November, 2007 archive

If you haven’t checked out the x0xb0x DIY synth yet, here’s some videos to get you inspired:
x0xb0x demo

Soldering a x0xb0x

x0xb0x MODS jam

Dual x0xb0x Demo

303909×0x

Loopmasters has intro’d three new sample collections:

The Light Textures collection comprises a great selection of ethereal pads, sweeping atmospheres, lush string pads, bells, chimes, drones and original sfx suitable for many styles of music, and which would also work well on television and movie soundtracks, adverts and any genre requiring deep lush tones and progressions. [...]

 

 Electro House Beats [2:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Light Textures [3:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Hip Hop Breaks [2:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Others may promise to give you a mighty organ, but only only AudioWarrior delivers.
They’ve released The Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ instrument collection for Kontakt. The 3 instrument collection includes the Wurly Theatre Organ, considered by some as the first live performance sampler instrument, with built in sound effects like sleigh bells, drum roll, church chimes, [...]

Beaver and Krause – Peace Three – Moog Synthesizer (YouTube) was uploaded by: Frritzz
Duration: 214
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Here’s another take on Daft Punk’s Harder Better Faster Stronger:

Peter Grenader, the founder and principal designer for Plan B Synthesizers, is also a well-respected composer of electronic music in the electroacoustic tradition.
He recently performed The Secret Life of Semiconductors at Analog Live, and has posted an excerpt of the piece. You can preview this below.
Here’s what Grenader has to say about the piece:
The [...]

 

 The Secret Life of Semiconductors (Part 4 and Coda) [6:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Matt Ganucheau’s Moaning Lisa is quite possibly the strangest electronic music instrument ever created. Part shock art, part artificial intelligence and part musical instrument, Moaning Lisa challenges you on many levels.
Ganucheau explains:
“The process leading to a female orgasm is a uniquely delicate challenge for both sexes leaving it a mystery to most men and women. [...]

Impromptu is an OSX programming environment for composers, sound artists, VJ’s and graphic artists with an interest in live or interactive programming. Impromptu is a Scheme language environment, a member of the Lisp family of languages.
Time plays a major role in the Impromptu environment allowing accurate real-time scheduling of events and code. Impromptu is a [...]

 

 Stained Impromptu Demo Movie: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I wasn’t that psyched about the Korg Kaossilator when it came out. Korg’s synth sounds on its low-end devices aren’t generally that impressive, so I didn’t expect much from the Kaossilator.
Checking out some of the videos that people are making with these things, though, makes me think that the Kaossilator may need a second look.
Check [...]

The Roland FR-7 V-Accordian brings Roland’s synth might to one of the world’s least loved instruments. You can see the FR-7 in action below.
FR-7 features:

PBM (Physical Behavior Modeling) enables true sound reproduction and dynamic expression.
Realistic tone and expressive simulations of a wide range of traditional accordions.
22 onboard Orchestral sounds and 7 Orchestral Bass sounds that [...]

 

 Roland FR-7 V-Synth [3:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download