This video captures a live looping session by denkitribe, using a microKorg XL, Ableton Live and a Korg nanoKontrol. The session uses these microKorg XL presets: A26. AC PIANO A32. BOOST BS A76. ICEFIELD B56. RADIATE A85. AIRY PAD A87. JUNGLE
If you’re in LA: Mark Allen will be teaching an Introduction to Soldering / Build Your Own Synth Workshop on December 20th from 3pm – 5pm at Machine Project. $50 covers the class and materials ($40 for Machine Project members), and you’ll end up with your own working primitive synthesizer at the end. Registration info here… Read More Build Your Own Synthesizer
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Shure SM58 & SM57 mics have a reputation for being reliable to the point of being indestructible. Mats Stålbröst, editor of the Stockholm-based Studio, took that as a challenge and subjected a SM58 to a year of sadistic torture. And here it is in all its awesome glory. He used the SM58 mic to hammer nails, dropped… Read More Shure Microphone Survives Insane, Sadistic Torture Tests
Tom Bugs of BugBrand has shared this sneak preview of the new Weevil synth for 2009. “It’s like a souped-up Postcard and takes in some new design ideas I’ve been playing with through 2008,” explains Bugs. “My aim has been to create something with the power of previous big Weevils, but which is more easily… Read More Sneak Preview Of A New Synthesizer For 2009
This demo video, via retrosound, highlights Vangelis‘ secret weapon – The Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus MK2. The VP-330 was released in 1979 and featured has featured prominently in Vangelis’ music since. Other artists using the VP-330 include Tomita, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tony Banks, YMO and Laurie Anderson.
TC-Helicon has released a software update and several application videos for Harmony-M, its vocal harmony device for MIDI keyboard players. A demo video is embedded above. The music featured in the demo video does nothing for me – but the quality of the effects is impressive.
Mike Levin has an interesting review in this month’s issue of Electronic Musician of Moog Music‘s new Moog Guitar. Is it worth the nearly six grand asking price? Levin says: Overall, I found the Moog Guitar to be an inspirational instrument. It opened up exciting new worlds of playing technique for me like no guitar… Read More Moog Guitar Review
The Synthesia platform is a project whose purpose is to create an open analog modeling musical synthesizer – a synthesizer implemented using both analog and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers, controllable through Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). The synthesizer platform exists upon it’s own standalone hardware, and may… Read More Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform
Korg has introduced a limited edition Kaossilator Pink. It’s like the normal Kaossilator – except pink. It’s expected to be available soon for about $300.
