KORG Rhythm 55 B KR-55B Analog Drum Box (1982)

Published on Jan 23, 2014 RetroSound·258 videos

"(c) 2014 vintage gearr demo by RetroSound

- non programmable analog rhythm box from the year 1982
- sounds: Bass Drum, Snare Drum, 2x HiHat, Cymbal, Low Conga, High Conga, Rim Shot, Claves, Cowbell, 2x Tom Tom
- 96 Rhythm patterns (KR-55 only 48)
- sounds a bit like the Roland TR-808
- Shuffle function and Trigger Out
- used by Jean-Michel Jarre in the album Magnetic Fields and Depeche Mode"

Eurorack Modular Pics by Juliana of The Harvestman

via Juliana of The Harvestman

"Noise Engineering's purple PCB paneled people eater"

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Andy Baker's ARP Odyssey 2810 Restoration (By Synthpro)

Published on Jan 23, 2014 synthpro·109 videos

"Hello everyone,

This is a video of an ARP Odyssey 2810 that I restored for one of my friends.

Andy is actually going to be selling this synth soon so watch for it on eBay.

Thanks for watching and take care,
Jareth"

NAMM: Moon Modular Pics by Russ

"Moon Modular's booth. I got to speak to Gert for a bit about the renaissance of modular synths. He was having fun demonstrating West Coast, East Coast, and Berlin School on his giant box of knobs!"

NAMM: Big City Music Booth - 3 Pics via Russ

"TipTop Music modular, Analog Systems modular, various modular vendors."

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NAMM: Buchla Music Easel, with Downloadable Preset Card

Two pics in via Russ.

Update: "The Buchla card not only allows you to store multiple presets, but also allows editing / directly controlling the synth from an iPad app."

NAMM: New Reactable Prototype - 3D Cubes on a Tablet

via Russ: "New proto from Reactable: music cubes that use a touch surface computer"

Update: I originally noted this was an iPad.  It's clearly not.  If you look next to the thinnest cube you'll se what looks like ASUS, so I'm guessing it's an ASUS Tablet of course.   No additional details at the moment.   If you head to their site you'll note all the previous hardware is round.

Update2: see this post for a NAMM floor demo with additional details.

Moog Sub37 Paraphonic Analog Synthesizer Demo by Perfect Circuit Audio

Short play demo added to the bottom of the main post here.

Update: and one more play demo by Uniquesquared added.

Yamaha DX7 with E! Grey Matter Upgrade & Sticker

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via eBay

"Comes with the original Owner's Manual, original E!Grey Matter Manual and sticker!!!" Also comes with "sheet music stand and sustain pedal that goes with the synth"

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Roland TR-808 -SUPER CLEAN & FULLY SERVICED

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Mint Roland Juno-60 with Original Box Including Styrofoam Sides

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Rare Technics Analog Synthesizer SY-1010 Vintage Monophonic

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via eBay

"This auction is for a rare Technics SY1010 monophonic analog synthesizer which was made in Japan in 1979.

This runs on 100V which is the Japanese electrical standard. You may need a voltage transformer to use in your country.

This synth is very compact and light. It weighs approx. 4.0kg and is 48cm in length, 35cm wide, and 13cm high..."

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EMU SP-12 Turbo With Filter Mod SN 626

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MOOG SONIC 6 SYNTHESIZER

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Korg RK100S NAMM Floor Video

See the update in this post.

New Elektron Analog Rytm Direct Audio In Video by Switched On

See Update8 in this post.

Subconscious Vampire & Harvestman at NAMM via Skinny Puppy's CEvin Key

via CEvin Key on Facebook

"vampire hanging with some nice Harvestman Orange at Namm show"

New Moog Theremini NAMM Floor Video

See Update2 in this post.

1st KORG Taktile NAMM Floor Video

See the update in this post.

Update: two more added.

New Sub 37 & KORG MS20 Kit NAMM Floor Demo Videos

New Future Music vids added to each post: Sub 37, MS20 Kit.

Update: and one from Guitar Center for the Sub 37 with Trent from Moog instead of Amos this round.

