Sunday, February 07, 2010
"True love" by Danielle (TSF)
YouTube via TheSynthFreq. previous post
"Hi! This is a new composition written 2.5.2010. The background track was written track by track on the Yamaha Motif 6 synthesizer. I recorded to 5 tracks in it's sequencer, recording in real time.
Track 1: Rhodes
Track 2: Bass
Track 3: Jazz drum kit
Track 4: Background strings
Track 5: Bongos (jazz kit)
The Organ patch was played on the Roland D-50. This is a "rock organ" type sound that I made only using 4 square waves and just the chorus filter unit in the D-50. No LFOs were used in the TVF or TVA. The organ "tremolo" sound is really the chorus unit at moderate speed at the max value of saturation.
The lead patch is my usual Roland Alpha Juno-1 E-guitar patch with a little EQ in the higher frequencies for clarity in the mix.
PLEASE ENJOY!
:) TSF"
Korg MS2000R
flickr by Logicus Aeturnus"My beloved Korg MS2000R, an analogue modeling synthesizer. I know that I have rivaled the sounds of hell with this thing... "
Martin Hollinger and Brättli Airböurne's friends, Synthorama (Switzerland) in January 2010
flickr by
Brättli Airböurne 3
(click for more)
Be sure to see the Synthorama and Airböurne labels below for more including video and shots of the Synthorama Synth Museum in Luterbach Switzerland.
max4live.info: Lemur's In the Wild: Part 1
max4live.info: Lemur's In the Wild: Part 1 from Michael Chenetz on Vimeo.
"This video will show the Lemur in it's native habitat. No, we are not talking about the animal. We are talking about the multitouch controller. This video aims to discuss the features that make this controller so unique. This is part one of a multipart series on the Lemur"
Things get really interesting fourteen minutes in.
Synth Shots via Building Castles out of Matchsticks
"Building Castles out of Matchsticks is the occupation of a girl named Anne from Hamilton, ON. A small universe of photographs, music, video and written words presents itself to you in small glimpses, fleeting melodies, layered textures, and revealing concealment's. An ever-shifting series of port holes, through which we may glimpse something we recognize if we would but listen. A familiar form that is, at the same time, always moving... bcom'ing if you will."
Yamaha DX1
via this auction
"Here we have the king of FM synthesis and one of the "Holy Grails" of vintage synths (in my opinion). The Yamaha DX-1. Only around 140 of these were produced at an original cost of $13,900 in 1985. That is $26,500 in today's money! This is serial number 118. Yamaha hand selected the finest components available and hand assembled each synth. This is very apparent when you see, hear and play it. The keyboard action is luxurious. It is equipped with a professional wooden, weighted 73 note keyboard. The sound is stunning. I know everyone on ebay says their item is "amazing" but there is something special about the DX-1. I have A/B compared it with Yamaha's FM plug in board, two DX-7s linked together, and a DX-5 and there was no comparison. The DX-1 has a distinct superiority in sound every time, and it's not just a subtle difference either. There is a rawness to the sound of the DX-1 that is lacking in other FM synths. It feels alive, like an old modular synth's immediacy of sound and control. The only way to get the sound of a DX-1 is to own a DX-1 , no software emulation or other synthesizer compares in my opinion. (I have since sold the other Yamaha synths on ebay and received positive feedback for them all)" Sold For: US $5,595.00
KORG MONOPOLY - HQ DEMO synthesizer 1981 Korg Mono Poly
KORG MONOPOLY Analog Synth DEMO | Mono Poly
YouTube Uploaded by AnalogAudio1 on Feb 7, 2010
"The Korg MonoPoly came out 1981 and was the last analogue monophonic synthesizer from Korg. Actually, the MonoPoly is a monophonic synth - but you can play it polyphonically, too - if necessary.
The Korg/Mono Poly is a very flexible synthesizer: It has 4 oscillators, oscillator sync, cross modulation, PWM, 24 dB Filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, 2 LFO's with many waveforms, ARPEGGIATOR, CHORD MEMORY and portamento.
It is built around SSM chips like the Korg Polysix. I think, with the MONOPOLY Korg wanted to produce a synth as an alternative to the Minimoog and Sequential Circuits Pro One.
The most characteristic thing on the MonoPoly is the arpeggiator, when it triggers the oscillators in poly-mode. Every step of the arpeggiator triggers a different oscillator - unique patterns can be produced.
The MonoPoly sounds great - it produces fat basses and leads - but also FX sounds, bells, like you can hear in the video.
I played the Korg MonoPoly sometimes with a Roland DEP-5 for delay effects and a Lexicon MPX-500 for reverbs."
YouTube Uploaded by AnalogAudio1 on Feb 7, 2010
"The Korg MonoPoly came out 1981 and was the last analogue monophonic synthesizer from Korg. Actually, the MonoPoly is a monophonic synth - but you can play it polyphonically, too - if necessary.
The Korg/Mono Poly is a very flexible synthesizer: It has 4 oscillators, oscillator sync, cross modulation, PWM, 24 dB Filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, 2 LFO's with many waveforms, ARPEGGIATOR, CHORD MEMORY and portamento.
It is built around SSM chips like the Korg Polysix. I think, with the MONOPOLY Korg wanted to produce a synth as an alternative to the Minimoog and Sequential Circuits Pro One.
The most characteristic thing on the MonoPoly is the arpeggiator, when it triggers the oscillators in poly-mode. Every step of the arpeggiator triggers a different oscillator - unique patterns can be produced.
The MonoPoly sounds great - it produces fat basses and leads - but also FX sounds, bells, like you can hear in the video.
I played the Korg MonoPoly sometimes with a Roland DEP-5 for delay effects and a Lexicon MPX-500 for reverbs."
Analog Synthesizer Gemini AL3 and Midi - Industrial -
YouTube via Sigmundleid
"Analog Synthesizer Gemini AL3 and Midi - Industrial -"
This one appears to have been removed. See this post instead.
Lemelle: "You Drive Me Crazy, Baby / Insane (Track 33)"
YouTube via VoiceEncoder.
The Talk Box.
"Lemelle: "You Drive Me Crazy, Baby / Insane (Track 33)". http://PurpleSpaceMonkeys.com"
Ag-Kw - Chair 2048 - DSI Evolver, Waldorf Blofeld, Pulse, Mac Beth Dual VCO
YouTube via hofnaar
"Ag-Kw - Chair 2048 - New Family Member - DSI Evolver
Macbeth Dual VCO
DSI Evolver (Desktop)
Waldorf Pulse
MFB 503
Novation Drumstation
Waldorf Blofeld
Waldorf 4pole
Ensoniq DP/4
Boss RE-20
Akai APC40
Mackie SR24-4
myspace.com/ag-kw"
hue008 spectral apc modulation : an intro (1)
YouTube via coloringpad. You might remember this one from this post.
"Here is the first demo video of the hue008 spectral apc modulation unit... The HUE 008 consists of 2 APC's ((atari punk consoles. really four 555's)) built from scratch from the circuit board (set 1: yellow and green, set two: red and purple), with two knobs to cross modulate between them (orange and blue). Each APC is routed (respectively) left and right, for stereo goodness. In addition, the HUE 008 has a tint knob & switch (stereo ring modulator), a light knob and switch (one solo light sensor), a spectrum knob and switch (three light sensors housed inside the pulsing and spectrum cycling center light, which is operated by the lower center pushbutton), and a shadow knob and button (battery sag)... I attempted to design a super dynamic, fat APC, with the APC's being the signal for ring modulation, to boot. I hope somehow it makes somebody's top ten list of things that make ununderstandable noise somewhere. I'd be honored and flattered. Please rate and comment... www.coloringpad.blogspot.com"
Update (original post at 3:59 PM):
hue008 spectral apc modulation : the light (2)
hue008 spectral apc modulation : stereo ring mod (3)
hue008 spectral apc modulation : light & shadow + electribe (4)
Waldorf Blofeld - sounds and presets
YouTube via ittaital. via Martin on the Waldorf list.
"http://soundcloud.com/ittai-barkai
Playing around with my brand new Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer.
Just pulled it out of the box, it has an easy user interface (this clip was done with ~8 hrs "flight time").
All sounds here, are by the Blofeld synth besides the hi-hats and snares. A fun tool !
Video is a short excerpt from the magnificent movie by Godfrey Reggio - Koyaanisqatsi (Life without balance). The original films soundtrack, is by no other than Phillip Glass. 1982."
Waldorf Blofeld - space voyage
"Third short compilation on my Blofeld synth. Again all sounds are from the Blofeld synthesizer, besides hats and claps.
Sequencer work is on Cubase...
This time the movie excerpt is from "2001 - a space odyssey" by S. Kubrik. (1968).
Hope you enjoy it..."
follow-up to this post
Wicks looper
YouTube via grandtippler
"More info and Etsy listing here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...
The Wicks Looper is a small hand held device that allows you the create real-time noisy loops and sound effects."
Kurzweil K150 FS Synth Rack
via this auction
"Kurzweil K150 Fourier Synth Rack from 1986. If you are not familiar with the K150, it was Kurzweil’s only module to use additive synthesis, much like the Sequential Circuits VS [the Prophet VS was not additive - see Robbie's notes in the comments]. It comes loaded with 69 presets sounds in memory so you won’t have to start from scratch. It also comes with the FS-SMP Fourier Synthesis modeling program written by Hal Chamberlin."
Update via Richard Lainhart: "i used to own a K150, back in the 80s. It was a wonderful-sounding instrument, but I was never able to really program my own sounds because the modeling program mentioned in the description runs only on an Apple IIe, which was already obsolete in the mid-80s. I sorta got it to work in a IIe emulator running on my Mac Plus, but the modeling app was crippled running in the emulator, and too limited for real work. The 150 had many excellent preset sounds, and featured a number of alternate tuning tables.I believe Wendy Carlos also used one of these, and I'd heard she got a IIe specifically to run the app. She also, if I recall correctly, designed some of those alternate tunings.
For those interested, several of the tracks on my second, unreleased Periodic Music album called "Walking Slowly Backwards" feature the FS150, in particular, a piece called "The Naga" in which the lead voice is the 150 controlled with a Lync LN-4, using (I think) one of Carlos' alternate tunings.
You can listen to those tracks here on my site:
http://www.otownmedia.com/he/walkingslowlybackwards.htm"
Tiptop Audio Z8000 Matrix Sequencer Mini Review and Demos on Navs
on navs.modular.lab here"The Z8000 is billed as a matrix sequencer/ programmer and offers ten independently-clockable lines of CVs. Given its price and relatively compact size, it is a remarkably flexible and affordable package."
audio palette
YouTube via kjolly70. on iTunes here
"Audio palette is an innovative instrument that allows you to remix looped tracks in a new way.
In audio palette each sound is represented on the screen as a circle. The closer your touch is to the center of the circle, the louder the sound. Your performance is automatically recorded and looped back with perfect timing accuracy allowing you to create a new loop built from your remix. You can record up to four of these looped recordings and switch instantly between them to create yet another layer of performance. The software also allows you to edit the positions and sizes of the circles on screen, so you can develop your own style of play.
This initial release has four palettes and includes custom samples provided by legendary rock music producer and ambient music pioneer Brian Eno.
Enjoy!
To see a video of audio palette in action, please go to www.audiopalette.net
Features:
- 4 audio palette sample sets
- Automatic looping with high accuracy timing for perfect loops
- 4 touch performance record buffers
- Edit mode with ability to move and size palette circles
Requirements:
Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone 2.2.1 or later
For questions or feature requests send e-mail to info@audiopalette.net
For support please send e-mail to support@audiopalette.net"
The Realistic (Moog) MG-1: Part 5
YouTube via AutomaticGainsay. All parts here.
