synsonics synced with juno-60 + more

synsonics synced with juno-60 + more from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.
"tests with syncing the juno-60 arpeggiator to the synsonics drum machine. (w/ omnichord, cs-5, & diy synth)
cliplead.com/"

Charles Cohen and Christian Mirande - Buchla Live

"Lopass Mates @ Rotunda Wed ...all Buchla, all the time Wednesday, March 4, 2009 The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St. Philadelphia 8 PM

Lopass Mates:
Charles Cohen, Buchla Music Easel
Christian Mirande, Buchla 200 Modular Analog Synthesizer

The Buchla 200 is the Mother Ship of the Music Easel. It only appears around here once a decade.
For this improvisational performance it will be piloted by Mr Mirande, an aficionado of Sharks, Coral, Century Series Fighter Planes, and Electro-Acoustic Music.

presented by Bowerbird.org

MORE INFORMATION

also playing:
THE INTERNATIONAL NOTHING (Berlin)
Kai Fagaschinski - clarinet, composition
Michael Thieke - clarinet, composition

KO KOED
Alban Bailly - accordion
Dustin Hurt - accordion"

Update: according to Christian in the comments, this show is free.

Here's a video of Charles Cohen previously posted here. Be sure to see these posts as well.


CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL from Alex on Vimeo.
"/ / / / / Viewing with headphones or a stereo source is highly recommended / / / / /

This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising on a 1970's Buchla Music Easel. This extremely rare instrument is one of Don Buchla's 200 series. Buchla (a pioneer of audio synthesis) only manufactured 14 of these units. The entire film was edited from an hour-long set of free improvisation, with audio was taken directly from Charles' mixing board.

All of the photography and editing was produced by Alex Tyson, a sound and video artist from Pennsylvania. The film was shot in 16:9 720p High Definition format, using a 35mm LensBaby 3GPL.

This film is free to distribute, share, blog, vlog, etc. When re-posting, please copy and paste this text to inform anyone about the film.

At this time the film is only available online. While you can stream it in HD, it is best viewed on DVD.
Please contact the filmmaker for hard copies if interested.

Charles can be reached at ccohen (at) voicenet.com.

Thanks to LensBabies for making this awesome lens!"

Cakewalk Releases Free Updates for SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 Customers

"— Updates add Classic Sounds, New Features, and Improved Performance —

Boston, MA (March 3rd, 2009) — Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces availability of free updates for SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR V-Studio 700. The updates are now available as free downloads for registered SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 customers at www.cakewalk.com/SONAR83 and www.cakewalk.com/VS700_11, respectively.

The SONAR 8.3 update adds classic Roland sample content for Dimension Pro and Dimension LE, drum kits for Session Drummer 2, along with new usability enhancements and engine optimizations. The SONAR 8.3 update also addresses performance issues reported by customers after the initial release of SONAR 8. Additionally, since the initial Winter NAMM update announcement, numerous enhancements are now included in a version 1.1 software update for SONAR V-Studio 700 and a firmware update for its onboard Fantom VS hardware synthesizer."

Introducing the Yamaha SY 1

YouTube via RothHandle
"This last Friday I picked up a Yamaha SY-1 , apparently Yamahas first synth from 1974. I am currently working together with Matti Bye with music for a norwegian film.

This little mobile film was shot at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

Stereopsis - No Pressure

YouTube via krazydrumr47
"This is the second song I wrote. Using MicroKorg, KP3, and Roland Handsonic 10. I sampled all of my beats onto KP3, and added twists of my own, Enjoy. Let's try the sun, for solar energy. Let's breakdown greenhouse gases, and pollution. There is 'No Pressure; No Fresh Water'."

MOOG MINIMOOG DEMO - classic monophonic synthesizer - played with reverb and delay

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"This video shows the Mini Moog in action. The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer with an outstanding, excellent sound - the "Moog sound". The modules inside the Minimoog are of the same high quality like those in Moog modulars. I played the Mini with Yamaha ProR3 reverb and Roland DEP-5 for delays."

MeggySeq Loops and Noises

flickr by solipsistnation. follow-up to this post.
"MeggySeq, Meggy, and the Waveshield with a different set of files. The Waveshield plays files straight off an SD card, so I believe they can be arbitrarily long (up to the size of the SD card the Waveshield supports-- 2GB).

It's monophonic, though, so if something is playing and you start a second file, the first stops playing. This isn't a bad thing, depending on what you're trying to do. It does give you some fun glitchy possibilities. (The loops and samples are from www.rhythm-lab.com.)"

How to make your Microkorg sound REALLY retro!!

YouTube via mik300z
"I've been asked by a few people to share the parameters on this Roland vp-330 like strings patch, so here it is. After inputting these settings exactly you'll have this lovely warm vintage string sound as is heard in the little track I made for the video (inspired by Vangelis' Bounty soundtrack).
I have about 6 variations of it, if you use the phaser on mod fx instead of ensemble it gives a really nice Jarre-like sound too....enjoy!"

MIDI LED Lights

flickr set by armatronix
(click for more including video)

"Eight lights upstage with paper surrounds, plus four downstage doing uplighting and strobes, all controlled by MIDI.

