AH Bay Area 2005

Another Flickr set, Carbon111 pointed out. Thought I had seen this one already, but apparently not. Title link takes you there. I put up the links to the other posts on the gathering below.



AH Bay Area Gathering Shots
More AH Bay Area Gathering Shots
AH Bay Area Synth Gathering - New Flickr Shots

Update: And another set via Doug T in the comments:
http://www.retrosynth.com/slideshow/20051016_baah/

reKon Waldorf Pulse VST Editor

Via punkdISCO on AH. Never saw this before. Really nice interface. Title link takes you there.



Update: Interesting note from PunkdISCO that I didn't really think of at the time I posted this:

"There are dozens of free Pulse editors on pretty much any platform we
care to mention. I only posted this new one as its the first that I know of
that is a VST pluggin giving all the benefits of VSTs (automation, patches
stored with the song, etc) all within your song."

ARP 2600 Bug?

Interesting. David Hillel of the New England Synthesizer Museum (Title Link) just posted a bug with the ARP 2600 on AH. Kind of odd when one crops up after all this time.

From the post:

"I was working on two 2600s with David White when he tried a strange ADSR
setting and
it didn't work. I tried replacing all the transistors, all the diodes, and
the opamp in the ADSR
with no fix. So we tried another 2600, same problem. Tried the 2600 on
display at the
Museum, same problem. They apparently all have it.

How to reproduce it:
Set Attack to maximum, Decay to minimum, Sustain to maximum, and
Release to minimum. If you hit the front panel button, you get a slow
attack, but
if you use a 3604 keyboard, the attack is instantaneous, which is wrong.
Of course,
if the sustain is at maximum you can set the Decay anywhere without
affecting the
result of a properly functioning ADSR, so the workaround is to put the
Decay up
to maximum.

Why it happens:
The trigger pulse from the 3604 is deliberately delayed, which prevents
the decay/sustain
logic from being disabled until a few milliseconds after the gate has
risen. This allows the
sustain setting (in this case, maximum) to back circuit through the Decay
control and
fully charge the capacitor before the slow attack can happen."

Anna Ranger

Interesting synth-pop band. Very Vince Clarke. Reminds me a bit of an Indie Yaz with just a touch of OMD, but it's own sound. Via this post on VSE.

Nice shot with an ARP 2500 and Electrocomp

Fame The Movie

Yes, that Fame. As horrid as the thought might be, I just might need to add it to my movie list. There is an interesting thread on VSE regarding analog synth appearances in film and tv. Fame came up including the following two shots. BTW, anyone know what the synth is in the second shot by the older gentleman? Title link takes you to the thread.



Click for a bigger shot to see the synth (anyone know what it is)?.


BTW, I got you to look at Fame pictures. Bwahahahaha... : )

Plan B and Livewire Modular

Carbon111 sent me a link to this Flickr shot. I did a little digging and I'm not sure, but this looks like an EAR (Electro-Acoustic Research) modular. Title link takes you to the EAR site. Flickr link takes you to a much bigger shot where you can read the panels. Thanks Carbon111!



"EAR features the work of two established modular synth designers, Mike Brown of Livewire and Peter Grenader of Plan B. EAR has also announced that it will be the exclusive manufacturer of Tony Allgood's Oakley Sound Systems designs in MOTM and Deopfer formats."

Various Synths - New Flickr Shots

Title link takes you to some other great shots. Man I want a grey SH-101.

The Singing Plant

Basically a botanical theremin. Nice. Via Gizmodo via a string of other blogs. Title link takes you there.



"A plant wired up to a theremin, through custom software, triggering various samples based on the theremin's pitch. sensor system detecting users approaching the plant and then dimming up a spotlight placed over the plant."