OLPC Sound Sample Archive

This one sent my way via Jacob. You can find more info on OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) here.

"Dear Colleagues, Students and Friends,

THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SOUNDS!!!!! (a few more things are still coming online

- but the OLPC Release is official....

Please share this news, press release and links with your students, your friends, your colleagues, your mailing lists and your newsgroups....

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The Berklee College of Music, Berklee Music Synthesis Alumni, The International Csound Community, Open Path Music and Avid Technology have opened up their sound libraries to the children of the world - and YOU!!!

This 8.5 GB collection is donated under the Creative Commons Attribution License which means you can freely create, compose, mix, remix, share, distribute and redistribute these samples and use them for any purpose as long as you clearly attribute the source.

At last... free - thanks to all those who contributed.

Spread the word. Share the sounds.....

-doctorB

Here are the links:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Sound_samples

Here's the *Official* OLPC Press Release:

http://csounds.com/OLPC_SoundSampleArchive.doc.zip

While you are checking out the links and downloading the samples, you might want to check out all the cool CsoundXO stuff that has been happening on the OLPC XO laptop:

Over these past two months the CsoundXO Developers - especially John ffitch, Victor Lazzarini, Andres Cabrera, Jacob Joaquin, Cesare Marilungo, and Greg Thompson have really pushed out some new and important tools and activities for the XO. Links to some of these are below.

A most important result of this development initiative is the fact that John and Victor got the CsoundXO subset of Csound5 to be FULLY SYNCHRONIZED and TOTALLY COMPATIBLE with the current release of Public Csound (and automated the process so that they will ALWAYS be in sync!) and Andres has a CsoundXO manual that is fully synchronized as well!!!!!

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csound

+ Links to the Csound Activities, the new RPM!, the developer tools

(by Victor), and the toots.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csndsugui

+ Victor Lazzarini's AMAZING new GUI TOOLKIT for Csound Activity

Development on the XO

+ Victor has developed a wonderful small collection of tutorial

activities with sliders and buttons controlling CsoundXO

- waves - a simple additive synth

- synth - a subtractive synth with USB keyboard control

- playfiles - an 8 track remixer with record capability

- GMplayer - an iterface and instrument for loading and playing any GM file with Csound - using the Avid/M-Audio donated Sample Set

http://www.thumbuki.com/20080317/step-and-funny-talk-for-the-olpc.html

+ Jacob Joaquin's new Activities developed with Victor's Toolkit and

his blog and tutorials about the process.

* coming soon (within the next two weeks) by Greg Thompson

- CsoundEditor/Launcher - with virtual MIDI piano keyboard and CsoundXO manual integrations

+ including ALL the Boulanger Tutorials - TOOTS, Csound Book Chapter

1, Mastering Csound, Scanned Synthesis

+ including thousands of instruments and models from The Csound

Catalog plus dozens of compositions and MIDI instruments,

- CsoundRemixer - for jamming with the OLPCsound Sample Archive (and adding Csound FX instruments)

- GMPlayAlong - for playing general MIDI files with Csound and visualizing the tracks on the ascii keyboard, virtual piano keyboard and pianoroll

- PlayAlong Keyboard - for playing Csound Instruments from a USB and/or Virtual Keyboard: GMplayer, Sampler, SynthExplorer (all sorts of synths)

* coming soon (within the next two weeks) by Cesare Marilungo

- Image2Sound - for the sonification of pictures and drawings from the Journal and other OLPC Activities using his new image opcode collection.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:CSound - some thoughts on Csound for press and others

Here are the links to the XO Bundled Sound Activities (including especially the Csound Masterpiece by Jean Piché and Company

- TamTam Mini, TamTam Jam, TamTam Edit, and the SynthLab)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tamtam - all Csound - AMAZING - INTUITIVE - POWERFUL - and for Children!

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pippy (Some Csound)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Memorize (Some Csound)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Measure (Making the Csound connection now)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Record (capturing audio for Csound and Photos for Image2Csound conversion - thanks to Cesare Marilungo's new Opcodes!)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Draw (paint program which with Image2Csound and Cesare's opcodes - can now be transformed to audio.)"

More Info on the OLPC and synthLab

Follow-up to this previous post via Jeff Sandys:
"Sugar on a Stick is the bootable USB version for 'regular' computers: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick

tamtam SynthLab was the application I was showing:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam

You can see an older demo of SynthLab on YouTube: [below]

I plan to make a better video after I get a minor bug fix into the program. My plan is to create a training guide or lesson plan that uses SynthLab and the built in oscilloscope program to learn about wave forms and sounds.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Measure"


YouTube via natcl | January 15, 2007

"This is a video demonstration of TamTam Synthlab on the OLPC XO computer"

Pacific Northwest Synth 2009 - Jeff Sandys aka a1g0rhythm

YouTube via matrixsynth.

I missed the speakers name on this one. If anyone knows, please let me know and I will update the post and video.

http://laptop.org/en/ - One Laptop Per Child project - OLPC http://www.solid-state-logic.com/Spec... X-ORCISM exorcism synth VST
JPL audio

BTW, this marks the last video I have of the event aside from my recording of the Red Martian performance which I will put up later. Apologies to those I missed, but both my video camera and regular camera ran out of space. click here for all PNW 2009 coverage.

Update via Jeff in the comments: "More info about the OLPC TamTam sound activities: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam"

Clues Uses the OLPC and Tam Tam

See the post on MATRIXSYNTH-C. The OLPC is the one laptop per child program mainly focused on third world countries. They had a program where you could buy a laptop for donation and receive one in return for free. TamTam is a music program that comes with the laptop. See the OLPC label below for more. Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH-C post for Clues. More info on TamTam here.