"Here is part 5 of a six part series documenting the sound and functionality of the Realistic (Moog) MG-1. This part largely deals with how awesome and not "cheesy organ" the polyphonic section is."
Elka Panter inside and out
YouTube via sounddoctorin
"Bob Weigel goes through some repair tips and plays around with the Elka Panther organ. This unit is actually going to be used by "The Like" and was purchased by Pete Thomas recently for the band his daughter plays drums in. I love as I mention the construction but if you get one plan on replacing all those 61 electrolytic capacitors and possibly the lamp for the tone decay (which is a decay envelope for the mixture tabs.)"
ARP Odyssey/Little Brother: synced Osc FM with footpedal
ARP Odyssey/Little Brother: synced Osc FM with footpedal from Jochen Bohnes on Vimeo.
"The intention of this clip is to show, how the Odyssey can be controlled easily but quite complex with the footpedal.
IMO the Odyssey has one of the best interfaces, small synthesizers ever had."
St. Nikolaus plays Solaris
flickr set by solaris synth
(click for more)
"While I was working late at the German office, who should drop by but St. Nikolaus! (Nicholas in English.)
You see, in Germany Dec. 6th is celebrated as St. Nikolaus Day. Obviously, he was in the neighborhood, and had heard about the forthcoming Solaris synthesizer. Wanting to get his own private tour, I heard a knock at the door, and a loud, low voice ask if there were any children here. When I opened the door, he started laughing, saying he wanted to see what this Solaris was all about, having heard so much about it himself."
http://johnbowen.com/
via http://twitter.com/solaris_synth
John Bowen Solaris - New FX routing and Input/Output pages
via John Bowen on the John Bowen Synth Design forum, via http://twitter.com/solaris_synth"The latest OS has a new arrangement for the FX pages, and adds new inputs/outputs assignment pages. I was hoping to get some video showing these before I took off to Germany on Sunday (Feb. 7th), but it may have to wait.
Basically, one of the coolest things about the re-design is that now there are 4 Effects busses (channels), and you can have any output receive any of the FX buss outs. This means you could use the 4 stereo analog output pairs ( (or the S/PDIF) to send out a
separate effect (there are currently only 4 effects). Or, you can put any combination of effects in series, however once you use an effect, it is removed from the available 'FX Pool'. You can even put the FX busses in series themselves, so that one set of outputs has just chorus, but another output set has chorus routed into delay (as shown in the pictures below). All in all, an extremely flexible setup!On the Output page, each Output set is listed with a selected signal source. This source list is as follows:
OFF, Synth, Ext 1/2, Ext 3/4, S/P-DIF, FX Chan 1, FX Chan 2, FX Chan 3, FX Chan 4.
Selecting Synth, for example, will route the dry, direct synth output to the associated Output assignment.I'll see if I can get a visual of some kind posted before I leave. Busy packing and getting things together today (and I have a gig tonight!)
-john b.
-edit- here we go"
VANGELIS-THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC(PART 1)
video upload by ANDREASROCKY
"VANGELIS INTERVIEW IN HIS NEMO STUDIO(1984)!"
VANGELIS-THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC(PART 2)
"VANGELIS INTERVIEW IN HIS NEMO STUDIO(1984)!"
VANGELIS-THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC(PART 3)
VANGELIS-THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC(PART 4)
properboy l.d.r. passive resistance pedal
YouTube via theproperboy
"www.properboy.com
this unit is capable of controlling volume, as well as control voltages, by the amount of light that enters the cell."
circuit bent boss ds-1 by properboy
"www.properboy.com
transistor modification, two mode switch, capable of self oscillation, not subtle "
Synth movie themes from the vault- Francis Monkman (the long good friday) remix
YouTube via mik300z
"Always loved this soundtrack, and its not heard very often. Also very hard to find a stereo recording of it. Francis Monkman was a great synth player and composer. This is a cover, but I kept the original sax part (no synth can replace a real sax played by a real sax player!) Took me a long time to sample it and bring it back into the track, but ableton is one powerful tool. Lots of EQing and compression/delays etc. Hope you like it!
