full modular 2011

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All DIY modular featuring MOTM (Synth Tech), Blacet, Jurgen Haible, Ian Fritz, Scott Stites Klee sequencer, Ryk, 4ms, Flight of Harmony, Yusynth, Toppobrillo and Tellun.

Roland synthesizer programmable polyphonic HS-60

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CRITTER & GUITARI POCKET PIANO

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"The Pocket Piano is a mini electronic synthesizer with a big sound! The synthesizer features six unique modes:

· Vibrato Synth
· Harmonic Sweeper
· Two-Octave Arpeggiator
· Octave Cascade
· Mono FM Synth
· FM Arpeggiator"

The seller has a green CRITTER & GUITARI POCKET PIANO GR listed here as well.

Moog Minimoog D Synthesizer SN 8692

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Steampunk Dieselpunk styled Shruthi-1 with Door Handle

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"Unique handmade steampunk/dieselpunk styled synthesizer module. Inside the case is a Shruthi-1 monosynth/sequencer with SMR-4 filter from Mutable instruments. This is a hybrid design with extremely flexible digital oscillators fed into an analogue filter and VCA. See http://mutable-instruments.net/ for full details of functionality. The case is wooden with a solid brass sheet front panel. The panel is not perfect and has a few “dings” on it but they add to the atmosphere of the case. The pressure gauge and handle are there purely for aesthetic purposes and serve no function (although the handle does move and I did consider hooking up to a pot for filter sweeps etc.). The unit can be battery powered (6 x AA rechargeable or alkaline) or can be supplied with 9v via the socket on the rear (centre +ve). What looks like old fashioned bulbs are in fact LED's cunningly disguised to look like bulbs! They respond to the button pushes to assist in identifying which menu is active.

Unlike a mass produced plastic gadget, the case of this synth is not perfect. But that's not the point...it is quirky and you won't find another like it. It is 'new' in the sense that I haven't taken it out of the house or used it other than for testing. But it does have a “handled” feel because it is...er... handmade :-)"

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PPG Wave 2.3 Vintage Synth Owners manual by Dominic Milano

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Oberheim Matrix-1000

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TECHNICS SY1010

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"Manufactured and sold for the Japanese market, this was a low cost alternative to the many monophonic synth's that were so popular at the time. This was Technics dipping their toes into the synthesizer market at home in Japan first. Obviously the SY1010 never became a classic and Korg and Roland went on and changed the music world with their own synthesizer offerings. It was a powerful and capable little mono synth in it's own right in any case, although it was not heavily marketed apparently though and as well being manufactured by a company more known for home stereos and turntables. So it was that the Technics SY1010 remains the Technics company's only foray into the analog synthesizer market. Some years later they did produce a few different digital and sampling keyboards but this remains the only all analog musical instrument in the company's history."

They also did the WSA physical modelling synth.

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Rare Vintage Aries Music Modular Synthesizer Brochure

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"Aries modules used mini patch plugs and the AR-300 was partly designed by the ARP 2600 engineers

17 pages outlining AR-300 systems, Studio Systems, Keyboard Systems, Sequence Systems, Module descriptions, etc."

Bottom two pics are larger.

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Chimera BC8 Synthesizer

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"These are no longer in production. Great little noise maker / box of evil. Lots of crazy noises to be made from this thing."

Rheyne - iKaossilator Jam #4 (iPad and iPhone synced wirelessly)

"Playing with Korg's iKaossilator app on an iPad 2 and iPhone 4. Both devices are synced with WIST (built-in to the app) via bluetooth."

PinkRoxyGabriel

YouTube Uploaded by atmosonic on Dec 10, 2011

"PinkRoxyGabriel:

Doepfer: Dark Energy (supplying the arp)
Moogerfooger: CP-251 (LFO controlling the DE-VCO PW and Voyager Wave via Mod2)
Moog Voyager (audio in of DE via the Moogerfoogers)
Moogerfooger: MF-101-Lowpass Filter (effecting the DE only)
Moogerfooger: MF-102-Ring Modulator (effecting the DE only)
TC Electronic: Hall of Fame

Melodies:
Pink Floyd: On The Run arp's first 5 note. (The DE arp is tough to program using more than 5 notes)
Roxy Music: My butchered Ladytron intro
Peter Gabriel: Of These, Hope (Reprise)...kind of...ish"

schneiders laden

YouTube Uploaded by moondustweb on Dec 10, 2011

"Schneidersladen , early Schneiders Büro Modularsynth"

mungo digital modular at :52 and Touch Digital Controllers ImpOSCar controller after that. Atomo Synth & tons more of course.

