Serge Modular - Dual S/SG + TGO groove sequencing

Serge Modular - Dual S/SG + TGO groove sequencing from Christopher Jon on Vimeo.

"Continuing to explore two S/SG and TGOs as quirky sequencers."

Serge Modular - Pseudo-sequencing with two S/SGs and TGOs. from Christopher Jon on Vimeo.

"Cross patching two S/SG and TGO function blocks to create subtle accents and general grooviness. Explored more in another video."

via @parasitk

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent OMNICHORD OM-27 (july 2011)

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Jul 21, 2011
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"Seriously modified OMNICHORD synthesizer... First 10 minutes of the demo is a general play about with the various modifications, followed with quick demonstrations for the various new features.

Lets start with the obvious - Metal Touch Points and lots of beautiful flashing lights, play the various Tones & Bass frequencies directly with your fingers.
Marvel at the hypnotic, synestasic power of the flashing lights, which indicate Chord/Bass/LFO and all of the Analog Drum/Bass/Chord Triggers.

Drum Switches allow the preset Rhythm patterns to be Combined with each other to create unique Rhythmical Stuctures. Drum Knobs allow the Analog Drums to be Tweeked and altered.

LFO is able to modulate the PITCH, CHORD GATE, BASS GATE & Volume GATE. Has an ON/OFF Switch, loads of flashing lights and a big RATE knob.

Bass now has seperate volume knob and a pair of switches to alter the bass rhythm pattern

Digital Mods comprise of three big silver Rotary Switches on the right of the machine. These knobs provide fascinating Echos, Arpeggios, Ring Mods, De-tuning, Dischord and general strangeness and trippy techno sci-fi sounds....
Actually the digital mods are my favourite, as they sound very unique and unlike anything else you're ever likely to hear from a conventional synthesizer.

Yea, it's going up on ebay in a day or two. Man's gotta pay rent :)"

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Aries AR-313 analog keyboard controller

via this auction
"Untested Aries AR-313 Analog Keyboard controller with documentation. It looks beautiful but no power source, Rare modular synth company from Massachutsetts. I don't see these too often.

CV Out
Trigger Out
Gate Out
Voice Out
Aux Voice Out

Trim
Trim
Pornamento"

Sem & René

YouTube Uploaded by Ebotronix on Jul 21, 2011

"Oberheim Sem (no jumpers) 2xVCO square out cv from René via Toppobrillo Quantimator Lag by Toppobrillo Sport Modulator
Audio 2x VCO to Analogue System Filterbank( 2x RS 360 2x RS100 -cv from Make Noise Brain -2x PP & Wogglebug)to Maestro Ringmodulator & Moog Ringmodulator(-cv from Sem LFO Moog Freq Box)
to Make Noise Moddemix cv from sem env 1&2
3 tracks
2 tracks Boss DR770 to AS Filterbank and both Ringmod's"

ARP Sequencer 1613

via this auction

"16/dual 8 event"

SN 16130221

Pic of the inside below.

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360 Systems SlaveDriver

via this auction

"360 Systems SlaveDriver Guitar Synthesizer Interface"

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Getting Deep into SampleWiz

YouTube Uploaded by JCRUDESS on Jul 21, 2011

"Here is a cool technique i use to create some very unique sounds with SampleWiz!"

SampleWiz - Jordan Rudess: Wizdom Music, LLC - iTunes
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Practical Max 1-A

YouTube Uploaded by cycling74com on Jun 27, 2011

"Stretta plays household items like musical instruments."

via The Stretta Procedure

"Cycling 74 debuts a new video series in which I demonstrate some practical uses of Max and share the patches I make. In this first episode, I'm exploring what can be done with some inexpensive piezo mic elements and Tristan Jehan's analyzer~ external. But really, I'm just having an embarrassing amount of fun."

Modular Funk

YouTube Uploaded by csmcrckrs on Jul 21, 2011

"Same bassline as in a previous video ... this time in a funkafied version.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bass - Doepfer MAQ 16/3 + Doepfer A-100
Lead - provided by alien radio: http://www.myspace.com/alienradioplus
Pads: Creamware Minimax ASB
Beat: stolen

I cheated a bit in the video .. it's not exactly recorded live."

Beat707 XT Prototype

via Beat707.com
"Beat707 XT first prototype pcb. 16 faders, 6 encoders, 4 buttons+leds for selection. No Arduino needed, just plugs into your original Beat707 I2C (TWI) interface. (4 wires, including voltage and ground) Soon we will release videos of it.

