The ARP Foundation Cyber Monday Sale

"Digital Goodies and a limited-time discounted ARP Discography!

One day only!

Beat and Spell Sample Pack by the outrageously amazing Alex Ball

A sample pack made using the techniques of Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode on their 1981 Speak and Spell album. ARP 2600 on kicks and zaps, Korg KR-55 on snare and some Simmons SDS-3 for good measure. Some sounds have up to 20 round robins to capture the natural variation of analogue equipment. A Kontakt patch is also included with the wav files.

Download available immediately upon purchase.

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ARPDISCOGRAPHY - %50 OFF

For one day, you can get the entire ARP Bandcamp Discography for $41.99 - that's 50% off the everyday price.

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CHERRYAUDIO 2600 SOFTWARE - $20

CA2600 - Cherry Audio’s powerful, faithful software recreation of the ARP 2600, featuring useful updates such as integrated effects and advanced patching features. ONLY 10 LEFT IN STOCK!

CA2600 Features:
Every aspect precisely modeled in exacting detail
Over 300 presets
Monophonic and duophonic voice modes
Vintage-correct multi-mode filter with 12db and 24db slope
Integrated, fully CV-controllable distortion, reverb, and delay with sync
Sidechain audio input for external signal processing
Flexible CV Routing
Advanced, next-generation patch panel cabling system from Voltage Modular
Multiple voice assign modes
Advanced patch cabling with unlimited mults per jack, “quick patch” for rapid multiple destination routing, and click and drag movement of multiple connections
Additional LFO with six waveforms and tempo sync
Virtual instrument and effect plug-in versions included
Voltage Processors section with additional VCA and 1/2-step quantizer
Advanced one-click UI magnification
Selectable blue, gray, or black/orange color schemes
Full MIDI control
Full DAW automation for all controls
CA2600 is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats.

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Depeche Mode But Not Tonight ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-25 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound​ channel: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com

One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
But Not Tonight by Depeche Mode from the album Black Celebration (1986)
Written by Martin L. Gore, produced by Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller

Featured the E-MU Emulator II sampling synthesizer, the Moog Source analog synthesizer and the PPG wave 2.2 wavetable synthesizer.

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.

My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

The Story of Warm Leatherette

video upload by Alex Ball

"A look at how Daniel Miller (aka 'The Normal') used his first synth, a second-hand miniKORG 700S, to create the cult song Warm Leatherette in his bedroom. The song was the B-side to T.V.O.D and was the first ever release on Mute Records.

0:00 Intro
0:26 The Story of The Normal
2:18 Recreating the sounds
6:56 Summary and Sample Pack
7:25 Warm Leatherette Cover"

SOOPERWEEK at SUPERBOOTH - List of Events for SUPERBOOTH24

Press release follows:

Berlin, May 14th 2024

SUPERBOOTH BERLIN - the world‘s biggest trade fair for electronic musical instru- ments – is happening this week from Thursday to Saturday (May 16th to May 18th) on the grounds of the FEZ-Berlin. An international audience of professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world will travel to Berlin for the event.

In addition to the SUPERBOOTH itself, there will also be an accompanying program with various side events. And in 2024, this side program, dubbed „SooperWeek“, is more extensive than ever before.
SooperWeek begins on Tuesday, May 14th at 7pm with a workshop at Schnei- dersLaden Berlin by the artist TamiX hailing from China who will also perform at SuperBooth24. More information can be found here.

On Wednesday, the day before SuperBooth, JacqNoise is hosting a pre-SuperBooth party at Ohm from 8pm. Among others, Blush Response, the YouTuber Cuckoo, Fess Grandiose b2b RMM and Trovarsi b2b ALX-106 will be playing. More informa- tion can be found here.

Thursday, there will be an audio-visual installation by Robert Seidel and Nikolai von Sallwitz in the Kulturraum Zwingli Kirche e.V. from 8pm for those that wish to relax after a dense first day of SuperBooth. More information here.

Thursday, there will also be a more musically intensive option at Berghain from 9pm: the Hunger To Create label night, the experimental label of Dasha Rush, who played at SuperBooth back in 2019. The program includes live sets by Dasha Rush, Colin Benders, Le Ciel and a DJ set by Quelza. More information here.

