Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Cowboy and the Vocoder and the MMM
YouTube via redmartian.
Note this is via redmartian and not AnalogVocoder1 (click for the reference).
"A song written for a dog who likes to listen to the sound the Roland SVC-350 vocoder. This song features the MMM as well as a Sequential Circuits Drum Traks and a Roland Jupiter-6. (I don't have a Poly-800 .. sorry cowboy).
Here are the lyrics:
Do you know Cowboy
and the SVC-350?
Do you know Cowboy
and the Roland Vocoder?
Hey there Cowboy
I see you there
Lazy gazing
Gazing lazy
Whos my sweet boy?
You know its you.
I like to vocode and you do too.
No Poly-800 to drive the SVC
So I use an MMM as my carrier wave
No Poly-800 but Cowboy doesn't mind.
We all know its the Roland SVC-350 vocoder time.
Audio version can be found here:
http://redmartian.com/napster/Red_Mar..."
Update: The ending might not be safe for work.
Cowboy Enjoying His Song While Licking Himself
YouTube via VoiceEncoder
"Cowboy enjoying his song while licking himself!!!!
Thanks to 'redmartian' for his song "Cowboy and the Vocoder and the MMM".
'redmartian's' footage is taken from my video "Cowboy and the Vocoder".
This footage is from me 'AnalogVocoder1'."
VEMIA - Simmons SDS5
via this VEMIA auction"Simmons SDS V inc Very rare Hex Suitcase pads ex Alan Murphy Go West/Level 42 1x Bass, 1x snare 3x tom 1x rare cymbal modules. you will have to buy an xlr to jack loom to hook up the pads."
VEMIA - Moog Projekt Elektronik mod-ed 960s
via this VEMIA auction"No documentary evidence, but these are believed to have been owned by Tangerine Dream, and modified for them by Projekt Elektronik or Wolfgang Palm. The photo of Edgar Froese is believed to show these two sequencers - one above the Four-Voice, and one under the MS-10. Some features of the modifications seem to have been disabled or altered, so some servicing or re-modding may be needed. All early (R.A. Moog) items: 2x 960, 1x 961, 2x 962s. Re-cased at some time in their history into what looks like a IIIP-style case with two knobs on top. Another item needing to be sold to finance a large modular synth restoration."
Update via Micke in the comments:
"The big sequencer above the Oberheim Four voice in the photo with Edgar Froese is a Synthanorma (built by Matten & Wiechers), not Moog.
Other artists/bands using this type of sequencer were Klaus Schulze and Kraftwerk (who used a special version of it)."
"The Synthanorma sequencer was part of Peter Schmoelling's stage rig during TD's concert in East-Berlin way back in Jan 1980."
VEMIA - Custom SEM, 1601-style sequencer
via this VEMIA auctionNote the auctions end this Saturday.
"This is a customised semi-modular SEM and CARP1601 Analogue Sequencer. The module is in perfect working order and has been calibrated. SEM - It has 10 CV inputs including 2 external inputs, LFO sync plus the usual Filter1/2, CV1/2, VCA and Gate inputs. Envelopes and the LFO, as well as all oscillator waveforms are available as outputs. Four CV inputs include attenuators. All jacks except VCA out are high quality 3.5mm metal sockets. The VCA out is a 6.5mm jack and includes level control. All knobs match the original Oberheim SEM. CARP 1601 - this is a 2U unit based on the original ARP 1601. Only a handful were made due to high cost of manufacture. It is a 16 step sequencer with 5 octave Quantised output in semitone steps and 10 octave unquantised output. There are many inputs and outputs including Position 1, Reset, Start, Stop, CV IN, FM etc. Gate can be set for each step and the sequencer can be programmed to any step length between 1 and 16. Both units are housed in an attractive angled case with matching lid and side entry mains socket. For more information and audio examples please visit www.vcf.talktalk.net."