NAMM 2013: Roli Seaboard Multidimensional Controller

Published on Jan 23, 2014 sonicstate·616 videos

"NAMM 2013: Roli Seaboard Multidimensional Controller Poly aftertouch and poly pitchbend"

NAMM 2014: Tip Top Audio Modular Jam

Published on Jan 23, 2014 sonicstate·615 videos

"NAMM 2014: Tip Top Audio Modular Jam Nice jam at the Big City Music booth"

Below: pic of Tiptop Audio's Gur Milstein & The Harvestman's Scott Jaeger on the NAMM floor via Scott on Facebook (Two of my favorite people).

Just added: Richard Devine and Drumcell jaming on the Tiptop Systems Namm below.

New Elektron Analog Rytm NAMM Floor Demo

See Update8 in the main Analog Rytm post here.

Delptronics Modular Test B

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Adam Reeves·18 videos

"All Percussion provided by: Delptronics LDB-1e w/Expansion for individual outs, Delptronics Thunderclap

Noises courtesy of the following units ( modded for use with the Bender Sequencer): Bleep Labs Pico Paso, MFOS WSG, Korg Monotribe

IR Chain (all the green modules with blinky lights)= Wooster Audio Midi-IR2 + Space Baby, Delptronics Bender Sequencer x2, Delptronics Ring Mod (This is the first kit I ever built, and it's not pretty, but you can hear what the effect sounds like, this unit is also available in Eurorack form now). As the expansion provides individual outs and an additional main out (corresponding to the level pots), there is tons of routing options for the drums. I choose one main out as my Dry bus, then routed the other main to 2 separate FX buses in the modular, and one signal to the Ringmod and layered it up..."

Elektron Analog Rytm NAMM Floor Pic

via Richard Devine on Facebook.

Added to the main Analog Rytm post here.

Moog Filtered Water at NAMM

via @futuremusicmag

"AND @moogmusicinc water! Analog hydration! pic.twitter.com/f7B6gW2oIb"

Full Size KORG KIT NAMM Floor Videos

See Update4 in the main post here.

Studio Electronics The Magnificent Four at NAMM

via Studio Electronics on Facebook

Boomstars

"The Weirdo Booth — at The NAMM Show."

via Juliana of The Harvestman.

The WMD modular booth 1076

Banners: Make Noise, STG Soundlabs, The Harvestman, Hex Inverter,  flight of harmony, Steady State Fate, Enclave, WMD, Verbos, Koma Elektronic, 4ms.

And Mickey Delp of Delptronics below.

"Yo dawg, I heard you like cowbell so I put a cowbell in your cowbell so you can cowbell while you cowbell!"

via Delptronics on Facebook

Nord Lead A1 NAMM Floor Video

See Update2 in the main Nord Lead A1 post here.

Moog Sub 37 NAMM Floor Videos

See Update10 in the main Moog Sub 37 NAMM post here.

Hex Inverter Mutant Drum Modules at NAMM

via Guy Taylor of IO on Facebook

"These Hex Inverter Mutant drum modules sound great!"

Added this one to the previous eurorack at NAMM post here.

Full Details on the New Moog Sub 37

See Update8 in the main Sub 37 post here.

BTW, one thing I love about the main posts, and why I do it that way, is that you get to see how stuff was introduced over time. From "is it a rumor" or "what exactly is it?" all the way down to NAMM floor demos and full details.  They are a snapshot of how synths came into public awareness and hence the world of greater synths.

Full Details and Specs on the New Moog Theremini

See the update in the main post here.

The Bob Moog Foundation Announces Significant Archive Additions

"Anaheim, CA (January 23, 2014) – Michelle Moog-Koussa, executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation™ (BMF) and daughter of inventor Bob Moog, today announced additions to the Asheville-based foundation’s archives including over 1,000 schematic drawings from 1965 to 1985; several rare prototypes, including a Moog Apollo synthesizer (the Apollo became the prototype for the Polymoog), the Moog Liberation, the Moog 1130 Drum Controller, Moog Sequencer, Moog Song Producer, and Moog Feedback Suppressor; as well as production models of the Minitmoog, and a Moog Vocoder. The announcement was made on the first day of NAMM, an annual gathering of the music manufacturing industry, which attracts 100,000 people over the weekend.

'These instruments and drawings join our growing collection of treasures that includes, among other items, Roger Powell’s custom dual-keyboard controller, designed by Bob; a duophonic Minimoog; and two vintage theremins. We are thrilled with the ongoing interest our archives are generating from organizations and individuals,' Moog-Koussa said. These additions to the BMF’s collection of historic documents and musical instruments come on the heels of the BMF’s receipt of a permanent loan of vintage instruments by the Music Department of University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December 2013.

