Category: Music
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Tom Oberheim Demos Two Voice Pro, Talks Analog Revolution, Answers Synth Questions
Enjoy this final video of 2013! Tom Oberheim talks about his amazing Two Voice Pro. He gets into his history in synthesizers, demos the sound and sequencing capabilities, and then goes into a discussion of synths in general. Filmed at our SF-EMM meetup at SAE San Francisco.
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Extent of the Jam (Louis Gorenfeld) and Revolt performing at DNA Lounge for 8bitSF
Check out the screamin’ performance of Extent of the Jam. Later local rap artist Revolt takes the stage with him to bust out the Sonic the Hedgehog Rap: or if you just want to jump directly to the rap bit:
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Ableton Push is a “highly intuitive and fresh new musical instrument”
Certified Ableton instructor Antonio Sage writes about his experiences with Ableton Push and Live 9: I cannot recall the last time a device had been so highly anticipated as Ableton Push. With good reason. Push is not only a sleek, beautiful control surface for Ableton’s newly released version 9 but it is also a highly…
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Dimitri SFC’s presentation of Serge Modular synthesizers at SAE Institute SF
Here it is! If you missed the presentation of the amazingly flexible modular synthesizers from Serge you can now watch it here, and see the photos below too. More information: COA Modular: http://www.coa-modular.com http://www.facebook.com/dmitri.sfc Serge Modular Music Systems: (modular synthesizers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_synthesizer http://www.serge.synth.net/ http://www.serge-fans.com/brochure_features.html SAE Institute SF: http://sanfrancisco.sae.edu/ San Francisco Electronic Music Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/sf-emm http://sf-emm.org
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Helpful EQ Cheat Sheet for Cleaner Mixes
Chek out this handy guide of EQ tips for various frequency ranges. It gives examples of when to boost or duck frequency ranges to create more room in your mixes. EQ tips Cheat Sheet by fredv [snap url=”http://www.cheatography.com/fredv/cheat-sheets/eq-tips/” alt=”EQ tips Cheat Sheet by fred” w=”400″ h=”300″]
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Demo video of a Doepfer Dark Energy box
Simple trance with just 1 instrument and drum track. I want one of these! (Thanks, Mike Heymans, for letting us know about this!)
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Echo Nest’s Infinite Gangnam Style
What’s interesting about this isn’t the over-played pop source material. Rather, this is powered by Echo Nest. They have an API that lets you upload and analyze songs. See the demo: http://static.echonest.com/InfiniteGangnamStyle/
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Portishead’s “Dummy” played by SFRMA at GMAH, Mon Oct 29
Coming up on Monday October 29 is the San Francisco Roots Music Association (SFMRA) performance of Portishead’s amazing “Dummy” album. They’ll giving the Great American Music Hall (GMAH) a trip-hop bath. Better yet, SF-EMM member Antonio Sage is laying down the bass in the band! Go check it out and get tickets before they sell…
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Oct 27: See SF-EMM artists at the 2012 CODAME ART+TECH Festival!
Yep! We have a couple of SF-EMM members playing: Extent of the Jam, and ANI. Come on down Saturday October 27. Get tickets + artist info at: http://codame.com!