On the rails again

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan
"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made entirely with Plogue Bidule, in only one time, no overdub and no correction. What i play is what you hear. Enjoy !"

Sync-Lock Roland Jupiter 8 Live Jam.mp4

YouTube via innerclock2004
"In this video, same basic groove as before - Two Audio Loops playing in Live, Sync-Gen Plug-In driving the Sync-Lock from a pair of FA-101 Soundcard Outputs. The Sync-Lock still driving the Elektron Machine Drum via Midi Clock but also a Roland Jupiter 8 via the Trigger Output to the ARP Clock Input. Played notes initially and then [Hold] is pressed while changing parameters in real time."

KORG MONOPOLY MONO/POLY ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

click the image for the full size shot.

Yamaha CS-80 vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction


"Serial number is 14xx. Here is a link to the album which serves as a good demo"

Note the demo and this CS80 is for sale from Heath Finnie [prior posts].

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Quasimidi Technox

via this auction

"Quasimidi Technox rackmount synthesizer/drum machine."

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Tiny Music System Demo 2

YouTube via djcylob
"Showing the drum sequencer, step sequencer, synth patch editor, mixer (including transpose function) and macro preset matrix. more info: http://cylob.blogspot.com"

"DIE BASS KRAFT" by Z-MIX Productions Electro, Techno, Bass

YouTube via intromix
"A Mix by Zulusounds and Intromix "DIE BASS KRAFT" by Z-MIX Productions. 2009 Metro Groove Recordings, Special Thanks to ZULUSOUNDS"
Some gear spotting, specifically Roland TR-808, TB-303 and Jupiter-8.

SunSyn 2.0 Audio

Sunscape by navs

via navs.modular.lab who is sending his in for the 2.0 OS upgrade. This demo is pre-upgrade. See the post for details.

Sync-Lock Jam 2.mp4

YouTube via innerclock2004. Remember, you can search on innerclock2004 for prior vids.
"Two Loops in Live. Sync-Lock driving Elektron Machine Drum. Easy to hear how well the DAW Audio and the external hardware lock together. Snare Track live improvisation is a good example."

Commercial music 5 Recording the Mellotron tubular bells

YouTube via RothHandle
"Today was an interesting day in the studioBoth me and Matti were feeling quite beat up after the premiere of Bröderna Lejonhjärta this last Saturday. But that didnt stop us from starting work on a new projectmusic for a commercial.

We have seen some very inspiring photos from the campaign and mad some music inspired from the pictureswe made two different things. One rhythmic and veryodd. And one that is a bit more atmospheric and pretty.

This film shows Matti overdubbing the Mellotron Tubular bells.

This little video was shot at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. This is where I record and produce artists. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit
www.roth-handle.nu it hasnt been updated for ages but you might find some info of interest for you.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

MOTM Eurorack Morphing Terrarium Prototype

YouTube via deengineered
"Analog Heaven Bay Area 2009 Gathering

Saturday Nov. 14, 2009

MOTM Eurorack Morphing Terrarium Prototype

Scope is in X/Y mode, and as I krank to LFO, phase/vector shifting madness ensues. The wigglyness is known as Lissajous patterns.

Cool person Robert Rich (check out his vids), who designed the wavetables for the module, explains as things go along."
http://robertrich.com/

Holy Terror - Buchla Track

"I turned my attention this Saturday once again to the 221, and after concentrating for some time on the touchplate surface itself, I settled upon the joystick - or 2D voltage source as it is described on the panel. The initial purpose was to try to develop accurate control when using it in instances where it affects pitch - that is to say where any mis/use might be easily distinguishable by the listener."

You can find the track and the rest of the write-up on fastheadache.

1982 E-mu Emulator Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up and more scans.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke

Untitled

flickr by Beside The Circumstances

nice shot of the Alesis Micron

Software Klee Step Sequencer Now Available

You can find it for download on Mac and Windows here. There is a demo version. Full version runs $40.

"Includes virtually all major functions from the hardware Klee, and adds many new ones:
• MIDI output to any hardware or software synths
• Internal or MIDI clock control
• 10 preset slots for instant recall of parameters
• Presets can be saved to and loaded from disk
• Built-in clock divide capability
• Synchronous load - loading of pattern happens on clock pulses, and not in between
• Load on Play feature to allow for loading of pattern each time clock started
• MIDI-controllable baseline note
• Custom definable note range allows for alternative scales"


YouTube via dnigrin
previously posted

Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.10 Electric Piano Effect

YouTube via Effectology
"Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.10 "The Electric Piano Effect"
Welcome to Electro-Harmonix's "Effectology" series, in which we create a remarkable collection of impossible sounds using just a regular guitar and EHX effect pedals!
No keyboards, samplers or midi pickups were used.