We should also mention that this is the exact same width of the Beat707 device. So it will follow the 16 step-buttons positions for the faders. The Beat707 XT allows you to use it as a Mixer or for the S1/S2 tracks in an Analog Style Step Sequencer. (see the other YouTube video for an example)"

Beat707 BigTime

YouTube Uploaded by beat707videos on Jul 21, 2011

"https://github.com/Beat707/Beat707-BigTime

This turns an ATtiny85/45 + 7-Segment 4-Digit Clock LED into a Beat + Measure display that connects to the Beat707 unit using only 4 wires. (TWI / I2C - SDA, SCL, Ground and 5V+)

Hardware used: ATtiny85 (using its internal Oscillator) - CD4067 Multiplexer - C595 Shift Register (serial input - 8 x parallel output) - 82 ohm resistor - 4 digits 7 segments LED clock display - ISP programmer (Arduino as an ISP device or USBtinyISP)

The great thing about this is that it doesn't hog on any of the free pins, it uses the shared I2C/TWI interface, which uses 4 wires and can have multiple devices sharing the same interface."

ARP 2600 synthesizer + 3620 keyboard

via this auction

Includes original owners manual, original ARP 2600 patch book.

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Kawai Synthesizer-100F

via this auction

patch overlay

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Vintage ROLAND AP-2 Phase II

via this auction

"The Phase II is the smaller, stripped down version of the Phase Five. It has a very pretty, high-quality phase shift--very different from a Small Stone or a Phase 90, but still classic and 70's sounding."

KENT K-2200 Rhythm System

via this auction

"The K-2200 is a unique 70's rhythm box because it has a decay knob, which sounds especially nice on the kick drum. This Kent is extra special because it was modified (by Switched On Music Electronics) with trigger inputs for the different sounds. Mated with a modular synthesizer, you get nine vintage drum sounds accessible via patch cables. Triggering at audio rate is especially interesting."

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REALISTIC Metronome Analog Drum Machine with Mods

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"The Realistic Metronome may look like an answering machine, but it has all the thump and hiss of other vintage rhythm boxes. This one is special because Switched On Music Electronics added trigger inputs for the individual sounds and knobs for pitch and decay. Since this rhythm box operates internally on 10v, trigger sources must be greater than 10v to trigger the sounds. There is also a clock output, to help sync the preset rhythms to your music."

Electro Harmonix Super Space Drum

via this auction

"The SUPER Space Drum is an improvement on the simple design of its not-so-super relative; it has modulation, which goes into the audio range can be added or subtracted from the pitch. There are two trigger inputs and a switch to choose two decay settings. This thing is a blast--it clangs, wobbles, and shrieks."

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M.P.C. The Kit with Original Box

via this auction

"The Kit is a very rare little percussion synthesizer. The kick, snare, and toms sound a lot like an 808, while the cymbals remind me of a Roland CR-78 or a Boss DR-55. The sounds can be adjusted via trimpots on the bottom of the unit (see photo), making the kick capable of Miami Bass style 808 booms or flat thuds. The Kit also has a sequencer for the hi-hat sounds, giving you a ton of different patterns in different time signatures."

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Star SYNARE 3 vintage analog percussion drum pad synth

via this auction
"The Synare was the most popular stand-alone drum synth during the 70's and 80's. Every pop music cover band had one, mostly for the classic pee-oooh disco laser sound. However the Synare can get much crazier. It is a two oscillator monosynth with a nice filter, white noise, and two fast envelopes. One oscillator can FM the self-oscillating filter for great metallic sounds. The fast envelopes with filtered noise make for awesome blasting snares (Gary Numan used that sound to nice effect). The Synare 3 can even approximate an 808 cowbell by de-tuning the two oscillators. Endless fun."

PAIA 3760 OZ Keyboard Synthesizer

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"PAIA 3760 OZ Keyboard Synth. It was a kit built in the late 70's. It runs on a 9V battery and has a self contained speaker..."

Crazy scarecrow lady with curly boots.

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MOOG Satellite vintage preset analog synth

via this auction

SN 2176544

MOOG Liberation with Custom Power Rack

via this auction

"The power rack is custom, built by Switched On Music Electronics. It is identical to the stock one, but has V-trig (Arp, Roland, modular, etc.) as well as S-trig (Moog, Yamaha, early Korg) outputs."

