via this auction
Friday, September 25, 2009
YAMAHA SK 15
via this auction
"Very similar to the Sk20 just lacks some of the SK20'S features but soundwise pretty much identical . Great for string and organ sounds. Has a lovely ensemble effect. Comparable in sound to Roland RS202 synth."
Vintage 1978 mego MUSON toy Synthesizer
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via this auction
"Description from the Mini Organ Website: 'Incredible Machine. Far ahead of its time - a mini sequencer with endless possibilites. Kind of a ROLAND TB-303 but much cooler & cheaper - still cheaper... The coloured buttons can be used to change the melody and rhythm. Each color has a different tune. You can also change the speed and pitch of the sequence with 2 sliders. This was also released by Palitoy in the UK.'
This comes Mint in the Original Box. Works perfectly. I will even throw in the C batteries. Box is not in the best shape, but its complete with directions."
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via this auction
"Description from the Mini Organ Website: 'Incredible Machine. Far ahead of its time - a mini sequencer with endless possibilites. Kind of a ROLAND TB-303 but much cooler & cheaper - still cheaper... The coloured buttons can be used to change the melody and rhythm. Each color has a different tune. You can also change the speed and pitch of the sequence with 2 sliders. This was also released by Palitoy in the UK.'
This comes Mint in the Original Box. Works perfectly. I will even throw in the C batteries. Box is not in the best shape, but its complete with directions."
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Frostwave Scrotum Smasher
YouTube via bbow73
"Tweaking knobs. Machine Drum through TM7 Scrotum Smasher through Frostwave Resonator.
CV's reversed from last video
Headphone out of MD into CV of LP filter, Audio out of TM-7 into CV in of HP filter."
Frostwave Resonator vs Metasonix TM-7
"Tweaking knobs.
Machine Drum through TM7 Scrotum Smasher through Frostwave Resonator.
Headphone out of MD into CV of HP filter, Audio out of TM-7 into CV in of LP filter."
Diabolical Devices Alesis HR-16 Modified Drum Machine
YouTube via bigcitymusic. It gets really good at 1:14. http://bigcitymusic.com/. Big City Music on Ebay.
"Here's Stephi playing with the a super-fun modified HR-16. There's a master pitch control knob (sample rate for drum samples). There's also an awesome looking and inspiring new patch grid system. These patches connect various bends including pitch modulation, sample rate modifiers and delay-like effects. The little patchers have different color LED's that light up differently depending where you patch it and what else is patched."
David Merrill & Jeevan Kalanithi: Siftable, Tangible Data Manipulation 2008
YouTube via MediaArtTube. see the Siftables label below for more.
"New Ways of Interacting and Manipulating Digital Information: TUI Solution.
Siftables are independent, compact devices with sensing, graphical display, and wireless communication. They can be physically manipulated as a group to interact with digital information and media. Siftables provides a new platform and OS on which to implement tangible, visual and mobile applications.
Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them - piling, grouping, sorting - to interact with digital information and media. Siftables provides a new platform on which to implement tangible, visual and mobile applications.
Siftables was originally designed and built by David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi at the MIT Media Lab. Patent filed.
More info: http://tacolab.com/projects/Siftables
http://siftables.com/"
Neon Voice of Saturn Family + toys
YouTube via CuriousInventor
"http://www.curiousinventor.... Nate got the whole family of voice of saturns (synth, seq, modulator, filter) and decided to color them up. Here's some musings from his lair."
Roland Juno-106: Battery Replacement
flickr by g.p.macklin"After 20+ years of service, the battery died in my Juno 106. Out with the old and in with the new."
read more at Granular Matter
Hertz Donut Wogglebug Zorlon Cannon
YouTube via tkecni. via Junk Rhythm
"Hertz Donut eating the shit of of the Wogglebug, controlled my the Zorlon!"
Hertz Donut VS WMD
"The Harvestman Hertz Donut with the WMD Geiger Counter Demo"
AFG vs WMD Geiger Counter
"AFG sine wave into WMD Gieger Counter"
Update:
Zorlon with QMMG
Circuitbending Workshop
Circuitbending Workshop from Gijs on Vimeo.