Moog-Koussa said that 400 of the more than 1,000 documents received in this latest contribution have already been inventoried and entered into a searchable database.

'But that’s just the beginning,' she said. 'We will soon begin the most detailed, formalized and time-consuming part of the archiving process – cataloguing. It takes time to do it right, and these materials are too important not to do it right.'

She anticipates that the cataloguing process will take between 12 and 18 months to complete. After that, the documents will be scanned and the most significant of them shared.

'Creating a wide-ranging collection that includes not only his work, but also the work of those he influenced is the goal of the Bob Moog Foundation. It is from this perspective that we can achieve the truest picture of his life’s work and ultimately appreciate his contributions to science and music,' she said.

'Bob was generous with his talent and knowledge; inspiring others fueled his own creativity,' Moog-Koussa said. 'We are doing that every day at BMF, just a little differently.'

Moog-Koussa points to the work of Dr. Bob’s Sound School™ (DBSS) as an example of BMF’s ongoing outreach and education that is an important part of her father’s legacy. The 10- week curriculum teaches second-grade students the physics of sound using acoustic and electronic musical instruments such as the theremin, as well as oscilloscopes. The information taught through the musical instruments is supplemented by custom educational materials developed by the BMF educational team. 'Bob was a life-long learner. He never stopped asking ‘what if’ and wanted others to ask the same question. I can’t think of a better tribute to his life and work than encouraging a new generation to ask the same question.'

The Bob Moog Foundation, based in Asheville, N.C., continues Bob Moog’s legacy of innovation through education and outreach programs that promote the intersection of music, science, history, and imagination.

The Bob Moog Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, and is independent from, not affiliated with and not supported by Moog Music, Inc."

The Packrat's Juno-106 Arrives at NAMM

See the update in this post.

Animoog for iPhone is Free During NAMM! Grab it Now.

via @moogmusicinc

"Animoog for #iPhone #FREE during #NAMM2014 :: download here :: http://bit.ly/Animoog pic.twitter.com/25S0mDOLY2"

Laurentide SynthWorks PolyLAB Update

via Laurentide SynthWorks

"List of things competed:

Prototype Case built
LFO, S&H, Globals PCB, Saw2Tri, Midi2CV, Power Supply & Transformer all mounted
Globals Panel Prototype built
MIDIpal LCD and Encoder installed and mounted to Globals Panel
To Do:
Wire it up!
I built a quick-and-dirty power buss board, but I did order a PCB. Just waiting for that and 1 10k Pot for Voice 2 Resonance. I ended up going with the Midimplant MIDI2CV with a MIDIpal for the dispatch to achieve poly. The nice thing about the Midimplant is 1 board has 2 independent midi2cv's. Each can be assigned a MIDI channel and have their own V/Oct & Gate. Wish I had read the spec more clearly before I ordered a 2nd one. Guess one can never have too many midid2cv's.

Hopefully 1 more month and the prototype will be complete! Then, this spring I'll try my hand at bending aluminum."

EMS Synthi E + Synthie Logik Group Shot

via Aliens Project. Insane.

Moog Minimoog D Synthesizer SN 9604

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via eBay

via the seller: "Recently gone over with a fine tooth comb from one of the top musical electricians in West Michigan. I have owned this Moog since 1979, purchased new, and except a few road rashes on the woodwork, and two missing silver dots on the dials, this is no different than it was 30+ years ago. Recently (2 weeks) thoroughly cleaned and calibrated A to A using rear trims. ALL FUNCTIONS WORK AS DESIGNED. Been in my recording studio for the last 14 years, and played at least once weekly. Serial number is 9604. Quality tag number is 937418."

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Waldorf Microwave XT 10 Voice Wavetable Synthesizer with Mini Moog Knobs

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Sherman Filterbank 2 with Original Box & Extras

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Rare Vintage Korg VC-10 Analog Vocoder Synthesizer with Original Leather Bag

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Korg MS-20 SN 142835

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Packrat's Patches: The Conversion

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Syntegrator·362 videos

"Recorded in the final hour before I packed up the gear for the 2014 NAMM show, here is the conversion process for getting Juno-106 patches into the Kiwi-106 format."

