The Joyous Sounds Of Christmas - Johnny Largo at the Optigan

Published on Dec 12, 2012

"Original promotional recordings made for Sears to promote the Optigan during the 1971 holiday season. Johnny Largo shreds at the Optigan! You can buy this album on CD here: http://optigan.com/shoptigan/music-cds/the-joyous-sounds-of-christmas-johnny-..."

Mattson / Divsion 6 SQ816 Sequencer Power Up

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by mmmodsynth

"First of a series of videos to focus on the functions of the Mattson/ Division 6 SQ816 sequencer. In this video, I just show the power up routine and show how to get it sequencing. There's no audio. Subsequent videos will be short demonstrations of specific functions."

http://mattsonminimodular.com
http://www.division-6.com

REWORK_ App (Philip Glass Remixed)

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by ssnibbe

"REWORK_ (Philip Glass Remixed) is an interactive tour through the amazing new REWORK_ album that remixes Philip Glass' music. The app includes eleven interactive visualizations for the remixed songs, along with an interactive "Glass Machine" that lets people create their own music inspired by Philip Glass' early music.

The idea for the REWORK_ album came together during a conversation between Philip Glass and his friend and new collaborator Beck. The pair recruited producer Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Björk, Lou Reed) to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass' works by a list of critically acclaimed artists including Beck himself, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Dan Deacon, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert, Pantha du Prince, My Great Ghost and Peter Broderick.

To complement the album, app developer Snibbe Studio (creator of Björk's Biophilia app) created the REWORK_ app to give fans an interactive musical experience."

iTunes:
REWORK_ (Philip Glass Remixed) - Scott Snibbe Studio, Inc.

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Larry Fine on Helping Bob Moog with his Yamaha MTS Keyboard

The Bob Moog Foundation has an interesting post up on the personal account of Larry Fine being called up by Bob Moog to work on his Yamaha CP-80 electric grand.

Pictured: "Moog and Fine with completed Yamaha MTS keyboard. Photo credit: Bob Moog Foundation"

"From 1986 to 1988, I worked with electronic-music pioneer Robert Moog (rhymes with vogue), custom-building experimental keyboard instruments. In 1993, I wrote this account of our work together, and an abbreviated version was published around that time in Piano & Keyboard magazine, no longer in business. This is the first publication of the unabridged version. A Postscript with updated information about Moog and his family follows the article.—L.F."

"Had I known then how complicated the job would be, and that it would last not three months but two-and-a-half years’ worth of Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays, plus three months of full-time work), I never would have signed on. It’s a good thing I didn’t know, because it turned out to be one of the most fascinating and enjoyable jobs I’ve ever had."

You'll find the full story at The Bob Moog Foundation here.

Arturia MiniBrute & MIAMI & Dark Time

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by AudioCentralMagazine

"A dirty test for Arturia MiniBrute under CV/Gate and MIDI Control: (analog) notes from Doepfer Dark Time Step Sequencer are firing the synthesizer, who's arpeggiating - under MIDI Clock - the sequencer's notes thru the internal arpeggio pattern. An Acidlab.de MIAMI Analog Drum Machine is filterer thru MiniBrute and MIDI synched to Dark Time."

Vermona DRM1 MKIII Analog Drum Synth

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1978 Muson Synthesizer / Sequencer by Mego

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS 'PRO-ONE' Color Brochure

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Roland MC-09 PhraseLab TB-303 Emulator & Looper

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Korg BPX-3 & Bass Pedal PK-13 SN 230051

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"Korg BPX-3 Ultra Rare Analog Bass Synth & Korg PK-13 Pedal.
This is a Bass Pedal that come comes with the control foot keyboard PK-13, Original DIN Cable that connects the Bass Synth Module and the BPX-3.

I've never seen this unit sold complete, nor have I ever seen any in near mint condition. Few Companies designed these Analog Bass Synth Pedals, the most common was the MOOG Taurus and less popular Cummar versions, I had no idea that KORG had produced any Analog Bass Pedals, so I was taken back when I purchased this.

I'm a Synth Guy, But I'm not great with my feet."

