Vintage Atari Video Music C-240 Heavily Modified Video Synt

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"Up for sale is a heavily modified Atari Video Music video synthesizer.
It was modified by Lars of LZX Industries.

It can still operate as an Atari Video Music would normally work, but with added mods on the top of the machine, it can go into wild new territories!

Check out this video demo of a similarly modded unit by LZX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm6RtftTZNw [video below]

It's hard to explain what exactly the mods do, and there's no manual online or any website info that I can post.
All I can say is this is more for the experimental video enthusiast and if you decide to buy this you should expect to mess with this thing quite a while before understanding what all it can do."

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Vial of Sound Live

YouTube Published on Aug 11, 2012 by hollodecks

"VOS playing an improv set at the Yucca Tap Room on 8/4/12...

Video effects done with the LZX Visionary Analog Video Synthesizer..."


The synths used are an Arp 2600 - Performance 8 mixer, Minimoog Model D, Oberehim OB-8 - DX - DSX, Sequential Circuitss Pro-One - Drumtraks.

Mantle Sound Core Synth Pics & New Videos Featuring LZX Video Synthesis

Three pics and two new videos featuring some LZX modular video synthesis processing below, in via Mantle Sound Core. Click the pics for some super size wallpaper shots and enjoy the tracks. Be sure to read the descriptions for each for the gear used.





Ghetto House Music (featuring Anastasia Gera)

YouTube Published on Aug 14, 2012 by MantleSoundCore

"Ghetto House Music - This song is all analog and was created live using a Roland TR-808, TR-606, two SH-101s and a few effects, running into an old Tascam mixer, tracked straight through with no edits. Anastasia Gera's vocals were overdubbed a few months later. The video is also all analog, using an Atari C240 Video Music modded by Switched on Austin and an LZX Industries Visionary for the visual effects, running into old boomboxes and TVs over UHF broadcast channels.
Download the single for free here:
http://mantlesoundcore.bandcamp.com/album/ghetto-house-music"

How I Invented Modesty (featuring Former Friends of Young Americans)

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by MantleSoundCore

"How I Invented Modesty - A slice of poetry meets acid glitch. This song was recorded last week in one day, spontaneously capturing some vocals and faces of guests FFOYA while they were passing through on tour. The video was completed two days later with 40 hours of straight work. Korg MS-20 and Roland SH-101 contribute to the bass and leads, with the LZX Visionary supplying some of the visual effects and Mic Pistol acting as the awesome detective.

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De-Composite @ Time Machine 2012

De-Composite @ Time Machine 2012 from Alex White on Vimeo.

Documentation of video installation at Time Machine, Sydney, July 2012.


De-Composite

De-Composite exploits analog video encoding systems including composite video to produce a video form. These systems were ubiquitous and central to television, video and gaming production and consumption for decades and are now rapidly approaching obsolescence. There is a fluidity and immediacy to directly engaging and interrupting these analog systems and also an opacity of function encouraging a reliance upon cause and effect, trial and error rather than conception and execution.

De-Composite utilises movement and configurations of person(s) within the space of the installation as modulation sources to synthesise a real time generated hybrid analog / digital video projection with stereo audio.


Alex White

Alex has an intense interest in synthesis as applied to audio and video. For more than 10 years he has created his own software based instruments and more recently has begun utilising a modular synthesiser for both audio and video performances and installations. Alex is a co-organiser of Moduluxxx – Modular Synthesis Festival which debuted in 2012, Alex has also co-directed Serial Space, Electrofringe Festival (when it was a festival), Liquid Architecture Sydney and is the founder and project consultant for the Lion Mountain Studio project. Alex currently works for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia on the Digital Radio Project.

7 Modular Video Synthesizer Patches

YouTube Published on Jun 18, 2012 by TDKdc60

"7 patches with the LZX visionary modular video synthesizer. Audio was composed on an Elektron Monomachine and Elektron Octatrack. Full track can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/happy_cycling/kawaii"

Ill Wind

YouTube Published on Jun 15, 2012 by vcs3dreams

"LZX Monolith / 3 Diy Sequencers / Modified Monotron - modular tron / Casio MT 400V"

Pulse Emitter - Nebula - LIVE

YouTube Published on Jun 12, 2012 by BRIZBOMB

"Pulse Emitter performing the song Nebula live in his home studio. Nebula is from the Pulse Emitter - Spiritual Vistas 12" LP. Video/Visuals also recorded live with no post-production by Matt Brislawn (Brizbomb) using primarily a LZX Visionary modular video synthesis system. Visit http://www.synthnoise.com/ for more information on Pulse Emitter."

