Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Odd Circuit Bent Tape Player
YouTube Uploaded by JAMESveeder on Mar 22, 2011
"Heh, found this for cheap, wasn't really working...
Restored it really badly and modified it. Threw a tape loop in there and this is what I got. Comes out with some weird noises for sure."
Octatrack vs. SammichSid
YouTube Uploaded by Catabolicdj on Mar 22, 2011
"The iridescent SammichSid. Inside there's 2 6580 SID chips from Commodore 64s. Depending on the angle of the light, the SammichSid's color is purple, blue or gold. Mix those colors and sounds well with an Elektron Octatrack and you get a blend of old and new."
Roland WS-1 Write Switch
via this auction"Roland WS-1 Write Switch, an ultra-rare accessory for the CR-78 vintage analog drum machine, which allows you to step-write your own patterns..."
Linn Drum (LM-2) drum machine and sequencer
via this auction"This extremely excellent example includes 24 additional sample chips and an IEC power cable.
Additional Sample Chips:
1) Snare 1
2) Snare 2
3) Snare 12*
4) Snare 13*
5) Snare 17*
6) Snare 21
7) Tom 1A
8) Tom 2B9) Tom 2A*
10) Tom 2B*
11) Tom 6A*
13) Tom 6A
14) Tom 6B*
15) Tom 7A
16) Tom 17B
17) Rim 1
18) Mrmba 1A*
19) Mrmba 1B*
20) Tri 1A
21) Tri 1B
22) Tri 1D
23) Bass 4
24) Tamb 1
(*Linn labeled chip)"
Syn+The+Sy+Zer - The guitar additive synthesizer song
YouTube Uploaded by PsiKTrOn on Nov 13, 2009
"This song presents the guitar additive synthesizer from PK Effects: Syn+The+Si+Zer.
This effect will track your guitar signal and generate a wide range of synthetic and intermodulated sounds.
More info: www.pkeffects.com"
via this auction"Coloured Syn+The+Si+Zer knobs:
These controls are like the faders of a mixing console. They adjust the volume of each oscillator of the Syn+The+Si+Zer. The red knob controls an oscillator with the same frequency as the input signal. The blue knob controls an oscillator with a frequency one octave lower. The green one adjusts the one octave higher oscillator. Finally, the purple knob adjusts an oscillator with a frequency two octaves higher. A wide range of tonality can be obtained by combining or using separately each oscillator.
Decay:
This control adjusts the speed of how the sound fade after a note is played.
Volume:
This control is the master level of the effect. The volume control reacts like an “analog device”. This means that pushing all the oscillators and the volume at their maximum will not generate digital clipping but a smooth analog distortion.
Unnamed switch (Waveform Switch):
If you take a look at the module picture, there is an unnamed switch. It selects the waveform of the oscillators. The control is unnamed here because the waveforms can be customized.
The basic Syn+The+Si+Zer contains the three following waveforms: square wave, sine wave and sawtooth waveform.
Mode Switch:
This control mixes the dry signal of your guitar with the synth sound. In mode 0, the dry signal is disabled. In mode 1, the red oscillator is replaced by the dry signal. The red control will affect the volume of the dry guitar signal. In mode 2, the dry signal is added at a fixed volume and the 4 knobs lets you adjust all the oscillators around the dry signal.
Footswitch:
When pressed to the maximum, the footswitch enables/disables the effect.
Some info About the Pitch detection algorithm:
The tracking system in the Syn+The+Si+Zer module has its own personality. And to avoid tracking issue, you have to respect some basic things.
First, the effect is monophonic. It can only detect one note at a time. Finally, the frequency of the oscillators doesn’t change when you bend a note. This is just because the effect updates the frequency when it detects that you played a new note. This is the characteristic that allow you to create an intermodulation effect when you combine the sound of your guitar with the one generated by the effect."
Eowave Persephone Suitcase Synthesizer
via this auction
"Eowave Persephone suitcase edition... wonderful instrument capable of producing sounds that range from house shaking bass to frequencies above the typical human range of hearing (It can be set to span up to 10 octaves!). The suitcase and desktop version have identical functionality which basically consists of a synthesizer controlled by a 50cm pressure sensitive ribbon and an I/O panel that allows the ribbon to control other devices and other devices with MIDI out or pedals to control the built-in synthesizer.
The suitcase version has the advantage of a top cover which can quickly and securely latch over the real wood control surface to both protect and make the Persephone extremely easy to safely carry around.The I/O panel supports: MIDI In/Out, CV Out, Pedal In and Audio Out.
This gives the Persephone the ability to take control of your synths and modular system. In case you were wondering about the single CV Out, it accepts a standard Y cable with a TRS plug. This allows you to send the CV output for both the ribbon pressure (ring) and the horizontal ribbon position (tip).
This is a fantastic synth with a very wide range of unique sounds, largely due to the unique ribbon control interface which gives the user the ability to produce and create audio that is not possible with a keyboard or other typical interfaces. Not only does the built-in synth shine on its own, you will be amazed at the new character and sounds that can now be coaxed from any synths in your collection that are CV or MIDI controllable.Sound Samples and Reviews
1. monstersynths.com/ is entirely dedicated to the Persephone with very detailed reviews, descriptions and plenty of sound samples.
2. Another review with additional sound samples that encompass more than simple demos of the sound capabilities can be found at [link]
Full Manufacturer's Description."
Yamaha IG00153 Analog VCO & IG00151 Analog VCA
via this auction and this auctionTop: "Hard to find Yamaha IG00153 Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) IC chip used in vintage Yamaha analog synths including the CS-80, CS-60, and CS-50."
Bottom: "Hard to find Yamaha IG00151 Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) IC chip used in vintage Yamaha analog synths including the CS-80, CS-60, and CS-50."
MIDI Touch Editor for the Roland MKS-50
You can find the template via Tom, aka 80sboy on the iOSMIDI forum here. I'm guessing this will work with the Alpha Juno as well."My first template for a very straightforward synth, setup on Midi 1. If you have the synth in edit mode it will update the display when you make changes. I like sliders on the ipad, easier for me to use, but suggestions are welcome! Amazing program!"
You will need MIDI Touch to load it of course:
MIDI Touch - Domestic Cat
iPads on eBay
ether^ra 2 RUSSIANS AND
YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Mar 22, 2011
"an improv featuring a looped Serge Creature/Seq A sample, a ::VTOL:: Corvax, a Doepfer DE/Tenori-on combo woth delay. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"
1984 MOOG MEMORYMOOG PLUS SYNTHESIZER PRINT AD
via this auctionON TEST
"Ad measures approx. 8"X 10.5" inches."
See the seller's other items for more.
Mr.SnareDrum analog drum synth based on Roland TR-808
via this auctionvideo previously posted
"Mr.SnareDrum Analog Snare Drum Synthesizer. A handmade and unique Analog Snare Drum Synth. Create authentic sounding TR-808 snare sounds, start a live electro band or hiphop group. It can be triggered by the onboard drum pad, voltage input, or audio input. The input is even velocity sensitive, so you can get the accented sound when you hit it harder. Many different sounds are possible just by hitting it softer or harder (just like a real snare drum!), from a tom drum or rimshot type sound to a regular nice snare to a hard crack that will make your eyes blink (in a nice way!). Turn the 9 knobs to your liking to create a variety of tom, rimshot, click, pop, snare, noise, clap, and snap.
9 KNOBS: SENS (Trigger Sensitivity), SNAPPY, NOISE, TUNE A, TUNE B, TONE, FILTER, DECAY, and VOLUME.JACKS: Trigger Input (can be voltage or audio) and Audio Output.
Powered on 9 volts."
MFB URZWERG PRO
via MFB"* 32 step-controls – 32 skip-switches – 32 LEDs
* two run-modes offering 2 x 16 or 4 x 8 steps
* 4 x CV/Gate-outputs
* polyphonic and monophonic MIDI-output
* four available note quantize modes
* MSRP: 480,- Euro"
Full description for the archives:
"MFB’s step-sequencer URZWERG PRO is the extended version of our URZWERG. This advanced version has been inspired by feature requests and suggestions of many users to ensure better flexibility than ever. Most prominently, URZWERG PRO now offers output of MIDI-notes and -controllers as well as 32 individual step LEDs to keep track of the sequences’ status.
URZWERG PRO offers 32 steps that can either be used for two sequences with up to 16 steps each or with four sequences with up to 8 steps each. You may control up to four synthesizers or CV-controllable parameters in an analogue modular system simultaneously. Using the MIDI-output allows to address four separate synthesizers or multitimbral parts in a single synthesizer. In addition, you may play your MIDI-synth with two, three or voices polyphony. When playing it duo-phonically, the two remaining tracks can be used to control velocity and mod-wheel-data (MIDI-CC 01). Using it with three polyphonic voices, still allows for velocity control.
In 4 x 8 mode, URZWERG PRO can control up to four individual NANOZWERG synths using CV/Gate. As another example, you can also control and individually modulate pitch, pulse width, filter-cutoff and LFO-speed in MFB’s KRAFTZWERG. Finally, using URZWERG PRO in combination with a modular synthesizer-system will allow for even more versatile options. URZWERG PRO’s Gate- and CV-inputs are fully compatible to all common eurorack-format modular systems.
