Roland TB-303

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DSI Dave Smith Instruments MoPho Keyboard Poly Chain

YouTube via DaveSmithInstruments — May 21, 2010 — "The Mopho Keyboard is a compact and affordable—but powerful—monophonic analog synthesizer. The voice architecture is similar to a single voice of the Prophet '08, but with a couple of twists to distinguish it from its award-winning sibling. We have added two sub-octave generators—one per oscillator—for additional girth and crushing basses. It also has an audio input that lets you process external audio and mix Mopho's own audio output back in pre-filter for feedback effects that can range from subtle distortion to extreme skronk. It features the same semi-weighted keyboard action as the Prophet."
Demo by the man himself, Dave Smith.

Update:

Demo- MoPho Keyboard DSI Dave Smith Instruments

sci TOM mmt 8 dx 21 Monopoly

YouTube via fuckingharpsichord — May 21, 2010 — going going

Mini Synth(Sound Lab)+WP20(MFOS)+MAQ 16/3(Doepfer)

YouTube via Korgator — May 21, 2010 — no description available
audio gradually comes in at :30.

Custom Green and Blue Harvestman Meets Metasonix in GorillaBox

Modules in GorillaBox case. Click for the full size shot.

http://metasonix.com/
http://www.theharvestman.org/
http://gorillabox.bigcartel.com/

Moog Synthesizer Catalog 1970s

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Rare Vintage Powertran Transcendent 2000 Synthesiser

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inside a Powertran 2000

x0xb0x - sequencer test

YouTube via e7ektro — May 14, 2010 — "I completed the x0xb0x sequencer today. This demonstration shows filter cutoff and resonance variation. Accent can generate interesting rhythmic patterns. I really like the sound of it, sounds very raw."

x0xb0x - completed

"e7ektro — May 15, 2010 — Just completed the x0xb0x."

Vocoder Bollocks Pt 3

YouTube via ThePurityControl — May 21, 2010 — "Blade Runner gets the Vocoder Bollocks treatment, this time using a manikin Memotron as the synth, and swapping between male and female choir sounds. While it sounds a little more organic than the earlier offerings, it seems that the type/quality of the synth sound is less critical than ordinarily - whatever you put in, it comes out sounding overtly synthesised O_o"

bC9

video by YouTube via ChimSyn — May 21, 2010

"Chimera Synthesis bC9 mini-synth demo (quick and dirty) running an 8 step analog sequencer (not shown & touched)."

Neutron Scarab Arduino modular bass synth testing.

YouTube via neutron7 — May 21, 2010 — "The bass synth has been rebuilt on a circuit board and modular panel.
For this video, it was multitrack recorded from a MIDI sequencer.
All synth sounds you hear are from the arduino synth.
Using synthesizers.com Q107 filter and Q109 envelope generator.
One synth track has a delay, the rest are untreated.
Drums and percussion are mostly canned loops.
The tune is just a simple thing i did for this demo."

iSequence tutorial : mixer section.

YouTube via beepstreetapps — May 21, 2010 — "This tutorial includes few examples of using mixer section in iSequence. http://www.beepstreet.com"
iSequence on iTunes
iPads on Ebay

Beatles + Dexter Salutti

Beatles + Dexter Salutti from arthur joly on Vimeo.

"A Beatles quest.
short film by Arthur Joly"
http://bleeplabs.com/ Thingamagoop at the end.

GorillaBox Eurorack Anvil case

gorillabox.bigcartel.com
Some notes on the case:
There are legs on the inside of the lid allowing it to be used as a side table for other gear - guitar pedals, laptop, whatever fits. The inside is wired with a new Tiptop Audio power system which emits essentially no heat. The regulator is the size of an iPhone and the power supply is like a lacie mini brick style external power supply. A bit of trivia: Surachai of TRASH_AUDIO is in possession of the first one. Update: shots are now up here.


For more info contact: gorillaboxes at gmail.com or call 323.953.0033, and of course, check out their website at gorillabox.bigcartel.com.

Click on the images for the full size shots.

