The First NEW Optigan Disc since 1974! + LoFi Charme of Orchestrons and…

very re-retro. I really like the 3:00 Psych kind of Opticals in it with analog sound ;) YouTube – The First NEW Optigan Disc since 1974!. Also some „playalong-Organ“ specials. It’s sound is very much about Lofi and has it’s special touch. Special on those is – it is all looped, so it is sustained and won’t stop after a time like mellotrons do… watch it in sephia…

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About/Making Of the Schneidersbüro Documentation Movie

Got that movie or seen it? Here’s the producer and some nice talks about making it, worth for a warm breeze-kind of look.. the making of „Totally Wired“ – Schenidersbuero Shop in Berlin. Für alle, die den Film über Schneidersbüro kennen und auch die, die ihn nicht kennen – eine nette kleine „Making Of“ – Filmografie, einfach mal reinschauen… (den Film gibts bei Herrn Schneider, einfach mal fragen…)

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Elektron Updates

Machinedrum & MonoMachine OS updateS Elektron Music Machines has released new OS updates for the Machinedrum and the Monomachine. The Machinedrum got a simplified Global Menu layout and the Monomachine got two brand new effects — a phaser and a flanger. Get the updates at the Elektron homepage. About the Machinedrum SPS-1/SPS-1 UW mkii The Machinedrum is a 16-track drum machine with no compromises. It contains a range of different synthesis methods developed specially for producing percussive tones. Almost any type of drum sound imaginable can be created using a…

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Madrona Labs „Continuum-style“ XY-Ribbon kind of Controller

Madrona Labs. has something that looks like a piece of wood, but check this.. Our first hardware product is the Madrona Soundplane A, a force-sensitive surface forintimate control of electronic music. What is intimate control? Instruments like the violin and hand drums give the player a very responsive connection to sound through their physical construction. In a state of creative flow, we stop thinking about these instruments as separate devices and speak directly through them. In a very real sense they become part of us. On a typical MIDI keyboard,…

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