Organ Studio Demo

flickr by vagro. Update via xonox in the comments: "There's a keyboard i didn't know about in this picture.

The Lionstracs Mediastation X-76 or something like that :

http://www.lionstracs.com/store/x76-am2-expanded-p-165.html"

The Droids - The Force

YouTube via magicwaves. via inner nerd
"more french robotic space rock, this time from 1976..."

KORG M-500

via this auction

ANALOG SYNTH RUSSIAN VCF FILTER

via this auction
"THESE ARE THE FEATURES AND HOW TO USE THEM:

-CV INPUT JACK: THIS INPUT STARTS AT ZERO AND GOES POSITIVE. THE CV KNOB THEN DETERMINES HOW MUCH MODULATION IS TO BE APPLIED

-FM INPUT JACK: THIS INPUT IS BI-POLAR AND SIMILAR TO THE CV INPUT. THE FM KNOB THEN SWEEPS FROM NEGATIVE TO POSTIVE. THE MIDDLE POSITION IS ZERO.

-(2) AUDIO INPUTS: THESE CAN BE LINE LEVEL, MODULAR VCO’S, ETC. THERE ARE (2) GAINS IF THE SIGNAL IS TO WEAK. WHEN OVERDRIVEN WITH A HEALTHY SIGNAL IT WILL SOFT CLIP AND SOUND TUBE-LIKE.

-THE LOWPASS AND BANDPASS JACKS ARE THE FILTER OUTPUTS. NORMALLY YOU CONNECT THIS TO A VCA NEXT. YOU CAN USE THE ONBOARD VCA. IT REQUIRES YOU TO MANUALLY MAKE THE PATCH.

-THE VCA KNOB IS TO ADJUST THE GATE MARK WHEN TOGGLING BETWEEN LOG AND LIN SETTINGS. THE LOG/LIN SWITCH IS FOR THE VCA. TO ADJUST THE GATE MARK TURN THE VCA KNOB UNTIL YOU HERE NO MORE SOUND COMING FROM THE VCA OUTPUT JACK. IT IS NOW READY TO BE CONTROLLED VIA THE VCA CV INPUTS. YOU CAN CONTROLL IT WITH AN ADSR/AR ENVELOPE GENERATOR OR LFO TRADITIONALLY. BUT YOU ARE FREE TO USE ALL KINDS OF SIGNALS TO CONTROL IT.

HOW THE SWITCHES FOR THE FILTER CORE WORK:

-THE TWO “REZ HACK” SWITCHES EITHER LOWER OR HIGHER THE REZ NOTCH. SO ONE WILL MAKE IT LESS HARSH AND SOFTEN THE REZ SOUND. THE OTHER SWITCH WILL MAKE IT HARSHER AND YOU WILL HERE THE DIFFERENCE. WHEN BOTH ARE ACTIVATED IT DOES NOT FULLY CANCEL OUT BUT PUTS THE NOTCH IN AN INTERESTING STATE. THE CUTOFF KNOB WILL ACT “BLOTTED” WHEN THE CUTOFF IS IN LOWER FREQUENCIES WHEN BOTH SWITCHES ARE ACTIVATED.

-THE BURBLE SWITCH: THIS WILL GIVE THE VCF A BLEED THROUGH STATE. IT WILL LET SOME OF THE HIGH FREQUENCIES THROUGH BUT WILL ALSO EFFECT THE REZ. WHEN ACTIVATE THE CUTOFF RANGE WILL ACT LIKE AN LFO. THIS IS THE SWITCH THAT MAKE THE STRANGEST BEHAVIOR."

Emko

flickr by Tomas Forgac

Yamaha CS1x

Paul Chambers at Bomb O Matic 04-07-09 excerpt 03 - including Bangalter's "Spinal Beats" remix

YouTube via bombomatic. via the forum. Cool seeing the Pro-One used like that in this setting.
"Paul Chambers at Bomb O Matic 04-07-09 excerpt 03 - including Thomas Bangalter's "Spinal Beats" remix (starting at 2:30)"

And... Rolands and Ensoniq:

