All Glory to the Hypnotoad

This guy has figured out how to get that hypnotoad sound - and written a pretty cool article about how he did it. Well worth a read for the synth heads and Futurama fans among you.....

And for the rest of you, here's a classic episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad......

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Native Instruments - The Mouth

Really cool, or the end of all civilisation?....

New from Tim Exile, the Mouth is the sequel to the Finger. A cross between a harmoniser, a vocoder and a synth, it tracks the pitch of the incoming signal, and uses it to create very cool effects.

Check out the details here, but not before watching this video!

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GrainCube: Free Granular Instrument (Reaktor, Lemur)

GrainCube is a free 4-part granular processing instrument with numerous randomizing functions and modulation capabilities. Built on sound designs and conception by sonic renegades Richard Devine and Josh Kay (DevineSound), development by Rick Scott (Rachmiel), with additional programming and GUI tweaks by Igor Shilov (Twisted Tools). An additional version is also available for the JazzMutant Lemur, re-imagined by Antonio Blanca (absoundscapes.com). A dream tool from a dream team!

The tool is free, a gift to people in the Reaktor and Lemur communities: Reaktor 5.x is required, Lemur isn't necessary (but fun).

Seeing work like this is inspirational. I love the sounds, alien and twisted. At its heart, it is a sample map of 400mb of sample material, the sonic raw material for the work. An all-stops-pulled array of randomization and modulation then warps and melts and smelts that into audio ore.

For a sense of the tool in action, read on for the video and download link......



If you're a Reaktor user, grab it here (see "Library").

Lemur template @ Jazz Mutant


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Rebirth on the iPhone!

Propellerhead Software have released their classic software clones of the Roland TR-808, TB-303 and 909 drum machines!

We've not seen Rebirth since 2005, (check out Hobnox Audiotool if you want to play with something similar), but I can see many a long tube journey is going to fly past while I make classic Techno and Acid House! Head to the iTunes store, or check out the Propellerhead website.

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FM Synthesis Video Tutorials

Brian Trifon presents a 3-part video series of FM synthesis tutorials using Native Instruments FM8. Great videos, and very helpful for anyone interested in FM synthesis, or synthesis in general. They can be easily applied to other synths as well (i.e. not just FM8).

Read on to watch the videos........










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