You can watch all parts of the service performed on Dave's Juno-106 here.

Update: and apparently this is now a NAMM post. :)

Namm 2014 Part 1 1

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Syntegrator·363 videos

BTW, the series of videos linked above is as extensive as it gets for synth repair. Highly recommended if you are interested in what goes into keeping our vintage synths alive.

Cosmosƒ V2.3

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Sinan Bokesoy·35 videos

Listen in stereo.

"V2.3 update of Cosmosƒ featuring a much more powerful GranDelay processor and a snapshot tool for assigning the current state of Cosmosƒ instantly as a reference for the morphing engine."

New Waldorf 2 Pole Filter & Moog Theremini

via Create Digital Music

"Waldorf’s mystery knob is the filter control from a big filter in a box.
That’s right, Waldorf is introducing a 2-pole filter. And one heck of a 2-pole filter it is:
Filter with cutoff and resonance, but also a Drive setting, Rectify, and switchable between low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass
LFO with Depth and Speed
LFO set to Fast, Slow, and (hilariously) Gemütlich (kinda hard to translate, actually easy-going and slower than slow)
Envelope controls: Attack/Decay/Hold, threshold, a source (hard to tell what that does), and trigger.
And it takes CV for envelope, cutoff, and gate, with jack plugs for input and output."

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An Interview with Paul Bley on Astronauta Pinguim

"In the second half of the '60s, Paul Bley became interested in synthesizers, being one of the first to take a Moog Modular Synthesizer System onstage at the Phillarmonic Hall in New York, on December 26th 1969. His experiments with electronics and synthesizers led to the release of some great 'electronic improvising' albums, from 1969 to 1972, including 'Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate' (1971, credited to Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show), 'Improvisie' (1971, credited to Paul Bley) and 'The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show' (1971, credited to The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show). It's amazing the experiments that Paul Bley and Annette Peacock made with electronics, passing her voice through the synthesizers on several tracks from this period! Paul Bley also used an ARP 2500 synthesizer during this time."

Read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.

via Fabricio on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Full Size KORG MS20 KIT NAMM Floor Pics

See Update3 in the main post here for some pics in via Russ.

Eurorack at NAMM via IO's Guy Taylor

Some pics in via Guy Taylor of IO on Facebook:

"Verbos Electronics Buchla inspired modules are as sick as they look."

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NAMM 2014: Arturia Beat Step - First Look NAMM Floor Video

New NAMM floor video of the Beat Step added to the main post here.

Elektron Analog Rytm Direct Line Audio In Video

See Update5 in this post.

LostInSeq

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Human Koala·68 videos

"Little Patch with Unkle and Aunti oscillator as main lead Hrtz donut in the perc stuff and clocked and sequenced by noisering, rené wogglebug"

Vintage Moog Modular at the Bob Moog Foundation Booth at NAMM

via The Bob Moog Foundation on Facebook

"Vintage Moog Modular synthesizer in the BMF booth at #NAMM2014, with new modular controller from Synthesizers.com. Come by and play this rare instrument and be inspired by Bob's technical brilliance. #NAMM"

The SYNTHESIZER - New Book by Mark Vail

Mark Vail, author of Vintage Synthesizers and former editor of Keyboard Magazine was spotted at the Bob Moog Foundation Booth with his new book The SYNTHESIZER which has a forward by Michelle Moog-Koussa.

via The Bob Moog Foundation on Facebook:

"Author Mark Vail visits us at #NAMM2014 with his brand new book, The Synthesizer. The forward was written by Michelle Moog-Koussa. #NAMM"

The books is currently available on Amazon here. 

"Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models confined to university laboratories to the development of musical synthesis software that runs on tablet computers and portable media devices.

Throughout its history, the synthesizer has always been at the forefront of technology for the arts. In The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument, veteran music technology journalist, educator, and performer Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound generation, musical control, and composition made with instruments that may have become best sellers or gone entirely unnoticed; and the basics and intricacies of acoustics and synthesized sound. Vail also describes how to successfully select, program, and play a synthesizer; what alternative controllers exist for creating electronic music; and how to stay focused and productive when faced with a room full of instruments. This one-stop reference guide on all things synthesizer also offers tips on encouraging creativity, layering sounds, performance, composing and recording for film and television, and much more."