Elektron Octatrack Microtiming

YouTube Uploaded by Catabolicdj on Mar 19, 2011

"This is a real quick introduction to using microtiming on the Octatrack and an application of it. Sometimes a loop may be largely in mono and you might want to make the stereo width seem broader. Here we have a high-hat slice on two tracks. On the first track it is panned all the way to the left and on the second track it is panned all the way to the right. You can then move the second hat around with microtiming to get a broader width."

Letter to an unknown japanese young woman (Clavia Nord Modular G2)

YouTube Uploaded by GruithuisenCityMan on Mar 19, 2011

"I don't know her name. But i have seen her many times these last few days on the cover of the magazines. This young woman is now personifying the devastated North of Japan. This is a musical letter to her, to her and to all the japanese people affected by the recent disaster."

AHNE - Remembering David Wilson of the New England Synthesizer Museum

* Saturday, April 16th 2011
* 12PM to 6PM

More details on alt-mode.com

David Wilson

CoreMIDI + Multitasking = Tempo-synced fun with Finger BassLine v3.2 and MoDrum v1.1!

YouTube Uploaded by fingerAudioApps on Mar 18, 2011

"With the latest update for MoDrum (v1.1) and BassLine (v3.2), Finger is the first to fully exhaust the opportunities provided by Apple's CoreMIDI API for iOS. Tempo-sync apps on your multitasking-capable device, or get the ultimate band experience by syncing several iOS devices with each other or your favorite DAW!

http://finger-pro.com"

finger - MoDrum & BassLine on iTunes
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Frantone Glacier

View on ExposureRoom

via XR - Exposure Room

Analog / Digital Synth

flickr By niobite
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"Each button does controls sixteen different parameters. Each knob adjusts sixteen different parameters. The Evolver is a compact synth with incredible depth.

Three months later, I'm still in awe of the Evolver and constantly inspired by it. If I could have only one hardware synth, it might have to be an Evolver. Not because the Evolver can do everything, but because it can do many unusual things. It makes you pause and think, but it also inspires."

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Drums, Sampler Info & Pattern Sequencer

YouTube Uploaded by djthomaswhite on Mar 19, 2011
follow-up to Teenage Engineering OP-1 Endless Sequence & Tape
"Teenage Engineering OP-1 Drums, Sampler Info & Pattern Sequencer"

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Drums, Punch FX & Grid FX

Frequency Modulators

flickr By niobite
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"Two Yamaha desktop synths from two different eras. The TG-33 is a hybrid that combines vector control with 12-bit samples and FM synthesis. The control on the left is a free-floating joystick that should be able to transmit some kind of MIDI. The DX200 is a somewhat flawed groovebox (the first note doesn't play when you change patterns) with limited front-panel control despite all the knobs. Lurking inside the DX200 is PLG-150DX 6-operator FM synthesis board. It should be possible to fully program it via MIDI. I'm looking forward to building some crazy patches in PureData for these two machines."

Access Microwave Programmer for the Waldorf Microwave

via this auction

Before Access Music made synths, they made knob boxes for the Waldorf Microwave and Oberheim Matrix-6/1000 series.

SIMPLESIZER analog 2OSC mono SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"This is DIY synthesizer version SimpleSizer with keys. 2OSC, VCF, LFO, VCA, all CV / Gate inputs and outputs, produces all knobs fully functional and the sound. Unfortunately, all buttons do not stay in the mood. I sell it as a defect.
Optical condition: see photos.

to find more information and diagrams on sequencer.de/forumsynth/simplesizer.html." [Googlish]

1970s Practical Electronics - P.E. Sound Synthesizer

via this auction & this auction

Top: "This listing is for three issues of Practical Electronics magazine from February 1973, July 1973 and Sept 1973. They contain parts one, six, & eight respectively of this fairly extensive project by designer G.D. Shaw. Ultimately it should be possible to source the missing / follow-on issues from other ebay listings.

Part 1 contains the introduction, specification, block diagram and pictures of the prototype / finished product.

Part 6 details the tone control, and gives details on setting up an experimental sound studio.

Part 8 covers the envelope shaper (a strip-board overlay is included)."

