Monday, December 28, 2009
Franck Smith solo performance @ STEIM, Amsterdam (2009)
YouTube via odiolorgnette
"Franck Smith solo performance at STEIM, Amsterdam, December 17th, during "Patterns & pleasure" event — mixing adapted turntable drumming and scratching technics on Handsonic HPD-15 w/ video-game esthetic and real-time electronic beat-making (No loops and no sequencer used here) IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES WHEN VIEWING VIDEO MATERIAL OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND SYSTEM.
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Rehearsals for Franck Smith @ STEIM's "Patterns & pleasure" event (2009)
The STEIM@40! was a celebration of STEIMs 40 year history through a diverse program of events. We would like to conclude this series by looking into new themes.
"Patterns & pleasure" — From once being an act of banging on things, rhythm has evolved into something that you carefully program through sequencer based instruments. Groove becomes an interesting space where complexity and intuition intersect. So how can we imagine new tools and ways to perform this new groove? How can we bang, sculpt and structure in real-time?
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N.B. The routines obtained here were partly inspired -- in their content and esthetic -- by turntablists Qbert and D-styles . Although nothing can rival real vinyl manipulation by experts, a personal adaptation of these techniques on Handsonic makes imagine new ways in real time electronics.
Material used in this video:
- Handsonic (Roland HPD 15)
- Moog Bass Murf (MF-105b)
- Lo-Fi (LF7)
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See also specific Handsonic techniques on http://www.youtube.com/handsonic1
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http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://francksmith.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette
http://www.youtube.com/znshn
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Handsonic "Franck Smith" turntable adapted techniques Roland HPD-15 drums electronics percussion scratching Q-bert D-Styles STEIM Moog Bass Mur"
follow-up to this post and this post.
Odds N Evens I
YouTube via wonkythomas
"X & Y are two bi-polar voltages (~+/-7.5V) which pass thru a network of high & low-pass filters. A pair of logic inputs, A & B, determine the point at which each of these voltages enter the filter networks. The outputs of the filters are then summed together & another pair of pots allow the output voltage to be altered without X & Y being changed.
In a way the two sets of pots can be seen as 'Intial' & 'Fine Tune'
In use its a little more oblique than that, altho the effect of turning a knob are fairly intuative.
The two LEDs on the breadboard show the +ve & -ve swing of the output voltage & do a good job of showing the way changing the various settings allow a transition from "stepped" to "smoothed" voltages.
"Odds & Evens" refers to the way in which the outputs of the high/low-pass filters are combined so that there is an equal amount of change between the two initial voltages over time.
The A & B logic control inputs are using the same signals to trigger envelopes altering timbre, hopefully illustrating the possible relationship between rythm & pitch."
Odds N Evens II
Update:
Odds N Evens III
"Last one for now... trying to show off the 'Fine Tune' control... fine tune is a real misnomer I will have to think of something else to call it... maybe just 'Variance' obtuse enough? Anyway, its the pot with the blue knob sitting there.
About 2 mins in I put an octave drop on one of the VCOs... nothing to do with this module but it sounds soooo cool!!
I hope this makes the purpose of this device abit clearer; take two gate sequences, set two pots to create a region of possability & let it rip! Nudge another control to move area of operation around & let it do its thing. I'm using pitch CV in the videos because its the easiest to understand without 'being there' but there are all kinds of other potential uses.
Take a kick & snare pattern from your analog gate sequencer & use those to control this module, the two CV outs can then be used to subtly alter the drum sounds in time, all related to the actual patterns being played. Take two gate outs from 2 seperate analog sequencers, have their CVs controlling pitch as per usual, but use the CVs produced by the gates to add accents or rythmic vibrato, or use the CVs to alter timbre via waveshapers or VCFs... all related to patterns already existing in the piece.
Having two seperate controls for the limits of operation means a wide or narrow set of differant voltages can be generated, as you can hear a great many notes can be created from a pair of pulse trains."
Synare S3X Presets 1-5 Analog Synth Drum
YouTube via elmadave
"Sounds from presets 1-5 on a Synare S3X."
Synare S3X Preset 0 Analog Synth Drum
"Some sounds from the preset 0 setting on a Synare S3X synthesizer drum."
Star Instruments Synare 3
YouTube via elmadave. via this auction
"Some sounds from a Star Instruments Synare 3."
Synare 3 - Take 2
Synare 3 - Take 3
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via this auction"Here is a Synare 3 synth drum made by Star Instruments in the late 70s. All the controls and switches appear to work just as they should. The drum has two separate oscillators, a noise generator, and a filter section to create some of the coolest and usable retro sounds around. It really is a high quality analog device."
