Roland CP40 Pitch to Midi Converter

to extend the „Doosjes“ Section, Aritide sent me this pic.. Sing you Song and let your Synth sing along.. not bad.. Indicators: Pitch Name (7-seg) Imput level Mode indicators Parameters: MIDI ch (1-16) OCT.Shift (2- –2) VELO/EXP (V2-E2) Bend Mode (1-3) Threshold (1-3) Jacks: MIDI IN/OUT, Audio in (-60dBm – -35dBm) Power Supply: 9V DC (Supplied AC Adaptor: PSA series) Current Draw: 100mA Dimensions: 284(W)x239(D)x50(H)mm – 11-3/16″x9-7/16″x2″ Weight: 1 kg/2.2 lb 35 oz Accessories: AC Adaptor (PSA series) Microphone(CP-40M) Dry Battery R03(AAA)type MIDI Cable(1.5m) Owner’s Manual

FingerWorks

afaik Apple bought this company, they are into controlling things with gestures and touchscreen, since this is a coming technology (lemur, midiTouch and the video on youtube I posted recently or .. some month ago..) here is another one.. and since apple got a patent on that we may expet new imacs somewhere sooner or later?.. with touch-interface and get red of the mouse-non-direct-access? (scotty in star trek IV : a mooooussse?..) FingerWorks

Portrait: Phelios – dark ambient music

a secret tip to check for. Phelios may not be new to some of our forum readers ;) it’s dark ambient soundscapes btw not influenced by the old Berlin-school kind of music but ambient and dark mind movie tracks and drones to help you through the early beginning summer ;) here’s a gear spotting possibilty.. HARD: ACCESS Virus WALDORF Microwave II WALDORF Pulse KORG Triton ENSONIQ Esq-1 YAMAHA S-30 FORMANT Modular (wird grade wieder zusammengelötet!) SOFT: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ mit 2GB RAM Cubase SX3 Universal Audio UAD-1 KORG Legacy…

clavia digital patch mutator for G2 OS 1.40

clavia digital musical instruments Nord Modular G2 Version 1.40 Patch Adjuster and Patch Mutator it is in fact the idea I had about 5 or 10 years ago to evolutionary mutate patches, say „yes“ to one and continue mutations plus some randomize factor.. so in fact it is: 1) a quick edit 8 knob fast access panel 2) a randomizer 3) morphing between the patches 4) generate new ones and mix it with others to get more.. its ready now!!! www.clavia.se

NAMM 2006 – 19.Jan

well NAMM is close (19th, Jan) but this europe, so we’ll get our info through US sites and blogs, so this time it is about watching the big and smaller ones. there are rumours around for another mc808, a smaller mc909, hope it is the furst live-able one since no mc allows access of the steps like the electribe does or the xbase999 , machinedrum etc. maybe we’ll see another korg? anyway, there is nothing I know of that is much of a surprise.. we’ll see.. NAMM 2006 steht am…

Bat sonar for blind people.. just listen and find the way..

well, there is one thing (a bit OT here): it’s quite easy: make a little noise with the tongue or use a small impulse machine that sends out audio pulses. even a blind person on a bike can train to hear the street and even go on a mountain trecking tour just using your ears and sending out acoustig signals just like bats do. for those, who wantz to know more: google for Dan Kish + blind and word like bat or sonar and you find some info. It may…