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Elektron Grammofon – the label of gearmaker Elektron – has announced its second release – an LP by The Bug:
Bollywood Maharaja Drums is a new sample library that features the percussive sounds of ‘Bollywood’. It features 1200 one-shot drum sounds, organized in to 100 Kits (2.5 GB) in the plugin. It also comes with 1200 wav files for use in hardware and software samplers.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Christophe Duquesne, captures a virtual orchestra performance on Seaboard RISE + Haken Continuum-II. Here’s what he has to say about it:
This video captures a ‘mechanical techno’ jam, by Graham Dunning. Dunning incorporates mechanical rhythm generators into his performances, to create an alternative to computer-perfect repetition.
Vienna-based Drahthaus shared their latest music video, for Notch, a track that combines electronic and acoustic instruments.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live looping synth jam, with Ableton Live, by Rheyne. Recorded in one take with no pre-recorded loops or samples.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Noir Et Blanc Vie, captures a jazz improvisation with Moog Mother-32 and a Korg SV-1 stage piano. via Stephen
Ngarjuna (Mitch Furman) has released West Coast Bach, Volume 1 – an album of ‘switched on’ style Bach, arranged for a ‘West Coast’ style synthesizer.
At Knobcon 2015, Black Market Modular officially introduced the Colour Palette – a unique Eurorack module that promises to be a mini-platform for synthesists. Here’s a new demo video, via Raul Pena of Modular Wild:
