monotomy B-Step Sequencer ALL platforms (ALL)

monotomy has announced an now officially released a special 16 step sequencer that can play chords as well for all platforms: this is not exaggerated – Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and OS X are in! all versions incl- the ios-one can be controlled by 1 or 2 Launchpads to set steps and set the tonal parts. basic info http://youtu.be/obgETIN9aw4 controlled by the Launchpads (old and new and mini) Explained: Novation Launchpads and B-Step SequencerDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen its on the app store today!

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Aleph – Open Source Synthesizer / Looper & FX / Sampler by/von E.Buchla (Son of Don) + B.Crabtree (Monome)

Ezra Buchla (son of Donald) and Brian Crabtree of Monome have made a Linux based open source device for „everything“ called Aleph. with connectors for monome, soundplane and shnth 100 will be made – it will be $1.4k – and it has 4 CV outputs as well. runs BF533 DSP, programmed in C under Linux – first in will be: a looper, a digital synth, a sampler and a drummachine -> Forum • Aleph Crabtree/Buchla. -> http://monome.org/aleph

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din is noise – combining scales, sounds and playing – (Linux)

din is noise tries another way – imagine this on an iPad – here you play like hitting the „lines“ that represent a tuned note, you can slide up and down and get a pitch bend – so if you make your own scalings with this thats one thing, but there’s a waveform you can add and stack all those notes onto those „string lines“ – could imagine this a nice performance „keyboard“ replacement – beside haken continuum … filed that under controllers and softsynths – since it might be…

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Pinguine im Computer. Linux nur für Nerds?

Da wird immer gesagt, Linux sei kompliziert. Ist es auch, wenn es spezieller wird oder etwas spezielles angeschlossen werden muss und mal wieder kein Treiber da ist oder Software, die damit so umgeht, wie man das von den großen Dicken™ her kennt. Nun, Knoppix CD rein, HD installation angeklickt, ein paar mal „YES“ geklickt und ich hatte ein vollständiges OS auf des Nachbars Rechner. Schnell und einfach. Alles an Office und Co ist schon drauf, und das war nur die CD Edition. Wer also mal einen Kumpel hat, der einfach…

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