Stalking non existent bands: Sweet Saturn Mine / AKS / 2Voice

Looks like „the non Germans“ got a fictional electronic band as well. We got Fractus (there’s more) and you got progtronic ouija that are stalked by a lady that is meant to be sort of deranged, but looks like she’s just hot (Maxine Peake). come on, she is! that dude is a bit like a not-so-active Frank Tovey not yet to be kicking out his electronic (fat?) gadgets – and you can see the AKS and Oberheim 2 Voice in here as well. Do the Kleidersammlung™! via Sweet Saturn Mine is a track…

NAMM 2015 – OVERVIEW / ÜBERSICHT + Talk

UPDATED – last: 25.1. 19:30 (also updated most of these posts:) most important things from NAMM in one – OVERVIEW  – die wichtigsten Sachen von der NAMM Waldorf Wavetable Module (Eurorack), Attack App, Nave Plugin Moog Modular limited edition System 15-55 – Minimoog? coming? Roland JD Xi + JD Xa – analog + digital crossover synths + TR sequencer inside! Korg MS20M with FM, Sync, PWM and flat desktop design + SQ1 sequencer (-> SynthDB   Korg MS20M Analog Synthesizer) Sequential Prophet 6 (yes it is labelled Sequential, not Dave Smith who is still the distributor) +…

Yamaha GS1 Programmer - internal use only App 

Yamaha AN1X-like App with Synth Book of History – FM Programmers

Yamaha wasn’t presenting any synth at NAMM but they put up a nice history page – but there’s a little 8 voice synth in it near the AN1x Digital Synthesizer but not exactly IT plus drums – called SynthBook and within the iOS App it’s called AN2015 running on iPhones.. here’s what you can do – see the tabs? it’s quite capable of a lot of synthesis. UPDATE – there is a free FM app as well – here called FM Essential. Yamaha Synth Book PV2Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen and there is plenty of cool…

macOS Synth Windows 

Roland – Promars for System 1

beside the JD-Xa and JD-Xi and the very interesting Aira MX Automator/Mix there is also something new for the System 1 platform – the Promars, MRS2 subtractive,analog synth – I recently sold mine. so there’s only some SHs and System 100 / 100m missing and the System 1 going polyphonic for emulation – maybe the new JD synths might do their part of that job. I assume this is not only a Plug-out but a Plug-in as well as SH101 and SH2 were..   img: synthbug.com – also did audio demos of…

Heavily Modded / Expanded 303-style: Social Entropy Sequencer „Engine“ 8 CV/Gates

just a quote this time: Social Entropy (Ripe) Creator of the Quicksilver 303/606 CPU’s is showing his new 8-track prototype sequencer at NAMM this year called the Engine. It has a raft of features similar to the TB-303 and TR-606 QS CPU’s, and also a lot of other new features like skip (only seen on analog sequencers) and many more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhYbqgy3Ung Engine: There is also USB, and CV/Gate add-on too. no – it’s even cooler – it has 8 CV/gate outputs for 8 Tracks – the CVs are optional but……

Synth 

Roland JD-Xa Synthesizer (analog + digital!) + Aira MX

the JDXA synth is the „large“ version of the new series that the JD Xi leak looked ahead on – and looks like this: btw – Roland breaks it’s own rules not to use „old technology“ to have an analog circuit integrated! and we ALL did not even consider Roland will ever make analog again! including myself ;) NAMM 2015: Roland\'s New JD-XA – Big Daddy Of JD-XiDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen it has an analog and a digital part of a sound (layer). quite classic layout and knobs –…

SynMag Das Synthesizer-Magazin 48 ist da + und NAMM News Makenoise + Hexinverter Modular / Oberheim 2Voice

Erinnerung!   Man sollte jetzt einfach ein Abo haben, dann hat man auch ein SynMag. Ich meinte ja nur… Wer kein SynMag hat hat halt kein SynMag. UPDATE: Ich habe einige NAMM Infos upgedated, da es jetzt Videos (oder neue Fotos) gibt: Roland JD Xi, Korg Odyssey, Moog Modular.. Das wird auch noch diverse Male passieren, damit nicht 1090 Posts mit Kleinigkeiten gepostet werden müssen! ;) Hier zB MakeNoise mit seinem Rack von der NAMM: Es geht um Filter! Festfilterbank, LPG… NAMM 2015: Make Noise First LookDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen…

App Modular Synth 

NAMM 2015: Waldorf Wavetable Eurorack Module, Attack App, Nave Plugin, Jomox Rackonizer

Waldorf present some interesting stuff: • A Wavetable Eurorack Module – the 1st time to enter the modular market – about 300€ street price (this is an official price) note it has parameters that come from the Nave (App., Plugin), so that switch labelled „record“ might be the audio analysis tool, also the routing for CVs is easy to understand – that speech tool might be the classic one „1-2-3-4-5“ which was part of the software that created the first Microwave’s speech wavetables. User Wavetables and USB may look like…