Ceephax Acid Crew at Bomb O Matic 01-08-08 excerpt 04


more performance vids on boobomatic's YouTube channel

ether^ra Folktek mayhem

YouTube via potterpaint2000. via the Folktek blog. Folktek on Ebay
"An improv using Folktek sound generators and Korg Kaoss Pads...thanks to Ben and Arius"

ether^ra vs. Folktek Pyra-Bug, Pluton,and Korg MS20

"Yet another improve using great Folktek gear, a Korg MS20 and Kaoss Pads. Thanks Arius and Ben...Keep the great gear coming!" http://folktek.com/

Hohner String Performer

via this auction
"Extremely rare vintage keyboard, made in the early 80s! This is the keyboard Moby used for his string sounds on almost all of his albums. It will give you that huge fat sustained string sound, like at the beginning of The Killers' "Read My Mind", or a composition by Vangelis.

Sounds include Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, Violin, Brass, String, Clarinet, Planet, and Octave setting. The Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, and Violin have individual level faders for upper and lower registers, as well as a sustain fader. The Brass, String, Clarinet, and Planet sounds have a solo volume fader."

Anyone confirm the first paragraph?

SIGGRAPH 2009

"The SIGGRAPH 2009 Music & Audio programming will include a Keynote presentation by the pioneer of sound and two-time Academy Award® winning Sound Designer, Randy Thom, as well as a series of panels discussions, featuring musicians and composers from around the globe. In addition to music performances, courses on topics such as “Creating New Interfaces for Musical Expression”, and “Interactive Sound Rendering” will also take place."

"SIGGRAPH 2009 includes a variety of Courses, Panels, and Talks related to music and audio, see the list below. Also, the Computer Animation Festival has special screenings of Visual Music. In cooperation with the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) symposium, The Studio includes technology, software, and expert help for creating new musical interfaces. And we have daily Music Performances that combine music with imagery or demonstrate novel interactive techniques.

Musical Interface Workshop in The Studio
Participants learn how to apply sensor technology to develop their own concepts of electronic media control for research, teaching, tinkering, or art, without needing to become a hardware engineer. Special attention is focused on capturing human movements and using the data to control sound and music media using I-CubeX products." Sigraph website.
via Mark

BugBrand CTL1 - Touch Panel v2

YouTube via BugBrand. audio comes in at :31
"Here's an overview of the newly updated CTL1 Touch Panel - one of the most unique and fun parts of the BugBrand Modular system.

The initial idea came from an article published in Synapse Magazine in the 70s, but that is now a distant relative of this module. The 1st version was fun - with two 'Preset' rows, 'Pressure' CV outputs etc - but before production I wanted to update things a bit. The little update turned into a full rebuild!

It is now based on a kind of Sequencing core (uses the 4516 chip - tech geeks) - the Touch & Preset part still behaves the same (though has different circuitry) but this now has the great addition of four step sequencing - play it forwards or backwards, at seq. rates or at audio rates. This thing is versatile and FUN.

For further information check the BugBrand Modular site (www.bugbrand.co.uk/modular) and the BugBrand Blog (www.bugbrand.blogspot.com)."

Update: see the post on the BugBrand blog for images and more.

Ellen Godena at Studio Series (w Max's Buchla Electric Music Box at Studio 34 Philadelpia)

flickr by egodena

"Improvised Butoh Performance with max lord on Buchla Electric Music box (in foreground). part of Nicole Bindler's Studio Series in at Studio 34 Philadelphia. July 25, 2009."


Update via Max Lord in the comments:

Ellen Godena duo with Max Lord (on Buchla Electric Music Box)

YouTube via egodena. follow-up to this post.
"Ellen Godena (butoh movement) with Max Lord (on Buchla electric music box and Eowave Persephone) at the Studio Series at Studio 34 in Philadelphia. July 25, 2009."

New Dual Ribbon Controller

flickr by asobernewt

Tenori On

flick by mushboy
(click for more)

Crumar Bit One

via this auction

click the image for the full size shot

Another DE auction. I will keep DE and UK auction posts limited to the most interesting. If you are in the UK or DE / Europe be sure to see the links in the More Stuff section on the right.

Oberheim MC 1000

via this auction. note this one is in Germany. I added a Synths on Ebay DE link under More Stuff on the right as well.

