Chroma and Gris Gris Sequenced Monosynth for Reaktor

Peter Dines creates some of my favorite commercial Reaktor ensembles, and his latest - the Chroma and Gris Gris Sequenced Monosynth looks killer! The Chroma sequencer section has a clean interface and the ability to both draw in patterns, play parts with a midi controller, add slur (glide) and a unique "Scribble" control to write in data. The Gris Gris synth section is a subtractive style synth with "Flux" controls, which add unpredictable instability to the oscillator mix.

 

 

"Chroma is a performance oriented monosequencer and VA carefully tuned for ergonomic ease of use and glitch free operation in standalone and plugin mode. Slur features in Chroma match up with legato and glide features in the Gris-Gris synth to create a slinky sinuous note articulation.

Sequences can be created and controlled via mouse, MIDI, Konkreet Performer, TouchOSC and Lemur. Since there is now full OSC support in the Reaktor plugin version, you can do everything with Chroma in your preferred DAW that you can do stand-alone. A dream come true!"

 

 

 

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Mike Slott x Diane Badié "Nightingale" Video

Nightingale track from the Project: Mooncircle 10th Anniversary Comp! Video shot and edited by Benny Wynn Williams. If you haven't picked up this release yet you should really jump on it - with songs by Robot Koch, fLako, Rumpistol, 40 Winks, Long Arm, Rain Dog and a slew of others!

"Project: Mooncircle, as the name reveals, has been on a journey to the moon since day one, exploring the frontiers of music and art, always looking for new discoveries and giving a different perspective to look at the earth. In it's 10 year history the label has published roughly 100 releases by equally as many artists from all corners of this globe and, therefore, the selection of sounds on this compilation represents the development of the label from the past, present and going into the future."

 

 

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Trifonic: Adding Character to Digital Sounds

Brian Trifon of Trifonic with another sound design video tutorial:

"As a producer, one of the challenges of working with virtual instruments and digital recordings is that you often have to add character back to them to make your tracks sound right.

Digital sounds can be so clean that they lack warmth, depth, vibe, soul... whatever you want to call it, the bottom line is your recordings will fall flat without some work to add life into your tracks.

In this video, Brian Trifon of Trifonic demonstrates a couple techniques for overcoming this challenge using delay and vocal transformer plugins."

 

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Beautiful Noise!

Possibly from growing up in the late 80s and early 90s I have a nostalgic fondness for the so-called "shoegaze" style of music. The band Swervedriver turned me on to the sound with "Son of Mustang Ford". So when I heard of the new Beautiful Noise documentary now seeking funding on Kickstarter I knew I had to donate:

"The definitive documentary about influential 80’s and 90’s guitar bands who harnessed massively loud sounds using a sea of effects pedals and delivered some of the most BEAUTIFUL NOISE ever recorded.

8 years in the making, with over 50 interviews, band members, music icons and tastemakers.

BEAUTIFUL NOISE is an in-depth exploration of a music movement in the late 20th century, a fascinating period when some innovative musicians mixed guitar noise into conventional pop song structures while maintaining a philosophy of letting the music speak for itself.

Although many of the people interviewed are notoriously press shy they have opened up about their music and experiences from over 20 years ago; how they defied the rules and became sonic innovators that have inspired so many.

Currently the documentary is in the final stages for worldwide release, and we need your help to raise the $75,000 to pay for limited run licensing and finishing costs to distribute in Film Festivals and on DVD/Blu-Ray."

Check the promo:

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