Out There by Failed Muso
Just another quick sketch of a piece I’m working on. Similar to my last one, it uses Ableton Live as the sequencer. This track features Native Instruments’ Absynth and FM8 as well as Arturia’s CS-80V. Percussion is a loop that comes with Live called “Out There” and the drums are provided from another MIDI loop direct from Live.
© 2008 Roberto Puricelli © 2008 Failed Muso All Rights Reserved.
Just like a London Bus, none for ages and then 3 at once !!
Here’s a little something I put together tonight, inspired by the Blade Runner patch I was dickin’ about with earlier. It’s just a video of the sequence as I triggered it from Ableton Live. This demo features the Nostalgia VSTi for the D50 patch, Arturia’s CS-80V for the Blade Runner “horn” patch, one of Live’s own loops for percussion and the Alesis Fusion doing some Emulator II Strings.
Enjoy.
© 2008 Roberto Puricelli © 2008 Failed Muso All Rights Reserved.
At last ! A video of me playing !!
Well, it has often been requested, yet never delivered. Until now !
Recorded to launch Failed Muso’s very own YouTube channel.
I simply don’t have the keyboard skills of someone like Shepitology and so have shyed away from ever displaying my [lack of] keyboard skills. Sequencers were invented specifically for people like me ;o) Anyway, beered up as I am (Mmmmm…gotta love Heineken. Any beer manufacturer that has a museum with authentic smells of piss is top in my book !), I have just recorded this as I was dicking around with Arturia’s CS-80V. I’m sure the melody is familiar.
So, may I present myself, using Arturia’s CS-80V, hosted by Chainer, with my Akai MPK49, performing the melody line from Blade Runner’s Main Titles, by Vangelis.
Really, don’t get too excited….
:UPDATE:
I have now transferred a tutorial on the MPC500 that I had on my own personal channel…
Never judge a book by it’s cover…
I’ve always had a thing for the Roland Jupiter 8. I think it’s because it looked so big and complex, with all those lovely multi coloured buttons. Maybe it was also because it was on the cover of Howard Jones’ New Song single back in 84..
..but when I heard it, it sounded so big and lush, it soon became an “I want” item that I have still yet to acquire. So, imagine my glee when Arturia announced the Jupiter-8v soft synth. Firstly, I was surprised that Roland allowed them to do it, having always been very restrictive in what people do in terms of recreating their gear in the virtual world.
So when the demo came out, I jumped on it straight away, especially as it looked so feckin’ nice !!
Oh dear.
Oh dear oh dear.
Not what I was expecting.
Arturia have often come in for grief about how their emulations actually sound nothing like the synths they are trying to emulate. I kind of agreed with that on the CS-80v, disagreed on the Minimoog. I guess that unless you have an original sat beside you to A/B test, then it’s all subjective anyway.
But the Jupiter-8v disappointed me. Not only because of the sound, but because it’s a god awful CPU hog, and the best latency I could achieve was about 10ms which is more than double what I normally get on every other soft synth I have. My PC is no slouch either (AMD 64/1GB RAM). It was also impossible to assign an external keyboard controller !
If Arturia are hoping to generate sales with the demo, they need to sort it out. If the full product replicates the shortcomings of the demo, they’ve got problems.
Try it for yourself HERE
EDIT: It appears these issues have now been fixed in version 1.02 which came out on Thursday. I’ve tried it and most problems seem to be rectified, but it still uses an inordinate amount of CPU 
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Arturia are on a roll….their first hardware synth !
Again, via MatrixSynth
Origin is the first Arturia Hardware synthesizer. It is a modular system of a new generation opening innovative avenues in sound design.
Loaded with modules extracted from the best synthesizers of all time (Moog Modular, ARP 2600, CS-80, minimoog and Prophet VS) Origin lets you combine these modules and benefit from the additional possibilities put onboard. The result: a new type of sound accessible through an extremely intuitive interface.MAIN FEATURES:
* More than 500 presets created by talented musicians and synthesizer specialists
* Up to 32 voices of polyphony for a typical patch
* Create your own patch or use an existing audio structures: an Origin patch made by connecting independent modules, or the minimoog V, the ARP 2600, the CS-80, the Moog Modular.
* Superb audio quality with TAE® engine. 24 bits/96 kHz supported.
* Compatibility with most of the presets from the Arturia Classic virtual Analog synthesizers.
* Origin lets you open dedicated software on your Mac and PC and use it as an AU or VST plug-in. All the sounds are calculated on the machine while you work on your computer as you would do with a native application.
* Analog: 2 audio ins, 10 audio outs. Digital: SPDIF out, USB 2.0
* Large selection of effects: Phaser, Chorus, Delay, FX Reverbs, Distortion, Param Eq, Compressor, Bitcrusher
* 16/32 step sequencer
* Innovative Macro, Advanced LFO, modulation modes, Advanced Joystick modes.
* MIDI : In, Out, Thru or USB 2
Why am I so poor ?!?!?!?!?!
At last, a proper Roland soft synth
Via MatrixSynth
Arturia announces Jupiter 8V, the software recreation of Roland’s famous Jupiter 8 which was in production from 1981 to 1984. The Jupiter 8 was a synth that not only inspired a generation of musicians ranging from Prince to Howard Jones, from Depeche Mode to Moby, it was also a unique machine that offered a sharp and crystalline sound while being uniquely phat.
The Jupiter-8V is the latest born in the Arturia family of analog synthesizer recreations. Offering the unique sound palette of the Roland Jupiter 8 with a bass that can bring down the house.
Based on the latest version of TAE®, the Jupiter 8 V also brings to you an advanced step sequencer, a new line of dynamic effects and a module combining LFO’s called Galaxy. All in one, the Jupiter 8 V comes with a perfect blend of classicism and modernity.
MAIN FEATURES:
* More than 400 high quality and innovative sounding presets
* Up to 32 voices of polyphony, and a Unison mode
* A unique audio structure featuring 2 oscillators per voice (16 oscillators in total), 2 LFO’s, 2 filters and 2 envelopes.
* Keyboard split and layer
* A set of Analog Sounding Effects: Dual Delay, Phaser, Flanger, all three being largely modulable by any audio source in the synth.
* 2 digital effects, X and Y.
* Additional Live-oriented Step-sequencer, additional Galaxy module for advanced modulations
* Set to Control with your external MIDI keyboard in just a few clicks.
* Full compatibility with major formats and hosts on Mac OS X and Windows XP (VST, AU, RTAS)
Curse their dongle protection. I’d buy this otherwise. But I hate dongles.
