Ambient Experimental / Neue Musik Glitch / Abstract / IDM Music 

Frank Bretschneider & Thomas Köner – Dortmund 2012

Just had the chance to see both live which is quite rare, .. both brought minimalistic setups, all took place in a (red coloured) cinema – Frank Bretschneider  very intresting to see Frank had the Octatrack and did almost all the music on it, the Mac Pro (yes, it had the older keyboard, so it must be an early intel one, thanks to the comment it is NOT a PowerPC Powerbook since it has a Magsafe Connector < – updated) – very much on the spot!! Interview in Deutsch mit…

Synthesizer-Magazin: Ausgabe 35 – Minibrute und APPenzeller

Synthesizer-Magazin, Ausgabe 35, kommt am 21.11.2012 zu den Abonnenten – achja, es ist immer besser zu abonnieren, für dich und für uns,um weiter zu existieren ;)   Maschinen *Arturia Minibrute – Alle Erwartungen erfüllt? Der neue SH101? Brute Force oder Freundliche Elektronik? *Analog-Synthesizermonster – GRP A4 – im Modularpelz? Was kann er? *LFOs im Vergleich (Modular) *Roland SBF 325 Retro-Flanger – aufgeschraubt *Baby Box – Krachmaschine ersetzt Elektro-Baustelle   Weichmaschinen *APPartig! Welche Hardware und welche App taugt am meisten für den Betrieb als Synthesizer mit iOS / iPads – Stolperfallen…

Knifonium – Tube Synth / Röhrensynthesizer

this synth is the second one based on valves, (after the Metasonix S1000, Wretch Machine Analog Synthesizer). der jetzt zweite Synthesizer mit Röhren Technik. he says.. I’ve spent several months with this project, and now I’m beginning to believe, that I will actually finish it. Missing from the photos are of course front panels, keys, power supply, all semiconductor stuff etc. Photos and early CAD drawings here:https://picasaweb.google.com/jonte.knif … 7611939218https://picasaweb.google.com/jonte.knif … 3748053346Shortly: Oscillators, ring modulator, mixer, moog type filter, noise source, Vari Mu type VCA and output amp are tube units. Everything else…

App 

Lightning Cam Connection Kit does work with iPhone 5 – with iOs 7.02 (& higher) – problems / probleme

ok, I went for the 35€ and let me tell you this – when you even just connect it to the iPhone 5 it says this device is NOT supported. Apple tell me how to spell FAIL! this is insanely shit. I really recommend to give this back to apple for every one who liked to make music with USB Keyboards on iPhones, here  apple (their forum) – I asked apple, iOS update needed? something? – no idea. nothing. they recommended to order and try – and give it back, ok – looks…

macOS 

Speed Test Retina vs. old school Mac Books – Apple

as mentioned (see links above) the new Retina Macs are almost not faster than their „older“ versions (still available) – even the Air can compete quite well to the 13″ books, especially the Retina-one, since both do not have real graphics, but even the 15″ isn’t different – it es a bit slower than all other 15″ books from apple as well, of course we are not talking about worlds – you might not even notice the difference, so if it’s more than 20% you might feel something like a…

new thin iMac 2012

new iMac . new design. super thin (5mm). more data: soon. • non retina. still as known before. 32GB RAM, i7, 768GB SSD, 2 TBolds, fusion drive: hybrid SSD and HD 1-3TB with 128GB SSD fused to 1 drive. price $1300, well how much will that be over here. 2.9ghz one also there, $1800.  27″ & 21″ thanks – still has ethernet, 4 USB 3.0 and SD slot on the back (hmm..) all standard with a slow i5, so you need to choose the i7 first ;) which is 1600€…