Atomo Labs has introduced the Mochika2 Sequencer Synth – now featuring Midi synchronization.. Description: This synth features: one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old… Read More Mochika2 Sequencer Synth Introduced
The Electro-Music forum has the scoop on a new synth DIY sequencer project, the Roland 100m. It has step repeat switches:- [1-8] and gate mode switches:- [off/single/repeat/long] for each stage, plus random & pingpong mode. It is based around a PIC, so is software update-able. RYK explains: I was inspired by watching a Youtube clip… Read More New Synth DIY Sequencer Project
A little classic synth porn, via adalau – the Roland TB-303 Computer Controlled Bassline Synthesizer. You can almost smell the acid….
Yves Usson has posted details on a new synth module design, the Octal Random Gate: When I designed this module, I had in mind to control a Moog 960 sequencer in a random fashion, but many other applications may be imagined. On the 960 sequencer, a single step can be selected directly by it’s IN… Read More YuSynth Octal Random Gate Module
We recently saw a post on the Weirdest Guitars In The World – and, after taking a look, all I can say is that guitarists are a pretty conservative bunch. You haven’t seen weird, until you’ve seen some of the bizarre synth contraptions that keyboardists and electronic musicians have come up with. In fact, some of… Read More The Strangest Synthesizers In The World
David Battino has documented a boot-up hack that lets you create 4-bar loops with the Korg Kaossilator: While holding the Tap and Loop Rec buttons, slide the power switch from Standby to On. The display willl show DLY (delay) to confirm you’re in bufferless mode. Release the buttons. Hold down Loop Rec and Tap again;… Read More Korg Kaossilator 4-Bar Loop Hack!
Synthesist Bakis Sirros sends word that a couple of new Serge Modular synth modules have been announced: The Dual ADSR m-odule (includes two Extended ADSR modules, a Dual Comparator, and a Dual Transient Gen.) Price is 1600 USD The Wave Processor m-odule (includes Ring Modulator module, Triple Waveshaper module, Wavemultipliers module, Xfader module, Mixer module).… Read More Two New Serge Modular M-odules
Open Labs product developer Matthew Presley demonstrates how to use the new iPhone application BeatMaker in conjunction with NeKo TSE. The highlight is the way Presley integrates BeatMaker with the NeKo.
Don’t buy an Akai MPC5000 until you read this: hip-hop producer Just Blaze’s rant on the MPC Akai calls “the most advanced MPC on the planet.” “THIS THING IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE!” says Blaze. “Some of the bugs in this thing are ATROCIOUS.” He goes on to detail a litany of bugs… Read More Don’t Buy An Akai MPC 5000 Until You Read This
This episode of XLR8R TV looks at Brooklyn-based electro/hip-hop artist Eliot Lipp and his monster collection of sexy analog gear, including: Jomox XBase-09 MFB Synth-II Plan B modular synths Atari Synthcart Sequential Circuits Six-Trak Wurlitzer Electric Piano He also talks about his new album, The Outside, ice cream and crate digging. If anything is going… Read More Eliot Lipp’s Gear Porn Video