Just-in-time delivery, with lights programmed in Live using a MAX/MSP-based simulator to see what it would look like.

music by FLESHTONE www.myspace.com/fleshtonemusic
video by Minh Tran www.minhternet.com
lights by armatronix"

Roland Jupiter-4

via this auction

inside a Roland Jupiter-4

Vostok Suitcase Synth

via this auction

YAMAHA TX802

via this auction

"Despite its name, the TX802 FM Tone Generator is basically a rack-module version of the DX7mkII with full 8-part multi-timbral operation for sequencing and/or key mapping. It has 16-voices of polyphony and six digital FM Operators, the same as in the DX7mkII. There are 128 preset and 64 user patches for your sounds, as well as an external memory cartridge slot."

I love how all the Yamaha rack synths from this time had those pull-out card sheets. They slide inside a compartment slot in the unit itself. They are also attached so they do not fully pull out and get lost.

Roland Juno-6 with MIDI to CV Converter

via this auction

Aynone know who makes the converter?

Update via Doug in the comments: "I'm pretty sure that's the "MIDI arpeggio synchronizer" from www.dinsync.com.

It's not a MIDI to CV converter, it spits out a MIDI synchronized clock for the arpeggiator on the Juno 6."

JoMox Xbase 999

via this auction

"JoMox Xbase 999 with X Filter"

POLIVOKS

via this auction
"2 VCO with classic waveforms, noise oscillator and external source.

Very strong sounding Analog LP/BP filter with ADSR Envelope,
which can play in loop (retrig). You can process external sound through it,
such as guitar, vocal, drums or another synthesizer. Because of FILTER sound of POLIVOKS is so unique and strong/

Amplifier section contain Envelope ADSR with loop function (retrig), modulation & bypass mode.

Modulator section is a low frequency oscillator with multiple waveforms
and changable rate. LFO roots to amplifier, filter, VCO-1, VCO-2.
Polivoks can play like a classic monophonic synth or in 2-voice mode.
And also You can modulate VCO-1 with VCO-2 (ringmodulator).

No pitchbend & modulation wheel."

Paul Lansky Lesson with Leon Theremin - 1991

YouTube via takenae. You can OHM in the synth movies section.
"From the DVD, OHM+ The early gurus of electronic music
Track 9
Video Recorded by George Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lansky
http://paullansky.org/"
via synthtopia

cliplead Bubble Box

Bubble box by alexinglizian

You can find another image and comments on cliplead.

via Alex_Inglizian in the comments of this post.

Aliens Project Toy of the Month 72 - Future Retro Revolution

More info including samples on Aliens-Project

Audio Damage BigSeq2 Samples

via Analog Industries where you will find more details and another sample.

BigSeq2 Self Osc Test by Chris Randall

"This is preset #8 - Self Osc Acid. The drums are a separate loop and not running through BS2. The "synth" sound is coming from BS2 entirely, no input."

MeggySeq

"The Meggy Jr RGB from Evil Mad Science running MeggySeq, driving a Wave Shield from Lady Ada. MeggySeq is a pattern-based drum machine sequencer. It has 8 patterns of 16 steps each and each step can play one of 8 samples (the colors are hard to tell apart on the video). Next steps: Saving patterns to the eeprom, sending MIDI (currently it just sends single characters over serial to the WaveShield) and possibly syncing to external clock sources. Or, you know, changing the tempo at all."

via solipsistnation (Distant Stations: solipsism.net)
"Darius (tinysubversions.blogspot.com) and I have been messing with the Meggy
Jr RGB kit for the past few days. He did some neat stuff last week, and that
led me to order one and build it on Sunday. It's a great little kit-- it's
VERY easy to start doing interesting stuff. He was doing some things with
his MeggySynth and the Waveshield, and I wrote this sequencer in only a few
hours."

Trackmate LusidOSC Sequencer Application

Trackmate LusidOSC Sequencer Application from Adam Kumpf on Vimeo.

"Trackmate, a do-it-yourself tangible tracking system, is shown here controlling a LusidOSC spatial application that sequences sounds to create and mix music. Both the software and the instructions to build the hardware are open and accessible. Visit trackmate.sourceforge.net for more information."

Having fun with my Synthesizers.com + Yusynth + MFOS 16 step sequencer

YouTube via Thalassa77
"Just having fun with my modular synthesizer. All sounds come from Synthesizers.com and Yusynth noise generator. The sequencer is a MFOS 16 step analog sequencer. Only delay added."

Syntovox S222 Schematics

via Andrew:

"Burt Vermeulen, recently added some schematics to his page for the 222 which is amazing for synto 222 owners everywhere."

