Arturias new tiny Microbrute synth / Neuer Arturia Synth Microbrute

more than rumours- a new Arturia Synth is coming… it’s tiny. it’s micro. but they say – it’s big what’s coming up next 5/6 days.. 1x Multi Timbral, 1 Voice, (2013)  Arturia Microbrute Analog Synthesizer + step sequencer 1 OSC, 1 Sub, 1 Filter, 1 LFO, 1 EG subtractive analog synthesis, 25 Keys, velocity usb MIDI CV Gate Ctrl,Sequencer, ~299€ (in 2012) continue / weiter..? MicroBrute 100% Analog Synthesizer IntroductionDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen and Nick of Sonicstate had one – so here’s a walk-through video – almost any important Minibrute Feature in except the 2nd Envelope. MicroBrute Exclusive ReviewDieses…

Capo 3 – Reverse Engineering Music

this is made for analyzing audio – playiing the song slowly enough to get all notes and chords and let you show it as well as play the song as slow as needed to… Mit diesem Analysewerzeug kann man Songs extrem verlangsamt anhören und die Akkorde und Töne heraushören (lassen), es ist quasi dazu da einen Song zu verstehen und vielleicht sogar auszunotieren. Capo 3 – Reverse Engineering Rock and Roll.

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Bolsa Bass Synth & Sequencer – Critter & Guitari

this thing has 1) a nice introduction video 2) a sequencer 3) delay for basses (huh?).. 4) envelope for filter 5) FM 7) …is fed by a sawtooth oscillator. 8) MIDI is in, too – and it is sooo cute when the MIDI jack start singing. (yes, you are right, they do) 6 modes for sound generation – some standards and simple FM as well as physical modeling style delay with feedback for string sound simulation 4 knobs as simple as that for these 6 modes – sort of like…

Aleph – Open Source Synthesizer / Looper & FX / Sampler by/von E.Buchla (Son of Don) + B.Crabtree (Monome)

Ezra Buchla (son of Donald) and Brian Crabtree of Monome have made a Linux based open source device for „everything“ called Aleph. with connectors for monome, soundplane and shnth 100 will be made – it will be $1.4k – and it has 4 CV outputs as well. runs BF533 DSP, programmed in C under Linux – first in will be: a looper, a digital synth, a sampler and a drummachine -> Forum • Aleph Crabtree/Buchla. -> http://monome.org/aleph

New Apple iMacs – Haswell (Processor) Speed Update

Apple silently updated the iMacs – they are available as 21 and 27″ as before in 2 standard configurations – all i5 processors, so you need to click for 200€ i7 processor updates – here’s the i7 prices you might be interested in the most with Haswell processors: 21.5″ i7 Quad Core – 3.1GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 1.7k€  27   “ i7 Quad Core – 3.5GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 2.2k€ so the upgrade is 0.1 GHz (0.2 GHz more on the 21″ iMac) faster in frequency but about…

iamwhoami – is this synthpop or … + upcoming new music releases (autechre, imogen heap)

since I need to – here’s Iamwhoami – and guess where this must be from – Sweden (where awards are given to the artists this way). like the structure of the songs and it is always audiovisual – and the titles are special as well..   the full impression is in here: http://youtu.be/HFLpDKEqk9Y and some „normal“ ones.. iamamiwhoami; severDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen iamamiwhoami; idle talkDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen _ -> Forum: Musik für 2013 – Dein Tipp new music releases coming ->  btw – next year march 2014 – new…

Moog to end the Little Phatty Synth

they set the Little Phatty to end of line status – maybe in favour of the sub phatty which has knobs – but sounding a bit different – well I still have one and like it’s sound and response (envelope). so it’s now – Little Phatty built 2006 – 2013 „it’s a statement for Bob – to keep his work alive and right“ so – the Little Phatty will be / is discontinued now. designing circuitry on another (not so physical/technical) level. lil’phatty not the best name (sorry that’s true,…