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Hey guys, you might have noticed I haven't blogged here in a while. I have been thinking what to do with the blog for a bit, and decided the best thing would be to feed off of our Facebook wall, as essentially it is a blog. I will keep all the old blog posts available via the blog archive on the right. 

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Faxi Nadu - Ultimate Scope Modular - Jan 2016 Version

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This is a collection of patches for Creamware's Modular 4 system and Adern Flexor 3 extention, by Yaron Eshkar aka Faxi Nadu / Ocean Star Empire / Elmooht.

* YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS PACK FOR FREE!
*head on over here to grab it at Scope Users forums:
http://forums.scopeusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=34077 
* this product is for the usb flash drive version with bonuses that is sent by post mail!

Full content of your 8GB USB stick with INCLUDED BONUSES -
- Ultime Scope Modular Jan 2016 Version -1132 Patches / 1.3GB
- Faxi's Sample Stash Samplepack - 1728 files / 1.34GB
- Faxi's Formula Two Samplepack - 1449 files /1.91GB
- Faxi Nadu - The Way Back (2014 album)
- Ocean Star Empire - Stasis Yoga Producer Edition (project and album) - 1.5GB

Faxi's Ultimate Scope Modular
Various patches from starter templates and simple tools, to full fledged synths , noodles and fx racks - form a solid platform for quick synthesis and processing with modular. These patches contain no preset files. Feel free to use these patches as you see fit.

Latest Version: Jan 2016
1132 Patches / 1.3GB

Requires:
Sonic Core Scope Project PCI System or Sonic Core X-ite and above
Modoular IV sonic-core.net
Adern Flexor III www.adern.com
3rd party modules (avaialble at scopeusers forums.scopeusers.com)

Optional:
Zarg Music RedDwarf modules www.zargmusic.com
Mod1 www.modularsynth.co.uk

Includes patches from the follwing former packs:
- Four Corners Mod Pack
- One Tree Modular Pack
- Faxi The Third
- United Faxi Planets Modular Pack
- Faxi Modular 2015 Pack

Included folders:
- drum seqs
- drums
- fx
- granular
- lo fi
- mod 1
- modular insert
- noise
- noodles
- pedal boards
- red dwarf
- starters
- switch and matrix
- synths
- teacher
- tools
- toys

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Faxi's Nord Modular Packs ABC

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This pack comes as a Google Drive digital download. Allow up to 24 hours for delivery.

This is a collection of over 100 patches for Clavia's Nord Modular system.

Some of these are useful utilities while others are more elaborate and interesting synthesis tools.
Buying these patches grants you permission to use them any way you see fit in your creations and modify them any way you wish.
All patches by Yaron Eshkar aka Faxi Nadu. If you find these useful, spread the word about Faxi Nadu music.

Requirenments:
At least a base original Nord Modular. Most of these patches are VERY heavy and will require almost all ofthe DSP on an originaln NM.
Thus, a Micromodular won't be able to load most of these, especially the synths. Furthermore, due to the heavy DSP load you will be able to use most of the patches in monophonic mode only.

Faxi Nadu - Korg ES1 Samplebank Pack Volume 1 - Get crazy with crazy sounds!

Faxi Nadu - Korg ES1 Sample and Patch pack Volume 1

ON SALE - JUST 5e !!!

This is a bank and samplepack for the Korg ES1 and ES1mkII samplers. Includes circa 650 samples in 10 banks and you get both the bank files and the individual sample files for use anywhere you please other than on the ES1.

All samples are tightly edited and normalized for good punch. The sounds are in 16bit 32000hz as the standard on the electribe requires.

Sampling sources include various things from virtual analog and analog hardware synths, to sampling sessions banging various sports gear into each other and the floor in a yoga studio, to police scanners, to sampled porn turned hits and stabs, to dsp fx, to sampled growls with a mic, pots and cans in the kitchen, core kick-snare-hat sounds and more!

Operation is very simple! Just copy the *.es1 banks files from the pack's folders onto your SmartMedia card., pop it in the electribe and then load the bank you want into the machine. You don't need to load the individual samples onto the card, just the banks. The individual samples are there if you want to create your own mix-n-match banks from these sounds or use them in another environment.

The pack comes as a digital download via Google Drive and is a 42mb zip file.

* Note: the pack contains samples and banks but no patterns!

ON SALE - JUST 5e !!!

Ocean Star Empire - Dots On Maps - Post Production team decided!

