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Here’s a little Saturday morning synth porn for you!

Can anyone name that synth?

via Maschinenraum

This is just plain scary - this video shows Britney Spears performing at a Las Vegas concert with just her voice track - none of the backing tracks or vocal tracks she’s lip syncing too.

View it all the way through, if you can bear it - and you’ll understand why they invented Auto-Tune.

Schaack Audio Technologies has announced the release of version 2.0 of Quad for Windows (XP, Vista) and Mac OS X.

Quad is an open-architecture DVS (Digital Vinyl System) that can be used to play & scratch up to 4 MP3s simultaneously, controlled by 1 to 4 turntables. The turntables can be connected to any soundcard (ASIO driver required on PC); thanks to Quad’s internal software Phono preamps it is even possible to connect the turntables to Line Inputs on the soundcard.

Quad is delivered with 4 Timecode Vinyls for €89 + VAT + €10 shipping. Further Vinyls may be purchased for €15 each.

An unlimited Tryout version is available for free for Mac OS X (Universal Binary) and Windows (XP, Vista). The Tryout version lets you explore most of Quad’s features but scratching tunes and changing the pitch of tunes is only possible with the Timecode discs. Please note that for the Mac OS X version an Intel Mac is recommended.

Details below. Read more…

Orwell Digital has announced the immediate availability of The Ultra-Bundle Sound Collection, a comprehensive patch library for use with Apples Logic Pro music production software.

The collection includes four complete Orwell Digital sound packages and a bonus collection of unreleased patches and samples. Every current Orwell Digital patch collection for Logic Pro is included, for $34.95 via instant digital download.

Included:

• The Studio Production Collection- 128 radio-ready patches, built to inspire. Guitars that sing meet earth-shaking bases, classic keys and more.
• REAL_CONTROL- Unlock the real-time expressive potential of Logic Pro with this ground-breaking patch and percussion collection. Each and every sound includes multiple real-time control inputs set up for massive tonal control and expression. This collection delivers massive value.
• ACTIVATOR- Classic analog meets the future of synthesis in this one-of-a-kind patch collection for Logic Pro. Source material from some of the more sought-after analog synths in the world adds true warmth and depth to this collection, while new ground is also broken with head-turning digital tonalities.
• Percussion One- Land Of Lemuria- Calling on the power of D.E.C.S synthesis, this collection of 96 exotic percussion instruments delivers amazingly realistic touch response and tonal quality.
• Bonus — Exclusive to this bundle is a new selection of never before released Orwell Digital sounds for Logic Pro. Physically modeled drum samples, cutting edge leads, super-modern synth sounds and more.

The Ultra-Bundle Sound Collection is being offered at $34.99 until August, 15th 2007.

D.St-Amand has created some very cool looking designs for DIY MIDI controllers and is documenting his designs and work building them on Flickr.

“I think that this is my very best channel layout! No wire, no front panel screw. Only one PCB will be made for the number of channel required, 2, 4 , 6 or 8 channels. Every control are leds illuminated. The enclosure total thickness is ~16 mm !! (knobs not included).

The ledrings use single color leds and when all the leds are turned off, they are white. Buttons use dual color leds that generates 3 colors; red, green and orange.

The encoder ledrings adaptor is made of anodized aluminum.”

Check out the link above to see a more designs and some build pictures for his prototype.

via Hackaday

This video from Zonkout demonstrates a self-generating modular synthesizer (Blacet+Modcan) patch with camera-less video feedback, performed live.

via Matrix

The Bob Moog Foundation is celebrating its second anniversary and is highlighting their recent accomplishments:

• The Bob Moog Foundation hosted the first ever Moogfest Symposium with a panel of pioneering synthesists.
• The Foundation now has music available for download on its MySpace page. Many of the tracks come from the Mooged-Out: Asheville CD. The Mooged-Out CD is available as a gift with a $25.00 donation made here.
• They’ve also updated their MySpace page with an original all-Moog composition by Erik Norlander. Erik’s track The Princely Hours is a tribute to the Moog sound. Erik used five Moog instruments in the making of this piece: his massive 1967 modular Moog, Minimoog Model D, Taurus pedals, Moog Rogue and Minmoog Voyager. Note: Erik Norlander’s synth is bigger than yours.
• The Caring Bridge site that Bob’s family established for him in the summer of 2005 has now topped 300,000 visitors.
• The Foundation held its first fundraising event, Enter the Mind of Moog. Almost 500 people packed the Orange Peel and immersed themselves in Moog instruments and Moog history and a live “Mooged-out” recording session .
• The Bob Moog Foundation celebrated Bob’s birthday with the release of Amin Bhatia’s Bolero Electronica, which is a celebration of synthesizer evolution. Amin dedicated the album to Bob and released it on Bob’s birthday.
• The Foundation launched its YouTube channel. The channel features friends, family, colleagues, musicians and music-lovers reflecting on the impact Bob had on their lives, and on the world of music.

Audiofile Engineering has has announced Rax 3 - the latest version of its virtual rack software for OS X, and has published a video to demo the updated software.

New features include new input sources, a completely redesigned user interface, radical routing capabilities, and liberating MIDI mapping opportunities.

PolybiuS has released Switched On, a free collection of 74 retro-styled patches for u-he Zebra.

Patches are all created at a 135 BPM setting. At higher speeds, please alter MSEG / Arpeggiator / LFO / delay… timings to your liking.

Download the patch library at PolybiuS‘ site.

You can preview the Switched On Zebra library below:

 

 Switched On [3:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

via Rekkerd

Styrofoam is a lovingly rendered emulation for Windows of the classic ROFL Harris endorsed analog synth of yesteryear.

And it’s got TruAnal technology.

And it’s free!

Description:

Take a nostaligic stroll in soft-focus, sepia-toned memories, when summers lasted for 16 months and you could still buy Penny Chews for a penny. Bring back the sounds of living room renditions of your favourite hits, in splendid monophonic square-wave glory with this faithful emulation, minus the crappy vibrato, that was, let’s face it, crap. But back to that square-wave. It’s not just any old square-wave, no, it’s not just your bog-standard, ten-a-penny, digital square wave. This, ladies and gentlemen of discerning taste, is THE square-wave, the actual, real-life, carbon-copy, I-can’t-believe-a-plugin-can-be-this-analogue square-wave. Once you’ve tried it, there’s no going back to your complex, multi-waveform dreams. THIS is all you need

Features:

• one waveform, but a mighty fine one
• no GUI controls at all
• 4 presets, covering the full range of cleanliness
• TruANAL technology used to provide authentic pitch variation
• no filters
• no envelopes
• no LFOs
• no mod matrices
• no crappy vibrato
• er, that’s it, what more do you want?