Dr Lippold Haken, who’s known to many synthesists as the creator of the Continuum Fingerboard line of expressive electronic instruments, shared this series of videos from his ‘day job’ as a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois.
The videos capture his lectures for ECE 402 – Electronic Music Synthesis. The goals of the course are to provide a familiarity with current methods of electronic/computer music synthesis and their theory of operation and design. Emphasis is on systems concepts which are not likely to change with technology, and have application in Multimedia, Sonification, User Interface, and other fields.
Topics covered:
Survey of Electronic Music Technology since 1900
Music Encoding and Generation
Sound Perception and Analysis
Subtractive Synthesis: Processing of Fixed Waveforms
Sampling Synthesis
Modulation Synthesis
Additive Synthesis
Additive Synthesis with Complex Basis Functions
Physical Models
Pitch Processing
Real-Time Performance Interfaces and Implementation
Sonicware has released a free major update for its Liven Lofi-12 sampling groovebox.
The update adds new features for resampling, chopping and remixing.
What’s new in Liven Lofi-12 v2.0:
Chopping – Two new voice modes called ‘Drum’ and ‘Chop’ auto-slice samples easily with the newly developed Downbeat Divider*. Sliced sections of a sample are then spread across the keyboard making finger drumming possible.
Resampling – Patterns and tracks can be resampled by internally recording the audio output into a new sample. Real-time resampling of your keyboard playing is also possible.
Remix Effect – A beat repeater effect ‘R.MIX’, added to the master effect options, makes glitchy real-time performances possible.
The new features are designed to work well with each other, so you can create drum tracks with auto-slicing and record performances that are not constrained by the grid of the internal step sequencer. You can also resample samples and tracks for infinite effects processing and even build your own beats and kits ready to be sliced up in the Drum and Chop modes.
