Electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita, 80, has announced he will feature a virtual singer Hatsune Miku as the main singer in his upcoming orchestra concert on November 23rd at Tokyo Opera City Hall in Tokyo. His new piece Ihatov Symphony, which expresses the world of Kenji Miyazawa’s novel, will be performed by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra… Read More Isao Tomita To Premier Work With Virtual Singer Miku
Expert Sleepers has released version 2.0.0 of Silent Way, its suite of plugins designed to let you use your computer as part of a modular synthesizer system.. The plugins make no sound, but are designed to generate control voltages. Silent Way v2.0.0 updates include: 5 new plug-ins: Silent Way ES-5 Controller, Silent Way ESX-4CV Combiner,… Read More Silent Way v2 Adds 5 New Plugins, 64-Bit Support, MIDI Learn & More
The Dark Water – Erik Norlander The Galactic Collective Live in Gettysburg – For Bob Moog’s birthday was uploaded by: ThinkTankMediaMusic
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It looks like Elektron – maker of the Octatrack, MonoMachine & MachineDrum – may have a new instrument on the way. Eagle-eyed reader Gilles Kutte saw this note on the Facebook page of French boutique synth shop Modularsquare: “Stoppez les rotatives ! La prochaine machine d’Elektron est sur le point d’être révélée ! Et comme chaque… Read More What’s Elektron Introducing?
Dan (SynthDan1) from Acoustica Software demonstrates his dream synth – a rare 1969 Moog modular: I fulfilled a life-long dream by buying a 1969 Moog Modular system. This system was custom-ordered by Rick Powell, a musician and friend of Bob Moog, and was used on a number of pretty bad Moog albums in the 70s. When… Read More Moog Lives! 1969 R.A. Moog Modular Synthesizer Restored
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Saturday Synth Porn: Photoblogger Trey Ratcliff posted a gorgeous collection of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos earlier this year of the amazing studio of Hans Zimmer, along with the story of his experience meeting the composer. While Ratcliff doesn’t offer any insight into the amazing synths and instruments in the studio, he does offer his… Read More This Could Be The World’s Coolest Electronic Music Studio
Developers of the Molecule Synth have released a pair of demo videos as a sneak preview of the new snap-together modular synthesizer. The first video, above, demonstrates Molecule Synth with iPhone MIDI and Touch OSC.
Here’s a demonstration, via Andrew Ostler, of the new Madrona Labs Soundplane controller being used with Expert Sleepers Silent Way to control a Eurorack modular synthesizer.
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced a new video series, in partnership with macProvideo.com, looking at The Foundations of Synthesis. The Foundation of Synthesis series features BMF Education and Archive Specialist Marc Doty and cover a variety of topics, including: The Synthesis of Synthesis Oscillators Filters Control Voltage Amps, Ring Modulators, S&H and more Applied Synthesis On several… Read More The Foundations Of Synthesis Video Tutorial Series
