This is really cool. To me it looks like they have the best job in the world. The ‘sound’ people behind the movie show us details on how they recorded, editted and ‘transformed’ raw sounds into the sounds used in the movie. Coolest is the ‘dry ice on metal’ bit (around 5:20m).
First we showed you the pictures, and now there is the video. Mario Jurisch has amde a video showing this incredibly cool DIY hardware controller for the Poly-Ana VSTi from Admiral Qualitys. The video shows us a short overview of the dimension and functions of the Poly-Ana Controller.
Elektron Music Machines has just released OS 1.0 for their latest instrument — the Octatrack DPS-1. It is the single biggest Octatrack OS update so far and greatly improves the machine.
Ribbon has a real sound generation section with one oscillator. The sound will be triggered by the position on the 4 octaves ribbon. The ribbon serigraphy offers a chromatic scale of the 4 octaves. Ribbon is also sensitive to the pressure. Pressure will determine the volume. A tactile tile is dedicated to the effects modulation.
What happens when you relay none less then twelve Korg Monotribes? Ready to tweak some real analog hardware? Check out this video from Korg Japan.
This weekend we have something pretty cool. Last week we had a give-away for the LiveRemote app from iXimix. The winner of the iPad app was Aldo Aréchar. He was so kind to make a video while using it in a project. We thought ‘wow, cool’! The result is actually far better then we imagined. We love it…!
Native Instruments has conducted initial compatibility tests with pre-release versions of Mac OS X 10.7, and has found an issue that causes the 64-bit versions of NI applications to crash both when used stand-alone and as a plug-in.*
Moog Music today announced the release of Phatty OS v.3.1, a major firmware upgrade to the very popular and portable Phatty family of analog synthesizers. The upgrade to the Phatty operating system coincides with an aesthetic upgrade for the Little Phatty Stage 2 Edition, as Moog introduces new black sidepieces.
Next to being a synth lover (a true gearjunkie) Michel van Osenbruggen loves cars and, more specific, motorsports as well. So this year he took off to the 24 Hours of Le mans, brought his camera with him and took some great footage. Back home he turned it into a ‘musical impression’ of these 24 hours together with his own music.
Moog Music, a North Carolina-based electronic musical instrument manufacturer, today announced the release of the MF-108M Cluster Flux, the newest addition to the MoogerFooger line of analog effects. The Cluster Flux is an ultra-powerful and flexible, sound-sculpting tool for use live or in the studio.
Tegan and Sara re-envision their single “Living Room” from their album entitled “If It Was You,” filling it with Moog Guitars and the ultra low end of the Taurus 3 Bass Pedals. Sara uses the Full Sustain mode on the Paul Vo Collector Edition Moog Guitar to create swooshing string pads to accompany Tegan’s upbeat acoustic guitar.
Have you ever had a hard drive fail and didn’t have a backup? Do you have files spread across lots of external drives or computers? Do you wish there was a fast and reliable way to securely send and receive projects and media files that you’re working on? Well, it’s here: Gobbler!
Roland has a long history when it comes to synthesizers, and with that heritage, the task to uphold that ‘good’ name. Ok, there have been some ‘mistakes’ in the past but with all their good products we can easily forgive those little mistakes. With the GAIA, released a short while back, Roland has another nice synthesizer in the middle class section available.
Dorit Chrysler dynamically plays an original composition on her customized Moog Etherwave Pro, a theremin manufactured by Moog Music between 2004-2006, for an ethereal Moog Sound Lab.
We know, … it is only thursday but here (Europe) today is a holiday and most of the people will take a long weekend, .. as are we. So here’s the ‘Something for the Weekend‘ post. This time it’s a revisit to Mario Jurisch whom we’ve known since his very first venture in the DIY hardware controller ‘scene’ with his impOscar 2 Controller.