Livid Code – MIDI controller

This is the more „controller“ kind (compared to the more clip-starting-optimised Ohm and Block controller).check: Livid Instruments‚ Site. 32 LED rings and push buttons around them. of course this comes not at the price of a Behringer BCR2000. prices are in US$, so possibly still the reason why they are not so common over here in europe / germany? First Look @ Livid Code MIDI controller.

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,…

Ten Creative Reasons To Learn A Musical Instrument » Yanko Design

some inspirational music instrument ideas (found via island @ forum Nette Ideen) – like that laptop-synth-display thingy. 10) UFO Shaped Electronic Drums by Petr Kubík and this large touch-key all-display star trek-kind of synth / DAW combination.. . 4) Vivace Multiple Instruments In One by Young-Shin Lee & Hae-Jin Jung or such a cajon-kind of table (non electronic, but nevertheless  interesting) Musical Rumba Series by Tor Clausen here’s the source: Ten Creative Reasons To Learn A Musical Instrument » Yanko Design.

NI Hybrid Groovebox Maschine BERICHT Dark Walter @ Forum.Sequencer.de

Foto: Shot von Dark Walter – NACHTRAG:Erfahrungsbericht.. Wenn man bei laufendem Sequencer die einzelnen Pattern pro Gruppe wechselt findet der Wechsel zwar sofort statt dafür aber nicht auf der eins. Das heisst im folgenden: Wenn man bei Step 12 das Pattern wechselt läut das nächste Pattern dann vom Timing her korrekt auf der 13 weiter. Bei wahllosem herumschalten kriegt man auf diese Art sehr raffinierte Rhythmen zustande. weiter.._ Bericht von Dark Walter aus dem Forum an einer der ersten ausgelieferten  NI Maschine Grooveboxen: Super vielen Dank, wer mehr wissen will: Das…

Microkorg XL – R3/Radias Engine goes Microkorg – Early 2009

Update: This will be a full blown R3 Engine with full USB editable Sounds.. Great new Look (to me at least) See full feature list -> first comment – Der neue Microkorg XL ist technisch Nachfolger und praktisch mit der Klangerzeugung des R3 identisch, er hat auch USB und wird damit prima geeignet sein für Computermusiker und ist darüber auch editiertbar – wie genau und wie gut er über die Regler editierbar ist, muss sich zeigen.  Sieht schonmal nicht übel aus.. Genaue Features siehe Kommentar! Spekulationen von vorher – nur…

Flame – New Echo / Clock Loopsequencer + 6in a row Sequencer

FLAME „ECHOMETER“ Midi-Loopsequencer – Play live steps with 3 pushbuttons – Midi-Velocity/Value Echo-Effects – MIDI-Sync (intern/extern) – 3 Tracks with 6 instruments/Track – Sending NoteOn or ControlChange – Looplength 1,2 or 4 Bar – Track Beat: 6/8 or 4/4 – Shuffle + Random Functions – Shot Function: Breaks/Fills – Control for Release (Velocity) – Control for Laststep – MIDI in + out – 3 Analog Gate & CV out (0-5v) – 3 Analog Trigger-In (0-5V) – 9-12VDC input – Size: 165x100x42mm (subject to alterations) (available soon) And Sequencer FLAME „SIX-IN-A-ROW“…

Basics & Tutorials – Sound Synthesis

Patches / Sounds / Downloads where can I find Sounds / Patches or Samples? where can I find Impulse Responses / IR? Programming Patches Tutorial FM Basses Sounds on Ableton Live Operator (4 OP FM Synthesizer) The real ancient Waldorf Programming section more Synthesizer Tricks (english) Sound Synthesis Tricks + Tutorials – Index MIDI History basics / tutorials / synthesis.. SYNTHESIZER INTRODUCTION Sound Synthesis Types additive synthesis physical modeling FM frequency modulation wavetable subtraktive synthesis (most common!!) sampler / sampling („rompler“) – PCM = Pulse Code Modulation vector karplus strong…