Robot Apocalypse (featuring the Time Divider) - New from STG

YouTube via suitandtieguy — May 21, 2010 — Jonathan Snipes of Captain Ahab (http://captain-ahab.com) is such a remarkably enthusiastic STG Soundlabs Time Modules user that when he emailed me and said "I hear you're working on a clock divider module that runs off the STG Sync Bus ... please let me know when i can have it" I couldn't help but just go ahead and mail him my own prototype. (don't worry, i built another and yes he paid for it)

Jonathan was so happy to be able to extract all sorts of different rhythmic clocks driven by his TR-808 that he made this video showing off the Time Divider driving all sorts of aspects of his modular synthesiser and gave it to me to post up here in my U-Toob account.

we've still got a couple of firmware sniggles to deal with, but here is the 97 percent operational Time Divider being used in the composition of a track which Donald Crunk declared "hot as shit" when he heard it, and I'm inclined to agree with him.

I'm not entirely sure what the Time Divider is doing here, but I'm hearing a lot of rhythmic intervals happneing against the TR-808 that simply would not be possible with anything other than the Time Divider or a rack full of extremly hard-to-find Garfield Mini-Docs.

the Time Divider will be available soon from STG Soundlabs (http://www.stgsoundlabs.com/) and not too long after from Analogue Haven (http://www.analoguehaven.com/)

Thank you very much, Jonathan."

Update: description via jonathan:

"Here's a vague description of what's going on:

808 as master clock & drum sounds (obviously)

bassline:
two q106s into stg post lawsuit filter - pitch is from voltage ministore, rhythm is an envelope to the filter cutoff triggered by dotted 8ths from the time divider

bell-like delayed nonsense
q106 into stg sea devils filter into time machine, pitch from voltage ministore

sonar ping sound
stg time divider sending 8ths to motm 730, with vc division modulated by slow lfo, so the ping happens essentially randomly, but always on 8th notes

bitcrushed percussive hihat sound
stg time divider retriggering a long envelope controlling the clock rate of a cgs digital noise module every half note, with a vca controlled by another envelope @ 16ths (also stg time divider)

all the melodic sounds use a modcan-b quantizer

the vocoder is just an motm 310 into a roland svc-350""

Mk1 + X-Kbd.AVI - MacBeth Synthesizers

YouTube via macbethsynthesizers — May 21, 2010 — "Here is yet another vid of the stuff I'm doing- holding a camera whilst operating the synth isn't easy! Tech stuff- the sample and hold from LFO2 on the kbd is playing the thing- its sending both a CV signal and a Trig signal to make things happen!"

Yamaha TG300 16-part multi tone generator p1 Dark Organ

YouTube via hornetlord — May 21, 2010 — "Using a CME UF5 midi keyboard/controller live to control 16 programs of the Yamaha TG300 simultaneously in multi mode, using standard/ROM as well as custom programs. Audio is straight from the TG300 and its built in effects (Chorus, Delay and Reverb), with no other effects or processing. The titles of each of these pieces highlight the more predominant programs heard."

Yamaha TG300 16-part multi tone generator p2 Rezzy Pads


Yamaha TG300 16-part multi tone generator p3 Vocal Pads


Yamaha TG300 16-part multi tone generator p4 Complex Pads


Yamaha TG300 p5 Formant Pads, Strings, Brass, Soft Saw Pads

Analogue Synths live is live, na na na na na;-))))

YouTube via Synthiefrau — May 21, 2010 — "Hi lovely Synthfolks, I am not a good player but I have fun with my lovely Synths. There are two sequences, one from the Dot.com Modular and one from the Sequential Circuits pro one, Voices and effects comes from dark energy and Roland Juno 60 (Noise and LFO), the leads are from Minimoog and Moog Prodigy, the left hand played the Roland V-Synth.

This is a live improvision, sorry for the mistakes."

Human Fly

flickr set by popman88us
(click for more)

"Live at Raymond's Bar - Clermont-Ferrand 18/05/2010"

http://www.myspace.com/humanfly63

Ableton Live / Max for Live - Mouse Scratch

YouTube via SungHeng — May 21, 2010 — "'Mouse Scratch' is a audio effect in Ableton Live 8 by Ma for Live. You can move your mouse cursor to make scratch effect easily.

download here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LIL9A2W5

Welcome to "Ableton Live School Taiwan"
http://www.facebook.com/abletonfb

my blog
http://www.sungheng.idv.tw"

The Micromoorg

Custom KORG MicroKORG on top of Crumar Bit 01 via khoral's Cafe 80.