Sold For: 0 bids
Roland VC-1 D-50 card for V-Synth
via this auction"This is a Roland VC-1 card for your V-Synth. It turns the V-Synth into a D-50"
Sold For: $117.50
KORG DW 8000 Digital Analog Wave Synthesizer
via this auctionsome vids previously posted below.
Sold For: $330.00
previously posted
previously posted
Korg DW-8000 doing Equinoxe 7 bass.
YouTube via BromusTbg. This one note previously posted.
"Recorded in hurry.
Original bass sound on JMJ's Equinoxe was programmed on ARP 2600 synthesizer with 2 oscillators (saw & pwm). On my Korg I used 2 osc too, but 2x saw. Unfortunately, Dw-8000 hasn't got pulse modulation ;("
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jeremy and his synth axe
flickr by Jonathan A Davies"picture of my brother with one of his many mistresses.
SPECS: Shot with a Pentax K110
High Dynamic Range (HDR)
3 exposures with a tripod
(-2, 0, 2 EV)
Tonemapped in Photomatix
Post processing done in Photoshop CS4"
Roland RV-100 Vintage Spring Reverb with Arturia V2600
YouTube via WayneJoness
"Quick demo of the Roland RV-100 vintage spring reverb. This reverb has a panning feature, and a phase reverse switch for pseedo stereo effects. I used the Arturia V2600 with the RV=100 for some vintage synth sounds/"
Roland RV-100 Vintage Spring Reverb with FV-200 Volume Pedal
The Go Gos We Got the Beat.
Rare 100th Yamaha Anniversary Edition SHS-10 Keytar
via this auction"The SHS-10 internal tones driven by a two operator FM synthesis engine. 32 keys, MIDI Out, pitch bend wheel, vibrato, portamento, sustain, chord sequencer, and drums. You can program the tempo, transpose, tune, even select which MIDI channel. Runs off 6 AA for stage performance, or power adapter. The battery compartment is free from corrosion/battery leaks.
Comes with Original Box With Matching Serial #, Strap, Battery Cover, MIDI Cable, Power Adapter, Original Manual and Original Warranty Papers!"Sold For: US $450.00
peff monologue refill now available
"The Monologue Refill is a monophonic analogue synthesizer library for the Reason 4.0 NN-XT sampler. The sets include the standard sawtooth, square, triangle waves. Also included are a fixed rate pulse width modulation set, and hard sync sawtooth set. Other sources include, detuned pulses, frequency modulated oscillators, tuned oscillator layers, white noise, and sine wave samples from a self-oscillating resonant filter."
Full details and download at peff.com.
See the video here.
Music From Outer Space Multi Function Module
via the MFOS site. http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/
Note I spotted these on the electro-music.com forum regarding a poll. My guess is the poll was on which design to go with.
DIY Modular from neandrewthal
via the electro-music 2009 Build Pictures thread where you will find more."I haven't posted much in this thread because I hardly got anything done in the first 8 months and then scrambled to complete as much as possible when the school year ended. Everything in the top cabinet is from 2009. I hope to finish it in 2010."
Update: video added below
YouTube via neandrewthal. sounds like a cat at 2:12.
"Two patches, One clock" "A little melody and a whiny drone thing sing together."
New Synth DIY Project from dioioib
via this electro-music.com thread where you'll find progress updates.The initial post from dioioib:
"I have been working on a development board for the last few months on and off which will use a pic32 as the core, integrates a 32bit dac and has headers for LCD, 64button matrix ( Monome / Tenorion ), one general I/O, microSD slot, Midi In/Out, and USB. It will include off board RAM and EEPROM. The project is almost ready for prototype.
Inventor and I were talking in the chat and he mentioned that the eChuck forum might be the right place to post this. I have been thinking of integrating a DSP into the board as well. Although I have not decided on which one at this time, I am open to dsPic, Analog Devices ADSP, or others. I would like to know what everyone thinks would be the most convenient, and flexible. Think dream Synth / Virtual Modular.
Here is an image of the board thus far its just a 3D mock-up, but I have a lot of room to work with. Unfortunately I don't believe I can make the board the same size as the existing eChuck board, due to the USB, microSD, and Midi Headers. But let me know what you think.
So would the community be interested in something like this and secondly do you have any questions, desires, or concerns?"
Note if you comment interest here, be sure to comment in the electro-music.com thread as well. That's where dioioib is tracking things. I post here for historical/FYI purposes.
Algorithm plus Algorithm
YouTube via EA78751
"Two algorithmic synthesizers performing musical duty at high speed. On the right is the 4ms Pedals Autonomous Bassline Generator. On the left is something new.
