http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywnYgaA_3c
Looking for a Roland TR style sequencer you can use with anything? Viola the new Europa Sequencer has got what you need. If it had a random mode I would have bought one on the spot. I can see a lot of Vermona DRM1 owners grabbing these. Price: UK £499
“This is the pre-prod unjit (99% finished), used here with Blofeld adn DR670 drums. Showing drum editing, octave shift, mute, transpose. This sequencer is really easy to use and tunes can be created so quickly.” – ASUKLTD
For more info: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~concuss/
This entry was written by , posted on February 3, 2010 at 5:20 am, filed under hardware and tagged Analogue Solutions, Europa Sequencer, sequencer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
This is not an advertisement for music retailer Sweetwater it’s just something I discovered on their website I thought I would share. I don’t know how long they have been offering to sell you products in this exact way but it sure makes noise toys LOOK affordable. Simply put, for a lot of items they will split the cost of the product into three payments. There is a $10 “processing” fee for doing things this way. Here’s and example: A Waldorf Blofeld is $699. You pay $243.33 today, $233.33 in 30 days and $233.33 in 60 days. Add to the fact there is free shipping and it’s definitely an evil temptation device. I’m good with not buying things until I have the entire amount in cash and never built up any kind of debt. I hope I didn’t just cause someone without good funds to buy something they can’t really afford. Musicians have a unique way of justifying gear purchases. It’s easy to spend money on your art and passion.
“Sweetwater’s Flexible Payment Plan is a convenient, interest-free way to buy gear now and stretch your purchase across three budget-friendly payments. Simply choose the “3 Easy Payments” option in your cart, and we’ll divide your purchase amount into three budget-friendly payments, billed to your current MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or American Express card. There is a $10 processing fee for using this service. It’s just another way we make shopping at Sweetwater easy and convenient!” – sweetwater.com
Do they still include candy with every shippment?
For more info: sweetwater.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 2, 2010 at 5:43 am, filed under hardware, political and tagged shopping, Sweetwater. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4_Y6506cs
A very pretty ash wood and jade green backlit Minimoog Voyager playing some drum sounds. $3,000 for one short real analog and fast envelope drum zap? You bet! Ok yeah we can multitrack these days.
“If you want THE Moog sound, this is it. Period. This has Bob Moog’s legendary synthesizer design expertise in its circuits. Say no more. It sounds amazing, looks amazing, and feels amazing. There is no substitute.” – moogmusic.com
For more info: moogmusic.com
via Matrixsynth
This entry was written by , posted on January 27, 2010 at 4:51 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Minimoog, moog, Voyager. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The NAMM Show acronym stands for “National Association of Music Merchants”. The event takes place twice a year. There is a summer event in Austin, Texas but the bigger of the two happening this week in Anaheim, California. There are many websites covering NAMM down to the very last detail. I’d like to only list here what I personally think are the most interesting new products. So without further ado here is Wire to the Ear’s Winter NAMM 2010 hot picks:
Soundcloud Integration With Audio Software. I’m a full on web junkie and I like my stuff in the cloud. I think redundant servers spread out around the world are far better places to store my precious files than my own home and Lacie hard discs. I also love to share. That’s the point of being a musician no? Soon you will be able to render and send a file from Ableton direct to SoundCloud. My music from me to you faster than ever. I like it! link
Mungo Enterprises State Zero. A giant hardware interface full of knobs. 8 voice polyphony. Anything to anything patching. Patches store in memory. If this is real analog and less than a price of a car I’m sold. If it’s digital or crazy expensive I’ll play with the one you buy. link
Jomox M.Brane 1_1. Wicked snappy sharp analog snares and percussion. I have the Jomox Mbase 01 kick module and it’s wonderful so as soon as the M.Brain is available it’s mine. I’ll trade gigabytes of snare samples for one real analog snap. link
Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Keyboard. (photo credit: Synthesizers) The spiritual descendant of the Sequential Circuits Pro-One has arrived. The Pro-One was the main keyboard used by Vince Clarke on the amazing Yaz albums so you know the Mopho’s got mojo! Why waste desktop space with a empty Oxygen 8 or like controller when you can slap one of these new Mopho’s in its place? Thanks to internet nagging the price will be right on this new guy too. link
Akai iPK25. A real hardware piano keyboard for the iPhone. If other Apps can access the keys then this is nice. If not it’s a full on dud. link
Teenage Engineering OP-1. Here’s a product that looks like special care has been baked into it’s DNA. A small super stylish hardware TAPE sampler with a FM receiver, G-Force Sensor (Wii), OLED display, speaker and USB connectivity. TAPE mode is awesome. The graphics on the display are awesome. If you’re a musician with a sole you have to want one. If you want to show up your hipster friends with microKorgs this is the guy to do it with. The bad? It’s still away off and who know’s what the price will be. link
So how are you going to spend your money in 2010? Do any of these or other NAMM new releases tempt you?
This entry was written by , posted on January 17, 2010 at 8:33 am, filed under hardware and tagged Akai iPK25, Dave Smith Instruments, Jomox, Jomox M.Brane 11, Mopho, Mungo Enterprises, NAMM, OP-1, Slate Zero, SoundCloud, Teenage Engineering. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGL4hSC7ek4
Novamusik hooks some Tenori’s up to a Vermona DRM-MKIII and a Doepfer A100 Mini System. I don’t love the song they create but this is the way to use Tenori-On’s! Click to 1:06 in the video to see the great action. Thanks Chuck!
