AtomoSynth KOE Desktop

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"The KOE is a 28HP Synthesizer Voice module in Eurorack format. KOE, is Japanese for "voice" because it is a complete synth “voice”, all in one epic module. If you are new to the modular world or if you want to add an extra voice to your system, then the KOE is for you!!!
Specifications:

· 28 HP width, needs +/- 12V power.
· One VCO with square and ramp wavefoms with depth and tune controls, tune control is a ten turn potentiometer which allows you easily set octave, tune and fine tune with just one knob.
· Noise source, it can be set to affect the VCO frequency or it can be mixed with the VCO and audio input.
· One LFO with square and triangle waveforms is can be set to affect the VCO frequency or the Filter cut off, it also features an output jack.
· High pass and Low pass vactrol based filter with cutoff and resonance/peak control, it also features an input jack to control the cut off frequency.
· Two Envelope generators: EG1 with decay control which is set to affect the cut off frequency of the filter and EG2 with attack and release controls, set to affect the volume, it has an output jack and input jack for the incoming gate signal.
· Also it features an audio input, it allows process any external audio signal with the filter and envelope."

YAMAHA SY-2

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Oberheim OB-1 Analog Monophonic Synthesizer SN 0540

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"Classic 1970's Programmable (Patch) Dual Oscillator Analogue Synthesizer- Keyboard from Oberheim.

Features:
Monophonic analog synthesizer with a 37-note keyboard
2 syncable and detuneable VCOs with cross-modulation and PWM.
Waveforms are; pulse, triangle and sawtooth, with a switchable sub-waveform.
Noise generator is also included.
Resonant VCF with its own ADSR envelope generator is available as the filter.
Switchable between 2-pole (12dB/octave) and 4-pole (24dB) modes and features controls for cut-off, resonance and keyboard tracking.
Single LFO: Switchable between square, sine and random (sample/hold).
Rate/Delay controls and can be routed to the VCF, VCOs and VCA.
Internal RAM holding 8 user patches is included.
Cassette interface for storing more sounds.
Audio input for modulating external sounds through the filter.
Pitch bend / modulation controls
CV/gate interface for external control.

Incredibly Rare Synthesizer - I believe this is the only OB1 on sale anywhere worldwide currently."

Interesting to think about.

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Only the Lonely Keyboard Tutorial Motels

Published on Mar 16, 2013 moretacos1·14 videos

"Couldn't find a tutorial or sheets anywhere so I was forced to do this classic entirely by ear so I hope I got it right. All sounds including the wannabe sax are stock Roland Fantom G sounds that I tweaked.

The original was purportedly recorded using a Prophet 5 and the sound is hard to reproduce on a rompler. The keyboard patch I made was based on a waveform called warm pad."

Moog Modular System 55

Published on Mar 16, 2013 Enrico Cosimi·108 videos

"A quick run on the 1974 Moog System 55 Modular Synthesizer property of Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome. The 960 sequencer drives 3 saw vcos (row a), the cutoff of lowpass filter (row b); row c is for seq clock modulation. Noise and a fourth square vco for accents and deep sounds. Audio straight from - far in the room - a couple of Genelec monitor. Hats of to Bob Moog."

Amsynths, snowfall am8071

Published on Mar 16, 2013 heodesalciphron·91 videos

Portable Dandy Cogwheel Sequencer for iOS

Published on Mar 16, 2013 efectism·37 videos

"Portable Dandy jam with iPad 2"

"Free for a limited Time – Dandy is an intuitive and amazingly sounding sampler/synthesizer for iPhone. It was inspired by Dandy Desmonds composition “Magnetic Loops for 15 Tape Decks” from 1939.

- Pitch Jog Wheel
- scratch The Wheel with two fingers
- 3 astonishing filters and effects
- mind bending ring modulator
- up to 28 changeable samples simultaneous
- Manage your sample library from iTunes iPhone-Apps pane.
- Shake to restore original pitch.

Mix your own patch "Kraut" – proudly made by east-german hackers.