MOOG 99-952 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER

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"VINTAGE MOOG 99-952 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER for an early Moog synthesizer."

Roland RS-505 Paraphonic String Synth

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"Separate synth section with cutoff resonance, basic LFO and envelope modulation. Typical adsr envelepoe.
String section which can be merged with the synth and bass sections.
Lush 70's Chorus with 3 settings of low medium and very spacy high, ext in for use with the chorus.With the Chorus switched off, you get a very typical early synth saw wave, which is also polyphonic. i've had everything from drums to a dx7 going thru this just for that nice chorus, it does cutoff the low end a little but if used as an effect send and blended with the original signal, its not a prob... Vibrato with depth,rate and delay (which is actually the LFO)

Gate/trig out. inputs for a sustain pedal or to control the VCF. as well as the ext in."

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Casio VL-5 VL Tone Polyphonic Mini Keyboard

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portraits_033

flickr by eConspiracy

New monome kits

via monome.org were you'll find links to additional details.

"the upcoming completely redesigned monome kit will support up to four 8×8 grids using bus power. eight analog inputs and eight programmable input/output ports are onboard. the logic board will be fully assembled and tested using surface mount components. cabling is reduced using board-to-board connectors. all new kit boards are compatible with old kit boards. this new kit is less expensive than our past kit. more details, pricing, and photos coming late next week.

we’ll start taking orders june 25. shipping will begin july 9.

grayscale two fifty six
we’re considering the release of a grayscale edition of the two fifty six. bus powered, bright white lighting, silicone over steel case matching the grayscale series."

LFO Madness - Pac-Man on Google's Homepage

1. Go to Google.com.
2. Click on the Insert Coin button next to the Search button.
3. Let the LFO madness begin.

Rob Papen RG 1.5

YouTube via robpapen — May 21, 2010 — "Rob Papen RG 1.5 introduction. About the new guitar model 'Muted'"

Loomeer - Arp-Ego 1 - Arpeggiator and one pattern (Groovesynth Roland JX-305)

YouTube via L00m33r — September 29, 2009 — "Just a little improvisation ... created without computer, only on JX-305. Internal sequencer plays one 32-bar custom pattern with bass, drums and strings. 如果您喜欢我的音乐购买我的册页从 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Nebulas-CD-Dema..."

First Contact with RS-7000

YouTube via L00m33r — December 07, 2009 — improvisation without looking to manual (-:

pearl_drxDemo_dance.flv

YouTube via stereoping — May 21, 2010

"A realtime-arrangement-demo of my modded Pearl DRX-1 drumsynth. Normally this excellent drumsynth must be painfully programmed by 4 buttons on the front and had 8 storagememories. i rejected this digital circuitry and added 40 pots, one for each of the 8 parameters of the 5 voices. In contrast to the simmons-things the voices are nearly identical: Pitch, Decay, Attack (adds a short enveloped noise, not just a click), Filter (slightly resonant), Bend (just piuuu) and Overtone (adds a second detuned oscillator) and Level. Sequencing comes from mc-909, the triggersignals come from my modded CMU-800 which holds (besides its modded analog drumvoices) a 16channel- midi to trigger interface. The CMU also runs the Pearl Syncussion in the background. Other synths used: D-550, Fantom and V-Synth. Just Pearl and Roland-Gear :) It is not a perfect song/arrangement but i guess you like it more than just listening to the drx alone."

pearl_drxDemo_soft.flv

stereoping — May 21, 2010

Another much softer demo of my Pearl DRX-1. Normally this excellent drumsynth must be painfully programmed by 4 buttons on the front and had 8 storagememories. i rejected this digital circuitry and added 40 pots, one for each of the 8 parameters of the 5 voices."

MOOG MUSIC ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF NEW HEADQUARTERS

MOOG MUSIC ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF NEW HEADQUARTERS IN ASHEVILLE, N.C.
"For Release May 21, 2010. Asheville, NC – Moog Music, in conjunction with the City of Asheville and the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville Buncombe County, is pleased to announce a $2.5 million investment in a new downtown Asheville company headquarters. On May 18, 2010, Moog Music finalized the purchase of four vacant, 1920 era buildings 160-170 Broadway St.; the Northern Gateway into downtown Asheville.