They're synchronized with IR Sync. IR sync is just a 940nm LED flashing 16th notes, and a phototransistor/opamp receiver. Feel free to use it, the schematic is here:
http://ericarcher.net/devices/ir-net"
RIP Maryanne Amacher
via Wikipedia"She worked extensively with the physiological (not psychoacoustic) phenomenon called otoacoustic emission, in which the ears themselves act as sound generating devices. Amacher composed several "ear dances" designed to stimulate clear "third" tones coming from the listener's ears. The subtitle of her first Tzadik Records album Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) references these "ear tones".
'When played at the right sound level, which is quite high and exciting, the tones in this music will cause your ears to act as neurophonic instruments that emit sounds that will seem to be issuing directly from your head ... (my audiences) discover they are producing a tonal dimension of the music which interacts melodically, rhythmically, and spatially with the tones in the room. Tones 'dance' in the immediate space of their body, around them like a sonic wrap, cascade inside ears, and out to space in front of their eyes ... Do not be alarmed! Your ears are not behaving strange or being damaged! ... these virtual tones are a natural and very real physical aspect of auditory perception, similar to the fusing of two images resulting in a third three dimensional image in binocular perception ... I want to release this music which is produced by the listener ...'"
Amacher & Moore 1/2
YouTube via castelolx. "clip from 'daytrip maryanne'"
The following is an excerpt from this obit by Alvin Curran:
"Maybe it was at the N.Y.U. electronic music studio in an old movie house on Fourth Street in the late 1960s. Mort Subotnick invited her; she slept in a kind of mop closet with her precious tapes, magnetic, bubbly, bizarre, but hard-wired to things I was just beginning to intuit.
Or was it 1970, when she piled into Frederic Rzewski’s mother’s car, all bundled up, aviator cap and all, along with Serge Tcherepnin and Anthony Braxton to whiz off from the Upper West Side on a brief Musica Elettronica Viva early spring tour of Midwestern colleges? These were long hauls on Interstate 80, wet roads, stoned passengers, utopian destinations, laughing singing rapping hyping. Nothing mattered it seemed, except that the youthful skins we were all wrapped in should bestow us eternal life and that the world out there should be waiting for the revolution we were about to deliver from the contents of the trunk of this vintage car."
Maryanne Amacher
Maryanne Amacher on Wikipedia
http://www.maryanneamacher.org
This one in via Brian Comnes.
Update via Michael Trigilio in the comments:
"Truly an inspiration - - I worked briefly with her while a graduate student. My collaborative radio project, Neighborhood Public Radio, is doing a piece in homage to Maryanne called HOLD YOUR PHONE UP for a show at the contemporary museum in Baltimore - - - anyone can call 1-888-361-4NPR and we'll process the sounds we hear (in honor of her seminal City Links projects)."
orange sunshine tribute by properboy
YouTube via theproperboy
"this is the first in a series of tribute pedals based on circuits that i dig. these are not clones but "remixes" of the original design with a leaning towards noise and sonic destruction. each pedal will have point to point wiring and one-off graphic and true bypass. just like the original orange sunshine there are no knobs, your instruments controls effect how much fuzz/oscillation is present."
Pink Floyd's Zoo Story Poster
Floyd 77MOOG Minimoog (2)
SOLINA String Ensemble (ARP)
FARFISA Compact Duo
HAMMOND B3
HOHNER Clavinet D6
Wurlitzer 200
From the Animals Tour (Europe 77)
via Brian Kehew
Update via Micke in the comments: "I'm suspecting this photo was taken during the Wish You Were Here Tour in '75, because I'm pretty sure Rick Wright didn't use the Wurly nor the Farfisa compact duo on the '77 "Animals" tour."
MOOG - A Quilt by Jan Myers
"Myers-Newbury herself revealed that the origin of the name is from the Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard instrument invented by Dr. Robert Moog in the 1960s. She says, "I recall that Moog synthesizers had vertical bands of colored lights (white and red, mostly) that run up and down as the music changed. Maybe I am imagining this.... but that's what I remember."more details here. via Brian Kehew
Thingamagoop ver 2 + Moog voyager RME
YouTube via rhythminmind
"Demo Video showcasing the Thingamagoop ver 2 controlling a MOOG Voyager RME via CV i/o."
Oxygene part IV
YouTube via Yorkshirelad69
"My take on on Jarre' s seminal Oxygene part IV using just a Nord Wave, Novation Supernova II and Stereo Small Stone Phaser.
It could have been better, there's too much bass, no mini pops and it sounds a bit thin. I'll remake this when I get my Andromeda A6 with a bit of analog warmth and mixer a with more than 5 inputs :)"
Yamaha TG300 TG 300 MIDI synthesizer module
via this auction"Here's an article/review of the TG300
Voices
Voices consist of one or two sound elements, and extensive editing with independent envelope and scaling control for pitch, filter, and level allows for original sound creation.