In today's episode studio musician Bill Ruppert demonstrates "The Electric Piano Effect" reminiscent of the keyboard sound heard in the Led Zeppelin song "No Quarter"
EHX Pedals featured: Soul Preacher, Stereo Memory Man, MicroSynth, Cathedral, Frequency Analyzer,Voice Box,Pulsar


For more information on these pedals and actual settings please visit the Electro- Harmonix Forum:
http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/2163/"

novation nova custom Strawberry Shortcake edition

via CustomSynth

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Baby 10 sequencer controlling Moog

YouTube via f...ingharpsichord

"the box is a carboard-box wich covered a midi interface back in the days. slap in the face midi-box : you are now full of simple control voltages and resistors. Baby 1° is not finished yet as you can see, i'm proud it allready works. Hey Emiel : this ones for u !

rythms : sci tom
basz : monopoly
crappy : micromoog"

MG 1

YouTube via Thalassa77

READYdot´s Experiments: Introducing my SH-101

YouTube via READYdot
"Lot of gear in this one. My A-100 where the Dalek and the Vulcan are doing their usual bleepness, the OSC-2 from MFB delivering the second bass, through the Tiptop DSP. Then there´s my SH-101 who does the main seuqence clocked with the Flame Clockwork that is clocked by MIDI by the EMX-1. Kaossilator goes through the SpaceEcho hence the distortion, the SH-101 through the EH Memory Man and the Dalek/Vulcan team is further modulated by the EH Flanger Hoax and BBDed by the A-188-1."

Vermona Perfourmer Trip

YouTube via zaphid
"Just experimenting with perfourmer ad photoboot"

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS TOM VINTAGE DRUM MACHINE

via this auction

ganK - Free VST and Stand Alone Synth

via KMB of Asia Synth Station
"I had only little time for testing but is nice........."

Available at Lucas'

"ganK the Synthesizer is a free soft synth developed by Lucas. It is presented in both VSTi format and Windows standalone application. ganK is an additive/substractive synth with 3 oscillators , a moog filter, a lfo, effects like an 8-band eq and a delay component. Have fun."

Native Instruments Introduces SONIC FICTION

"Berlin, November 16th, 2009 - Native Instruments today introduced SONIC FICTION, a new KORE-Powered instrument that combines inventive field recording with advanced synthesis into an arsenal of hundreds of genuinely otherworldly sounds. Designed by prolific sound design artist Jeremiah Savage and usable with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER, the instrument provides musicians and producers with a inspirational resource for movie and game scoring, modern sound design and various electronic music styles.

Expanding on sound design paradigms established with Jeremiah Savage's previous ACOUSTIC REFRACTIONS collection, the sounds in SONIC FICTION are inspired by imaginative Science Fiction scenarios and concepts. Unusual, complex acoustic sources ranging from volcanic mudpots to television static were carefully captured in extensive field recording sessions, and combined with the vast synthesis and sound processing capabilities of ABSYNTH, KONTAKT and KORE. The result is an array of previously unheard, charismatic instruments that are both alien and organic in their sonic character, but also highly playable and of profound musical value.

SONIC FICTION provides 100 KoreSounds with eight morphable Sound Variations each, resulting in 800 individual sounds. Concise parameter assignments allow for immediate, intuitive sound tweaking in KORE 2 and KORE PLAYER. Full musical metadata for all presets also makes SONIC FICTION integrate seamlessly with any individual collection of KORE-Powered instruments.

A video of Jeremiah Savage explaining the concept and design process of SONIC FICTION"

"Sonic Fiction" - New Kore-Powered Instrument from Native Instruments

YouTube via NativeInstruments
"Jeremiah Savage, the creator of "Sonic Fiction", explains the unusual concept and creation process of his unique Science Fiction-inspired software instrument.

More info at http://www.native-instruments.com/#/e..."

Info on the alphaSyntauri via Laurie Spiegel

See the bottom update in this post.

MOTM 420 and 440 Filters Frac Rack

via this auction

"Here is a custom pair of filters by Synthesis Technology. The MOTM 420 filter is based on the Korg MS20. The MOTM 440 is based on the Prophet 5 SSM filter. I used the original MOTM boards and custom designed them to Frac Rack size. All are working and in excellent condition. Includes power cables."