Thursday from 7pm, there will also be a party at Kater Blau: ATMOSPHÈRES Vol. 2 with Nadia Struiwigh, SURKID and more. More information here.

Friday from 7pm, the Novilla Art Center will host the Flux & Pulse event with live electronic music in the style of the Berlin School with the artists Filter-Kaffee and Kontroll-Raum, both of whom have already played at the SuperBooth. More information here.

Friday, the Berlin-based developer Bitwig, who is also exhibiting at Super- Booth24, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party at Klunkerkranich from 10pm with a live set by Stimming and other performances. More information can be found here.

Friday there will also be a „Hyperbooth“ party at the Void Club from 11pm with Blush Response, who played at last year‘s SuperBooth, Zardonic and more. More information can be found here.

Saturday, Mykle Hansen is organizing a bike ride with synthesizers from Treptower Park to the SuperBooth event grounds, starting at 9.30am. The concept is called „Bleeps & Bloops Rides“ and originated in Portland. More information here.

On Saturday night, this year’s SuperBooth afterparty will be a From Our Minds party hosted by Richie Hawtin at Watergate with DJ and live sets from our longti- me SuperBooth friends Richie Hawtin and Sunroof (Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones), as well as sets and performances by the newcomers Franz Jäger, Declan James, dxrvo, machìna and Pooja B.

SuperBooth visitors will receive an entry discount of 10 euros (15 euros instead of 25 euros) at the door of this party when presenting a three-day SuperBooth ticket and can queue at the guest list queue. More information can also be found here.

Sunday - the last day of SooperWeek – there is an event at Klunkerkranich from 4pm, the DiY Kit Day x Berlin Modular Society. There will be DiY workshops where participants can solder various kits, as well as musical performances. More infor- mation can be found here.

There will also be two „invite only“ events on Sunday from two brands exhibiting at SuperBooth24: A 10th anniversary celebration from Verbos Electronics and anot- her event from Korg Berlin. If you are interested, please contact the brands directly.

Pre-sale tickets for SUPERBOOTH24 itself are still available at www.superbooth.com There will also be a box office at the event.

Depeche Mode Drums

video upload by Alex Ball

"A look at a specific drum setup used by Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller on their album, Speak and Spell, from 1981.

0:00 Intro
0:51 KR-55 Snare
1:55 Interfacing Setup
3:23 ARP 2600 Daniel Miller Kick
7:32 Roland MC-4
8:14 Test it out
8:43 Alternative Gear / Sample Pack
9:34 Outro Jam

Get the sample pack:
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/p..."

Warm Leatherette (The Normal) Eurorack synthesizer cover with Coral of Oxi Instruments. #postpunk

video upload by Audiorial

"One of my favorite track in the Electronic Post Punk style originally written by The Normal//Daniel Miller of Mute records. Every sound is from the Coral, the brand new multipart and polyphonic sound generator of Oxi Instruments."

SynthPlex 2022: Five12 Vector Updates and QV-L Function Module

video upload by sonicstate

"The Five12 Vector Sequencer has a lot of fans - Daniel Miller uses it in his live and studio setups and many more. The firmware 3.0 is approaching and we got a look at some of the features coming with James Coker. He also showed us a new module - the QV-L which is a complex multi-function generator with LFOs., Envelopes and much more besides. With four modulation busses and a ton of configuration possibilities, it packs a lot into a single module.

This will be available end of the year with more to follow early next year priced at $379

http://Five12.com"

Mute Records / Dirty Electronics MUTE SYNTH II w/ Original Box & Materials

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"Mute Records SYNTH II Dirty Electronics Daniel Miller bleeps/glitch.

Mute and Dirty Electronics are delighted to announce the release of the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth II (MSII), a hand-held synth and sequencer designed in collaboration with the designer and writer, Adrian Shaughnessy. The MSII follows the first Dirty Electronics Mute Synth (MSI), originally created for the legendary Short Circuit presents Mute event at the Roundhouse in 2011.

This item is clean, comes with all paperwork s as me bonus CD.

