4/22/25 Soundforce S-LD + SSL 1660 + GenRad 1564-A + BLM Gate Seq + DSP 808 + MIDIVERB II + PV 1300

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"4/22/25 ElectroComp EML 200 + Synthetic Sound Labs 1660 + Analog Craftsman acVOKs + STG muSonics Vanilla Envelope + General Radio 1564-A + Blue Lantern Gate Sequencer + Soundforce S-LD + DSP 808 + Alesis MIDIVERB II + Peavey 1300

Testing out a used Soundforce S-LD module we just got. You can hear the cowbell and the maraca (there’s a switch on the back to choose the Linn toms or percussion). The other percussion is from the DSP 808 module, which is a similar sampled sound module, but with pitch control and voltage controls. The synthy kick drum is the General Radio 1564-A processing the S-LD kick drum. Its VU meter looks like it’s out of sync, but it’s just slow and getting pinned hard. The two drones that build up are from two ElectroComp EML 200 synthesizers. The synth lines are Synthetic Sound Labs 1660 The Matrix Algorithmic Composer through the Analog Craftsman acVOKS filter into the STG muSonics Vanilla Envelope. The reverb is preset 10 on the Alesis MIDIVERB II."

7/20/24 Hewlett-Packard 241A & 3310A + Ibanez DD700 + Lexicon PCM 70

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"7/20/24 Hewlett-Packard 241A & 3310A + Ibanez DD700 + Lexicon PCM 70

There used to be hundreds of private videos in the queue, but most of them have been published now. The description of this video suggests we had just gotten the second HP 241A oscillator, so this might be the first test:

The newly-acquired second Hewlett-Packard 241A glitches a bit—sometimes a button works, sometimes not—but it seems to be getting better with some use. Here’s a simple patch with a sine wave from one HP 3310A function generator affecting the triangle of the other 3310A. Both HP 241A oscillators are hard-panned in the Fostex 2016, with delay from the Ibanez DD700. Plus some Concert Hall reverb from the Lexicon PCM 70."

The World's First Programmable Synthesizer and its Pulitzer Prize Winning Music

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"This synthesizer is the world's first programmable music synthesizer. The first piece of electronic music to win the Pulitzer Prize was made on it.

basically a two voice synthesizer with tone generation and composing in the left hand side and processing on the right hand side, including manual binary for the, uh, ordering of the effects processes. Um, which for its time, uh, essentially like a uh, touring computer. Um, uh, was it You know, one and a half tons, seven feet tall, 14 feet wide, it's quite a behemoth, but now it's a very large paperweight.

Watch the full video:" [The above comes in at 22:41 - vintage Buchla, Serge & more follow. See this post for the red Buchla LSD module]

How Technology is Changing the Way We Make Music | A Conversation with Seth Cluett

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"Guest: Seth Cluett, Director of Columbia University’s Computer Music Center | On LinkedIn: / seth-cluett-7631065 | Columbia University Computer Music Center Bio: https://cmc.music.columbia.edu/bios/s...

Host: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast & Music Evolves Podcast | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com/

Show Notes

Music and technology have always shaped each other, and few places embody that relationship as deeply as the Computer Music Center (CMC) at Columbia University. In this episode of Music Evolves, Sean Martin sits down with Seth Cluett, Director of the Computer Music Center and Assistant Director of the Sound Art MFA program at Columbia, to explore the center’s rich history, its role in advancing music technology, and how it continues to shape the future of sound.

The Legacy and Mission of the Computer Music Center

The CMC is housed in the same 6,000-square-foot space as the original Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, which dates back to 1951 and is one of the world’s oldest university-based electronic music research facilities. This was the birthplace of early electronic music, where pioneers learned to use cutting-edge technology to create new sounds. Many of those musicians went on to establish their own studios around the world, from Egypt to Japan.

The center has played a role in major milestones in music history, including the work of Wendy Carlos, a former student known for Switched-On Bach, the score for Tron, and The Shining. The first piece of electronic music to win a Pulitzer Prize was also composed here. Today, under Cluett’s leadership, the focus remains on creativity-driven technological innovation—allowing composers and artists to explore technology freely and push the boundaries of what’s possible in sound and music.

One of the center’s guiding principles is accessibility. Cluett emphasizes the importance of lowering barriers to entry for students who may not have had prior access to music technology. The goal is to make sure that anyone, regardless of background, can walk into the studio and begin working with 80% of its capabilities within the first 20 minutes.

Exploring the Labs and Studios

The episode also includes a tour of the labs and studios, showcasing some of the center’s groundbreaking equipment. One highlight is the RCA Mark II Synthesizer, the world’s first programmable music synthesizer. Built in the late 1950s, this massive machine—seven feet tall and weighing over a ton—was instrumental in shaping the sound of early electronic music. The system worked by punching holes into paper to control sound generation, similar to a player piano. While no longer in use, the CMC has collaborated with iZotope to model some of its effects digitally.

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A Miniature Analog Experimental Studio You Can Play

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"I was commissioned by SMEM, the Swiss Museum and Centre for Electronic Instruments in Fribourg to build them a tape and test equipment studio for their public playroom. While they have a huge collection of keyboards, their test equipment section is meagre. But that was just perfect, as with only a few ingredients I could assemble an instrument that has a surprising range of possibilities. You can play the Hainlab now: https://www.smemmusic.ch

Sample packs, music and extra videos: / hainbach

MY SIGNATURE SOFTWARE:
THE HAINPACK IS HERE: https://www.audiothing.net/bundle/hai...
GRANULAR SYNTH: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fluss-g..."

