Korg Volca Sample Video Tutorials
This set of videos, via Filipe Teixeira, offers an in-depth guide to using the Korg Volca Sample, a sample player/sequencer that lets you edit and sequence samples in realtime.
Periodic Table of Musical Instruments Posters Available In Limited Quantities
Reader Miguel d’Oliveira let us know that his Periodic Table of Musical Instruments posters are available in limited qualities. The posters features d’Oliveira’s take on a simple classification of instruments. “The main objective was to create an appealing artwork,” he notes. “Anything extra is a bonus.”
Intellijel Intros Three New Eurorack Modules
Intellijel has announced three new Eurorack modules: µMIDI – An easy to use USB and DIN MIDI interface with clock sync and voice control outputs. Built with an ARM core for tight timing and easy firmware updates. Dixie II+ – An expanded Dixie II with 8-position octave switch, suboctave out, a special new hard sync,… Read More Intellijel Intros Three New Eurorack Modules
Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) Live Rig Tour
One of the biggest strengths of the Eurorack modular standard is the vast array of module options that are now available. But it also has the side effect of making it hard for synthesists new to Euro to know where to start. In this video, filmed at the Bells ‘n’ Whistles, Crackles ‘n’ Pops modular meet in Peterborough,… Read More Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) Live Rig Tour
LinnStrument + Sample Modeling’s “The Viola”
Inventor Roger Linn shared this demonstration of using the LinnStrument as a controller with Sample Modeling’s The Viola virtual instrument. The video demonstrates the range of expression possible with an Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) MIDI controller, especially paired with a virtual instrument that is capable of using the MPE information.
Modular Addict Offers New Option For Synth DIY
Modular Addict is a new US-based synth DIY store that is launching today. Here’s what they have to say out it: We’re launching with several new vendors that don’t have US stock/distribution, and have tons more on the way. Same day shipping, large stock, screw waitlists/backorder! At launch, Modular Addict is stocking modules by:
What’s The Best New Hardware Sequencer Of 2015?
Best of 2015: 2015 has been an amazing year for hardware step sequencers. After a decades long drought, the last year has seen a flood of hardware sequencer introductions. Sequencers introduced in the last year include entry-level and high-end models; MIDI sequencers; analog CV/Gate sequencers; and sequencers that offer randomization, algorithmic sequencing, Euclidean Rhythms and… Read More What’s The Best New Hardware Sequencer Of 2015?
The Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments Music Easel
Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments (BEMI) shared this new promo video for the Music Easel – a modern recreation of Buchla’s 1973 suitcase-style 200-series Electric Music Box modular synth system.
Daphne Oram & The Sound Of The Future
This vintage short film takes a look inside early 60’s home studio of British electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram and offers a glimpse of the Sound of the Future.
Composer John Eaton Has Died
American composer John Charles Eaton (March 30, 1935 – December 2, 2015 ) has died. Eaton is best known for his operatic works, but also composed for electronic instruments and also collaborated with instrument designers on some pioneering instruments, including the Eaton-Moog Multi-Touch Sensitive (MTS) keyboard – a precursor to today’s Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) MIDI controllers.
