Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Free u-he Tyrell Nexus 6 Bank

KVR user Filter303 uploaded a bank of free patches for u-he's cool (and also free)  Tyrell Nexus 6 synth:

"I produce simple EDM myself and this bank reflects my taste. The sounds consist mostly of fast and aggressive bass and leads, some tempo synced sounds and even some pads and fx. It's mostly simple stuff so don't expect anything groundbreaking Smile 


A word of warning for people with older computers is that I used unison mode quite heavily when making these presets. So don't look all that surprised if your computer can't handle it. N6 is quite a CPU intensive synth compared to some others. You have been warned! "


Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 on eBay

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Monday, May 20, 2013

RIP Ray Manzarek

Legendary Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek has passed away at the age of 74.

[via the Doors Facebook]

Ju-X Designs Releases Free "Gimmick Mini" Synth for OS-X

Ju-x Designs has released Gimmick Mini, a free AU format synth for OS 10.7 or later.  Gimmick Mini generates sound using an unusual method they describe thusly:

"Gimmick’s oscillator draws waveform by setting how many times to twist it in a cycle and then divides it by scanning up and down direction, finally player can also determine ratios of each turning points."

GO GET IT!

[via Matrixsynth]

Sonic Charge Releases Microtonic v3.1

Sonic Charge has released version 3.1 of their Microtonic drum synth, a free update to registered users. The new version adds a new, cleaner GUI, 64-bit compatibility, new MIDI controlling possibilities,  a new online registration tool called Authenticator, and more.

Roland JD-800 on eBay

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Free Sample Friday: Detergent Drums (and a Contest... Sort of...)

So, I thought I'd try something a little different for today's Free Sample Friday.  Today's selection of samples consist of 12 different samples of detergent containers being struck with a drum stick.  They don't make bad percussion sounds on their own, but I want to see how creative you all can get.

Let's use these samples as the starting point for new sounds... pitch shift them, layer them, filter them, effect them, distort them, stretch them - just twist them into something new an unrecognizable.  It could be more percussive type sounds, ambient soundscapes, or even a synth sound.  Now, there is no prize other than the mutual admiration of your peers, but I thought I could then share the resulting samples with everyone for next Friday.  So we get to mess around with sample mangling AND (hopefully) get a whole new mess of sounds out of it!

1.) The sounds you submit cannot contain source material from another sample library.  It's fine if you want to make your own samples and layer them, but the material you submit must be free of copyright. Likewise, you allow Waveformless to distribute the samples you submit to the public for free without any compensation due to you.

2.) Please give each sample a different, unique name to help distinguish eveyrone's samples from one another.

3.) Sounds must be in 24-bit/44.1k WAV format and be fully edited (no dead space at the beginning, etc.)

4.)  Try to keep the sample sizes reasonable.

5.  When you've got stuff you want to submit, you may send it to me directly.  Make sure the subject header reads something like Waveformless Contest or something similar.

I think this should be a fun experiment.  Hope we get lots of submissions!  Now, without further delay, here are the samples:

GO GET THEM!

Oberheim SEM Reissue on eBay

Sometime Waveformless contributor Adam is selling his spiffy new Oberheim SEM reissue.  Mention you're a Waveformless reader and he'll ship it for free!

Info at the listing...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Giorgio Moroder Scores Google Racing Game



Wow, this wasn't even on my radar!  Google is releasing a game for Chrome called Racer and none other than electro-disco legend Giorgio Moroder was asked to compose the theme.  This is the first solo music Moroder has release in ages!

[via Synthtopia]


Moog Rogue on eBay

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

A "Real World" TR-808?

MR-808 - mechanic drum robot from Sonic Robots on Vimeo.

"Let's get physical: MR-808 is the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s - in the real world.
The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 – with robots playing the drum sounds! I (Moritz Simon Geist) have been playing electronic music for several years now, and at some place I was bored of the electronic music production process. With binary logic, everything is possible.
So I decided to go back to the roots of sound generation – the physical sound generation – but combine it with the electronic music structure we like so much.
I liked the idea so much, that I couldn’t stop building my own drum robots, and ended up replacing all the electronic sounds of a whole drum computer, placed in a 3,3 x 1,7m² case. I am very proud to present the “MR-808” – a mechanic replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808!
Read on: sonicrobots.com/mr808-eng/"

[via Moogfest]

Astronaut Chris Hadfield Has a Soundcloud


Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who recently returned to Earth from the International Space Station, has captivated quite a few of us earthbound types with his YouTube videos demonstrating the strange behavior of ordinary things in space, as well as a pretty kick-ass version of Bowie's "Space Oddity" recorded IN SPACE.

Little did I know until this evening, however, that he also has a Soundcloud account with lots of cool ambient recordings of sounds aboard the ISS.

CHECK IT OUT!

Download a Free Track from the Upcoming Skinny Puppy Album

Industrial legends Skinny Puppy are getting ready to release their newest album, "Weapon" on May 28th on Metropolis Records.  To help promote the album, they've released a free MP3 via Rolling Stone Magazine of the track "salVo".

GO GET IT!

A Look at the House Scene in Johannesburg, South Africa



I'm always fascinated to learn about scenes in countries that normally don't get a lot of attention musically.

[via Resident Advisor on Facebook]