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Video demonstration of and step-by-step tutorial on changing melodies and harmonies of a mixed musical recording in real-time, using the Zynaptiq PITCHMAP AudioUnits Plug-In controlled by live MIDI input in Apple Logic Pro. Original recording provided courtesy of absolutesongs.com

the-product.org/soundmachines An instrument for performing electronic music Three units, which are resembling standard record players, translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software. The rotation of the discs, each holding three tracks, can be synced to a sequencer. The Soundmachines premiered on the Volkswagen New Beetle stand at the [...]

Discover the basics of synthesis and get a guided tour of the synth and the waveforms used to create sounds. This awesome series by synth master Russ Hughes covers everything from the basics right though to complex sound design including subtractive, FM, wavetable, granular and sampled based synthesis. The series is aimed at anyone who [...]

In this video, developer Jim Heintz (Way Out Ware) demos and explains his SynthX software synth for the iPad. Heintz is also the creator of TimewARP 2600, KikAXXE and several other apps for desktop and iOS. You can chose to play using the intuitive XY mode that automatically makes every touch tuned to the selected [...]

Here we have a demo of the Solton SM 100. It is the expander version of the Project 100. Drums are made with the Roland TR 808. The SM 100 is a polyphonic synth with 12 DCO’s ( 2 per voice, 6-voice polyphony ) and a 24 dB filter. 4 waveforms : Pulse with Pulse [...]

Uploaded by AnalogueSolutions on Jan 27, 2012 recently declassified footage from former USSR Feel free to guess and leave your thoughts on what Analogue Solutions are up to Cool video anyhow And here’s some more associated stuff from Analogue Solutions: Telemark is a Oberheim SEM inspired synth like the Anyware Tinysizer, the Semtex XL and the [...]

Charlie Chaplin speech from The Great Dictator run through a Bode Vocoder. SCI Prelude used as the carrier signal. In 1979 Moog released a vocoder of their own, although its design and architecture is almost identical to the Bode 7702 vocoder. It’s a 16-band analog vocoder which separates a given synthesizer sound (carrier signal) into [...]

Galactic Travels: AV talks with Bill Fox

This time around Ambient Visions' Q & A has a go at Bill Fox, the long time host of a spacemusic radio show called Galactic Travels. Bill has been broadcasting Galactic Travels since 1996 out in eastern…

Subliminal Pulse AV talks to Bruno Sanfilippo 

Bruno Sanfilippo has been a musician and producer of ambient music since 1991. 

He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1965. Later, he moved…

by Thomas - 1/27/2012…

Music is deeply tied up with motion; seeing that in a machine is somehow satisfying. Soundmachines, from the enigmatically-titled Berlin studio TheProduct*, is an interactive physical installation made from optical turntables. By moving the “tone arm” – really in this case an optical sensor attached to an extended mount – you can change rhythms and sound sweeps.

We’ve naturally seen many visualizations, tangible and digital, that make loops into wheels. But it’s worth noting the particular connection to a kinetic experiment by The Books’ Nick Zammuto from the film earlier this week. In fact, my one criticism of this piece is that the rhythms are so regular. Some syncopation in a machine like this would be not only pleasing, but immediately visible to the eye and therefore understandable. Perhaps even decoupling the wheels from the motor could allow a user to experiment with sound. That doesn’t mean you have to go from minimal techno to irregular chaos, but there’s quite a lot in between.

That’s not to take away from the impact of this piece, and in particular, the beauty of its installation. The presentation in an iconic object is a message in itself. And the circle remains the ideal design for a looped rhythm, embedded as it is in the repetition we perceive in our world.

http://www.the-product.org/soundmachines

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Three units, which are resembling standard record players, translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software. The rotation of the discs, each holding three tracks, can be synced to a sequencer.
The Soundmachines premiered on the Volkswagen New Beetle stand at the IAA motor show in late Summer 2011. In cooperation with the sounddesigner/producer Yannick Labbé of TRICKSKI fame, we developed three unique discs, each controlling one track of an Ableton Live Set exclusively made for the Event. The show was supported by a set of realtime generated visuals, running on a 25m wide LED wall.


One/One oneone-studio.com
TheProduct* the-product.org

Client

Volkswagen

Agency

Vok Dams, Hamburg

Sounddesign/Producer IAA
Yannick Labbé yannicklabbe.com

Special Thanks

Matt Karau
 matt.karau.com
Andreas Schmelas invertednothing.com

(See also a compelling-looking visual collage. It’s supposed to be set to John Cage’s “First Interlude,” but because of copyright concerns, is instead (arguably) set to Cage’s 4’33″. Let’s hope they don’t get sued for that.

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I’ve been creating some music with Tom Carpenter. He’s the man behind the wonderful Analogue Solutions synths and modules. He did an unexpected “nice” for me and printed my alias The Horrorist on his upcoming Spring Reverb modules. So I guess I broke some new here… yeah AS has a new Spring Reverb module coming up. If you follow Tom on Facebook you can also see his new very nice looking Telemark Keyboard. The first song we recorded is called “Forever for You” although we could change it to Cold Wave.. what do you think Tom? My friend Gabri is also doing a mix and there will be some other tracks. Samples coming soon…

“Your name is imortalised on the new spring reverb circuit board. hopefully it will be released in a few months!” – Tom Carpenter

For more info: thehorrorist.com and analoguesolutions.org.uk/v2/

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A great and rare overview of the Cwejman’s take on random generation. Cwejman makes some of the best modules on the market: their designs are so well thought out and sound/build quality is so high. Jason Baker does an excellent job explaining its functions and quirks.

Cakewalk is back from NAMM and we will have a full recap of the show shortly. We would like to thank HP for outfitting our entire booth with the latest HP Z Series Workstations and HP EliteBooks. There is no doubt that HP computers are up to the task of handling any recording session you [...]

many many thanks to my friend Ann Schmitz for creating this beautiful slideshow video for "sometimes we forget" from "memento"

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