Musikmesse: analog synthesizers on MUSIK MESSE Frankfurt 2009 - Musikmesse 4/4/2009

YouTube via AnalogAudio1

PAiA Modular

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studio II

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Kraftwerk - Die Roboter

YouTube via technik. Note this is the live German version.
"Kraftwerk - Die Roboter
(Rockpop, German TV ZDF, 1978)"

You can find the English video here. Embedding disabled unfortunately.
Note the white ARP Odyssey in the English version and what appears to be a black and gold ARP Axxe in the German. Correction [via ralf in the comments]: it's not an Axxe as there are switches under the slider, so it must be an Odyssey - it just looks narrower in the video. The other synth in the embedded video appears to be a Moog. Anyone know which one? The drums are custom. You can find a good image of them and a list of the instruments used by Kraftwerk over the years here. Note the site does not list the Axxe and the only Moog listed during the 70s is the Minimoog, yet the performance above from 1978, the other synth is clearly not a Mini.

Update via micke in the comments: "It's a Micromoog. Afaik they used it on The Man Machine album. And yes, that's indeed the Synthanorma sequencer." click on the Synthanorma label below for prior posts featuring the sequencer.

Musikmesse: MESSE09: Teenage Engineering OP-1

be sure to see the write-up on Sonic State.

Technics SX-C600

YouTube via organfairy. More synthesized sounding voices come in at 1:25.
"In this the final organ demo I play the Technics SX-C600. It is an analogue digital hybrid with digital solo voices, bass, reverb, and rhytm. The other voices are analogue. I have played this instrument many times before here on YT. But in this case I try to use some of the rhytms and voices that I haven't used before. Finally I would like to dedicate the first song in this medley to my friend mr. Sten Demant who happens to "lurve" the sound of the organ banjo :-)

The songs I play are:

Funky Feet (Björn Ulveaus, Benny Anderson)
Maria Magdalena (Michael Cretu, Hubert Kemmler, Markus Löhr, Richard Palmer-James)
Matrimony (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
Did you have to love me like you did (Stony Browder jr, August Darnell)
In the summertime (Ray Dorset)
Jitterbach (Kai Ewans)
Bobblesex (Tommy Seebach)"

Musikmesse: Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk spotted in Moonmodular vid

See the update to this post. Nice catch UniQue Werkx.

KORG MONOPOLY

YouTube via specialistsound

A bit of a repeat, but slightly better audio, and shorter:

Korg Monopoly Vintage Analogue Synth part 2

Waldorf Q in action 1

YouTube via specialistsound. Note this is the micro Q, not the full blown Q.

Waldorf Micro Q demo sounds #1

YouTube via gzengz.

via Mr. Array

"Sequencer - Cubase LE / Synth - Waldorf MicroQ / Synth editor - mQEdit 1.13 / Soundbank - Vengeance Q Trilogy Vol. 1 (some parameters are modified) / midi songs are from nonstop2k.com /
Enjoy!"

Playing with microQ #1


chiptune

Waldorf Microwave

YouTube via ymarcc. via Mr. Array.
"eBay demo: having some fun with a few sounds."
I couldn't find the auction so here is a search on Waldorf Microwave on Ebay in case it shows up later. Of course it might not be listed on the US site.

Andromeda A6 Minimoog Comparison on AMAZONA.de

Javier who brought us the Andromeda A6 vs. Roland System 100 sound test, wrote in to let me know he wrote a comparison of the Andromeda A6 and Minimoog for AMAZONA.de. You can find the review in German here, and Googlish here.

You can find extensive samples here.

Spectralis, Korg Electribe, Roland SP-404

YouTube via artneffa
"Spectralis, Roland SP-404, Korg Electribe MX & KaossPad"

New Product from Highly Liquid Coming Soon

Highly Liquid

via http://twitter.com/highly_liquid

CS01-MIDI Retrofits Now Available via Highly Liquid

CS01-MIDI

"Features
* Adds a standard MIDI IN port to your Yamaha CS01 (MKI or MKII)
* Triggers entire 68-note range without user adjustment of octave switch
* Responds to MIDI notes number 41 thru 108
* Does not interfere with "stock" functionality of keyboard
* Power and activity LEDs
* User-selected MIDI channel

Kit Contents
* Printed circuit board
* All required components
* Standard MIDI jack
* LED panel bezels"

See Highly Liquid for more kits and accessories.