TRASH_AUDIO Meetup

flickr by Rasidel Slika
(click for more)

Modcan
Buchla 200e

I'm guessing these are professional shots from the last post.

TRASH_AUDIO

Roland Tower of Power

"Roland TR-808 sitting atop a Roland Space Echo RE-501 from last night's Trash Audio meetup. I didn't get any more, as I was busy eating blue cheese and drinking beer, haha, but there was a professional photographer taking some photos with his DSLR, so some good photos should surface soon!" I'm guessing these are them.

via Mr. Array of Ocean Orbit.

USE AUDIO PLUGIATOR

YouTube via useaudio


via this auction

"Use Audio Plugiator synth, based on the famous Creamware synth plugins: Minimax, B4000, Lightwave and Voctor. 4 more synths/plug-in can be added to the unit.

The Plugiator is an excitingly innovative table top synthesizer which utilizes the latest and fastest DSP technology to provide high-end plug-in technology within a most convenient portable form factor.
The Plugiator can store up to eight different DSP plug-ins and can load any one at a time at a push of a button. Each plug-in comes with 100 presets – allowing you to store up to 800 different sounds within that cute little box which the Plugiator is.

The Plugiator would not be a Use Audio product if the operating panel wasn’t equally inviting: Eight encoder knobs allow you to tweak major sound parameters while playing, and the ten “quick pads” let you quickly store and recall your favorite plug-in/preset combinations – just as you need it when you perform live.
The Plugiator box provides MIDI In and Thru connections, USB, a microphone input, stereo line outs and a headphone output.

included plugins:
- Minimax:MiniMax is the highly acclaimed replica of the famous Moog Minimoog. Incredibly fat and responsive sound, intuitive control... tweaking its knobs is pure fun, a real performance synth!
- Lightwave: While the oscillators of the LightWave are based on wavetables, the aftermath is virtual analog - giving you wide control of the sound. From complex pads to powerful leads, LightWave offers a vast range of sonic possibilities.
- B4000: The B4000 turns your keyboard into the Hammond B3. The genuine sound of a real living electromechanical 400 pound monster. Lively, authentic, emotional...
- Voctor: That's what the microphone input of the Plugiator is for :) Plug in your microphone and modulate sounds with our voice ...

“The sounds themselves are amazing. They’re not just evocative of the originals, they come close to perfect emulations, the dedicated DSP hardware providing a level of realism that most nativesoftware models can’t touch without bringing even a strong computer to its knees from CPU overload.” -- Recording Magazine 02/2009, Mike Metlay

audio demos here"

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Hollow Sun Novachord Website Up

http://www.hollowsun.com/shop/novachord/

"Using divide-down oscillators (the world's first?), the Novachord was fully polyphonic. These (labelled 'Resonators') are passed through a filter and a simple but effective envelope shaper. It also has vibrato but not like the type found on analogue synths - instead, the modulation is polyphonic which imparts a rich ensemble effect to its sounds."

follow-up to this post. via Rod Mitchell

Music Machines Synth Event Auckland November 21st

Just a reminder that this event is coming up for those of you in New Zealand. via the music of sound.

THE SYNTHI GROUP VOL. 2

via THE SYNTHI

"The Synthi Group Vol.2 will become downloadable around the 16th of December on Clinical Archives. Brand new tracks with some new and old artists in there!"

You might remember Volume 1 from this post.

Osmos Official Trailer (ambient game & music)

YouTube via microscopics. via SYNTHWIRE
"http://hemispheregames.com/osmos/

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack ( http://microscopics.co.uk/ )

Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax good things come to those who wait.

Progress from serenely ambient levels into varied and more challenging worlds. Confront attractors, repulsors and intelligent motes with similar abilities and goals as you.

Only $10 from http://hemispheregames.com/osmos/
Also on Steam and Direct2Drive

Music on this trailer is...
High Skies - The Shape of Things to Come
Gas - Discovery
More info http://microscopics.co.uk/electronic_...


Osmos soundtrack featuring Gas, High Skies, Biosphere, Julien Neto, Loscil and others.

Demo available from http://hemispheregames.com/osmos/"

MIDI control of analog devices

MIDI control of analog devices from Michael Una on Vimeo.

"An implementation of the HighlyLiquid MD24 MIDI decoder kit, featuring a handmade analog bassline sequencer and drum machine."

:wrongbot: Beep Boxes

YouTube via Wrongbot
"2 wooden boxes filled with various circuits which make lots of wonderful noise."