Proud to announce "Ocean Star Empire - Dots On Maps" album will be post-produced by THE TEAM - Maxim Makus Kurushyn for mastering, Hood Art for graphical design, Yael Eshkar for illustration, and Oz Ohayon for promo cds pressing. Excited! 

Faxi Nadu - The Ambient File DJ Set 2011 - Over six hours of flowing, deep, introspective chill-out music for the soul

Faxi Nadu - The Ambient File DJ Set 2011

Ever wondered what do Biosphere, Mark Snow, Faithless, Vesica Piscis, Angelo Badalamenti, Elvis Presley, Miranda, Adham Shaik, Vivaldi, Scatman and Faxi Nadu have in common? Well, look no further....

<3 Over six hours of flowing, deep, introspective chill-out music for the soul <3

I was supposed to play this in this huge festival here in Israel that was setup on the beach. The dudes had it lined up so they had this huge full-on stage with about a million turbo sounds, then literally five meters from it the chill-out stage with two whimpy speakers, and another 5 meters to the other side the prog stage with another half million turbo sounds. How is someone supposed to chill while sandwiched between both stages is beyond me, let alone here the chill-out music ;)... anyways, as I was starting to play I made the horrible mistake of taking a chair from the chai area so I could chill, you know, with the chill-out music I was to play for seven hours. This led to screams by the chai people that the chairs are for costumers, and not for me, and that led to me giving them the finger and in true southpark fashion giving them the "screw you guys, i'm going home" treatment. I did get back home and record all the tracks and mini-sets and pieces I prepared into a set, and broke it down to 11 parts to manage a fun listening experience and an easier upload. The idea here was to provide a soundscaping experience and pay homage to some unique music I have come across from various sources and not just play the usual corny psy-chill loop. For me it feels like this is some of my best work putting together a full, rich journey, through various interpretations of "chill". So here you go :)

Here is the complete tracklist:

---part 1---
biosphere - houses on the hill
ishaq - cyandragonfly
yehuda poliker - late maybe early
ishaq - yu listen
enya - council of elrond
wonderland falling yesterday - yesterday's light circus

---part 2---
biosphere - fast atom escape
biosphere - heat leak
thom brenan - pond life
exuviae - forever and a day
vir unis - particle path
star sounds orchestra - new lyra
twins peaks - love theme

---part 3---
thomm brenan - mist
biosphere - hyperborea
exuviae - aquaphobia
spacecraft - the summon
vesica piscis remixed by elmooht - cathedral
vesica piscis remixed by elmooht - living crystal

---part 4---
adham shaik - journey to the sun
adham shaik - ganges by full moon
elmooht - monistary
viewing infinite space
black mizi pro duck sun - sun lug
biosphere - chukhung
biosphere - antennaria

---part 5---
porn sword tobbaco - sad bockshappy pussys
adham shaik - emergance
adham shaik - liquid evolution

---part 6---
elmooht - meldok
vidna obmana - spore
seti - beacon 8
the nightmare before christmas - opening
vivaldi - concerto no.3 in f 'l'autunno'
klaus doldinger - angrif
mike oldfield - tubular bells
elmooht - secrets in the snow

---part 7---
bernard herman - day the earth
cider groove - epitaph
elvis presly - are you lonesome tonight
dick danger - cycle
3x!13 - 01
3x!13 - slowly inside
pop - 2
mystical sun - waters of life
mystical sun - river goddess
nils petter molvaer - decisions
damagez - back east faxi nadu remix
elmooht - alyssa

---part 8---
elmooht - beam focus
chris meloche - track 1
brian eno - triennale
biosphere - as the sun kissed the horrizon
secede - ballroom arcade
elmooht - the river kingdom
biosphere - poa alpina
biosphere - two ocean plateau
spacecraft - galileo
elmooht vs dudi and damagez - unnamed
vir unis - glide
elmooht and dudi - malaki
elmooht - lab30 small bit

---part 9---
black mizi pro duck sun - mook
chris meloche
elmooht - orbital platform
chris meloche
klaus doldinger
nebulaII - tube
seti - journey
mark snow - x-files theme
angelo badalamenti - the secretary theme
black mizi pro duck sun - maklakaturim
tangerine dream - remote viewing

---part 10---
khonnor - megan's present
elmooht - unkown
faithless - last this day
three drives - greece2000
union jack -  watrerdrums
miranda - intro
faithless - nate's tune
robert miles - fable
phylum sinter - a conception serene remix
adham shaikh - sri kainchih temple bells

---part 11---
faxi nadu - tgl remix
scatman and bmp medley
oxygenfad - she's been around
elmooht - sortie
jega - inertia
faxi nadu - raphael's spirit remix
faithless - why go

Online Faxi Nadu interview at Mushroom Magazine

As an artist, what role do you think you play in society?

