Video: 52 Reason Tricks by James Bernard

52 Reason and Record Tips by James Bernard Week 1 from James Bernard on Vimeo.

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Smile.DK, new album coming.

February 18, 2010

Smile is back in the studio!

Announcing the recording of a new album…

The Smile Team would like to announce that SMiLE.dk is back in the studio recording their new album “The Make-Up Collection”.

More details about the album will be announced soon.

~The SMiLE Team

from facebook:

Aaaa so much fun!!Just arrived home from the studio! There is alot of exiting things going on!!Lots of love

Blog Link or Facebook Link

Synth Concept: A-SYNTH

Concept:

A Dual OSC Analog Synthesizer with a sampling OSC & flash memory.

Features:

-sampling

-Switchable filters, to combine an analog OSC with sample wave

-Chorus + Delay FX.

-patch in / out sends the wave or OSC to outboard gear and back for pre-envelope and pre-filter processing.

Conclusion:

It would be something like a V-synth, but with analog pathways, or a Doepher dark energy but with sampling and onboard FX. Extra Outputs and Inputs would make it semi modular and function as part of the patch.

Drumaxx Public Beta4

We will release it as “pay what you think it’s worth” with a €9 minimum of which we give €1 to a charity in Haiti.

http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=48128

Drumaxx emulates real drum membranes & mallets.

I couldn’t get the mac version to run in Logic 8. However it did load in other programs.

One suggestion I would have is to have dimensional values on each knobs so the user could write them down then build an approximation of their drum in real life. Like a drum shell designer. Also snare springs on / off, tightness, and size would be an interesting suggestion beyond the mallet noise knob. Searching the internet I couldn’t find any software that lets you hear or design acoustic drums.

Link

Perhaps this is similar to the Jomox M.Brane 1_1?

Roland Juno 106 Blue Led Mod

To top it off, the plastic side panels have been replaced with nicely figured pieces of quilted maple.

Pictures and auction here.

Acidlab Bassline 2 TB-303 on Ebay

AUCTION LINK

Handmade in germany by a true underground electronic music enthusiast. Its not exactly like a 303, I believe only the real thing can be, but this one has its own unique voice that’s just as rewarding.

Prophet T8 on Ebay

Auction Link

Roland W30 on Ebay

Comes with original factory and 10 professional disks from midi mark.

Auction Link

Vintage Sample Archives

Instead of new samples of vintage gear, how about some OLD samples all created and archived before 2001, when this decade went to crap. Some of these directories haven’t been changed since 1995!!!!! It is a miracle they are still available! I imagine files sitting on some old hard drive, in the dark, probably covered with dust, still running. The are owners mummified in the next room and utility companies to big to bother to cut the power. Oh well, free samples!

Netboy “W30″

http://gamelay.usami.com/~netboy/w30/samples/

Obviously a guy, maybe japanese who used a W30. Last modified March 2000. Contains samples created in 1997 etc. Lots of roland, drum machines, and old breakbeats.

Mirror of “Hornet”

http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/pub/scene.org/mirrors/hornet/music/samples/

Descriptions of these sample packs available on this website which must be the original location (with non-working links).

Internet Trash

Internettrash “sample direct” Probably another mirror with some of same packs and description.

Some of the samples are in .XI format which are capable of being opened in Fast Tracker 2 and Milky Tracker. To open .XI wavs in OS X, Use Milky Tracker load the sample, hit 16 bit, then “NO” when it asks you to convert.

Roland JX-8P Analog Synthesizer

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