With the development of SuperNATURAL sound and Behaviour Modelling technology, Roland has blurred the boundary between acoustic and electronic instruments. Built upon these core technologies, the new INTEGRA-7 sound module gives musicians a gold mine of the latest SuperNATURAL sounds in a fast-access, fully-stocked 16-part module. The powerhouse rack comprises a “greatest hits” collection of sounds from Roland’s flagship keyboards and V-Drums modules, plus all 12 boards in the acclaimed SRX library. Then there’s a new technology called Motional Surround, a 17-part ambience engine that lets you graphically control the distance and position of each part within a 360-degree sound field. With the immense power of the INTEGRA-7, you can create amazingly realistic and detailed orchestral arrangements, as well as immersive, spatial sounds, and beyond.

• Flagship synth module with over 5,000 sounds built in
• The latest SuperNATURAL sounds with enhanced Behaviour Modelling technology for expressive acoustic instruments and accurate reproduction of performance articulations
• Powerful SuperNATURAL synth engine with fat analogue synth models and vintage filter types
• Dynamic SuperNATURAL drum engine with natural tonal change, derived from Roland V-Drums
• For producers, the “must-have” SRX Expansion sound library is built in; all 12 SRX titles included
• Dedicated multi-effects and EQ for each part (16 parts), plus dedicated COMP+EQ (use six simultaneously) for drums and ambience parameters for SuperNATURAL drum kits
• Innovative 17-part Motional Surround ambience engine for stereo, headphone, and 5.1-channel output

• INTEGRA-7 Editor for iPad and Motional Surround VSTi Editor for SONAR software

• Price - around $1700-1800

Must be presented tomorrow officially.

Features:

• Overseen by the engineers of the original MS-20, a complete replication of the original analog circuitry
• 2VCO / 2VCA / 2VCF / 2EG / 1LFO structure
• Self-oscillating high-pass/low-pass filters with distinctive distortion
• External signal processor (ESP)
• Extremely flexible patching system
• Miniature MS-20 that’s 86% of the original size
• MIDI IN and USB connector
• Replicates every detail of the original, down to the package binding and the included manual

I really hate big corporation. This time they are after http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4160/sony-spectralayers#Item_15

Do not look at Sony monicker, in fact it is small firm who use Sony for distribution (mostly one dedicated developer, see him on demos).

Volca Keys is a simple but supposedly powerful polyphonic analogue synth with loop sequencer; Volca Bass is a 3-oscillator analogue bass synth with an Electribe-inspired 16-step sequencer; and Volca Beats features analogue drum sounds inspired by classic rhythm machines and a 16-step sequencer.

Each of the instruments features MIDI IN – something that was sadly lacking on Korg's previous pint-sized synth offerings - and sync jacks. The Volcas can be battery powered and come with built-in speakers. They can be used individually or in combination.

Best of all, we hear that each Volca is set to sell for $150, which leads us to suspect that these things are going to fly off the shelves.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/musikmesse-2013-korg-volca-analogue-grooveboxes-unveiled-573584

Specifications:

• A full-fledged, 61-key analog modeling synthesizer designed for live performance
• Powerful oscillators that are understandable to the beginner, yet satisfying for the expert
• Modeling filters that reproduce the sound of classic instruments
• Three master effect sections (each with six effect types) add the finishing touch to your sound
• Vacuum tube driver circuit adds rich overtones and powerful distortion
• New panel layout designed for intuitive operation
• CV/GATE OUT jack lets you control a Korg monotribe or MS-20
• Support for librarian software that lets you manage programs
• Available in February 2013 for about $1299.

More info - http://www.korg.com/KingKORG

I'm unexpectedly having an amateur film (more a labour of love really) screened in a small local theatre next week. I didn't really prepare the audio for theatre presentation - it's just a stereo mix, and I don't have any experience in mixes for theatre presentation.

I'm not interested in a 5.1 mix, but should I be worried about not using the centre channel? The threatre seats around 150 people, but it's quite narrow - typically 11 seats across (see picture).

Thankfully we do have the opportunity to test the screening this week. Delivery format can be DCP or Bluray.

So I think my options are:

• Put the "stereo" mix in DCP, which will probably be encoded LCR, with no centre - will this sound odd? Plus, to be honest, DCP is probably overkill.
• Put the stereo mix into Bluray encode - I have no idea if a stereo mix will just use the left/right channels, or if the cinema system will output a L+R mix to the centre. Needs testing
• Create an LCR/5.1 (no surround or LFE) by either:
  • Creating the centre mix by adding the left and right channels (-3dB on each, or -3dB on total?)
  • Re-rending my audio as a "background/music" stem and a "dialog/foley" stem and create a mix that puts the dialog on centre, and the backgrounds on the L/R. Is it worth the time to do this? And if I do this should the placement onto the speakers be hard, or should I let a little of the music onto the centre and a little of the dialogue on to left and rights?