Release 1.1 (coming next week):
- improved audio stability – less crash more loudness
- ui-tweeks
- general stability and performance improvements"

iTunes:
Portable Dandy - Stephan Hepper
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II"III" Baseline

Published on Mar 16, 2013 tuddilu·22 videos

"TR626 Roland System 100 Analogue Solutions Oberkorn"

makenoise MMG vs QMMG + sequence

Published on Mar 16, 2013 heodesalciphron·91 videos

Alesis Andromeda Prophet 5 Brass, "Synthtexture" & "Dream II"

Published on Mar 16, 2013 synthartist69·1,085 videos

"Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Brass patches programmed on the Alesis Andromeda."

Alesis Andromeda "Synthtexture"

Published on Mar 16, 2013

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Back From The MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST

And I am back... This year's SYNTHFEST was the best. More posts will follow, but now I need to catch up on the day's non-SYNTHFEST posts. Some of what you have to look forward to is the I Dream of Wires presentation with some insight on what to expect from the film aside from the interviews (you can thank me for asking - I think I got caught on film but I did try to hide to not ruin the experience for anyone). After that I captured a walkthrough of the event areas (camera induced nausea coming your way - it's always that way when you do a flyby of everything). I caught some of Craig Padilla's performance on video, Dave Bristow's talk on his time at Yamaha starting with the CS80 and on through the history of Yamaha FM synthesis and the launch of the DX7. Dave's talk was the absolute highlight for me. This is synth history in its essence. It's something you will not find anywhere else and it comes from the man that was there, working for Yamaha giving feedback on their designs prior to the public ever knowing a thing. There are tons of funny moments and interesting behind the scenes stories in this one. You do not want to miss it. After that I captured some of Computer Controlled's performance with a Cyclone Analogic TT-303 and Elektron Octatrack. The TT-303? It sounded amazing. I am sold. I ended with some time tweaking the John Bowen Solaris, specifically focusing on the rotars. As always these posts are not meant to be polished, they are meant to be raw and they are meant to bring you to the event. If you have ever been to one including NAMM you will understand. If you haven't been to one, you'll get a taste for what these events are like. This one was truly special. I can't wait for the next! Now back to regular programming. SYNTHFEST posts will follow soon after.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Pics - 2nd Set

These have been added to the main set as well. Posting these separately for those that already went through the last set. I'm still hear so there's more to come. Enjoy the synth spotting. :)

If this does not load for you, click here for the set.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: Mark Mosher Performance

Published on Mar 16, 2013 matrixsynth·268 videos

Update: finally have a chance to add some more info. These are just two videos of Mark Mosher's performance set at the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013. I believe the whole performance was recorded so hopefully we'll get to see it soon. These videos are just to give you a taste of what it was like to be at the MMTA SYNTHFEST.

The main instruments or rather controllers featured were Percussa's AudioCubes, the Yamaha Tenori-On & a Moog Theremin in the second video courtesy of Lunchbox Audio

You can find Mark Mosher's music at http://markmosher.bandcamp.com

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Pics

First set of pics. More to follow now that I have an internet connection. Have fun synth spotting! :)

Update: the full set has been uploaded.  Also, if this does not load for you click here for the set.

IT'S MMTA SYNTHFEST TIME!!!

And I'm heading out! I'll likely be live blogging at the event as long as I have a good connection. Normal posts will go up along with SYNTHFEST posts, so keep an eye on the MMTA SYNTHFEST 2013 label.

Full details on the event here.

If you are going don't forget the Bob Moog Foundation raffle!

You can also send in your pics and video anytime if you'd like me to post them.

See you there!

Emu Ultra Sampler - Demo #5

Published on Mar 16, 2013 St0neOfficialChannel·6 videos

"All presets I made on Emu E4XT Ultra. After the recording was used lightweight compression. Please use 360p or higher for better sound quality. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/st0nemusic

0:04 Example #1
0:28 Example #2
0:49 Example #3
1:33 Example #4
1:51 Example #5
2:41 Example #6
3:07 Example #7
3:41 Example #8
4:23 Example #9
4:49 Example #10
5:12 Example #11
5:40 Example #12
5:58 Example #13
6:12 Example #14
6:46 Example #15

This demo contains demos from "Emu Ultra Sampler - Demo #1" to "Emu Ultra Sampler - Demo #4"."