The use of MIDI allows similar applications as using CV/Gate connections but will add further functionality.Sounds can be played polyphonically with up to four voices. Using URZWERG PRO duo-phonically or as dual-monophonic, you can use the remaining two MIDI-controllers to output velocity and mod-wheel-data in parallel with the first two tracks. In a CV/Gate-based synthesizer, all parameters with CV-input can be addressed directly. On the contrary, MIDI-control through URZWERG PRO always also depends on the routing-options of the connected instrument.
URZWERG PRO was designed for intuitive operation. All functions feature designated controls for editing while the sequencer is running. For best overview, URZWERG PRO now features LEDs per step. These LEDs do not only visualize the sequence current position but also the skip-buttons’ status. While setting the MIDI-channel and the operating modes, these LEDs also function as a display.
When using URZWERG PRO on stage, you can set, edit and remove steps live. In addition, you can also modify the sequences’ directions and their individual lengths. As a new feature, URZWERG PRO features a random-function to playback a row’s steps at random. Another novelty is the auto-glide-function. Here, as in the TB-303, glide will only become active with tied notes.
URZWERG PRO allows setting of independent gate-lengths, ranges and glides for rows 1/2 and 3/4. Range defines the CV-range for the step-knobs between 1-10V. For pitch control, the range up to 5V can be quantized. Here, we have added four different scalings to chose from: semitones, whole tones, pentatonic, hexatonic.
All four rows feature skip-buttons per step to activate/deactivate gate-triggers for these positions. Alternatively, the skip-buttons can also deactivate the CV-step-control. To add more liveliness, URZWERG also offers two optimized shuffle-modes.
URZWERG PRO provides four Gate- and CV-outputs to control compatible analogue synthesizers and modular systems. Start-I/O and Clock-I/O allow URZWERG PRO to be synchronized to and sync other analogue sequencers. The additional CV-Clock-input allows for dynamic tempo-control, e.g. using an external LFO or a CV-controller. To sync URZWERG PRO via MIDI, the unit can send and receive start/stop-commands as well as MIDI-clock. In addition, it is possible to transpose sequences and address individual steps using a MIDI-keyboard or DAW.
MFB’s URZWERG PRO has the following dimensions: 310 x 165 x 38/72 mm. An external power supply is included.
Within the EU, the URZWERG PRO is available for EU 480 Euro including shipping. (Prepayment by bank transfer). Non-EU-Residents countries can order the URZWERG PRO for 440 Euro (Price does not include VAT) – Prepayment by PayPal. This price includes shipping.
Please send your order to m.f.b@t-online.de. We will return our bank details or our PayPal account respectively."
Octatrack vs Scissors
Octatrack vs Scissors by Micah Frank
"Scissor samples as processed and sequenced by Elektron Octatrack."
via Micah Frank
StudioBLADE sounds
YouTube Uploaded by musiccomputing on Mar 22, 2011
"Hear sounds from Music Computing's SonicSource as well as third party add-on sounds."
Keyboard controller with built in monome-like interface.
fingerbeatsynth.mp4
YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 22, 2011
drmoonstien on eBay
via this auction"This is a hand built noise synth with an optical theremin. 4 momentary push for sound buttons that are tunned by the knob above each one. great for rythmic noise/melody also has a lo pass filter. has very thick sound great looking this is a great piece to have at a live show or in your studio.cool sounds and eye candy. has blinky led that blinks to the sound the optical theremin reacts to light so the less light the lower the pitch the more light the higher the pitch.strobe lights are awesome with these things witch i demonstrate in the video .has 1/4 inch audio out runs on 9v battery. no cables or battery included."
Bugbrand modular acid house groove
YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Mar 22, 2011
"Just having a play with a new set-up, good fun :)
Japan relief album here : http://darenager.bandcamp.com/album/bug-phonic
Please consider buying it, thanks!"
Prophet 08 vs yamaha dx7 iid.flv
YouTube Uploaded by LF0 on Mar 22, 2011
"I was jaming and decided to record a bit...certainly nothing special, except for the fact I just bought a DX7 II nice and cheap yesterday."
Winter night (Moog solo)
Our friend gattobus, who has been featured numerous times on the site, has written in with some very grave news. Words cannot express how sorry we are. We can only offer him our support in these difficult times. Please send him your well wishes. Hang in there friend, we are thinking of you.
"This is a keyboard solo I recorded a long time ago.
It is dedicated to all my friends that are close to me in this very sad moment of my life.
After an year long struggle against cancer, my wife is passing away...
