Latvia-based synth maker ELTA Music has introduced Quantum VJ, an 8-bit glitch-style electronic pendant, audio visualizer and video generator.
The Quantum VJ is designed by Arseniy Tokarev, based on a concept by Alexander Zoloto. You can connect a synthesizer, audio player or other sound source to the pendant via a mini-jack input, or have it react to ambient sound, using the built-in microphone.
The Quantum VJ can also be used to visualize electromagnetic interference. There are 9 display modes that can be switched with a button.
Quantum VJ is available for €55 (excluding VAT and delivery) via ELTA Music and its retailers.
In this official Korg master class, Sinevibes founder Artemiy Pavlov discusses the company’s Multi Engine platform.
Sinevibes makes a wide range of plugins for Korg Multi Engine instruments, letting you add new synthesis and effects options and customize your instrument to your needs.
The Korg Multi Engine platform is available on the NTS-1, drumlogue, prologue and minilogue xd – and is the feature that Pavlov says make them “the most exciting instruments that Korg makes right now,” because the synth and effects engines are customizable by the user.
In his latest video, composer, synthesist and sound designer Anthony Marinelli meets with Synclavier guru Kevin Maloney, and takes a look at the hardware inside a classic Synclavier.
Video Details:
We discuss the basic hardware and software components, how to boot up the system with a 5.25″ floppy disk and some special features that were later added. Remember this is an early computer and it’s physically a lot bigger than what you would expect to see today. You’ll see how it’s built and connected together by ribbon cables with big connectors. Also the available memory was a lot less than what we have come to expect today. The early floppy disks held no more 128 kilobytes of data and the early internal 5 megabyte hard drive sold for $20,000.
Here is a list of the features in this system:
-additive synthesis
-FM synthesis with 32 voices
-5 MB Hard Drives
-monophonic sampling
-8 channels of MIDI
-filter switches
-SMPTE sync code
-2 floppy disk drives
This is the latest in series of videos that Marinelli has shared that discuss sound design with the Synclavier. Here’s a deep dive by Marinelli & Maloney into the creation of the iconic Beat It intro sound:
A vintage demo, featuring Kevin Maloney demonstrating the then-new Synclavier:
