Posts Tagged 'videos'

Synths and workstations

Something for the Weekend: Carlo Castellano doing Daft Punk

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Carlo Castellano is a professional session keyboard player (piano, organ, synthesizers and programming) with both studio and live experience. As a composer and sound designer he works on short films, documentaries and video games. I came across this video on Vimeo and immediately loved. it. Not only because I am a big fan of Daft Punk, but also because Carlo just did a fantastic job recreating the sounds of the original Aerodynamic track. All in all this is just a great video, really something for the weekend!

Studio Software, VIDEOS

UAD-2 Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder – Video

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Yesterday the net got buzzin’ about the new plugin from Universal Audio. Today there’s a video overview showing us more about this plugin for the UAD-2 platform. The Studer A800 Multichannel Tape machine remains the most popular tape machine ever made, and can still be found in studios all over the planet. Universal Audio’s Studer A800 plug-in faithfully replicates this machine with multiple tape speed, tape formulations, calibration controls, and the ability to adjust multiple instances with one control. In this video we demonstrate the Studer A800 Plug-in, and artists and engineers give testimonials about how much they love working with tape and the plug-in.

Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2 Overview – Video

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Like its 16-channel sibling, the 24-channel StudioLive 24.4.2 is designed for both studio recording and live sound, without compromising the requirements for either. StudioLive 24.4.2 sports the same friendly user interface, robust feature set, and extensive I/O configuration as the StudioLive 16.4.2 but with several significant additions and enhancements. The most obvious difference is that the new mixer provides 24 input channels, rather than 16. As with the 16.4.2, each input features a trim pot, XLR mic input with XMAX™ mic preamp, 1/4-inch TRS balanced line inputs and unbalanced insert points. Like the 16.4.2, the StudioLive 24.4.2 offers 4 subgroup outputs, but where the 16-channel model offers 6 aux buses, the 24.4.2 provides 10 aux buses.

Studio Software, VIDEOS

Prophet-5 hardware recreation by Synth-Project

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Maybe it’s not exactly a re-creation of the original Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 but it is a hardware controller for the Gunnar Messiah VSTi. This software instruments is inspired by the Prophet-5, but instead of saw, tri and pulse oscillators it has 3 innovative oscillators: Morph oscillator with 4 waveforms, unison oscillator with 7 voices (and you can put this oscillator into 5 voice unison for 35 voices), and flexi oscillator that consist of 2 seperate waves that can perform PWM, ring mod. and phase distortion with very low CPU.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

Denon DJ DN-X1600 Traktor Scratch Overview

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With Native Instruments offering great deals on Traktor Scratch Pro and Traktor Pro, now is the time to invest in a Digital Midi Mixer/controller that can make the most of the softwares features. The DN-X1600 offers premier quality design, build and performance, and shares many of the same features and performance specifications, as well as offering some new and improved features of its own. Included are Alps channel faders, extensive USB connectivity (both Windows® and MacOS® compatible), matrix input assignment with DVS mode, 32-bit internal digital processing, simultaneous MIDI operation – expanded to provide wide ranging control of DJ software applications with an exclusive MIDI controls and user interface section and even more (and new) digital effects. In addition to which, the DN-X1600 is the world’s first DJ mixer to feature Roland V-LINK protocol for VJ mixing.

Synths and workstations

Something for the Weekend: Original Korg MS-20 vs. iMS-20

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Talk of the town last week. KORG released a vintage synth recreation for the iPad. After the earlier this year released iElectribe, they now gave us the iMS-20 app. The original MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic synthesizer which Korg released in 1978 and was in production until 1983. Although the MS-20 follows a conventional subtractive synthesis architecture of oscillators/filter/vca, its patch panel allows some rerouting of both audio and modulation, and it includes an external signal processor. This flexibility led to its resurgence during the analog revival of the late 90’s.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, VIDEOS

Paul Woolford and John 00 Fleming talk about Pioneer S-DJ08/05

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Sit back and let audio specialists Paul Woolford and John 00 Fleming introduce to you the S-DJ08 & S-DJ05, Pioneer DJ’s first monitor speakers specifically designed for DJ’s. This first video was shot at the final stages of the development process with Space resident and production legend Paul Woolford who is building his new studio with the S-DJ08s. We also get the lowdown from Label boss and globally respected Producer and DJ, John ’00’ Fleming.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

Hybrid Midi Turntablism – DN-S3700 Hybrid Mode

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Denon’s new Hybrid MIDI mode adds impressive DVS (Digital Vinyl System) versatility to the DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable and the DN-S1200 Compact Media Player & Controller with today’s leading DJ applications. World’s First Hybrid MIDI mode generates the required CD/Vinyl control signal (timecode) from within the deck’s DSP allowing for super accurate tracking and spinning platter performance (S3700) without using the CD timecode. Other buttons and knobs can control essential features such as, File Browsing, Hot Cues, Looping… etc. over USB MIDI.

Synths and workstations

Something for the Weekend: Bernard Butler Interview on UAD2 & Music Production

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The guys from SourceDistributionTV packed their camera and went to talk to Bernard Butler. Well known as the guitarist of Suede, McAlmont & Butler, and producer of numerous artists including Duffy and The Libertines, he is a user of the Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Card. They headed to Bernard’s little custom studio to talk about how he’s found working with UAD2, his musical processes, the music industry and the state of music, and how he wrote one of his greatest songs…