Workspace and Environment: Cyrusrex on TRASH_AUDIO

see the full interview on TRASH_AUDIO
"What are your current favorite pieces of hardware?
So many favorites... As far as modular synths, the Macbeth M5 and the cwejman S1 and my eurorack with Livewire etc. The 808, MS20, Voyager and Vostok are getting quite a bit of use as well. The reason I love the Macbeth is how large it sounds, it's got my favorite tone out of all my analogs and is very inspiring to work with. The cwejman is a winner for its precision and envelopes, it's a very diverse synth as far as sonic possibilities. I've also become a huge fan of the Livewire AFGs, I'm definitely going to have to buy all the Livewire stuff now. The 808 is my go to drum machine, I love setting it up with all the outputs going thru crazy pedal chains and just jamming and recording loops with it for hours. The filters on the MS20 never get old and are constantly processing other sounds sources. Voyager is just fun as hell to play, I love the XY pad and its straightforward controls. The Vostok is strange, it's a bit quirky and I like it for its weird 3rd digital VCO. It's a fun portable synth, and makes me want to build a road case for the Cwejman as well."

Live iPhone musical performance - Kids by MGMT played on iPhones and iPod Touches

YouTube via mentalistsuk
"The Mentalists play Kids by MGMT on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using only apps downloaded from the Apple App Store. Apps used Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth, DigiDrummer Lite. http://www.thementalists.co.uk"

Ocarina on iTunes
Retro Synth on iTunes
miniSynth on iTunes
DigiDrummer Lite on iTunes
Digidrummer on iTunes

Kraak en Smaak.

flickr by BlacKie-Pix

full size

Moog Liberation

Synth Wallpaper

flickr by thingstocomerecords

full size

ARP 2600 wallpaper

Anyone ID the middle string synth?

via Brandon: "I think thats a Roland RS-101"

Awesome Synth

flickr by thingstocomerecords

full size

sound mixer

Consonanze e dissonanze - 3

flickr by giorgiocrp

full size

KORG MicroKORG

The Dragon Midi Controller

YouTube via PauloEgidioSilva
"A touch screen panel and real hardware encoderson a lcd screen - the ultimate midi controller for cubase!"
Reminds me of the SenseSurface
via CDM

Analogue Sounds

Moog Little Phatty via khoral's Cafe 80 where you'll find a demo featuring the Little Phatty on bass, a Juno-1, Prophet 08 and Roland D550 for strings.

Carlos Futura - Bach for Computer (1979)

on 36 15 MOOG

Cynthia Zeroscillator

YouTube via ig88sir
"Cynthia Zeroscillator as input to Make Noise QMMG with Doepfer A-143-1 Complex Envelope Generator as the gate signal. Run through a Tip Top Audio Z5000 digital delay. Sorry for the poor quality. I will do better next time. The dude abides!"

The Oscars by VoiceEncoder

YouTube via VoiceEncoder.

Click here for more if you can take it. :)
Roland SVC-350 and Korg Poly-800

Tony's Fun Songs Demos By Access Virus 2009

YouTube via acaruso36

master zorlons canon

YouTube via dkimcg
"The Harvestman's Zorlon Cannon is the master clock. Self Indulgent patch, but it came out kinda cool. So here it is for your viewing pleasure." http://theharvestman.org/

Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Demo: It's Insane, This Guy's Bass

YouTube via gearwire
"Right on the box Dave Smith Instruments spells out that Mopho Synth is short for "Monophonic Synthesizer," but did you know that the remaining letters in the long phrase can be arranged to spell "No Nicer Size?" Hear this portable box in action in this, our first Mopho demo.

See more on Gearwire.com."

Q960 to KP3 with drums

YouTube via davidryle
"Sampling the DotCom Q960 analog sequencer with Cubase 4 MIDI clock driving the units. Tap in the drums on the KP3 pad."

the squarewave parade

Just a fun shot of some all passive analog devices from the squarewave parade

click the image of course

Update: blogger shrunk the larger image as well. Click here instead.

Moog 55 for Sale

via the AH archives:
"After a strong brainstorming I have decided to sell a great piece of hystory...This is a Unique custom Moog 55 modular system that was serviced in 1993 directly by Bob Moog. It is FULLY working and tested, used often and all the knobs, switches are absolutely perfect! The sale inlcuses a lot of original accessories: R.A. 950 Keyboard, R.A. Ribbon controller, Moog percussion controller, full set lot of original Moog 55 coloured patch cables + S-trig cables, original user + service manuals, original replacements parts: lamps, knobs, rocker switch, cinch jones plugs and some sequencer switches. The shape conditions are MINT! the down + up cabinets are original. The price that I ask is of 43000 that justifies the high quality, the excellent conditions and his unique custom module composition... 3x Moog filters + coupler and "the Best of" R.A: Moog Vco 901. Another factor: I have his two wood padded big boxes for the transport. I can trade in part with only EMS, Buchla, Polyfusion, Arp 2500 stuff."

This came in today. For contact info search the AH archives.

Understanding Chords

YouTube via ChordicaRevolution
"This video shows how simple it is to compose RPG-type game music on the Chordica once you understand and appreciate a powerful way of forming chords.

The Chordica is actually capable of 23760 chord voicings."

via Joash in the comments of this post:
"Did you know that you can play a total of 7920 possible chords with just two fingers on the Chordica? Or that it's really easy to compose a simple background music track for battles in RPG games like Final Fantasy?"

on iTunes: