The Standuino Pi – A ‘Mysterious Drone Synth

The Standuino Pi is a ‘mysterious drone synth’, available in a limited edition of 50 units. Features: several oscillators, wavetables and synthesis types settings accessed by randomizers 4 presets patchable clock sequencer internal clock or MIDI clock divider MIDI input Here’s a video preview:

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Two Free Ableton Packs

AfroDJMac let us know about a couple of new free Ableton Live packs he’s created, Ocarina of Live and OP-1 Drums. Here’s what he has to say about Ocarina of Live: Ocarina of Live was created with samples of an Ocarina. It’s an official Legend of Zelda Ocarina, with the triforce printed right on it.… Read More Two Free Ableton Packs

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SubSonic – Free ‘Vintage Synth’ VST

Developer Tim Aviss let us know about his new subtractive software synthesizer, SubSonic. Features: 3 Oscillators (Sine, Sawtooth, Triangle, Square, Noise) with detune Graphical ADSR Envelope Multiple filter selection: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Reject, and Peaking. Fully customisable reverb module Delay Module for standard Echo delay effects. Stereo Chorus The Flanger module… Read More SubSonic – Free ‘Vintage Synth’ VST

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Steve Reich – Pendulum Music

Sunday Synth Jam: Here’s a performance of Steve Reich‘s 1968 process music piece, Pendulum Music, by Simon Acevedo, Mathieu Cart, Simon Paccaud & Olivier Schuppisser. In Pendulum Music, three or more microphones are suspended by their cables over the speakers that they are connected to. The microphones are set in motion, creating overlapping patterns of feedback. 

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