The Broadway site was chosen by Moog Music for its close proximity to the downtown music venues and river arts district. “This location is ideal for Moog and our employees; we will bring commerce, economic vitality and livability to this once neglected entrance to the city,” said Michael Adams, President of Moog Music. “Our plans include an extensive renovation of the structure that will transform the façade from an eyesore to a landmark that embodies Moog’s spirit of innovation, one that our company and our community can be proud of.”

The location will house the company’s 35 employees engaged in worldwide sales and marketing, research and development, and manufacturing operations. Adams continued, “The ambience of the building was the primary selection criteria. I was looking for a building that had wood floors, old brick, and wide open spaces. Creativity drives Moog and this old building, once transformed, will inspire our entire team to continue this mission.”

“This redevelopment by Moog brings the Broadway corridor one step closer to the vision long advocated by city and community planners,” said City of Asheville Mayor, Terry Bellamy. “The City is excited to welcome an employer like Moog whose international reputation for excellence, innovation and creativity will complement our vibrant downtown community.” Moog Music has been selected by the City to receive $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds in support of the project. As part of this expansion and expected company growth, Moog anticipates adding an additional 10 – 15 employees over the next three years.

“The County applauds Moog Music on this exciting expansion and its continued contributions to our economy and workforce. The move will not only strengthen our advanced manufacturing economy but enhance Asheville’s reputation as a premier music and arts destination.” said David Gantt, Chair of the Buncombe County Commission. Moog Music will begin renovations on the Broadway site in the coming weeks with the use of local architect, Keith Hargrove, and local contractor, H&M Constructors. Work should be completed in late 2010.

About Moog Music: Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Bob Moog, the inventor of the synthesizer. Moog designs and manufactures electronic musical instruments, including Little Phatty® and Minimoog® Voyager® synthesizers, Moogerfooger® effects modules, Etherwave® theremins and The Moog Guitar. Founded by Bob Moog, Moog Music designs and manufactures its products in Asheville, N.C."

Bob Moog Foundation Auction: Original Painting of Bob Moog

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"In April the Bob Moog Foundation issued a call for art inspired by the legacy of Bob Moog. Five artists donated original pieces for us to auction off on eBay as a part of our spring fundraiser. The auctions will end on Thursday May 27 at 10pm eastern time, during our live event at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. Attendees at the event will be able to bid on the items via computer stations donated by City Mac, and the eBay format will allow bidders from around the world to participate.

This auction is for a piece by Asheville artist Dustin Spagnola.

The piece is very large and is a striking portrait of Bob Moog. Bob's daughter Michelle said that when she saw the piece for the first time she was speechless, and that it felt like her dad was in the room with her.

It measures about 70 inches tall by 48 inches wide. The painting is on a handmade wood canvas and is signed and dated by the artist on the back. See the photo with the office chair for a sense of the scale. Because of the large size we will need to get a shipping quote from a freight company based on your location. If you are the winning bidder, please wait for an invoice from us before paying for the item. You will be charged actual shipping costs.

Dustin's artist statement for his current series: "This current work is inspired by the contemporary urban landscape. The images reference the texture, depth, and color of structures in decay and the visual language of graffiti. The walls of the world are often seen, but frequently overlooked. They are beautiful, bold, sprawling structures embedded with history. The landscape of urbanity is punctuated by the organic marks left from water and weather, poster art and spray paint. These images reference the imperfect and rough texture of concrete and use these characteristics to create fragments of worn and crumbling walls.

While the imagery is built upon a definite design aesthetic, the spontaneous application of pigment contributes to the overall dynamics of each composition. This process pushes the rhythm of each piece towards a visual cadence. The interplay between the color fields and the spray enamel struggling for dominance creates tension and movement. The finished paintings are artifacts of this intuitive process."

You can see more of Dustin's work online at: www.dustinspagnola.com

Making Waves. Carrying the Legacy Forward.

The Bob Moog Foundation was created to carry Bob’s legacy forward by continuing to touch people’s lives through electronic music, just as Bob did. This is no small task and we have put a lot of intention in how Best to honor his work and impact.