It depends for who. Entertainer is the obvious, but I would also like to think we can provoke thought, not even regarding a specific subject, but an inner dialog for the listener. We want to take you places, to tell you stories that are open to your own interpretation.

Read the full interview article here:

http://www.mushroom-magazine.com/faxi-nadu-2/

Last 2 CD Copies of The Purest Form! Big bonuses to the ones that grab them!

there are just 2 copies of this on CD left!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

the last two awesome people that grab it will get not only the cd you ordered BUT also:

- faxi nadu - the way back (digipak cd)

- faxi nadu - the last kick of your life (sleeve cd)

- faxi nadu - modern knight (sleeve cd)

- faxi nadu -kosmicheskaya mechta (sleeve cd)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand faxi nadu stickers and surprise extras....... how much? 7e?!?!?!!? including shipping?!?!?!? wtf lol no brainer go for it, grab it here:

http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/album/the-purest-form

Faxi Nadu - The Dangling Thread - 06 - The Fall Of Gamla Feat Spinney Lainey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla

Situated at the southern part of the Golan, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Gamla was built on a steep hill shaped like a camel's hump, from which it derives its name (Gamla meaning 'camel' in Aramaic). Although the site was inhabited since the Early Bronze Age, the city appears to have been founded as a Seleucid fort during the Syrian Wars (3rd century BCE)[2] which later became a civilian settlement. Jews inhabited it from the last quarter of the 2nd century BCE, and it was annexed to the Hasmonean state under king Alexander Jannaeus in c. 81 BCE.[4]

Josephus Flavius, Commander of Galilee during the Jewish Revolt against Rome, in 66 CE fortified Gamla as his main stronghold on the Golan.[5] Josephus gives a very detailed topographical description of the city and the steep ravines which precluded the need to build a wall around it. Only along the northern saddle, at the town's eastern extremity, was a 350 meters-long wall built. It was constructed by blocking gaps between existing houses and destroying houses that lay in its way.[6][7]

Initially loyal to the Romans, Gamla turned rebellious under the influence of refugees from other locations.[3] It was one of only five cities in the Galilee and Golan who stood against Vespasian's legions, reflecting the cooperation between the local population and the rebels.[8] At the time of the revolt, the town minted its own coins, probably more as a means of propaganda than as currency. Bearing the inscription "For the redemption of Jerusalem the H(oly)" in a mixture of paleo-Hebrew (biblical) and Aramaic, only 6 of these coins have ever been found.[3]

Josephus also provides a detailed description of the Roman siege and conquest of Gamla in 67 CE by components of legions X Fretensis, XV Apollinaris and V Macedonica.[9] The Romans first attempted to take the city by means of a siege ramp, but were repulsed by the defenders. Only on the second attempt did the Romans succeed in breaching the walls at three different locations and invading the city. They then engaged the Jewish defenders in hand-to-hand combat up the steep hill. Fighting in the cramped streets from an inferior position, the Roman soldiers attempted to defend themselves from the roofs. These subsequently collapsed under the heavy weight, killing many soldiers[6] and forcing a Roman retreat. The legionnaires re-entered the town a few days later, eventually beating Jewish resistance and completing the capture of Gamla.[10]

According to Josephus, some 4,000 inhabitants were slaughtered, while 5,000, trying to escape down the steep northern slope, were either trampled to death, fell or perhaps threw themselves down a ravine.[9] These appear to be exaggerated and the number of inhabitants on the eve of the revolt has been estimated at 3,000 - 4,000.[11] The notion that these inhabitants committed mass suicide has also been questioned, as the account appears to force an analogy with the story of the end of the siege of Masada, also recounted by Josephus. The Greek word Josephus used implies a hasty, clumsy flight while suicide is forbidden under most circumstances by Jewish law.

Faxi's Max/Msp Modular Elementals - Proof of Concept Vid

Working on a batch of higher level modules for Max/Msp and Max4Live - an attempt to bridge some of the gap between musician and programer and make it quicker and easier to involve max within a producing context. Introducting the basoc idea and the concept of "bricks" and "blocks". More to come...