EMU XTREME LEAD DEMO

YouTube Uploaded by supersoundcrafter on Dec 10, 2011

"DEMO OF EMU XL1 SOUNDS"

Arturia Oberheim SEM V 8-Voice Programmer

YouTube Uploaded by tomesoTV on Dec 10, 2011

"No muscial statement, just tweaking and fooling around with the 8-Voice Programmer in the Arturia Oberheim SEM V.

Based on a single note, one octave arpeggio, everything else is done with the different settings in the 8-Voice Programmer and by switching on and off the eight individual voice boards.

Please vist our website at:
http://www.tomeso.de
http://www.facebook.com/tomeso"

Circuit Bent Panasonic WJ Ave3 Video FX glitch noise VJ mixer

YouTube Uploaded by TokenRecluse on Aug 9, 2011

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more vids at the auction

"Note: Although I am associated with Folktek as a visual artist/sound designer, this work is unaffiliated with Folktek.

This is the ultimate live glitch visual production tool. Every professional VJ should have one of these in their arsenal. It has an amazing way of fragmenting, fractalizing and freaking whatever video you process through it.

This WJ has TWO modes of operation:

SOUND VISUALIZATION MODE:

By plugging a well-amplified audio signal in to the modified AVE-3 you can profoundly glitch the visuals in a variety of unique ways.. all in real-time. Just take a look at the videos below. This mode is good for veejays, performance artists or art installations.

VIDEO SYNTH MODE:

Without sound you can use the control box to hone in on a variety of glitch effects and looks, some not possible in sound visualization mode. This mode is good for post production, experimental film & masking/overlays.

Of course both modes can be combined. In fact it is encouraged.

All original functions of this mixer work except the mic input, headphones input and the titler input (all which were safely removed to make room for controls).

The original physical condition of this unit is a 9.5/10. About as clean as they get.

This device is perfect for:
Adding a unique look to your indie tv/film/event production.
Providing you with a variety of effects you can't get with After Effects.
Live professional VJ work .
Making dubstep music videos.
Lo-fi enthusiasts.
Inducing epilepsy.

This device is not perfect for:
HD football games and your 20.2 megapixels HDR HDMI gizmos."

Building DIY SammichFM 2011

YouTube Uploaded by Synthnl on Dec 10, 2011

"This year I build a Wilba SammichFM DIY synthesizer kit. It is bases on the famous Yamaha OPL3 sound chip that was also used on the famous Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and SoundBlaster 16 ASP sound cards. It is a 4 voice FM synthesizer that sounds a lot like the famous Yamaha DX series. During the construction of the synthesizer I filmed the whole process. This movie is an excerpt of the 4 hours total build time. I made the 3D animations myself in Cinema 4D. The music you hear in the background in a track called 'thermosphere' from my 'AtmoSphere' album that I released in 2008. More information on the album on http://www.synth.nl/AtmoSphere. If you are interested in the whole build process of the SammichFM you can read that back on my blog on this URL: http://synthnl.blogspot.com/search/label/sammichfm"

12 days of Modular- #10 Pulse Width Modulation

YouTube Uploaded by raulsworldofsynths on Dec 1, 2011

"The 12 days of Modular. A series of 12 videos themed around Modular Synthesis and sound. Demonstration of Pulse Width Modulation accompanying waveform view. Sound and Video by Raul Pena"

All parts here.

BeatMaker 2 - Korg WIST tutorial

YouTube Uploaded by IntuaTeam on Dec 10, 2011

"In this tutorial, we'll use Korg WIST to synchronize playback on one iPad running BeatMaker 2 and another iPad running Korg iMS20.

You can sync iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch's seamlessly with apps that support this technology.

See the full list or WIST-enabled apps, plus user guides at: http://www.korguser.net/wist
WIST is a trademark and software of KORG INC."

iTunes:
KORG INC.
INTUA
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MIDI-controlled pneumatic drumming machine prototype test

YouTube Uploaded by thenervoussquirrel on Dec 10, 2011

"Initial test - apologies for the mediocre drum programming!

