Real World Digital Audio - Peter Kirn

Looks like Peter Kirn's book, "Real World Digital Audio" is out! Congrats Peter! I look forward to reading my copy. Title link takes you to the Real World Digital Audio site. Click here for Peachpit Press' page. Who's Peter Kirn? Why, Editor in Chief of Create Digital Music of course. Title link takes you to more info on http://www.realworlddigitalaudio.com/.

"Real World Digital Audio is a comprehensive resource that offers practical advice on making great music with modern technologies—a valuable reference whatever your musical genre or preferred audio application. You’ll learn how digital sound works, and then apply that knowledge to getting your music to sound the way you want. From recording, mixing, and producing CDs, musical scores, and video soundtracks, to performing live with your laptop, this is the definitive guide to the art of creating digital music."

Orgon Modular

There's an Orgon modular up for auction. I tried searching for more info on Orgon Systems and found some reference to kit synths like PAIA. Also found the title link on Synrise in German; click here for a Google English translation.

Update: via the comments: "they sold the Enegiser see SOS reviews, then started selling modules a bit hafter Blacet had a few going. so what 1999-2000? check the AH archives."

SOS on Orgon.



"A UNIQUE oportunity for you to own a classic ORGON SYSTEMS modular synth. Built exclusively by the man himself Geoff Waterston. The power and sonic versatlity of this machine is gaurenteed to blow you away. Check out the specs below and you will see that this is a once in a lifetime chance to grab a beast like this one! 21 modules 6x ADSR envelope (mk2) 3x hi spec VCO (lin FM, sync tri saw sine pwm) 3x dual LFO (6 lfo's in total) 2x VCA (log and linear mode) 1x VC waveform animator (very cool) 1x noise gen (white pink red blue) 1x multimode fiter mk2 (hi low band notch self osc) 1x ENIGISER filter mk2 (VC res, 25 filer modes, yes thats 25 different filters in one panel, sounds very sweet) 1x audio mixer with inverters 1x PSU 1x multi conection May the best man win!"

Bizarre Guitar Synth

More freaky dream material. Title link takes you to shots saved from this auction. Text below in it's ALL CAPS glory, also saved for posterity. You never know when you'll want to look this thing up again to frighten little... Seriously though, you gotta wonder what this sounds like. Via Music Thing.



"CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR ALL YOUR HOLLIDAY NEEDS!! BE SURE TO REGESTER WITH EBAY BEFORE YOU BID !!! THIS IS A 1 OF A KIND GUITAR IT WAS DESIGNED AS A PROTO TYPE BUT WAS NEVER PRODUCED!! I HAVE THE ONLY ONE!!! DESIGNED FOR SCOTT CROMWELL IN 1970 I RECEIVED IT AS PART OF OUR ESTATE SALE.A LITTLE KNOWN GUITAR PLAYER SCOTT CROMWELL JAZZ ROCK PLAYER PLAYED BACK UP FOR SEVERAL MAJOR BANDS BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1975!!! THIS GUITAR HAS NO STRINGS OR FRETS BUT LITTLE BUTTONS TO REPLACE THEM AND A SYNTHISIZER IN THE BASE TO CHANGE THE SOUND TO ANYTHING YOU WANT THIS GUITAR CAN MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE HENDRIX HIMSELF IN THE RITE HANDS THE GUITAR IS FOR SALE ONLY WE KEEP THE PAT AND ALL RITES TO REPRODUCE UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED ON!!!!FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OLDIESBUTGOODIES2000@HOTMAIL.COM"

Marx & Arbiter

Remember that QY and DSI in bed post I almost didn't put up? Well Jj is the guy in that shot. He sent me a few links including some samples of his QY and Evolver and this lovely shot of his cat. Sweet dreams....



Don't even think of touching that Ensoniq ASR-10 rack.

4 OSC Opto-Theremin in Gameboy Case

On GetLoFi. Title link takes you to more including a video.

Synthi AKS Shots

Via this auction. Click the title link to open this case.

Alesis Ion - Ralistic Drum Kit

Right click title link and save. Via programming wizard Kenneth Elhardt on AH. Amazing.

" It's a full drum kit I spent days on. Since it's a pain in the neck to play drum sounds on a keyboard monophonically and multitrack them to create the end result,
it is rather short (52 seconds). This demo shows, tight snappy toms, huge heavy toms, metalic snare, snare with attached tambourine, snare with emphasized head sound and reduced "snappy", hi-hats (should have played at higher pitch), cymbal crashes / splashes / taps, and more. I used some of the techniques from my MOTM renaissance demos in programming them."

Some Nice Synth Pics

Looks like Carbon111 put up some synths for sale on SYNTHWIRE. Some really nice shots in the post. Enjoy. And yes, this is kosher on SYNTHWIRE, as long as you put up something postworthy, like nice pics, or interesting tidbits of synth info, etc. The idea is that the post is worthwile even if you aren't looking to buy.