February, 2008 archive
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Filed under: Software Synthesizers & Samplers, Virtual Instruments
Ninecows has released The Putney v2.0 (.zip download link), a freeware architectural replica (SynthEdit) of the EMS Putney. The plug-in runs as a VST effect, not a VST instrument.
Description:
As the original it is constructed of basic modules connected in a matrix, letting you route sources and control voltages to different destinations. Many module based synths [...]
BOLDER Sounds has released Tibetian Singing Bowls, a 760MB sample library.
The bowls were struck by a number of items for a wide selection of tone colors. Also included are a few bonus Tingsha Bell samples.
The Singing Bowls were “played” hit and also sustained. The sustained samples are what people refer to as “singing” bowls. This [...]
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Filed under: Drum Machines & Groove Boxes, Electronic Instruments, Electronic Music & Recording Gear
An introduction to the MIDIbox 808 project – a DIY Roland 808 clone & sequencer.
Looks like a great companion to the x0xb0x.
AudioCubes Drop Test
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Filed under: DJ, Electronic Instruments, MIDI Controllers, Music Videos
Percussa’s Bert Schiettecatte offers an inside view on creating and testing the AudioCubes, the first commercially available tangible interface technology in the world.
Schiettecatte also repeatedly drops boxed AudioCubes, over and over and over. And then maybe a couple of more times.
More on the AudioCubes here and here.
Inspiration Sounds has released Electro Grime, a new sample library which features electro synths, bass lines, drums and synth fx for dirty electro house and minimal house production.
Electro Grime was created using analogue synthesizers and drum machines. All loops are at 128BPM. The library is in Acidized Wav, Apple Loops, REX2, and WAV formats [...]
Steampunk Furby Music Sequencer
This is one of the stranger bent instruments I’ve seen – a sort of steampunk Furby sequencer by nervoussquirrel.
Here’s what nervoussquirrel has to say about the Furby sequencer:
Each furby has 4 controls: mute, crash, loop and reset. The handle turns 8 cams which operate corresponding microswitches to create interesting rhythmic patterns. Part of the [...]
Apple today updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook [...]
Equinox Sounds and BeatHive have released Binary Code, a downloadable loop pack from electronic composer and sound designer Stuart Sweeney (Node), containing 250 loops and phrases for creating Experimental Electronica, Glitch, Industrial and IDM music.
The collection features melodic elements, beats, rhythmic pulsating textures and atmospheres, all presented in ACID / WAV format.
You can preview [...]
Dave Cornutt, an aerospace software engineer based in Huntsville, AL, is also an experimental electronic musician, as Source Code.
He blogs at Sequence 15, and has an interesting collection of free tracks that you can download from his site. With each of his pieces, he provides some information on the process and gear that he used [...]
Future Retro Revolution R2
Future Retro’s Jered Flickinger has quietly updated his Revolution analog synth, giving it a cool new look, longer battery life and a new OS:
The new R2 unit, designated by the gun metal grey chassis, has an updated PC board design using a new RAM chip which extends the internal back up battery life from approximately [...]
