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bliter@diaspora-fr.org
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The Power Of #CS1x - Ep1 - #Airwolf, The #Terminator, Don't You Want Me, #KnightRider and Jump - #KOSmusic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvClPvoxags

For many years my wife and I have wanted to create something dedicated exclusively to the #Yamaha CS1x #synthesizer. Finally, after so much work, we are very happy to present you this mini #series in which the #sounds of the CS1x will be the #protagonists.

Each episode will consist of 5 #famous #music presets that I created and performed on the CS1x.
The visual style and structure of these videos is inspired by early 90s learning video tapes.

The initial logo and the music, is a #tribute to one of the most important distributors of #VHS in those years in the #UnitedStates, the "Simitar Entertainment".

To make these videos useful even for those who just want to learn how to play some pieces of this music from the past with their own #keyboard/ #synth, I filmed the synthesizer from above in order to better understand the keys I press.

In this episode there is a brief description of the CS1x and a #demonstration of 5 presets:

• Airwolf Theme - by Sylvester Levay - (Lead)
• The Terminator - Main Title - by Brad Fiedel - (Lead)
• Don't You Want Me - by The Human League - (Brass Chords)
• Knight Rider Theme - by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson - (Lead)
• Jump - by Van Halen - (Lead)

For the first time the videos where I play are live (improvised without a metronome). The sound you hear is pure CS1x, with no external effects.

All the #presets you heard in this episode are #available in #SysEx format on my #website: https://kosmusicovers.altervista.org/cs1x-presets/

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

IBM’s iconic Model F recreated for modern computers

An old IBM model F keyboard
With the tactile buckling of the internal spring and the click of the flipper against the capacitive PCB, the keys in IBM’s Model F keyboards inspired today’s mechanical switches.

IBM’s Model F keyboards are prized among keyboard enthusiasts. Introducing buckling spring switches over a capacitive printed circuit board (PCB) in the early 80s, they’re considered the grandfather of mechanical switches. Despite their prestige, Model F keyboards were no more by the following decade and, due to outdated technologies, have become very rare and can be tough to use with a modern computer. Targeting retro keyboard fans who don’t want to deal with long searches, repairs, or mods, Model F Labs recreates IBM’s Model F keyboards with modern OS support, and it recently introduced the iconic buckling spring switches in a classic full-sized keyboard, as well as some unique form factors.

“Much of the design follows in the footsteps of old Model F keyboards, though these are not exact replicas of a 4704 banking keyboard or any other old keyboard,” Model F Labs’ website says. “The firmware and hardware components are completely modern and do not use IBM chips or firmware.”

See https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/new-buckling-spring-keyboards-recreate-ibms-iconic-model-f-for-modern-computers/
#Blog, #keyboard, #retro, #technology

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bliter@diaspora-fr.org
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#Renoise #tracker on #RaspberryPI - #FloydSteinberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clpTw6aaa6I

In this video, I briefly walk through Renoise running on #Raspberry PI. Renoise is a tracker-style #DAW which enables you to quickly create #sample groups, #tracks, and incorporate #VST #plugins. This #video shows how to #install Renoise, #configure #Linux for #best #audio #performance, and how to create a song. Also answering some viewer questions, e.g. how to " #ReWire" Renoise into Reaper so you can use Renoise like a plugin. Table of contents:

00:00 hello
00:14 #hardware needed
00:31 #download, installation and #system #setup
02:06 UI #overview
02:44 creating a simple #drum track
04:03 adding a bass track / using VST plugins
05:07 adding more tracks, sidechain compression
06:02 more effects plugins
06:11 assigning samples to the #keyboard ( #multisamples)
06:31 arranging #sequences into a #song
06:50 "ReWire" Renoise to #REAPER
08:23 script extensions
08:57 verdict
09.31 important things to consider!
09:54 #demo track (8 tracks using multiple plugins and samples #instruments)
11:50 bye-bye

Resources:
ZynAddSubFX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcKMS_lxZ8
Renoise https://www.renoise.com/
Reaper https://www.reaper.fm/

#music #musique #synth

bliter@diaspora-fr.org
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#Groove #Synthesis 3rd #WAVE vs #PPG Wave 2.2 - #synthlegends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AivHqTpIIA

Short #Demo of 7 #factory and #custom PPG #sounds reprogrammed on the #GrooveSynthesis 3rd Wave together with my friend #TillKopper. Till is the frist owener in #Germany with a 3rd Wave and he lives only 20 km from my home. So we meet regulary to play synths. We tried out how the 3rd WAVE is capable to adopt the classic #sound of the #PPGwave. I have a 2.2 in my #studio and it was quiet interesting, hard at the same time to recreate some #classic PPG sounds on the 3rd wave. Our impression is, that they can sound very close. The PPG wave has some mistakes in the sound which made it #legendary, so over the whole #keyboard the sounds are different with aliasing in higher octaves an brizzelng in deep registrations. It is very hard to get this effect on the 3rd wave, but we think that the guys from Groove Synthessi did a great job to get the 3rd wave as a succeedor of the old PPG. The demo is without any FX or mastering. The sounds you can #download #free for the 3rd wave here: https://till-kopper.de/3rd_wave/3rd_Wave_PPG_Sounds.zip

#synth #synthesizer #synthétiseur #sounddesign

california@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com
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#PineTab2 is coming

It*s a #Linux #tablet with #keyboard for $159: https://www.pine64.org/2023/03/01/february-update-things-are-taking-shape/

  • #PineTab will be available in two SKUs: 4GB RAM / 64GB eMMC & 8GB RAM / 128 eMMC
  • #ARM #CPU #Rockchip #RK3566 with four #Cortex-A55
  • Micro #HDMI, 2x USB-C (3.2 & 2.0), MicroSD slot
  • Pricing: 4GB/64GB version USD $159 & 8GB/128GB version $209
  • First impression of the PineTab2 – most refined Linux-capable hardware from #PINE64; very high quality all around and a major step-up from the original
  • PineTab2’s keyboard impressions – very good keyboard, sturdy and hefty stand and solid key backlight
  • PineTab2 software more mature than many of you expect – thanks to the work on Quartz64 and SOQuartz by the community; only a few bits missing
  • #FOSDEM demo ran #DanctNix #Arch + #KDE Plasma Desktop and was well received
  • Launch window – sometime in April, but no promises 

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#hardware #news

February update: things are taking shape | PINE64

Let me start by apologizing to everyone for skipping yet another monthly community update. This has largely been my fault as I was rather busy in January and following FOSDEM at the start of February…

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