Plan B Model 30 Samples

via Peter Grenader of Plan B on the Plan B list:

"The following are quick sound samples of the Plan B Model 30 Triple Digital VCO Subsystem.

There are no sound sources outside of a single Model 30 which is being either frequency, timbre or level controlled by external envelope generators, random voltages and LFOs. There were no filters, delays or any other types of sound processing devices incorporated.

These samples are dry.

Sample 1: Sawtooth output demo
Patch: Mini Mode 1. Three sawtooth waves:
http://www.ear-group.net/samp1saws.mp3

Sample 2: PWM demonstration
Patch Mini mode 1. THree VCOs tuned to unison with a single envelope generator controlling PWM on each:
http://www.ear-group.net/samepatchPWM.mp3

Sample 3:
Patch: Mini Mode 2. Three sine waves with the amplitude of VCO 3 being controlled by a single envelope generator:
http://www.ear-group.net/sineFM.mp3

Sample 4: Minimode 2 with internal sync. Same patch as above with
the external sync function turned on:
http://www.ear-group.net/sineFMwithsync.mp3

Sample 5: Sloped Random Waveform demo
Patch: Mini Mode 1. Three VCOs tuned to unison, their frequency controlled by a single S+H and the output set to the second of two noise-based waveforms:
http://www.ear-group.net/smoothrandomwaveform.mp3

Sample 6: Sine purity demo
Patch: Mini Mode 1. Same pach as above with the waveforms set to sine:
http://www.ear-group.net/samepatchmm1sines.mp3

Sample 7: VC waveshape demo
Patch: Mini Mode 1. Same patch as above, this time with an external envelop generator modulating the wav eshape of all three VCOs form sine to saw:
http://www.ear-group.net/samepatchVCwaveshapesine2sa.mp3

Sample 8: Frequency Shifting demo
Patch: Frequency Shift 2. A single drone controlled by five independent LFOs. One is altering the waveform of each oscillator, three other LFO set to very low amplitude are sweeping the frequency of the oscillators with one other LFO varying the amplitude of VCO2:
http://www.ear-group.net/freqshift2.mp3"

WSG and GS-201

WSG and GS-201 from Jose Franco on Vimeo.
via josefranco.org
"Here is my version of Ray Wilson's Weird Sound Generator running through Guido Scognamigli's excellent GS-201 Tape Echo.

More info on each of these great products at:
musicfromouterspace.com/
genuinesoundware.com/"

Korg MS20 Oscillator Sync Mod

details on electro-music.com

Multivox MX-2000, Roland SH-2000, Roland SH-1000

flickr by sentencesintensenses
(click for more)
via David Kronemyer
"Recently there has been considerable controversy regarding alleged similarities between the Roland SH-1000, the Roland SH-2000 and the Multivox MX-2000. In an effort to investigate the situation further we recently set up all three at a studio where I do a lot of synth programming, electronic composition and re-mixing. The resolution of this vexing problem is they all sound completely different. Some of this of course may be due to drift in component values (we did not examine schematics or undertake a detailed circuitry inspection). Most saliently at Presets-3 the Multivox has the highly desirable "percolate," "space reed," "outer space" and "frogman" voices. Whereas the SH-2000 has the equally desirable "funny cat," "planet," "popcorn" and "singing voice." So in conclusion I would like to put a damper on internet rumors that the Multivox simply is a clone or a knock-off of the SH-2000. While they have superficial cosmetic resemblances due to the groovy-looking tabs the simple fact of the matter is they are different instruments."

NAMM: NAMM 2009 w/ AnalogSuicide.com! Plan B Synthesizers with Peter Grenader Pt. 1.

YouTube via tarabusch
"Here's more from AnalogSuicide.com's at NAMM 2009! Here, Tara Busch gets the latest on all the new Plan B goods from Plan B's founder, Peter Grenader.

http://analogsuicide.com
http://tarabusch.com
http://www.ear-group.net"

NAMM 2009 w/ AnalogSuicide.com! Plan B Synthesizers with Peter Grenader Pt. 2

NAMM: NAMM 2009 - Mellotron Mark VI at Big City Music booth

YouTube via bigcitymusic http://bigcitymusic.com
"Here's our friend Arlan playing the Mellotron through a Moog MF-104z Analog Delay, then into a JMI AC-30 amp.