"The MC 1000 /88 Master Keyboard is equipped with 88 Hammer action weighted keys, and the MC 1000/76 with 76 weighted keys - with identical technical specifications. These are the idea[ instruments for all musicians requiring a compact Master Keyboard which incorporate user friendliness, practicality and simplistic use, easily transportable and powerful in their performance. The MC 1000 transmits all MIDI message (including bank select), has 8 dynamic curves, independent analogue volume control, 32 external + 16 internal MIDI Out channels, and assignable aftertouch to each of the two zones of split/layer, An intuitive edit section allows even an inexperienced user to set up all parameters of the 128 programs.

Thanks to the incorporated wave-blaster® connector, the MC1000 can be fitted with an optional sound card. Each slider can be assigned to any function of the installed Sound Card. Oberheim Master Keyboards have always been the most complete and flexible instruments on the market."

ARP ODYSSEY

via this auction

impro Korg 770

YouTube via pyexperience "Enregistré avec mon canon G7."

Korg 770 Synthesizer

YouTube via moshane
"Gestern habe ich einen Korg 770 aus dem Jahr 1976 erworben. Die ersten 10 Minuten gefrickel. Wahnsinns Synthesizer..."

Daniel Angermann - Korg770

"fidling with the Korg 770, Fade to Grey"

Korg 770 Vintage Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

Modcan Modules

via these auctions

Modcan 06a Phase Timbre
Modcan 07a Noise S/H Ring
Modcan 45a E-Follower

For more info, see www.modcan.com

Yamaha Tenori-On

via this auction

Diedre the Paper synth-fisa & "welcome to Arkansas"!

via http://www.twitpic.com/bqple
via http://twitter.com/tarabusch
of http://www.analogsuicide.com

inspired by Dan Mcpharlin's synth models

"pulled together characteristics from my Farfisa Compact Deluxe and my Pro One & added a few groovy things like the sweet little twirly patch cord & the ever- present glass of red wine on the top of the keyboard. : )"

Best dashboard / potential hood ornament ever.

Update: bottom shot: "Here's diedre snoozing on the dash! We'll keep her there"

Ensoniq Fizmo Tracks on OVI

Embedding is not enabled for the tracks, so here's the link. Note as of this post there were the following three tracks by mome_rath:

one minute fizmo jam
2 minute fizmo - MD - x0xb0x
pork train

Blips & clicks w/ MBase 01, Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + TENORI ON (by Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"Blips & clicks w/ MBase 01, Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + manipulations via Korg mini KP and TENORI-ON. Contents : analog filtering, micro-pulses, blips & clicks, glitches...

N.B. This video follows : • "Analog bass drum module Jomox MBase 01 w/ Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator + TENORI-ON" previously uploaded on this channel.

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

Material in this video:
- Jomox MBASE 01
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- TENORI-ON
- Korg mini KP

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://www.myspace.com/znshn
http://znshn.blogspot.com

See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette
........................................
Franck Smith alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette TENORI-ON Yamaha Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator MBase 01 Benfox Korg mini KP Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing"

Sonic LAB: Roland Juno Di On Test

see the write-up on Sonic State.

euno lite

"THE BEST SOUNDING SYNTH ON THE APP STORE IS HERE!

euno lite is the pioneering and innovative new-generation mobile synth App from Electric Ears.

Make your own music anywhere on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new all-in-one pocket mono-synth. Its unique 'sounds as color' interface will help you to create unlimited mobile music.

euno lite delivers exactly the right synth software for everyone looking to make music on the go - whenever and wherever they want.

Delivering instinctual design with music in mind, euno lite packs a detailed yet compact set of features within a subtractive synth program.

Consisting of three Oscillators, 4 Waveforms (including Ring Modulation) a 6db/12db Filter, an Envelope, a Master Controller set-up alongside its versatile Keyboard facility as well as real-time Pitchbend and Filter Cutoff controllers.

euno lite is unique because of 2 things... One, it offers the best sound you can get from a mobile device. Two, its versatile keyboard, offering normal, legato/glissandi and tremolo playing modes as you could have never imagined on an iPhone/iPod touch.

To take most advantage of it, we do recommend to use euno lite with your favorite sequencer or with your favorite FX pedal set together with your guitar amp!"

Available on iTunes here:

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