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.
This is a demo, by RetroSound, of the Kawai K5000 Advanced Additive Synthesizer. The Kawai K5000 = Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples; the demo shows some typical K5000 sounds. Kawai K5000R Specs: Polyphony: 32 voices Oscillators: Digital Additive Synthesis plus PCM samples; Harmonics: 64 per source; Effects: 4 effects algorithms with 32 different effects… Read More The Kawai K5000
This is the first of a planned series of videos on synth programming from switchedonsynthesizer. The first episode looks at programming a simple bass line. The demos are done with Synth1, a free VST synthesizer.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=42JXwB1-05Y The Moe Sequencer (App Store link) lets you sequence sample anime voices. “Moe” (pronounced Mo-Eh) is a Japanese slang, which originally means budding, but now also means fetish of love for anime and manga characters.
This is a demo of Auduino, the Arduino synthesizer. Auduino is a synth DIY project, based on the Arduino board. The audio is coming direct from Arduino PWM output with only a slight external reverb. No other effects were used. Description: The Auduino is a sound synthesiser based on the Arduino platform. The prototype uses the Arduino… Read More Auduino, The Arduino Synthesizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWivxuDZ8q8 I’ve said a lot of nice things about Matthew Davidson, his music and his awesome blog over the last few months. Unfortunately, I may have to take it all back. His latest video – the Insane Dog Of Truth Remix – just etched itself into my subconscious and will now haunt me as long… Read More NSFA: This Dog Freaks Me Out
We haven’t ruined your day with scary videos recently, so we thought we better remedy that with this creeptacular vintage video of Roddis Franklin “Pete” Drake doing his 1962 “talking steel guitar” hit, Forever. … Read More Freakishly Weird Talking Guitar Video
OT: It looks like the Eurythmic’s Dave Stewart has a new job in the sex toy industry – marketing high-end personal vibrators. Would I lie to you? Oh no no! Here’s the scoop:
