Synthesizer Treffen Schweiz Jam Aarau 12.12.2015

Published on Dec 13, 2015 moondustweb

"Jam from Synthesizer Treffen Schweiz in Aarau"

This one in via Moondust of http://ambientbugblog.blogspot.ch.

moondust jam at Happy Knobbing 2015

Published on May 26, 2015 moondustweb

"My jam at Happy Knobbing whit Verbos and Sputnik Modular Moduls.
The FX come from Zoom G3 and Ableton"

Happy Knobbing 2014 -- Jam Sessions

Published on Jun 9, 2014 wolfgangschaltung·24 videos

This one in via moondust.

See the Happy Knobbing channel below for more.

Happy Knobbing 2013 Moondust Modularimprovisation

Published on Jun 9, 2013 moondustweb·19 videos

"My first improvisation on the happy knobbing with my modular system . I play whit the iPad the Orphion , over the midi interface the motm 350 and with the ribbon the doepfer a-112 , and i use many delay"

Stereoping Custom Controllers

More at stereoping.com/

Pictured:
Korg EX-8000 Programmer (Kenton Controlfreak)
Kawai K3 Programmer (Kenton Controlfreak)
Midi-Trigger-Interface for Vermona ER-9

This one in via Moondust

Unikat Groovebox

via navs where you'll find more pics.

"One of five, custom-built, apparently based on a Hohner drum machine, master clock operation only, price unknown."

via moondust

Ambient jam Aarau

YouTube via moondustweb | December 06, 2010
Some synth spotting at the synthesizer treffen.

Oberheim Matrix-12, GenoQs Octopus, and PPG Wave make an appearance amongst other synths.

Update: Click here for some pics of the event via Moondust.

Happy Knobbing 2010 Pics and Video

via moondust

Click on each of the following links for the full galleries. I picked two from each in the following order:

ovi set by moondust
flickr set by synth_mooger
flickr set by janvanvolt
picasa set by .

video of the Chimera bc9 below.










YouTube via moondustweb — May 24, 2010 — "it was a demo on the happy knobbing 2010 off the chimera synth" Update: be sure to see the sequencer.de link below for more images. Modular Synthesizer Meeting - Happy Knobbing 2010, Germany (Fischbach) Pt 1/2

 
YouTube via Moogulator — May 24, 2010 — "The Modular Synthesizer Meeting http://www.sequencer.de/blog/?p=7847 and Jams, Part 1 of 2 by sequencer.de synthesizer database Meeting Info: http://www.sequencer.de/synth/index.p... Next Meeting 10-12.June.2011" Modular Synthesizer Meeting - Happy Knobbing 2010, Germany (Fischbach) Pt 2/2

 

Synthesizer Treffen Link Update

I had the link for Moondust incorrect in this post. Click here for the correct link.

Synthesizer Treffen Schweiz - Swiss Synthesizer Meeting

via Martin of Moondust

Details on the event here, and images here.

Cohen's HALLELUJAH: Vocal, Theremin & MIDI theremin

YouTube via copperleaves.
"First of all, I'm sorry this video is so long but I wanted to sing all the verses of it that I could find. Leonard Cohen (who wrote the song) said that he wished people would stop singing it but you might as well ask people to stop looking at the Mona Lisa! In its genre, this song is a masterpiece.

I discovered Leonard Cohen back in the early 60's when a family friend gave my parents a copy of LOVE WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE LONG, a collection of the works of Cohen and his friend and mentor, the late, brilliant Irving Layton. I had never really appreciated poetry until I read that book. Perhaps what has always impressed me most about Leonard Cohen's work is his ability to be distant and objective about his subject while resting quietly in its heart.

There are two theremins in this video, Samuel Hoffman's 1929 RCA and the Moog MIDI Ethervox. I have never been able to sing and accurately play the theremin at the same time, so verse three (where I play the Hoffman RCA) is the only verse where I did not sing live. The MIDI theremin (which you see on verse five) is fairly easy to play while singing. Simple gestures of the arm trigger sounds from a separate MIDI module (in this case a Roland JV 2080).

The keyboard on this video is a Korg Triton Extreme (doubled with a Roland Fantom XR). The advantage of an electronic keyboard over an acoustic piano is that there is no leakage into the vocal mike when a singer is playing and singing at the same time. Nothing will ever replace a good Steinway but the latest generations of electronic keyboards are awesome!

The mike I used is a cordless Sennheiser that I have had for years. It was given to me by Sennheiser when they sponsored a tour in the 1980's and it works as well today as it did when I got it.

Here's a little bit of trivia you may not know about the RCA theremin in this video. According to Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong's biographer, Andrew Smith, Armstrong actually took a recording of this theremin with him into space for the moon landing in 1969. The previous owner of this instrument, Dr. Samuel Hoffman, used it on his 1947 recording, MUSIC OUT OF THE MOON. Neil Armstrong liked the sound of it so much that he made a cassette tape of it from his personal record collection and took it with him to the moon.

Andrew Smith ends his book, MOONDUST, with the following words, '.....when I've thought of Apollo, I've thought of him [Neil Armstrong] and his little band drifting out there toward the secret Moon.....spilling theremin music out at the stars.'"

Update via Brian in the comments:
"Check out: http://www.peterpringle.com/"

Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 9

YouTube via elektrosurfer. Happy Knobbing via elektrosurger here.

"Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 9
Jam [ACA & Moondust & Tronique]
Doepfer Modular
Theiss Modular"

Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 3


"Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 3
scaff
doepfer cwejman"

Happy Knobbing 2008 Images by Moondust

click here for more images of the event on sequencer.de.