Orange Peel - Projectaries - MOTM Track

Title link takes you to Projectaries on MySpace. The track Orange Peel, features the MOTM Modular.

Blade Runner Main Titles Theme

YouTube via gattobus.
"Here is a piece from the Blade Runner OST (Main Titles) performed with my synthesizers: Moog Little Phatty, Korg Radias, Korg Trinity."
Update: check out the follow up video.

Shredder VST

YouTube via larsby.

Aries Modular Synthesizer Track

Title link takes you to a post by kkissinger on electro-music.com featuring a track done with the Aries Modular.

"After the EM2007 festival, I spent the next few weeks at home doing all the stuff that I had put off doing so that I could prepare for the festival. Lately, I have been heads-down to create more live-looping works and look forward to completing new works in the next few months.

Has been a while since I've posted a track here on electro-music. Many folks here enjoyed hearing my Aries synth version of the Bach Concerto in d-minor (3rd movement) and I'd like to share the 1st movement with you.

The track below is a remix from the 4-channel master tape (originally recorded in 1977). The performance of the solo part is recent -- I used the Aries synthesizer and used a touch-sensitive keyboard (I didn't have such a keyboard in 1977). Originally I used a foot pedal to control the volume of the solo.

Hope you enjoy all these vintage synth sounds, painstakingly recorded one line at a time on analog tape (ah, the memories!).

Many thanks to you, the electro-music.community, for your support and encouragement."

I did mirror it here, however do go to the post to check it out along with any discussion and updates on it.

Ray Edgar - Flexonica II

YouTube via rayedgar. via sequencer.de.
"Performance at the Kitchen New York. feb 1991
The sweatstick is a alternative midi controller designed and built by Ray Edgar."

MIDI paper

YouTube via db3ll. via sequencer.de
"Using a piece of paper as a midi controller"

GRANIPH Minimoog T

Cool looking T-shirt posted on SoNiCbRaT.

Slagsmålsklubben live @ NBC GIGA

YouTube via betamann. Sent my way via Cyril.
"Slagsmålsklubben live @ NBC GIGA (german tv show) 20.03.2006"

Roland SVC-350 Vocoder and Paraphonic 505

YouTube vai RedRoomNW.

Kevin Shields

YouTube via audiotactix.
Kevin Shields live Deathbomb Arc Showcase @ Fools Foundation Sacramento 07/15/07

The Namastitar

Remember Ciat Lonbarde? Here's his latest piece.
"This is the prototypical model of a Namastitar, an analog/string hybrid. The brass frets, besides setting the intervals of the acoustic string tones, are also nodes of an oscillator. So by playing the fretboardyou articulate string tone as well as oscillator tone. This oscillator makes a ring-modulation circuit with the sound of the string so you have complex articulated tones formed out of plucked string, as well as smooth oscillator tones made by pressing on the bridge (like the sidrassi organ somewhat). There are four knobs: oscillator basis frequency, fretboard convolution, mix of affected and clean string sounds, and master volume. The fretboard convolution knob controls how the oscillator responds to the fret scale- going upwards or downwards or upwards-downwards."

Title link takes you to more info. Via Music Thing.

Buck Rogers Space Funk

Buck Rogers Space Funk part 1


Buck Rogers Space Funk part 2

"Futuristic Space Funk Band with Punker Riot on Buck Rogers TV Show"
via AudioLemon

moonbank

Title link takes you to there MySpace page. Pretty cool stuff. It's not electronica and it's not prog rock. : )

Guess the synths

Adrian Belew's Roland PG-800

Title link takes you to some nice shots via this auction.

"With it's 23 sliders, 16 switches, 3 knobs and 2 buttons, the Roland PG-800 is a godsend for live tweaking while you run MIDI sequences to your synth. It's great for sweeping the resonance or cutoff while a nice throbbing bassline is playing! We could not imagine programming the MKS-70 or JX synths without this unit. It makes programming these synths 1000 times faster and easier!!! We must also mention, this unit belonged to Adrian Belew, the well known guitarist (and probably the most innovative one at least) for King Crimson. It's in amazing condition, so I don't think he gigged with it. I do know the Roland JX-8P was his main synth for awhile, so I can imagine him using this programmer to get his sounds programmed."

