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From now one i decided to make this blog international, since i also work with some international musicians and companys it´s only logic to make my personal web corner english.
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Não mais publicarei noticias aqui
Como devem saber tenho investido muito tempo, esforço e dedicação no fórum Português de sintetizadores. www.synthspt.com
A ultima novidade deste fórum foi a página principal que ficou online ontem. Esta página oferece novos conteúdos aos utilizadores, incluindo noticias tal como as que podem encontrar aqui no meu blog, pois bem, já não tem lógica eu escrever noticias aqui e na página synthspt.com daí a partir de agora este blog não voltará a ser actualizado com noticias que não sejam directamente relacionadas comigo.
A partir deste momento este blog será exclusivamente usado para informações pessoais a nível musical, ou seja, trabalhos que vou fazendo, músicas originais, bandas com quem vou trabalhando, sons feitos por mim para teclados e vsts, tudo o que tenha a ver comigo como músico e como professor de teclado e produção.
Obrigado a todos e está o convite lançado, se ainda não és um leitor do synthspt.com não percas mais tempo e vai até lá.
Novation UltraNova
A MusicRadar tem um review do Novation UltraNova.
São 3 páginas sobre este novo Synth da Novation, que tem um preço na casa dos 650€. Para o seu preço as features não são nada más, é um synth com 3 osciladores, 1 noise generator, 2 ring modulatores, com 18 vozes.
O Link para a Review da Music Radar: http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/keys-synths/synthesizers-compact-synthesizers/synthesizers/ultranova-385680/review
Uma review da SonicLab em vídeo:
As principais specs:
Synth engine
• Up to 18 note polyphony (dynamic voicing)
• Mono-Timbral
• 3x oscillators
• 1x noise generator
• 2x ring modulators
• Square, sine, tri, sawtooth, pulse, 9x saw:pulse combinations.
• 20x digital waveforms
• low pass 12dB
• low pass 18dB
• low pass 24dB
• band pass 6:6
• band pass 6:12
• band pass 12:6
• band pass 6:18
• band pass 18:6
• band pass 12:12
• high pass no resonance 6dB per octave
• high pass 12dB
• high pass 18dB
• high pass 24dB
• 3x LFOs.
• Aftertouch
• Velocity
• Key scaling/track
• Mod wheel
• Expression pedal
• Oscillator pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level and sync
• Filter cutoff, resonance, envelope settings
• Effects parameters and send levels
• Recursive modulation (modulating modulation sources themselves)
• Compressor – up to 2 instances
• Delay – up to 2 instances
• Reverb – up to 2 instances
• Gator
• EQ
•12 band vocoder
• Arpeggiator – 33 patterns
• Chord function – lock up to 10 notes
• Patch storage up to 512 on hardware (ships with 300 factory patches)
• 8x detented touch sensitive encoders
• 1x large smooth encoder (with back-lit filter lock buttons)
• 1x large patch select/speed dial encoder
• 2x volume & monitor mix dials
• Pitch wheel (LED lit)
• Modulation wheel (LED lit)
• 37 note keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
• XLR dynamic mic input
• 2x ¼” jack inputs
• 2x ¼” jack outputs
• 2x ¼” jack aux outputs
• 1x ¼” jack headphone output
• SPDIF digital output on RCA connector
• Expression pedal on ¼” jack input
• Sustain pedal on ¼” jack input
• MIDI in/out/thru
• 12 volt power input
• USB port (UltraNova can be powered via USB)
• Kensington Lock port
Novamusik.com testa o Korg Kronos
A Novamusik.com fez um excelente demo do Korg Kronos, durante quase 15m é exibido em modesto detalhes as capacidades do novo teclado da Korg.
Já aqui mostramos bastantes vídeos deste novo teclado mas acho que para possíveis interessados estes vídeos nunca são demais.
Uma excelete review ao M-Audio Venom
A Sonic State acaba de publicar um excelente review ao synth Venom da M-Audio.
Vídeo: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/02/28/sonic-lab-m-audio-venom/
Review em inglês:
These days, a DSP based hardware synth has to be quite a compelling device to keep you away from the limitless possibilities of plug-ins and purely computer-based instruments, so what does the Venom bring to the party?
The M-Audio Venom is a 12 voice virtual analog synthesizer with sampled waveforms – quite a selection of the great and good in there, it has 3 OSC, 3 LFO, 3 ENV, one Filter and 3 FX (one insert, two aux). Tweaking is taken care of by the 4×6 edit matrix (plus one switch), deeper editing is taken care of by the free Vyzex (pronounced Veezex) editor. A 49-key light synth action keyboard, USB audio and MIDI interface built in.
