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Codekontrol World blog is...with every post we'll try and give you a few uncensored and open hearted lines about what's going on in the Codekontrol Universe: first and foremost as a collective of real people; some of us artists, some promoters or some just clubbers all united by a common lust for good electronic music and clubbing. We're learning how to write this journal as we go along so please try to be patient and critical with us at the same time. We want to put everything on the table, and try to keep it real! No bull and no sales pitch. Just real one-to-one conversation. So help us God!(the electronic version :) At the fist slight feel of bull, please be ruthless and open fire! It's all good and very welcome. It will also make you feel better.

Monday 15 August 2011

Techalot #9 - for the short attention spanned:

This Week..... POCOPOCO, The Tron Beat Jazz Controller, FM8 Tutorial, Studio Drummer, Vintage Machine: Buchla 100 Modular Synthesizer


POCOPOCO



Erm.... It's a controller.... It's erm... different. Just have a look for yourself. Then if you like it watch a live performance.


The Tron Beat Jazz Controller



I love this and yet at the same time think that it is very very shit. I love that fact some guy who is obviously a bit of a nerd has created his own controller using open source software and made something amazing tailored to his own performance using as many different bits of tech as he can - Accelerometers, pressure sensitive triggers and a display that is sent to his phone. So why do I not like it... Well he just looks like a bit of tool using it really.


FM8 Tutorial: Creating Unique Basslines Using FM Synthesis



Dubspot deliver a very good introduction to the FM8 and how to use it. Personally I started playing around with the FM8 a while ago and then stopped when I got bored of the sounds but this video gives a very good idea of how to use it to get aggressive basslines...even if the guy is a little patronising at times


STUDIO DRUMMER



NI are back and this time their gift is Studio Drummer. "The ultimate realization of a drummer in software" - Giving you three expertly sampled, world-class drum kits, and over 3,500 exclusive, hand-played patterns with top-class effects from Native Instruments’ new Solid Mix Series and Transient Master built-in.

You have total control over your drum sound. "It’s the drums, the studio and the drummer in one easy-to-use package."


Vintage Machine: Buchla 100 Modular



Nerds enjoy...Eric Chasalow gives a demonstration of the 1963 Buchla 100 synthesizer in the Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio (BEAMS). The original Buchlas did not have a keyboard (at least one that we would recognize). The input devices were an important aspect to that system, They were all capacitance-sensitive touch-plates, or resistance-sensitive in some cases, organized in various sorts of arrays.

You can find the other two parts here
It's impressive but I think I will stick to VSTs for now.


That's it...Enjoy
Mark (",)
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