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circuit bent yamaha pss-470

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Jul 21, 2011
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"circuit bent yamaha pss-470"

bop_gun.mov

YouTube Uploaded by MILQUETOASTE on Jul 5, 2011

"Funkifying the universe one shot at a time."

via musikgear

jenseqdemoproper

YouTube Uploaded by SPFXsynthesisers on Jul 21, 2011

Update 5:45PM: new video.

iRig MIDI Core MIDI interface for iPhone / iPod touch / iPad and SampleTank for iOS

YouTube Uploaded by ikmultimedia on Jul 18, 2011

"Visit http://www.ikmultimedia.com/irigmidi for more information

iRig MIDI is an ultra-compact standard Core MIDI interface for iOS that connects any MIDI compatible device to the iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad®.

iRig MIDI connects MIDI keyboards, drum machines, drum pads, pedal boards and more to an iOS device to control not only the included SampleTank FREE* but also a world of MIDI-compatible apps such as GarageBand®. You can also use iOS apps to control external MIDI equipment such as sound modules, DAWs or lighting systems right from the mobile device.

The included SampleTank for iOS also offers a high-quality mobile alternative to traditional software and hardware sound modules and has been studied from the ground up to work as a live performance instrument where it can access as a vast 1GB library of over 500 ready-to-use sounds."

Dave Vosh & Venus Slick Live

A chance to see some interesting instruments live.

"Friday, Nov. 4 – Dave Vosh brings “bag of analog tricks” to the Lou!

Dave Vosh
Special guests Dr. Mabuse and Venus Slick
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 – 8 pm
Floating Laboratories
4528 Ohio [St. Louis]
Admission: $5

HEARding Cats is excited to bring east coast synthesis sensation Dave Vosh to St. Louis for a rare Midwest performance. Vosh has had a lifelong passion for electronic music. After years of toiling in autodidactic obscurity

he summoned-up the courage to contact one of his idols, Karlheinz Sctockhausen, by mail. To his great shock, Maestro Stockhausen not only answered his letter personally but continued the correspondence with Vosh up until his death; offering advice and discussion on all sorts of musical issues. Emboldened by Stockhausen’s attention, Vosh assembled an arsenal of sophisticated electronic instruments and recently decided to take the bushel-basket off his lamp in the active DC/Baltimore avant garde scene. He now performs regularly in the Electric Possible and Sonic Circuits series, as well as at the Red Room, Hexagon, and Pyramid Atlantic. He appeared in the 2008 and 2009 Electro-Music Festivals.

In an unusual appearance on Baltimore’s Rams Head Live stage Vosh’s solo performance was described:

'He comes in, hobbles up to the stage on his cane, opens up a big briefcase of mephistophelesian landscapes, and settles into a chair. Then he takes up his little baton and calmly conducts a tour across the terrible beauty of the vast frozen steppes of Hades. …and when the show is over, he quietly packs it all up and lumbers off into the night.
It’s a hell of an act.'

Dr. Mabuse has become a regular at Floating Labs over the last two years. His talents and iterations are wide-ranging: a synthesist; a bass player; a keyboardist; a composer. Mabuse plays as a solo artist (often on analog synthesizers of his own building and design), and collaborator in various ensembles, including the tory z starbuck project, SANE, and “The Dark Secrets of Dr. Mabuse.” His performances are largely improvisational, and explore both rhythmic and textural concepts at the edges of music.

Venus Slick is a painter by trade, a musician by night, and a grifter by day (hence the name “Slick” – careful, she’s liable to steal your wallet!). Her talent on the custom-made, one-of-a-kind analog synthesizer “Il Viaggio di Marconi” is only surpassed by her beauty. She’ll join Vosh for several transmigrations throughout the evening."

Casio Casiotone MT-65 Keyboard

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"This vintage Casio MT-65 yields from 1983.These were the first keyboards of the “classic” NEC D930/D931 family, which undisputedly is the most versatile and successful hardware in Casio’s history. Especially the accompaniment chip D930G, already used in the MT-45, is pure genius: With 12 basic rhythm/accompaniment patterns, switchable arpeggio, and four independently selectable patterns for bass, chord and arpeggio, this gives you over 1,500 accompaniment patterns (3,000 when you count rhythm-only as accompaniment) — an incredible number at that time, and impressive still today. (The first wavetable keyboards in 1989 had no variations at all.)