Juno 6- sequence, bass
Ensoniq ESQ1 - sequencer, sawtooth bass
Juno G - Elec piano
Microkorg-strings
Akai s3000 - drums, opening countdown
Ableton live 7- recorder /arranger and effects"
Awakenings 060210 Astrogator, Norman Phay & Nick Robinso
via the forum where you'll find more images of the performance.pictured:
Astrogator [top two shots] - Steve Humphries aka Create and Jez Creek aka Modulator ESP with a set of sequencing and space music
Norman Phay - keyboardist of Vietgrove with an experimental modular set
Nick Robinson - looping guitarist extraordinaire with a set of improvised ambience
Huba&Silica feat. Jahricio
flickr by hubasilica"foto x pablomurillo
Jazz Café San Pedro // 01 feb.2010"
KORG MicroKORG used as a controller for Ableton Live.
www.jazzrobot.com
trapezoidal insect colony
trapezoidal insect colony by b3nsf
"two tracks of Univox Minikorg 700s, akai Mpc 2000xl, Roland mc-202, Roland juno-G, Ibanez ad-202 and Alesis wedge and a behringer mini mixer.. recorded on griffin Imic!"
"the minikorg is doing the high cricket sound that turns all distorted ring-mod aggressive then fades back to crickety sounds... MPC does the two jabs and the bass slide...."
"two tracks of Univox Minikorg 700s, akai Mpc 2000xl, Roland mc-202, Roland juno-G, Ibanez ad-202 and Alesis wedge and a behringer mini mixer.. recorded on griffin Imic!"
"the minikorg is doing the high cricket sound that turns all distorted ring-mod aggressive then fades back to crickety sounds... MPC does the two jabs and the bass slide...."
Analog Impressions #025
YouTube via Dovinia
"Juno-6 arpeggio triggered by a MicroKORG via a midi/cv converter. I'm out of my depth here as I usually don't venture into the more rhythm driven soundscapes... The CS-10 filter is in band-pass mode."
Yamaha CS-70M
YouTube via noddyspuncture
"Just messin' on my Yammy CS-70M. It's not a CS-80 by any means, but it is still a damn fine and inspiring keyboard all the same. A "different beast" from the same stable...!"
Rob's Revenge [EMX-1 + KP3]
YouTube via callmekorbi
"ATTENTION: Please listen first to this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCGtT...
[also below]
I like Matrix.
I wanted to do something different, so I thought let's do a "simple re-make-edit-thingy-something" of Rob Dougan's "Clubbed To Death".
It's by far not as epic as Rob's song, but come on... he had a whole orchestra to do it! ;D
PS: Keanu Reeves said he liked it...
Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ljc30mttxtt"
Rob dougan clubbed to death videoclip
"Rob Dougan ´s videoclip of 'Clubbed to death'"
Korg Delta Vintage Synth
via this auction"Korg Delta synthesizer string ensemble keyboard."
Sold For: US $199.00
via selectivepressure in the comments
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Dual Kawai K5000
via sequencer.de who states this was a real product by Kawai and not a user mod. Anyone know more about this? It features the K5000S on top, which is the K5000 synth engine with knobs, and the K5000W on bottom, which is the synth engine with sequencer workstation minus knobs.Update via Achim: more pics and info here. It actually is a custom piece and not directly from Kawai.
Foxrox Paradox Moog Voyager
YouTube via inanaloghaze
"Foxrox Paradox TZF in the mixer out, filter in jack on the beatuiful Moog Voyager analog synthesizer."
Sherman Filterbank 2 Moog Voyager
"The almighty analog sounds of the Sherman Filterbank 2 in the mixer out, filter in jack on the one and only Moog Voyager mono synth. Supreme distortion and insane sounds!"
