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Sound designer Ian Dixon shared this video demo of his new Genesis Sound Collection for the Korg Modwave.

 

What Dixon say about it:

“From “Watcher of the Sky” to “Invisible Touch,” we’ve captured the essence of these classic tracks.

This collection features 36 performances inspired by legendary instruments like the Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist, Quadra, Korg Wavestation, and DX7.

Whether you’re a Genesis fan or a synth enthusiast, there’s something here for everyone.”

 

The sound library is compatible with Modwave, Modwave Native, Modwave mkII, & Modwave Rack.

The Genesis Sound Collection is available now as a free download.

Demo timings:

00:00 Introduction

01:21 Abacab Organ

01:51 Alien Afternoon

02:47 Cinema Show

02:56 ARP Pro Soloist Trumpet

03:11 APR Fuzz Guitar

04:04 ARP Pro Soloist Telstar

04:32 In the cage

04:48 Bass pedals

05:11 Behind the lines

06:27 Domino

08:02 Invisible Touch

08:04 Marker 5

08:30 Fading Lights Split

09:10 Home by the sea live

10:00 Invisible Touch

11:10 Home by the sea

12:49 Mellotron strings

13:10 Watcher of the sky

14:07 Mellotron Choir

14:30 Mellotron Flute and strings

14:54 Abacab

15:02 Alone Tonight

15:30 Quadra Chorused Organ

15:51 Follow you follow me

16:34 Quadra Phased Organ

16:50 RMI piano

17:15 CP80

17:29 Live lead sound

18:04 Wavestation Minilead

19:29 Warm strings from Fading Lights

 

 

 

 

 

Organizers of ContinuuCon 2024 – being held in Pittsburgh April 26-28 – let us know that the full schedule of events is now available.

ContinuuCon is an international conference that focuses on the Haken Continuum and instruments that share its EaganMatrix synth engine, including the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, ContinuuMini, EaganMatrix Eurorack module and Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

The three-day event features an opening reception and two days of workshops, seminars and performances. Musicians from around the world attend and participate.

ContinuuCon 2024 is being held at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, in Carnegie, PA, a Pittsburgh neighborhood. All events take place in the Studio space of the Library, located downstairs under the main library.

Location:

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

300 Beechwood Ave. Carnegie, PA 15106.

The venue is close to downtown Carnegie, which organizers say has a walkable main street, with restaurants and shops for you to enjoy, while in town.

ContinuuCon 2024 Schedule:

Thursday, April 25:

7:00pm – 10:00pm: Continuum Invasion

While not officially a part of ContinuuCon, several ContinuuCon attendees have agreed to perform on a live music event sponsored by local Pittsburgh underground electronic music scene performers. Continuum Invasion is Thursday evening from 7-10PM at the same venue as ContinuuCon and admission is free to the public (donations accepted at the door).

Friday, April 26, 4-8PM:

Evening reception and introductory words by Lippold Haken and Ed Eagan.

The evening will be rounded off by some music improvisation that follows a quick review of Chick Corea’s treatise on jamming given by Russ Hoffman and Rob Schwimmer.

Saturday, April 27:

9:50am: Josh Madoff – A Deep Dive into Osmose

11:00am: Josh Madoff – Counterpoint and Polyphonic Playing on Continuum

1:30pm: Christophe Duquesne – Additive Spectral Analysis Tool Updates

2:45pm: David Gerard Matthews – History and Demonstration of the Ondes Martenot

3:30pm: Rob Schwimmer / Ed Eagan – Ondioline Demonstration and Ondioline-inspired Jenny Oscillator Eaganmatrix Sounds

4:30pm: Open Discussion

Sunday, April 28:

10:00am: Christophe Duquesne / Ed Eagan – Dune 2 Sound Design Secrets Revealed

11:15am: Tony KT Leung – A Bowed String Player’s Gestural Controller Meets the EaganMatrix

1:30pm: Mark Smart – 3D Laser Show Controlled by Continuum

2:15pm: Paul Dempsey – HC One Plugin for VCV Rack

3:15pm: Open Forum Discussion / Wrap Up

 

Tickets are available now. Find out more info on the event website.

 

 

 

Fuse Audio Labs has introduced VCE-118 Dynamic Range Enhancer, a new audio effects plugin for Mac and Windows, based on the sound of ’70s VCA technology.

VCE-118’s central knob offers compression ratios ranging between 1:1 and Infinity:1 or expansion between 1:1 and 1:2, while the intensity of the effect can be tweaked with the Threshold control. A ‘mode’ button switches between regular gain reduction or expansion, whereby only ABOVE THRESHOLD levels are processed, to LINEAR operation, affecting the full level above and below the threshold.

Audio Demos:

VCE-118 is available with an 50% off intro price of $29.00 until April 29, 2024 (regularly $59.00).