Any advice very much appreciated!

So we're looking into other strategies. I like the idea of getting lapel mikes, having the actors wear smartphones or recorders, and syncing the tracks up in post. Good aspects; cheap, simple, easily expandable to any number of performers.

Someone suggested that we get a system where the mikes send wireless signals to a central recorder. I'm not keen on this, because it may be expensive, it may be difficult to balance the sounds afterward, and the number of mikes may be limited. But I don't know, so I agreed to ask around for such a system.

We're shooting with DSLRs (mostly GH2's), so that may be a factor here.

Any suggestions?

I gave him my Zoom and lav, and he recorded the thing in one day...so I mixed all the clips and sent him the mp3 - and now he wants some segments changed, few seconds/couple of words here and there. But he doesn't want to record it all from the start.

Is it possible to equalize this somehow, to make it sound as uniform as possible?

This is new one

Price - $129

Uses Vocaloid 3 and includes editor:

• Piano-roll style note editor, importing functionality from a standard MIDI file
• Inputting lyrics and automatic conversion to phonemes
• Assigning musical expression templates from an Icon Palette
• Sending notes, lyrics and musical expression to the Synthesis Engine
• Saving vocal data as a .wav file
• Changing synthesis parameters
• Reverb
• Playback .wav files

Via: http://www.soundsonline.com/Vocaloid-3-Avanna

First, there's Tone Mutation Instruments, a quick way to try out different timbral variations on your sounds with just a couple clicks. It uses convolution technology to take the harmonic content of 36 different sound sources (guitars, instruments, etc.) and apply it to your sounds and recordings. http://shop.propellerheads.se/product/tone-mutation-instruments/

Then there's ReStereo, which expands any mono signal into stereo in a much more natural and detailed fashion than existing plug-ins, and often with much greater phase coherence and control. It can be made to sound very subtle and several of the presets sound more like the signal was simply recorded in a different fashion, as opposed to more like an effect. http://shop.propellerheads.se/product/restereo/

Anyway, I'm sharing these (whereas I normally don't talk much about my Numerical Sound work) because 1) they are in a much lower price bracket than NS products normally are and 2) I noticed that the Reason 7 announcement is one of the most recent in the Sound and Music section - and all of these plug-ins are fully compatible with Reason 6 and later, as well as Reason Essentials 1.5 and later.

ReStereo is one that I find especially useful for helping expand shotgun mics and other mono soundsources and I hope that they prove useful to all of you as well. In my experience, each product represents the best version of the color it sets out to achieve - no competing product matches them, but that doesn't mean that color is right for everybody. :)

Each of them has a 30-day fully-functional free trial so you might as well check it out if the concept interests you. Let me know @Vitaliy_Kiselev if there's anything I should do to help make sure the announcement doesn't read too much like SPAM. :)

I won't make some big marketing push for why mine would be better than anybody else's - in the last decade and a half of working with software FX I've learned there are a lots of ways to make things sound great. I also won't make any money off of this so there would be no point. :) But I do want to make it as easy as possible for people that aren't used to dealing with EQ to get a good sound.

Now here's the part where you come in. The tricky part of making presets is that they have to be widely usable. I'll be making these on a Windows machine (I spend more time in Windows than OS X) so whatever plug-in I make them for will need to work in that environment. I am thinking I would like to use the free ReaPlugs suite from Cockos, but my question is whether people would prefer that I use those or the ones native to Reaper itself?

If I use the ones internal to Reaper, then I seem to remember they may also work on OS X. But if I use the ReaPlugs suite, they will work in any host but Windows only.

Here are the links to each: http://www.reaper.fm/ http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/index.php

So, which version would you guys prefer? Feel free to suggest other free plug-ins or other microphones you would like covered. I'm open to doing the same thing for the GH3 if there's sufficient interest.

KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE is NI’s all-inclusive production package with all 65 current KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects at the time of release, over 16,000 sounds, and 370 GB of content on a single USB hard drive for easy installation. This one-stop production suite features all products included in KOMPLETE 9, plus the REVERB CLASSICS and PREMIUM TUBE SERIES studio effects, the essential cinematic strings collection ACTION STRINGS, the playable horn section SESSION HORNS, and the Rickenbacker®-approved SCARBEE RICKENBACKER BASS. Also included are the epic DAMAGE industrial percussion instrument, the 11-piece SESSION STRINGS PRO ensemble, the futuristic RAZOR and SKANNER XT synthesizers, and many more. Providing world-class sound and ease of use for all producers, composers, musicians, and sound designers, KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE’s collection of premium instruments and effects redefines value in a bundle of this size.

