This video, Where Are You?, captures Stretta (Matthew Davidson) playing a French Connection controller against a looping phrase. If you listen carefully to the phrase, the pulses change slightly throughout the composition. The French Connection is controlling a small collection of modules including a Cwejman VCO-RM2, MMF1, Plan B model 11 and Doepfer VCA. The left hand… Read More Gorgeous French Connection Synth Work
This video demos a complex modular synth patch with the TIpTop Z3000 & Z5000: This patch got few tricks, first the Z5000 gets the sine from one VCO on his left channel then the sine of a second VCO on his right channel. All three Z3000 are first having there frequencies set so they are… Read More Complex Modular Synth Patch
From the dept of Because It Was There: This video demonstrates the Gakken SX-150 sequenced with an analog sequencer.
Die Mensch Maschine got rebuffed by a court in Germany, which told electronica pioneers Kraftwerk that Moses Pelham did not violate their copyrights by using an unauthorized sample of one of their songs, Metal on Metal, in one of his productions. The ruling overturns an earlier decision against Pelham. Judges in Berlin said the two second extract did not… Read More Kraftwerk Gets Copyright Smackdown
I don’t know what to say about this bizarre, not quite steampunk music sequencer! Let me know what you thinks!
SM Pro Audio has announced that the V-Machine hardware VST player is now shipping in the US. The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module designed to take plug-ins on the road or into the studio and access them directly without a computer. Multiple plug-ins can be loaded into bank/preset memories of the V-Machine… Read More V-Machine Turns Your Music Software Into Hardware
This music video is for Void Ship from The Chordless Chord by Beat Frequency. The track features Etherwave theremin + Marshall Echohead delay box + Danelectro PB&J delay box. No overdubs, no multi-tracking, no post-production effects, except a little reverb throughout. iTunes link: The Chordless Chord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFo1l8SJeik In this demo video, Chris Warren is controlling a soft synth developed especially for AudioCubes by Percussa, to be released in the next few months. No setup or configuration necessary to make the cubes talk to the software, since the software was designed specifically for the cubes. No drivers necessary, and runs on Mac OSX… Read More Sound Design With Percussa AudioCubes
Beat Frequency’s video for Iron Sun, from The Chordless Chord (iTunes link). The track features theremin plus delay, pitch shift, panic box and whistle pig (http://tinyurl.com/panicbox). It was recorded in a single take, with no post-processing.
NSFW: Circuit Ben demos his Super Ultra Mega Fun Box – a circuit bent orgasm key ring. Best line: “Don’t do it! Don’t do it! Don’t do it yet!” That’s what she said.