More details here: www.nervoussquirrel.com/pneumaticdrums.html"

The Uncanny Sequencer for Ableton Live

YouTube Uploaded by designthemedia on Dec 10, 2011

"The new & fresh & unique sequencer for IDM & braindance music w/Ableton Live.

You can buy it there: http://designthemedia.com/uncannysequencer

I designed this max for live machine for my own purpose, initially.
Indeed, I'm also protofuse (http://protofuse.net) and I need tools that makes my music unique & doesn't sound like the one of the others.

I decided to sell it, because I had a lot of requests about that, which made me happy about your very strong enthusiasm."

You might remember the teaser from this post.

Moog Voyager Signature Editions - SN 338

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Here's something interesting. If you look at the second pic you will see the back has a "VOYAGER by Bob Moog" sticker on it. I've only seen others with a standard Moog sticker. I believe there were only 600 of these that all came out around the same time, so aside from wood type, I assumed they were all roughly the same. If you are lucky enough to have a signature edition Voyager, take a look at yours.

For those not familiar with the signature series, Bob Moog hand signed them in the square to the left of the display. Click the top pic to see it.

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments: "It's "Voyager by Bob Moog" because it was sold in England and had to be re-logoed for legal reasons because someone else scooped up the trademark for their own use.. In terms of numbers, yes, far fewer were officially built for UK sale."

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ROLAND SH-09 ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

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FreeEWI for iOS

"Virtual inline MIDI event mapper for iOS

FreEWI (pronounced free-wee) was designed as a free add-on for MidiBridge for EWI players, but can be used by anyone who needs to map MIDI events between apps. For mapping to/from external MIDI interfaces (or CoreMIDI network), MidiBridge is required.

Using FreEWI inline in a MIDI event stream, events can be processed as follows:

- Remap incoming MIDI channels to a different channel
- Remap incoming controller messages to a different controller
- Translate incoming controller messages to channel pressure (aftertouch)
- Remap incoming program change messages to a different number
- Transpose incoming note events up or down

Although primarily designed for use with MidiBridge, FreEWI can be used with other apps that have CoreMIDI virtual support. In order for another app to be compatible, the following applies:

- Generating app must be able to write to FreEWI's virtual MIDI port.
- Receiving app must be able to read from FreEWI's virtual MIDI port
- Generator and receiver can be same app

FreEWI supports fast switching to and from MidiBridge, so you can fast-switch/launch MidiBridge from FreEWI and vice-versa. Other OMAC apps that support fast-switching will also be able to fast-switch to FreEWI.

FreEWI does add a small amount of latency which varies depending upon the speed of the device and how busy the device is. Runs on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and requires iOS 4.2 or greater."

Currently free on iTunes:

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audioGraph for iOS

""An audio processing graph is a Core Foundation opaque type, AUGraph, that you use to construct and manage an audio unit processing chain. A graph can leverage the capabilities of multiple audio units and multiple render callback functions, allowing you to create nearly any audio processing solution you can imagine." - From Apple's "Audio Unit Hosting Guide For iOS"

AudioGraph is a superset of Apple's MixerHost application.

Features include:

* Mono and stereo mic/line input
* Audio effects including:
o Ring modulator
o FFT passthrough using Accelerate vDSP framework
o Real-time pitch shifting and detection using STFT
o Simple variable speed delay with using a ring buffer
o Recursive moving average filter with variable number of points
o Convolution example with variable filter cutoff frequency
* Stereo level meter
* Synthesizer example - sine wave with an envelope generator
* iOS 5 features (from Chris Adamson) including:
o MIDI sampler audio unit
o file player audio unit
o audio unit effects
* Runs on iPad, iPhone, and iPod-Touch
* Open source
* Music by Van Lawton
* Everything from MixerHost

Requirements:

* A device that runs iOS 5.x
* Headphones.

Instructions:

Launch the app and press Play.

Source code, documentation, support:

http://zerokidz.com/audiograph

Credits:

This project is derived from work by:

* Chris Adamson
* Stefan Bernsee
* Michael Tyson
* Stephen Smith
* Contributors to the Core-Audio mailing list
* Contributors to stack overflow.com
* Apple's iOS developer program,

Thank you.

Tom Zicarelli"

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A Particle Magnetophone for iPhone & iPad

A Particle Magnetophone, iPhone app

YouTube Uploaded by VanyaOtvorij on Dec 6, 2011

"No need to touch anything."

