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Electric Independence: Matmos

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We’ve been following Electric Independence for quite some time, as they make some original and true documentaries. It’s all about music – elelctronic music – and this time Electric Independence visited Matmos.

For the debut of the second season of Electric Independence, Motherboard’s electronic music series, we visited the duo at their Baltimore studio to learn about their collaborative process and the new album they are working on, The Marriage of True Minds. At one point, Jordan ends up on the floor with ping pong balls on his eyes, listening to white noise, and feeling telepathic energy.

See the rest at VBS.TV: Electric Independence: Matmos – Motherboard | VBS.TV

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Electric Independence: Matmos

Presonus Studio One

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We’ve had the pleasure to test the new DAW from PreSonus called Studio One.

This is truly a groundbreaking music tool with lots of possiblities and it makes the workflow set new standards. Everything is a few clicks away.
Studio One is for the artist and the pro offering a wide variety of tools, plugins, sequencing methods and and and…

Mastering suite included and what a fine piece of software that is – Red Book CD, and digital release.

PreSonus - Studio One

Studio One has just been released and is available for Mac and PC.

Link:
http://www.presonus.com/products/SoftwareDetail.aspx?SoftwareId=11

Novation Xio 25 – jas_review007

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Novation Xio 25
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Novation has always been one of my darlings in the world of synthetic sounds.
This little synthesizer is much more than plastic box with sounds.
Its also a soundcard and midi controller and is great for travelling purposes or maybe in the low-budget home recording studio.
The video shows me playing live and running through some of the presets programmed by various top artists such as: Ferry Corsten, Jamiroquai and Roots Manuva.
Minor tweaking and pitching.
You need to like the sound of Novation and dont expect any analogish sound from this little beast.
Furthermore its not build like a 70s synth which means the knobs and the case itself is a bit too plastic for my taste.
But I was (still am) impressed. The soundcard is far better than M-audio, EMU 0202 and other low-budget recording gear. It only needs USB power to run and on top of that a 3 osc synthesizer with a decent sound.

Value for money.

EQ, compression and limiter added in the final mix/mastering.
(Some clipping might occur)

Please keep in mind that this track was entirely done for showing what sounds you can get from the Novation Xio synthesizer.

More information on Novation Xio:
http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_control/xio/

Video recorded with Panasonic NV-GS50
Thanks to Martin Craggs for video camera support
www.craggs.dk