Rhymefest & Lil Jon - In Studio - Directed by Konee Rok

YouTube via koneerok. Culmination of the Guess the Studio posts via Mr. Array.

"The making of the song "Angry Black Man" off Rhymefest's upcoming album "El Che".
Fest & Lil Jon making history...
Myspace.com/Rhymefest
Filmed, Edited & Directed by Konee Rok
KoneeROK.com
Myspace.com/KoneeROK"

Gearspotting post. The closet scene was pretty fun. Tight track.

Ambassador Porta-system - demo1

YouTube via BugBrand.
"Mighty battery powered modular system (soon to be solar powered). This is another squelch-n-wobble technoidy demo sort of thing... Read the BugBrand Blog for more details on the Ambassador System! More pics there too...."

1961 Electronics World - Build a Transistorized Theremin

via this auction.
Details:
"Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.

Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based. Apart from some minor cover wear, the magazine is in excellent condition."

Oscillatrix mk4 Solid State 2 Oscillator Device

via this auction.
Details:
"Two solid-state multi-vibrator circuits, each with momentary and latching on switches, volume, pitch, and pitch-drop switches. Other features include 4 position series-parallel path switch, 1/4 inch output, funky LED- inside bubble lights, three position cap-bleed-decay switch, all mounted in a old B+K Cathode Rejuvenator Tester chassis and wooden case.(Note: wooden case is filthy)

This thing sounds terrifying and alive and honestly the only reason i'm parting with it is an incentive to build an army of them! Unstable moans and groans and exited chimps and aggressive insect attacks. Runs on a 9v battery or BossTM- style adapter. Will include flow-chart w/ purchase for better understanding of units' features. point to point turret construction perfectly executed.

For sound samples specific to this auction please vist us at: link."

Johnny Depp in Japan

YouTube via jsaitama. Check out the second performance that starts at roughly the 4:10 mark.
You can see the continuation of this vid here.

tachikoma sampling

flickr by jeremeohmy.

follow up to machines making noise.

Akai S612

Oberheim OB-X

Click here for shots via this auction, including shots of the inside. As a follow up to this post, I took a quick look at the voice boards of my OB-SX and they are indeed different. All voice boards between the OB-X, OB-SX and OB-Xa are different.

via JZ.

Update: see this post for a close-up of the OB-SX board.

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Synton Syrinx

Click here for shots via this auction.
Details:

"Synton Syrinx BLUE edition - it is the most expanded Syrinx ever made - look at the picture for the inputs, the black edition and even the expander version doesn´t have that.

My Syrinx has been serviced one week ago and is in very good condition for it´s age!

The Syrinx uses seven Curtis chips for its VCO's, VCF's and envelopes. It has two analog VCO's, a sub-oscillator and three flexible VCF filters. You can switch between the three filters for either a 24 dB lowpass, or two bandpass filters, and they can be patched in four different ways (series/parallel). Additionally the Syrinx has two LFO's, FM, PWM, osc-sync, 2 ADSR envelopes, ring modulation, portamento and a cool touch-pad that can control various parameters from pitch-bending to the LFO rate. The Syrinx's Mixer section lets you adjust levels for each VCO and the sub-osc as well as the Noise Generator and Ring Modulator."

via Benjamin.

Synthesized Sounds: Beach & Sea

"I've put video to some older synthesizer audio files I've done over the years. They make good demonstrations of what can be accomplished using analog subtractive synthesis. Each video lists what synth was used, in addition, some standard outboard effects were used such as EQ, reverb, digital delays, and/or chorus. -Ken Elhardt"

Kenneth B. Elhardt Synthesizer Page

Click here for Kenneth's new Synthesizer Page on Google pages. There are a couple more shots up. Hopefully even more will come.