The main voice chip NEC D931C fades in comparison, but with its 20 presets, vibrato/delayed vibrato, sustain/reverb, and two envelope variations per voice (the latter only on the Casiotone 405), this still makes 360 voice variations in all. I know of no other home keyboards with such a wealth of options. As with all Casios of this time, all of the controls are simple analog switches and sliders, which makes these keyboards perfect for live play, creative exploration and experimentation."

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Roland TR-66 Analog Drum Machine

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"Roland TR-66 analog drum machine. It's got a bunch of preset patterns like slow rock, jazz waltz, rhumba etc. It's also has a tempo knob, volume knob and balance knob. The balance knob allows you to blend between kick & snare and hi hat & cymbal. On the back you have hi and lo Z outputs and a power cord."

Arduino MIDIfied HAMMOND Autovari64 + Ableton sequencer

Arduino MIDIfied HAMMOND Autovari64 + Ableton sequencer from MP19 on Vimeo.

"come alive again,,"

Club Of The Knobs C951 Test

YouTube Uploaded by JohnLRice on Jul 21, 2011

"Just some exploration of this new module."

BEAT THANG LA PREMIERE

YouTube Uploaded by beatthang on Jul 21, 2011

MOOG Taurus II vintage analog synth bass pedal

via this auction

SN 2105

"The Moog Taurus II is a Moog Rogue without a keyboard. It can be used as a desktop module, using CV and gate, or as a bass synth with the pedal controller (included!). The Taurus II is the most flexible analog bass synth because it is a complete monosynth capable of leads and effects--as well as fantastic bass sounds."

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MOOG Taurus vintage analog synth

via this auction

SN 1608

"The Moog Taurus is legendary for its gigantic bass sounds and it is certainly no myth. Versions two and three can't come close."

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ROLAND JUNO 106 ANALOG SYNTH

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SN 554678

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Sequential Circuits TOM Drum Machine with Data Cartridge SN 01024

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"The TOM Digital Drum Machine includes 8 basic drum kit sounds: kick, snare, 2 toms, open / closed hat, clap and crash. The Sequential Circuits Tom had an interesting feature for an early drum machine; each sound could be dynamically allocated between the voices, so you could even use 4 copies of the same sound simultaneously. Other features include the ability to play the sounds backwards, MIDI controllable parameters and support for sound cartridges, which let you add 7 additional samples to the 6 built-in rock drum kit samples. Included with this TOM is the rare “Latin Percussion” expansion sound cartridge.

TOM's sequencer allows you to record rhythm patterns in real time or step time. It can store up to 99 patterns and each pattern can be up to 99 measures! As many as 99 patterns can be linked to form Songs. Sequencer memory holds 2,300 notes. The TOM also featured an "Improv Factor" to create drum fills which can add variation to your patterns. TOM's "Human Factor" allowed you to program minor changes in the tuning and volume of your patterns for a 'humanzied' feel - before that term existed in the sequencing lexicon. The TOM also had a "Reframe" function that let you change the location of the down-beat in your pattern at the touch of a button. The TOM has a drum-pad-programmable trigger out which allows it to synch with pre-midi sequencers and arpeggiators in keyboards such as the Roland SH-101.

The TOM's memory is retained via internal battery backup when powered down. Program memory can also be saved/loaded to casette tape.

I have “modded” this TOM to use a single AA battery, rather than the expensive and hard to find lithium backup battery. A lithium backup battery can still be used, if preferred, but one is not included with this TOM. The AA battery will retain the program memory for 6 months to a year."

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Sequential Six-Trak

YouTube Uploaded by WhiteRibbonCars on Jul 18, 2011

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Yamaha RM1X Sequencer Synth Drum Machine

via this auction

SN PL01739

See conwayair (RSS) for more.

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Korg GR-1 Gated Spring reverb (stereo spring reverb)

via this auction
"A rare vintage spring reverb by Korg. A lovely stereo spring reverb sound with lots of depth and warmth. Contains 2 spring reverb tanks enabling stereo spring reverb! It also has a gate section which enables you to basically add a reverb to a certain threshold and adjust the delay time of it. Has a very nice eq. Stereo ins and outs.

If you are sick of software emulations of reverbs that just dont have something special ..then this might be just the thing for you."

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ROLAND DEP-5 Digital effects processor

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Roland RE 201 Space Echo

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