(Requires 9v battery to use and audio cords - these were not included just wanted to mention)"

See the Dirty Electonics label at the bottom of this post for more.

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Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode Has Passed Away

Andy Fletcher passed away today at the age of 60. I saw Depeche Mode live for the first time as a teenager back on July 14, 1986, at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheter in Irvine, CA. I grew up with their music and still listen to them to this day. They will always be a staple in my life. I have Andy Fletcher and the rest of Depeche Mode to thank for so much magic in my life on so many levels, from being a kid frolicking about in the 80s, to an adult dealing with the trials a tribulations of the day. Depeche Mode is a big part of that and Andy Fletcher was core to the band. He will be sorely missed by so many of us.

This post features two images of Andy. One from Wikipedia, and one from Discogs. The following bio is from Wikipedia. Don't miss the last sentence.

"Andrew John Leonard Fletcher (8 July 1961 – c. 26 May 2022), sometimes known as Fletch, was an English keyboard player, DJ, and a founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Depeche Mode.[1]

In the late 1970s, Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke formed the short-lived band No Romance in China, in which Fletcher played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher met Martin Gore at the Van Gogh pub on Paycocke Road in Basildon. With Clarke, the trio, now all on synthesizer, formed another group called Composition of Sound.[2] Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later that year, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan's suggestion.[3] Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell.[2]

Their 1982 follow-up album, A Broken Frame, was recorded as a trio, with Gore taking over primary songwriting duties.[4] Musician and producer Alan Wilder joined the band in late 1982 and the group continued as a quartet until Wilder's departure in 1995. From then on, the core trio of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher remained active, up to the release of their 2017 album Spirit and ensuing world tour.[5]

Fletcher's role within Depeche Mode was often a topic of speculation. In early incarnations of the band, he played (electric and later synth) bass. As the band evolved after Vince Clarke's departure in 1981, Fletcher's role changed as each of the band members took to the areas that suited them and benefited the band collectively. In a key scene in D.A. Pennebaker's 1989 documentary film about the band, Fletcher clarified these roles: "Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist, and I bum around."


Andy Fletcher and Daniel Miller talking about Depeche Mode early days

video upload by Michele Bisceglia

"This interview was shot in november 2015, but never edited and published.
We were in Verbier, Switzerland, for the 3 days happening Audi-o-Rama.
Depeche Mode founding member and keyboardist Fletch & Mute Records boss Miller remember the day they met and discuss other stories about the early days of the band"

A search on the first video to feature Depeche Mode comes up with the following 1981 performance from Top of the Pops. Andy Fletcher is on the Moog Prodigy.

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1981

video upload by memorylane1980s

The following is a live tribue by DX5. If you follow the site you should be familiar with his numerous covers of Depeche Mode. This site is about synths and the people who love synths. This is the first tribute I've seen by a fan of Depeche Mode and I wanted to include it.

Andy (Fletch) Fletcher, has sadly passed away today :( :( Chat and synth tribute to him.

video upload by DX5

SUPERBOOTH 2022 - Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones - Interview

video upload by sonicstate

"Two legends of British electronic music and pop together for a short improvised set at Superbooth on the Beach Stage - which had a banging sound system.

Daniel Miller - head of Mute Records with old friend Gareth Jones - engineer and production on so many great tracks and albums were setting up for their new musical project Sunroof.

We spoke about their approach to the the music they are making together and the gear they are using.

Still working on that first release Sunroof will be available on Mute, well, when they finish it,

https://mute.com/mute/sunroof-daniel-..."

Superbooth Berlin Live Streams

SUPERBOOTH21 DAY1 - First Part video upload by Superbooth Berlin

"Because of internet problems of the event location, the livestream 1 had to be cancelled on 15. Sept. We have now replaced the incomplete livestream with the full length recording! ENJOY!