EMS Synthi Mk 1 AKS Modded
via alka"Fit modifications:
Oscillator stabilization
Fit metal-can dual transistors
VC shape x 2
Hi/lo frequency range
Osc sync (with pot) to Osc2
Switchable 18/24 filter mode
Switchable unslew to filter frequency
Patchable Inverter
KS step-time, ext.clocking & transposition
KS external power supply & cabling to Synthi
I was overjoyed when Robin Wood, the current owner who has been with Electronic Music Studios nearly since it's inception, answered my email pleas for help. It was soon settled. I would send the Synthi overseas for a complete overhaul and some modifications while there. It was disheartening to depart from the Synthi after so little time spent with it, but I knew that the unit was special and a fully functional one would be well worth every cent... an investment of sorts, but more importantly, a future fully functioning mystical music machine for alka. So...
As the weeks turned into months, my thoughts were consumed with all things EMS. I tried many things to pass the time, like make a scrapbook, read 3 EMS manuals, reviewed all the EMS posts on Matrixsynth, discovered the excellent Synthi blog and became friends with the creator: PIN."
You can find the full story including more images on alka's MySpace Blog.
Mainstreet Electrical Paradde - Synthesizer Version
YouTube via noyzmakr.
Man I loved this parade growing up.
"Tons of juicy analog synth in this classic track."
Note the title should of course be Mainstreet Electrical Parade - Synthesizer Version
Be sure to see these posts and scroll, specifically this post on Michael Iceberg.
Korg nanoKEY and nanoKONTROL
YouTube via audiomidicom
"Korg's super nifty new ultra-compact controller's, demoed by audioMIDI.com's Mitchell Sigman. Neat-o!"
The Week-End Synth
via Davide: "The pictures tell the little story about a little synth and a little girl. The synth is the wonderful Ray Wilson's (Music From Outer Space) WSG. It's a perfect beginner's project if you are going to use his PCB. I chose the hard way (I'm not a beginner anymore, anyway) and opted for a perforated board and made all the connections by hand. To my surprise, at the flick of the switch everything worked as expected and I felt brave enough to scare the cat with the bleeps and dee-doo-dee-doo coming out the little synth. It's very 'knobby' and it's fun not to have labels! The knobs were a sale on Mouser, but they are much larger than I expected!I asked Beatrice, my daughter, to fix the logo for the synth, and when I returned home tonight, I found a stunning MFOS logo!!! Thank to Beatrice for her art, thanks to my wife for her patience, and thank to Ray Wilson for his beautiful toys and sharing. Made In Italy, With Love.
Schedule:Saturday Morning: Drilling Da Holz
Saturday Afternoon: Mounting the components
Sunday Morning: cabling panel wires, switch on and PLAY!!!!!!
Regards,
Davide
P.S.
I saw a lot of people here and there, and on the tube, presenting a WSG [Weird Sound Generator] WITHOUT saying that it's the work of Ray Wilson, and trying to impress people with their design skills... The Weird Sound Generator is a beautiful work of Music From Outer Space, give credits to Ray for this."
Particle for the Waldorf Blofeld
"Punkwell Particle is a design for a mini keyboard and programming dock for use with the Waldorf Blofeld.Originally designed as a miniture keyboard for use with laptops ( thanks to korg again for putting one into production hoho :) ) this design has been expanded specifically to the size of the blofeld, but can also be pulled out to use on any midi keyboard or rack.
Not entirely designed for performance use, the particle is ideally suited to programming sounds where you just want a few keys and pitch/modulations to test but without having to fire up a computer or hook up a larger keyboard, and would equally be useful to those programming sequencers non real time. The keys will also double up as an alphabetic keypad to help naming patches faster."
Hohner Pianet T
images at this auction"Is it a guitarists keyboard or a keyboardists guitar?
Guitarists love it because it plugs into your pedals and effects and keeps your own guitarsound and applies it to the keyboard.
Keyboardists love it because by plugging it into guitarpedals and amp models and overdrives and sustains, you get a guitarsound with the playability of a keyboard.
Each key on the PianetT has an electromagnetic pickup that picks up the vibration that each key creates when you press it, and sends this to the output, similar to how a guitar creates sound when the pickup picks up the strings vibratation.
And it looks just like a guitarcase, until you open up the front lid and reveal the beatiful keys. It also works really well for classic Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds, and is a great alternative to the Yamaha CP 70 and CP 80 (popularized by Keane) due to it's lightness and portability.