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/komplete-professional-instruments-and-effects/

Very fun thing to play. Small and light. Plus cheap, if you spend some time and find good price from slightly more than $400 (ala http://www.zzounds.com/item--KORMICROARRANG ).

Also suggest to use japanese page as it has free styles and links to videos

• http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Synthesizer/microARRANGER/bonus/
• http://www.korg.co.jp/News/2012/1221/
• http://www.midipart.gr/main/index.php?page=mypage&op=openPage&id=24&title=Korg-Styles-%26-Sounds---By-Admin
• http://korgpa-styles.blogspot.ru/search/label/korg%20pa%2050 also check their other posts
• http://www.korgpa.sk/style.htm
• http://www.korgpa.com/en/support/bonusware.html
• http://home.planet.nl/~aeduin/downloadKorg.htm

Long edu video about old PA80 that appy in most things to MA also (you can also check Japanese videos)

See more at http://photosounder.com/

• http://www.rolandus.com/products/details/1176/450
• Get Demo - http://www.rolandus.com/go/r-mix_demo/
• Tablet - http://www.roland.com/products/en/R-MIX_Tab/

Available at:

• http://www.amazon.com/Roland-R-MIX-Processing-Software-System/dp/B0072BBBGW/

More advanced thing - http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4160/sony-spectralayers#Item_3

See more:

• http://www.prosoniq.com/editing-products/sonicworx/

Available at

• http://audiodeluxe.com/products/prosoniq-sonicworx-isolate

Just today noon MEST my review of the Roland BK-7m arranger module was published on the

http://www.roland-arranger.com

Have fun reading... and even more letting your musicality and creativity free!!

Kurt Markussen

JUPITER-50 is equipped with a sound engine that's the sonic equal of its big brother JUPITER-80, containing most of the SuperNATURAL acoustic and synthesizer tones found in the JUPITER-80.

https://www.coursera.org/course/digitalsounddesign

"Sounds and music are embedded in almost every aspect of daily life. This course will provide an overview of the fundamental principles of sound and the factors that determine our audio perception. It will also explore techniques of recording, mixing, processing, synthesis, sampling, analysis, and editing of digital audio."

Sounds interesting and I bet it would be helpful for filmmakers. I'm signing up. Starts today - 1/08/2013.

• Comes with Launchkey app and Launchpad apps for iPad and the powerful Novation V-Station and Bass Station synth plug-ins for Mac and PC
• Novation DAW control with Launchkey – ‘InControl’ technology connects hardware controls directly to all major DAWs. Quick, hands-on control of your mixer, transport and more in Ableton, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, Cubase and Logic
• Launchkey launch pads – 16 velocity-sensitive multi-colour launch pads for playing and sketching out drum beats, or launching and improvising with loops using the Launchpad app – they also launch clips and scenes in Ableton Live
• 50 faders, knobs, pads and buttons (35 on 25-note version)
• DAW control with Novation Launchkey – Instant access to major DAW control parameters – with no assignment necessary
• Bus powered – Launchkey is fully bus-powered, even with iPad. Just plug it in and go, with no power supply or batteries
• Launchkey includes one gigabyte of Loopmasters sample content including artist packs, drum samples and sound FX
• Ableton Live Lite – Ableton’s ground-breaking performance and production software is included with Launchkey

• Launchkey 25 MSRP $189.99
• Launchkey 49 MSRP $249.99
• Launchpad 61 MSRP $299.99

I've finished with the video and audio edit but the audio sounds flat. It's much too even to be realistic. So what I want to do is to cue Premiere to a point in the edit where the scene ambiance changes, and then edit that part of the sound with proper sound effect for that ambiance. (I don't think I can manage it with Premiere's set of effects).

Is there a way to do this and make the audio smooth in on the effect rather than just jump in - while I'm editing in reference to the exact part of the timeline?

What kind of instrument is this, since I would like to recreate it. It leaves me in suspense of "somethings bout to happen" but not in a cheesy way...

• Portable, self-contained keyboard with built-in sound system
• High-quality sounds, rhythms, and Music Assistants
• Comfortable, intuitive user interface
• Compatible with music rhythms from Roland’s BK, E, G, and VA series
• Play a variety of backing formats (SMF, MP3, WAV, and rhythms) and record performances with optional USB memory
• Roland Wireless Connect capability for cable-free communication with iPhone and iPad; free iOS apps available for music sharing, lyrics display, and more
• Available in black or white finish
• Price - about $699

More at http://www.roland.com/products/en/BK-3/

Available at:

• http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=roland+bk-3&_sacat=0