All parts here.

Alesis Andromeda Sync Phazeed

Published on Mar 16, 2013 synthartist69·1,082 videos

All parts here.

KORG monotribe X8 - Feuerdrache / BakaOscillator

Published on Mar 16, 2013

"Composed by BakaOscillator
Use, KORG monotribe X8, KP3."

monotribes on eBay

Buchla 266e & Verbos 258v_unedited version

Uploaded on Mar 16, 2013 DJjondent·178 videos

JamBandit Demo and review for iPad

Published on Mar 16, 2013 thesoundtestroom·88 videos

"A demo of the new JamBandit App for a iPad a great way to waste a few hours jamming..."

iTunes:
JamBandit - Recombinant Inc
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Life Overload

Published on Mar 16, 2013 JohnLRice·193 videos

Note the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST is Today!!!  John will have this system at the event if you want to see it in person.

"Warning: at about 1:35 the audio gets much louder and is heavily distorted. (any Devin Townsend fans out there?? ;-)

This is what I'm taking to the spring MMTA Synthfest 2013 tomorrow - on March 16th 2013 . . .I mean today! :-/ I had finally finished as much as I was going to get finished and I was testing it out and was enjoying cranking this up through my K10 PA speaker so I thought I'd make a quick video.

Thanks for watching!"

Eurorack, Modcan B & Moon Modular (Moog/Synthesizers.com) formats. You can watch another video and pic of John's mixed format modular in this post.

Little Boots - Nocturnes In The Studio

Published on Mar 16, 2013

"Nocturnes - Coming May 2013
Pre-order the album on iTunes: Nocturnes - Little Boots

Created by Film Tank | www.filmtank.co.uk
Directed - Michael Howard
D.O.P - Jim Birkett"

Serge, Schippman Filterbank, Roland, ARP, Yamaha, Davoli & more.

The Korg MS-20 Mini- Oscillators Part 2

Published on Mar 16, 2013 AutomaticGainsay·150 videos

"Here is part two of a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the oscillators of the Korg MS-20 Mini."

All parts here.

YAMAHA AN200 Sequencer Synth Drum Machine

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ARP Odyssey 2821 (Mk. III) SN 28210359

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1979 German Yamaha CS-10 Ad

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"Fundort: Fachblatt Musikmagazin, März 1979, Seite 53"

Yonac Releases miniSynth 2

"Back in 2008 when the App Store was very young, Yonac released miniSynth, the very first iOS synthesizer. Compact and user-friendly, it introduced hundreds of thousands of iOS users to synths and paved the way for the great things to come in mobile music making.

We have come a long way since, continuing innovation with our flagship synth Magellan. As our apps grow more and more sophisticated, we wanted to also continue the heritage of the original app that started it all. So, here with all its elegant simplicity is miniSynth 2.

miniSynth 2 continues the spirit of the original, adding advancements we made in DSP, design and features over the last half decade. Simple and easy to use, miniSynth 2 projects a solid, fat tone from a strategic feature set -- an "abbreviation" of the sophisticated features we offer in our pro-grade synthesizers.

Like all our synthesizers, no compromises are made with sound and functionality. There are NO samples used, just real-time virtual analog synthesis.

miniSynth 2 also includes production-friendly features, such as Audiobus output, audio copy/paste, and a MIDI In port for playing miniSynth with an external controller or a virtual-MIDI app.

For the iOS pro and the novice alike, miniSynth 2 is intended as a back-to-basics synth answering the call when the inspiration strikes.

-- 32-bit professional quality DSP
-- Extremely low latency
-- Dual analog-modelling oscillators
-- Virtual-analog Low-Pass Filter with full ADSR and Contour
-- Amp ADSR
-- Delay
-- Reverb
-- Audio Backgrounding
-- Audiobus Output
-- MIDI In
-- Built-in tapedeck
-- Audio Copy/Paste
-- Soundcloud
-- 30 Factory Presets
-- Ability to save user presets in provided user banks"

iTunes:
miniSynth 2 - Yonac Inc.
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Delicate_fluctuation

Published on Mar 16, 2013

iPad APP DM1,Manetron2
Arturia iMini minibrute

"Just got back from a trip to europe, and stayed with my friend Julius, one of my friends who records for Compost. He has done some pretty cool projects [building a VST interface to Kraftwerk pioneer Florian Schneider's most recent vocoder purchase] as well as creating his own VST plugins for Mac / PC called Kammerl Kaske [http://www.kammerl.de/audio] The details of the Florian Schneider project -- About 2 years ago, Florian put the original Kraftwerk vocoder for sale on eBay [quite possibly one of the rarest eBay sales ever, at least for music equipment]. It wasn't that Kraftwerk was getting out of 'vocoding' but rather, he found one of the earliest vocoder projects out there. A professor at a German university in the speech department was building a rather large rack of about 32 drawers of band-pass filters that were aimed to create at one point, a vocoder. As the professor passed away some time ago, the speech department was looking to part ways with the project and Florian had come into contact with the university. He made an offer, and they sold him the remnants. Now there's another friend of Julius' that creates some rather crafty devices known as SND, aka Sebastian Niessen. He's most known for his SAM-16 sequencer, fixed filter banks and other fun stuff. Sebastian engineered the hardware, and Julius designed the software, and the result is this So as some "parting gifts" / compensation, Sebastian received one of the first Kraftwerk speech synths, and Julius received ONE of the FOUR MIDI Robovox units."

Published on Mar 16, 2013 RothHandle·1,500 videos

Recording bass on the Yamaha CS-60 with Necromonkey

Published on Mar 16, 2013 RothHandle·1,500 videos

"A short little work in progress video from the yesterdays Necromonkey session. We worked mostly on a track called Mod Midi (The first track I recorded using the Midi to Clock module in the system)

We are currently working on four eps that will be released over the next year.

If you are curious about the band or interested in getting a copy of our first album please drop a line to Necromonkeyness@gmail.com"


More CS-60 bass on Mod Midi ?

euro and Buchla

Published on Mar 15, 2013 cray56·154 videos

Vactrol Storm - Demo of Nyle Steiner's 24 Stage String Filter

Published on Mar 16, 2013 Mark Steiner·4 videos

"I learned recently of a sweepable 24 stage vactrol filter Nyle Steiner designed. He said he built about 12.

He found the one he has and plugged it in for the first time 15 years and we had a listen. It's just beautiful.

I told him I could find no information on line or even photos etc. of it and he let me borrow it to do a demo recording. This video is my demo of the device.

It was made to make violin/string sounds using it as a static filter with 24 band pass stages, but also can do some amazing effects with the stages being swept using 24 separate vactrols.

It's a pretty long, overproduced demo but I really wanted to capture a lot of aspects of this amazing filter. I played an A6 Andromeda, Steiner EVI, white noise, and also played a bovine acoustic simulation device into it (by popular request)."

Squeeze Ribbon Synthesizer - Modification of an Eowave Ribbon

Squeeze Ribbon Synthesizer - My modification of an Eowave Ribbon.

Published on Sep 30, 2012 Mark Steiner·4 videos

"Squeeze Ribbon. I added a squeeze nuance inducer to this Eowave Ribbon. More consistency of dynamics across a phrase of notes than the pressure sensor on the ribbon controller. This would be a great way to phrase an Ondes Martenot. This frees up the left hand for sound changes, another instrument, chords, hitchhiking etc.

A small pressure sensor should do the same thing, used this way, perhaps thumb against ring, or index finger or (as Dana Countryman suggested to me) thumb against the third finger. First test of this, could be refined but good proof of concept.

Special thanks to Nyle Steiner for adding CV routing into a Steiner EVI sound module to allow this and some other modifications I'm working on.

Have a look at 'ThePinesofMars.blogspot.com'."