Currently free on iTunes.


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"Let me introduce you one of the best innovative iPad/iPhone apps, which brings a totally new concept of a touch-less, audio-visual application that literally make music in the air and visual effects at the same time. The audio control of generating sound can be compared to the theremin. The trick is that you need not to move or touch your device.

The application uses a combination of the magnetic sensor, great graphic possibilities, and marvelous sound which are offered by iPad/iPhone and iOS. The magnetic sensor is placed just around the biohazard sign on the app's view, so closer you get with a magnetic stuff the higher tones are generating. By included keyboard you can determinate in which musical scale will magnetic fields play sounds.

The sounds are very suitable for music like funky, dub step, electro, trip hop, noise, and many more.

So just grab some magnetic, metaled stuff or get closer to them by upper-right corner of your device and try out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslyZi7TSNI

Use:
– unique musical instrument
– the most impressive metal detector ever
– practical tool to teach/learn how physics or music works
– magician's tool, to make illusion of a magical hand

Features:
– uses 3D space around magnetic sensor to make sounds and animations, touch-less control
- up to 5 octaves available (depends how strong magnet is)
– change speed or variation of particle animation sequences
– change particle size of animation sequences
– variety of 5 synth instruments simulating sound of organ, human voice, clarinet, flute and
saxophone
– tune color or vibrato of the generating tone
– change sound volume
– set your own musical scale by the virtual keyboard to be played
– save your settings
– play along with your music library or on the background while playing another touchable or shakeable instrument (more feasible for dual-core devices)
- designed for iPad2, but iPhone version included


iPod devices does not have possibility to detect magnetic fields so you cannot use them as the musical instrument (only basic tone is generating)."

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Aliens Project Close-Up of the Week - King Capitol Punishment Glamour-Box

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Click on the pic for the full size shot. The paint reminds me of space.

Blackdeath noise synth module

"Blackdeath noise synth module (see: 1010.co.uk/org/blackdeath.html ) in no_input/feedback mode."

Update: new video:

blackdeath muja input/no input

"Blackdeath noise synth module (see: 1010.co.uk/org/blackdeath.html ) with digitally generated muja track ( soundcloud.com/martin_howse/muja) as input. At some points I also flip the no_input/feedback switch and the distortion switch!"


via 1010.co.uk/org/blackdeath.html

"Inspired in part by Leif Elggren's Virulent Images/Virulent Sound (if images can be virulent, can sound be virulent too?), blackdeath is the first open hardware/free software noise synthesiser with the plague inside.

Embedding epidemic and plague simulations amongst other data generation algorithms for granular re-synthesis of incoming audio signals or self-generated feedback, blackdeath represents a virulent yet highly controllable noise/audio engine with built-in, switchable distortion.

Alternatively you can abandon the plague carrier and code your own sampling software to make use of resident 512 Kb RAM (64 seconds of audio sampled at 8000 samples per second), 8 bit DAC (Digital Analogue Convertor), and digital switched distortion(s). A prototype area is provided to design, test and run your own distortion designs..."

Music Of The Spheres 2

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on Dec 10, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Music Of The Spheres 2" - performed live by Bruno Ender Lee; December 10. 2011.
MacBeth M5N, ARP Odyssey (& Doepfer MAQ), Synthesizers.com Studio-88, Moog Little Phatty Stage II, Analogue Solutions Vostok, Korg Polysix, Korg MS-2000, Absynth 4"

Klirrfaktor: Noise 'n' Rhythm (Modular System & Monotribe)

YouTube Uploaded by TheKlirrfaktor on Dec 9, 2011

"Klirrfaktor: Noise 'n' Rhythm (Modular System & Monotribe)

Maybe the patch is to heavy but finally i had to record it :D

The Drone-Sound was made with Livewire Dalek Modulator, Bubblesound SEM20 V|S|F, MOTM E580
Drums: MFB Schlagzwerg & 4ms Noise Swash.
Bass-Line: Din SynC OSC303 + Division6 Filtare SEIII

More @ http://www.klirrfaktor.com"

Full Moon Over Osaka

YouTube Uploaded by 66outsider99 on Dec 9, 2011

"A/V tomfoolery for your enjoyment.