The Mark VI is currently in production and is available at Big City Music in Los Angeles. All of the original Mellotron sounds are available as tape frames as well as many of the original Chamberlin sounds."

synthpond

YouTube via wiretotheear
"My favorite music application for the iPhone is called synthPond. Above is a video of six compositions I created using synthPond. Using "effector nodes" and "reactor nodes" that can orbit around each other while changing pitch you can create some wonderful sequences. A big thanks to Zach Gage for creating such a terrific app! I can't wait for future versions of synthPond."
You can find synthpond here:

and synthpond lite here:

TENORI-ON w/ Tapstereo iPhone App [1st test] (by Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"Testing Tapstereo iPhone App with the TENORI-ON and analog filters.

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- TENORI-ON
- Korg Kaoss Pad 3
- Benfox Filthy Fuzz
- MI Audio Pollyanna Octave
- Moog Low Pass Filter (MF-101)
- Moog Ring Modulator (MF-102)
- Space Echo (Boss RE-20)
- Tapstereo iPhone Application
- Apple iPhone 3G
- Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for LPF Resonance)
- Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for RM Frequency)
- Boss EV-5 for Space Echo volume

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/znshn"

Roland SH-2000

via this auction

1974 MOOG MINIMOOG D

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction

SER #6337
note the date in the second to last shot

inside a minimoog

CLICK FOR MORE »

Sound Lab Plus Mini-Synth

Sound Lab Auction 1

CLICK FOR MORE »

Crumar EVI Analog Synth & Controller by Nyle Steiner

via this auction

"This is the full package - Trumpet style controller and self contained analog synthesizer built into it's own original case."

Solton MS40 Midi Synthesizer Module

via this auction

Note the Video Interface and it's actually Solton by KETRON lab

You can find some prior KETRON posts here. I also updated all Soton and Ketron posts to have both labels.

Details: "This is a fantastic sounding professional general midi synthesizer, that is an arranger module. It can be played by connecting it to a general midi controller such as a keyboard or midi guitar, or by your feet, using the midi bass pedals and programmable foot switches, or a combination of all of these methods. It is the perfect set up for a guitarist, pianist, accordionist or vocalist, professional or amatuer, for a one man orchestra. It plays styles, which are musical arrangements, which repeat or loop. It has 99 built in styles. Each style has 4 variations, 2 intro’s , 2 endings, and 3 fills and can be edited and saved to disk. It has Ram to accept up to 13 additional user styles. It has 256 voices, in 2 banks of voices plus another bank for user voices. It also plays midi files. The complete features are available on jpg files. [link]"

CLICK FOR MORE »

Moog Rogue

via this auction

Note the box number. I have no idea what it means. :)

Update on the Wiki and List

I decided to put it on hold for now. Details in the top update here.

Atomo Labs is now Atomo Synth

I noticed Atomo Labs started going by Atomo Synth a while ago. I finally took the time to ask them and their name changed about a year ago. It is now Atomo Synth. I went ahead and updated the labels for prior posts.

Chiphead Contest Vids

Just updated this post with a link to more vids.

Roland TB - 303

YouTube via djpelinn. "just it. my tb 303 :)"

Roland MC-202 MicroComposer

"mc 202 = sh 101 + "filter accent" and "slide" like tb 303"

CASIO CZ 101 emulating TB 303 and other sinths

"CASIO CZ 101 emulating tb 303 and other sinths"

Casio CZ 101

"it´s a great synth, though most of the times is not very well used, it has some tricks."

TB303M + SH101 driven by an ARP Sequencer

YouTube via synthmaven

"TB303M + SH101 driven by an ARP Sequencer. The sound is processed through a Yamaha E1005."

Teisco 60F

YouTube via synthmaven

"VCO Teisco 60F driven by a TB303. Seems like the gate and CV inputs work just fine."

Having fun with my new Teisco 60f Synthesizer!

YouTube via JingleJoe
"First I'd Just like to say thankyou to Hugh, the guy who sold me this fantastic synth! I've been playing it scince it arrived almost non-stop!
And I'd also like to say this is the first Video of a Teisco 60f synthesizer on youtube! Horay!
Also I filmed it as the sun was setting so that in the begining you can see the synth better but by the end you can see the awesome little lights better!"

Teisco Kawai 100f

YouTube via djpelinn

Enter Shikari - Mothership on a Kawai 100f Synth

YouTube via LouRobinsonFilms.
"This is me playing Enter Shikari - Mothership on a vintage Kawai/Teisco 100F synthesizer. Sorry the sound is abit off and the it sounds wierd....just the camera microphone is abit rubbish."

Fumio Miyashta (1979) - Far East Famiily Band

YouTube via rpcurtiss. sent my way via J
"Fumio and his many keyboards were the first live music program the Boffomundo Show produced in 1979."

Fumio Miyashta part 2 (1979)- Far East Family Band


Fumio Miyashta Part 3 (1979) - Far East Family Band on the Boffomundo Show


Spot the synths. Anyone ID the little white ones?
Found them. Two white Kawai/Teisco 100fs.
Update via the comments: the white are most likely patch sheet overlays.

