Synth Tips: Analog Esoterica – Mixing Control Voltages

Experimental Synth’s Chris Stack is back with a little “analog esoterica”: Mixing Control Voltages with the Moog CP-251 Control Processor – two favorite methods of creating tempo-synced control voltages are combined and processed, then routed to the Moog Voyager’s Filter CV In for a wide range of rhythmic expression. This is the latest in Stack’s… Read More Synth Tips: Analog Esoterica – Mixing Control Voltages

New Music For A New Instrument – Stretta & The Arc

Matthew Davidson (Stretta) has posted these videos, demonstrating a new instrument, the Arc, in action. The Arc, made by the creators of the monome, is a high-end, hand-crafted high-resolution knob controller for electronic music. Davidson’s first piece, soome, above, is an improvisation for piano, monome, arc and an application he created, grainstorm: I’m using a… Read More New Music For A New Instrument – Stretta & The Arc

MIDI-Controlled Matrix Synthesizer Patching (Sneak Preview)

http://vimeo.com/20298967 This video is a teaser for Jochen Bohnes‘s MIDI-controlled matrix synthesizer patch bay. In a nutshell, Boehnes’ MIDI-controlled matrix synthesizer patch bay is designed to let you patch your modular synthesizer, and recall patches, using MIDI. The video demonstrates the concept using a Novation LaunchPad to control the matrix patching – but a MIDI-controlled… Read More MIDI-Controlled Matrix Synthesizer Patching (Sneak Preview)

Microtonal Electronic Music On YouTube

Recent developments in synth technology are driving an explosion of experimentation with microtonal electronic music – and many of these experiments are showing up on YouTube. Non-standard tunings may initially sound strange or out of tune. But moving beyond equal-tempered tuning opens up infinite tuning possibilities and alternate music traditions for musicians to explore. Recently,… Read More Microtonal Electronic Music On YouTube