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HR GIGER THEREMIN SYNTH

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by DoctorBlankenstein

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System 100 quad

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by Ebotronix

Roland System 101 & 102
Kenton Pro 2000 II
Korg Micro X arpeggiator
Logic Sequence & Ultrabeat Drum
FX Boss VF-1 Line6 echopro TC M 3000
4 Tracks

Update:

Roland System 100 Quad 2

Moog Guitar - NI Absynth Sound Scape "2"

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by Anthony Distefano

"Moog Guitar being processed with Absynth's Aetherizer effect."

Elektron Analog Four + Machinedrum Live Techno

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by Jimmy Myhrman

"Techno track performed live on elektron analog four and machinedrum. All drums are MD, and all other sounds are A4. Keyboard is used to play the strings manually on top of the sequenced bassline and arpeggios."

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Low-Gain Electronics Binary Sequencer + 4UX prototypes

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by LowGainElectronics

"Messing around with some new module designs coming soon from Low-Gain Electronics."

Make Noise Records Shared System MNR001 Richard Divine

Richard Devine wrote in to let us know his new EP Shared System Series MNR001 on Make Noise Records was officially released today.  It is the first EP composed on the Make Noise "Shared System" Eurorack modular pictured below.   Additional releases featuring the system will be coming from Alessandro Cortini, Robert A. A. Lowe, Keith Fullerton Whitman and Surachai.

Some info via Richard:

"I am happy to announced my new EP on MakeNoise is officially released today, 'Creature I & II –7' Clear Vinyl, Limited to 500, Letterpress Cover. Includes downloads to alternate takes & stickers."

And via TRASH_AUDIO on the concept of the Shared System releases:  "The Shared System Series compiles the separate recordings of several artists utilizing the same electronic musical instrument, the Shared System. At times it feels as though electronic music has become an overly automated form driven by simplified genre specific apps and software. What happens when the signal path is not pre-defined or optimized for a popular result? The Shared System is a modular synthesizer developed by Make Noise. It has no pre-determined signal path, and is not designed for any particular musical destination. In limiting the artists to this one instrument, we hope the Shared System Series of records will purely illustrate the intentions of the artists.

Mastered for vinyl by Audible Oddities, etched into high quality master lacquers made by SAE Mastering, and shipped to URP for pressing. The result is a high fidelity 7″ record. Like the Shared System instrument, the sleeves for these records are a combination of digital and analog technology. They are designed using computer software and printed using a hand-cranked letterpress called the Vandercook 4."

EMW - Playing with the VCF-M101 self oscillation

Published on Dec 12, 2012

"A simple demonstration of our new 24db/oct self oscillating VCF. No external effects or any other resource was used."

http://www.electronicmusicworks.com/

1st Mattson SQ816 Sequencer & Division 6 Eurorack Panel Layout

via George C Mattson | Mattson Mini Modular on Facebook

"The first SQ816 sequencer and expansion module has left the building on it's way across the US to a customer who has promised to give it a good workout and report back. It's like sending your kid off to his first day of school....."

http://mattsonminimodular.com (SQ816 here)
http://www.division-6.com

Uphase+ Updated with Recording, AudioCopy & More

What's New in Version 1.1.0
Solo Mode Improvements :
-Record a stereo mix and AudioCopy ( choose from Sonoma or general pasteboard)
-4 displays (3 before)
-Pan slider for each display
-Minor improvements and bug fixes(listed on uPhase.wordpress.com)

iTunes:
uPhase+ - Gregorio Zanon

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Strange Modes - A Wiard Compilation

"Strange Modes is a Wiard Synthesizer centric release. All sounds were created electronically with Wiard System 300 / 1200 or Malekko/Wiard Modules. All donated funds will go to supporting Muffwiggler.com

credits
released 04 December 2012
VoltageCtrlR, Rico Loverde, Mark Griffiths, Roycie Roller, Ryan McRyhew, Michael Ford, Kuxann-Sum, Dave/Gas Anorex, sandyb, Numan7, Bactene, Zerosum Inertia, Olivier Gerber, Norman Fay, Elektrograd, Levitating, Otoskope, Robert Efroymson, Diffuse."



via ryan

Synth Talk with Richard Burgess of Landscape

LANDSCAPE: 'European Man'

Uploaded on Jan 19, 2008
Landscape's 'European Man', featuring Barbie Wilde.

