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The Bob Moog Foundation

Announcing the 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar

via The Bob Moog Foundation.

This would make a great stocking stuffer.

"The Bob Moog Foundation has created a calendar celebrating the rich history of the Moog Legacy through vintage photos, memorabilia, quotes and information taken directly from Bob’s archive. The photos trace pivotal moments in Bob’s early career and highlight many musicians and pioneers who inspired his work. Throughout the calendar, which is laden with images of early Moog instruments, Bob’s thoughts and philosophies about his work are shared in an effort to give greater understanding to his history and path; his was one of collaboration, listening and absolute dedication to musician’s needs.

The calendar is comprised of five photos of Moog himself, taken from 1958-1974. The remaining photos are of:
* Leon Theremin
* Vladimir Ussachevsky
* Herb Deutsch
* Keith Emerson
* Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause
* Isao Tomita
* Joel Chadabe
* Roger Powell

The calendar was designed by graphics artist Rose Hecht in collaboration with the Bob Moog Foundaton. Through her designs, Rose pays hommage to the original Moog modular synthesizer as the instrument that spawned an industry and radically changed the face of popular music. The background of every page touts panels of knobs and patchbays — images taken from photos of an early modular that was used in Moog’s shop in the 60s. That instrument is one of the many priceless items in Moog’s archives.

The calendar is available for purchase on our online store. All proceeds go to fund our ongoing projects, including the preservation of the archives."

"What a beautiful, informative, and intricately detailed document the 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar is! The rarely — if ever before — seen photos are outstanding, so much so that in 2011 I may extract and frame many of them for my studio walls. On second thought, the calendar as a whole will end up in my archives; I promise no scissors will ever touch it. Also extremely cool and drool-worthy are the Moog Modular images in the background. Well done! I can hardly wait for the 2011 edition." -- Mark Vail

Update: In case you attempted to purchase a 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar and were unable to, the calendar is now available for purchase on the Bob Moog Foundation online store.

Update to Moog Ad Post

Be sure to see the update in this post.

YAMAHA V50 SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

4-Operator FM synth workstation with 16 voices.

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Moog Realistic, Vintage Synth

via this auction

Testing the Kurzweil K1200 76 Pro Keyboard

YouTube via ctimusic.

via this auction

13th Street Studio

flickr set by PulseWidthMod
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That's an instrument?

flickr by jasontravisclark

"Yup. The one with the wires. And this was only the beginning. It was huge, ancient and sounded glorious."

Moogerfoogers

daniel troberg aka erase at atelier frankfurt 2007

YouTube via erasemusic
"using the Machinedrum UW as the second turntable. whole live recorded mix can be downloaded here: http://soundcloud.com/erase..."

Persistence of Vision

YouTube via hotchk155
"Just prototyping an idea for a propeller clock type thing I'd like to build. This is a PIC16F630 running on a 3V battery with 8 LEDs connected. It has a message which shows up pretty well on a long 1s camera exposure :o)"

quarter tone sequence

YouTube via angelometz
"quarter tone sequence with the moon quad quantizer and moogerfooger cp 251's attenuator."

Computone Wind Driver Lyricon-type controller

via this VEMIA auction

"Rare and special wind controller, owned from new by Bruno Spoerri, one of the pioneers of wind-controlled synthesis. Here's Bruno's comments from today:- 'I tried the Wind driver and it worked perfectly, as far as I can analyze it. It's 220 Volt (if I remember well, it can easily be converted to 110), and it comes with the original handbook and the original service handbook.' Cosmetically it looks nice. Even if you aren't a wind player, it's a great way to get wind-instrument-like expression into analogue synths. There's a manual online for more info during the auction at:" [link - mirrored here]

Glamour Box w/ Tenori-On & Bass Murf (by Franck Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"Testing the dual analog oscillator Glamour Box w/ Tenori-On & Bass Murf . Contents: signal trajectory, glitch, clicks, noise manufacturing, phonocrafting... (N.B.- Tenori-On into Bass Murf into external input of the Glamour Box).

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Glamour Box
- Tenori-On
- Moog Bass Murf (MF-105b)

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://francksmith.blogspot.com
http://znshn.blogspot.com

Complete video selection on http://www.youtube.com/znshn
........................................
Franck Smith alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette Glamour Box Moog Bass Murf MF-105b Moogerfooger Analog Filters dual oscillatorphonocrafting noise manufacturing"

White Phlips PMC 100

via Andreas in the comments of this post. Image via this link.

Bleep Labs Thingamagoop 2 Page is Live

You can find it here.

"All the info about Arduino integration is now up, including the schematic and code!"

Moog - MP-201 Multi-Pedal Quick Start Guide

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"A quick tutorial on how to set up some basic Multi-Pedal applications. Covers use as an expression Pedal, analog LFO controller, MIDI CC expression pedal, multiple Moogerfooger expression controller and MIDI-to-CV converter. Visit www.moogmusic.com/controllers for more information."

Moog - Multi-Pedal Power

"This video shows some of the may ways that musicians use the Moog MP-201 Multi-Pedal to connect, control and create with an astonishing variety of electronic music equipment... from the oldest analog and MIDI gear to the newest hardware and software. Visit www.moogmusic.com/controllers for more information."

Homemade synthesizers 6

YouTube via organfairy. see all six vids here.
"In this - the 6th and final - video featuring my homemade instruments I make excessive use of a wah-pedal I made out of the volume pedal from a scrapped Elgam organ. With this, an LFO, and a VCA I can make an allmost rhytm-guitar-like sound."

A blunt and totally biased viewpoint on electronic synthesizers from Bob Moog

1977 ad via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

Update via Michelle Moog-Koussa of The Bob Moog Foundation in the comments: "This is indeed a very cool ad on the face of it, but I can tell you for sure that this was not written by Bob Moog. To those of us who knew him well, this is evident in so many ways.

The first glaring example is......did they say Walter Carlos?? In 1977?? Bob was highly sensitive to Wendy's personal life, and to address the issue, he always called her Wendy (and sometimes just "Carlos") especially in 1977 when her transformation was nearly complete. The use of Walter here is grossly insensitive and an obvious pandering to the public who knew the artist as such from the initial release of "Switched-On Bach" nearly nine years prior.

Second, Bob was a stickler for grammar and an excellent writer. This ad is riddled with enough grammatical errors to make Bob's fingers itch for the red pen he always kept in his breast pocket.

Lastly, (and I'm being charitable by just stopping here) Bob did not think the Polymoog was "musical engineering at its finest". While Bob understood the desirability of polyphonic analog instrument, he always knew there was a high cost: the integrity of the sound and the reliability of the instrument would be compromised. The Polymoog, which was not designed by Bob, proved the later with its 200% repair rate. No instrument Bob ever worked on himself had a 200% repair rate or even one close.

By 1977 when this ad was published, Bob had been pushed to the periphery of synth design at Moog Music and was in a tiny office designing amps and effect pedals for Norlin and acting as the face of the company. He agreed to be the spokesman for the company only to keep his "whisky drinking, golf playing S-OB bosses" (his words) happy, not because he agreed with what he deemed to be a compromise to his commitment to the highest level of quality and a general downturn of "musical engineering" as he knew it. Bob left the company a year later, disgusted with the direction it was taking.

This ad has a slick marketing department's fingerprints all over it, not Bob's.

I usually keep pretty quiet about this stuff, but sometimes a realminimoog has to speak up."

808bd+707

YouTube via lesingemonotone
"DIY 808-alike bassdrum (module in the back) trigged from the TR-707."

Triadex Trio: Muse, Amplifier and Lightshow

via this VEMIA auction

"Extremly rare Triadex Muse, Triadex Amplifier and Triadex Light show. A complete collection of a trio set from '72 still with two original boxes (Muse and Amplifier), manuals, cards and...the old warranty papers ;-) ALL is perfect working and lighting... visual condition as new! The Triadex Muse is the first digital musical instrument and was produced in 1972. It was designed by Edward Fredkin and Marvin Minsky, the creator of the alien 'MONOLITH' in 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY, friend & collaborator of Stanley Kubrick. Marvin Minsky has made many contributions to AI, cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. In recent years he has worked chiefly on imparting to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning. His conception of human intellectual structure and function is presented in The Society of Mind (1987), which is also the title of the course he teaches at MIT. The Triadex Muse it's an algorithmic music generator: it uses digital logic circuits to produce a sequence of notes based on the settings of various parameters. It has four small sliders that control Volume, Tempo, Pitch, and Fine Pitch. It is not known how many were made, but they are considered extremely rare. For years, the Muse was a featured exhibit at the Museum of Science, Boston. The signage explained the device's algorithmic (and deterministic) approach to the creation of its seemingly-random music. Far from being random, its preset 'song' played continuously -- and was even given a name, 'Museum Musings,' by the staff. USA standard voltage of 110 volts Here is a youtube demo about the current Triadex trio lot" below

