Friday, April 12, 2013

High Skies - The Shape of Things to Come


All Roland Jupiter-6 except for the hard, phased 'string' lines.

"A new video from 'High Skies - Sounds of Earth' uploaded every week. Next week 'Voyage en Argent'
Also from the Osmos soundtrack. more...

Music by Mat Jarvis
Main aurelia aurita footage by Randy Perry

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More High Skies
http://microscopics.co.uk

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Arius Blaze (folktek) plays live the Impossible Box


Arius Blaze (folktek) playing his Impossible Box (the 1 million dollar synthesizer):


Straight recording with Big Pauper at the video controls. To hear the complete track (9 minutes) go to Mr Blaze's soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/arius-blaze/cr...
More info on the impossible box here; http://folktek.com/instruments/electr...

Friday, March 1, 2013

Benge interview at MemeTune Studios

Future Music interviews Benge at MemeTune Studios:


"We interview the man of many modules about his studio and amazing synth collection. See a very special studio in North London and one of the finest collections of synths in the world. Home to producer and musician Benge, MemeTune Studios is wall-to-wall synth magic, featuring some of the rarest and most impressive synths ever made."


In this video: "Benge shows us his Buchla 200e, Moog 3C, Serge Modular, ARP 2500, EMS VCS3 and Formant modular synthesizers at his amazing Memetune Studios in London, UK".



Vía It's Full of Stars & Future Music 

Friday, February 22, 2013

Camel Audio - Taste of Camel & Alchemy Player v1.55

Camel Audio releases Alchemy Player 1.55, a a major update of the awesome synthesizer and Taste of Camel, a collection of presets chosen from a menu of 24 Alchemy libraries. This is the teaser:


Taste of Camel is 120-preset collection covers genres as diverse as Electronica and Ambient to Pop and Dubstep, and features 1GB of samples and multi-sampled SFZ instruments including synths, guitars, basses, sound effects, drum kits and loops. All presets are fully tagged for the new browser in Alchemy Player v1.55, which is included for free.

Features:
  • Number of Sounds: 120 (960 variations)
  • Sound Categories: 26 Pads, 20 Soundscapes, 18 Basses, 12 Arps, 10 Loops, 8 Synths, 8 Sound Effects, 6 Leads, 4 Vocals, 3 Drums, 2 Strings, 2 Guitar, 1 Mallet.
  • Genres: Electronica, Ambient, Dubstep, Pop, House
  • Sound Designers: biomechanoid, Himalaya, Luftrum, Martin Walker, Bryan Lee, Junkie XL, Nico Herz, Ian Boddy, Andre Ettema, Nick Moritz and many more.

Taste of Camel costs $15 / €12 / £10 and includes the same value in Camel Credits to spend on future purchases. Or alternatively, purchase any Camel Audio product from our website and get Taste Of Camel at no extra cost.

More info at Camel Audio

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Friday, February 15, 2013

Foundations of Synthesis Series by The Bob Moog Foundation


Marc Doty, aka AutomaticGainsay, presents a deep journey around synthesis theory and synthesizers workflow on this series of videos for The Moog Foundation

Playlist includes the following episodes:
  1. The Synthesis of Synthesis
  2. The Synthesis of Synthesis- Sound 
  3. The Synthesis of Synthesis- The Hammond Novachord
  4. Foundation of Synthesis- Oscillator Introduction
  5. Oscillators- Pulse Width Modulation
  6. Filter- Introduction
  7. Filter- Cutoff Control 
  8. Filter-Voyager Serial Resonance
  9. Control Voltage Explanation Part 1
  10. Control Voltage Explanation Part 2
  11. The Amp Introduction
  12. The ARP Envelope Follower
  13. Designing Timbres- Introduction
  14. Designing Timbres: Major/Minor Chord
  15. Designing Timbres: Duality 
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Live Improvisation by NightBirds (06.02.2013)


Synths used:
  • KORG PS 3100 (analog polyphonic) : introduction & ambient sounds
  • RSF Kobol (analog mono) : improvisation sounds
  • RSF Polykobol (analog polyphonic) : hypnotic sequence
  • ROLAND System 100 - 2x 102 modules (analog monophonic semi-modular) : rando metallic sounds with Sample & Hold
More info about NightBirds:
http://www.facebook.com/nightbirds.electronique
http://soundcloud.com/nightbirds-electronic
http://soundcloud.com/nightbirds-past-records

Publication & Copyright by NightBirds Electronic Music / France / 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013