Pea Hicks who runs Optigan.com and the MC-8 blog, has a great post up on Richard Burgess and the use of the Roland MC-8 Micro-Composer.  The following are a couple of excerpts and videos for reference.  Along with synth talk there are some interesting historical bits on the time including the origin of the New Romantic label and scene.  Richard Burgess worked with Rusty Egan who in turn was in Visage, a band consisting of him Billy Currie and Midge Ure of Ultravox, John McGeoch of Magazine, Siouxsie &  PIL (Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols), and others.  Lot's of cross collaboration at the time.  If interested you can start with Visage on wikipedia and click through the names.  The post-punk New Romantic followed by New Wave movement brought synthesis to many.  In Pea Hicks' interview you'll find a great audio snip with some geeky synth talk on setting values for the MC-8 - this is in an actual track.

"Pea: I’m sure to you it probably seems like a head-scratcher why anyone in this day and age would voluntarily subject himself to the hassles of dealing with ancient sync dilemmas, but for me that’s part of the fun and also it’s a way of working that inevitably produces some idiosyncratic results that you wouldn’t get by doing things the “easy way.” I’m definitely after that metronomic Human League type groove.

Richard: I think the machine definitely influences the result so I don’t see it as odd to want to use the MC8. I have thought about it myself.The same thing applies to analogue sequencers. Like I said, we synched the MC8 to the CR78 by programming a square wave to come out of the mulitplex outputs and then we adjusted the level through a console until it ran the CR78. Most of those old drum machines run on simple square waves with no flags. Getting them to run in the same time is less of a problem than getting them to start at the right time. I used the MC8 in preference to later machines because of the timing. I found early Cubase to be shaky (it’s fine now) and SMPTE Track from Hybrid Arts was very sensitive to processor load. I always liked the timing of the Linn 9000 and I still have mine. I don’t know about the DMX but the 808 should lock tight – it’s only one machine later than the CR78 if I recall correctly."

And on Shock's Angel Face:

"Richard: Oh yes, that was all me. Rusty Egan brought the group and the song and I programmed everything in my home studio and recorded it at Mayfair Studios in South Moulton St. with John Hudson engineering. It was the System 100Ms with the 10x gate modification on the bass line for sure. I did all their recordings and I wrote the rest of the songs with various members and Rusty."

Shock - ANGEL FACE - Shock

Anyware Instruments SIMPLESIZER Gallery

via Tommy Welsch of Anyware Instruments on Facebook (click through for more pics)

"The SIMPLESIZER. In memory of my old old DIY synth project. The start of some people into the modular world. The name was invented from my daddy (because he don´t know about synth´s)"

One went up for auction here in 2011 and one was featured in a video here.

I Love The 1970s - Documentary on The Stylophone

I Love The 1970s - The Stylophone (BBC2?, 2000)

Uploaded on Aug 6, 2010 by GuildfordGhost

"Not sure what channel this was on, so feel free to correct me. Smashing old Stylophone footage for you techno-geeks!"

Don't miss the recently announced Stylophone S2

And some tracks featuring the original:

David Bowie- Space Oddity Original Video (1969)


Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator


The White Stripes - 'Icky Thump'


Update: correct videos embedded. Apparently if you embed individual videos from a playlist the embed for the first video shows regardless, so Bowie was embedded three times.  Thanks goes to daden in the comments for catching it.  Typically when I publish a post, I'm already moving on to the next, so if you see mistakes, let me know!  :)

Doepfer Announces A-171-2 Voltage Controlled Slew Limiter II

"Module A-171-2 is a voltage controlled slew limiter with a lot of additional features beyond a simple slew limiter. It's mostly a licensed copy of Ken Stones VCS which is in turn based on the Serge VCS.