Thank you for your support.
I promise I'll be back with my music stronger than ever!
with love,
Gianni.
www.youtube.com/gattobus
www.vimeo.com/gattobus
www.facebook.com/gattobus"
Voxels - 22.03.2011 - Live Minimoog Improvisation
YouTube Uploaded by voxelsband on Mar 22, 2011
"Hi guys.
We've been messing around with our Moog Minimoog Voyager in a semi-modular way and with the little Trax Rota-Synth sequencer to create some pulsing new sounds for our upcoming album. So here's a little snippet of an experiment.
No computers involved!
Oh and the sound was captured with the camera microphone, so it isn't pristine, but still cool ;)
Enjoy!"
TRAX added to the Makers section on the right.
V Modular Demo, Richard Wright Tribute, & Japan
YouTube Uploaded by mattsynth on Oct 31, 2009
"The new V Modular. Eurorack housing for the Moog Voyager. Just a little demo, more to come."
Richard Wright Tribute
Uploaded by mattsynth on Nov 10, 2009
"A tribute to the great keyboard artist Richard Wright of Pink Floyd."
Japan
Uploaded by mattsynth on Mar 21, 2011
"Time and time again I see Mother nature challenge our lives. Katrina, Haiti and now Japan.Our hearts go out to the Japanese people who have lost loved ones in this horrific disaster."
Noise Hero Kit Now Available
YouTube Uploaded by ChrisLody on Mar 18, 2011
"Noise Hero kits are now available to buy from http://www.symetricolour.etsy.com in USD and http://www.folksy.com/shops/ChrisDodsworthDesign in the GBP. There is also a pre built version for sale.
The Noise Hero is a lofi noise maker with a lot of routing options built onto a piece of stripboard using a 4093 quad nand chip. This video shows some of the example sounds that are located on the CD rom that comes with the noise hero.
For more about the Noise Hero see this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd9QBBueroA"
Uploaded by ChrisLody on Feb 16, 2010
"First build test of my Noise Hero (previously known as ill logic)
Noise hero is a little 4093 based noise maker which is available to buy from http://www.symetricolour.etsy.com in USD and http://www.folksy.com/shops/ChrisDodsworthDesign in the GBP. There is also a kit version available. I may also produce a boxed version depending on demand.
It is controlled by 5 knobs, 8 switches and one push button.
It has 3 oscillators (Yellow, Green and Blue knobs). Osc 1 produces audio frequency ranges whilst osc 2 and 3 produce LFO and audio freqencies.
Osc 1 goes to the output through a simple passive filter (Red knob) while osc 3 can be switched to the output but bypasses the filter.
Osc 3 modulates osc 1's pitch by the ammount set by the orange knob. This modulation can be shaped by 2 shapers which can be switched on and off. Osc 3 can also gate osc 2.
Osc 2 can gate osc 1 and passes through an inverter after which it can gate osc 3.
There is also a push button to trigger the unit (actually a power button), a switch to lock the power on, a power led indicator and a battery cap switch which lets the unit run for a short time after power off for springy type noises.
A certain configuration can even produce sounds that stop after a time determined by osc 3 which is good for maker sound effects. (see 4:44 onward)
The knobs all go backward as you may have noticed. This is because I'm using logarithmic knobs which make the oscillators easier to contol when wired up the wrong way round.
This is my first build. Everything works perfectly but I found I'd barely alloed myself enough room to fit everything on the stripboard. I'll make the next one bigger.
I'm keeping this one!"
Let's Get Lofi 9 - Casiotone 7000 - Faulty in a good way!
YouTube Uploaded by ChrisLody on Mar 21, 2011
"The CT7000 is a recent purchase of mine that i picked up locally after finding it on Ebay. Once i got it home i realised it was a bit faulty, but in th best possible way!
The CT7000 has the ability to memorise 2 sets of settings for the 20 built in sounds on channel 1 and channel 2 so you can flick between them while playing. But on the one i bought most of the presets on channel 2 come out sounding pleasantly distorted. In particular the Electronic Organ and Violin sounds are great. Luckily the keyboard has volume controls for the 2 channels so the distorted channel can be turned down to a level that matches channel 1. Perfect!
At the start of this little sketch of a song i play with the Electonic Organ on channel 1 (not distorted) and at about 1:10 i switch to the Violin on channel 2 (distorted).
By the way it shares quite a lot in common with the MT-68 and other casiotones of that era but has the advantage of a full size 5 octave key bed, sustain pedal input, volume pedal input, 2x 1/4" audio sockets for the stereo output and an autopanner feature which can be used to atempt to simulate a leslie speaker. Good stuff."
