Thursday, February 17, 2011
Moog Sequencing / Nortec Collective Bostich+Fussible
YouTube via pepemogt | February 17, 2011 | 21 likes, 0 dislikes
"This is a Moog Voyager Sequenced by a Futureretro Revolution.
this is the intro of one of our songs from the album Bulevar 2000."
GEM Optical Theremin Noise Synth Photo theremin
via this auction"This is a 100% handmade optical theremin GEM by Magic Echo Music. It is a single square wave oscillator/tone generator, and you control the pitch of the tone by manipulating the intensity, brightness, and movement of light... You can hook up the GEM to external filters and pedals, through the 1/4" mono output jack, and there is also an additional CV input. If you have analog synths with a CV output, you can also modulate the GEM oscillator with your equipment. There is also an additional Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) and Frequency knob which you can use to modulate the oscillator--You will get rapid tremolo effects to a very slow sequence of pulses. This feature sounds great when you hook up the GEM to a delay pedal!This auction is for the BLUE colored GEM, most closely in appearance to the blue gem on the website. The wooden sides are maple and walnut hardwoods. Each optical theremin is uniquely handmade, and there have only been 20 produced and distributed at a DIY music-art event in San Francisco."
m13 joystick controller
YouTube via coloringpad | January 29, 2011 |
"i made a joystick controller for the line 6 m13. 20 knobs at once... put up a demo using it with various settings: the beat is from a korg kp3. might make these if i can find the joysticks again....
www.coloringpad.org"
GlitchMachines Syntax Cataract Circuit Bent Touch &Tell
via this auction"Here is a unique creation by GlitchMachines. It was originally a vintage Texas Instruments Touch & Tell learning toy. Now it has a unique paintjob, a bunch of switches, a knob and has been rechristened "Syntax Cataract". 100% fully functional. Runs on 2 "D" batteries (included, but not new).
Features:
- 20 glitch switches
- Pitch dial knob
- Reset and Speaker Cut switches
- Standard 1/4" output jack
Includes:
- 6 hard-to-find learning module cartridges: "World of Transportation", "Number Fun", "Little Creatures", "Animal Friends", "Alphabet Fun" and "All About Me"
- Printed Owner's Manual"
YouTube via trashbaggage | February 17, 2011
47 Dual Angry Vintage Model D MiniMoogs
YouTube via 7thDanSound | February 17, 2011 |
"Patching up massive control from the modular to a MiniMoog to get angry sounds out of it is something of a hobby of mine. I've done it before. Not with two MiniMoogs however! Well now I have. But watching something like that is kind of boring so I made a stop motion kind of thing out of it instead. It's my first attempt but I like it. Takes a heck of a long time to make though. Enjoy!"
ABO synth module
YouTube via TheMOCM | February 17, 2011
"ABO is a synth "noise machine" that is based on six oscillators.
It has got a Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Delay, Tremolo, Pitch Shiftre Effects + dray /wet. Sum circuit bend sounds, siren, line in/out ++"
via this auction
roland jupter 8 synthesizer chasis / bender assembly
via this auction "roland jupiter 8 synthesizer chassis and bender control this is just the chassis and bender assembly nothing else...
spares or repairs no returns
goth luck"
RC CIRCUIT BENT CASIO M-100 THEREMIN SYNTH KEYBOARD
YouTube via djwidow420 | February 17, 2011
via this auctionResonance Circuits
"CASIO M-100 THEREMIN SYNTHESISER KEYBOARD
THE CASIO M-100 IS A LIMITED EDITION SA-5 THAT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE IF YOU WHERE A MEMBER OF THE CASIO CLUB. IT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY MODIFIED AND CAN NOW PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF GLITCH TWISTED, DISTORTED AND DOWN RIGHT AWESOME RHYTHMS AND MUTATED VOICES.