"Circuitbending Workshop aan studenten koninklijk conservatorium den haag."
via http://gieskes.nl
Roland System 100M Noodle
via Swissdoc:
"I got recently a Roland System 100M (112/121/130/140/150)
http://www.qwave.de/georg/music/noodle_system_100m.mp3 just a wild noodle patch, thanks to CV LFO and they do retrigger, in between I switch the S&H input from noise to LFO out, there is one VCA in between, which is not DC proof, so a SQR gets a up/down spike with a lag, soft sync and ring mod used, allmost eating up all the cables I have..."
"I got recently a Roland System 100M (112/121/130/140/150)
http://www.qwave.de/georg/music/noodle_system_100m.mp3 just a wild noodle patch, thanks to CV LFO and they do retrigger, in between I switch the S&H input from noise to LFO out, there is one VCA in between, which is not DC proof, so a SQR gets a up/down spike with a lag, soft sync and ring mod used, allmost eating up all the cables I have..."
KORG DW8000 Audio Demo
via elmosexwhistle:
"I bought a korg dw8000, created a load of patches for it, and then recorded a demo mp3"
"I bought a korg dw8000, created a load of patches for it, and then recorded a demo mp3"
Peter Grenader - Secret Life
via Peter Grenader of Plan B"Secret Life is a collection of my electro-acoustic music from the period from 2002 to 2007. It consists of studio works, sometimes referred to as tape music which were created in a controlled studio environment where the final result, the sounding music, was self-produced with little or no live performance involved.
Much of the music on this album was made on instruments of my own design, the best example being the title track. I began developing modular analog synthesizers in 2003 after tiring of trying to bend digital instruments in like manner. It's not the sonic differences between these two extremes which put me to this task. While different, both are viable and I think it's good to have these choices. It was the control limitations of the closed architecture associated with most digital instruments which presented the challenge. For many composers this wouldn't be an issue. For me however it made the creative process, my schick, quite laborious." You can listen to excerpts here.
Do take the time out to listen to some of the tracks. It is the sort of music I think I would find extremely difficult to make with most synths that I have. The flow of timbres, syncopation and space cause you to really focus on the journey of sound. It's like watching a great story unfold, exploring the wonders and sonic space of sound. In general, most of us are focused on visual exploration. We dream of exploring the stars, the oceans, and the natural wonders of the earth. Secret Life reminds us that there is sound to be explored as well. Really beautiful.
The Great Wall of Korg
flickr by Neil Vance(click for more)
"Capital Keyboard Centre, London 1982.
That guy in the pic is looking at one of my all time favs, the very underated Korg Lamda!"
2009 Korg WaveDrum WD-X Performance and Sound Examples
YouTube via KORGTV
"The 2009 Korg WaveDrum WD-X is a Dynamic Percussion Synthesizer. It uses a hybrid sound generation system combining DSP based synthesis algorithms and PCM playback engine. Individual playing styles will produce different sounds depending upon how the head and rim are played, how pressure is applied pressure to the head, etc. This video show examples of playing techniques and how the WaveDrum responds."
:wrongbot: PT2399 Echo 4093 Quad Nand Synth LFO
YouTube via Wrongbot
"it's a bigger metal box than the last one. It's just as sci-fi and has an added LFO which outputs both triangle and square wave. This is hooked up via a pair of vactrols linked to the delay time of the PT2399 and the voltage of the 4093. This results in manic pulses and sonic beauty... of course :)"
Oberheim Matrix-1000 + Roland JD-800
YouTube via retrosound72
"vintage synth demo by RetroSound
bassline: Oberheim Matrix-1000 analog synth module, sequenced by the MFB Step64 step sequencer and transposed by the DX7 II
pads, analog strings and digital sounds: Roland JD-800
drums: Roland TR-606
FX: reverb and delay"
iPod & TouchOSC Controlling a Real Commodore 64 (SID Chip)
YouTube via littlescale
"TouchOSC Controlling a Real Commodore 64 (SID Chip) with a home made MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 http://little-scale.blogspo..."
Music & Meditation with Sri Chinmoy HD
Embedding is unfortunately disabled on this one, so you'll need to see the video on YouTube here. Impressive. This one in via Peahix.Ambient electronic music - Call him dr. Moog
YouTube via ArtBonVivant
"Real stereo sound.