The mission of the Bob Moog Foundation is to educate and inspire children and adults through the power and possibilities of electronic music and through the intersection of music, science and innovation.

We aim to carry out this mission through our three main projects:

* the Moogseum
* Student Outreach Project - Focusing on teaching kids science through music
* Bob Moog Archive Initiative

You can read more about these projects and our other activities on our website at www.moogfoundation.org"

Bob Moog Foundation Auction: Original Painting of Bob Moog

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"This auction is for a piece by Asheville artist Phil Cheney. For his inspiration he says, "I envisioned him floating in space, surrounded by all the swirling notes of music and circuits and cables with bursts of color. I found an old photograph of Bob with his famous Synthesizer and liked it very much, so I used that image and created this one!"

title: "Cosmic Influence Bob MOOG"
Acrylic Paint on Hand Made Canvas
Size: 28W x 37.25H Inches

This image is also being featured on bottles of Moog Filtered Ale by the Asheville Brewing Company.

You can see Phil's work online at: www.dynamicartgallerie.com"

Bob Moog Foundation Auction: Original Pen and Ink Drawing of Bob Moog

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"This auction is for a piece by Asheville artist Gabriel Shaffer.

Piece Description: A pen and ink drawing of Bob Moog in front of his synthesizers on vintage sheet music. This piece is a study for a larger painting, titled "Dirge at Daughters Bridge" which will be available for sale at the live event. The piece is signed and dated by the artist on the back and front of the piece. This piece includes a frame. It is extremely detailed and even includes all of the individual parts of the Moog synths around Bob.

Gabriel Shaffer lives and works in Asheville, NC. The son of renowned folk/visionary artist Cher Shaffer, Gabriel was raised within the self taught medium and had contact with many folk and outsider artists as a young boy. Always creative, he spent much of his early youth drawing, painting, writing poetry and prose. At the age of 27, in a deep depression, Shaffer had an epiphany while experimenting with painting. He has since focused solely on visual art. He has already exhibited in over 80 shows and sold hundreds of works of art to collectors, rock stars, celebrities, politicians, bestselling authors, galleries and museums, throughout various major cities nationally and internationally.

You can see more of Gabriel's work online at: www.gabrielshaffer.com"

Bob Moog Foundation Auction: Original Bob Moog Inspired Mixed Media Painting

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"This auction is for a piece by Asheville artist Marie Knight from ArtYes.

Piece Description: Winged girl carries a synthesizer suitcase to the bus stop as the sun sets in a circuit sky. Paints & vinyl collage on board. Colors in the second photo are more true to life.

It measures 16x20. It is signed and dated by the artist on the back.

Media: Cut Vinyl and paint on board

Since 2007, Marie Knight has worked out of a small studio in the Asheville, North Carolina river arts district. When she's not chained to a lab bench or watching Audrey Hepburn movies, she combines flattened, distorted, embellished, and scaled-up representations of all manner of life forms with scaled-down signmaking to make arresting and occasionally nerdy graphic art.

You can see more of Marie's work online at: www.artyes.net"
You might remember this one in the making from this post.

Bob Moog Foundation Auction: Original Pen and Ink Drawing Inspired by Moog

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"This auction is for a piece by Asheville artist Gabriel Shaffer.

Piece Description: A pen and ink drawing of musician Sxip Shirey surrounded by instruments and a turntable on 1930s era vintage ledger paper. Sxip is a friend and inspiration to Gabriel, and is a musical inventor inspired by Bob Moog. The piece is highly detailed and features many of Sxip's musical inventions.

Size: 18 x 12
Medium: Pen and Ink

Title: Tilt-a-Whirl Wonder
Gabriel Shaffer lives and works in Asheville, NC. The son of renowned folk/visionary artist Cher Shaffer, Gabriel was raised within the self taught medium and had contact with many folk and outsider artists as a young boy. Always creative, he spent much of his early youth drawing, painting, writing poetry and prose. At the age of 27, in a deep depression, Shaffer had an epiphany while experimenting with painting. He has since focused solely on visual art. He has already exhibited in over 80 shows and sold hundreds of works of art to collectors, rock stars, celebrities, politicians, bestselling authors, galleries and museums, throughout various major cities nationally and internationally.

You can see more of Gabriel's work online at: www.gabrielshaffer.com"