The video captures a live modular synth performance, duisburg, by German synthesist Elinch.
What they shared about the technical details:
“most sounds buchla tiptop 258t / 292t into sealegs. looped with bitbox micro.
recorded live with tascam dr 100
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.”
Also: Don’t miss the gorgeous wooden wall-mounted Eurorack case!
Michigan Synth Works Xena – The Warrior Synth, the Reincarnation of Mutable Instrument’s Ambika.
Michigan Synth Works has introduced Xena, a new version of the rare Mutable Instruments Ambika DIY synthesizer.
The Ambika was originally introduced in 2012 as a DIY project. The open source design is 6-voice hybrid polysynth that pairs the flexible digital oscillators (digital wavetables, FM and phase modulation) with a 4-pole analog filter.
Xena is fully machine-assembled, with an updated layout and an improved modern power supply. It is available with all original 3 voice cards and compatible with 3rd party operating systems.
Features:
Video demo of the Ambika by Midera:
Xena is available to Pre-order now for $400, Shipping in December 2023.
Composer + author Dennis DeSantis (Making Music Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers) shared this in-depth tutorial on using the new tools in Ableton Live 12 to chop and join notes to create complex rhythms.
Video Summary:
“This video introduces Live 12’s new tools for chopping and joining MIDI notes.
You can use this to create very complex rhythms, which I demo by transcribing a few bars of Brian Fernyhough’s ‘Bone Alphabet’ for solo percussion.”
Topics Covered
0:00 Intro
1:49 How to chop notes
2:47 How to join notes
4:17 Bone Alphabet – the 1st bar
11:08 Bone Alphabet – the 2nd bar
14:37 Nested tuplets
16:20 Bone Alphabet – the 3rd bar
24:01 Wrapping up