This beautiful suitcase piano comes as a rare complete set, original stand+bag & sheetholder included, and has been upgraded with with new silicon hammers.
Real acoustic/electro-acoustic piano action with audio output, in portable design. No power needed. Plug it in to your amp, your favorite guitar pedal or straight into your DAW, fold it up & take it away.
pianet_t.mp3"
Gary Numan Replicas live
YouTube via NuMaNSound
"Ensoniq ESQ1 running thru reason reverb and chorus/flanger effect;"
soundlab mini synth www.myspace.com/myagisoleclaw
YouTube via myagi303
"front panel board and pcb for my soundlab mini synth - will post more when done
http://www.myspace.com/myagisoleclaw"
An even simpler theme; reprise
YouTube via attorks
"I had to trim the video back to 10 minutes because of the YouTube upload limit. If you want to see or download the whole original video of 14 minutes with a better audio quality, see or download the video in the video section of my website.
This is basically the same setup as for the video 'An even simpler theme' added on november the 1st but the music is more subtle. But somehow I can not reach the subtleness of the great masters in Electronic Music (e.g. Redshift, Free System Projekt or von Haulshoven). Still I hope you enjoy this. The Kawai 100F is responsible for the Ring Modulated background noise. Three different sequences, an 8 step sequence on the Synthesizers.com, a 12 and later 16 step sequence from a MFM VCO through the CGS Steiner filter only using the Band Pass input and a 1 and later 4 step sequence from a MFM VCO through an Ian Fritz 5Pulser through an Oakley Equinoxe Phaser. Again just 3 minor chords (Cm, Bbm and Fm) with chord memory on the AKAI AX80 and an improvised solo on the Nord Lead 1; a truly 2 finger system."
SEBassLine
YouTube via ripe909. Note the genoQs Octopus.
"A quick demo of a new custom 303 clone based on the x0xb0x. This limited edition synthesizer is now available for purchase at my website: http://www.socialentropy.com/bassline"
SEBassLine2
"Another quick demo of the SE BassLine in action. Sorry the audio is from the camera microphone, gives it that warehouse feel!"
navs.modular.lab Patch of the Day - The Random Multiplexer
"First Patch of the Day of the new blog features Doepfer's A-152 voltage addressed T&H/ switch and A-149-1 Source of Uncertainty:
Three detuned VCOs play the same sequence. The Multiplexer, or switch, randomly dictates which VCO sounds when."
See Navs for the full post including sample.
Three detuned VCOs play the same sequence. The Multiplexer, or switch, randomly dictates which VCO sounds when."
See Navs for the full post including sample.
Touch the Wave 0.4
YouTube via objaudio. Audio kicks in at :48.
"オーディオ波形を直接タッチしてスクラッチできるiPhone・iPod touch用DJアプリです。AppStoreにて公開中。"
http://objective-audio.jp/apps/software/touch-the-wave.html
You can get Touche the Wave here:
Gakken SX-150s Available via MAKE
$45.99 via MakerSHEDBTW, the magazine that comes with it is top notch. Amazing images, but... It's in Japanese. Still worth it though.
Description:
"This cool little synth kit is easy to put together, requires no soldering and is easy to hack (see links below). There are no English instructions included (book and kit are in Japanese but beautifully done) but the detailed illustrations are more than enough to easily put this kit together. Check out our blog links below to see our review and hacks. Imported from Japan in partnership with Gakken. 4 AA batteries (not included)
Make Blog Posts:
Review by Collin Cunningham
How to Control via MIDI
Features
* Size: 4.5 x 6 inches
* Controls for LFO, pitch envelope, frequency cutoff, resonance and attack/decay
* Slide controller (pen type electrode)
* Output and external input 1/8" Jacks
* Small built-in speaker"
And of course you can find them on Ebay.
The SE BassLine
via JK: "I just completed and released a special 303 clone based on the x0xb0x. I will have a limited run of 19 machines completed. It has a custom metal case, silk-screened graphics, metal knobs, etc. Price will be $1500 shipped (in USA), and there are a few other options available for extra cost, such as real 303 knobs, Roland VCA chip, authentic transistors."For more information please visit http://www.socialentropy.com/bassline/
Appendage Touch Ribbon Controller First Video
YouTube via ScottStites
"A preview of the Appendage Touch Ribbon Controller project. Sorry for the lousy audio (working on that)."
Some notes directly from Scott:
"It's a video of my latest project, the Appendage Touch Ribbon Controller. It's just me futzing around on it, more or less. The audio is lousy (my camera has no line input, so it's just crappy mic audio). The Appendage is set up to control a VCO and filter with its mixed output, the EG is controlled by the gate and trigger outputs, and filter cutoff is controlled both by EG and slide output. VCA is controlled by the EG output. It's a single Sawtooth VCO with harmonics added by my Schmitz Late MS-20 filter, then run through my Schmitz 2040 Transistor Clone filter. The Appendage generates four different control voltages, plus it can mix those voltages in different ratios on an additional mixed output. The four voltages are: Initial Note, Slide, Bend, and "TFS", which is a voltage that is proportional to the difference between two points of pressure. In this video, just the initial and TFS control pitch at the beginning. I then add external modulation for a while, take the external modulation out, add a slight bit of bend to produce the standard dying whale noises, then add more bend to give it more vibrato and positional slide. Towards the end, I turn up a feature called "AutoGlide" which basically glides the bend and slide voltages if they're sustained and "hammered on", but does not lag the initial note. It's sort of like the legato type portamento found on various synth keyboards.
There are several other functions not covered in this video."
Update via Scott (I asked him about size):
"The circuit will handle any size of SoftPot (I've tried 500mm, 200mm and...oh dang, smaller than 200 - can't remember if it's 100 or 50mm now). It's almost comical to watch the really small ribbon, because you can drive your modular 10 Octaves (sub to ultrasonic) just by moving your finger a couple of inches or so.
Originally I was hoping there would be a front panel switch that would allow one to switch different sizes out, but that didn't work out - the circuit is calibrated to whatever size of SoftPot ribbon that is used. It'll also operate at +/-15V and +/-12V (in the video it's operating at +/-12V because that was my most current test - I usually use +/-15V rails myself).
This is the full blown Appendage, which has the external inputs for S&H using the ribbon, external gating (great for arpeggios and making it sound like your fingers move at light speed), external keyboard function (which allows a sort of duophony plus the legato portamento I mentioned), and triggering modes (re-trigger and "hyper trigger", which creates triggers on applying pressure and removing pressure - another method to get really fast runs in). It's also switchable between voltage and current mode. The difference between voltage and current mode is how the ribbon reacts to more than one pressure point. It puts out voltages in current mode, BTW, it's just that the ribbon is looked at by the circuit as sort of an infinite resolution constant current keyboard, with left hand priority. In this case, TFS is independent of slide and bend, so the left hand can slide, etc., while the right hand can control things like filter cutoff without affecting any pitch outputs. In current mode, it acts a lot like the late, great John Simonton's description of his PAiA ribbon controller.
It's a fairly large circuit, so we (by "we" I mean Bill Manganaro, State Machine on electro-music - he's laying out the PCB) are planning a slimmer version that will have the basics - Slide, Bend and Initial, plus gate and trigger output and external mod in only (no TFS output). That model would still be a nice pitch controller, but would also be sized for using as an adjunct controller to other controllers (like keyboards)."
KORG DS-10 - El Bimbo (Blue Oyster Bar)
YouTube via starerik
"This is "El Bimbo" written by Claude Ganem, but the track is more known as the "Blue Oyster Bar"-song in the "Police Academy" movies.
I had to create my own ending since I couldn't get the whole song to fit. :("
【MikuMikuDance】『Silence』（MMD Edition）【初音ミク】 VOCALOID 【3DPV】
YouTube via Junjoukaren
"Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by just typing in lyrics and melody."
Aliens Project Toy of the Month 68 - KORG Kaossilator
You'll find more images, info and samples on Aliens Project.
ASM-2 (Part 7)
via Synth.nl where you will find more images and info.