SynthLab for the XO - One Laptop Per Child Project

Remember TamTam? (click to check out the video) TamTam is a music suite similar to GarageBand for the OLPC XO. OLPC or One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit organization that is trying to get laptops in the hands of children across the world, who could not afford one otherwise. You can read more about the program on the OLPC website. They are currently offering a buy one get one free up until Dec 31st, so if you are curious you can buy one for yourself and one will be sent out to a child.

What's interesting to synthheads is it will also feature a modular synth program called SynthLab. Think Native Instruments Reactor, the original Seer Systems Reality and other module based software synthesizers where you connect various components to create sound. SynthLab is "designed for older children who are ready to venture into more sophisticated sound design, SynthLab is a mini-lab for acoustic- and electronic-circuit construction." Pretty cool.

via John.

Sequential Circuits Drumtraks | Cosmic

Published on Sep 20, 2018 Alex Ball

"The Sequential Circuits Drumtraks is an overlooked unit, perhaps because of the Linn, Roland and Oberheim classics that came first, or perhaps because Sequential are so famous for their legendary synthesizers. Either way, it has a very punchy sound and reminds me of the DMX and LinnDrum.

I was interested to see that Tame Impala had made use of one on the Currents album and combined with the "May peace prevail on earth" message on the circuit board; I thought I'd try some space pop rather than something 80s.

Instruments used:
Drums: Sequential Drumtraks (1984) and PastToFuture Drums
Bass Guitar: Fender Jazz Bass / Orange OB1-300 / DBX 266XL
Electric Guitar: Squier Jagmaster (1998) / Blue Junior II / Vox Wah / Ibanez Tubescreamer / Boss CE-2 Chorus / SM57
Acoustic Guitar: Alvarez Baritone / AKG C414
Bass Synth: Sequential Circuits Pro-One (1981)
Polys: Roland Juno-6 (1982) / DSI Prophet REV2 (2017)
Dirty Synth: Korg MS mark I (1978)
Electric Piano: Rhodes Mark I Seventy-Three (mid 70s)
Vocals recorded with an AKG C414
Harp: GForce Mtron Pro
TamTam & Cymbals: Spitfire Joby Burgess Percussion

Plugins: Waves, Goodhertz, U-he, Past To Future reverbs, T-racks
Sequencer: Cubase 9.5"

MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO Coming to the Decibel Festival Seattle SaturdaySept 27!

This year's MMTA PNW SYNTHFEST will be a "Synth Petting Zoo" held on Saturday September 27 from 1PM - 5PM at the EMP's Level 3 as part of the Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington. Note the dB Festival itself runs September 24 - 28.  Be sure to see their site for a full list of performances, presentations and workshops.  This year's conference will include Madrona Labs, Livid Instruments, Roland and Ableton amongst others.

The "Synth Petting Zoo" will be a synth meet and greet, open to the public, and open to all ages. You do not have to bring gear to attend, but if you'd like to bring your gear and share what you have with others, please sign up at the MMTA forum here.  If you have trouble signing up feel free to email me at matrixsynth@gmail.com and I will make sure you are covered.  If you do sign up be sure to bring everything you might need including power supplies, cables, and speakers. We expect some noise!!!

If you are in the area on Saturday the 27th, be sure to drop by.  These events are not only a great way to check out gear that you might not normally have access to, but also a great place to meet and hang out with like-minded individuals.   For pics and videos from previous events see the MMTA channel here (scroll down to get to older posts).

Some of what you can expect to see this year: SYNTHWERKS, George Mattson (Mattson Mini Modular & Division 6), Lorne Hammond aka sealion, Larry Klinke aka Computer Controlled, Vsyevolod with 8 panels of Serge, Keith McMillen Instruments, Malekko Heavy Industry, Madrona Labs, The Harvestman, Lunchbox Audio, effegee with a TTSH (2600 clone) and modded YOCTO (808 clone), Bryan O with an Akai Rhythm Wolf, John Bowen Synth Design with the Solaris, Jeff with an OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) with TamTam SynthLab, Roland's new AIRA gear & more.

Decibel Festival 2014 Site Walk Through

Decibel Festival 2014 Site Walk Through from Decibel Festival on Vimeo.

Some pics of the EMP's Level 3 where the MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO will be held.

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MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO 2014 Pics

Some pics of this year's MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO. A great time was had by all! Huge thanks to everyone that attended and the MMTA, Decibel Festival and EMP for making this happen! Videos will follow.

In attendance: SYNTHWERKS, George Mattson (Mattson Mini Modular & Division 6), Lorne Hammond aka sealion with a Roland Jupiter-4, ARP Odyssey, Minimoog and various mini noisemakers, Larry Klinke aka Computer Controlled with his rhythm machines, ), Bryan O with an Akai Rhythm Wolf,  Vsyevolod with 8 panels of Serge, Keith McMillen Instruments with Dreadbox Murmox, Madrona Labs, Lunchbox Audio with a Moog Sub 37, effegee with a TTSH (2600 clone) and modded YOCTO (808 clone), John Bowen Synth Design with the Solaris, Jeff with an OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) with TamTam SynthLab, Roland with the new AIRA gear & more.  Thank you!

Side note: if you are on a Mac and your mouse pointer disappears, click off screen to get it back. Based on what I can find out there I believe it is due to a bug with Flash on Mac. If anyone knows of a solution, let me know.