MODIFICATIONSFEEDBACK CONTROL
THE FEEDBACK CONTROL ALLOWS SELF OSCILLATION, WARPING RHYTHMS AND FREQUECNY SWEEP MODULATION
WARP CONTROL
AGGRESSIVE OVERDRIVE
LDR THEREMIN with on/off switch
USE THE OPTICAL THEREMIN TO MODULATE THE KEYBOARD WITHOUT TOUCHING IT
LOW PASS FILTER SWITCH
FUZZ DISTORTION SWITCH
2 FREQUENCY MODULATING BODY CONTACTS
ULTRA BRIGHT BLUE PULSE INDICATOR
ALIMINIUM CONTROL PANEL
INTERNAL SPEAKER HAS BEEN REMOVED TO HOUSE MODIFICATIONS
ORIGINAL FEATURES32 MINI KEYS
2 NOTE POLYPHONY
25 PRESET SOUNDS/VOICES
EACH SOUND HAS FOUR VARIATIONS, GIVING A TOTAL OF 100 SOUNDS IN ALL
24 PATTERNS
8 RHYTHMS/8 ACCOMPANIMENTS/8 FUNNY ACCOMP'
VOLUME/TEMPO CONTROLS
DEMO MODE
POWER SWITCH
MINI JACK OUTPUT
POWERED BY 4 1.5V 'AA' BATTERIES OR 6V-7.5 DC INPUT"
RC CIRCUIT BENT RANDOM GLITCH DRONE GENERATOR SYNTH
via this auctionVideo at the auction and posted here.
"PANDORA'S BOX RANDOM SOUND GENERATOR
THIS ONE-OFF SPECIAL EDITION PIECE IS A RADICALLY MODIFIED AND RE-HOUSED YAMAHA PSS KEYBOARD FROM 1987
HOUSED IN A VINTAGE WOOD CASE WITH COPPER AND BRASS ACCENTS/BODY CONTACTS, THE RESULT IS A HIGHLY UNIQUE SOUND GENRATOR CAPABLE OF CREATING AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF SOUNDS:
PERCUSSIVE NOISEPADS
RHYTHMIC SOUNDSCAPES
RETRO ARCADE NOISE
BLIPS, BLEEPS AND DRONES
FM NOISE
SPECIFICATION
PUSH/PULL POWER SWITCH
WITH MODULATING RED LED INDICATOR
TRIGGER PUSH BUTTON
ROTARY GLITCH CONTROL
USE TO CYCLE THROUGH THE INTERNAL SOUNDBANK
THE MACHINE WILL OUTPUT RANDOM GENERATED NOISE
ROTARY DISTORTION CONTROLROTARY MODULATION CONTROL
USE TO MODULATE AN ADDED LFO GENERATOR
8 BODY CONTACTS CONTROLS
TOUCH TWO OR MORE CONTACTS TO MANIPULATE THE OUTPUT SIGNAL, ADD WHITENOISE, MODUALTE THE SELECTED SOUND OR ADD ADDITIONAL SOUND FX
ROTARY LEVEL OUTPUT CONTROL
1/4" JACK OUTPUT
POWERED BY
7.5 V DC INPUT
CONSTRUCTIONSTAINED PINE VINTAGE WINE BOX CASING
BLACK GLOSS ACRYLIC CONTROL PANEL
BRASS AND COPPER CONTACTS"
Dimentia Labs vintage plasmasound
YouTube via SuperRoss007 | February 09, 2011
via this auction"dementia labs NEW custom built "VINTAGE PLASMASOUND"..analog synthesizer.This is a breath taking piece in person, photos and videos dont do it justice.the softball size globe gets alot of ewws and ohs with its frankenstien laboritory electronic device look.Has a very stunning retro look it has a 12 way tone selector.Can be used with or without the theremin,will play just as an oscillator.or shut of the synth altogether and makes a awesome looking desk lamp.DeMentia laBs-fantasy art synthesizers"
ARP 2600 part3: Improvisation
YouTube via shaft9000 | February 17, 2011 |
part 2 here
"some fun with the mighty ARP 2600.
This one is modified to facilitate much more flexible PWM and extended keyboard functions. Rebuilt PSU, preamp and filter.
SORRY that the video drops off toward the end there....Windows MovieMaker is to blame for not being Quicktime friendly. Kodak is to blame for only shooting in Quicktime format on the Zi-8. And of course I am to blame for attempting to use them together (ooof !!)"