Chiphead® 2009 Video Contest: Rockin' Chiphead® -- Click:Watch in HD!!

YouTube via ninetows. Sent my way via Rick.

For the DIY community...

Moog Etherwave theremin comes in at 2:15.

Update via Hawker in the comments: You can find more videos for the contest on DesignCon 2009.

Video Description:
"Contest ID: 1376 My entry for the Designcon® Chiphead® 2009 Video Contest: Rockin' Chiphead®

This project was shot and rendered in HDV 1080i so click "Watch in HD" at the lower right of the video screen. Expand to full-screen, crank up the sound and enjoy!

Lyrics:

I hang out with guys holdin big degrees
Designin boards for the industries
Were usin chips in standard packs
To send out data -- hope we get some back!

Some chips are custom, some chips are plain
Some chips will drive an engineer insane!
We spec em in the design looks sweet,
We buy a half a million before they go obsolete!

Im a Chiphead well, Im a Chiphead yeah, Im a chiphead
I coulda been a doctor or a lawyer instead, but Im a Chiphead

Im a Chiphead -- Im a Chiphead yeah, Im a chiphead
Semiconductors help me earn my bread yeah, Im a Chiphead

I lay out circuits in the day and the night
Always got my headphones adjusted just right
I need three hands, while Im watchin the screen
Two for the mouse and keyboard, one for sippin caffeine

Im a Chiphead -- Im a Chiphead yeah, Im a chiphead
I get turned on watchinschematics get drawn cause Im a Chiphead

Im a Chiphead -- Im a Chiphead yeah, Im a chiphead
I check out the specs on the complex projects, yeah, Im a Chiphead

I go to tradeshows to learn from the pros
I watch the how-to videos
Talkin double-data-rate memory
Data transfer at high at M-H-zs

Integrated circuits come in every shape and size
Gettin smaller and hotter you gotta realize --
If you work with these your gonna need thermal grease,
Fans, clamps and heatpipes so the heatll decrease!

You gotta be a Chiphead! Be a Chiphead be a Chiphead
Be a Chiphead come on be a Chiphead, be a Chiphead..... etc."

Robert Leiner's Aries Modular Site

http://www.leinermedia.net/aries/home.html

"Welcome, this is a site devoted to the ARIES Modular Systems. Here you will find some useful info, pictures, schematics and documentation about the various ARIES systems. If you have any more information about Aries, please contact me.

Aries was a modular synthesizer manufacturer founded by Frank Fink and was located in Salem Massachusetts US. They built high quality modular synths in both factory assembled and kit form. The modules of the ARIES modular system ware at the time manufactured by resident company RIVERA MUSIC (RMS)."

jon appleton demonstrates the synclavier ii (1984)

YouTube via aloofdork. Sent my way via Robert Leiner
"jon appleton demonstrates the synclavier 2"
http://www.appletonjon.com/index.htm

Yamaha CS2x | demo by syntezatory.prv.pl

YouTube via Jexus

"1999 Yamaha CS-2x. Patches / performances edited by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer.

All drums come from the CS2x too."

Beatmaking on Ableton Live in 2min 30sec

YouTube via cyberspacecowboys
"Played by S_Ishimaru.
MIDI controlers is KORG nano series.
nanoPAD, nanoKEY, nanoKontrol."

Dx7 kjk

YouTube via Space4Keys. follow-up to this post.

The Making of "Funky Little Spacegirl"

See this post for two new videos.

Beat Kangz Demo

Demo added to this post.

SonicProjects Stringer - ARP Omni, Logan, Solina

YouTube via virtualoberheim
"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/

Already quite an old video, now finally provided on youtube too. All sounds in the video are coming from the SonicProjects Stringer.

Stringer was released in September 2006.

SonicProjects Stringer is a VSTi plugin for windows that provides top quality samplesets of the following 3 string machines:

- ARP Omni 2 ( the successor of Solina )
- Logan String Melody II
- Welson Symphony

You can get more informations about these machines here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/...

Each of these machines has its own distinct sound. The three different characters complement each other very well:

ARP Omni 2:
Clear, shining, shimmering

Logan String Melody II:
Fat, warm, organic, middy

Weson Symphony:
Balanced, restrained, smooth

The goal was to achieve the highest audio quality possible in order to leave the original sound untouched. That's why only highend equipment and a reference wordclock were used to sample every single key of the machines at 24 bit resolution. The 241 samples were then restaurated and cleaned from hum and noise. To preserve the original movements within the sound the loop points were searched manually according to the natural "loops" caused by beats which resulted in loop lenghts up to 4 seconds. With this method the looped sampled tone can't be distinguished from the original and there are no noteiceable loop points. A lot of work, but worthy to capture those really glorious sounding machines with the original character leaving untouched.

