Circuit Bending Improv - Kids Drum

YouTube via kerikino
"Found this "kids drum" at goodwill/salvation army.

I've had difficulty making practical use of circuit bent toys, because of their unpredictability. However, in this case I feel like the Kids drum is somewhat practical. I realize that a lot of cthe circuit bent charm is the in the uncertainty of what sounds will come out, etc... But i wanted to go beyond circuit bending for circuit bendings sake and tried to harness both the alien nature of the bent toy and then the more human side. My description probably makes little sense. You be the judge I guess."

the asylum

flickr by Mubot

Judi Chicago - Fun City

Judi Chicago - Fun City from Judi Chicago on Vimeo.

Some synth spotting via Travis: "if you look closely in the back you'll see an mg1, and my serge modular clone."
http://www.judichicago.com
http://www.myspace.com/judichicago
http://www.recompas.com
http://voiceofsaturn.blogspot.com

Video details:
"Whynatte & Esperanza Present
Fun City with Judi Chicago
The Glenn Hotel
Saturday September 26th 2009
110 Marietta Street Atlanta GA 30303
9 PM / FREE / 21 +
Throw on your shiniest spandex suit and saddle up your sphinx! Whynatte & Esperanza have joined forces with the best in show to bring to you Judi Chicago's Fun City Single Release & Video Premier Party at The Glenn Hotel Saturday September 26th. This is a free ride to Fun City. Two floors of fun. Special live performances by Judi Chicago and Social Studies. DJ Sets by Jeff Myers, AustinIsNoRobot, Black Dominoes, and Noot d' Noot." more details and links at Vimeo.

dubby bubbly - electronics & beats

YouTube via AMOKIAN

via this auction

Moog Realistic MG-1

YouTube via electricpony. via this auction
"first sounds.
Realistic [radio shack] MG-1 designed by Moog.
Fundamentally identical to the Moog Rogue besides a slightly different interface and lacking a pitch or mod wheel."

moog mg-1

YouTube via alabammer23
Note the videos are from different people and this one is from November of 2008. My guess is neither are the unit listed at the auction link above and are just examples of the MG-1. The image below is from the auction.

Realistic (Moog) MG-1 re-assembled

flickr by Avery James Brooks
(click for shots of the inside)

"After removing most of that awful melting foam"

Realistic (Moog) MG-1 control board

flick by Avery James Brooks
(click for more)

Inside an MG-1

Found it!

flickr by bugbiteme

full size

How to poorly play the analogue synthesizer

YouTube via kerikino

"Here I am displaying some of the functions on the Realistic Concertmate MG-1 by Moog"

How To Modify Concertmate MG-1 Synthesizer by Moog - 1/4" Input & Output


"In this video I remove the RCA input and output jacks on the Realistic Concertmate MG-1 by Moog Music and replace them with 1/4" mono ins and outs.

Since this synthesizer is an older, entirely analogue synthesizer, it is relatively easy to make these modifications. All you need is a soldering iron, some solder, maybe a solder remover, some wire, a resistor or two, and just a little bit of time."

How to Clean the Realistic Concertmate MG-1 Synthesizer by Moog


"Attack of the newb. Cleaning out the PCB/main circuit board on the MG-1."
inside a Moog Realistic MG-1

triggering poly61 arpeggiator

YouTube via nathanielscott
"Here I use a small toy ten step sequncer to trigger aa Korg Poly 61's arpeggiator."

synth R&D for performance

YouTube via nathanielscott
"I am playing two instruments both are made out of Radio Shack electronic learning kits. The first instrument is an a sort of cheap-o optical theremin that I am playing with my left hand. The second is a ten step sequncer with a very basic square wave VCO. I did build three steps of addition master voltage control which you can see me triggering with the blue buttons with my right hand.

Before I started to take componants off the breadboard and put them into a dedicated enclosure I thought I would see if I could make noise that somewhat resmbled music with homemade electronic instruments.

I got close but in the end I dont think a ten step sequencer is a very musical design."

aspects of physics - song form shitteo

aspects of physics - song form shitteo from Jason Soares on Vimeo.
"audio visual work by aspects of physics January 2009. Another addition to the shitteo movement."
via peahix
"featuring realistic moog mg-1, some casios, etc."

musical synth R&D

YouTube via nathanielscott
"The first device is an Optical Theremin, and is a Forrest Mims design. The second device is a bent design of Mim's. The last third of the video shows a 10 step sequencer which is where I will be spending more time trying to develop it into a viable performance device.

I have been toying with the idea of building a modular synthesizer. I was fortunate enough to have had access to a minimoog for a year and I am a huge fan of that design but would like a system that is more modular.

I have started by building some very basic ocillators and sequencers, as you can see. I am using Radio Shack Electronic Project Kit 150 in 1, and the Radio Shack Electronic Learning Lab to learn the the basics. So far so good."

MOOG MG-1 ANALOG Synth

via this auction

1983 RadioShack Catalog

via Erick

"www.radioshackcatalogs.com

Go to page 54-55 to see the catalog entry for the MG-1 and the Casio VL-1 (well, Radio Shack's version of it)."

click the image to read the text.

Note Elton John in cowboy hat on the top right.

Stereo Music Synthesizer for the TRS-80

flickr by rach_thegoat
(click for more)

"I want very much to see if we can use this on the next album... How rad would that be?!
: )

My dad and step-mom gave me two Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers they had cleaned out of their garage, complete with games and disk drives, etc... The best part: They still work! : )"

Anyone know more about this one? Specs and what technology it used?

Moog Realistic Concertmate MG-1: Killer Syth for Radio Shack

YouTube via gearwire
"Nowadays, Radio Shack has earned itself a rep for selling musical products that no serious musician would touch with a ten foot pole lest he or she be ridiculed beyond belief by his or her smarmy musician friends. Though Moog manufactured the Concertmate MG-1 for Radio Shack, it lives up to the Moog name, so anyone who ridicules you for it is committing blasphemy.

Dan Marshall from RedNails gives us a walkthru of the instrument, its capabilities, its quirks and its sound.

See more on Gearwire.com."

REALISTIC REVERB by S-CAT (WITH MC-202 AND TR-909)

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. "CIRCUIT BENT WITH FOUR MODIFICATIONS"

a3

flickr by breath.sound

full size

Realistic MOOG MG-1

Stupid Atheist Tricks, Part 1: "I used to be a Christian"

YouTube via sounddoctorin. You can find previous synth videos by sounddoctorin here.
You can see the "non synth" write-up for this video on the top right, under the More link, here.