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
Atmosphere is a great new album of synth music album from Dutch synthesist Michel van Osenbruggen, aka Synth.nl. Atmosphere is a concept album, based on the layers of atmosphere that surround the Earth, the various types of clouds that are encountered within each layer and the sounds of weather that might occur at each layer. The tracks are arranged… Read More Synth.nl – Atmosphere
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
Buchla and Associates has updated its website with full info on the Electric Music Box, Buchla Series 200e: This year we’re celebrating 45 years of building bizarre electronic musical instruments. What better way to celebrate than to revisit some old instruments – namely the 200 series Electric Music Boxes, manufactured from 1970 to the mid… Read More The Buchla Series 200e Modular Synthesizer
AtomoSynth has introduced the new Mochika2 Midi sync clear edition, now available on Ebay. 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 AtomoSynth Mochika Clear Introduced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAlVb9AOgRE This is one of the sexiest TB303 clones I’ve seen – the SEBassLine. It’s a new custom 303 clone based on the x0xb0x. The x0xb0x is a cool DIY project – but this makes it sextacular. The SE BassLine can be purchased for $1500 USD. Shipping is included within the continental United States. Here’s another demo:… Read More New TB303 Clone – SEBassLine
A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I’m checking out SoundCloud – a new music sharing site specifically for musicians. It’s a site that lets you upload your tracks and then share them via websites, blogs, email, Digg, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. I wanted to learn a bit more about how it works and… Read More Music From Synthtopia Readers
Music sharing startup SoundCloud has added the a new feature that lets you “tweet” the tracks that you share. When you tweet them, your tracks are posted straight to Twitter, a microblogging site. Tracks are tweeted from the share-box above each track: Click here to see how it looks on Twitter.
This video demos how to create and upload a remix project to Koblo.com. Music by Mankind is Obsolete.
synthPond is a relaxing spatial sequencer and audio toy, available in the app store for $1.99. Unlike a normal sequencer where you place notes on a grid and a moving playhead plays them, in synthPond you place nodes in a field (pond). There are two major types of nodes. Circular nodes release waves at certain intervals.… Read More synthPond Brings Ambient Spatial Synthesis To The iPhone
