InfoQ: Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator

InfoQ: Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator. Summary Giles Bowkett captures the heart and soul of the RubyFringe conference as he demonstrates his revolutionary Archaeopteryx MIDI generator. He delivers an eloquent, highly politicized call to action in a career-defining presentation that is raucously hilarious yet unnerving in its practicality. – It’s about PROBABILITY and Standard-Beat.Matrix(es). I really like this guy – He also delivers sort of philosophy of his own and demoes the PROBAILITY MATRIX Stuff. When do we have that stuff in our tribes? Also watch this Video Archaeopteryx: Ruby…

Symbolic Sound Kyma: Products Pacarana

Symbolic Sound Kyma: Products Pacarana. Ok, it’s out now. New concept and faster than Capybara 320. Kyma , Capybara Modular Synthesizer (2005) Forum: SSC Pacarana deutsch: Bericht zu Kyma findet sich im Synthesizer-Magazin Ausgabe 10 New Supercomputer for Sound: Pacarana for Kyma Sound Design Environment Champaign IL, January 12, 2009: Musicians and sound designers for film, games and live electronic music now have a new supercomputer designed specifically for interactive sound exploration and live performance. The Pacarana and Paca are two new multiprocessor computers optimized for capturing, processing and synthesizing…

Blofeld Key + Desktop: Sample option on desktop!

Looks much like the Desktop Blofeld will feature SAMPLE stuff somewhere s.o.o.n. quoted via forum page 13   pic: s.trippler @ forum. here’s the quote from S.Stenzel, Developer: Concerning the recent discussion about Blofeld firmware and Blofeld  Keyboard, I think I should clarify some points:  -A new firmware with multimode will be released this January.  Multimode means 128 multi programs that can be stored & edited,  with 16 parts, split, transpose, detune etc. per part.  Betatesters are hereby free to report about multimode here.  -Blofeld Keyboard and Blofeld share the same…

EM Termine 1/09

KLEM-NRW trifft sich jeden ersten Samstag im Monat ab 19.30 Uhr im Café des Bürgerhauses Stollwerck, Dreikönigenstraße 23, 50678 Köln. Am 18.01.2009 spielen Broekhuis, Schönwälder & Keller mit Raughi Ebert und Thomas Kagermann ihr Neujahrskonzert in der Repelener Dorfkirche, An der Linde. Einlass: 16:30, Beginn: 17:00 Uhr, Karten: 15 Euro VVK, 18 Euro AK.  kellermusic ÄT t-online.de, www.manikin.de, info ÄT manikin.de Am 14.02. ab 19:30 Uhr spielen Suriya im Planetarium Bochum, Castroper Str. 67, 44791 Bochum. Eintritt: 15 Euro, Info: www.planetarium-bochum.de, mail ÄT planetarium-bochum.de, Tel.: 0234/516060. Die Termine der nächsten…

Microkorg XL – R3/Radias Engine goes Microkorg – Early 2009

Update: This will be a full blown R3 Engine with full USB editable Sounds.. Great new Look (to me at least) See full feature list -> first comment – Der neue Microkorg XL ist technisch Nachfolger und praktisch mit der Klangerzeugung des R3 identisch, er hat auch USB und wird damit prima geeignet sein für Computermusiker und ist darüber auch editiertbar – wie genau und wie gut er über die Regler editierbar ist, muss sich zeigen.  Sieht schonmal nicht übel aus.. Genaue Features siehe Kommentar! Spekulationen von vorher – nur…

Taurus Bass Pedals

Taurus Bass Pedals. They seem to be back soon, not cheap but back ;) Die Taurus Pedale scheinen wieder da zu sein, nicht billig aber da. Preliminary Specifications The most important aspect of the design is to reproduce the original TAURUS I sound-engine as faithfully as possible. • 100% Analog Sound Engine based entirely on original TAURUS I circuits • „Taurus I“ style (one and half octaves on the floor) • 2 VCO Oscillators, ADS Contour Generator, 1 VCF Filter, Output VCA • PRESETS: 16 Banks x 4 presets =…

Ian Boddy Radiophonica – Sounds from early soundtracks

RADIOPHONICA Ian Boddy Waveforms Downloadable Sample Libraries Radiophonica (WFRP001) is the first title in acclaimed UK sound designer Ian Boddy’s Waveforms series of independent downloadable sample libraries. As implied by name, Radiophonica provides a library of sounds synonymous with the much-missed BBC Radiophonic Workshops early work on seminal TV programmes like Doctor Who; as such, they embrace those appealing analogue, organic, retro sci-fi sounding characteristics of early synthesiser soundtracks. All 200 samples  24-bit/44.1kHz mono WAV, crossfade looped where appropriate were created using Boddys personal collection of old (er) and new(er)…