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Soundcells has released Simple Sampling, a free ReFill for Reason.

At first we started working on a fun refill based on a Stylophone we recorded for sampling purposes. So we started sampling this little toy note by note. Besides programming a patch that matches the real thing we also tweaked the nnxt to go some extra steps. Some fat funky clavinet-style patches caught us by surprise.

While producing a first mini track (apart from the loop it’s entirely based on stylophone samples) we added some extra cool stuff to this refill: a “single-sample-rhodes”, a “single-sample-piano”, a “single-sample-kalimba” and some other nifty stuff…”Simple Sampling” – the name speaks for itself!

Simple Sampling features

• 25 combinator patches mainly based on Stylophone samples, a Rhodes-like patch that really feels great while playing the keys, mouth watering atmospheric content and some retro oriented surprises.
• A note by note (a2 – e4) sampled and looped Stylophone including it´s typical release click.
• “Simple Samples” coming from the Rhodes Mark 1, Doepfer MS404, a mini kalimba, a piano, a bassoon…
• 10 Rex loops.

The Simple Sampling ReFill is available to download on request, free of charge.

Soundcells has also announced a “Before-And-After-Christmas” sale:

While the last days before Christmas are knocking at our door it´s time for us to offer you something special. Along with regular Christmas sentiments we´d like to present you with an almost 30% discount on most of our products! This offer starts now and will end on January 10th.

Put a SOUNDCELLS refill on your wish list for Christmas so you won´t get another pair of socks, your third toaster or a bad bottle of sour wine coming from a good and sweet heart!

More information: Soundcells / Simple Sampling

Superwave has released Stylophone, a free virtual stylophone instrument for Windows.

Over 40 years old, the Stylophone pocket synthesizer made popular by the likes of Rolf Harris and David Bowie (as used in the timeless classic Space Oddity) is now available in VSTi format. The Stylophone has been used by many great artists such as Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Erasure, Orbital, Marilyn Manson, They Might Be Giants, White Stripes and Little Boots.

The Stylophone is a monophonic synthesizer with one sound only, with the option to add vibrato enhancement. The Stylophone VSTi has a sample based oscillator using samples recorded from an original Stylophone, not the modern reproduction model. All samples were recorded using a high quality microphone from the Stylophone speaker output for the most accurate sounding emulation.

Stylophone features

• Oscillators
  • 1 Sample Oscillator
  • Samples: 20 Multi-Samples (Looped sample for each key)
  • Waveforms: Saw
• Amplifiers
  • 1 Amplifier
  • Responce Curve: Exponential
• Envelopes
  • 1 Envelope
  • Fixed Values: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
• Low Frequency Oscillators
  • 1 LFO
  • Waveforms: Sine
  • Controls: Vibrato
• Other Features
  • Monophonic operation
  • On/Off switch
  • 2 high quality presets

Stylophone is available as a freeware VST instrument for Windows PC.

More information: Superwave / Stylophone

Dübreq has released the Stylophone Beatbox, a portable electronic beats machine.

The Stylophone pocket synthesizer steps into the future with the all retro classic instrument taking the next leap on the evolutionary ladder. The result is the rocking Stylophone Beatbox delivering the coolest sounds of the new millenium.

Stylophone Beatbox is the portable electronic beats machine that retains all the retro cool of its predecesor – however, the future is here with all new electro sounds including samples from the UK’s beatbox champion MC Zani. Grab your nylon tracksuit, Adidas kicks, and whatever bling you can find and get ready to lay down some dope beatbox beats.

Features 3 all new exclusive sounds – beatbox with MC Zani, percusssion, and steel drums. Also new is the record and scratch functions that allow you to playback loops of your work. Another feature is the tempo adjust switch for beat pitch control during loop playback.

The MP3 input feature means it is also possible to syncopate your scratches along with your favourite tracks. Plug in your device and lay down some dope style to your favourites.

Stylophone Beatbox features

• Three new sounds: Beatbox, Percussion and Steel Drums.
• Record Loop and Playback function.
• Tempo Adjust.
• Volume control.
• MP3 function – play along to any music – includes two way adapter.

Stylophone Beatbox is available for purchase for $25.50 USD.

More information: Stylophone Beatbox

Some interesting things I found recently:

# CHEAP, FAT and OPEN – Jacob Sikker Remin's Arduino based syntesizer, his final project at the CIID (Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design).

Synth features

• atmega328 processor
• 12bit DAC sound
• 16 LEDs run through shift registers for sequencing control
• LCD display
• rotary encoder for multi purpose tweaking
• stylophone keyboard
• expression control through body switches
• wireless receiver and transmitter through infrared light (control your synth with your remote control!)
• passive volume control
• 5 navigational keys and 1 home key (can be expanded with shoulder keys)

# Hemisphere Games Osmos – Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.

Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax… good things come to those who wait.

Progress from serenely ambient levels into varied and more challenging worlds. Confront attractors, repulsors and intelligent motes with similar abilities and goals as you.

# Alternative Music Distribution: Moldover’s CD Case as Circuit Board Noisemaker

Peter Kirn writes:

Moldover is the latest artist to experiment with ways of re-imagining the musical object. Already a fan of custom sonic circuitry, he made his CD into a circuit board. Some of it is just aesthetic, like the printed lettering. But there is also integrated noise-making circuitry for a very simple optical Theremin (well, at least, a light sensor-driven oscillator), plus a headphone jack. There’s actually quite a lot of function you can get out of that when plugging into a computer.

Precisionsound has released Vintage Keyboard Collection Volume 1, a sample collection in HALion, Kontakt & SoundFont formats.

Vintage Keyboard Collection Volume 1

• Stylophone 350s, a fully fledged Dubrek Stylophone series organ with 2 waveforms as the basis, square and saw.
• Bergman Klavitron, a Swedish rare valve organ manufactured in the sixties.
• ACE 3000, a furniture piece with 2 manuals, a drum machine and a one octave bass pedal section.

Vintage Keyboard Collection Volume 1 is available for purchase as a digital download for $69 USD (CD-Rom optional for +$11 USD).

Visit Precisionsound for more information and audio demos.

Precisionsound has released Retro Gadgets Vol.4, a sample library featuring rare and unique sounding instruments.

We recreated the sounds of these keyboards and also used the potential of the sampler engines to create polyphonic pads, leads etc. based on the core sounds. This technique to use the multisampled keyboard sounds as oscillator’s gives a more analogue and organic result than using VA oscillators, in our opinion.

Retro Gadgets Vol. 4 is more that authentic sounding toy instruments it’s a collection of unique and inspiring sounds for HALion and NI Kontakt.

Retro Gadgets Vol.4 features

• Sampled instruments: Polivox Faemi mini, Concept 2000, Mix Me DJ, Yamaha PS1, Stylophone Woodstyle.
• 453 24bit mono wav files.
• 4 Rx2 files.
• 38 programs for HALion 1.1 and above.
• 42 programs for NI Kontakt 1.2 and above.

Retro Gadgets Vol.4 is available for download for $25 USD (+$11 USD for optional CD/DVD-rom).

Visit Precisionsound for more information and a demo mp3.