Soon!!!

Tease!!!!!!

Max/Msp - Platform Overview and Getting Started

Pros:

- Very mature platform.
- Large userbase with many power users
- Core synthesis
- Cleanest interface you could ask for
- Loads of 3rd party modules
- Extensive documentation - help files, tutorials, referances
- Max4live
- Video and graphical synthesis
- No limits

Cons:

- Steep learning curve
- Programer mindset > musician mindset
- Far from instant
- "On the fly" sound quality

Max/Msp has been around for ages, and in a way, like my pal Phylum Sinter said, "you are about ten years too late". I think that might even be a good thing, as the platform is now very mature with endless amounts of documentation and learning tools at your disposal. Like I was told myself, the first thing you have to understand about Max, is that it isn't a modular, it is a visual programing platform. That is a big point to consider because I see it as both a pro and a con. On the one hand, yes, for a musician looking for a quick hookup to modular synthesis it is intimidating but on the other hand if you can learn and survive max, you will be able to master any synthesis platform. Learning Max means learning the very basic functions and why things work the way they do, and even if you don't stick with this platform in the long run you will still learn a ton by getting into the core of synthesis and digital audio. Getting more advanced, Max also includes a whole set of objects for video and graphical manipulation, that interact in the same environment with the audio objects. Max will also allow you to code your own objects with generative script tools and 3rd party integration with programs such as Csound.

The thing i liked the most about this platform is that whenever I hit a wall, a Google search for the problem always found me a solution - perhaps via a youtube tutorial, a forum post or a posted patch. In extreme cases where no direct onine information was found i was able to move forward by posting on max/msp Facebook groups or chatting with advanced users.

Max 4 Live brings in awesome direct sequencer integration that in my view enhances both Ableton and Live tenfold. It is nice to see DAWs adopting powerful design platforms, and while FL Studio's Flowstone is mighty impressive I think Ableton scores the biggest win by getting Max onboard.

So, you are convinced! You want to, you open a new Max 4 Live device, click edit and..... what now?!!?!?

If you are totally unfamilar with visual programing or modular synthesis, I can indulge and hit you up with my own modular synthesis course that will get you the basic ideas of what this world is about. But even if you are a synthesis and modular veteran, Max is a different animal and will require you approach it with a bit of a programing mindset like I mentioned.

The way I made the very first steps myself was by thinking of something very simple to build and then thinking about all the things I need to know in order to build it. For example, a simplest one oscillator synth with a filter and volume envelope. This will get you researching the things you will need to know in order to build this, like how to connect MIDI and hook up your filter knobs. Hit the Youtube channels in the bottom of this article for a bunch of tutorials to get going.

Every module comes both with a help file and a referance file and both are available with a right click on the module within any max patch. These are your best friends and your basic source of information. Both Max and Max 4 Live also come with a bunch of example patches that you can have a look at to get things going.

Once you start building, the online resources you can find provide a gold mine of solutions, I found that I can integrate various circuits and ideas from various sources into my patches. A lot of people share objects and ideas for free and you are encouraged to use them.

Sound quality in Max can be a dual-sword. Being as deep as it is, if you know what you are doing you can get into the core of things and get amazing sound quality out of it. BUT, if you are just connecting some core modules, don't expect it to sound like a Virus straight out of the box. This isn't to say you can't get amazing results, it just means it will take some work.

If you are looking for a quick modular system, maybe have a look at something else, but if you are looking for a deep platform with many aspects and great interaction with Ableton Live - dive right in.

Some links to get you started:

The program: http://cycling74.com/
Obvious, but a ton of info and power users here: http://cycling74.com/forums/
Ableton integration: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/max-for-live/
3rd party module database: http://www.maxobjects.com/

Very good, very big, very serious PDF all about Max from basics to the hardcore:
http://www.paulschuette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DEMYSTIFYING-MAXMSP.pdf

Essential YT channels

Cycling 74 (Cool Max stuff): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSNdDNH1Iq25ucNmqaGvig
Dude 837 (Tutorials): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHen0AQzqOMaPbpjYBhfsTA
Must 1002:(Tutorials) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYxXxyw_K_HT271d-AKv0A
Eric Ameres (Tutorials): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhVmOq43r5prl7u9M72wuA

Facebook Groups:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2209224391/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/197545390276106/