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Synton 3000 series two-case modular plus

via this VEMIA auction

"Rare and large Synton 3000 series modular synthesizer with accesories set. It's an amazing system full of voltage controlled modules, all in perfect condition. This modular is a special system with some rare, unique Synton modules, it was Felix Visser's personal system and expanded recently with more modules... Here is the module list: CASE A: 5x 3021 VCO's (based on CEM 3340) - 2x 3015 MXA (audio/cv mixer) - 1x 3017 VCF (notch filter) - 1x 3224 VCF double Hp + Lp filter - 2x 3010 VCEGR (voltage controlled EG) - 2x 3209 2VCA (dual vca) - 2x 3233 S&H/LFO (sample and hold + lfo) - 1x 3211 PRM/NRG (ring modulator + noise/random generator vlf) - 1x 3236 (functions reset / divider) - 1x 3003 keyboard controller I/O - 1x 3046 inp/inh/out - 1x 3235 ENV/CPR (envelope follower, comparator, trigger delay) - 1x 3016 gain out amplifier - 1x 3001 custom banana to jack multiples. CASE B: 3x 3218 2INV/SLR (dual inverter and slew limiter) - 2x 3223 2LFO (dual vc lfo) - 2x 3015 MXA (audio/cv mixer) - 1x 3242 MMX (dual clock controlled I/O) - 1x 3233 SH&LFO (sample and hold + lfo) - 2x 3004 4ATT (quad attenuator) - 2x 3006 MPL (multiple, 1 input and 4 buffered outputs) - 1x 3044 DMX (4 steps clock controlled switches) - 1x 3025 external input - 1x 3022 binary divider - 1x 3001 custom banana to jack multiples - 1x 3235 ENV/CPR (envelope follower, comparator, trigger delay) 1x 3001 custom quad attenuators - 3008 PSU unit + multiples and keyboard controller. ACCESSORIES: Synton KBM35 keyboard, very nice and unique Touchpad controller, original Series 3000 manual, a lot of coloured banana connectors. One PSU is external (Case A) and the other one integrated into the 3008 PSU module (CaseB) Working voltage: 220 or 240 volts."

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RSF Kobol Modular: 41U rare Kobol rackmounts!

via this VEMIA auction

"This is a monstrous and extremely rare RSF Kobol modular system composed of 8x Kobol Expander 1s with cv gate, modulation, audio in and programmer expansions, 1x Expander II, 2x Programmer sequencers, 1x Keyboard mixer, patchbay and Polyclavier (8 voices and sequencer) that can drive the whole system. All modular system is perfectly working and fully tested. About the Polyclavier status, I have just plugged the keyboard and tried for a while...and all seems to be ok. The Kobol modules are fitted on three high quality professional travel cases, closable as a cube... very nice! I'm not sure if it was this one, but seems that a similar Kobol big modular was used on the Jean Michel Jarre China tour in the '80s ... The cosmetic condition is very good apart from the Polyclavier upper wood and front left corner which need some restoration. Working voltage is 220 /240 volts. (VEMIA note: please bear in mind that the owner isn't guaranteeing that all Polyklavier functions are 100%, because he is not familiar with it.)"

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Maplin 5600s

via this VEMIA auction

Videos below.

"Maplin 5600s stereo synthesizer. It's a very rare vintage matrix synthesizer, rich in parameters ... much more than an EMS VCS3. This isn't a typical example, either. Unlike most, the construction and wiring quality is absolutely professional, so it comes in perfect working condition, serviced and tested recently. The original service manual is included.... very unique cover! The Matrix has 30 x 30 contact points (900 in total) for complex I/O and control voltages. It has a built in spring reverb and an amazing cv controlled phaser. Many features: 4x VCO's, 1x LFO, noise and Sample & hold, 3x audio Mixers, 2x CV controlled mixers, 2x Transient envelopes (that you can use as sequencer with hold delays & portamento, amazing!) 1x Trapezoid envelope, 2x 24db filters, 2x VCA, 2x Ring modulators, Spring Reverberation, amazing Phaser, 2x Audio in modules, Pan controls, Joystick and more. The keyboard is 5 octaves and there are 2x cv controls and gate (2x trig inputs, switchable from the audio in modules) retrigger, echo send / return, foot pedal & switch connections. Working voltage: 220 / 240 volts There are 3 fresh youtube demos about this Maplin 5600s: filters on phasing patch and other 2 of transient techno sequences, you can check the videos from this channel" below

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EMS Random Votage Generator

via this VEMIA auction

"EMS Random Voltage Generator module (RVG) a good expansion for Synthi, very nice also for driving analog synthesizers and modular systems, in excellent working and visual condition. It comes with (included) the Facilities multiway cable ...that is very hard to find."

