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November, 2007 archive


Puremagnetik has released Circuit:30, a collection of multisampled sounds and loops based solely on analogue Moog circuitry.
Description 
By employing a vast array of Moog synthesizers, effects and control processors, Puremagnetik has captured the legendary sound of these “circuits” and has meticulously reprogrammed them for Ableton Live, Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and Logic/GarageBand.
Circuit:30 for Ableton Live

30 multisampled [...]

 

USB audio interfaces keep getting cheaper and more powerful.
M-Audio is now shipping the Fast Track Ultra audio interface. The 8 x 8 audio interface with MIDI features high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, MX Core DSP mixer and four preamps, making it one of M-Audio’s most powerful interfaces to date.
The Fast Track Ultra carries an MSRP of [...]

 

Analogger notes that:
Barbie scored some dynamite X from Lindsay Lohan then wandered into Ken’s house where she discovered his Minimoog. Barbie plugged the ancient synth into a 50 watt Orange amp. Oscillator three was used as a square wave LFO to modulate the cutoff frequency of the filter. Ken showed up unannounced and came unspooled [...]

 


‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ by Alex Leopard was uploaded by: Dazaroonie
Duration: 221
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Audio Warrior’s Analogue Synthesizers For Kontakt is a collection of gurgling analog sounds from some of the of the most famous analog synthesizers of the 60’s & 70’s.
Description: 
This collection contains sounds that made synths irresistibly cool. Searing synth leads, deep shaking bass patches, FX, trippy pads based on classics like Juno, Oberheim, Moog, Prophet, Oscar, [...]

 

Sims Audio has introduced the Amon USB recording interface, a two channel USB interface that features a high quality microphone preamp, a line level/instrument input, and MIDI I/O. The Amon includes a software package from Native Instruments including: Absynth 4, Massive, and Traktor 3 demo software.
Description: 
The Amon is USB bus powered and requires no extra [...]

 

Kid Nepro has announced a new collection of 64 new programs and 64 new combis for the Korg M3 and M3m sampling workstations
It also contains over 50 megs of new multi samples and a wide variety of instruments geared towards fans of Classic Rock from the 60’s and 70’s. The new multi samples contain sounds [...]

 

Imogen Heap, above, is a Grammy-nominated English singer-songwriter from Essex, best known for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself.
She’s also known to show off some keytar & vocoder chops:

 

A short documentary about a group of circuit benders, produced by Casey Clark:

 

Interesting article on chiptunes and the Blip Festival in the New York Times today:
Jeremiah Johnson, 27, is a chiptune composer: His instrument is not the guitar or the piano or even the latest music software, but old-school video hardware like the Nintendo GameBoy. Working with screwdrivers and soldering irons, he painstakingly reprograms the rudimentary [...]

 

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