BRIZBOMB-120513T1737 May 2012 Hardware Video Synthesis Challenge

YouTube Published on May 13, 2012 by BRIZBOMB

"Video Synth Pictionary - enter a comment and guess what it is.

For the LZX May 2012 Hardware Video Synthesis Challenge. Audio & Visuals recorded live @ Westside Welding and Machine 2012 Feb 27th. http://brizbomb.com/

General Rules: Video recordings must be live (no editing or reprocessing). No software manipulation during or after recording. No pre-recorded content or sources. Camera feedback off of a monitor is acceptable, but otherwise no live cameras. If you don't have a video synthesizer, pure feedback pieces are accepted as long as they fit the theme. Soundtrack can be nonsynchronous or whatever desired, but won't factor into the judging criteria. Submissions can be any length up to 10 minutes. Provide full list of equipment used when making submission.

May 2012 Challenge Theme: Household objects/textures pictionary. Using synthesis and feedback methods, create a pattern or shape reminiscent of a household object or texture that is recognizable as such. Examples include lamp, comb, persian rug, curtain, chair, food items, etc. Bonus points for related animation element (for example, a lamp that turns on and off, or a toaster that produces toast.)

The Prize: Sandin IP Function Generator module kit or Sandin IP Differentiator module kit from LZX Industries ($99 value)"

LZX Featured in Neon Indian's "Mind, Drips" Video

Neon Indian "Mind, Drips" Official Video

YouTube Uploaded by neonindianband on Dec 6, 2010

I thought this was pretty cool. The following is the actual video description from the the band on YouTube. It's great to see successful bands directly support the makers like this. Neon Indian also worked with Bleep Labs on the PAL198X (links below).

"Lars Larsen is an electronics designer and multimedia artist in Austin, Texas. Larsen's work focuses on synergistic relationships between technology and subject, and the resurrection of forgotten pre-Computer Age technologies. Over the past few years, he and partner Edward Leckie of Sydney, Australia have been developing an analogue video synthesizer called the LZX Visionary in the tradition of esoteric video art tools used in the 1970's. The LZX Visionary manipulates and creates images in the same way a normal synthesizer does for sounds. Mind Drips is the first music video to utilize this unique synthesizer, and all of its visual effects are recorded in real-time using techniques such as abstract pattern synthesis, video feedback, and analog compositing. For more information on the LZX Visionary video synthesizer, visit http://www.lzxindustries.net or e-mail lars@lzxindustries.net

An LZX Industries / Blackmagic Rollercoaster Production
Directed by Lars Larsen
Videography by Blackmagic Rollercoaster
Physical Effects & Construction by Jonah Lange
Starring Kaylan Drake Burnette
Special thanks to Scott Gelber, Malcolm Welbourne, Ben Aqua, Christine Aprile, Juan Cisneros, Katie Graham, Chad Allen, Tommy Blackburn, Michael Stein, Nick Smith, Scott Whiteman, Wiley Wiggins and many others"

Also see:
Neon Indian - Step Into the World With Your PAL198X
PAL198X playing with Modular Synth
Bleep Labs Neon Indian - PAL198X
Bleep Labs Neon Indian PAL198X Featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The above spotted on Computer Music Guide

BRIZBOMB - 120227T1543 LZX Sandin IP Function Generator

YouTube Uploaded by BRIZBOMB on Feb 27, 2012

"LZX Visionary testing of the Sandin IP Function Generator. Using only LZX FG, LZX VI1, LZX TVP, LZX CVE, Doepfer A-145 LFO, Westside Welding and Machine BRIZ #4 quad NAND gate, and 2 Panasonic security cameras. Audio & Visuals recorded live @ Westside Welding and Machine 2012 Feb 27th. Visit http://brizbomb.com/"

Velleman MK107 Step Sequencer // Clock Manipulation

Velleman MK107 Step Sequencer // Clock Manipulation 1

YouTube Uploaded by vcs3dreams on Feb 8, 2012

"Here is my version of the Velleman MK107 Sequencer. The kit is just a running light display that has been modified to put out control voltage. The sequencer has some pretty cool features: The ability to add and remove steps. + other crazy stuff..
*Soon to be listed on etsy.com"

Velleman MK107 Step Sequencer // Clock Manipulation 2

Uploaded by vcs3dreams on Feb 8, 2012

"Modified Velleman MK107 Kit.

The red sequencer triggers an LZX Monolith. Another velleman sequencer is manipulating the red sequencer's clock."

216217

YouTube Uploaded by vcs3dreams on Jan 31, 2012

"LZX Monolith / sequencers / Synsonics drums / inline effects drum fire synth / EH Memory Man
+++++++++++++++++++++VIdeo feedback loop+++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"

NAMM: WNAMM12: LZX Modular Video Synthesizer

via Sonic State

http://www.lzxindustries.net/

spaceland

YouTube Uploaded by vcs3dreams on Jan 29, 2012

"Brief jam with 2 diy 8 step sequencers, newly built diy 10 step trigger sequencer, LZX Monolith, in line effects drum synth, synsonics drums, and an electro harmonix memory boy. ***sorry peeps. the vid and audio are out of sync."

Mantle Sound Core (live)

"Composed of tour footage from Mantle Sound Core's MG3998 West Coast Winter Tour 2011.

No post-production color filters used in the video. All footage was shot during the concerts and any visual effects, colors, lighting, seen in the music video here came from multiple live multimedia projections of A/V feeds from equipment including an NES system (Contra shown), "Holy Desert" an original feature film by Mantle Sound Core, and live camera feeds projected during the show. All of the gear was also run thru and manipulated with an LZX Visionary modular video synthesizer, and in addition to being projected was--when working correctly--broadcast to old boomboxes with built-in TVs which we set up around the venues. A traveling art-installation you might say. Enjoy.

facebook.com/MantleSoundCore

Mantle Sound Core is a solo electronica earth ambient noise act based out of San Francisco, CA. MSC shows involve analog drum machines+synthesizers and a multitude of vintage cassette blasters playing homemade tape collages, creating live soundtrack compositions to live video manipulations. The shows center around a screening of the feature length movie Holy Desert, a film produced and directed by MSC, shot in Death Valley in February 2011."

Also check out live visuals with the LZX Visionary that MSC did for a friend's band.
http://youtu.be/0ov8zqeQO6I
http://youtu.be/I10q8B-5hek
http://youtu.be/hvgcaYEFfAw

Ode to Electronic music glitch animation:
http://youtu.be/j3c34qF9V_E

MSC webpage:
http://www.facebook.com/MantleSoundCore"

NAMM: LZX Video Synthesizer at NAMM

YouTube Uploaded by catsynth on Jan 26, 2012

"Output from the new LZX modular video synthesizer at the Analog Haven booth at NAMM 2012"

Update: Be sure to see the Analog Haven Booth post on CatSynth here for some pics and impressions.

NAMM 2012: Analogue Haven Booth Pics

flickr set by MATRIXSYNTH

The booth featured Snazzy FX, audible disease, Harvestman, WMD, 4ms, Synthwerks, KOMA Elektronik, LZX, MOTM aka Synthesis Technology, STG, Livewire, Detachment 3 Engineering, MacBeth Studio Systems, Lightfoot Labs, Make Noise, Gorilla Box, Tiptop Audio, Malekko Wiard, and more.

Namm 2012 LZX Modular Video Synthsizer by Rock oN Report

YouTube Uploaded by RockoNCompany on Jan 22, 2012

Synthesized Landscape

YouTube Uploaded by lzxindustries on Dec 29, 2011

"Lars Larsen & Johnny Woods in Denton, Texas synthesizing an abstract landscape using only the LZX Visionary modular video synthesizer (no input video signals). Video output is directly from the modular.
Music by Josh Ascalon."

Scanimate-style Experiments

Uploaded by lzxindustries on Dec 29, 2011

"Lars Larsen & Johnny Woods in Denton, Texas experimenting with scanimate-style animation using the LZX Visionary modular video synthesizer and a Tektronix 620 X-Y display monitor."

LZX Ramps + Maths + Borg + TWF + Noisering

YouTube Uploaded by unobjet on Oct 25, 2011

"LZX Ramps (via Voltage Bridge) summed with two cycling channels of Maths, into the Borg 1. Another ramp into the key in on the Borg. Noisering CV-ing the frequency. Out 1 from the Borg goes into the red channel on a color video encoder, Out 2 goes to a Triple Wavefolder, before being split to the green and blue channels on the cve. Modulation from Maths applied to the TWF."