Smokey Quartz - Polygamist Quad #3

Published on Aug 18, 2017 Smokey Quartz

"Oh of course the Polygamist has friends! It's no fun to always play with yourself! In this Poly Quad video the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist invites some friends from California (Metasonix S-1000 and D-1000) and an old friend from Japan (Roland SH-101) to participate in an improvised noisey jam!"

Smokey Quartz - Polygamist Quad #2

Smokey Quartz
Published on Aug 14, 2017

"Four Ekdahl Synthesizers sitting in a tree. D R O N I N G ... another noisey foursome improvisation with the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist Synthesizer"

Smokey Quartz - Polygamist Quad #1

Smokey Quartz
Published on Aug 4, 2017

"A full-on Polygamist Quad is an explosion of noise, love, flow, energy, blockages to be built and released, and hot sticky passion. In this video I improvise with myself across the boundaries of time, using a Ekdahl Polygamist for some foursome noisey synthy fun. Also, I’m trying out Landscape FM’s AllFlesh patching/pressure pad things for the first time."

Voyager Meets The Big Trees

Published on Apr 12, 2017 Eric Beam

"The @AudioKitchen TBT just arrived, time to see what it can do with the Voyager. So of course, that means an impromptu nonsensical floating hands video!"

Moog Voyager + Analog Heat

Published on Apr 12, 2017 Eric Beam

"More synth/processing demo wankery"

SAMPLES & SPRINGS - Critter and Guitari Organelle with Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer

Published on Apr 1, 2017 ] Duplan [

"Playing on a Louis XVI desk."

LudoWic - A Green Painted Garden (ft. Tom Broshuis)

Published on Mar 22, 2017 ludoWic music - previous posts

[Gear spotting: Trautonium, synthesizers.com and white YuSynth DIY modulars, Ekdahl Moisturizer, Minimoog, KORS MS synths, Aka MPC 2000XL]

LudoWic - 'A Green Painted Garden' (feat. Tom Broshuis)
Stream and buy: https://LudoWic.lnk.to/AGreenPaintedG...

https://www.LudoWic.com

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Track credits:

Produced by: LudoWic
Music written and performed by: Thijs Lodewijk and Tom Broshuis
Mixed by: Jos Driessen and LudoWic at Sandlane Recording Facilities
Mastered by: Ivo Severijns for Music Matters
Recorded at: Ursulinenkapel, Tilburg

Distributed and sold by: Black Screen Records / Wic Recordings

Copyright (C)(P) 2017 Wic Recordings / Black Screen Records Published by: BMG/Talpa. All rights reserved.

All rights of the producer and owner of the work reproduced reserved.
Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, public performances and broadcasting of this record prohibited.

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Patchulator 8000 Routing a TR-808 Through Effects

Published on Feb 20, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Using the Boredbrain Music Patchulator 8000 to route sounds from a Roland TR-808 drum machine to multiple effects. Effects used are the Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer spring reverb and filter, Sherman Filterbank 2 distortion dual filter, Retro Mechanical Labs Electron Fuzz and Walrus Audio Descent Reverb.

Available here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/b..."

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The Magnetic Fields - '81 How to Play the Synthesizer (Official Video)

Published on Feb 17, 2017 Magnetic Fields

How cool is that? The Roland TB-303 also gets a mention in the video for "83 Foxx and I" below, which has been getting some local airplay.

"The Magnetic Fields' ''81 How to Play the Synthesizer' from 50 Song Memoir, due March 10, 2017. Get the song now when you pre-order the set:

5CD/5LP: http://smarturl.it/50SongMemoir.Ns
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/50SongMemoir.iT

Created by: John Erickson, Alex Basco Koch & José Zayas
Production Company: Ghost Corporeal

Originally created for the Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir concert tour directed by José Zayas."

The Magnetic Fields - '83 Foxx and I (Official Video)

Published on Jan 31, 2017 Magnetic Fields

Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer

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"Basically, the Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. As well as being capable of creating sound in itself, you can of course also play sound through the springs like a regular spring reverb - this makes for happy-fun-time finger-modulation of the reverb on whatever audio that's going through it. On top of this there's an analog multimode filter that can be used to attenuate or exaggerate certain frequencies in the sound, this is real handy while playing the springs as you can - for instance - cut all the highs and just make thunderous doomy sounds or do the opposite; cut all the lows and make that ear piercing high frequency special love. Also, it incorporates an LFO that's internally routable to the filter and that also has some external routing-stuff. The Ekdahl Moisturizer has tons of CV / Expression pedal options on the back for even more hillarious moments. The Moisturizer is a mono unit."