"It has been a while since I worked on my DIY projects with the deadline stress for the album, but I picked up now where I left. I want to try and finish the ASM-2 first. In the picture on the left you can see the completely finished PolyDAC PCB. I also finished the Raw DC PCB by now. Not very exciting to look at. Basically it is just a rough power converter from AC to DC. It is nice that is a separate PCB so it can be mounted in the cabinet somewhere far away together with a transformer to avoid it from interfering the audio signal.I also received the front panel for the ASM-2 recently. It was actually way bigger than I expected. From the pictures on the website from Elby I figured it would be 19'' format. But you can see it standing against our couch here so I can guess you can judge the format from it."
PRIZM Atmospheric Synth
"PRIZM is an atmospheric virtual instrument without equal. Using Evolvers, mystical and haunting vocals, lush pads and strings, symphonic brass, guitars, plucked instruments, insanely fat analog timbres, crazy modelled instruments, pianos, sound effects and morphing soundscapes, you can create phenomenal sound tracks for film, television, games and all types of musical genres. It includes a 35 gigabyte core library that was recorded in 24 bit, 48khz for the highest sonic quality."
de la Mancha miniSID and More
http://www.delamancha.co.uk/miniSID is in the freeware section.
simple SID chip synth
Instant chiptune sounds, using waveforms from a 6581 SID chip and a configurable arp for retro gamer sounds
- Square, Saw and Triangle waves sampled from a 6581 SID chip
- 2 oscs with 3 levels of oscillator sync
- arp with 3 modes and 4 speeds
- arp has up to 4 octaves range
- arp has 4 note length options
- all controls have MIDI CC's assigned"
Be sure to check the site out. There's quite a bit there including freeware.
Robo Synth by ::Vtol::
Tokyo
flickr by seanfromfull size
Anyone know where this is?
KORG 800DV
Update via brandon daniel in the comments: "It's from the lobby in the Korg home office in Tokyo. Clearly moved around a bit since I've last been there, but here's my shot of the same synth in their lobby"
yes - rick wakeman solo
YouTube via randallcraig. via Jones Alley. More Rick Wakeman here.
"Yessongs - Enjoy...To watch the whole show click http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list.... If you have enjoyed these wonderful Yes videos, then support the band and pick up CLOSE TO THE EDGE today at http://www.amazon.com/Close-Edge-Yes/..."
eyeSequencer (Work in Progress)
YouTube via cappelnord
"Every now and then you see some particullary beautiful eyes some of them inspired me to use images of eyes to create musical material. I wrote a little framework/application in Processing to help me analyse the image. "Scanners"€ circulate in the eye and analyse RGB and brightness values. These values are used to create OSC Messages, which then are send to SuperCollider. There I could generate sound, but for this example i decided to send MIDI control messages and notes to Ableton Live. Look/hear for yourself: Little reminder. This is a work in progress and I see much room for improvements. I only spend about one hour for the SuperCollider/Ableton Live part, so this could sound a lot nicer ;) Stay tuned for more!
http://blog.cappel-nord.de/2008/11/ey..." via Califaudio.
lunetta modulars
via stolefant on this electro-music.com thread: "I've been relooking at some of the projects in this forum ...and was wondering what some of these lunetta modulars do?heres a project in there built into a suitcase with some circuits described and i was wondering what they do. Could some one(s) give me some info here? Im very interested in building some experiments like this down the road.
-4015 dual shift register
Its of bugs design, i checked out his page, as I often do, and not to much info was given concerning perpous or what it does
-4094 shift register
-how does it differ from the 4015 module?
-4011 nand gate
obviously it concerns logic, but how does it process signals? what kind of signals does it end up generating and how can it be used with others? What is the ultimate result and why would i want one?
-4024 divider sub/osc
ok, so i'll assume its a sub sonic signal generator? maybe not? how does it divide, what does it divide, is it like a signal splitter?
-R/2R ladder
I have seen lots o these, some using diodes, do they simply join signals in a series, what effects can this have? Usefulness?
I would love some info, the sound samples provided in that forum are very cool and very inspiring."
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