Focusrite Wants You To Win A Recording Session With Guy Massey

Focusrite Audio Engineering this morning announced a ‘dream recording competition,’ in celebration of the company’s 25th Anniversary. Focusrite is giving one entrant an opportunity, for the winner and three bandmates, to record a track with Grammy Award-winning producer Guy Massey at AIR Studios in London, UK. The contest winners will spend an all-expenses-paid weekend in the legendary AIR Studios,… Read More Focusrite Wants You To Win A Recording Session With Guy Massey

February 20, 2014February 20, 20141 Comment

CONTACT Turns Any Table Into A Musical Instrument

CONTACT is an experimental tangible audio interface, designed to manipulate and visualize sounds generated from interaction with a simple tabletop. Any physical contact with the table generates acoustic vibrations, which are manipulated and visualized, in realtime. Here’s a preview of CONTACT in action:

February 20, 2014February 20, 201413 Comments

Korg Volca Beats Snare Mod

Korg Volca Beats Hack- Snare Mod Demo plus “how to” full instructions!!! was uploaded by: Darren Glen
Duration: 1198
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February 20, 201417 Comments

Getting Started With Kymatica Sector Stochastic Sample Slice Sequencer

Sector from Kymatica, Getting Started and Tutorial for iPad was uploaded by: thesoundtestroom
Duration: 1050
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February 20, 20146 Comments

CV Toolkit Lets You Use Virtual Modules With Hardware Analog Synthesizers

These videos offer an overview of CV Toolkit 1.1 – a $19.99 standalone application that lets you use software modules to control analog synthesizers. It works by sending CV signals through any DC-coupled audio interface or Expert Sleeper’s ES-3 module. The 1.1 version ships with 15 virtual modules that offer different modulation options such as LFO,… Read More CV Toolkit Lets You Use Virtual Modules With Hardware Analog Synthesizers

February 20, 2014January 1, 201514 Comments

Groovesizer Red (Sneak Preview)

Developer MoShang has announced Groovesizer Red – a new 8-bit sequencer + synthesizer that will be available as a DIY project or pre-assembled. The Groovesizer RED is a DIY 16-step MIDI sequencer and granular synth. It features 16 LEDs (one per step), 5 potentiometers, and 5 buttons, MIDI input and ouput on 5-pin DINs, MIDI… Read More Groovesizer Red (Sneak Preview)

February 20, 20144 Comments

Free Lexicon 480L Impulse Responses From Grant Nelson

Producer Grant Nelson has released his personal collection of impulse responses (IRs), based on a classic Lexicon 480L digital reverb unit, as a free download. Impulse Responses can be used with convolution reverbs. Here’s what Nelson has to say about the free IRs:

February 19, 201414 Comments

Nodation Puts A Node-Based Sequencer In Your Web Browser

Nodation is a web-based nodal sequencer/synthesizer that uses graphs as basis of musical notation, node distance from center is translated to pitch, and connecting nodes creates melodies.

February 19, 20146 Comments

Sliver For iPad – A New Tool For Soundscape & Texture Creation

Sliver was uploaded by: Alex Matheu
Duration: 141
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February 19, 2014February 19, 201426 Comments

Billy Corgan Plans 8-Hour Live Modular Synth Interpretation Of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

Smashing Pumpkin’s Billy Corgan has announced plans for an 8-hour modular synth ambient interpretation of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha: On 2//28 I’ll be doing a show at Madame ZuZu’s Teahouse (Chicago); start time noon, and due to nature of performance it’ll last 8-9 hours. So see http://MadameZuzus.com in coming days for details on seating and admissions. As… Read More Billy Corgan Plans 8-Hour Live Modular Synth Interpretation Of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

February 19, 201448 Comments