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Synth supergroup Node has a new album on the way – their first new release since 1995. The group features four music industry veterans that have taken time out from their ‘day jobs’ to indulge their passion for everything analog: - Producer and sonic legend: Flood - Producer and composer: Ed Buller - Composer & professor of music: Dave Bessell - Hollywood composer: Mel Wesson (most recently provided soundscapes for Hans Zimmer's run of blockbuster films.) Node 2 is the culmination of two recording sessions that took place over the last year and a half at Battery Studios in London. Here’s a photo of one of the rigs used: Here’s a preview of the album: https://soundcloud.com/ianboddy/node-2-din44-audio-demo Featuring what is quite possibly the largest collection of vintage analogue equipment that has been assembled in a studio in recent times, this quartet drag their favoured analogue tools, crackling and bleeping into the 21st century. Staying true to their roots the band improvised everything live and recorded straight to two track. The final result is edited down from the mass of material that was recorded but is otherwise presented as it was played, without the computer tidying up or overdubbing that has become part & parcel of most contemporary recordings. The resulting nine tracks range from the classic Berlin sequencing of Shinkansen East and West to the moody introspection of Dark Beneath The Earth. Along the way we are served up such unclassifiable treats as March Méchanique, which mixes martial rhythms with Arabic flavours and subtle sequencing, or the extraordinary No Signal which pushes sonic boundaries, mixing custom written physical modelling software with analogue microtones. Node 2 is set for release Feb 18. See the DiN site for details. Source: synthtopia.com & parallel-worlds-music.com

Controlling LittleBits Synth Kit With MIDI Masaki Higuchi is experimenting with using MIDI to control the littleBits Synth Kit. Higuchi uses the Synth Kit to play back a MIDI file of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley’s Baroque Hoedown, well known for its use in Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade. Here is the approach that Higuchi used: "I tried to find a way to send MIDI melody note data. I confirmed the magnet connector specification to connect my MacBook and littleBits. The connector had three pins. The centered pin seemed for voltage-controlled (0-5V) and the others is for power(5V).The centered pin seemed available for MIDI playing. Incidentally, KORG MS-20 was revived as new synthesizer, “MS-20 mini” at last year. The original and the revived mini have an output terminal to send keyboard notes as control voltage. And USB was added to the revived mini…It means MS-20 mini is available to send the melody from my MacBook to littleBits. At last, I succeeded to connect MS-20 mini to littleBits via special hand-made cable." Essentially, the Korg MS-20 Mini is being used as a USB to CV converter. Since littleBits has open sourced the Synth Kit designs, it would be interesting to see someone create a compatible MIDI to CV module. Note that, while littleBits has open sourced the circuit designs, their logos, the physical look of the modules and, importantly, the design of their magnetic connectors, are proprietary. Source: synthtopia.com

The folks at Image-Line, they of the tool once known as Fruity Loops, do have a way with software. They don’t go half-way: somehow, there’s always loads of stuff packed into their tools. And even as other tools capture the headlines and the “best of the year” mentions, for a lot of people, I imagine details like the arrival of IL Remote will be a Godsend. For starters, FL continues to serve a community of rabid producers who have gotten somewhat absurdly quick with it. If you don’t hear people talking about that, maybe that’s because they’re too deep inside the machine. What’s impressive is that they’ve attacked a lot of controller functions at once. iOS users could assemble this themselves with other tools, but Android users’ options have been more limited. Out of the box, you get integrated FL controls: • Transport • MIDI Keyboard • FPC (the sampler/groove machine) • Performance Mode / Clip Launcher • Gross Beat effects • Mixer Performance modes mean the sort of live rigs generally associated with Ableton Live – but firmly in the FL Studio paradigm and workflow. Brightly-colored screens can be mapped to a number of built-in functions, or custom control layouts of your own choosing. It’s set up for Deckadance, too, though I haven’t yet found the layouts for that. And then you can add custom control tabs for whatever you want, inside FL or for plug-ins: • Pads • Faders • Knobs (which actually include nice visual feedback, not quite like what you’ve seen in other apps) • Jog wheels (which they’ve set to control channels in the demo video) • Mixer • Clip launcher • X/Y controls • Piano keyboard • “Always-in-tune” harmonic grid These can be added to tabs and containers, a bit like the ones introduced on Lemur. There’s nothing terribly original here – this seems a mash-up of things you’ve seen before. But that’s what’s nice about: it’s a mash-up of a bunch of things you’ve seen before, it runs on Android as well as iOS (with modest OS version requirements – 3.0 for Android, 5.0 for iOS), it works with FL easily, and it allows custom layouts easy. And, oh yeah, it’s … free. Setup via Wifi: IL’s own GrossBeat gets an extensive performance layout. Various dedicated apps provide harmonic grids, but here you get one in an app already tailored to FL. Custom layouts let you map your own controls. A live performance keyboard, as seen in the video. For more mobile goodness from Image-Line, it’s worth noting that in December their all-in-one FL Mobile added a MiniSynth. iOS is available now; Android should follow suit soon. And this means a solution that can be entirely mobile, in case you want to leave the laptop at home. Get FL Mobile MiniSynth here Get IL Remote FREE for Android and iOS here Source: createdigitalmusic.com

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Mixed In Key 6.0 Released: Updated Algorithm, Energy Segment Detection The Mixed In Key crew released the brand new 6.0 version of their key detection software for DJs over the weekend, bringing with it a set of updates that will make key detection more accurate for digital DJs. In the press release we got for 6.0, MIK boasted to be “600%” more detailed in the analysis than their previous algorithm. We asked the founder and CEO Yakov where he got the number from, and what changed in the algorithm that makes it work better: "The previous algorithm works great, but it was invented in 2011 and we’ve come a long way since then. Here’s the difference: The previous version analyzed the melody and combined all “A” notes into one overall value for “A”, regardless of octave. Similarly, all C# notes would be combined into a single “C#” value for analysis. The old version would group the bassline together with the lead synths, the pads, and so on. The new version can “hear” music in higher resolution, and analyzes each track in 6.83x times more detail (over 600%) because it listens to the entire piano roll. The heart and soul of Mixed In Key is the same, but the algorithms were improved." A piano to verify MIK’s results – and if necessary, update them. Any time we write about key detection, it’s critical to note that trusting your ears is probably the best way to make sure that your tracks work well together. Mixed in Key has taken this to heart and incorporated a Grand Piano into their software, letting you instantly check the results against an instrument. Find a more accurate result with the piano and update the key results instantly. Detecting the energy level throughout a song. The new version also analyzes tracks for variable energy level segments throughout a track in a nearly identical way to how the Flow DJ software works. DJs can manually edit the energy level of different sections if they want. The 6.0 version of Mixed In Key costs $58 for new users who have never purchased a copy before, and $29.99 for everyone with a copy of 5.0 or earlier – and is available for download now. Source: djtechtools.com

u rockin Yamaha monitors fiend?

^ so sexy

that vid came up today on a site. so thought yea, ill post it. thats the first vid i have seen of someone using the rp8000's too. prob does not really showcase what they could potentially do.

post a review thread if you get the time for other ADJF's on how it sounds/works.

Like a bad rock band from the 80s, one can never expect to hear the last from this socialite. Always, when you forget Lindsay Lohan even exists, she crops up again thanks to whatever embarrassing thing she’s done next. This time however, it’s yet another piss-poor attempt to resurrect her once glistening career. According to TMZ and other sources, she hopes to utilize the craze sweeping the nation, which the kids call EDM. Source: youredm.com / dailymotion.com/au

Native Instruments Releases Free Compressor Native Instruments has releases a free compressor plugin for Mac & Windows, Supercharger. Here’s what they have to say about the free compressor plugin: "Supercharger is dripping with the high-octane attitude of a one-of-a-kind tube compressor, with an intelligent interface designed for supreme ease of use." Key Features: • The harmonic-rich sound of pure tube compression • One-knob design for ultra-fast results • Create any effect from subtly warm to brutally crushed Requirements: Mac: Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 (latest update), Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) Windows: Windows 8, Windows 7 (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) • Supported interfaces: AU, VST, RTAS, AAX 32- and 64-bit It’s a free download (email required) from the Native Instruments site. Source: synthtopia.com

OP's link is still got some great stuff in it

Sample Magic and Ableton have teamed up to give you 500MB of free drum loops. Totaling 410 24-bit Wav loops, each one has been optimized for use in Ableton Live 9. Sample Magic loops are offered with up to four stripped variants for arrangement flexibility and tempo-synced (90-174bpm) for convenience. The sample library offers.. • Chillwave • Drum & Bass • Dubstep • Nu Disco • Progressive House 2 • Sunset Sessions • Tech-Funk Breaks • Tech-House 2 • Terrace House • Florian Meindl Tech-House Sound of Berlin • Defected House • Vintage Breaks Vol II Note: The sample library is a free download at the Ableton site, but an Ableton account is required. Source: synthtopia.com

As a keen guitarist for the last 13 years & owning a few great Line6 products laying around the house. I am interested in what direction this will go in. if any..

In a big year for acquisitions such as Gibson acquiring Cakewalk, for one – this news comes as a surprise to many of us. Yamaha, the 1887-founded Japanese conglomerate with a stake in everything from golf carts to wheelchairs to jetskis to pianos, is acquiring Line 6, the independent California-based guitar and sound product manufacturer. Yamaha is a huge force in products for music and sound, without question, with an unparalleled design, manufacturing, and distribution apparatus. And music is at their core – look closely at those motorcycles and jetskis, and there’s a reason you’ll see tuning forks. Yamaha also has a good record with their acquisition of Germany-based Steinberg, which has operated more or less as it did in management and product innovation following its acquisition. They promise the same here: operations and management will continue unchanged, say the two companies, as Line 6 operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary. That should give Line 6 access to greater resources, stability, and distribution. The three key words from President/CEO Paul Foeckler: the acquisition will “expand our reach.” One thing you can say is that the acquisition appears to be an investment in the value of technology for guitarists, in particular, even amidst other Line 6 products for PAs and sound more generally. And there, it’s worth here reflecting on the history of the company. Digital guitar and sound technology is what it is today in no small part thanks to Line 6 co-founders Marcus Ryle and Michel Doidic. Doidic was an engineer at synth pioneer Oberheim; Ryle came from classical piano and joined Oberheim at age 19. There, they left their fingerprints on the OB-8, Xpander, and Matrix-12. The two at Fast Forward Designs influenced Alesis products like ADAT and QuadraSynth, the MMT-8, HR-16, Quadraverb, QS-6/7/8. That already files them in “hall of fame territory.” And then there was Line 6. The company’s 1996 AxSys 212 was the first digital modeling amplifier, a product that more than any other marks the entry of the guitar into the digital age. And then there was POD, the affordable, easy-to-understand product that made digitally-modeled effects and amps accessible to a generation of guitarists. The company today makes America’s best-selling amp – with the same digital tech that made them famous – but also StageScape, a networked system that promises to remake the PA the way the company remade the guitar amp and effect. Now, building in this kind of digital intelligence is second nature, but Line 6 is the company you can thank. Source: synthtopia.com / createdigitalmusic.com

well you always have oxy and duz near by to help with some mods. lucky whale