You can listen to clips in better audio quality than youtube and in stereo here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/...

There are two engines that allow to layer and split two sounds, tune and pan them, and change the attack and release times. The two engines even can be sent to individual stereo outs on demand for separate external processing.

The samples are completely loaded into the RAM (140mb), no disk streaming needed. This means: Compact and easy on CPU. Available for Receptor too with free crossgrade from the PC version.

Note that there are also a few other string machine emulating plugins containing "Stringer" in their names:
- Falkelab Stringer
- Numerikart Stringy Stringazoide Stringer
- Easytoolz easy-mr.stringer"

VisualVox polyphonic 0.9

"The time has come to announce the release of the world's first published polyphonic tone manipulation software. The dream of musicians to isolate single notes out of chords and so to manipulate most forms of recorded audio has come true on the 20th of January 2009.

Applications:
* Change chords or single wrong notes in polyphonic recordings
o To fit pieces into your composition that otherwise would not have been accessible due to their key
o To creatively play around with recorded audio like with a midi instrument - it will play your musical ideas by a click but it still sounds like the real instrument
* Isolate the natural harmonics of instruments, manipulate them, take your instruments under the magnifying glasses to understand their sound
* Create real sounding harmonizations, i.e. make chords out of monophonic parts of audio
* Correct intonation problems of any instrument or voice while keeping the formants as they are
Create artificial vibrato, stretch the formants, rearrange melodies, draw frequency curves with your mouse to access monophonic and polyphonic audio in a way it has never been possible before

This first version of VisualVox polyphonic costs only 25 Euros as being a student and not a big company I still need your suggestions to remove any possible inconveniences. The final version 1.0 will cost 99 Euros but the upgrade from version 0.9 will cost only 50 Euros. (Prices do not incude taxes dependent on your location)"

You can find samples on site. via sequencer.de

NAMM: Extend - Introducing Max for Live

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions you've ever wanted. Go beyond the common and predictable, and transcend the limits that conventional tools impose. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. Join a society of makers and share ingenuity.

Max for Live was co-developed by Ableton and Cycling '74."

NAMM: Touch - Introducing the APC 40

YouTube via AbletonInc
"The APC40 (Ableton Performance Controller) is a dedicated controller for Ableton Live, designed by the same engineering team responsible for Akai's iconic MPC range of products. This is a dream come true for the Ableton Live community and an exciting first step into the world of Ableton Live for new users."

NAMM: Ableton Live in 60 seconds

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Who is Ableton? What is Ableton Live? What's so great about it anyway? Who uses Live? Why? All the answers are here, in this one-minute movie."

What's new in Ableton Live 8

"New in Ableton Live 8
Version 8 enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements."

NAMM: What's new in Operator?

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Operator, Ableton's renowned do-it-all synthesizer, has been given a major overhaul. We opened up the hood, took a long hard look inside and did some serious hot-rod stuff..."

HOBOscience MIDI Controller and Key_boardz

via HOBOscience
"This is an analog midi controller I made to control software built in MAX/MSP. It uses a MidiTron, a MIDI analog/digital I/O Interface connected to a computer with an M-audio Uno, a USB MIDI interface. This translates the analog messages to MIDI, readable by MAX/MSP.
This can be used to control any sort of MIDI device/program/message. I use it most to control a 8 step drum machine (below). It is set up as a glitch patch, the messages often getting crossed and the resulting audio having digital feedback and general unreliable glitchiness to it.

The controls on the instrument include 20 assignable potentiometers (knobs), 5 assignable photocells (at varying resistance), and a patch-bay allowing the user to decide which knobs or photocells are linked to which pin outs on the MidiTron (you can basically choose which knob (or light sensor) controls what function in your software, allowing you to change control over software parameters physically, without going into code.

Computers and programing can get a brother down, this is a physical answer to my digital pain."

Moog ModA

new pics added to the Moog Satellite Synthesizer ca. 1977 flickr set by echoplex.

Not sure what this mod is exactly.

tags do include filter and envelop

Update: label shot added below.

Minimoog Voyager Old School to be Discontinued

via Moog Music

Obama's inauguration speech - live mashup

YouTube via timexile. It does go somewhere.
"Most significant international events don't have a pre-warning but this one did, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to mash it up live with my live remix/mashup/improv machine which I made. It's all improvised using the BBC world service live web stream. Unfortunately the web stream flaked out at the beginning of his speech so I had to start part way in."