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Plant Music #4 – (MIDI Sprout + Metasonix)

Published on Jan 30, 2017 Smokey Quartz

"In this experiment, the MIDI Sprout is a 'one-plant band', playing the drums and synthesizer. The MIDI signal coming from the Sprout are being sent to both the Metasonix D-1000 drum machine and the S-1000 Wretch Machine. With some MIDI tools in Ableton, I’m restricting the signal to 4 notes to play the D-1000. The Polygamist is also shown being manipulated but it is only sending control voltages to the S-1000, it is not heard in this video. Reverb is coming from the Metasonix R-56 Spring Reverb module just outta sight about the D-1000. I don’t start touching the succulent, a Crassula falcatta, until about 1:20."

All parts here.

KNAS Ekdahl Moisturizer demo

Published on Nov 25, 2016 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Here we have the The KNAS Ekdahl Moisturizer paired with a Make Noise 0-Coast synth using a nice overdriven low end tone. The Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb with exposed springs so you can fiddle and tweak your reverb in a fun, hands-on way. With no resonance limiting, you can get a very metallic sound out of the unit. The internal preamp section with up to an amount of ten times gain so you can use low-level output instruments.

These features, plus an LFO that can be both internally / externally routed, CV / Expression control, and a seamless crossover Low / Band / Highpass filter makes the Moisturizer a fun, flexible, and creative mono spring reverb unit packaged in a clean design."

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Buchla ~ dig it

Published on Nov 16, 2016 Ebotronix

Buchla System #1 (five tracks) , Doepfer R 2m
Knas Ekdahl 'the Moisturizer' to Maestro Ringmodulator
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90, Moog CP 251(cv mix & noise)
Rane SM 26,. Rocktron Rack Interface
Alesis 3630 Compressor, Aphex Model 104
Yamaha MCS 2, KX 25
Mackie the mixer²
vid # 1632

POLYGAMIST LOVE 16

Published on Oct 25, 2016 Smokey Quartz

"It was cloudy day in Southern California so we headed indoors and made noise with the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist synthesizer!"

POLYGAMIST LOVE 15

Published on Oct 23, 2016 Smokey Quartz

"Some late night fun with the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist and blacklight fun. The ADSR of the Polygamist is being triggered by the Roland TR-77, which is heard but not seen."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 14

Published on Oct 19, 2016 Smokey Quartz

"The Knas Ekdahl Polygamist and some clouds."

Lomari - (Live Easel Drone)

Published on Jul 5, 2016 Peter Maas

"Buchla/BEMI easel processed by Mutable Instruments Clouds and Ekdahl Moisturizer (amount controlled by random from easel)."

DOOM: Behind The Music Synth Spotting

Published on May 12, 2016

Synths come in after 2:25 in the video above.

"Interview with Mick Gordon, composer of DOOM 2016.
DOOM developed by id Software and published by Bethesda/Zenimax.

Music: Mick Gordon
Additional Musical Sound Design: Richard Devine
Camera: Jessica Andersen"

Synth spotting includes tons of eurorack gear, the Soviet Polivoks, pedals, the Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer, software, & I believe the KORG MS20 ic.

via Synth Anatomy.

Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer 'demo'

Published on Apr 2, 2016 Peter Maas

"Some folks on the 'Synthesizer Freaks' group were interested in practical use of the the Knas Moisturizer in a synthesizer context. Made a quick video while working on a patch to illustrate this. No post processing, all reverb/overdrive/filtering done by the Moisturizer. Filter amount is modulated lightly by an LFO in the Modular."

Ekdahl/Knas Vintage Polygamist Modular Synth

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These do not show up often, especially not with a listing description as colorful as the synth:

"One out of 53 totally made. The synth is in MINT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
The synth is so cool and weird. Weird in coolie weird way. Very unusual character and amazing thought has gone into its sounds and architecture.
Just go to there website to discover and fall in love with the plethora of wives you will be inheriting if you purchase it.
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Double U, Double U, Double U, dot knasmusic dot com..."

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Buchla Beat²

Published on Mar 9, 2016 Ebotronix

Arturia Beat Step Pro minor scale to 225e
Buchla System # 1 BSP (Midi) seq 1 to 261e & 281e ~ 292e
Oberheim Sem BSP (CV) seq 2 to 281e ~ 292e
Sherman Filterbank 2 (261e) BSP drum /ratch to 281e ~ 292e
Knas Ekdahl "The Moisturizer" to Ringmod ext carrier in
Maestro Ringmodulator (input Sem, out 292e)
Moog CP 251(Sherman FM in & Sem Filter cv in)
Alesis 3630
Aphex Model 104
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90, TC M one XL
Yamaha MCS 2 to 225e Midi CC (281e decay control )
kick Buchla
snare & hat by CP251 noise to Buchla
vid #1477