“The guys of Nova Musik playing with some new toys that just came in… First thing we thought of? Can we hook these things up to the modular? The answer is yes, and much much more.” – novamusik.com
Do you want a set up like this too?
This entry was written by , posted on January 13, 2010 at 6:00 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, Doepfer, DRM1, hardware, Novamusik, sequencer, synthesizer, Tenori-on, Vermona, Yamaha. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Pure analog electronic snares, snaps and crashes are what the new Jomox M.Brain 1_1 is all about. If your like me and have spent countless hours searching for the snap sound in Soft Cell’s Tainted Love (iTunes link) then this seems like this box is for you. I know I’m going to grab one to sit next to my MBase. If you haven’t already seen it be sure to check out my visit to Jomox and interview with Jürgen Michaelis: click here
Audio demo: MBrane11Demo-01Master.mp3
“Analog Membrane Modeling. Two analog T-bridge oscillators become electronic membranes. Why? Because they can be coupled. And because their dampening can be controlled. Then add a little noise, add a little envelope, and the brand new electronic percussion synthesizer of Jomox is ready.” – Jomox.de
For more info: Jomox.de
This entry was written by , posted on January 11, 2010 at 5:38 am, filed under hardware and tagged drum machine, Jürgen Michaelis, Jomox, noise, snare. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m glad to see an iPhone piano keyboard controller. The big question is will it work with any music App. My guess is no but if I am wrong let me know. The next question is if it’s a NO then is there an API App developers can use to let these keys working with say NNN MONO, IStylophone, NESynth, etc… If you look at Engadget’s photos of the iDiscover Keyboard one of them is showing an App from Akai called SynthStudio: click here.
“The iDiscover keyboard, along with the companion iDiscover Keyboard app, has 25 keys and effectively turns your iPhone into a music studio complete with synth-action keys, and pitch and modulation wheels. Better yet, it doubles as a controller for MIDI software on either Mac or PC.” – Engadget
For more info: www.ionaudio.com/idiscoverkeyboard
This entry was written by , posted on January 9, 2010 at 10:32 am, filed under hardware, iPhone and tagged controller, iDiscover, iPhone. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’ve been using the TomTom app for iPhone as my GPS. It really does the job and it makes me feel safe especially when I am traveling for my day job. At CES Garmin added a feature to GPS units that I haven’t seen before that allows you to record your own voice for the Nav system. I know you can get celebrity voices on some GPS units already but being a DIY guy when it comes to audio the “Voice Studio” feature looks cool. It’s a novelty I know and I can already imagine being picked up at the airport by a promoter and on the way to an event every time he needs to make a left turn the intro to Nitzer Ebb’s Violent Playground plays (the song starts with Douglas McCarthy screaming “To the Left!”. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJS847sh9RU. One can dream.
“Basically, it’s a PC-based app that lets you record your own nav instructions (which we’re guessing is going to result in some extraordinarily NC17-rated Nuvis). The company is saying it’ll take about 20 minutes to complete a set of commands.” – engadget.com
For more info: garmin.com
This entry was written by , posted on January 6, 2010 at 5:58 am, filed under Uncategorized, hardware and tagged automobile, car, CES, driving, Garmin, GPS, Nitzer Ebb. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I was flipping through the latest issue of Sound on Sound and came across a cool looking hardware box called the Fucifer from Evolaudio. It’s a distortion synthesizer, mic-pre and EQ. I like what it does and how it looks but how it sounds will determine if it’s worth $2600. More and more I have been returning to hardware lately. Has anyone played with one of these?
“The Evol Fucifier is a distortion synthesizer & sound shaper, designed to give you many colors with which to create and shape your palette of sounds. Everything in the signal chain, from the Mic Pre, the Vintage Germanium Preamp, the Filter, and the inductors in the Equalizer to the output transformer, is designed to be overdriven, saturated, overloaded or distorted in a pleasing way. Mix & match the Vintage Germanium Preamp for a little warmth or overdrive, the Tape Saturation overdrive for a little compression and limiting or a bit of saturation, the Filter/Crossover (which in itself sounds great overdriven or even pushed into self oscillation with a sufficient amount of resonance), the Dual Band Distortion which allows you to mix many different kinds of distortion, and the vintage-style inductor based equalizer to shape the overall tone and color of the sound.” – evolaudio.com
For more info: evolaudio.com
This entry was written by , posted on December 28, 2009 at 1:52 pm, filed under hardware and tagged eq, equalizer, Evol, filter, Fucifer, hardware, Mic Pre. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I own one of these Ekdahl Moisturizers. Richard Devine decides to take a Slinky to his and see what happens. If your a fan of Einstürzende Neubauten I recommend picking one of these up. Actually if you’re not aware of Neubauten’s music listen to this:
“The Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. I was just playing around this afternoon with various objects, magnets, marbles, tuning forks, mechanical bugs, and slinky coils. Running the audio through a Tiptop Z-DSP. Quite fun.” – Richard Devine
For more info: The Ekdahl Moisterizer
This entry was written by , posted on December 22, 2009 at 5:44 am, filed under hardware, music and tagged Einstürzende Neubauten, Ekdahl Moisturizer, Richard Devine, spring reverb. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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