Electro Harmonix Sequencer Drum
YouTube via Zolophile |
"Super quick sound demo for the Electro Harmonix Sequencer, adjusting pitch, decay, and rate."
via this auction"The Sequencer Drum is one of the rarest Electro Harmonix pedals. Unlike some of the other EH obscurities, this one is actually useful and sounds amazing! Not only is it an 8-step CV/Gate sequencer, but it has a built in synthesizer and a mode that allows you trigger the sequence at a set decay! The leather pad on the front is meant to be tapped to activate the trigger (hence the "drum" in the title). This particular sequencer is the fully patched out version, with an input that allows you to clock the unit externally, and CV and internal Clock outputs for sequencing other synthesizers."
Moog visits Subject Matter Studio
YouTube via MoogMusicInc | February 17, 2011 | 9 likes, 0 dislikes
"Drew Findley of Subject Matter Studio screen prints Moog Etherwave Theremins for 2010 Moogfest artist."
Scapes - Tutorial | twistedtools.com
YouTube via twistedtools | February 17, 2011 |
"Comprehensive tutorial for Scapes, by twistedtools.com"
52 Reason / Record Tips - Week 48: Malström Filters, Shaper, Mods
YouTube via PropellerheadSW | February 17, 2011 |
"You understand the basics of synthesis and have mastered the Subtractor, you've learned about the Malström's unique "graintable sythesis" technique, and now all you need to know to master the Malström is to understand its special filters, shaper, and mods.
To those who have been following along since week one of Synth School, you'll see that I'm picking up the pace a little bit now that you've built a foundation of knowledge. Believe me, we'll need this pace starting next week when we tackle the Thor synthesizer!
But rest assured, by the time we're done you'll know every synth's capabilities, strengths, and routings. And most importantly, you'll be able to think of a sound you want to create, know which synth will get you that sound, and set about making it with skill."
Touchscreen Theremin
YouTube via ethnix73 | February 17, 2011 |
"Just a small test this evening...
Touchsreen theremin might be doable, by adding a gain parameter controlled by the other hand..."
Octatrack meets XoxboX
YouTube via erasemusic | February 17, 2011 |
"a quick jam with one Octatrack, one xoxio Xoxbox and one unmodified Xoxbox. no additional mixer nor effects used."
M-Z3R0 - circuit bent casio PT-87 mk II passed through an M-Z3R0 K-filter.
YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0 | February 17, 2011 |
"A heavily bent PT-87 running through one of my resonant filters. The combination of the two has suprisingly good sounding results. Up there with some £1000+ analogues i've owned and heard. It reminds me a lot of the korg ms20 in both tone and filter quality."
ether^ra DANSE
YouTube via potterpaint2000 | February 17, 2011 |
"an improv featuring my Buchla 200e. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"
Beat Meshing - Octatrack
Beat Meshing - Octatrack from Richard Devine on Vimeo.
"First session with the Elektron Octatrack. Checking out some of the capabilities of this new machine. No drum loops used in this short jam. Just triggering single shot samples of nord percussion and analogue drum sounds. Using the three stages of LFO's for each track to control effects animation and various other parameters. Making some use of the re-trigger sample functions spanned across 4 patterns.
elektron.se/"
The Unofficial Tod Dockstader and Musique Concrete
via The Unofficial Tod Dockstader"The extent of Dockstader's experimentation with sound can be gauged by the fact that in the early 60s, when much of his work was 'constructed', there was no instant means of categorising such work. This was made more the case by Dockstader's straddling of the popular and high art cultural zones: working on the production of cartoons and sound-effects whilst scoring a Fellini film and having his pieces played alongside those of Varèse. Yet, in the mid 60s such 'musique concrete' experiments were more or less a very fragmentary and dispersed form a minor subset of avant-garde classical music. The centre of gravity may have been Schaeffer's Groupe de Recherche Musicales and there may have been other nodal points like John Cage's Fontana Mix and Steve Reich's Come Out, but what seems to be inflected in Dockstader's work, like that of Varèse, is just this sense of isolation and difference from the 'canon' of electronic music as it was becoming conscious of itself and establishing its paradigms."
This one in via Atomic Shadow
Note: I'm creating a Musique Concrete label for such artists. Musique concrete is in effect sound synthesis and the beginnings of sample manipulation. I'll see what blogger brings up for past posts but if you see any I miss the label for let me know and I'll add it.
