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SynMag 56 – Das Synthesizer-Magazin ist da

Seit heute überall im All! Mindflood Patchblocks Jederman-Modularsystem für 56 € Seite 4 Radikal Dual Filter RT451 Euromodul Module auf Basis von Spectralis und Accelerator Seite 8 Leaf Audio NTBA Euromodul Spezialist für Lofi, 8Bit und spezielle Triggersignale Seite 12 Rossum Electro-Music Evolution Euromodul Analoges Filter mit Morphing vom E-mu Mastermind Seite 16 Interview mit Dave „E-mu“ Rossum Erfinder des Emulator II — was macht er heute? Seite 18 Messe Superbooth 16, Berlin Wie Musikmesse, nur besser? Und mehr Geeks? Seite 22 Dave Smith — Interview Weshalb sind DSI-Synthesizer so,…

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) +…

BiClock Euclid-Sequencer Module by COTK

this seems special and made for Xmas.. CLUB OF THE KNOBS – ANALOG MODULAR SYNTHESIZER. the 5HE module generates Euclidean Sequences that seem to have their own timing/clock – 4 tracks / channels… worth a closer look when there’s more to read and listen and hopefully to watch.. btw: have you seen that vocoder-kind of thing called the audio spectral modulator? so, COTK (club of the knobs) are going to be one of the more interesting manufacturers for innovative module concepts for moog sized modules.. there are not too many of…

Roland Kuit – Laboratory of Patching – electronic book (HTML+Patch Files) for Nord Modular G2 series

patching modular synths, in this case the Clavia G2 is quite easy, as long as you refer to the standard synths you know and possibly let yourself be influenced or inspired by the synths made to date and all those yesterday ones as well. but if you want more out from the machine, want to get inspired or just want to get an idea how an oscillator could be optimized to play with on your patches – this is for you. this is based on HTML so you can watch…

Alchemy Mobile Synth App for iOS

  Alchemy Mobile Synth App for iOS – iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. Alchemy is a synth with additive and sampling granular-style methods, they are offering those apps as sort of a launcher, not as a replacement of the one on standard computers since it is still hard to render those additive, spectral sounds in realtime. so this one is something like some others did – a remote control for important parameters? no – it plays SOME sounds, lets you set ADSR envelopes and most important things. so it is meant to be…

Roland’s latest..

Roland CONNECT 2011. they got a new looper called RC300, a sampling octapad (that was really a good idea, finally) and they finally got into the iPad with something called R-Mix.. and – it HAS Variaphrase in it, so it looks a bit like re-animating the VariOS on the iPad. it literally looks like some spectral tool like Metasynth and the coloured pixels and the audiofile are represented in both – the Desktop and the iPad Versions which seems sort of remote for „something“ – so since this is a…

23./24.10.09 Synthesizer Messe Hamburg – Just Music

23./24.10.09 Synthesizer Messe Hamburg Am Freitag und Sonnabend (23./24.10.09) veranstalten wir unsere diesjährige Synthesizer-Messe in der Keyboardabteilung bei JustMusic Hamburg. Eine große Ausstellung mit den Synthies von gestern bis heute. Von Analog bis Digital. Produktspezialisten vor Ort bringen uns in diversen Workshops die Klassiker näher. Selbstverständlich stehen alle Synthies auch zum Antesten bereit. Eine einmalige Gelegenheit also, die Klassiker von damals hautnah zu erleben. Auf unserem Second-Hand-Markt wird ausserdem das Eine oder Andere Schnäppchen zu machen sein. Am Sonnabend-Abend veranstalten wir in der PA-Abteilung im 1. Stock drei Abschlußkonzerte, die…

Gleetchlab 3

software @ 10.69€. Looks interesting and it’s for the mac. GLEETCHLAB 3 says: A realtime modular composition and processing software for sound design and experimental music like glitch, IDM, electroacustic, ambient… Gleetchlab 3 is a modular software designed to process audio files and live sound sources in realtime. Unlike many music softwares, gleetchlab does not use a „timeline“, instead you can process and record sound as it plays and quckly store every  parameter into ten easy-to-recall temporary presets. You can manipulate samples with random loop points, alterate speed and direction…