Multi Modes
For MIDI sequencing, Multi modes with 16-part multitimbrality and 32-note polyphony allow you to play 16 different instruments simultaneously. Parts and voices are fully editable and parameters include: filter cutoff and resonance, level envelope generator, portamento, MIDI Control Change assign, and MIDI Bank Select support.
Single Mode
Single Mode is especially designed for live performance, having 128 editable internal voices with assignable effects, ideal for use with MIDI keyboards and synthesizers. Note and velocity range parameters allow for split, layer, and velocity crossover type voices.
Effects
A Yamaha custom DSP (Digital Signal Processor) provides professional quality reverb, chorus, and variation effects simultaneously. A whole host of effect algorithms, including reverb, chorus, flanger, EQ, rotary speaker, and Aural Exciter* to name just a few, makes it possible to add spaciousness, stereo depth, and sparkle to your sounds. (*Aural Exciter is a registered trademark and is manufactured under license from Aphex Systems, Ltd.)
MIDI
General MIDI compatibility allows playback of third-party MIDI songs and song data exchange with other musicians. As well as standard MIDI jacks, a built-in MIDI interface allows direct connection to Mac and PC-compatible computers, eliminating the hassles of external MIDI boxes and interface cards.
Specifications
Preset (ROM) Voices 456 & 9 drum kits
Internal (RAM) Voices 128 user voices
Polyphony 32-note (1 Element voice), 16-note (2-Element voice)
Multitimbral 16 parts
Sound Sampling AWM2 16-bit PCM sound elements, digital filters
Effect Types Distortion, EQ, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Echo, Cross Delay, Symphonic, Rotary Speaker, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Phaser, Pitch Change, Auto Wah, Exciter, Compressor, Reverb (Hall, Room1, Room2, Room3, Stage 1, State 2, Plate, WH Room, Tunnel, Canyon, Basement), Early Reflections (ER1, ER2), Gate Reverb
Sound Module Modes Single, General MIDI Level 1
Display Backlit 21-character 8-line graphic LCD
Audio Connections R, L/MONO LINE OUT - 1/4 inch phone jack x2; AUDIO IN - RCA phono jack x 2; PHONES - 1/4 inch stereo phone jack x1
MIDI Connections IN, OUT, THRU - 5-pin DIN
To Host Connection 8-pin mini DIN
Dimensions (W x D x H) 220 x 257.2 x 91.6 mm (8 5/8'' x 10 1/9" x 3 5/8")
Weight 1.9 kg. (4 lbs 3 oz)
Power Supply Voltage 12 V, 700 mA, Yamaha PA1207 AC adaptor"
Sold For: $88.00
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Hollow Sun Novachord Sample Set Update
New image and update from the Hollow Sun blog:"Nice, quiet Christmas here - just us with no invasion of in-laws, parents and relatives with all the stress that creates .... bliss!
Gave me some time to do more work on the Novachord - I've edited, looped and optimised a whole pile of new samples, many of them quintessentially 'Novachord' in nature ... and Dan's been busy too, not least of which giving it a good polish so that we have a new picture of 'the beast'... "
SenoDS (beta version V0.9.0)
YouTube via MrA128
"Preview of SenoDS - a music sequencer for Nintendo DS (NDS) (homebrew project)
Download: http://senods.blogspot.com/
Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SenoDS
A preview of my music sequencer Seno DS for the Nintendo DS. Its more like a live tool.its what I want while playing music in the subway.
I did this software as a homebrew project in 2009. I prepare to release this beta version V0.9.0."
2 Many Djs feat. Paul Chambers - Yeah, Techno!
YouTube via TheWorldOfPaul. Some Roland SH-101 keytar art at :27.
"2 Many Djs feat. Paul Chambers - Yeah, Techno! Recorded at Soulwaxmas 2009 Antwerp, Belgium"
Akai APC40 Livesequencing Fun
YouTube via SuicideServer
"This is a little jam with my beloved APC40 and also my entry for the APC40 European Video Contest. I thought i contribute one jam, where the APC40 is played like a real instrument. The APC is controlling Ableton Live 8 and one of the Max4Live step-sequencers, which is triggering the drumrack. On track 2 there is a sequence running u-he´s Ace.
Cheers"
Synthesizer Jam with Moog Bass & Guitar
YouTube via Synthiefrau
"Hi Synthfolks, this is a theme from the synth jam with my friends. We used digital and analogue Synths. My little Dark Energie is okey..."
Synthesizer Jamsession
"You can trip on my Synthesizer, electronic world for every boy and every girl.
My friends and I have a little Jamsession and we have fun."
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