It’s been a while since we shared a music video that scars the eyeballs with weirdness. Reader ShelLuser helped correct that lapse, referring us to Gangnam Style, the latest music video by South Korea’s Park Jae-Sang, aka PSY. “I think its pretty impressive that PSY manages to pick up already existing styles and beats and manages to… Read More PSY – Gangnam Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doFEQo8Hgck Sunday Synth Jam: araabMUZIK, aka the MVP of the MPC, is not, apparently, in ‘We just hit play‘ camp. No costumes, no phoning it in. Check out the way he rocks the MPC and let us know what you think! via speedsoundtv, aymat
Free Music Friday: Here’s another free track for Synthtopia readers – an electronic soundscape from Transponder. “Love Synthtopia!” notes Transponder. “We’ve got a free track available on Bandcamp – the title track to our collection Solar Exhibition.” We’ve embedded the track above. You can find out more about Transponder and hear more tracks from their latest… Read More Free Music Friday – Transponder’s Solar Exhibition
Sunsine Audio has released a new preset pack for Animoog. Animation Vol 2 – Emulation. The second in the series, Animation Vol 2 – Emulation features 124 presets ‘with a twist’: Imagine if you ignored the Anisotropic engine in Animoog, or just used it as an extra LFO without the wave-scanning. That’s exactly what Sunsine Audio has… Read More Sunsine Audio Releases New Animoog Preset Pack
Free Music Friday: Ambient music artist Woob (Paul Frankland) let us know about this spectacular new video short, Tokyo Run. Here’s what’ he’s got to say about it: Tokyo Run features the time-lapse photography of Samuel Cockedey and the design, animation and audio of Paul Frankland (Woob). Although the ‘Run’ is based in a futuristic… Read More Woob – Tokyo Run
AfroDJMac contacted us to let us know about a new Free Ableton Live Pack that he created in collaboration with Berklee Music Professor & Ableton Certified Trainer Loudon Stearns, Quantize Mapper. Quantize Mapper is a Max for Live patch will allow you to MIDI map Ableton’s record quantization and global clip launch quantization. It’s a great tool that really helps… Read More Free Ableton Max For Live Patch Controls Record Quantization
Free Music Friday: Reader Cabaal, who’s participating in the 2012 Red Bull Music Academy for upcoming producers, let us know about his new album, which features the analog goodness of the Roland Juno 60: Huge fan of the site, and have been for many years. I’ve just released a new album made with Logic 9, some… Read More Free Album Features Roland Juno 60 – Cabaal’s Emanations
Reader Kevin let us know that he’s got a new site dedicated to Korg Monotron Delay mods. He notes: The Korg Monotron Delay is a whole lot of fun. This tiny synthesiser will take you from the sounds of 1950’s sci-fi movies to rich analog music. Under the cover are circuits borrowed from the legendary… Read More Korg Monotron Delay Mods Site
Musicrow has introduced Jupiter Trip, a collection of 200 sounds for Arturia Jupiter 8V. Here’s what they have to say about Jupiter Trip: Jupiter Trip uses the distinctive characteristics of the Jupiter synthesizer for the creation of lush string sounds, rich atmospheres, evolving textures, classic and special arpeggio sounds, complex sequences, surprising sound effects, rhythmic… Read More Musicrow Intros Jupiter Trip Patch Library For Arturia Jupiter 8V
This tutorial video, via the guys at XSSR Academy, takes a look at using Compressor in Ableton Live. XSSR’s Alex Mars covers the topic of compression in music and how various Compressor controls affect the sound. While the demonstration focuses on Live, though, the concepts apply equally to using compressors in other DAWs and even hardware… Read More How To Use Compressor (Ableton Live Tutorial)
