Circuit Bent Fisher Price Toy Piano 1988

video upload by NOYSTOISE

"This is a demo of some of the sounds this keyboard can make. More details about the mods can be found at www.noystoise.com"

New Pete Townsend Synth Studio at the University of West London

This one is in via John L Rice via John Fisher.

via The University of West London where you'll find the full article.

"The Townshend Studio was unveiled on Thursday 10 October at the University’s Ealing site. The new studio arose from Pete Townshend looking for a home for his synthesisers, leaving a legacy for the next generation and a catalyst for creativity.

The collection includes some of the most influential instruments in the development of electronic music. It comprises 12 principal synthesisers including the ARP Model 2500 (1970), used on 'Quadrophenia', and the rare and sought-after Yamaha GX-1 (1975), one of only 10 made with a retail price of over 60,000 USD on release, plus many other instruments played by Townshend throughout his career.

'It’s my hope that the studio will be a creative space for learning, collaboration, experimentation and play, inspired by the musical and artistic legacy of Ealing, an area integral to the development of British music in the 1960s,' said Pete Townshend."

Pictured: ARP 2500 & EMS SYNTHI 100.

One more "Synth Museum" to add to my destination list. :)

You can find additional posts mentioning Pete Townsend here.

Ginko Synthese - Superbooth16

Published on Apr 12, 2016 DivKidVideo

"Here Jan from Ginko Synthese takes us through his module the 'Sample Slicer' looking at mangling a Kaossilator and then some Miles Davis through a Fisher Price turntable. Finally some contact mic scratching from the Music Thing Modular Mikorphonie completes the trio of audio material to sample and well ... slice!"

Korg Officially Announces minilogue; Four-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synth

Korg Minilog: PlugInGuru Quick-e Tour

Published on Jan 14, 2016 PlugInGuru

The details are in. You'll find Korg's Press release with hi-res pics and specs below, but let's start with a few videos. Click here for new posts that have gone up in order.

"Under 2 min and you’re going to want to own one of this amazing synth. The RAW POWER and the WARM analog tone is incredible. Makes every software synth jealous as well. :D"

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Moog Sub 37 Synthesizer Tweaking by Daniel Fisher

Published on Oct 13, 2014 SweetwaterSound

"Explore the vast sonic landscape of the Moog Sub 37 analog synthesizer with Sweetwater's synth guru Daniel Fisher. We focus on sound examples in this video, with almost 40 minutes of sound design by a master synthesist."

Moog Sub 37s on eBay

Roland AIRA System 1 - synth jam, demo and review

Published on Jun 28, 2014 SPEARFISHER

"Demo and Review of Roland's new AIRA synth, the System 1! Rough improv but with good audio so you can hear the synth---hear more at http://www.soundcloud.com/spearfisher...

recorded everything through ableton live with no effects on my master channel - hope you guys like it! :-)"

Roland Aira's on eBay

QuNeo Now Supported by Over 30 Popular Music Applications

"QuNeo Now Supported by Over 30 Popular Music Applications

Exciting new integration for FL Studio, Reason, VirtualDJ and Spark

BERKELEY, California – June 27, 2013 – Keith McMillen Instruments, developer of the most expressive instruments for making music with computers, announced today a new wave of music software integration for its QuNeo 3D Multi-touch pad controller.

QuNeo, the most expressive pad controller on the market, is now the most widely supported. QuNeo works out of the box with over 30 music applications, yet allows for easy tweaking to suit every player's needs.

This video [above] shows over 30 applications that can be controlled by QuNeo!

FL Studio 11
FL Studio is one of the most widely used music production software applications. The recent release FL Studio 11 by Image-Line Software includes native support for QuNeo and a new Performance mode for clip-launching.

"Image-Line is happy to include QuNeo as a supported MIDI controller in FL Studio," said Image-Line Communications Manager, Scott Fisher. "FL Studio 11's new Performance mode allows QuNeo users to do live triggering of their playlist clips."


QuNeo launching clips in FL Studio 11's new Performance mode.


Reason 7
Reason is a popular and powerful music production studio from Propellerhead Software. Released in April, Reason 7 includes built in control surface support for QuNeo.

“Controlling Reason with QuNeo gives you a different way to approach your music making, and the unique controller offers some really exciting features for interacting with your Reason rack,” said Propellerhead Product Specialist, Mattias Häggström Gerdt.

It's now easier than ever to use QuNeo's X-Y location and pressure sensitive pads to bring expressive levels of performance control to Reason. Each of QuNeo's pads can act as both a keyboard key and a 3-D effects joystick. QuNeo's additional sliders, rotaries and buttons provide even more ways to interact with Reason.

VirtualDJ
VirtualDJ is a popular DJ software application with a large, world-wide user base. In partnership with KMI, Atomix Productions has developed a QuNeo preset and control surface mapping for VirtualDJ which provides a wide range of performance options.

