Synthtopia

"Feel Good Inc" - Gorillaz Live Looped Cover - Josie Charlwood - BOSS RC-30 was uploaded by: BehindThoseEyes13
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Mokira/Tilliander - 303/303/303/303/606 was uploaded by: repeatle
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MOOG SOUND LAB Season 2: Ra Ra Riot - Boy was uploaded by: MoogMusicInc
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This is a preview of The Big Bug – a live looping performance by Swedish ‘electro shamans’ Lur (Mika Forsling and Erik Rask). The duo records various modified instruments, electronics and hacked toys on stage and then manipulates the live loops … Continue reading →

Here’s a peak at the synths of the Super Bowl. Madonna’s music director Kevin Antunes rehearsed, earlier today, for the Super Bowl 46 halftime show. The photo captures Antunes, on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium, with his Roland Jupiter-80 and Fantom-G7. via Roland

Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live performance of an original track, Off Guard, by Gil Assayas. Technical details below: Akai MPC 2500SE as the sequencer. Vermona DRM1 MKIII through OTO Biscuit for drums. Moog Slim Phatty through Frostwave Resonator … Continue reading →

THIS SENSATION IS AUDIO 2008 /short version was uploaded by: CodedSensation
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How to make an 80s Disco track - By Hyboid was uploaded by: FordTweedle
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The Adventures of Captain Sausage was uploaded by: MyAtomicShadow
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Consurgo - MIDI Orchestral Performance - IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik was uploaded by: bylcj246
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AudioThing has released Spheres, a new collection of 64 patches for Native Instruments Massive. Spheres includes pads, leads, basses, soundscapes, synth tuned percussions/mallets, sequences and more. The patches weren’t designed for a specific genre, instead they were crafted trying to … Continue reading →

Argotlunar 2, a realtime granulator effect for Mac, PC & Linux, is available now as a free download. Argotlunar breaks up an incoming audio stream into short samples (Grains). Each grain can have random settings of amplitude, panning, duration, delay, … Continue reading →

Saturday Synth Porn: This is pretty much the reason why there is a Synthtopia, right here! Amazing sounds, mysterious technology and inexplicable headgear. A vintage shot of Klaus Schulze in his lair. via darklorddisco and the Synthtopia Flickr Group

Can your drum machine double as a synthesizer? This shaky-cam video, via N8RV, demonstrates using how the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest drum machine, which offers six analog synth voice, can double as a synthesizer.

Moog Music has released the first in Dr. Joseph Akins’ five part series on the fundamentals of synthesizer programming, with an emphasis on analog subtractive synthesis. Dr. Akins is an associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University. In this five … Continue reading →

Eastwest has released Quantum Leap Solo Violin, an new virtual instrument that recreates the sound of a solo violin. Quantum Leap Solo Violin has a sound and character ideally suited for film and classical work. The instrument includes 5 passes of … Continue reading →

Smithson Martin have released a new application, Emulator Modular, that is designed to let you create a multitouch controller for any program. Features: Convert your multi-touch device into a powerful MIDI controller. Built your ‘dream interface’. Emulator includes a complete … Continue reading →

Apple is quietly perfecting the technology for large touchscreen iMacs, with the hope of ‘revolutionizing’ desktop computing, according to technology law analysts Patently Apple. And images from recent Apple patent filings, like the one above, reveal that the company clearly has … Continue reading →

Native Instruments has announced that it is dropping the prices of the recently introduced Traktor Kontrol S2 by a third through the end of March. NI is reducing the price of the 2-deck controller to $449 / 399 EUR throughout February … Continue reading →

Atlanta high school student Max Justicz has announced a new DIY MIDI controller ‘brain’, the CHOMP, that looks awesome. Basically, the CHOMP (Configurable Hardware Open-source MIDI Platform) is a cheap board you plug switches and pots into to create custom MIDI controllers. Features: Completely … Continue reading →