TABLE OF CONTENT
0:00:00 Welcome Andreas SCHNEIDER/Jörg SUNDERKÖTTER
0:03:26 VGK (=Virtuelles Gesprächskonzert) AFA - ADITIJA
0:21:59 Short Film about and interview with GAMMON (Modular Synth. Ensemble)
0:31:41 Report: Superbooth21/Outdoors
0:32:21 VGK* NOISE ENGINEERING
0:55:03 Daniel MILLER (MUTE) interviews Yann TIERSEN
1:04:40 Report Obergeschoss
1:06:43 GK* (=Gesprächskonzert) Haken AUDIO
1:32:14 Report Westflügel
Miller-Zillmer-Foundation presents:
1:34:18 Miller-Zillmer-Foundation Talk with Diane Zillmer, Daniel Miller, Nicolas, Bougaieff, A. Schneider starting with a performance by Gammon/MODULAR SYNTH. ENSEMBLE
2:39:44 3 min of Yann TIERSEN LIVE @ SUPERBOOTH 21"

SUPERBOOTH21 DAY2 - livestream start 4 pm


TABLE OF CONTENT
0:00:00 Welcome Andreas SCHNEIDER/Jörg SUNDERKÖTTER
0:08:04 METASONIX (VGK)
0:27:30 U-HE (GK)
0:39:08 QUANALOGUE (VGK)
1:15:27 Daniel MILLER (MUTE) interviews Hackedepiciotto
1:25:29 Interview with Marteen Vos
1:36:18 Reinhold Heil Waldorf (VGK)
1:58:33 Modor (GK)
2:30:56 Talk with Jean-Michel Jarre
3:01:24 Ploytec DoBroMan (GK)

SUPERBOOTH21 DAY3 - livestream start 4 pm

TABLE OF CONTENT
0:00:00 Welcome Andreas SCHNEIDER/Jörg SUNDERKÖTTER
0:12:07 Ken McBeth (VGK)
0:35:43 Bitwig (GK)
0:57:58 Acid Rain (VGK)
1:17:32 Daniel MILLER (MUTE) interviews JakoJako & Annalise Van Even
1:30:32 Interview Bernd Kistenmacher
1:41:35 L-1 (VGK)
2:10:16 LPZW & Tubbutec (GK)
2:31:05 Talk with Gareth Jones u.a.
3:20:50 Nonlinear Labs (GK)

SUPERBOOTH21 DAY4 - livestream start 4 pm


TABLE OF CONTENT
0:00:00 Welcome Andreas SCHNEIDER/Jörg SUNDERKÖTTER
0:06:15 Tom Oberheim (VGK)
0:30:25 VERBOS (GK)
0:51:06 Meng Qi (VGK)
1:11:38 Daniel MILLER (MUTE) interviews POLE
1:20:22 Interview with Carolina EYCK
1:30:38 endorphines (VGK)
2:04:54 Polend (GK)
2:26:06 Talk with Atom TM/Uwe Schmidt
3:17:51 Erica Synths (GK)
3:34:30 pyrolator -the trip

Bright Sparks Documentary - B Side

video by GForce Software

"The B Side of the critically acclaimed Bright Sparks Documentary focuses on the British electronic music pioneers, including the original Mellotron makers, Les, Norman and Frank Bradley, EMS's Peter Zinovieff, Electronic Dream Plant's Adrian Wagner & Chris Huggett, and String Ensemble inventor, Ken Freeman.

Includes contributions from I Monster's Dean Honer & Jarrod Gosling, Peter Zinovieff, Chris Cross, Daniel Miller, John Bradley, Karl Hyde, Ken Freeman, Fred Gardner, Will Gregory, Dean Honer & Jarrod Gosling"

You can find additional GForce Bright Sparks posts here.

Bright Sparks Documentary - A Side

video by GForce Software

"The A Side of the critically acclaimed Bright Sparks documentary, created in conjunction with the I Monster album of the same name, focuses on US based electronic music pioneers, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla, Alan R Pearlman and Harry Chamberlin.

Includes contributions from Herb Deutsch, Michelle Moog-Koussa, I Monster's Dean Honer & Jarrod Gosling, Adrian Utley, Daniel Miller, Billy Currie, Karl Hyde, Alessandro Cortini, Will Gregory, Dennis P Colin, Alan Pearlman."

You can find additional GForce Bright Sparks posts here.

KORG MINIKORG 700S Analog Synthesizer 1974 | HD DEMO |

AnalogAudio1

"I played the Minikorg 700S along with a Lexicon MPX 500 (reverb) and a Korg SDD-3000 (delay effects).