Moog Ring Modulator and Voyager
"Moogerfooger Ring Modulator in the mixer out, filter in jack of the Moog Voyager."
Moogerfooger phase Moog Voyager
"Moogerfooger 103 phase shifter in the mixer out, filter in jack on the incredable Moog Voyager analog mono synth"
Moogerfooger FreqBox Moog Voyager
"Moogerfooger FreqBox 107 in the mixer out, filter in jack of the Moog Voyager."
All Graceful Instruments
YouTube via inanaloghaze. Note how thin that rack is in the videos below. Anyone know what it is?
"Furure Retro 777 sequencing Moog Voyager, Waldorf Q Plus, XT and Alesis Andromeda. Full Moogerfooger."
Moog Voyager with voltage controlled delay
"Expression pedal controlling volume on the Voyager. Direct into two 104z delay pedals."
Moog Voyager Touch Screen
Midi-Fighter Mapping for Traktor Pro
YouTube via eangolden
"Here is a walkthrough video and detailed explanation of Ean Golden's mapping for the midi-fighter. Download the MP3's and mapping file at DjTechTools.com"
Depeche Mode "Stories of Old" (bare version)
YouTube via DX5
"Me playing Depeche Mode "Stories of Old" (bare version)"
"'Stories of Old' cover (Bare version, not original)
I will be back on full instrument versions soon.
Keyboards:
Upper: Roland JX8P
Mid: Emu EMAX II HD
Lower: Kurzweil PC1x
Composed by Martin L. Gore"
Demonstration of highly modifed Roland TR-606
YouTube via phono1337
"Demonstration of my highly modifed Roland TR-606. Here's a close up look at the mods I did for my Roland TR-606. more info at http://dinsync.info"
Rickenbacker + Moogerfoogers = Analog Bass Synthesizer
YouTube via plague1715
"vintage Rickenbacker bass put through an MXR DynaComp for squashing levels, then into the Freqbox (mix fully clockwise) and into the MF-101. The filter cutoff is modulated by a triangle wave from the MP-201, and the MP-201 pedal is controlling the lfo speed.
Audio recorded in Ableton Live
Video recorded in iMovie
VIdeo edited in Logic Pro and iMovie"
Korg MS10 (teaser - pantasy)
YouTube via unklekarma
"This is just a little teaser for our upcoming review of the Korg MS10.
All sounds made with Korg MS10 - 2 mono tracks.
Recorded using TC konnekt 8 running Studio One.
Upstereo, Studio One EQ, Kjaerhus Master+Limiter added to final mix.
camera... Andreas Stoubye Johansen
sound, edit & graphics... Kaare Bøje
thanks to... Lasse Sort
Visit these websites:
www.justastudio.net
www.myspace.com/justastudiodotnet
www.soundcloud.com/justastudio
www.youtube.com/justastudio
www.twitter.com/justastudio"
justareview #008 - Raagini Digital
YouTube via unklekarma
"Raagini Digital - electronic tanpura, We call it the indian box and it's a very basic synthesizer
with little possibilities. But it got that exotic new age sound which makes it a bit special.
Recorded using TC konnekt8 running Studio One.
made by... Kaare Bøje
Thanks to... Kristoffer "Teppop" Bredahl
Links:
www.justastudio.net
www.myspace.com/justastudiodotnet
www.soundcloud.com/justastudio
www.twitter.com/justastudio"
Making a space synth cover isn't difficult
YouTube via yarosystems. Note this isn't a tutorial, he's just playing music he created.
"This is what I've made. Now you show me your covers."
It does show what the individual synths sound like in the mix.
First track:
Novation Nova
Emu ESI 4000 for Linndrum samples
Yamaha QS300 sequencer
Second track:
KORG R3
Novation Nova
Emu ESI 4000 for Linndrum samples
Yamaha QS300 sequencer
k o r g
flickr by brian bobekKORG EMX and ESX
"http://www.springfieldnuclear.com/cyclone.mp3"
http://www.springfieldnuclear.com
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