Atari 2600 through SSM 2044 VCFs

Atari 2600 through SSM 2044 VCFs from Stikka on Vimeo.
"Atari 2600 with SynthCart and Highly Liquid MIDI interface triggered from Ableton Live, playing SynthCart's preset beat loops, modular synth is gating the rhythm. Signal is split in two, one path is ringmodulated, both filters are also seperately modulated with Midi controllers and a Doepfer MCV4.

What you hear is the first stage in my sound design process: To record audio into Ableton Live, after that everything gets sliced, chopped, warped, mangled and whatnot."
via http://twitter.com/highly_liquid


MIDI2600 from Stikka on Vimeo.
"First clip of my Highly Liquid MIDI2600 interface."

Waldorf Largo Pricing

See the update in this post.

Musikmesse: MESSE09: Sherman Restyler

via Sonic State. Be sure to see Sonic State's Musikmesse coverage for more.

Musikmesse: MESSE09: New OS For Nord Wave

via Sonic State

SYNTHI CONTROL CONSOLE

More info via http://www.synthi.co.uk/:
"SYNTHI CONTROL CONSOLE

A new prototype of a console to control 2 EMS Synthi’s (either 2 Synthi AKS, 2 VCS3 mk2 or a mixture)

Features:-
· 36x48 Matrix patching capability using standard EMS patch pins.

· Connects to Synthi prestosockets via special umbilical cables.

· External CV and Gate inputs to Synthi 1 and 2 via 6.35mm Jack sockets.

· Connects to Synthi Jones sockets on Synthi 1 and 2 for switching control between either external CV/Gat or DK1/DK2/KS control via toggle switches. Connection via custom cables.

· 4 Inverter Input/Output channels on Matrix

· Synthi 1+2 Envelope Shapers triggered by +ve/-ve signals from Matrix.

· 8 Output channels (6.35mm Jack sockets) via the Matrix.

I have enough original 1970’s Sealectro Matrix panels to make at most 7 units. They may be offered for sale on a build to order basis.

Approximate cost around £1500 + shipping (user supplied pins)."

via the EMS SYNTHI blog

Musikmesse: Coverage by BERND KISTENMACHER

images and coverage here.

Pictured:
genoQs Octopus in new upright case
Moogulator of sequencer.de and Synthesizer Magazin.

Musikmesse: Moonmodular@Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009

"Impressions from the full moon party at frankfurt music fair 2009. Soundtrack: HAN10 moonmodul sequencing and Cosmic Hoffmann-Hoock [Mind over Matter] is playing the "flying" space guitar."

Update via UniQue Werkx in the comments: "AH ha! You can see mister M.I.A. (ex) Kraftwerk member at 1:20!!" Florian Schneider

Bug Brand Modular testing 1 with plain dr

YouTube via thetonewrecker
"Simple noises from a test run of the newly received Bug Brand Modular rack.
Current Modules in the rack are:
UTL1
SYN2A
PRC1
DD2
PRC4 DUAL LPG
UTL2"

Bug Brand Modular trig 1 with Acidlab Bassline2

"Sending some CV and gate and accent triggers from the Acidlab Baseline2 machine."

Bug Brand Modular with Acidlab Bassline2 trig

Synth Wankery 1

Youtube via shledron

Synth Wankery 2

"Doepfer a-100 modular synth on a self-running patch."

Playing with the programmer / sequencer.

YouTube via zthee
"Playing with the CGS59 programmer / sequencer.

It's connected to the boolean logic module causing it to step the way it does.
The Function generators provide the sound + envelopes for the VCA.
No filter, it's just a slow triangle from one FG into the CGS38 causing it to do the sweeping sound.

And I'm gonna need more patch cables before I can start to make anything that sound more interesting... And a second panel, with real oscillators and filters."

Roland jx3p and juno 60

YouTube via se7ense7
"Comparing these synths, and showing how similar and different they can sound... It's weird that everyone seems to comare these so much, because, it's kinda hard to make them sound the same... if not really impossible.

Strings can be very similar... but that's just about it."

Musikmesse: Musikmesse 2009 - Waldorf Largo

YouTube via musotalk
Update via Till Kopper on the Waldorf list: "And in the end, Wolfram tell the price of of 199 Euro. It should be available in 4 to 6 weeks according to Wolfram in this
video." That's approximately 268.34 US.