ANDROMEDA ELOY FRITSCH HD
YouTube Uploaded by effsynth on Mar 3, 2011
KORG OASYS, MS20, Minimoog, Alesis Fusion, & Roland JD-800.
"Eloy Fritsch - www.ef.mus.br
Song: Andromeda
Album: Past and Future Sounds
Record Company: Musea/Dreaming
Videoclip produced by: Moving Studios
Year: 2011"
Moog Synths & Modular Sequencing
YouTube Uploaded by experimentalsynth on Mar 22, 2011
follow-up to this post
"This video shows a Make Noise René sequencer modulating a Moog Voyager, Little Phatty and Slim Phatty. René is a Cartesian sequencer and brings a totally new method of control to the Moog synths. No MIDI cables were harmed during the making of this video."
Moog MF-102, MF-104Z,MF-103, Jomox XBase999, MBase01, DSI Evolver , Prophet 08, Mopho ,Little Phatty
YouTube Uploaded by luchomolinarixxx on Mar 22, 2011
"'uniVerso esTacionario' is the name of this awesome new track i have composed! This time i have used the Jomox MBase01 for creating the drum kick sound!... the MBase 01 is a dedicated hardware only for creating drum kicks!... amazing! I have used Native Instruments Kontakt for the strings ensemble and the bass line was played with a Dave Smith Prophet 08!.... there is also some work done by the Studio Electronics SE-1X Red Eye that is now explicit in the video but also sounding!..."
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MOOG,
Native Instruments,
Schippmann,
Studio Electronics,
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Coming soon - RAZOR by Errorsmith & Native Instruments
YouTube Uploaded by NativeInstruments on Mar 22, 2011
"Coming soon - RAZOR by Errorsmith & Native Instruments"
"Time after time" - on Böhm Station One
YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on Mar 22, 2011
"Springtime is here. And just looking at a workstation tends to be a little boring. So I went outside this and enjoyed that fact that almost all the ice had gone.
The music is played on Böhm Station One workstation and was originally recorded by Cindy Lauper in 1983."
Multivox Polyphony MX-65 Synthesizer
via this auction
"Rare model, late 70's 6 tone polyphony synthesizer in excellent working & cosmetic condition. Excellent for period music. Known for its synthetic string & lead synth sounds typical of The Babies, Paul McCartney &Wings & others. Has unique sounds similar to some of the Rolands. Has 2 filters & 3 octaves + many more features. Has been rebuilt, filter caps replaced, contacts cleaned & polished, the sliders have been tightened, the leafs recranked, the internal tuning reset, properly lubed with the right chemicals. Ready to rock & roll."
FORMANT ANALOG SYNTHESYZER MODULAR SYSTEM
via this auction
"3x VCO mit 6 Wellenformen
Noise Generator (White Coloured & Random Voltage)
LFO x3 (3 verschiedene Wellenformen)
2 x ADSR
1x Dual VCA
1x VCF (HP LP BP)
1x VCF 24dB (HP LP)
Com Modul"
POWERTRAN TRANSCENDENT 2000 ANALOGUE SYNTHESISER
via this auction"Powertran Transcendent 2000 Rare Vintage Analogue Synth with original schematics
A single oscillator,fully analogue, British monosynth designed by Tim Orr (EMS) circa 1978, As used by Joy Division and Thomas Dolby etc
Wave Shapes - Pulse / Saw / Triangle / Noise
1 Oscillator / Sub Oscillator
1 Filter LPF / BPF / Self-Reso 2 Pole
2 Envelope Generators - ADSR / AD
2 Envelope Generators - ADSR / AD
Some things you may not know about this surprising synth1 The ADSR envelope generator can be set to repeat mode, turning the envelopes into a second (low range) LFO.
2 The ADSR envelope generator can be bypassed, allowing the oscillator to sound indefinitely, perfect for drones, wind noises etc.
3 The triangle wave shape is adjustable from a ramp to a sawtooth allowing some rather subtle, delicate timbres to be created."
Akai ASQ-10 MIDI sequencer
via this auction"Akai ASQ-10 MIDI sequencer - this is the sequencer part of the famous MPC60 all on its own. If you're not 100% sure about how accurate your computer is at sequencing notes, and are looking for something else to run your synths, you could do a lot worse than this. it's totally rock solid, and will sync to pretty much anything from MIDI clock, MIDI timecode, SMPTE, to audio pulses."
Vintage Clavia DDrum AT
via this auction
"Rare Ddrum AT Drum module by the Swedish company Clavia. There were only a couple hundred of these units made. This one formerly belonged to drummer Lonnie Wilson who has played on countless major label artists."
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