EMS Prestopatch: 'Battle'

via this VEMIA auction

"Prestopatch 'BATTLE' for VCS3, Synthi AKS, and Synthi A mark II (only models with a prestopatch socket - check yours!). Perfect condition."

EMS 8-Octave Filter Bank

via this VEMIA auction

"Rare module manufactured by old EMS: 8 octave filterbank, a good expansion for Synthi, very nice also as studio outboard in excellent working and visual condition. It's working on 220 volts at the moment but the voltage can be selected inside: (110 or 220/240)."

Tip Top Sandwich

YouTube via thedeepelement
"I received the WMD Geiger counter earlier last week and wanted to see how nicely it played with the others. On the front end are two Tip Top Audio Z3000's feeding into a WMD Geiger Counter, Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer and a Harvestman Malgorithm. Those are then being run into a Make Noise QMMG which feeds the Tip Top Z2040 Filter and ends up in the Z5000 DSP unit. Its repetitive, I know but this was an exercise on tonal brutality - using the Tip Top audio as the bread and the 3 most amazingly destructive modules as the meat."

Empress Ekdahl

"The Ekdahl Moisturizer and the Empress Super Delay meet for the first time today! You'll see me trying to figure out the Ekdahl as I run it through the Empress Super Delay and figured some people may find a video useful somehow. On the Empress I'm using the tape setting then switch to loop about halfway through the video to see how the Ekdahl stacks on itself. There are a lack of videos of the Ekdahl anywhere let alone showcasing it as a performance instrument, which is primarily why I'm obsessed with it. Works out nicely!"

SUIKO ST20 japanese classic exotic KOTO synth

via this auction

"SUIKO ST20 is extremely rare and most strange japanese electronic musical instruments originally made for japanese traditinal music circa. 1980.

it's built in cool brown custom suitcase like EMS synth, one side of the suitcase is a speaker so you can play without external amp or mixer but don't worry it has audio output too. keyboard itself is built in beautiful brown metal plate, look cool!

these keyboards were very expensive and made very limited quantities those days so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays... this is your first and last chance to get this vintage gem!

it has 2 rows of button keyboard this keyboard specially designed for playing glissando easily like koto(japanese harp) front row of the keyboard is japanese scale,so just playing randomly you can easily get exotic japanese melody!

there are various switch and dial for special japanese tuning and sustain and octave switch three sounds are selectable,shyakuhachi(japanese bamboo flute),koto(japanese harp) and pipe organ sounds are very analog, warm and strange!"

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Korg Electribe EMX with Custom Knobs

flickr by Tech Star
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"This is my Korg Electribe EMX with a custom set of 'Moog' style knobs. They aren't just pretty, they actually make the EMX feel so much better to tweak. The original knobs were to skinny and cheap for my liking!"

The Ultimate Gear Porn – 2010 calendar by APC

Before you click, this one is 100% Not Safe for Work. link

The Syntar - Jen Electronica GS-3000

You can find more pics, samples and info on The Syntar Page.

"Ok, so what is it?
Simply put, it is a Minimoog rip-off for guitarists. It has the basic signal-layout of the old moog. Instead of a keyboard there is an input socket on the front for connecting to a custom set of glue-on guitar pickups (no joke).

To the left you can see it in all its glory. Synth, manual, pickup mics, and "presets".

It is a simple but quite powerful mono-synth. Two VCOs capable of tri, saw and pulse/square waves. VCO2 is tuned relative to VCO1 for some fat detuning or those classic 5ths and 7ths. Sound is fed though a lowpass VCF (24dB/oct?) before reaching the VCA. VCA and VCF have independent envelopes of the atypical ADS variety (no release). There is also an LFO and Glide control."

Note there is no relation to this and the PMS Syntar of course. via Bart on Facebook.

BANANALOGUE VCS SERGE

via this auction
"The famous Voltage Controlled Slope by Serge Tcherepnin.

Manufactured by Bananalogue for eurorack modular synthesizers.
Bananalogue is not active nowdays, so this module will be very rare!

The Serge VCS module from bananalogue.com is an extremely versatile control voltage generator and audio source.
See more information on the manufacturer's archived old site, sound samples included.
click here!"

