KissBox Network/WiFi to MIDI to CV – the missing link

  Never been „cheap“ but it has always been the missing link between MIDI, WiFi and now – Analog CV – it’s now another nice and smart box that brings iPads, Computers and CV together without MIDI – and note – you could also control any analog gear via iPad it also has Envelopes and LFOs and assigns 8 voices to it the Kiss Box was made to attach any controller to Hardware MIDI without true need of a computer in between. but it can be configured via Plugins/Computer but…

Read More

Roland TR8 and TB3 – the best videos

additional to this I found the 3 best videos for those who really want to know how to handle the TR8 & TB3 and what is really in especially for real performance and usability. there are masses of videos up, but only 2-3 good ones, and these come from this guy – Paul Crossman. TB3 best explained Roland AIRA TB-3: First LookDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen TR8 best explained Roland AIRA TR-8: First LookDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen you got 11 individual outputs  via USB on the Computer.. Using Multiple Outputs…

Read More

Best (Fastest) Browser for Sequencer.de (and others) vs. the video player problem

Just updated checks for the fastest and most suitable Browser on OS X Mavericks: the price goes to Safari, because it loads the whole site first and afterwards all the flash videos – so you have a picture of what’s there instantly and can read everything while the flash stuff is loading. Chrome – it’s loading the flash stuff as one of the first things, it is super fast – but it takes a while to show anything, so it appears to be slow the more videos and flash stuff…

Read More

SYSTEM-1: 4 voice synthesizer – more synths can be uploaded and hosted

the did a big campain – did NOT show it on NAMM but will show it on the Musikmesse Frankfurt. Today was the big disguising moment of those 3 new retro-engines based on DSPs which is sort of modeling „something“ but not exactly emulating something – that’s why it’s sort of a new sound and maybe not a Gaia or post-JP8000 sounding synth. it’s a new engine – and we should not think much about what the new „Modeling“ thing is all about but just listen to it … in…

Read More

Audiobus 2 – recall multiple presets from multiple apps at once

when I read Audiobus 2 is coming I just thought of my own typical use of the iPad – Synths! no sequencing, no DAW, no fx for audio-in filtering-reasons or – well – for power reasons since I am on the iPad2 which is not made für multiple heavy DSP load on multiple fx and synth but miss a nice reverb on all synths – but be honest – that’s for iPad Air and Mini 2 users atm. but here’s some reasons why audio bus 2 is interesting to me and possibly…

Read More

Weird n Synth – Play Music you might not came across in the early 2010s

THE NERDY ELECTRIC HOME PART former name of Chemnitz – east coast ;)  Karl Marx Stadt Karl Marx Stadt – CrapshotDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen swedish tweaks from Agent Side Grinder – a little punky attitude Agent Side Grinder feat. Henric de la Cour – Wolf HourDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen STILL NERDY BUT NO LONGER AT HOME, THE SOMEWHERE PLANET.. and a bit more breakable electronic and broken here and there from Taprikk Sweezee Taprikk Sweezee – Volt (kidkanevil Remix) – Official VideoDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen THE VOICE…

Read More

Gazelle Twin – nordic strange synthpop songs

interesting somewhat mysthic synth based pop with female voice. nordish sounding bit of the knife / fever ray, very very few björk and a lot of strangeness and delays with a voice somewhere in nebulaland. different kind of beautiness ™. Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen Gazelle Twin – ObeliskDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen her site is here – get the album – play track 3 and others – Gazelle Twin – Entire City interactive album

Read More
DAW 

Dope Matrix – Virtual Modular Synth for Ableton Live 9

This is an emulation of a 4 OSC modular synth on Ableton Live 9 (so in fact it is Max) and it works like this: – it’s $40 also made for performance on Push or APC40 64 step sequencer Ein Sequencer und Synthesizer System mit 4 VCOs in Ableton Live 9, das Bild sagt eigentlich alles: Es gibt dazu einen 64 Step Sequencer und Unterstützung für Push / APC. Kostet auch was – nämlich $40. Dope Matrix TutorialDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen http://www.sonicfaction.com/dope_matrix.html Forum: Modularer Synthesizer für Ableton Dope Matrix

Read More