Synth 

Korg ARP Odyssey Synthesizer (2015) – single sound demo

Marko is probably the first german guy to demo the machine for everyone to check all basic features of the Korg Odyssey 1 / 2 OSCs, Sync, Ringmod, Filter Sweeps .. it’s all in – don’t listen if you can’t „abstract“ the sound from the music you might want to do. ok, not the first.. Erste Demos vom Korgessy.   UPDATE: Test/Review in German of both – a Mk3 Original vs the new Korg one is here – all done by Marko „Retrosound“ Ettlich for Amazona.

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Stalking non existent bands: Sweet Saturn Mine / AKS / 2Voice

Looks like „the non Germans“ got a fictional electronic band as well. We got Fractus (there’s more) and you got progtronic ouija that are stalked by a lady that is meant to be sort of deranged, but looks like she’s just hot (Maxine Peake). come on, she is! that dude is a bit like a not-so-active Frank Tovey not yet to be kicking out his electronic (fat?) gadgets – and you can see the AKS and Oberheim 2 Voice in here as well. Do the Kleidersammlung™! via Sweet Saturn Mine is a track…

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Loop Creator „Turner“ for NI Kontakt – wave/sample sequencing with up to 127 samples

UPDATE: Turner is going into the next step – there are no longer beat and melodic versions but one TURNER running on Kontakt 5.0 instead of 5.5 – makes it available to a lot more people. check out the new version: Turner MK2 V03 // import samplesDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen __ what happened before 2016: __ Kontakt’s sequencing section blown up to create a lot of loops there are 10 types of sequencers added to do sample sequences just a different way of „wave sequence“ from Korgs Kronos/Wavestation – can…

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Steve Strange (Visage) dies at age of 55

Steve Strange, iconic creator of Visage and the Blitz club legend (New Romantic / New Wave) movement. Well – ok, he was also the guy who did not allow Daniel Miller to enter the club – even though they played his records (The Normal „warm leatherette“) – Mind of a Toy and Fade to Grey might be what we remember most including the help of Midge Ure. forum: † Steve Strange – bekannt durch Visage † VISAGE – Fade To Grey [Rare Video 1981] HQDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen Dieses Video auf…

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Affinity Photo – Photoshop CS Killer without subscription BS

Ok, you did your covers with Photoshop, right? You were searching for something to avoid that totally unacceptable 50€ model per month model of their cloud bullshit and ran into Pixelmator or Acorn, right? But the Pro-side of life wasn’t there – something that could do the Adobe CS Photoshop jobs? well you can do for 40€ with Serif Affinity. Looks like I’ve found it – I really was hoping for things like this to happen! Link to them: Affinity Photo – Professional image editing software for Mac. via Apples Shop…

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BME 700 Synth with Switch controlled additional Resonator/Filter

the german very rare Baumann BME 700 has a special Resonant Filter that is digitally set up via setting „bits“ – this one seems a bit broken or damaged since the keyboard doesn’t seem to work but when those hands reaching out for the resonator – just have a listen! BME-700 // FATTEST SYNTH ON EARTH & the worst keyboard ever!!Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen more on the BME 700 subtractive,analog synth..

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