CasioMuRF

YouTube Uploaded by Quadraphonicsoul on May 12, 2011

"Moog MuRF pedal and a casio keyboard"

Mellow MuRF Synth Sketch

YouTube via br0therl0c0
"A minimalist live experiment. One note from each synth, modulated and manipulated to try and get something interesting.

Voyager OS through MuRF which is sync'd to Electribe drums using the tap-tempo input (no MIDI-MuRF here). Fun because the MuRF keeps finding new tempos to try and lock to. Foot pedal is controlling MuRF mix. Prophet '08 and Andromeda are using internal sequencers for simple rhythm. Andromeda runs through MF-104Z delay.

Knob tweaking and sloppiness ensues."

another MIDI MuRF demo: sequenced from FR Orb

follow-up to this post. via Amos on the AH list:

"So, still getting to know the new MIDI Murf... I thought it would be fun to see how it is to sequence the MuRF filters from the Future Retro ORB sequencer, using the Orb's remix feature to generate new filter patterns on the fly.

The answer is, it's really really fun! Have a listen. :-)

Lots of analog content here... the MuRF is getting a softsynth for input, but the bass is FR XS and drums are Jomox XBase09. The XS and the MIDI MuRF are getting the same sequence frome the Orb, so the envelopes are all firing in sync. The XBase is synced to the same clock. I am changing the Remix settings on the Orb and tweaking the envelope settings on the MIDI MuRF in realtime. Track (such as it is) is one pass recorded live.


midimurf_orb-sequenced.mp3

And here is a bit of the MIDI MuRF sequence solo, no bass or drums:

midimurf_orb-sequenced_2.mp3

Enjoy,

Amos"

MOOG Murf Video on Gearwire Part 2

Title link takes you there. This time with a Nord Lead 3.

MOOG Murf Video on Gearwire

Title link takes you there.

analogSTUFF

flickr by kidtesla.

"VCS M3X oscillator section" pictured. Title link takes you to the set. Gear included the Minimoog Voyager, Moogerfooger MURF, Future Retro Mobius and more.

SyNtH MaNtRa SeSSiOn II

Remember this Synth Mantra session on SoNiCbRaT? Title link takes you to the second session featuring the "coctail party" effect.

"Cocktail-Patry Effect is the ability of the human ear to perceive a distinctive sound out of a collage of sounds. The ability to filter out a single sound from a collective of sounds. Sounds which are masked by a myriad of noised can be perceivable by the human ear through the exercise of this effect."

Gear used: KORG Prophecy, Moogerfooger MF105 MurF, KORG EM1, BOSS VF-1 multi-effects processor, and KORG Koass Pad III.

C o N v E r S a T i O n S

Title link takes you to a recording of a transistor radio being fed through a MOOG Moogerfooger MURF on SoNiCbRaT.

Rogue Moog + Ring Mod + MuRF

YouTube via azotus.

Poylyphatty?

Title link takes you to a fun post on Music Thing, speculating a polyphonic Little Phatty at Winter's NAMM. Hmm... Is he really just guessing or does Tom have himself a source? Image of course is Photoshopped.

My take?
They should come out with a cheap knobless rack that you can slave to your Little Phatty or Voyager. As for Mood modular? The audience would be too small, but they should come out with more Moogerfoogers to finish the set. All they need at this point is a good dual Oscillator based Moogerfooger and Envelopes. We have Ring mod, filter, delay, phaser and MURF already, so why not finish the set.

There's also a Little Phatty rack to consider. They did it with the Voyager.

Rogue Moog + Ring Mod + MuRF

The Setup:


The Output:




YouTube via azotus. Sent my way via frederic. Title link takes you to more by azotus.

Seekers SMS 2000 Resurfaces

Update: Pevious posts in case you missed them:
1 (original post with convention shots)
2 (the SMS2000 in plastic)
3 (the first prototype) : )

Click here for a post on the SOS forum by SteveCooperman who claims he has played with one - shots saved below for posterity.

Thanks goes to Dennis Verschoor for sending this one in.

The following is the full post:

"About a week ago I received a call from a friend who likes to hop from shop to shop looking for vintage gear or interesting new items. He was standing infront of a synthesiser and describing it to me on his mobile. His description intrigued me to such an extent, I decided to take the hour plus drive to see it for myself. It happened that the synthesiser just arrived that morning and wasn't there more than three hours. After playing around with it a tad, I knew I had to have it. The synthesiser is a programmable monophonic analogue by Seekers called the SMS2000. I had never heard of the manufacturer but the bloke at the shop told me they made an analogue vocoder too.