The monophonic Mini-Korg 700S was an expanded version of Korg's first synthesizer, the Mini-Korg 700. It has that awesome "traveler" filter (12 dB highpass and lowpass), 2 VCOs (wavevorm of the VCO 2 is always sawtooth), 1 envelope generator and 1 LFO (sine wave only). It also has noise generator, ring modulator modes and the LFO can also be switched to the filters. It has REPEAT mode, which repeats a note to get a sequencer-like feeling.

The Korg 700s is a serious analog synthesizer with a lot of character. It has a fantastic sound, which can be only compared with the first generation Korgs (Korg 770, 800 DV). The parameters use unconventional terminology (singing level, expand, bright, and so on). The 700s has a very nice tone and it's easy to use. A pleasure to play and to hear.

The MiniKORG 700s was used by Vangelis, Kitaro, Human League, Daniel Miller and others."

Machina Bristronica 2020 Event Set for Saturday March 21 in Bristol, UK

Tickets available here

Line-up and details:

Colin Benders, Look Mum No Computer, Scanner, Daniel Miller & Finlay Shakespeare, Steevio & Suzybee, Ossia, Em Williams, dmgn, Adrenospoon.

Gather round humanoids, androids and creatures that live in the wires! The great Machina is stirring and our engineers are gathering from all
corners of the galaxy to join us in celebration of all things modular and bleeping.

Again we at Elevator Sound bring our festival of Knobs, Buttons and Discussions over 4 warehouse rooms in the heart of Bristol.

A full day and evening of synthesizer stalls, panel talks, live hardware performances, DIY modular workshops, Ableton Live workshops, Max4Live build sessions and the Escher Music Connection showcase.

Synths & Talks 12:00pm - 18:00pm
Live Sets : 12:00pm - 20:00pm
Escher Showcase : 20:00pm - 22:00pm with 1020 Radio.

Knobs In Conjuntion with:

Thonk
Focusrite / Novation
Audio-Technica / Allen&Heath
Roland UK

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Daniel Miller - live modular set @SUPERBOOTH19

Published on Jun 13, 2019 Superbooth Official

"Daniel Miller with one of his very rare modular live-sets.

The founder of the legendary label Mute Records played on the second day of SUPERBOOTH19 on the Seaside Stage, attracting many visitors of the trade fair to the outdoor area. He took the audience with him on a journey from gentle ambient worlds to pulsating drone territory. And then it started to rain."

Daniel Miller Mute Records Modules 'Stumm' and 'Makrow' with FSS // Superbooth 2019

Published on May 18, 2019 DivKidVideo

"It was delighted to hear that Future Sound Systems ( FSS ) would be collaborating and working with Daniel Miller of Mute Records. Their two new Eurorack modules Stumm and Makrow presented at Superbooth provide performance friendly ways to mute, group, shift and morph pretty much anything in a modular system. That's always excited, fresh and welcome and I'm really looking forward to trying these out in my own system."

Superbooth 2019 -Future Sound System Daniel Miller Collab On Modules

Published on May 16, 2019 sonicstate

"As well as some interesting new products from Future Sound Systems the Cyclical Engine Oscillator, the Recombination Engine (a triple stack of 3340 oscillators) there were also two new modules made in collaboration with Daniel Miller (Mute Records). STUMM and Macro modules."

Future Sound Systems - Stumm & Makrow - Superbooth 2019 - Product Rundown and Demo

Published on May 10, 2019 Sound On Sound magazine

"FSS show off the first fruits of their collaboration with Mute Records' Daniel Miller - STUMM and MAKROW.

STUMM is a six-channel bank of click-less mutes with grouping functionality.

MAKROW is designed to behave as a patch macro-controller, giving 6 outputs and allows for massive sounding patch changes, all at the turn of a single knob."

Moogfest 2019 - Lets Talk To Daniel Miller

Published on May 2, 2019 sonicstate

"We caught up with Mute boss and general legend of the UK electronic music scene, Daniel Miller, to talk Mute Visual History, modular synths and Mute. Our favourite line: 'Anything for Sonicstate'"