New public beta operating system for Waldorf Q+

via Stefan Stenzel on the Waldorf list:

"New public beta operating system for Waldorf Q+

The new firmware version 3a61 addresses two issues found on some Waldorf Q+ synthesizers:

1.) Filter select LED
The Phoenix Edition of Q+ has a bug right on the front panel: The printing of the Filter select LED for Filter 1 and 2 are accidentally swapped - to compensate this, enable the new global parameter "Filter LED swap" and the LEDs show the proper Filter - just as if we never had made this stupid mistake in the first place.

2.) Sporadic audio channel mismatch
This is one of the most evil bugs we ever faced, as it occurs only rarely, usually after some hours of operation. The audible symptoms are missing notes, like every 2nd or 4th keystroke, wrong effects or panorama setting for alternating notes etc. We have reasons to believe that this new firmware solves this, but as this malfunction is not reproducible and occurrence is unpredictable, we cannot be absolutely sure. This is why we release it as a public beta, as we do not want to promise a fix that we only assume could be fixed. We kindly ask you to test this new firmware on your Q+ and report both if it works as intended or not. Please send feedback to bugs(thatthing)waldorfmusic.de.

The new system can be found here:
http://www.waldorfmusic.de/de/downloads?relPath=q_plus/System

Regards,
Stefan
--"

Fairly Danceable for Modular

YouTube via doctorvague

Roland V-Synth (old one) Vocoder & friends

YouTube via Synthiefrau
"Hi Folk, I dry the Vocoder Card of my Roland V-Synth together with Minimoog, My lovely Doepfer Dark Energie (effects), Synthesizers.com and the noice of the juno 60."

Roland Jupiter 8 & Fantom X6 Live Improv

YouTube via zibbybone
"Yay! It looks like my JP-8 is finally fixed. I bought it last summer and it's been in and out of the shop since then. OK, so I've got the JP-8 in DUAL mode with the same sound for both upper & lower with some slight differences and played with its built-in arpeggiator in RANDOM mode (a la Duran Duran). Next, I have the Jupiter running into the Fantom's external input sharing the MFX with the Infinate Phaser patch which I use to noodle around with along with the D Beam. I also tweak the JP-8's filter using an EV-5 pedal."

duploAPC

YouTube via etonepan. clear case.

Silent Way Step LFO demo

YouTube via expertsleepers
"Demo of the Expert Sleepers Silent Way Step LFO plug-in. The two channels of the plug-in are driving the pitch CV and gate inputs of a small modular synth patch."

FabFilter Pro-Q - High quality equalizer plugin

YouTube via fabfilter
"FabFilter Pro-Q is an allround EQ plug-in for mixing and mastering, with up to 24 bands and a gorgeous interface for easy and precise editing.

Music by A La Shook: www.jessekoolhaas.com"

Being derailed by sound the Bi n tic filter and the Eowave Persephone

YouTube via RothHandle
"November in Stockholm. The worst month of the yearEveryone is grumpy and stressed out. Everything is grey and/or dark. A perfect time for noodling in underground studios.

Today we were supposed to put the final touches on the Bröderna Lejonhjärta AlbumBut due to some unscheduled emergencies at the theatre we had to cancelThis gave me some time to experiment with some pedals and the modular systemand before I knew it I was recording some kind of an idea for the upcoming White willow album. Which is perfect because I love it when random experiments suddenly evolve into something music esque. And if it isnt used well atleast I tried it

This handheld film film shows me being derailed by the weirdness of the bi-n-tic filter...how does it work ? I have no idea and quite honestly...I dont really feel I need to know. Its fun, its quirky and its cool.

This film was recorded at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. This is where I spend my days recording bands, artists and with a bit of luck albums. I also host open houses, non 40th birthday parties and sort of mumbly work shopsIf you are curious about the studio even after seeing this little snippet please vist the homepage

www.roth-handle.nu

or the myspace thing

http://www.myspace.com/molesome

Thanks for watching,

// Mattias"

Using the Persephone to control the tempo of the synthesizers com q960 sequencer


Using the Persephone as a cv controller for a MOTM-420 filter and a Korg KR-55

Atari Punk Consolle

YouTube via gaufresderiz. Watch you volume levels, it gets louder at :37.
"Finalmente oscilla!!!

Atari Punk Consolle con l'aiuto di:
DOEPFER A-119
METASONIX R-51
THE HARVESTMAN POLIVOKS VCF
MALEKKO WIARD BORG FILTER
ART TUBE STUDIO V3"