New Video Game, Fract OSC, ‘Like Myst Meets Rez Meets Tron’ – With Synths

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Forget first-person shooters. Fract OSC is a new video game that’s a ‘first person synther’. Instead of shooting everything you see, you have to make electronic music with it.

As the player progresses through the game, they are exposed to different elements of sound and music through puzzles and the world. As such, they are introduced progressively to the tools that they will eventually use in the studio. The studio acts as the culmination of their actions in rebuilding the world, where they eventually return and be able to make their own music.

We’re not sure how much a market there is for the first person synther genre, but Fract OSC looks quirky, gorgeous and fun.

Fract OSC is currently under development for PC & Mac. The release date is TBA.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Free Sample Library Inspired By Tron, Blade Runner (Schwing!)

Brick Wall Audio has released SYKLIX, a free sample library, inspired by the electronic sounds of the TRON: Legacy and Blade Runner soundtracks.

Free, Blade Runner & Tron is about all you probably need to hear -but here’s BWA’s summary for the free sample library:

You will find an assortment of crunchy basses, sharp leads, plucks, pads, a crushed drum kit and more! Featuring single cycle waveforms and intuitive controls courtesy of DNR Collaborative Designs, Syklix begs to be tweaked, touched and caressed!

SYKLIX is designed to work perfectly with Deviant Atmospheres, Deviant States, Advanced Distortion and Metallic Dreams.

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Fairlight CMI & Tron

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Jeff Harris, Audio Recording & Production instructor at The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, discusses the Fairlight CMI, the history of sampling and using the Fairlight in the production of the original Tron.

Along the way, Harris offers some great historical and technical insight on the Fairlight CMI. If you’re interested in the history of electronic music, Harris’s lecture is a rare opportunity to hear about the impact of sampling from an early adopter.

via jhanalog

Tron Legacy: Reconfigured – Daft Punk Remixed

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Tron Legacy: Reconfigured, or Tron Legacy: R3CONFI1GUR3D – a collection of remixes of Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy soundtrack by popular electronica artists – is now available.

The album features remixes by The Glitch Mob, The Crystal Method, Paul Oakenfold, Moby and others.

While we found the movie to be even dumber than the original, we were pleasantly surprised with Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy soundtrack. If you’re a Tron fan, Tron Legacy: Reconfigured offers fresh takes on Daft Punk’s original soundtrack.  Continue reading

How Much Music Can You Make On An iPad?

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Here’s an iPad Korg iMS-20 cover of Daft Punk’s Derezzed, from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack.

It’s also a nice demo track for the Korg iMS-20 and of how much music you can get out of just an iPad.

It’s not going to replace desktop computers anytime soon – but the iPad is definitely now a viable music-making platform.

Check it out and let me know what you think of it!

New Moog Poster From A True Tron Fan

Jacob Borshard, who by all appearances is a true Tron fan, has created a new screen print that pays homage to “the elecTRONic LEGACY of vintage Moog Synthesizers”.

Moog Synthesizers 1964-1986 is “a survey of notable modular series types as well as a complete collection of every classic Moog all-in-one synthesizer, presented in chronological order.”

Borshard’s design is a two-color screen print on heavyweight black paper with gloss varnish. Artist pulled, signed and numbered, 18? X 26?.

The “Good Guy Blue” Edition of 75 is $25 and the “Bad Guy Red” Edition of ONLY 6 sell for $50.

via MatrixSynth