These are the most important features:

Manual control of the Slew-Up time
CV control of the Slew-Up time with polarizer
Switch for linear/exponential shape of the rising section of the response curve
Manual control of the Slew-Down time
CV control of the Slew-Down time with polarizer
Switch for linear/exponential shape of the falling section of the response curve
CV Up and CV Down sockets are normalled
Signal input (the "to-be-slewed" signal)
Trigger input
V/Oct input
End output
Cyle on/off (when "on" the End output is internally connected to the Trigger Input)
Output
LED display

A detailed description of the module will follow soon. Until then the explanation on Ken Stone's website Ken Stones VCS can be used as a preliminary information. "

Echo Pad + Audiobus example - Sound on sound looping

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by HoldernessMedia

iTunes:
Echo Pad - Holderness Media Inc
Audiobus - A Tasty Pixel
AudioShare - audio document manager - Kymatica (Jonatan Liljedahl)
FunkBox Drum Machine - Synthetic Bits, LLC
sir Sampleton - Paul Slocum

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Soundiron - Ambius 2

Soundiron - Ambius 2: Systematik - Walk through 1 by Brad Halverson
Published on Dec 11, 2012 by Soundiron Sampling

"A detailed walk-through video and tutorial of Soundiron's new Ambius 2: Systematik library. This cutting-edge hybrid synthetic/organic lead, pad, texture and ambience design library is built on powerful new adaptive groove-building tools and inspiring performance shaping features that you won't find anywhere else. Create and tweak your own multi-layered instrument concepts with nearly 5GB of freely mixable content and dozens of unique presets, each with nearly limitless creative potential."

http://www.soundiron.com/instruments/ambiences/ambius2/

Soundiron - Ambius 2: Systematik - Walk through 2 by Brad Halverson
Published on Dec 11, 2012

"A detailed walk-through video and tutorial of Soundiron's new Ambius 2: Systematik library. This video focuses on the Layer Builder presets in Ambius 2: Systematik."

E-MU Emax SE Rack + 31 Disk Library

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Mutable Instruments Shruthi Synth - with Extras

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Auction Includes:
Mutable Instruments Shruthi-1 with SMR-4
Extra LCD
SSM Filter PCB
SSM 2044 Filter IC & SSM 2164 VCA IC
Power Supply (9v 400ma)

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Evolution X-Session USB Midi Controller with Moog Style Knobs

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Ensoniq ESQ-m SN:11255-C with TouchOSC iPad Template

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"Included in the auction:
The ESQ-m Synthesizer
Two rack ears with screws (not pictured)
An editor template for TouchOSC - please note, the TouchOSC software and the pictured iPad are NOT INCLUDED - only the template file is included.
A power cable
A voice RAM cart, allowing for two extra banks of storage on the ESQ-m. The ESQ comes pre-loaded with the patches from Teanegro (Google it - some of the best patches for this out there)
The TouchOSC editor is something I've recently finished, and will be releasing to the general public in the next couple of weeks. The template, with the TouchOSC software and appropriate MIDI interfacing between the two, allows you to use an iPad to edit every voice parameter on the ESQ-m."

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Roland Paraphonic 505 Vintage Analog Synthesizer SN 790914

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AVR 32bit Bass Synthesizer

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"The AVR SYNTH is a monophonic "virtual analog" synth based designed by Jarek Ziembicki. The synthesis architecture is simple:- two DCO's, a DCF, and a DCA. There is also an LFO and an AR/ASR envelope generator."

Oberheim OBXa OB LFO Brass

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by synthartist69

Rydeen-Yellow magic Orchestra -Graal7-

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by graal7

"Me ,playing rydeen with midifile just for the cs 15 sound.and bass from minimmoog."

And the originals for those not familiar with the track:

My First Modular Synth Patch by darshonaut

Published on Sep 22, 2012 by darshonaut

"My First Modular Patch

Jomox xBase 09 is syncing the Xoxbox via DIN.

Xoxbox's sequencer is driving the
Doepfer Modular Synth via CV and Gate.

Some noise is going on all the time from the Modular, I will
need to figure that one out.

For now, the simple Modular Synth works and it sounds
interesting to me, even with just the basic modules."

Eowave Domino Synthesizer Sound Demo

Published on Aug 29, 2012 by darshonaut

"An arpeggio playing through an Eowave Domino synthesizer.

Download in WAV Quality here : https://www.box.com/s/4214f67948e2348bd48c"

MFB KRAFTZWERG Analogue Semi Modular Synth

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Moog The Source SN 1134 X

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"MOOG SOURCE Analog Synthesizer + Original Manual + NEW Battery recently SERVICED by Cyberwave electronic music systems www.analoguesynths.co.uk in November 2011, costing £230 replacing the battery etc, so the moog is in tune and stable !"

