Event Music 

Synth Concert Pics YES/Ja or NO/nein? Klinik, Xeno & Oaklander, Maschinenfest, …

Well – I’ve been to some concerts here and there – so maybe you want to see it? there are quite some loads of images up  – sometimes with gear but it’s all lofi – would you like me to upload those up here? might look like this… (it’s easy since they are here anyway) Ich war hier und da auf Konzerten, ist es sinnvoll diese Bilder hier zu posten? Generell? Einfach JA oder NEIN antworten! – das könnte so aussehen (macht keine Extraarbeit, sind ohnehin da) – und am…

App 

Casio CZ App?

Looks like, they got a Casio  CZ on the iPad for us? The classic CZ series with phase distortion – possibly on the Casio booth on some/a 19.99€ – not cheap but … UPDATE: they got it! named CZ App for iPad fair What’s it about? These Synths: CZ1 Digital Synthesizer , CZ5000, CZ3000 Digital Synthesizer and CZ101, CZ1000 Digital Synthesizer – I’d still also like to mention the more advanced  VZ-series, which is sort of FM-competitor and capable of a lot more and casios outstanding 8-level-rate multistage envelopes, that are still quite unique. 【楽器フェア2014】CASIO「CZアプリ」Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen Forum: Casio CZ Series…

Controller Sequencer 

Faderfox SC4 Sequencer / Controller + PC4 24-knob Controller

Faderfox are known for controllers of small size reminding of the MFB stuff – now they come back with a controller that can ALSO be used as a sequencer – the result reminds of the Metropolis and Ryk Sequencer for the Roland System 100m and the recent „hack“ of the BCR2000 – the Zaquencer that uses the old Behringer to be used as a sequencer – but this time the concept has probability and there are repeats and group edits via 8 knobs with accents and glide .. the video…

Apple WWDC: Snow.den Mavericks OS X 10.10 Yosemite – iOS 8

Ok, Apple did a keynote – WWDC 2014 … updates coming up here as now and after the keynote – news for musicians? well – see this growing.. OS X 10.10 Snow.den Mavericks – no.. it’s -> Syrah -> Yosemite or something … iOS 8 plus X (no1 really knows yet but within 1 hour) it’s final name is OS X Yosemite – a wonderful park (been there, it’s cool) new flat design: dark mode is in as well. (that’s for me) – all translucent and more iOS-like and thinner fonts. but…

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…

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…

Modular 

Verbos Modular – Buchla inspired

these MODULES by VERBOS ELECTRONICS are strongly Buchla inspired, the demo video shows the old Buchla 200 and so here it is.. The Complex OSC looks very much like it – Timbre (Shaping), Mod Index (FM) and 2 OSCs in one Module. 32HP and here is another new thing – harmonic oscillator – this means the 1-8th harmonics can be controlled and seen as a simple additive kind of osc plus standards – so you have a nice source – even for FM or something that needs subtle variation from sine to…