EAR on YouTube

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Initial testing and burn in of the EAR Performance Synth. FSOL in the background in Test 3. Title link takes you to the set on YouTube..

Update: Try launching each video in a row above for some fun modular multi-tracking. Click the Play icons to launch each.

Joe's Modular Synthesizer Video

I previously posted on Joe's Modular Synthesizer site, but either I missed the video or it's been added since I last posted. It's pretty amazing. Title link takes you there.

EAR Performance System

Remember this post? Title link takes you to shots of the EAR Performance System debuted by NIN.

Catgirl Synth

I previously posted on Ken Stone's Catgirl Synth (CGS). I was reading the Analog Renaissance article by Electronic Musician and noticed that CGS was featured along with this shot. Now that would be one cool module to have in your modular. I couldn't find a higher res shot, so if you find one please comment and I'll update the post with it. Title link takes you to the CGS site.

Rockets-Ideomatic (Live)

Features an EDP Wasp. Via Dennis Verschoor (gear, music)
Update via sneakthief in the comments: "one of the "doctors" is playing the EDP Spider sequencer that goes along with the wasp. heheh." Nice, I was wondering what that was.
Update via the comments: "they also play the EH mini synthesizer. Cool stuff, i've always loved The rockets - even when Sal Solo from Classix Nouveaux became the singer" and "...and of course the simmons sds-v drum set :-D"

Analog Renaissance on Electronic Musician Online

Click here for an 861kb pdf of the Analog Renaissance article in Electronic Musician. The article features the Cyndustries ZeroOscillator, pictured.

Via John Loffnick on the Cyndustries mailing list. You might recognize John Loffnick of The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site and The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site.

BTW, I love it when magazines put full articles online. Thank you Electronic Musician.

The Appreciation Post

This one in via Roger Lussier of The Appreciation Post.

"I play moog synthesizers for Boston indie-rock superstars The Appreciation Post. We're getting quite a following up and down the east coast.

I play a Moog Source and a Realistic MG-1 and the pure analog sound just can not be beat. Our singer also used a Sonic Six (which he has since sold) to record a cover of rod stewarts "some guys have all the luck" which you can hear on our Purevolume page. Every sound except vocals was made by the sonic six, even the 'drums.' So, check it out, tell me what you think."

I did and I think I like it. : ) BTW, before I get bombarded with MySpace sites, I only put stuff up that has something interesting about a particular synth or synths. In this case there were two things - the shot and a track featuring nothing but a Sonic Six. It's always a cool surprise when I like the music as well. Thanks Roger.

Yamaha CS60 on Synthwire

Looks like Carbon111 got his Yamaha CS60. Title link takes you to the post on Synthwire including more shots. I'm looking forward to the samples.

Arturia's Analog Factory Demo Online

Just saw this one on One Blue Monkey. Title link takes you to the demo download page. The best thing? No dongle required. Thank you Arturia.

My Doepfer A-100 - New Flickr Shot

flickr by Luca Capozzi. Serge VCS in there as well. Note this is not my A-100, it's Luca's, although I am thinking about one... : )

Update via Luca in the comments:
"ehehe i'm glad you like it :) check also my new entries on YouTube here. Whole A-100 test video here."

Excellent. And I almost didn't post this one because I thought I had too many Flickr shots going up. You never know what you might find. Thanks Luca!

Korg Electribe ER-1 - New Flickr Shots

flickr by Ethan Callender. Title link takes you to more. I love how clean and light these shots look.

Simultaneously Playing Two Waveforms on an MS10?

David of DVDBorn, posted this one on AH, but no one replied. If you have an MS10, MS20, or MS50 feel free to comment. I don't so I couldn't check myself.

"I never saw this mentioned before. I found out that it's possible to use 2 waveforms simultaneously with the MS10.

It needs a bit of finesse but it will work. You'll have to place the Waveform selector switch in between 2 waveforms. There's a sweet spot in there where you'll hear the 2 waveforms at the same time. This means that you can have triangle + Saw, Saw + PWM or PWM + Noise.

The Saw + PWM setting is quite beefy for bass sounds.

I guess this will also apply to the MS20 and MS50.

David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com"

A6 Banker

Patch Bank Software for the Andromeda A6.

Send and receive:
individual Programs and Programs Banks
individual Mixes and Mix Banks
Global data dumps
Rename new in version 1.40:
individual Programs and Programs Banks
individual Mixes and Mix Banks
Split new in version 1.40:
Programs Banks
Mix Banks
Initialize Mix with user-definable defaults new in version 1.40
XP Themes supported new in version 1.40
Read and write standard SysEx files
Easy to use

Title link takes you there.

Moog Updates

A couple of bits from the June 19th Moog News Letter.

-New Little Phatty Samples are up: link.
-The Little Phatty goes into production on July 19. Hand built.
- Wendy Carlos' Switched on Bach Honored by the Library of Congress - Librarian of Congress names 50 recordings to the 2005 National Recording Registry including Switched on Bach: "'This meticulously recorded album introduced the Moog synthesizer to a much wider audience than it had previously reached. Many of the separate synthesizer voices on the album were recorded to tape individually and carefully mixed to create the final product. After the recording, Bob Moog’s musical circuitry enjoyed an enormous boom. Within a decade the synthesizer was well established in the idioms of rock music, dance music and Western art music. Wendy Carlos went on to record several more well-crafted Bach recordings.'"

For those of you in New York this Wednesday, here's your chance to see a Little Phatty before anyone else:
"6/21/2006 5:00:00 PM - 6/21/2006 6:00:00 PM

Sam Ash and Moog Music cordially invite you to attend a special demonstration of Moog products by Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, accomplished solo artist) and Roger O'Donnell (Formerly of the Cure and now with a new solo album, The Truth in Me).

The demonstration will include the latest new product from Moog Music, the Little Phatty Analog Synthesizer. This will be the first in-store demonstration of this soon-to-be released product.

For more info, contact Sam Ash.

Download Map."

Also:
"Moog Music has introduced a new photo gallery called Uniquely Moog: A Pictorial Journey. To be supplied by Moog subscriber submissions, we hope that it will grow quickly. Send in your photos to help build up the gallery. We are looking for creative images with the only prerequisite being that are Moog-centric. Take a look at a few current examples. Please send images to jared[]moogmusic.com"

And finally:
"The Lothars will headline the Saturday night concert, August 5, 2006.

Well respected in the theremin community, the Lothars promise to entertain. We are very excited to bring them to Asheville.

For more information about them, check out their website- The Lothars.

Most importantly, visit Moog Music to read more about this event and register today!"

Devine Machine

"Born from the ideas of two music professionals who were unsatisfied with the current loop software, Devine Machine VSTi allows you to spontaneously and effortlessly explore the possibilities from loops you already own.



Hundreds of presets allow you to create variation on any loop with a single click. Drum mode allows you to have loops match precisely with independant control over groove, tempo, and score."

Via Doktor Future in the comments of this post. They also make Minion, previously posted here.