The track from album "Contemporary Electronic Soundscapes / Volume II: Homage to Bob Moog".
Very good electronic music, composed by Brunette Models [August 2006].
More info:
http://anadyomene-records.com
and
http://ces.studio-nagran.pl/modules/c..."
Oberheim OB-Mx Source Code Now Available
You can find it at the Oberheim OB-Mx Perservation Page.
"Lynx Crowe has kindly provided his original source code for the OB-Mx, provided for noncommercial personal and educational use. This code is provided as-is with no guarantees of completeness or correctness; it's a compilation of various bits of relevant code that Lynx found going through his archives. If you want to delve into this, you are "on your own." Knowledgeable people with time on their hands could potentially do all sorts of neat things with this. Please give Lynx proper credit on anything you do with this."
"Lynx Crowe has kindly provided his original source code for the OB-Mx, provided for noncommercial personal and educational use. This code is provided as-is with no guarantees of completeness or correctness; it's a compilation of various bits of relevant code that Lynx found going through his archives. If you want to delve into this, you are "on your own." Knowledgeable people with time on their hands could potentially do all sorts of neat things with this. Please give Lynx proper credit on anything you do with this."
"Vil du med" - on Böhm Station One
YouTube via organfairy
"This is so 80's....!
The song, the keyboard, the workstation, even the pant suit is from the 80's!
The song "Vil du med" was performed by Birthe Kjær at the local Danish Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 where it came in second. The winner was "Du er fuld af løgn" by Trax - but that's another story.
Here I perform the melody on a Böhm workstation with a GEM DSK-7 as keyboard controller.
And apparantly I am being bodysnatched by a giant pink flower from outer space.... "
MACBETH M3X
Korg Wavedrum Chopsticks
YouTube via KorgUSAVideos
"The new Korg WAVEDRUM Dynamic Percussion Synthesizer can be played using hands, sticks, mallets, brushes... just about anything. For more information, please visit http://www.korg.com."
Korg WAVEDRUM Demo Performance (Part 1)
Korg WAVEDRUM Demo (part 2)
Update via LeZomby in the comments:
"There is other videos and an interesting DIY "cello" here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HALmotohashi"
Moog Little Phatty Debug Repair
YouTube via canecreek00. inside a Little Phatty.
"Debug the Processor in a Moog Little Phatty"
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Digitana News - Various stuff
via Digitana"The user guide for the Micro Punk Robot is now available for download here- micropunkrobot.pdf
A new run of Micro Punk Robots has begun, see the homepage if you missed these last time, the first run sold out in 24hrs, they make a great addition to modular and CV equipment and are still suprising us with their versatility, to pre order email with the subject "MPR reserve" to this email address. Keep an eye on the youtube channel (DigitanaUK) for some more demos of various uses in the next few days.
Some new products added to the shop-
Multiples - Same form factor as Micro series, simple multiples currently in two flavours, 3 rows of 4x 3.5mm or 2 rows of 1 6.35mm to 2x 3.5mm, other types such as banana may be made if there is any interest. Priced at £20 plus shipping we think these are very keenly priced. Modular versions may come later.
Premium quality patch leads - A very nice set of 10x 50cm colour coded patch leads, 3.5mm Neutrik plugs, very nice quality Van Damme cable, colour coded strain relief for easy identification (10 colours) Apart from the high quality of these leads, they look very nice and perform flawlessly in all of the 3.5mm sockets we tested. Priced at £35 plus shipping for a set of 10. We chose 50cm as that seems to be the most handy size, but other sizes will follow if these prove popular.
Din Sync leads - Available in 1.5m or 5m lengths, compatible with the Roland Sync24 protocol
Pictures of the Multis and patch leads can be found in the gallery section.
Until next time........"
Timbral Shift Wavesequence in Thor
YouTube via embee2006
"Oscilloscope view of a timbral shift wavesequence in Reason's Thor synthesizer."
Basic Wavesequencing
"Basic wavesequencing done in Logic's ES2 synthesizer."
EML 200 blue faced - Inside an EML 200
flicrk by jobenbelgium(click for more)
"Front view on a blue face EML 200.Also has the original front lid to protect the front from being damaged during moving/touring with the instrument."
EML 200 view inside
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