"It was a real pleasure working with QuNeo and the KMI staff to bring such a versatile product to VirtualDJ users, and we look forward to working with other products from Keith McMillen," said Atomix Hardware Development Engineer, Chris Stoll.

Users can scratch, crossfade between decks, alter the tempo of tracks, control loops, filters, effects and key changes, access cue points, and trigger samples. When scratching with QuNeo’s rotaries, looping or hot cue triggering, users can leverage Virtual DJ’s “Slip Mode” which automatically returns the track to the point where it would be if none of these actions had occurred.

Arturia Spark
Arturia's innovative software instruments are a natural fit with QuNeo. In partnership with Arturia, KMI has developed QuNeo control surface mappings and a custom QuNeo preset for Spark, Spark Vintage Drum Machines, Spark DubStep and Spark EDM.

Using QuNeo factory presets, users can play individual pads or drum patterns, perform drum loop manipulation, and control effects. The custom Spark QuNeo preset provides more advanced features like additional effects control, the use of QuNeo’s rotaries, and the ability to activate transport controls from QuNeo.

Learn more at www.keithmcmillen.com/QuNeo/tour/.

About Keith McMillen Instruments
Keith McMillen Instruments develops innovative hardware and software technologies that allow musicians to interface with computers in exciting new ways. Based in Berkeley, California, KMI's products provide today's modern musician with the tools needed to bring new dimensions of expression and control to their performance. We believe when a computer is played as a musical instrument it should feel and respond like one, with all the nuance and sensitivity that makes an instrument musical."

QuNeos on eBay

Novation // Supernova Soundpack for UltraNova & MiniNova

Published on Apr 22, 2013 NovationTV·162 videos

"FREE Supernova Soundpack for UltraNova & MiniNova
Download it here: http://novationmusic.com/soundpacks
~ LIKE our video and click 'show more' for additional information.

Listen to the demo on SoundCloud now:
https://soundcloud.com/novationmusic/...

Sound designer Phil McDonald created the iconic sounds of the Supernova that changed the sound of dance music at the turn of the Millennium, powering classics by Orbital, ATB, Jean Michel Jarre and A Guy Called Gerald, plus many more. Now, with the massive revival of interest in the sounds and music of the period, Novation is proud to announce the release of two new soundpacks for the MiniNova and UltraNova, containing sounds from the original Supernova sound banks, by the original sound designer. These soundpacks give you the original classic sounds of the turn of the century -- and they're absolutely free.

To install the soundpacks, you'll need the free MiniNova or UltraNova Librarian applications. Use them to import and store new patches and the other soundpacks for both synths, including the Chuckie, Dino Soldo and 2-volume Daniel Fisher soundpacks.

For more videos subscribe to our YouTube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/novationtv"

MiniNovas on eBay | Ultranovas on eBay

NAMM: New Moog MINITAUR Coming to NAMM?

[Update: video, higher res pics & press release added below.]
via Matt on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge via The Syntheszier Sympathizer.

"Not much to say here. Just found out through the vintagesynth.com forums... should be properly announced at NAMM. Rumored price: $600. Let's hope-- This could mean a Moog for almost every producer!"

And NAMM begins...

Update: details via Pro Star Audio:

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Circuit Bent Fisher Price Musical Stars by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Jul 13, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"Fisher Price Star Piano

Switched mono mini jack output

Pitch Up/Down Control

6 Toggle Switches produce looped notes and half note type stuff each switch is labelled to let you know the settings they work on best, you can also combine some of the switches for more looping wonderfulness!"

Circuit Bent Fisher Price Fimbles Find-a-Tune Radio by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on May 14, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"Fisher-Price Fimbles Find-a-Tune Radio

Pitch Up/Down

Switched mono mini jack output"

Hamburger Drive Thru Demo

YouTube via RothMobot
"One of the principle devices in Roth Mobot's song, 'Hamburger Drive Thru.'"

Newton

"Circuit bent Fisher Price toy. When clocked down the horizontal LED arrays become apparent, and when more LEDs ar needed in a row they drain a multiple quanta of energy from the circuit and cause the toy to jump almost musically from pitch to pitch during the slow execution of a single moment of a single sample. Very cool."

bleep pad

"Awesome wet glitchy hack. This device is the vocal backbone to Roth Mobot's 'The Presidents of the United States.'"

Circuit Bent Floppy Drive with "The Fisher Price Interface"

YouTube via LofiNinja
"Circuit Bent Floppy Drive with "The Fisher Price Interface""

Electric Hands by Ben Houston of Folktek

YouTube via benpumpkin
"Crazy synth by folktek artist. Recorded on fisher price pxl2000 pixelator."