Synthesizer-Magazin: SynMag #45 am 17.7.2014

SynMag #45 Mitte Juli 2014 (ca. 17.7.)     Maschinen Roland TR8 – Instant Electro oder – ein guter TRhronfolger? Audiowerkstatt – MIDI Zeitversetzter und Raumkrümmer (DIN-Sync, MIDI-Clock) Bastl Instruments Trinity – Kästchensystem für den LoFi Sound Clavia Nord Lead A1 – Ist minimaler auch besser? Wie gut seht er zwischen Nord Lead 2x und 4? Modular Synthesizer Meeting Happy Knobbing 2014 – Advanced Gearporn! Elektro für 100€ – Geht das? Ja! (upcoming: Moog Theremini) Die andere Seite Ableton Dark Synth und Vocalism – Additiv und „was mit Stimme“… Xils…

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Gearspotting: Daniel Miller, C.Kleine of Ableton and NIN Live Set + Sputnik Modular

ok, before the Modular Meeting Jams are ready to post – why not a collection of nice gearporn images: Daniel Millers Studio: hey, he’s using the Anyware Tinysizer (built 2010) – Modular Synthesizer – which is nice to hear …  – Tommy, the creator of the Tinysizer has a new synth in the pipeline shown on the Modular Synth Meeting – nice little thing, but this time not a modular but an analogue one.. – there is a VIDEO as well find ProOne, Pro1 subtractive,analog and Studio Electronics SE1, SE1X subtractive,analog as well as a Moog Minitaur subtractive,analog and the…

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Making Beats with Ableton Live’s upcoming Push Controller – focus: Step Sequencing

it’s a better improved info about Push – the Ableton Live 9 Controller, especially the step sequencer which is 32 steps but can be longer . 1:13 is the index to start without „intro blah“ ;) the most important and critical thing is the way how to input dynamic drums and melodies – most of those solutions just work with with accent which isn’t n.off for todays music, so watch this to have the picture of what may come – looks good. and always compare with NI Maschine

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the Invincible: Push Controller – Ableton going the Maschine way. with dynamic pads (pressure & velocity) in Live 9

Ableton says Push! – I want to see you on the floor. it’s very much like a new Launchpad and step sequencer with pressure sensitive  and velocity pads and display, so .. a „better“ maschine? SO GREAT THEY ARE DOING STEP SEQUENCING IN HERE!! Sorry, but this looks more sexy to me than most of current grooveboxy approaches to computers, so – interesting to get my hands on one of these – not so cheap – but interesting concepts of CHOOSING and PLAYING and yet SEQUENCING it – don’t know how…

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Beats with UltraNova and Launchpad: Explained – YouTube

Live beats with UltraNova and Launchpad: Explained – this is a nice little Demo of the Ultranova and Ableton with 3 Launchpads in use. first controlling the usual clips, second for drums and third controlling FX. Let me say, that for drums a dynamik pad would be more suitable of course – but this is of course by Novation – so is obvious they use it as a drum pad as well. in fact this just a „modern“ normal set of things you can use in todays music production – by…

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The Granulizator – Granular synthesis tool for Ableton Live – YouTube

The Granulizator – Granular synthesis tool for Ableton Live – it’s Max4Live, so here’s a little Demo, the sample position can be varied so it greates a lot of IDM style FX, there are 2 well known granulators as well (one by Mr. Henke, the other one by Steinberg) and there is granite Requires Max for Live Features – buffer size from 1ms to 10s – 5 parameters to control grains (pitch, noise pitch, length, gain, stereo) – 2 sources possible (grab audio from input OR use a sample from your…

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