FXpansion new software drumcomputer called tremor

new drum tr-style sequencer since it is based on DCAM the sound should be really good, – do you remember Synthsquad? So if you do – this is based on the same technology, but of course as a drumsynth (simpler). it’s a polyrhythmic drumcomputer with tr-style step sequencer – each track can start at a different position and so you have it – flexible beats. really hope the steps can be set via controller (genereic like launchpad..)

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Moog Minitaur – a smaller slim Phatty? no, more a Taurus desktop synth

Look what I found, or better what was shown to me (thanks Ole) via this www.facebook.com/pages/HET-INC – reduced the synth to the minimum don’t know if this is „real“ or photoshopped, but nice. – seems it’s real 600 USD. YES this is a new Moog and it’s really neat, smart and small enough. Here’s an audio (MP3)- all Minitaur except Bassdrum (they say) – in fact it’s more a Taurus than a Little or Slim Phatty, soundwise.. AND IT IS Minitaur Analog Synthesizer, not Minotaur!! the quote is here: The Minitaur Analog Synthesizer is a compact…

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QuNeo Controller controlling Ableton – sort of chase light sample position sequencer in here

if you’ve been following Keith McMillens new QuNeo Controller it looks a lot like it is all based on Max/MSP (hard to handle but..) there have been sequencers for Monome doing almost the same – following a clip referring to the position and showing it via the Pads quite similar to a TR808 or Electribe kind of sequencer – mosly limited to 16 or 32 steps (unfortunately) but this one looks promising – just because those slides are colour coded and may show the position later and jump when one 16-bar…

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Pittsburgh Modular – Fragments Generator

Pittsburgh Modular – Fragments Generator is a Eurorack Module, it’s sound generator is a set or certain quantity of ticks or pulses – so it reminds of a drumsynth for „(Hand)Claps“ to have that „multiple slap“ thing in it to resonate in a filter behind the generator. it’s about „density“ and grain sizes here, so it’s abviously inspired by granular synthesis – not the sample-grain stuff – it’s more the original grain cloud idea of having multiple clicks to become „noises“ whether they are dense and tuned in a „swarm“ of…

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Mogees – Gesture recognition with contact-microphones

Connect a contact microphone to anything you want to „play“ – the software makes it like a real instrument, (Ircam / Bruno Zamborlin), that patch is (of course) a Max/MSP patch. here’s the same thing that uses speech samples and now the same on/with a phone – some water (virtually) splashing over it by tilting it and other nice things shown here..

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Gotharmans DeFormer – a new project in progress for a very special effect thing, just read how’s it going

gotharman.dk has been working on a new project,  the „Little deFormer“. Unfortunately this project has turned out to be a bit bigger than expected, and it has therefore been delayed a lot. Because of this delay, gothar music have now ran out of funds to continue it, so if you like this project, it would make him  happy to support him in any way you might like to, if you would like to support, pre-order or help him spread the word about this. so – I did it with this ;)

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