Royksopp Remixable Track

Their favourite track of mine is still Poor Leno that was also availble in the snowboarding game SSX3, but now you can remix a new one in this new contest.

Free Röyksopp Track To Download & Remix From Synthopia

Top 5 TGIF Theme Songs

5. My Two Dads

4. Going Places

Okay this was the best copy of the sound I could find, the vidder did it to full house…

3. Out of This World

Maureen Flannigan = Kristen Bell????


Ouch they spelled her name wrong in the credits!

2. Family Matters

1. Perfect Strangers

Nope Full House didnt make the cut because I dont think anyone wants to see John Stamos again.

One Key Drum Programming Tips

Ever had trouble timing drums on a keyboard? Use this tip to consolidate your drums onto one key to reduce errors.

How it works: Accents trigger fast snare and bass drum (high velocity), and normal strikes (low to high velocity) just play bass drum and optionally a soft/quiet/blended snare. This allows you to naturally play rock rhythms on the same key and frees up other fingers.

For this to work you’ll need a sampler that supports custom velocity sensitivity and at least two samples per key. I used the V-Synth. I’m sure this will work in Reason or anything remotely modern.

1. Find your drum samples. Bass, Snare etc. Setup zones or make keymappings for drums.

2. Place a Bass Kick – 0-127 Linear Velocity (straight upward graph) on Middle C. This is OSC1 on the V-synth

3. Place a Fast Snare – 100-127 High Velocity (highly peaked graph) also on Middle C. This is OSC2 on the V-synth

Thats it. Now its slightly easier to play rhymthms on a keyboard using a single key.

BONUS TIP: Make a bass drum sound slightly more real! Using a variation of above you can blend a bass drum sample and a soft snare. Why would you want to do this? In real life when you press the bass pedal your resonating the surrounding drums (the snare’s springs). In studios where samples are recorded their goal is to isolate sounds and make sure this doesn’t happen. If your using samples from entirely different kits or electronic drums this method will blend them. If we add a soft snare sample to our kick drum at much lower volume you can blend them like its coming from one drumset. Make sure you use appropriate velocities for this. You don’t want the snare to actually sound like an accent or compete with the real snare.

I hope this helps people make more natural sounding drum rhythyms or inspires someone to do something new with sample layers.

Free Real Drum Kits

Ever needed a real drum kit samples for free? Check out all these links compiled from From the Freesound Project. All have been checked by me for decent quality. Great for getting started without purchasing many of the commercial packages out there.

LINKS:

freesound :: view pack :: Tama Birch Drums

freesound :: view pack :: Rock-Drum-Kit

freesound :: view pack :: Studio Drums 1

Ian’s Drum Set

Snare Drum in Parking Garage

Bonus: Look at these glitched up video game sounds from CyberiaLainKittyKat

Keyboard Cat Papercraft From Matrix

I knew I wasn’t getting enough cats this week but the waiting finally paid off! Hee!

Link
http://tubbypaws.blogspot.com/2009/08/meow-again-its-time-for-papercraft.html

Found on MatrixSynth

Get ready for…..ORANGE WEEK

I like the color orange. I like the crayons. I like the way it burns my brain. It boosts the immune system.

This week I’ll try to find photos of only orange things. Anything not orange will be ignored. I may even have to tint photos to orange just to set citrus moral standards in the synth comformity (community). Won’t that be fun? I don’t care what you think! Stay CHTuned.

Tara Busch Psych Evaluation

JKing. Looks like someone is going to do some remixing…If she moves a finger or adds an effect I’ll report it, JUSTCUZ.

BTW, this vid does not have cats in it. 3/5 stars.
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Want to see actual people on this blog in the future? Y/N? I haven’t decided. Drop me a comment!

V-Synth GT: Gets better with age

Some great photos, sound design info, and a nice overview of Current V-synth technology. Apparently there was a firmware update for GT users also.

Go to: V-synth GT @ Create Digital Music

Speak – Alienated, Free Album Download

This time around SpeaK has gone for a more diverse direction. Alienated contains DnB from minimal oldskool beats to pure jungle atmo to dark drumfunk. Whether you enjoy speed-driven Drum n’ Bass or small detailed break edits complimented by ambient soundscapes, you should be able to find something to your liking from this album. In the end though there’s only one way to find out!

DIRECT LINK: DOWNLOAD!

Make sure you listen to the track “Desensitized” it really rocks!!!!!!!

Web Page: Bitkins Electronic Music Label

Cakewalk V-Studio 100 Reviews

Awhile back I reported that this box was coming out. Multiple sources have begun to review it.

Synthopia Cakwalk V-Studio Review

Create Digital Music’s Review

Do you think its better than the Zoom R16?

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