Three tracks released on Goachestra's VA Vol. 1

Three new Faxi Nadu tracks. One is a sort of morning trance with a bit of an experimental vibe, a remix to Algae Bloom's track Thank You. The second is a bit of a silly floaty goa type tune and the third is a borderline darkish ordeal. Released on a free download compilation by Goachestra Event Records.
Grab the whole album for free:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goachestra-Event-Records-GER/231379860249512
You can also download our three tracks through our Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/faxinadu

Faxi Nadu and Ocean Star Empire - Summer Solstice 2014 DI.FM

Originally broadcast at DI.FM Psytrance channel 210614
http://www.di.fm/goapsy/

Just a little history as some people on the original broadcast's posting have mentioned. As Faxi Nadu I produce music for over a decade. In 2008 I took almost a three years break from production and at that time hosted a trance radio show, made some parties and all that. From that time come the various oldschool goa sets that are floating online :) Faxi Nadu music started basically as silly nintendoish noodles and went through and still is going through constant change, one of the things I pride on is that every one of our albums is a totally different story. In 2011 I met Oss who became both my partner in music and my wife and now the Faxi Nadu name is both of us. She has progressively taken part since The Last Kick of Your Life album and today she is a full partner in crime :) In 2013 Nuno Muacho (Nomad Moon from Portugal), Leander Winkler (Killik from Germany) and I met online and started to talk about music and from that the Ocean Star Empire project was born. Leander has left the group after the debut album, but we have been joined by Kyle Ramos (Bacchanalian Bass from the USA). There is a Faxi Nadu album waiting in the wings for 2015, and we are 6 tracks into the next Ocean Star Empire one. Also at the moment Oss and I are working on a live act where we perform REAL live with synths and controllers and jam the music.

Here is the complete tracklist of the Solstice Set.

Ocean Star Empire - Arrival (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - After People  (The Last Kick of your Life 2011)
Faxi Nadu - In Another Life (In Another Life 2012)
Manny Zagri - Absence Mmakes the Heart Go Yonder (Faxi Remix) (2013 unrl)
Faxi Nadu - Fusion Platform (The Way Back 2014)
Reefer Decree - Target Practice (Faxi Nadu Remix) (2014 unrl)
Kolishin - Fingerprints (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Never Denied 2013)
Ocean Star Empire - Three Dots On a Map (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - How Small We Are (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Tears of the Morning Flower (unrl -The Dangling Thread 2015)
Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (The Way Back 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Half a Ship in a Bottle (The Way Back 2014)
Killik - Spaetzle (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Woven Drops (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Rain From Within (The Purest Form 2014)
Bacchanalian Bass - Astroidial Artifacts (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (unrl)
Syntezia - Chaotic Alien (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Free Download on SC 2008)
Ocean Star Empire - Nuno's Abduction (The Purest Form 2014)
Syntezia - Microman (Faxi Nadu Remix)  (Free Download on SC 2008)
TG Virus - Kilomix 98 (Faxi Nadu 2012 Classic Trance Remix) (Free Download)
Faxi Nadu - Who We Are (Who We Are 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Ancient Explorers (Kosmicheskaya Mechta 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Golden Axe (2011 Remix) (Free Download on SC)
Faxi Nadu feat. Eli Marshak - Boundless Love (Remix) (unrl 2009)
Ocean Star Empire - All Good Things (The Purest Form 2014)

You can find The Purest Form and The Way Back on bandcamp, still have a few cds left -

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/
http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/

A nice afternoon in the garden

Faxi Nadu - Doric Prime (Full Album 2013) - Complete album stream!

Finally this album is up for stream! deep geometric tech/chill/rabbithole! Share around if you like it.

Ocean Star Empire "Purity" biz cards - a gift from Klout and Moo

Got a very nice gift from Klout and moo.com ! a perk for 50 free Ocean Star Empire business cards, they have just arrived! thanks!!

Ocean Star Empire - A Nebula Portside - LIVE STUDIO VERSION

Performing "A Nebula Portside" in our studio. 

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

Faxi Nadu - Ocean Star Empire Purity Live Act at Babaganousha Radio 070614 - Recorded LIVE show

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

Ocean Star Empire's Purity LIVE show is performed by band members Faxi Nadu and Oss - a journey of hypnotic levels. Real live psychedelic trance with constant interaction between the performers and the music using synths and controllers.

Gear:
Akai Mpk25, Akai APC40, Novation Launchpad, Access Virus, Waldorf Rocket

Perforned and recorded live over the web on June 7 2014 at Babaganousha Radio
www.babagaousha.net