Tag: Elektron
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@SongbirdFx Birdcord Cables Allow You To Run Digital Elektron Machines on Battery or with Powered Hub
In this post I’ll be sharing some notes on a way to power your current generation 12v Digital Elektron boxes either from a phone battery power brick or via a powered hub.
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New Techno Single “Secret Drive to Baden-Baden”
My latest single is available for streaming on most digital music outlets. It’s a #techno track recorded live on Elektron machines. Click here to stream and watch a video of the recording session. If you are a Spotify user please take a moment to “like” the track, follow my artist page and perhaps “Add to…
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Synth Designer Ess is Leaving Elektron to Release New Instrument with Felisha Ledesma Under the Name Fors
Elektron Synth Designer Ess announced on his Instagram feed that he’s leaving Elektron to release his own instrument along with Felisha Ledesma. “I’m leaving Elektron 🪂 From humble beginnings in customer support to designing the synthesizers of my dreams. Never could I have imagined that I would be a part of some of the most…
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Elektron Releases Major OS Updates for Digitakt (1.20) and Digitone and Digitgone Keys (1.30)
Elektron has just released MAJOR updates to the Digitakt and Digitone. Of course they are free 😃. Get yourselves ready for some serious OS upgrade fun for the Digitakt, Digitone, and Digitone Keys. Time to get elbow deep in a host of cracking features that will make each device even more powerful and your music-making…
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Video: Working on New Patterns with Digitone New Jump Step Sequencer Mode
Here is a 1 minute video of my Sunday coffee in bed session with Elektron Digitone new 1.30 OS. I started off this session thinking I was going to learn all the 20+ new features that Elektron added in the recent 1.30 update (see my earlier blog post). I printed out the release notes and…
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Psychedelic Octatrack Soundscape – “I’m Going to Mary’s Party Tomorrow Aren’t You?”
Take a trip through a wormhole where captured signals from a 50’s PSA come streaming through your space helmet. You try to tune to some techno, but it doesn’t work. Sample mangling with Elektron Octatrack MKII making heavy use of scenes and Designer LFO’s. Some manually tuning of the Comb Filter with slider as well.
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Video Replay of My May 22nd Live Stream Multimedia Concert with BTS Notes on Using Elektron Machines , Novation Controllers, and Resolume
If you missed my live stream a few weeks back here is an unedited YouTube live replay of my solo multimedia concert. The performance is a combination of live arrangement and live playing that features original electronic music with real-time visuals. More live streams are coming, so subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the…
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Live Multimedia Performance – B.E.A.T. Creative Technology Performances and Demos Event Friday May 22nd, 5PM MDT
I’ve schedule a YouTube Live event. Swing by now and click “Set Reminder”. Watch Live / Watch the Replay I’ve embedded the video in this post so if you happen to be here during the event you can watch live. If you are here after the event you can watch the replay. For my portion…
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I Mind Mapped My Fav Top Features of the Launchkey Mini MK3
I recently picked up a Launchkey Mini MK3. Wow – what an improvement over past generations. The short of it is: the keys are super playable with a light synth touch, the pads feel like smaller versions of the Launchpad Pro MK3 and Launchpad X, and the knobs are small but probably the best feeling…
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The Sydney Opera House is Streaming a Digital Season Including Contemporary Music Like Sets from Panda Bear #Octatrack
The Sydney Opera House (@SydOperaHouse) is Streaming a Digital Season Including Contemporary Music Like Sets from Panda Bear (@pandabear) #Octatrack
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54 Minutes of New Music from Mark Mosher & Dino J.A. Deane
Yesterday I did an improv session with my good friend and mentor Dino J.A. Deane. This session was recorded live at the Dino’s studio (The Bohemian Lounge) using ambient room mics. We recorded 4 songs which came out to 54 minutes of music. I uploaded to this Soundcloud playlist for your enjoyment. Mark Mosher Instruments:Elektron…
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Live Album and Concert Video: “Live at Mountain Skies 2019”
In early May 2019 I flew out to attend and perform an original electronic music set at the Mountain Skies festival near Asheville, NC. It was a really fun weekend and I had a great time performing one track from 2014 album Fear Cannot Save Us, plus 4 brand new songs. Checkout a video of…
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Pics and Video Snippets from March 2019 Beat Cypher Performances
On Thursday March 28th I performed a set at Beat Cypher at madelife in Boulder. Here is an Instagram video with some snippets of some of the performances including mine which is first. Thanks to https://www.instagram.com/eddiecii/ for footage. I’m playing lead synth parts on “Gonna Rise” up from the album Fear Cannot Save Us (Spotify,…
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Video: NewEcho & The Aefonic Live 01
Here is video with an excerpt from a recent live collaboration with myself (NewEcho) & The Aefonic using only two Elektron Analog Four synthesizers. I also provided interactive visuals.
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Performing Set at Beat Cypher May 24th, 2018 on Elektron Digitakt + Video from Past Performance on Analog Four
I’ll be performing a set tonight (Thursday, May 24th) at the Beat Cypher event in Boulder. As the format is rapid-fire 10 minute sets and I’ll be improvising using only an Elektron Digitakt and using small a set of custom beat sketches as a starting point. My set is inspired by the Star Trek: The…
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Elektron’s Fascinating Interview with Father of FM Synthesis John Chowning + Digitone Overview
Elektron’s Fascinating Interview with Father of FM Synthesis John Chowning Elektron just posted a long, deep, and fascinating interview with John Chowning who originally discovered FM Synthesis. The interview covers a lot of ground including his thoughts on: Explaining FM synthesis to a child The history of his work at Standford and how they helped…