Morton Subotnick in Vienna
via Noiseconformist"Yesterday Morton Subotnick performed here in Vienna. Before that he gave us a lecture and talked about the origins of his work and of course about the San Francisco Tape Music Center.
When he spoke about those two Buchlas on stage he called them the 'the newest one' (200e) and 'the oldest one'.
'These modules right here are probably the first one (synthesizer) which was ever made.', meaning the modules saying 'San Francisco Tape Music Center Incorporated'. (Buchla's idea how to name it, something what S. obviously didn't like at all - '... this is not a business ...')The slides said 1964-1965 but already showed a Buchla 100 Music Box.
I let the quotes speak for themselves, reading and listening to other sources gives a somewhat contradictory image.
Mr. Subotnick kept speaking about a 'music easel', in a metaphorical sense, he wanted to have.This is not to be mixed up with the Buchla Music Easel we know. Which obviously came out much later.
The adaption of "Silver Apples Of The Moon" is wonderful, very vivid, powerful and gentle at the same moment. Lillevan's projections looked very organic and were a great part of the show. I'm looking forward to Subotnick's "Jacob's Room" on Saturday!"See this post for recent video of Morton Subotnick at Transmediate 2011.
etudeEH
etudeEH from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.
"Just after ubnoxing the EHX 2880 I've made a quick patch on the Buchla and started this improvisation.
Sorry it is a bit long, but time passes very fast when doing such stuff, but well.. it's nice to hear the soundscape going more and more chaotic and rich as minutes passes by.
In the EHX 2880 I've definitely found the perfect companion for my Buchla, hurray!
Any comment is welcome :)"
Abeem Live Technologies updates Rack Performer to 0.96-alpha
"Abeem Live Technologies has updated Rack Performer to version 0.96-alpha.This update includes many stability improvements especially around VST support, and should address all reported issues. The keyboard mapper is now completely functional, including all submap types, new simplified mapping types (control focus vs action keys) and a brand new configuration dialog to select layout and numeric pad mode.
New features:* Major rework of the keyboard mapping types (simpler, more consistent and uniform)
* New keyboard layout selection and configuration dialog allows to setup the keyboard mapper easily
* Keyboard follows and can also change module control focus (aka Keyboard control focus)
* Keyboard focus lock can force keyboard control focus to stay on a given module until manually unlocked
* Control combo mode for numeric pad keys adds extra controls to interact with the focus target
New modules:
* New mini blank GUI wrapper, smallest possible GUI while retaining full control focus ability
USM SEMtex "S" Prototype
flickr by Moregeometrico(click for more including other synths)
Curious if this is related to the Anyware Instruments SEMtex.
Update via Moregeometrico: "the one you see was the first prototype of the semtex series. I just reboxed and reknobbed it!"
Abandoned Roland D-50 Found in a Park
flickr By geo3pea
"Found in the far corner of a car park on an industrial estate, wonder how it got there"
New Leploop Website
http://www.nazzilla.com/lep-loop/
"Laboratorio Elettronico Popolare (L. E. P. ) is proud to present to you a one-of-a kind analog synthesizer, sequencer and drum-machine: LEPLOOP!
Small in nature but aggressive in sound, the user will be able to create a variety of analog timbres and beats.
LEPLOOP was designed to be a minimalist electronic music live-performance groove-box, which can be used to create a variety of electronic musical styles.
The LEPLOOP can be synched via MIDI to another LEPLOOP for tempo-synched operation or to another MIDI device or sequencer to receive sequence stop & start i nstructions."
A bit more heavily crunched tape...
A bit more heavily crunched tape... from recue on Vimeo.
KORG ER-1
"Another take on the tape-head distortion introduced here:
vimeo.com/19805122
More info:
recue.net/?p=219"
Alesis HR-16:B Demo Song & Sony VX-2000 Demo Mode
YouTube via zibbybone | February 17, 2011 |
"Here's the internal demo song for the Alesis HR-16:B. To try to "spice up" this boring video, I put my VX-2000 into "Store Demo Mode" which showcases some of its built-in digital effects. The video is still boring, but at least it gives you an idea of this machine's "aggressive" sounds from 1989. My appologies for the loose audio connection in a couple of spots. Not significant enough for me to re-shoot. Enjoy!"
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