Video shot on iPhone4 at my kids' kindergarten.
Moon video borrowed from YouTube.
Audio made by yours truly using NanoStudio on an iPhone4.
Stitched together haphazardly and with much frustration in iMovie 11."


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Wattoo Wattoo style with SH-2000 & RS-202

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Dec 9, 2011

"An improvisation in the style of the music from "Wattoo Wattoo", a French cartoon that I used to love watching in the late 1970s.
Roland SH-2000 with delay: synth whistle
Roland RS-202 with phaser: synth strings"

120911 Dueling 250e's

YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Dec 9, 2011

"266e's stepped output clocked by the Pendulum controls the lower smooth output which controls the smooth output above it. The smooth outputs control the two 250e's in continuous mode. Sort of a feedback patch, but not quite, maybe a feedforward patch?

I step through some presets which I hadn't set for the patch towards the end. Watch your ears on one of the presets about 3/4 of the way in."

New Jerusalem tribute cover

YouTube Uploaded by wutierson on Dec 10, 2011
EMS Synthis in custom case, Minimoog & more. Anyone ID what that is in the default pic?

"From Blake's New Jerusalem it's a cover version done to be sung by a female Singer, girlfriend of great friend. The relation was over and the project to sing was never done. The theme remains without lyrics. Now you can make a karaoke version with it! : ))

I upload this to say thanks Tim, for upload the vintage videos. So special images from a lovely years.

Original theme and much more at http://moonweed.free.fr/store.htm
Original videos available at "moonweed" youtube channel

De New Jerusalem por Tim Blake, realicé una versión del tema hecha para ser cantada por la novia de un gran amigo. La relación de esta pareja se acabó y jamás pudo ser completada la parte cantada. El tema quedó así. Al menos puedes hacerte un karaoke con esta versión! : ))

He subido esto para agradecer a Tim el que haya subido los videos de sus actuaciones antiguas. Imágenes muy especiales de una época memorable.

Tema original y mucho más en http://moonweed.free.fr/store.htm
Videos originales disponibles en el canal "moonweed" de youtube."

Synthia2 - Free EMS Synthi VST

Synthia2 - Free VST effect synth - vstplanet.com

YouTube Uploaded by vstplanet on Dec 10, 2011

"Synthia2 - http://www.vstplanet.com/News/11/EFM_Synthia_2
Developer: ele4music.com"

Hilltree - Diy Neon oscillator module

YouTube Uploaded by hilltree on Dec 10, 2011

"This is my Diy modular version of my neon oscillator module . 2 oscillators , 1 suboscillator [ 1 oscillator also usable as LFO]. More about this project at the dutch synthforum and http://www.groenewoudnet.nl"

iAdditive v1.2 Kawai K5000 series Additive Synthesis iPad Editor Now Available

YouTube Uploaded by iControlMIDI on Nov 29, 2011
Note this editor covers additive synthesis for the K5000 series. For PCM see iK5000R.

"Apple has released iAdditive v1.2 our Wired and Wireless CoreMIDI iPad Additive Synthesis Editor for Kawai K5000 / K5000S / K5000W / K5000R.

iAdditive can be used as a self contained application or complementing iK5000R, our K5000 series PCM Synthesis editor.

iAdditve v1.2 offers:
• Page 0: Source 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 selection to perform Additive Synthesis editing in
• Page 1: Common Source Numbers, Source Mute / Un-Mute, DCO Wave set to ‘Additive’, Common Harmonic parameters, Harmonic Group (1-64 or 65-128)
• Page 2: Harmonic Levels 1-32 (or 65-96)
• Page 3: Harmonic Levels 33-64 (or 97-128)
• Page 4: Harmonic Envelop and Loop 1-2 (or 65-66)
• Page 5-35: Harmonic Envelop and Loop 3-64 (or 67-128)

4-Controls per Parameter:
• Slider: full range parameter value adjustment for a ‘coarse’ workflow
• + button: precise +1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• - button: precise -1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• Parameter default value button: pressing the parameter value label / button sets this parameter to a default value for a faster workflow (ex: Wave = Add; Filter cutoff frequency = wide open; etc...)

Parameter Name and Value:
• Name (ex: Wave): as displayed on the K5000 LCD
• Value (ex: Add): as displayed on the K5000 LCD, dynamically changes when you use one of the 4 controls (slider, + button, - button, parameter default value button)"