Bottom: "This listing is for two issues of Practical Electronics magazine from November / December 1974. They contain the first two articles of the series on the PE Minisonic Synth by designer G.D. Shaw. It should be possible to source the follow-on issues from other ebay listings.

Article 1 contains the introduction, specification, block diagram and housing design, while article 2 details the V.C.O, V.C.F, and envelope shaper / V.C.A"

MOOG MINIMOOG analog synthesizer

via this auction

"The serial number is 4096"

Yamaha VSS-30 Portasound With MIDI

YouTube Uploaded by JorgeCortez01 on Mar 19, 2011

"Yamaha VSS-30 Portasound Sampler with MIDI Demo"

via this auction


"It has been modified with a MIDI in jack, with it you can control it with your sequencer, keyboard or laptop."

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ether^ra MIRACOLO

YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Mar 19, 2011

"a live and looped Buchla 200e improv w/a sample from a classic 1951 Italian film. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

Acid Techno

YouTube Uploaded by SlaughterClub on Mar 19, 2011

The Gizzards on FNL

YouTube Uploaded by ohmissjane on Mar 19, 2011

"The Gizzards performed on WTV's FNL (Friday Night Live) show on the 18/03/2011. This is how it went."

Thingamagoop 2 : RGB Pics

Two pics via Bleep Labs

Related posts:
previous flickr shot
Thingamagoop 2 : RGB video

via Hajo

GRAMDADDY- The desperate assumption

YouTube Uploaded by tatagram on Mar 19, 2011
follow-up to this post.
"The second part of the dyptych. In memory of Hunter S. Thompson, Dr.Gonzo and all our lost soldiers.

Hardware only setup
Elektron Machinedrum, Elektron Monomachine, x0xb0x, roland sp-555, korg radias, microkorg xl, boss dr-670, peavey 24fx, lexicon mx200, lexicon mx400, korg kaoss pad.

Sorry, tripod is a bit broken and uncooperative.

Hope, quality of the sound better on www.myspace.com/gramdaddy. Cheers. Hope to inspire you.

There he goes -- one of God's own prototypes -- a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live and too rare to die
We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously...
All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create...
... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force -- is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.
Remember, if you have any trouble you can always send a telegram to the Right People."

Casio HT700.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by ikworgek on Mar 19, 2011

"Only Casio HT-700 with some delay and reverb. Sequencer is a MAM SQ16."

Primivera full moon

YouTube Uploaded by snipz on Mar 19, 2011

"All modular....nowt else. A few sequences going off here but the most fun was using Pressure Points to play the E340 through the El Capistan but using FOH Choices Joystick to modulate the volume and the speed of modulation."

Slim Phatty's got wood.

flickr By Prymal
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"And it sounds so, so good."

Two Hundred and Fifty Ease

YouTube Uploaded by spindizzyman on Mar 18, 2011

"Just picked up a second 250e today. Trying out a first patch with both of them running. One is doing a 4 beat sequence, the other a 7 beat."

no sequencer sequence

YouTube Uploaded by dudeohyeahable on Mar 18, 2011

"dual vdo is voice"

Neon Experiments with Bit Blob

Neon Experiments with Bit Blob from Brendan Byrne on Vimeo.

Bill Murray on a KORG M1 - Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day scene - Bill Murray - Phil's Piano solo

YouTube Uploaded by fmovie29 on Feb 14, 2009

Khoral of Cafe 80 sent in the following pics. I did a quick search and found the video on YouTube.

TAINTED LOVE Remade with TC HELICON VOICETONE SYNTH and TENORI-ON

YouTube Uploaded by VJFranzK on Mar 18, 2011

Also see Kraftwerk Computer Love

WearingIt.m4v

YouTube Uploaded by rrr00bb on Mar 18, 2011

"Being able to make the keysize larger in combination with octave rounding makes it easier to play without having to stare too closely at it. And I got echos working in Pythagoras too."

Mugician - Rob Fielding
iPads on eBay

Life Size Ghosts

YouTube Uploaded by stylinghead on Mar 19, 2011

"Gunned up Humidor."

Fairlight iPad / iPhone App - Tutorial Part 1

YouTube Uploaded by FairlightInstruments on Mar 19, 2011

"A quick overview of the main features of the Fairlight Instruments iPad / iPhone app."