Oberheim DMX

Title link takes you to some nice shots via this auction.

Juno Filter Module

Update. I have removed the image and quote from AH at dj hohum's request.

via dj hohum:
"I've taken the images down from my flickr site and I plan to bring the images and description of the finished module back in the future on a different site."

Here's the link to the post on AH. Sorry folks, I try to respect people's wishes when it comes to content on this blog. Not sure why dj hohum wanted it pulled, but he did. I'm not removing the post altogether as there are comments here and of course it is interesting synth info .

AnalogLive! at the Redcat Theater - November 16th, 2007

"We're extremely pleased to announce the confirmation of AnalogLive! - a live all-analog ensemble performance at the CalArts Redcat Theater, located in the Disney Music Hall complex in Los Angeles, on November 16th.

Bringing together some of today's leading composers, performers and designers for a real-time presentation of works centered around the revival of analog synthesis, Analoglive! is a collaborative live ensemble performance from composers Gary Chang, Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails, Richard Devine, Peter Grenader, Chas Smith, and a rare Los Angeles appearance by Thighpaulsandra of the band Spiritualized, along with Paul Tzanetopoulos - involving kinetic video sculpture, electro-acoustic music via analog synthesizers and acoustic instruments.

For more information on the show, click the link below and we hope to see you there!

http://www.ear-group.net/analoglive!.html"

Sherman as Sequencer-Trigger

YouTube via verstaerker.
"using the envelope follower of the sherman to create an envelope wich controls the Doepfer Sequencer"

Kawai K5000s

Title link takes you to shots via this auction

"The genesis of the K5000 was the Kawai K5 additive synthesizer. So with Advanced Additiveª synthesis, Kawai has come up with a synth, the K5000S and the workstation version, the K5000W that go the limit on creation of sophisticated additive waveforms.Rather than using pre-set waves, this synthesizer builds custom waves using up to 128 harmonics. By way of 128 Format Filters, individual envelopes for each of the harmonics, 24db/octave resonant DCF and DCA's (That's Digitally Controlled Filters and Amplifiers), the K5000 offers a large number of sound choices. These additive sounds can be also combined with internal PCM sounds.The K5000W workstation has 226 pre-set sampled sounds made up of 128 General MIDI patches and 11 drum kits. Along with the 61-note keyboard, you'll have 64-note polyphony with a 40-track/40,000 note sequencer and a built-in Standard MIDI File disk drive with 99 song and 180,000 note capacity. If you get the K5000S synth, then you'll have a multi-mode arpeggiator (yes! they are coming back), 16 preset and four assignable "macro" control knobs to change parameters during live performances.

FOR SOUND DEMOS GO HERE

Polyphony - 32 voicesOscillators - Digital Additive Synthesis plus PCM samples;
Harmonics: 64 per source; Waveforms: 689 (123 synth, 341 GM, 225 drums). Note: only K5000W features GM soundsEffects - 4 effects algorithms with 32 different effectsFilter - 128-band formant filter, 24dB/oct low-pass and high-passLFO - 2 (one for formant filter, one can be freely routed to other destinations)VCA - 1 ASDR per part, with key scale and velocitySequencer/Arpeg - Sequencer: 40 tracks, 40,000 note capacity (K5000W only)
Arpeggiator: 40 patterns, 8 user (K5000S and K5000R only)Keyboard - 61 Keys with velocity and aftertouchMemory - 200 patches, 64 performancesControl -
MIDI (K5000S, K5000R: 4-part multi-timbral; K5000W: 32-part multi-timbral)
Date Produced - 1996
Est. Value - $500 - $1,200"

Yamaha CS01

via this auction.

Not the greatest shots but I don't believe I've seen a shot of the manual before.

Roland EF-303

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Kind of a virtual Murf before the Murf plus effects, plus step sequencer. I always wanted one of these.