pro Tools
The machine is not powered by an Atom processor; instead, it uses a low-voltage CULV SU3500 processor, which in turn is based on Intel Core 2 architectures. (The 3500 is a 1.4G Core Solo processor.) Trinity is pre-installing Pro Tools 9 with an iLok key so you can run out of the box. Performance certainly won’t be stellar, but it’s good enough for some applications. Trinity tells CDM they got 8 stereo tracks (16 total) with 2-6 plugins on 2GB RAM; the finished system they say will be tuned for better performance, and will ship with twice the RAM. The price, unfortunately, puts the tablet alongside high-end laptops, at US$1799.
The Indamixx tablet is an interesting proof of concept, but it faces tough competition. There’s nothing stopping you from watching the marketplace in 2011 to find a tablet you like and installing it yourself, and I would hope some of those machines will ship with beefier processors. (Knowing readers of this site, that may hold more appeal, too, with options from Ableton Live to Reaper to SONAR, none requiring an iLok.) And while you don’t get a touchscreen, the MacBook Air is still fairly light and portable, significantly faster, and costs a fraction of the price – and it runs Mac OS in place of Windows, which will be a draw for at least some consumers.
Rocking robots
PAM’s getting back to her shredding roots. PAM (Poly-tangent, Automatic (multi-)Monochord) was built by Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (www.expressivemachines.org).
MARIE are a set of virtuosic and expressive music robots that are portable, reliable, user-friendly, and fit within the dimension/weight limits for international checked baggage. In other words, these are music robots for touring musicians. The hope of EMMI and the EAR Duo is that the usability and portability of MARIE and similar music robots will finally push this powerful technology out of research labs and onto stages around the world. Within this aim, the entire project will be publicly documented online and the source code and hardware diagrams all provided as public knowledge for other enterprising musicians and technicians to construct similar robots.
Intro to the MiniMoog Voyager XL
This official Moog video is an introduction to the Moog Minimoog Voyager XL.
The Minimoog Voyager XL is a semi-modular monster synth that combines the best features and the sound of the Minimoog, the flexibility of Moog modular synthesizers and a full host of control options. Incorporating virtually all of the sound resources and functions of the original Minimoog Model D and Voyager, The Minimoog Voyager XL features extensive front-panel patchability that harkens back to the original ground-breaking Moog modular synthesizers. A host of features previously found only on massive modular synthesizers combined with state-of-the-art analog technology make it a sound design and control dream machine.
Highlights include:
- Unmistakable Moog Sound and Quality
- 100% Analog Audio Path – Moog Ladder Filter
- 61-Note Velocity Sensitive Keyboard with After-Pressure
- Extensive Control Voltage Connectivity
- Modular-Style Patching
- Ribbon Controller with Pitch and Gate CV Outputs
- Touch Surface Controller with X, Y, A and Gate Outputs
- Additional LFO Source with Multiple MIDI-Syncable Waveforms
- External Audio Input & Effects Loop Insert
Celebrating the new year with electro music on line?
Want to ring in the new year with some electronic music? Here you go – http://radio.electro-music.com.
ASAM – Audio Synthetic Artifact Manager
ASAM – Audio Synthetic Artifact Manager. Modular version of a Robo Synth. Ultimate source of anti music – drone madness and radio beating, pitch-shifter and digital distortion… All futures of old Robo + modular banana routing options and external control capabilities.
general features:
– 4 main sound modes
– feedback oscillation
– triple morphing modulator
– pitch control
– theremin mode
– analog oscillation and “drone” mode
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