Fairlight Instruments Pty Ltd
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Kebu - The Lunar Effect (Yamaha S30 demo)

YouTube Uploaded by kebunator on Mar 19, 2011

"This time I wanted to explore the limits of my Yamaha S30, so I decided to do a whole tune only by MIDI sequencing.

The song was programmed/performed using Cubase SL solely as a MIDI sequencer controlling the S30 (in "Performance" mode). The song was then recorded straight to 2-track tape in one go. No overdubs, multitracking or external effects were used. Only mild EQ and limiting was used for the digital master. The video was later compiled showing how the various parts were played or programmed."

This Second Sleep - Serge Uncertain Umbilical

YouTube Uploaded by arthurpainter on Mar 19, 2011

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
A new patch brings a new drone using my Serge Modular."

Native Instruments REAKTOR's Newscool Part 5 Tone Generator cropped

YouTube Uploaded by bkallmer on Mar 19, 2011

Mod Jam 031911a

Mod Jam 031911a from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"Messing around with some patching. Playing with new modules! VCO6, uScale, and viLFO!"

Listen to this one evolve.

mod jam 031911a from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"another mod jam in my jams... "

NOVATION ULTRANOVA SYNTHESIZER & VOCODER

via this auction

"Brand new Nova-series synth engine based on Supernova II

• Single part with up to 18 voices, 14 filter types, 36 wavetables, 5 effect slots
• Patch Browse enables you to browse 300 sounds by type & genre

Touch-sense controls enable totally new sound-shaping & performance:
• Trigger envelopes/LFOs/filters/FX by just touching the encoders
• Large rotary control instantly allows you fine control of any parameter

Totally gig-able with 37 full sized keys, a vocoder, and loads of controls:
• Voice optimized 12 band vocoder with gooseneck mic
• High quality key bed with aftertouch for expressive playing styles

Software plug-in editor and Patch Librarian for full visual editing:
• Plug-in editor allows you to view and edit in with software
• Software Patch Librarian a organise, store and share unlimited patches

Built-in 2 in 4 out USB audio interface and it can be bus powered:
• UltraNova can be used to stream audio to and from a host computer
• Stereo main (analogue & SPDIF) and aux outputs, and MIDI in/out/thru ports

5 Effects per patch
• Distortion – • Compressor • Chorus/Phase • Delay • Reverb • Gator
• EQ
•12 band vocoder
• Arpeggiator – 33 patterns
• Chord function – lock up to 10 notes
• Patch storage up to 512 on hardware (ships with 300 factory patches)"

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YAMAHA CS10

via this auction

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Korg MS-03 signal processor

via this auction

KORG KR33 Analog Drum Machine Modded with Individual Outs

via this auction

"Individual Outputs added to the side panel 1/4'' Output Jacks. Each Individual output on the side panel has its own MUTE switch on the top panel. Nice for turning sounds on/off while using the 7 additional outs. You should here this machine when all outputs are sent to individual sounds processors WOW!!!! MIND BENDING! Analog drum machines seems to sound better when effected. for sure!"

Korg Ms10

via this auction

PAiA Based DIY MAGENTA MODULAR ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
Pics of the individual modules and insides below.

"Approximately 12 discrete function-modules...

Initially based on the PAIA 2700/4700 modules, with EVERY OPTION, EXPANSION and MODIFICATION that was mentioned as possible, in the original assembly manuals. It's a PAIA - based system on steroids. EXPANDED RANGES are just the beginning.
PLUS MULTIPLE ADDITIONS such as convenient BIAS controls & INVERTERS which greatly add to the versatility and usability of the system.

MORE: ADDITIONAL CIRCUITRY such as coil-based, all discrete component BAND PASS FILTER. AND written documentation of many modules.

VCO with 5 simultaneously available fixed and variable waveform outputs. VC Pulse Width Modulation. Octaves. Tuning.

2 BandPass Filters (1 VC) 1 Notch Filter, 1 LowPass/HighPass Filter - extended ranges and more!

Contour (Envelope) Generator and VCA - extended ranges and more!

Noise Generator and Envelope Follower

Multiple Inverters"

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Roland EM-101 Sound Plus

via this auction

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YAMAHA CS 10

via this auction

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