meditation on a repetition (w/ Goom opensource polysynth)

Published on May 22, 2015 tffshtt

"This is my first jam with Mark Owens' amazing /innovative Goom synthesizer (quinapalus.com) ported by Thorsten Klose (midibox.org) to an stm32f4 discovery board. This thing is super simple, super inspiring and super fun to play. As the ST board has a built in DAC and usb ports there is no soldering required...simply download drivers from ST, install the MIDIbox mios32 bootloader, then upload the project.hex (found in the midibox thread) to the board...done! Use synthy's ctrlr panel (ctrlr.org) to use this synth as a VST or standalone on a PC or mac; the best way to store patches so far. Beats the pants off of any atmega / arduino synth..."

analogsession 17thMay2015

Published on May 16, 2015 Michal Patulski

Polysix Sounds and New Gear Unboxing

Published on Jun 29, 2013 Wavestrike Electronics

"Yes, I can make the Polysix cry like a seagull!
Wavestrike "Seagulls"
Sounds: Polysix lead and seagull sound, Acoustic Bass and drums, Fantom X8 Piano
Voice: Atari 520 ST Speech Synthesizer Program V2.0
Recorder: Panasonic RQ-209 DAS"

Analog Session 111 Juno 6 Telemark S950 MS20

Published on May 1, 2015 Michal Patulski

"+ Atari ST + Reel to Reel (1/4 15ips) + Accutronics spring reverb x 2. The drums created with ms20 mini and sampled with s950."

Juno 6 test track + Telemark-k s950 ms20 mini csdb9 Atari ST

Published on Apr 20, 2015 Michal Patulski

In Oblivion - (end of March 2015).

Published on Mar 27, 2015 Michal Patulski

Not a bad way to start the day's posts. A nice track from Michal Patulski with some synth spotting in the studio.

Untitled (DX21 Telemark-K MS20 mini S950 Atari ST)

Published on Dec 20, 2014 Michal Patulski

"...and for a long time you wouldn't feel anything."

Z (The Finale) - Michal Patulski A - Z

Published on Dec 14, 2014 Michal Patulski

And the full A-Z:



Note there are two F tracks and Q is missing. Regarding the omission of Q: "There's no Q because my Waldorf Q is unfortunately dead/baked. It had an accident just before recording "Q"! How strange is that! That's why I skipped it."

Y is for Year 1982

Published on Nov 30, 2014 Michal Patulski

just X

Published on Nov 8, 2014 Michal Patulski

"some more analog bleep bleep"

U is for Underground

Published on Nov 1, 2014 Michal Patulski

"Recorded on analog tape at 15ips."

RIP Mark Bell of LFO

Some sad news in. It appears Mark Bell of LFO passed away this month due to complications after surgery.  Many of you will remember him from his classic acid house tracks back in the early days of warehouse raves. I remember their namesake track "LFO" as one of only a handful of stand out tracks you'd eagerly await to come on. He was part of the birth of a completely new genre of underground electronic music that would grow and influence nearly all genres of music; he influenced countless musicians both directly and indirectly.  Mark later worked with Bjork and produced Depeche Mode's Exciter.

Mark will be sorely missed.

Left: "Warp Records confirmed the passing of Mark Bell (Picture: Rex Features)" via METRO

Below: Gez Varley & Mark Bell in their studio back in the day via the Anafrog forum.  The image and excerpt appear to be from an interview that no longer appears to be online. Like many artists at the time he along with Gez of LFO embraced what gear was available and affordable and made pure magic with them.


"How did you and Gez Varley get together to form LFO, and what did you use in the way of equipment on your early recordings?

Gez and I met breakdancing in a shopping mall, then met again on a graphics and photography course, we had all the same records, same sense of humour...we used TR 808, TR 909, TR 727, Synthi, Casio FZ-10, System 100 and an Atari running Creator."

Below is TV spot on Warp records and the Sheffeild house scene starting with an interview with Gez and Mark Bell.  I'm curious what synth Gez holds up and calls out as their first.  I thought it might be a grey Yamaha CS01, but I'm not seeing knob section on the left.  The keyboard panned at the start of the video is an EMS Cricklewood.


LFO interview on TV and Warp Published on Aug 1, 2012 (previously featured here)

"Lfo Tv interview and a short story on Warp records and the northern Bleep scene . made at around the time of 1990 . feat gez varley and mark bell .."



Uploaded on Sep 29, 2008

"LFO - LFO
Released 26 Jul 1990"

LFO was on of the tracks the changed everything.  RIP Mark Bell.

R is for Reconstruction (new studio vid)

Published on Oct 13, 2014 Michal Patulski

"Atari ST = sequencing. Akai Z8 = drums and samples. Deep Bass 9 = bassline, Korg ms20 mini = solo lead."

Roboticx

Published on Oct 10, 2014 Great mesmo

"My Kraftwerk Klone,Roboticx (pronounced robotics).
Made in the late 90's with an Atari 1040ste and an Akai So1.Recorded onto a Tascam 8 track through a Spirit Soundcraft mixer (16:8:2) with effects from my rack.Drums were from my Korg 01/WR"

CHIPSHOP [Sample Pack] FREE DOWNLOAD!!

Published on Sep 24, 2014 midierror

"A free sample pack crammed with over 800 individual samples and 70+ Loops. All recorded direct from C64, AtariSt and Nintendo Gameboy.

https://soundcloud.com/midi-error/chi...

The pack contains 844 samples:

Gameboy [Nanoloop, LSDJ]
91 x Bass, Synth, Lead, Perc and SFX Hits
117 x Sampeld Drum Hits

SID [Cynthcart, Retroskoi]
61 x Bass, Lead and SFX Hits

YM2149 [Various]
36 x Bass Hits
48 x Custom FX
124 Drum Hits
145 x Multi-samples [5 Instruments over 5 octaves]
29 x White Noise Hits
29 x Sampled Hits
110 x SFX Hits
54 x Synth Hits

and

70 x Loops [22 Full Loops and 48 Drum/Synth Loops]"

Custom MIDI Controller in Atari 1040ST Case & Yamaha YM2149 Mini Synth

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

Update: you can find additional pics and details at http://eptheca.net/.

This is the one in the video posted here. The Mini Synth is listed separately here. Details & pics captured further below.

"This is a unique custom MIDI controller

It is a M-Audio Oxygen 25, cased in an Atari 1040 STf computer case.
All function keys mapped to the numeric keys.
25 keys, 8 pots, pitch bend and mod wheel.
USB socket on the back.

Dimensions: 19x11,5x3 inches"

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P is for Possibilities

Published on Sep 13, 2014 Michal Patulski

"80's vibes"

O is for Omnipresence

Published on Sep 8, 2014 Michal Patulski

"bleep bleep::"

N is for Neverland

Published on Sep 8, 2014 Michal Patulski

"::recorded live on analog tape::thanks for watching::"

a-2600-p + m/gb-p ~ stp ~ mix

Published on Aug 13, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"just-finished performance machine based on lsdj, played along with another beast of mine of atari-2600 core inside. all the stuff goes to SpaceTime processor and custom 16-channel stereo mixer."