"Starting in 2003 I began to restore the Sal-Mar construction. The machine is a massive analog synthesizer with a unique digital logic control system. There are 4 sub-audio oscillators, 8 audio oscillators, and 2 percussion generators."
"First, in 2007 Matrixsynth covered Greg Danner’s restoration of the notorious Sal-Mar Construction, an obscenely complex synthesizer from 1969 controlled by digital logic sequencers. Also in 1969, Joel Chadabe had Moog build a modular synth along roughly similar lines, no keyboard, lots of sequencers. The innards of the CEMS are documented here."
"This morning I'm preparing a video featuring the MacBeth X-Series 'micromac' working with the MacBeth X-Series Dual SV Filter- this should be interesting as I haven't tried this combo yet!
The Dual SV (State Variable) Filter is the top right module! This should be fun!"
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"This OB-MX is loaded with four voice cards for a total of 8 voices! It is an amazing sounding synthesizer with some incredible abilities for routing and modulation. Underrated beast that makes gorgeous pads and effects along with some fat bass and leads."
switched 1/4inch jack output blue LED switchable Pitch down control Distortion switch switchable bass/feedback control switchable rhythmic noise/synth control"
"This is a test of the new and soon to be released E355 Morphing Dual LFO from Synthesis Technology. (LFO = Low Frequency Oscillator) This video is extremely long (for me) at 35 minutes, is of a technical nature and will probably will only appeal to folks interested in purchasing one. (or nutters who enjoy listening to oscillators for hours on end like me! ;-)
Apologies for my big dumb left hand in the way half the time! I was yelling at myself during editing to "MOVE IT!" :-/ ;-)"
"0:00 HSS3i compared to HSS3j audio out.
0:12 IR Sync as slave to Nebulophone.
0:46 Gameboy to audio input, displayed via RGB lines.
1:12 Video signal to audio input, displayed via RGB lines.
1:42 HSS3i compared to HSS3j visual mode.
2:23 Color selection switches in horizontal visuals.
2:36 Capacitor fade switches.
2:49 Scroll adjust between visual modes.
2:55 Select colors to be displayed angular visuals.
3:12 Trigger input in drone mode patch via tr-808.
In diesem Video schauen wir uns das Casio XW-P1 an. Dabei handelt es sich um einen hybriden Synthesizer, der nun erstmalig in Deutschland zu sehen ist."
In Concert part 1
YouTube Uploaded by herowouters on Jul 18, 2010
Second video below has an NSFW YT image. Videos spotted on THE SYNTHI
"In 1974 Belgian composer Peter Beyls was not only a technician at the STEIM-studio in Amsterdam but also a teacher at the Vrije Akademie Psychopolis at Den Haag. Hero Wouters was a movie-making "paticipant" (a sixties-word for student) at the Academy, picking up some easy money as a technical assistant in the electronic-and-film-music-studio. They decided to join forces and gave in 1974 and 1975 two series of concerts, "Transformation" and "In Concert", mixed-media performances consisting of live electronic music, tapes, films and slides..."
"In 1974 Belgian composer Peter Beyls was not only a technician at the STEIM-studio in Amsterdam but also a teacher at the Vrije Akademie Psychopolis at Den Haag. Hero Wouters was a movie-making "paticipant" (a sixties-word for student) at the Academy, picking up some easy money as a technical assistant in the electronic-and-film-music-studio. They decided to join forces and gave in 1974 and 1975 two series of concerts, "Transformation" and "In Concert", mixed-media performances consisting of live electronic music, tapes, films and slides.
One of these events (Studio Skoop, Gent, rehearsal at the IPEM, november 29 and 30 1974) was filmed by Psychopolis-student Jacques Tooten, and the material was edited by Hero Wouters in the same year. Projected during this concert were his movies "A Boy's Ballad (Hero Wouters Movie nr 32), "On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection" (HWM 64), "De Zogenaamde Zeetrein" (HWM 65) and "Prints" (HWM 25), fragments of which can be seen in this reportage.
Interesting are the use of two EMS VCS3's, communicating through a very long tape-delay-loop, and a platform built by Beyls to control (with hands and feet) his "kraakdoos" (a famous STEIM-synth design).
Music: "Dialoog voor twee Synthesizers & Tape-transport" opus 103 (Beyls / Wouters) and two Peter Beyls-pieces for VCS3, tapes and kraakdoos. HWM nr 66."
Bookmark the date folks. The next SYNTHFEST will be held at Seattle's EMP on June 2, 2012. More details will follow, but I thought I'd put something up now so you can plan for the date. See the PNWSYNTHFEST label below for pics and video of the previous event. You can find my pics here.
"DJ Galactic new Electronic Music (Chill / Groovy) live with Korg Electribe and Kaoss Pad. Enjoying beat making of this new pattern, with my groovebox Korg EMX (Electribe. As always electronic music, with some sound tweaking. Have fun! Comments and ratings more than welcome! Peace
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"Here is a demonstration of the rare Roland WS-1 Write Switch, for the CR-78. I am currently selling this WS-1 on Ebay, so this video is to demonstrate the fact that it works...
Since there are no WS-1 videos on YouTube, I figure this will also serve as a general demo of how this rare unit works. Don't expect to be entertained! This might be confusing, so let me explain: Right button is Note-On, left is Rest -- Total of 32 notes in the pattern - You'll hear that as go through the channels, the sounds are added to what you hear - so first time around it's just Kick, then next round, you hear the Kick part as I'm adding the Snare part, etc - That is why you sometimes hear sounds when I press the Rest button. After the pattern is programmed I have to pull the WS-1 connections out of the back in order to hear the results."