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ARP SOLUS SYNTHESIZER

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ARP Odyssey 2813 Synthesizer MKII

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Stroh modular blue synthesizer 1 -oops noise

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by opsysbug

"!st day out of the box with a new suitcase synthesizer. made by Stroh Modular.
A quick jam after I found the noise output!"

First Stroh Modular post.

First Time With Teenage Engineering OP-1

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by Khantipol Kasemsant

"My first time with Teenage Engineering OP-1"

Elektron AnalogFour - Wall of noise - Sound and flexibility Demo

Published on Dec 12, 2012

"Here is a quick video I made last night of the new Elektron AnalogFour. I am just showing of some of its sounds, flexibility and how good it is at creating a "Wall of sound/noise" (At the end of the video).

The analog gain in the AnalogFour is way different that the Monomachine. Its way fatter and meaner.

soundcloud.com/introvertmusic"

The LDB-1x Expansion Module

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by FSK1138

"sequenced with pittsburg audio timetable and MFB seq 02
outputs are then sent to ensoniq DP4


The LDB-1x Expansion Module provides:
Separate output jack and volume control for each drum
A summed output (post individual volumes) with its own volume control
Note that the open and closed hi-hat are the same instrument, so they have only one output/volume.

http://delptronics.com/ldb1e.php"

XOXBOX × 4

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by KickSenior

===== Kick.S Music =====
・iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/jp/artist/kick.s/id466224974
・Beatport http://www.beatport.com/artist/kick-s/219200
・Amazon http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AF6MZ5C
・Bandcamp http://kicks1.bandcamp.com/
・Discogs http://www.discogs.com/digital?artist=Kick+S
・TECHNO.TO http://www.techno.to/search.php?aff_id=679ae5e49008738d769b0dda89aee793&a...

===== Blogger =====
http://electronica-mini.blogspot.jp/

EML 200 ElectroComp Synth - filter & reverb fun

Published on Dec 12, 2012

"Just some ambient sounds to sample from the original EML 200.

...what a lovely sounding instrument.
The reverb and filters are unusual but give it great character.
And the switching circuit is pretty cool too.

For the record. This patch is very simple.
It uses 3VCOs, a Sample & hold, the switch & 2 filters.

The EMW 200 has replaced the mic section on the original EML200 with a LFO.
Very useful for modulating the switch.
J

Thanks to Mini from ToneTweakers for the original EML 200.
http://www.tonetweakers.com/"

ADE-20 Multi-Mode VCF Eurorack Module - Overview

Published on Dec 12, 2012 by abstractjuz

"Overview of the features and implementation of the ADE-20 Multi-Mode Eurorack Module from Abstract Data.

More info at http://www.abstractdata.biz"

Update: two pics via abstractjuz on flickr

Click them for the full size shots.

Euro+Moogformat=harmony

Published on Dec 11, 2012 by caleb condit
Let this one develop. There are some really nice timbres in it.

"This is day one of me messing with my system after trading out my tempest for a small euro rack system. The Rene is sequencing the z3000 and 3 dotcom oscillators and there's a bunch of modulation going on with the clock and the filters. I'm really excited to have this full spectrum of sound as both systems show their strength and support each other quite nicely.

I filmed this all with a 5dmkii that I tried to hold steady but the shallow depth of field and close focus limitations led to quite a few "artistic" moments :)"

Acidlab Miami [MIDI Play Mode]

Published on Dec 11, 2012 by KickSenior

http://electronica-mini.blogspot.jp/2012/12/acidlab-miami.html

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・iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/jp/artist/kick.s/id466224974
・Beatport http://www.beatport.com/artist/kick-s/219200
・Amazon http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AF6MZ5C
・Bandcamp http://kicks1.bandcamp.com/
・Discogs http://www.discogs.com/digital?artist=Kick+S
・TECHNO.TO http://www.techno.to/search.php?aff_id=679ae5e49008738d769b0dda89aee793&a...

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Synthi Saturation

Published on Dec 11, 2012 by djangosfire

"More improv with an EMS Synthi.... raw and saturated. Very much a drone exploration"