Roland MC-909 patterns: A final farewell

Published on Jun 15, 2015 MIDERA

"I sold my Roland MC-909, but not before capturing a few of the tracks I
had created (but did nothing with for so long). It was a good machine,
and it treated me quite well, but it is time to start downsizing and
focusing."

NEW ARP Odyssey SOUND DEMO by Moot Booxlé

Published on Jun 15, 2015 mootbooxle

"Now you can hear a full range of the sound capabilities of the new ARP Odyssey (by Korg), brought to you by an accomplished keyboardist and synthesizer programmer, Moot Booxlé. No EQ has been applied to the direct signal, just a bit of compression via LA-2A, and a light reverb.
If you were on the fence about buying one of these because you hadn't heard any actual musical sounds being created on it, maybe this will help!
Thank you for watching!
Sights and sounds (c) 2015 Moot Booxlé Studios. All Rights Reserved."

Monome Grid 64 with White Whale, Switch Eurorack modules

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via the seller: "Monome Grid 64 built from a kit in a custom wood enclosure with blue LED's. Works perfectly, all buttons light up. I am the only owner: it has been used only a handful of times and has always been handled with care in a smoke-free house. The images are of the actual items.
Also included are the White Whale and Switch Eurorack modules. The White Whale is a grid-enabled live probabilistic step sequencer for Eurorack modular synthsizers. White Whale is controlled by a Monome Grid that is plugged into the front panel. The Switch module is an external power and context switch for Monome Grids connected to a Eurorack modular synthesizer. Both modules are in perfectly working and cosmetic order. The only blemishes are slight rack rash.

The ext5v is a small USB connector which allows inline power Monome Grids. The ext5v works great. The Monome Grid 64 can be powered by either the ext5v or the Switch module.

Included are 2 USB cables and the power adapters for the Switch module and ext5v.

Monome Grid site

White Whale documentation

Switch documentation

ext5v documentation"

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Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial Series by Seth Shafer

Published on May 28, 2015 Seth Shafer

Playlist:
1. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 1: Default Template Published on May 28, 2015
- Panel settings: http://imgur.com/Gv1EhpB
- Brief overview of module and panel controls"

2. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 2: Frequency Control Published on May 28, 2015
- Corse/Fine tuning ranges
- Independent frequency control of OSC 2
- Quantization mode for OSC 2
- CV inputs for Pitch 1 and Pitch 2
- FM basics
- Modulation of ratio, internal FM, and alternate FM input (FM1)

3. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 3: Wavetable Basics Published on May 28, 2015
- Wavetable vs. wavebank vs. waveform vs sample
- Shape 1 and 2 knobs and modulation inputs
- Multi waveform mode
- Mod A "Shape" modulation

4. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 4: Waveshaping Published on Jun 15, 2015
- Phase modulation
- PM vs FM
- PM self modulation with feedback
- Tilt
- Analog wavefolder
- Combo modes

5. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 5: Pulse / Sync Published on Jul 26, 2015
- Pulse output modes
- Percussion modes
- Sync modes
- Internal vs. external sync
- Self patching

6. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 6: Chord Mode / Delay / Vocoder
- Chord mode
- Detune and drive
- Delay / comb resonator
- Looping and overdubbing
- External signal processing
- Classic vocoding
- Spectral shaping

7. Intellijel Shapeshifter Tutorial 7: Preset Mode
- Saving and loading presets
- Morph function
- Preset stepping
- Fun with Mod-B

Vintage Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer 1977 Demo Video by Creator Hal Alles

Vintage Digital Synthisizer 1977 Published on Jun 15, 2015 urcich

Roger Powell at 5:22. Further below is a video of Laurie Spiegel playing the synth. See the Bell Labs channel label at the bottom of this post for more.

It's fascinating to hear what the initial intent of this synthesizer was.

via Hal Alles on the Synergy list:

"Since a few people have expressed interest, I posted a video on youtube of a demo using the synthesizer I developed at Bell Labs.

This demo was made as a backup for a live demo for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Talking Motion Pictures.

Hence the references to the movie industry.

The live demo was done on the stage at the Palladium in Hollywood in 1977, so the backup was never shown.
It started life as studio video tape made a few days before the show, converted to 16 mm film, then later to VHS tape, then to DVD, and finally the digital version posted.

Very few people have seen this – I did not have a copy until 1995.

Hal Alles"

Laurie Spiegel plays Alles synth - temporary replacement

Uploaded on Apr 27, 2009 Laurie Spiegel

"This 1977 tape is one of the earliest examples of purely digital realtime audio synthesis. It manages to achieve an analog synth sounding quality, but it is entirely digital synthesis and signal processing.

The interactive software I wrote and am playing in this video recycles my keyboard input into an accompaniment to my continued playing, which is why I called it a "concerto generator". I use part of one of the keyboards for control data entry, and the small switches upper right to access pre-entered numerical patterns. The sliders are mainly pre-Yamaha FM synthesis parameter controls, for the number of harmonics and amplitude and frequency of the FM modulator and carrier that constituted each musical voice.

Until they restore the copy suffering from data corruption please look at this copy instead.

Comments can continue to be left on the original's page where there have been many views and comments views, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4T3eT...

Thanks for watching,

- Laurie"

Update via Spiegel's Reflections in the comments: "I've posted some additional info about the synth Hal Alles built that's featured here along with a link to more technical info. See my extended comment near the bottom of this page":

"I never heard this called "Alice" till the last couple years. Don't know when that name first surfaced.
A correction: This was at the time considered the world's first ***realtime*** digital (not "additive") synthesizer. Yes, it could do additive synthesis but was quite flexible as to how the oscillator could be used. I used them as FM pairs, with both the modulator and carrier of each FM pair being additive, with the number and amplitude of their harmonics controlled by the slide pots. (This video of me playing it shows is a rare example of pre-Yamaha DX-series FM synthesis.) The breakthrough was to do digital synthesis in realtime so it could be interactive. Prior to this technology, digital computers were not fast enough to produce audio in real time and it was not possible to do digital audio interactively.
There were 72 slide pots. (72 oscillators were mentioned above instead). The number of oscillators depending on how the components were programmed to interconnect. For the specifics of its synthesis architecture, please see Hal Alles's paper describing the system in Computer Music Journal, Vol. 1 #4, which you can find on my website at http://retiary.org/ls/obsolete_systems/Alles_synth_1977.pdf
The system was not dismantled as it says here, but donated to the Oberlin College Music Dept. For all I know it is still there. I'm not sure why Gary Nelson and the group there were not able to get it running. I had heard that it was dropped during the move, but alternatively, we programmed it remotely from (if I remember right) an LSI 11/45 computer in another part of the Labs. I don't know to what extent it could be programmed independently of an external computer with a compiler etc. installed, so that might have been a major hurdle for them. This was 1977 at Bell Telephone Labs, so the purpose of the system was never to make a marketable music system but to develop and test the new designs of its components, and I was under the impression a bunch of new patents resulted, The ideas built into this instrument were not lost to music though. Crumar created various synthsizers based on its internal architecture. I think (but am not sure because I never had direct experience with them) that those included the Crumar GDS and Synergy.
From the liner notes of my 'Obsolete System' cd:
This composition was commissioned by Bell Labs and the Motion Picture Academy for the 50th anniversary of talking pictures. Working with the Alles synthesizer, with its extensive array of input and output channels for control, was a real pleasure after years of GROOVE's extreme restrictions. The interactive software I wrote for this composition recycles the player's keyboard input into an ongoing accompaniment. However, writing the software from a remote DEC PDP-11 computer [..] in the new "C" computer language still undergoing frequent change, within a still-experimental UNIX operating system, without the control inputs or sonic output, under a tight deadline, while the Alles synthesizer hardware was still under construction, turned out to be quite an adventure.

It's also not necessarily true that only 1 composition survives from this instrument. Roger Powell also composed something on it I believe, though I don't know if he finished or recorded it. And I have a couple of reel-to-reel tapes I recorded on it that I haven't listened to since then (1977). It is possible that something on one of those open reels might be worthy of being considered additional music. At some point I will work up to transferring them to digital and find out."

InsWorks SB01 Demo

Published on Jun 14, 2015 Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez Vera

Pulse bass is the InsWorks.

CME Introduces Xkey Air Bluetooth Keyboard

CME Xkey Air Features Explanation Published on Jun 15, 2015 Xkey CMEPro

Indiegogo campaign coming. 25 and 37 key versions. Set to ship in November.

CME XKeys on eBay - wired only until the "Airs" ship.

10-The Sequential Prophet 6- Effects Part 1

Published on Jun 15, 2015 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part one of a 2-part demonstration of the digital effects present on the Prophet 6."

All parts here.

Sequential Prophet-6 - The Patches (Part 2)

Published on Jun 15, 2015 perfectcircuitaudio

"This video series demonstrates the factory patches and sound of the Sequential Prophet 6 analog synthesizer. More demos coming soon, including patch creation and sequencing!"

Part 1 here.

http://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/
Perfect Circuit Audio on eBay

EMU EMULATOR II ... PROPHET PAD...

Published on Jun 15, 2015 synths colors

"EMULATOR II... PROPHET PAD ... & FREE SAMPLING SESSION !"

Vintage ARP Odyssey Mk III Analog Synthesizer 2823

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"This item has received a full restoration including: full recap, new keybusings, all i.c.'s are socketed; and the faders have been removed, cleaned and rebuilt. This item has been thoroughly calibrated. This odyssey is warrantied for one year including parts and labor against failure during normal operation..."

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Electribe 2 - midnight snack

Published on Jun 15, 2015 john bree

"Fast little jam"

Modular Wild Visits NMASS 2015/Trash Audio Synth Meet 15

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Modular Wild

"A short video walkthrough of the Trash Audio Synth Meet hosted by the New Media and Art Sound Summit by Church of the Friendly Ghost. Special thanks to The Church of the Friendly Ghost,Trash Audio,Bleep Labs, Delptronics, The Harvestman, I/O Music Technology, LZX Industries, Make Noise, Noise Engineering, Super Synthesis, Switched On Electronics, WMD and all the Musical Artists in attendance."

More pics here.

Cool business cards from the harvestman.

7 Minutes with an Ipad Synth - KORG iMS-20

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Synth Anatomy

iTunes: KORG iMS-20 - KORG INC.

"In this episode, I want to show you sequencing and jams with the KORG iMS 20. It's the emulation of the classic monophonic analogue Synthesizer MS-20"

New Elka Synthex Cancelled Due to Lack of Funding

"THE ELKA SYNTHEX CAMPAIGN ON INDIEGOGO HAS NOW ENDED. WE'RE SADDENED THAT WE DID NOT REACH THE FUNDING TARGET.

THIS UNFORTUNATELY MEANS THAT ELKA SYNTHEX WILL NOT BE COMING BACK AFTER ALL. WE THANK EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED AND SUPPORTED US.

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN REFUNDED. CONTRIBUTORS WILL RECEIVE THESE REFUNDS IN THEIR PAYPAL ACCOUNT, OR ISSUING CREDIT CARD (WITHIN 5 DAYS). IF YOU HAVE ANY FUTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REFUND PROCESS PLEASE CONTACT INDIEGOGO.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO BRING ELKA SYNTHEX BACK."

The campaign goal was $414,000. It is currently closed and at $0. Curious what it got up to before closing. If you know, let us know. Also curious what will happen to http://bringelkaback.com.

Update: There is still the digital Synthex 2 from original Synthex creator, Mario Maggi, in the works.

MATRIXSYNTH T Spotted

via Ted Johnson on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Jammin' in my trusty Matrix T."

Awesome.

Thank you Ted!

Custom White Roland Jupiter-6 with Europa Mod

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via the seller: "This is one of the most desirable synths of all time. I purchased this from Allen at Synth Spa last year and unfortunately haven't had much time to get the most out of it. This has been fully refurbished and the Europa mod was added as well. It's been painted white with custom graphics, back lit pitch bend, and custom wood end panels."

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Zillidrone as Audiobus filter.

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Zillidrone

iTunes: Zillidrone groovebox - Andrey Savitsky

"New feature in the new version of Zillidrone Groovebox:
Audiobus and Inter-App Audio compatibility."

Techno Cricket

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Stephen Cain

"While cleaning one night, and reviewing a recent track I got a surprise remix by a cricket in my living room."

Rick Wakeman Meets Pink Floyd with a Moog Sub 37

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Howard Forton

"Time solo blast before my knee operation stops me standing still for a while."

Jožka Říhák plays the ELEKTRON - 83 drum machine / synth

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Peter Kirn

"From Brno, CZ - Synth Fest 2015, hosted by Bastl Instruments / Noise Kitchen. A one-of-a-kind instrument from Communist-era Czechoslovakia."

This is the ELEKTRON - 83 posted here. We now have some additional details on this unique system via CDM: "The Elektron-83 is the creation of Jožka Říhák, legendary in Moravia as a genius electronic instrument builder. His Syntezátor – 83 Unisono went into production, but the ELEKTRON – 83 is one of a kind. We got a live performance and demo/ explanation of the creation at Brno’s Synth Fest hosted by Bastl Instruments and their new Noise Kitchen shop in the Czech Republic.

And this thing is simply amazing.

First of all, it does so much that Jožka – now into his 70s and mostly retired from playing – was worried he wouldn’t remember everything he’d made it do. It’s really an early rendition of a workstation/arranger keyboard. It’s part organ, an analog synthesizer with loads of timbral variations. It’s also part drum machine, with a rich analog sound set that might be as at home accompanying techno as playing Czech folks songs. And it’s part effects box, with various additional processing onboard or accessible via a set of stompboxes he also designed.

It’s when you look closer at the design that you begin to realize how deep the rabbit hole goes. Some of the controls are obvious: okay, those are drawbars. But then the drawbars are augmented with switches, and knobs, and combinations of switches “unlock” other features, and then you find more knobs and more switches augmenting the other knobs and switches. If there was a spare bit of panel, he added a control. If he ran out of space for controls, he kept adding functionality anyway, by using combinations of additional switches and knobs..."

See the full post with additional pics on Create Digital Music.

Waldorf Attack Drum Synthersizer Demo for iPad

Published on Jun 13, 2015 thesoundtestroom

iTunes: Attack Drums - Waldorf Music

YUSYNTH DIY modular synth - extemporaneous rock-n-roll

Published on Jun 15, 2015 sergioavia

"YUSYNTH. Без миди. Кручение ручек. Снимал на цифровик, что, конечно, не есть гуд..."

Creamware Prodyssey ASB

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"The is the emulation of the renowned ARP Odyssey done by Creamware (now Sonic Core). This emulation also adds some things to the original ARP design. It has the emulated ARP filter which can be switched to a 24db Moog style ladder filter, for increased programming options! It also has 12 voice polyphony.

As Paul Nagle said
'In recreating patches from actual Odyssey patch sheets, I found myself simply not caring that beneath this synth lay skillful programming rather than analogue circuitry. I found the results close enough — in both feel and sound — to satisfy all but the most picky.'

This includes original manual, original box, and package contents, which includes program/librarian software (on original CD) for windows and Mac.."

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Yamaha CS-30L

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Yellow Waldorf Q Rack Synth SN 1209264941

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Vintage ARP Odyssey 2813 Synthesizer SN 1203

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Update: had the wrong link above. It is now fixed.

via the seller: "Perfect condition! Was completely refurbished less than a year ago by Dean at Five Star Engineering at a cost of over $900.00. I have had this synth since 1989 and it plays and sounds awesome!"

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Roland System-100m 181 Keyboard with Original Box

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Aphelion Run Outro

"I gave some of my music to a work colleague who is making a game called "Aphelion Run"
I knocked this together out of an old forgotten project i started to rip off old Italo Disco tunes and after checking out the game i thought i suited it quite well.

The developers twitter is here
twitter.com/MrTom

he is currently Alpha testing the game so give him a shout if your interested

Here is a video of one of the earlier releases
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njgTZQ_dqvw

This track is all DSI Prophet 12 overdubs with a little live tweaking and some shimmer reverb"

MTS 04: Dimensions by Steven Morris

Published on Jun 15, 2015 Steven Morris

"Dimensions
Multitracked Synthesizers #04
by Steven Morris
Monday, June 15 2015


This tune was written and arranged quickly- each part was recorded in sections and was mixed together.

1. Chords (MS2000B & Tempest controlled by MS2k[not pictured])
2. 3 Part String Section (MoPho)
3. Slow Arpeggios (MoPho)
4. Lead (MoPho & MoPho-controlled Tempest [not pictured]
5. "Clarinet"/Lead (Eurorack Modular Synthesizer)
6. Ambient Percussion (Eurorack)
7. Ambient Pad (MS2000B)
8. Mellow Monophonic Pad (MoPho)
9. Talking Synth (MoPho)
10. Bass (MoPho)
11. Rhythmic Strings (MoPho)
12. Brass (MoPho)
13. Counterpoint Melody (MoPho)
14. "Soprano"/Glitch (Eurorack)
15. "Cello" (MS2000B)
16. "Piano" (MoPho)

Sustain and Expression pedals were used during the filmed performances.

Effects:
Vesta Kozo RV-3 Dual Spring Reverb
Vesta Kozo DIG-410 Digital Delay (used as a chorus effect and delay)
Ibanez AD202 Multi-mode Analog Delay
Lexicon MX400 Digital Reverb"

Dub Acid Test Ptn.02

Published on Jun 15, 2015 fromPulse2Pulse

Dub Acid live jam
TT-303,el Capistan&volca beats

Zillidrone: in-app sample pack creation tool.

Published on Jun 15, 2015

"New feature in the new version of Zillidrone Groovebox:
record audio input (mic or Audiobus) to create your own sample packs within the app."

Zillidrone on App Store: Zillidrone groovebox - Andrey Savitsky