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"Manufacturer Description:
We teamed up with gigbag specialist Soundware by Dimbath and developed the perfect bag for the Virus TI Polar. The Virus TI Polar bag is a perfect and convenient solution for taking the Polar on the road, be it to a gig or to the studio. The cushioned grip comes with a velcro lock and the shoulder belt is adjustable to fit your needs. The 25 mm thick padding ensures that your valuable hardware is well protected and there is plenty of additional room in the outer pocket to store things like cables and pedals.
Features:
• stylish embroidered Access Music logo
• made from durable 1000D polyester
• high quality zippers
• 25 mm padding with soft lining
• 2 Edge protectors on the outer bottom
• outer pocket for cable and accessories
• 4 rubber feet for slip protection
• cushioned grip with velcro lock
• adjustable shoulder belt with carabiner
• high quality metal fittings for the shoulder belt
• compatible with Virus TI Polar, Virus TI2 Polar and Virus Indigo
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"This is the much prefered J-Wire version, due to the fact that the keyboard can be easily dismantled and the J-wires de-oxidised if the notes begin to double trigger and fairly easily maintained."
"Franz Lorbeer was helping to explain the monstermonstercase (see pic) to the audience in Frankfurt. Because it is a bit more complicated to understand the uncounted possibilities of such a system, this one will stay in Frankfurt now on display at S-MUSIC, a well known biggest musical instrument store around…"
"A company making everything for the retail business serving other companies like Schneidersladen with smaller manufacturers goods has introduced themselves as ALEX4 distribution GmbH in Frankfurt now."
That looks like Andreas Schneider, the man behind STROMKULT and Schneiders Buero. They are known for their super booths at the Musikmesse. Andreas also produced the film Totally Wired, A documentary film about Andreas Schneider's infamous 'Schneider's Buero' [Schneidersbuero], the boutique electronic musical instrument shop in Berlin..
Part 7 in a series of an Oberheim Four Voice restoration project is up on Hills Cloud. Click through for more pics and the write-up. You might remember the project from this post back in August.
"ARP 2600 Gray Meanie.In mint condition.Has the matching keyboard.These are only built in low numbers,+-35.This model is also smaller than the later ARP 2600's. All metal case & matching metal 3604C keyboard."
"Picked up a cheap as chips Behringer CC300 analog chorus pedal - which is supposedly a clone of a vintage Roland analog chorus box :)
I used it with a power adapter, better than with a battery, I've read.
Anyway source sound is a Jupiter 8 latched arp line, single VCO sawtooth.
Raw, then switched on pedal with no buttons pressed - lowest setting, then every 2 bars I switch in each button mode in turn, and then with all buttons pressed in at the same time"
"4ms Peg V4 VCAMatrix RCD Analogue Systems RS 100 RS 110 RS 360 Arp Odyssey 2811& 2821 Noises Doepfer A 143-9 A 134 pan by Moog MP 201 Flame 2x Chord Machine & Talking Synth Modul Make Noise Brains PP Maths Moddenix Optomix QMMG René´Wogglebug Malekko 4x Unkle 4x Anti O Oberheim Sem Roland System 104 Sequencer (Sem) TipTop Audio Z 8000 4x4step to CM's pitches & chord's Toppobrillo Quantimator Sportmodulator Master Clock Logic via Kenton Pro 2000II and 2x 4ms RCD."
"Apple has released iMopho1 v1.2 our Wired and Wireless CoreMIDI iPad Editor for DSI Mopho module / keyboard.
iControlMIDI for the Mopho offers all the Program parameters.
iControlMIDI displays some numerical parameter values in semitones, cents, notes, ms, Hz or BPM rather than plain numbers. Like a hardware step sequencer, the used steps are lighten up by iControlMIDI.
In order to offer an even faster workflow: • iControlMIDI automatically enables the Mopho Module / Keyboard parameters and value lists based on Page 0 Synth selection • iControlMIDI automatically disables the Mopho Module / Keyboard parameters and value lists based on Page 0 Synth selection • iControlMIDI automatically enables the some parameters based on other parameters values • iControlMIDI automatically disables the some parameters based on other parameters values
The Mopho can be edited using the following Pages: • Page 0: MIDI channel selection and Mopho Module / Keyboard selection • Page 1: Global parameters • Page 2: Program DCO1 and DCO2 parameters • Page 3: Program VCF and VCF Envelop parameters • Page 4: Program VCA and VCA Envelop parameters • Page 5: Program LFO parameters • Page 6: Program Envelop3 parameters • Page 7: Program Modulation Matrix, ARP and Sequencer Modulations parameters • Page 8: Program Velocity, Modulation Wheel, Pressure, Breath Controller and Foot Controller Modulation parameters • Page 9: Program Sequencer 1 and 2 parameters • Page 10: Program Sequencer 3 and 4 parameters • Page 11: Program Naming"
DSI Mopho - 80s ARP by iControlMIDI "Here is another example of how you can realtime control sounds with iControlMIDI. We are using the 2 Sub Oscillators and the ARP 2-octave up & down to create the sound; then sequencing 2 notes, 1 octave apart which is creating the 3 octaves sequence basis. The first part of the sequence, only DCO 1 can be heard. The second part of the sequence, we are using iControlMIDI to slowly move the DCO Mix towards DCO 2; which has a high pitched Oscillator modulated by LFO 1. The third part of the sequence, we are using iControlMIDI to change the LFO1 Waveform from Square to Random, then back to Square. The fourth and last part of the sequence, we are using iControlMIDI so fade out the VCA. There is a high end (hardware) reverb."
"First, in 2007 Matrixsynth covered Greg Danner’s restoration of the notorious Sal-Mar Construction, an obscenely complex synthesizer from 1969 controlled by digital logic sequencers. Also in 1969, Joel Chadabe had Moog build a modular synth along roughly similar lines, no keyboard, lots of sequencers. The innards of the CEMS are documented here."