:wrongbot: Casio diSK0-1 with Phat Philter Bank

"many thanks to Graham Meredith for help with this mod. More details can be found on the CasioSK yahoo group forum page site thing."

Sweetwater - BOSS RE-20 "Space Echo" Stompbox

YouTube via SweetwaterSound
"Get more info here: http://www.sweetwater.com/RE20pedal If you're wondering how to nail that "warm" tape-saturated echo effect, check out this demo of the BOSS RE-20. It emulates the classic Roland RE-201 Space Echo — sounds great in your guitar rig, equally sweet for keyboards." Moog Voyager.

ReacTIVision

YouTube via rishabhrajan

Wiard Demo

YouTube via bunnyman2112
"Demonstration of Wiard Waveform City, Omni Filter, and Borg modules"

DCAM Synth Squad Quicktip 14 - Cypher FX Sample and Hold

YouTube via FXpansion
"Here we take a look at the Cypher FX plugin which allows you to process external audio though Cypher's various components. In particular we'll look at applying sample and hold oscillator function to the incoming audio.

For more information on DCAM Synth Squad, please visit:
http://www.fxpansion.com/synthsquad"

scoreLight at Miraikan

YouTube via daito. Also see this post for an earlier video.
Click here for some other awesome videos by daito - don't miss them.
"'scoreLigh'" by Alvaro Cassinelli, Daito Manabe, Kuribara Yusaku & Ishikawa Masatoshi.
http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac...."

Electronic World with Roland V-Synth Vocoder , Minimoog, Synthesizers.com & dark Energie..

YouTube via Synthiefrau
"Hi my lovely Synthfolks, here is my newest dry with my sweet synthetic friends;-)) Roland V-Synth vocoder Card, Minimoog, Synton Syrinx, Synthesizers.com, Alesis SR 16 Drummashine and my little baby Doepfer Dark Energie...;-)"

Duophonic Evolver - part 1: how to polychain

YouTube via RanKirlian
"This video describes how to connect and configure 2 Evolver synths to increase polyphony by using the polychain feature. For this video I used a Mono Evolver Keyboard and the Evolver Desktop."

DuoPhonic Evolver - polychain part 2: play & control

Juno 60 and JX 3P by Alien Robot Dance

YouTube via se7ense7
"www.myspace.com/alienrobotdance for mor music

Just a quick video, trying out the iMovie software, and demonstrating some sounds of these 80's analog Roland synths"

Modular synthesizer-Q118-Q117-Q110

YouTube via fystasjoppheng
"This is www.synthesizers.com. A modular synthesizer made by Roger Arrick. I,m having fun by using the Q118(instrument interface module), by taking the mixer(Q113) output in to the input of Q118, output it back to the amplifier(Q108)input. This make the nice overdrive(nasty) sound.
Next is some basic use of the noise(Q110) low frequency to the sample & hold module(Q117).
In the last part of the video I,m just fooling around by turning as many knobs and keys as possible.
I hope you like it!

Kjell Gierstae"

something about us cover

YouTube via atomolab. AtomoSynth on Ebay
"Hello. I made a version of Daft punk's something about us using the Mochika3, microkorgXL and kaoscillator."

Linn LM-1 HiHat

YouTube via rolandsh1000
"This video documents the sample output of the Linn LM-1 as compared to the Oberheim DXa. The Linn LM-1 has been well noted for its characteristic 'groove' which is felt to be unique among EPROM-based digital drum machines.

Many have suggested that the slightly imperfect timing of the Linn LM-1 is responsible for the feel and I think that's at least partially true. But the LM-1 also has a unique way of creating its HiHat sound, which I wanted to show.

Most EPROM-based drum machines (re)trigger their Hat sample from the beginning of the sound in the stored EPROM. This gives a consistent but static delivery of the sound sample. The LM-1, however, has its EPROM clocked continuously, which means the sample is always being looped. To trigger the Hat sound, the LM-1 merely applies a volume envelope to the DAC. This means that the LM-1's HiHat output is a little different each time it is triggered. My guess is that Roger Linn did this either because memory was very expensive in the late 1970's or he's brilliant in realizing that each strike of a real cymbal is unlikely to be exactly the same ... or both!

The video shows the EXT CLOCK OUT of the LM-1 triggering the DXa via the Oberheim's EXT CLOCK IN (not MIDI). The top trace is the Hat sample of the Oberheim DXa and the bottom trace is the Hat sample output of the LM-1. You can clearly see the difference in the sampled waveform between the two machines.

I tried hacking my DXa to do this and it sounded kind of cool, but you really have to have the right HiHat sample for it."