Free Music Software: Mark Egloff – a logistics expert working for Ableton by day – is a musician and remixer by night and created a free step sequencer for the Akai APC 20 or 40 and Live. Egloff has always preferred the direct control and tactile feel of hardware drum sequencers over their software equivalents. So, working… Read More Free Step Sequencer For Ableton Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saSvHxDOSh8 Reader Jennifer Sandifer tipped us off to Brooklyn instrument builder Ben Simon and his bizarre Guitar2D2. Guitar2D2 is not only an 11-stringed (!) guitar, but it sports a built in drum machine, keyboard, effects, amps & 5 speakers! An in-depth interview with Simon about his strange contraptions and his inspiration is available on the Brooklyn Instrument Museum blog.… Read More Ben Simon’s Guitar2D2
I’ve been enjoying the recent videos by ExperimentalSynth’s Chris Stack – and his latest synth experiment video is no exception. The video explores using a vocoder to modulate your synth: When using the Voyager’s Mixer Out/Filter In jack with a vocoder like this, the vocoder’s mic input becomes a portal for injecting rhythm into your… Read More Synthesis Tips – Vocoding Your Voyager Synthesizer
AfroDJMac is on task and sends word of another one of his weekly freebies for Ableton Live: Hello friends at Synthtopia 🙂 It’s that time of week again, another Free Weekly Ableton Live Rack Download. This one samples a Nintendo using a MidiNES by wayfar. Thank you and enjoy!
Here’s a brief first look at the new Analogue Solutions Leipzig-s analog synthesizer. Here’s what they have to say about the Leipzig-S: This beast of a synth represents the latest in Analogue Solutions’ Leipzig line and incorporates a vast number of new features, most notably the 8-step on-board sequencer which can be synced and controlled… Read More Analogue Solutions New Leipzig-S Synthesizer (Bass Detonation Demo)
http://vimeo.com/21812047 The music video for Shit Robot’s Losing My Patience, via Philip Schwartz, who adds “Cool video, good synth music, what more could you want?”
Reader + Eigenharpist Geert Bevin sent word of the New Musical Instruments Tour events that are scheduled for May 5th-9th in San Francisco: We will be attending in the San Francisco area from May 5th through 9th, hosted by Roger Linn of Linn drum and MPC fame. We will be presenting the Eigenharps along with other… Read More New Musical Instruments Tour: Eigenharp, Continuum, SLABS and LinnStrument In San Francisco
Twisted Tools has released a new sample library, Glitchmachines: Elements. Elements is a collection of analogue oneshots, heavily processed foley and designed sounds by circuit bender Ivo Ivanov of Glitchmachines. The Elements sample pack comes coupled with sampler presets for most major sample formats, as well as 128 royalty free original loops, which were made… Read More Twisted Tools Glitchmachines: Elements
Binary Bleeps sends word about Sampler (App Store link), a new sampling performance instrument with motion-controlled pitch, filter, delay, and bit crusher effects. Features: Record from the microphone or paste audio from other apps. Play your samples from velocity sensitive pads. Control effects through the motion of your device. Save samples and record performances. The effects… Read More New Sampling Instrument For iOS, Sampler
AfroDJMac sends word of another free Ableton Live Rack – AfroDJMac Space China: I’ve released a new Ableton Live Instrument Rack, the “AfroDJMac Space China.” This synth was created by sampling the sound of a wooden spoon hitting fine dining china (don’t tell my mom)! It is then layered with another synth, created with Ableton’s Operator. It… Read More Free Ableton Live Rack – AfroDJMac Space China
