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Rough Rider is a modern compressor with a bit of "vintage" style bite and a uniquely warm sound. Perfect for adding compression effects to your drum buss, it also sounds great with synth bass, clean guitar, and backing vocals. Definitely not an all-purpose compressor, Rough Rider is at its best when used to add pump to rhythmic tracks. Of course, you can use it however you'd like. The Compressor Police aren't gonna come to your house and give you a citation. Slap it on a track and crank some knobs. The front panel layout is done the same as many hardware compressors, so it will be immediately obvious how to use it. A brief overview of the controls: Ratio: The ratio knob is logarithmic in operation. Completely anti-clockwise is 1:1, and completely clockwise is 1:1000. The 12 o'clock position is 1:10, so everything to the left of center is single digits, and everything to the right is "atom bomb squish," essentially. Attack and Release: We left off the actual time values, so you're gonna have to use your ears, like the he-men did it in times of myth. Meter: That honking big dial in the middle of the UI is the gain reduction meter. It basically shows how much compression is occurring. Sensitivity: usually called "threshold" now, but we think "sensitivity" always made more sense. Turn to the right, you get more compression, essentially. Turn it all the way to the right, and you've got a distortion box, the sound of which is tuned by Ratio, Attack, and Release. Makeup: 30 dB of gain to compensate for the attenuation caused by the compressor. Active: From the front panel, this is simply an off/on switch, but if you automate it, strange things happen... MIDI Learn: Like all of our products, the VST version has MIDI Learn. Download any manual from the current product line for an explanation of how this works, as it is common among all our VST products. Rough Rider is available as a VST effect for Windows, and an AU or VST for OSX. The OSX versions are Universal Bin

MIDIBridge is a software application developed specifically for the Percussa AudioCubes hardware. It lets you use the AudioCubes with your existing MIDI compatible instruments or software for audio or visuals, such as Max/MSP, SuperCollider, Pure Data (PD), Reaktor, Resolume, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Propellerheads Reason, Cubase, Logic, EnergyXT2, … and many others.

What is Nodal? Nodal is generative software for composing music, interactive real-time improvisation, and a musical tool for experimentation and fun. Nodal uses a new method for creating and exploring musical patterns, probably unlike anything you've used before. You can play sounds using Nodal's built-in synthesiser or any MIDI compatible hardware or software instrument. Nodal is based around the concept of a user-defined network. The network consists of nodes (musical events) and edges (connections between events). You interactively define the network, which is then automatically traversed by any number of virtual players. Players play their instruments according to the notes specified in each node. The time taken to travel from one node to another is based on the length of the edges that connect the nodes. Nodal allows you to create complex, changing sequences using just a few simple elements. Its unique visual representation allows you to edit and interact with the music generating system as the composition plays. Nodal is compatible with DAW software such as Ableton Live, Logic Studio, Digital Performer and Garage Band. It can transmit and receive MIDI sync. You can edit a network using the mouse and keyboard, and optionally a MIDI keyboard. Nodal recognises and sends notes, sync, continuous controller and pitch bend information. Features simple but powerful interface change your composition while it is playing - great for improvisation and quickly creating new musical ideas compatible with any MIDI synthesiser and major Digital Audio software can run stand alone using the built-in synthesiser live performance tools: trigger complex sequences within the network using any MIDI keyboard or MIDI input device define your own interactive continuous controller curves (e.g. Volume, Pan, Modulation) for greater musical expression built-in examples and tutorial information to get you started and making music quickly

Scapes is a real-time effects processor and sound generator based on feedback. It uses six independent granular delays, extensive modulation options, a gate sequencer and familiar synth style controls to dynamically manipulate the sound. With Scapes you can create high quality and unique soundscapes, rhythms and sound effects perfectly suited for use in music, film and game audio. You can easily connect it to your favorite hardware controller or iPad and immediately have fun. Keep an eye on our video and audio section (click the tabs), where we'll be posting new videos often.

"Spark Digital is the world's first studio-grade condenser microphone to offer both USB and iPad connectivity. Expanding on the professional and sound of Blue's Spark XLR studio microphone, Spark Digital features the same studio-grade condenser capsule and hand-tuned components for high-fidelity recording and consistence performance in any situation- vocals, drums, piano, speech, location recording and more. Spark Digital also includes the Focus Control, providing two different sonic options in one mic at the push of a button. Complete with an adjustable desk stand and built-in shockmount, Spark Digital also includes y-cables for each platform with a headphone jack for zero-latency real-time monitoring. With a full range of recording capabilities, Spark Digital turns your iPad into a true mobile studio. System Requirements iPad: iPad and iPad 2 PC: Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP Home Edition or XP Professional USB 1.1/2.0; 64 MB RAM (minimum) Macintosh: Mac OSX (10.4.11 or higher) USB 1.1/2.0; 64 MB RAM (minimum) "

"There are too many posts on alt.noise concerning how to build contact microphones, and to my knowledge, nobody ever posted a page like this in response. Plenty of bad advice out there... Hopefully this page is a little more useful than some of the responses I have seen over the years. If you actually follow these directions, please e-mail me and let me know where they're flawed/lacking. This is one way to put together a contact microphone. It is not the best way, but the end result is pretty satisfying. And it doesn't cost much (once you have a soldering iron). "

"So, you want to make a contact microphone? Whether you want create noise music by banging on scrap metal, cheaply and easily amplify your acoustic instrument, or just play with wires, you're in the right place. You will need: piezo transducer (radioshack 273-073A) 1/4″ audio cable (eg radioshack 42-2381A) tape, solder, hot glue, heat shrink tubing, etc"

"There are plenty of online guides for making contact microphones from piezo discs to listen to the microscopic vibrations of objects. (Steve Schaberg's guide is great for first-time builders, as is Furious Contact Mic Assembly.) My version includes a limiter to protect sensitive mic inputs from high-voltage spikes. There are many better designs, including fully buffered FET preamps, but if you're looking for a "Radio Shack" solution hat won't fry sensitive mic inputs, this will do!"

"MIKRO PRISM is a new free instrument, based on the successful synthesizer REAKTOR PRISM. Using the same sound engine as its bigger brother and REAKTOR 5.5's new dynamic ''Modal Bank'' technology, this fully-playable instrument shines with a stunning range of brilliant sounds. With 70 presets, the built-in cabinet simulation, filter, flanger, echo and reverb effects and some seasonal bell and chime sounds included, this gift is guaranteed to get you in the mood for the holidays! "

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An interface allowing a guitar or potentially other line in device to be performed through or recorded by a mobile device such as the iphone, ipod touch, or ipad

An interface allowing a guitar or potentially other line in device to be performed through or recorded by a mobile device such as the iphone, ipod touch, or ipad

An interface allowing a guitar or potentially other line in device to be performed through or recorded by a mobile device such as the iphone, ipod touch, or ipad

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