First impressions are one of cost cutting, the keyboard is not great, no aftertouch, the editing system is a little disappointing – only four knobs, the editor is okay, but more functional than with a delicious GUI. And then you play it.
The marketing speak has been all about the edgy, aggressive sound – as a rule, you should ingore that kind of rhetoric. But in all fairness, they pretty much nailed it. Raw oscillator waves have plenty of sonic depth, I hesitate to use the word, but in this case I think fat is called for. A savage OSC sync and Ring Mod feature gives more bite.
Waves are taken from a variety sources:
MG – Moog Model D, RP- Arp 2600 Greyface, AL – Alesis Fusion, JX – Roland JX8-P, SH – Roland SH-5, MS – Korg MS-20, OB – Oberheim SEM, PB – Plan B Model 15, TB – TB 303, HP, Hewlett Packard 200CD – 1952 test oscilator, DP – X wave Doepfer A-137, Bit Wave – Harvestman Zorlon Cannon.
There are also a few multi-sampled kits – the TR909, 808 and DR55, plus an FM kit. These sound pretty good and form the basis of many of the groove patterns.Non Step Filter
The multimode filter is a real treat – although there is only one, clearly this only child has had a very happy upbringing with lots of love lavished on it by the designer Taiho Yamada (Alesis Fusion, Andromeda). Firstly the resolution is 8-bit, that means 1024 steps which translates to a very smooth sweep – no noticable stepping. When combined with say a MG Saw wave (Moog Model D) the results are about as analog as I’ve heard – very nice.Effects are basic, but complimentary, with a single insert effect (Compressor, EQ Bandpass, AutoWah and Reducer) and two Aux effects.
Aux 1 gives: Plate, Room, Mono Echo, Stereo Echo, with various ¾, 4/4, triplet – mono stereo combinations.
Aux 2: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser and Delay.Multi-Mode
Four parts, split, MIDI channel, pan level, fx sends etc, all the usual stuff here, though you cannot get at the parameters from the front panel, you need to fire up the editor. The real biggie at least for some is going to be that patch changes are just a no no. While playing beats, a bassline and a lead, changing programs for a single part in the multi results in glitching and pauses in playback. The root of this is that the DSP is under heavy load. Clearly this is going to be a big problem if you are working with live seuqenced MIDI.Patterns
Lots of the preprogrammed multis use the arpeggiator on all parts (one for each), these can be drum patterns, phrases or standard classic UP/Down UPDown octave range kind stuff. Patterns can be loaded in from MIDI files and up to 2-bars in length. The multis show off this capability extremely well and are a great way of getting the juices going.USB Audio
Also included is the 2 IO USB interface, with a fixed 44.1kHz 24-bit you have a mic, instrument and Aux (stereo phono) input. Once the driver is installed, your DAW can take signal from the synth engine, or the inputs. The synth engine can be used to process the live inputs or the USB audio return, giving access to the synth engine and effects. Seemed to work fine for me, I process some guitar with it.The Antidote
Venom certainly has its faults – the average keyboard with no after-touch, the lack of front panel controls, the need to use the not particularly brilliant editor for much of the programming, plus the quite literally show-stopping program change glitches when in multi-mode, mean that for some people this will not be the synth for them. But – and this really is quite the biggest of buts, its almost all forgivable coz it sounds pretty darned good to me. In a synth of this price, I wouldn’t expect to be getting many ‘in your face’ usable signature sounds, but Venom comes up trumps. I think we’ll be hearing this all over the place in the coming months.Available now.
£470 /$599 – full retail price
Workshop de Gravação de Bateria
Uma oportunidade única de aprender a gravar bateria com um produtor de culto da música nacional.
Paulo Miranda o profissional do ramo que mais admiro acaba de anunciar um workshop de gravação de bateria no seu estúdio (AMP STUDIO) em Viana do Castelo.

Workshop Bateria por Paulo Miranda
Vsynth JohnKeeL Soundpack – Demo#1
Aqui fica um curto demo do futuro pack de sons que vou disponibilizar para o Roland Vsynth.
Neste demo o objectivo foi mostrar sons “Tempo-Sync” como drones, sfx, sequências, pads, hits e percussões.
Espero que gostem dos patches:
Ainda não tenho data prevista para o lançamento deste pack de sons, mas espero em breve já ter mais noticias.
Brett Domino – I feel for you
Um dos meus génios cómicos de eleição, Brett Domino, acaba de lançar um cover especial para o dia de S.Valentim, a música escolhida foi a I FEEL FOR YOU do Prince, um verdadeiro clássico!
A música é totalmente tocada num Yamaha Piaggero NP-V80 com um toque de umas mini-maracas.
Gosto especialmente do solo de percussão.




