What is the new-ish music synth that hase rows of buttons that you push to get different effects?
[2008-03-19 15:48:43]

Q: There was a synth that was semi-recently shown on BoingBoing and Jonathan Coulton's blog that was basically multiple rows of buttons that you could push to activate and then it would scroll across and play the different sounds. There were a couple videos

A: You definitely need to check out this program:

http://www.flstudio.com/

You're going to have to purchase a lisence, but, it's probably the most diverse and user-friendly music producing software pre-loaded with sounds. There's

Polls & Surveys »

Have you ever made an electropop/synth/new urban pop song on your computer?
[2009-08-04 05:06:27]
fanatikj36

i think aside from acoustic guitar songs, that's the easiest type of song to make in your bedroom. :)


Yes. I've made three or four sub-standard tribal house songs.

Tom Oberheim SEM Pro – New Synth From An Analog Master » Synthtopia

Tom Oberheim has introduced a limited run of another version of his SEM synthesizer: The SEM-Pro . The SEM-Pro combines the MIDI capabilities of the MIDI SEM, but adds 21 jacks, which allow for additional patching.

Create Digital Music » Inside the Mind of Stephan Schmitt: A New ...

Even better, though, is if you have a copy of Reaktor 5, because you can use the full-blown UI seen here to design your own sounds or even dig into the plumbing of the patch beneath. of Reaktor, could be seen as a mad sonic scientist behind NI. When I met him for dinner in Berlin in October, he had brought along a stack of signal flow diagrams and Reaktor screen grabs in plastic sheet protectors. He uses foot pedals to modulate the sound live, and rails against the evils of dull, repeating LFOs. t still exciting things happening in synthesizer design in the age of software, you haven&rsquo. but I like to think of it as the Schmitt Box &ndash. Spark ships as a Kore soundpack, so for US$59 you can fire it up right away and start playing, even without knowing how it works....

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Create Digital Music » New Soft Synth for the … Apple II, and a ...

Get over the novelty, and there’s something happening here: recycle old equipment otherwise destined to be toxic waste, make a computer instrument that’s dead-simple to use onstage and doesn’t require looking at the screen, make That means it works without a user interface, so you can use it without having a monitor plugged in. Here’s usability for you: “Just turn on your Apple II and when the drive light goes off. How about new music creation software for the Apple II platform....

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Other - Music »

Help with synth I am a new synth owner.?
[2009-01-26 20:10:19]
fanatikj112

I've recently bought a X50 Korg and I want to learn to play so bad but i just don't know how, what can i do to learn possibly maybe even teach myself. Also what kind of external speakers should I get for it? I've never played piano or anything like that


Congratulations. I really like the Korg X-50. To answer your second question first: You need either an amplifier, like a keyboard or bass amplifier, or a pair of powered monitors. Don't use computer monitors, but studio monitors like these:

Rap and Hip-Hop »

What is that new song that has Andre 3000 in it which is fast and has that old school synth beat in it?
[2010-07-25 09:58:23]
fanatikj22

its recent and bumpin, I think Andre is just featured in it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjY6YcBi dU

it's a remix called ride. by ciara

featuring Andre, Ludacris & Bei Maejor


hope this helps

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