What is it? The SMS2000 reminds me quite a bit of the Minimoog Voyager. It has an adjustable knob interface like the Minimoog, a 3 1/2 octave keyboard, a crazy set of performance levers, and even a joystick. See pictures at the URLs provided below. But it seems as if Seekers wanted to one-up the Moog Voyager in almost every respect. One more oscillator, one more LFO, one more ADSR, ring modulator, fixed filter bank - like a Moog MuRF right in there but with frequencies set to those of a typical equaliser, full dual filters, and something called an XCU is also included. That's an expansion control unit which is a breakout box similar to the Moog VX-351. I don't own a modular, but it will come in handy patching into my MS-20.

I had been on the fence for some time as to whether I wanted to put out the money for a Voyager. But there always seemed to be too many little niggles and limitations with it. The Seekers seems to have overcome many of those. For example the Voyager can't invert control voltages, the Seekers can. The Voyager forces you into using the display for programming, the Seekers puts every function out there with its own knob or button. The display is only used for patch storage and retrieval, and MIDI related functions. The Seekers has a joystick on the knob interface where vertical controls one filter and the horizontal the other filter. At first I thought it a bit daft that it couldn't be patched to control all kinds of other things too, but when I considered that it seemed like an extra bonus thrown in there, and most synthesisers don't have one at all, then it seemed pretty cool.

The manual is adequate but full of typos and poor translations. Seekers is a Japanese company. There is no mention as to whether the filters are imitations of well known filters or not. Only that the 24dB/octave is a ladder filter and the 12dB/octave is a state variable. But both filters contain lowpass and highpass which can also be combined for bandpass. Both can self resonate.

I've only had the SMS for a week, and with a busy work schedule I haven't had much time to delve deeply into it yet. I'll write a more extensive review after I spend more time with it. The owner of the shop seemed to indicate these are trickling off the assembly line and it could be a couple of months before another shows up. I would expect major players like Turnkey to carry them when they begin to proliferate.

Here are some photos of the SMS. My flat is getting a bit too crowded with audio gear, so it's only a temporary setup. The MS-20 went to the floor to make room for my SMS. My Micromoog will probably be up for sale soon. I can't keep it all."

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Hot Chip

I recently received an email from Felix Martin of Hot Chip. I was flattered to find that he reads this blog. I heard of Hot Chip in passing but hadn't checked them out until now. Good stuff that really grows on you. Watch this video a couple of times and you'll see what I mean. You can also check them out on MySpace and thier official site. Felix and the rest of the band are very into synths and keys. They use a number of them including a Casiotone MT-70, Fender Rhodes Mark II, Teisco 60-F, MicroKorg, Roland SH-101, Moog MURF, Elektron Machinedrum and Akai MPC1000. Check out the Teisco in the video. I never realized they were that small! Also, love the red balloon scene in the video. : )

"we are appearing on the jools holland music show this friday on BBC2 if you are able to tune in, playing all the stuff mentioned above. also, the Over and Over video features some of the gear but is very obviously mimed!"

Felix goes on to say, "I have studio in london as well which is filled with odd old synths, including a modified Pro-5 that used to belong to the BBC symphony orchestra - will take some pictures soon and send them in"

Can't wait. Thanks for sending this in Felix.

Moog MuRF - New Flickr Set

flickr by Meng Qi. Title link takes you to more. This shot is my new wallpaper.

More NAMM 2006 Videos on Sonic State

Title link takes you to the full list of Sonic State videos. The following just added:

NAMM06: Moogerfooger Launch Bass Version Of MuRF (video)
NAMM06: Alesis Fusion New Voices (video)
NAMM06: Korg Radias Full Video Demo (video)

Moog Music Bass MURF & CV Expander VX-352

Interesting. Via Synthopia.



"New to the Bass MuRF is a shelving filter on the lowest band, with a cutoff frequency of 110 Hz. This means that all very low frequency content passes through the Bass MuRF’s filter section clear and strong. The remaining 7 filters are resonant filters and are also voiced for low frequencies.

The Animation section includes some exciting new beat-oriented patterns and more of the great diversity of tone-mangling the original MuRF is capable of."

Also: Voyager Intros Rack Mount CV Input Expander

Access Virus Redback - New Flickr Shot

Also click here for an ARP Odyssey and Moogerfooger Murf.