What Does This Museum Sound Like? Pt 1 (No Talking) #asmr

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"Today we listen to some of the museum exhibits, headphones on!
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Support the Museum Patreon : / lookmumnocomputer"

The (Not) Obsolete Musician

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"Paula Barouh and Joe McGinty spent a Sunday morning at This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete in Ramsgate, UK, creating spontaneous compositions, utilizing Paula's amazing voice and an eclectic assortment of instruments in the museum's collection. These pieces will be edited down for a future release. The museum is open to the public on weekends, but you can also book private recording sessions. Special thanks to Sam and Johnny for tech assistance.

Previous spontaneous compositions, recorded at McGinty's Carousel Studio can be found here: [videos below]
This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete:
https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/"

Barouh-McGinty


Playlist:

1. Barouh-McGinty: "Dry Love"

Barouh-McGinty is the international collaboration between Chilean singer Paula Barouh and NYC keyboardist Joe McGinty. "Dry Love" is their first release. The song was improvised at McGinty's vintage keyboard studio, Carousel Recording, in Brooklyn, NY, with further editing and overdubbing by McGinty. Video editing and effects by Gal @gelischile.
The loop is a combination of the "Glitchedelica" disc on the Panoptigon and the Sequential Tempest drum machine. Bass is the Moog Subsequent 37. Other instruments: Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Casio MT-400V, Mellotron M4000D, Therevox.
The duo met at McGinty's piano bar, Sid Gold's Request Room. Impressed by Barouh's singing and improvisational skills, McGinty invited her to his studio to create an extemporaneous composition. Though the percussion loop was prepared in advance, neither knew what the other was going to do until recording started. This song is the result of their second improvisation. The first, 'NYC Junkie' will be released soon.

2. Barouh–McGinty: NYC Junkie

The second release from Barouh–McGinty:NYC Junkie. Vocals: Paula Barouh
Keyboards, Production: Joe McGinty
Video edited by Paula Barouh and Dave Fasano.
Like their first release, NYC Junkie was improvised in Joe McGinty's studio in Brooklyn. Unlike their first release, there are no overdubs or edits. What you hear and see is what was created in the moment. Paula had no idea what the music would sound like, and McGinty had no idea where Paula would go vocally.
Instruments used: Quilter Labs Panoptigan 'Mod Rock' disc, Dave Smith/Oberheim OB-6, Moog Subsequent 37. Looper: Audio Damage Enso.

3. The (Not) Obsolete Musician

Paula Barouh and Joe McGinty spent a Sunday morning at This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete in Ramsgate, UK, creating spontaneous compositions, utilizing Paula's amazing voice and an eclectic assortment of instruments in the museum's collection. These pieces will be edited down for a future release. The museum is open to the public on weekends, but you can also book private recording sessions. Special thanks to Sam and Johnny for tech assistance.

PATTERN GENERATOR PG303 by DATAPRODUCTS of NEW ENGLAND

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"Data Products of New England PG303 Teletype Pattern Generator

8 ch pattern generator with variable character sequence length

If you think of some of the earliest electronic rhythms ever made, you can’t avoid mentioning morse code. The Data Products PG303 is designed to send these patterns for telephone/radio testing, and is one of the strangest rhythm machines I know. It is probably half broken and gave me a nasty shock or two as I wired the power wrong, but it is always inspiring. On the album, this drives most of the rhythm, and in the library you can hear it also at higher Baud rates oscillating.

- HAINBACH ...from the "Landfill Totem" collection

does it music?? yes!

Not for the faint of heart, the PG303 has an ability to create the strangest gate sequence and fuse morse code and musical logic... ping filters or make a strange clock source!! This unit works on pure intuition!! no operation manual, just turn it on and make the slowest of trigs to audio frequency screams and spastic pulses!"

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Collide 4 | Quadrature Spectral Computer | by Joranalogue and Hainbach

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"A few months ago, Hainbach recycled the full circle of 1950's being pioneered by people like Mort Subotnick and then miniaturized by people like Don Buchla in the 1960's, then rediscovered by people like Hainbach (and many others I am not familiar with) in the 2020's and then miniaturized into 20 HP by Joran from Jorananalogue in 2024. Hello COLLIDE 4, what took you so long?

I've been intrigued with Hainbach's journey into the vintage and classic scrapheaps of sound but the risk of shock, the smell, weight and size of all this gear made it easy to resist or even explore. I absolutely loved his Totem project making the best drones I ever heard. But this particular rabbit hole was easy to resist. 20 HP is not.

The COLLIDE 4 brings a lot of unfamiliar concepts to the table of sound design, like a Lock-in Amp, a Hilbert Transform Network and a Quadrature VCO. Just when you thought you were getting the hang of eurorack, again you realize you know nothing. It also features a filter, an envelope follower and a phase/frequency shifter. It's all originally designed to detect and possibly isolate little sounds in a soup of very faint noise, so the first thing people do is to crank it up and wonder if it can make normal music. Yes it can, and it saturates like nothing else. Just don't buy it BECAUSE you want to make normal music.

My favorite use case is to explore very faint sounds, like the raw output from a Piezo, an electric guitar or a sensitive electromagnetic sniffer. Theres a whole new world out there for you to discover."

PtAC CLOWNFEST 13 - MYSTIC FREQUENCIES CRIB

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Controlling 1950's Sound gear With A 1970's Alien Computer - SWTPC 6809 And Bruel & Kjaers

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"Time to add a computer to this room
Watch the full hour process of patching the sounds and also download the Songs and samples from this video and many more here :-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/107160441"

Just 25 Minutes Of Valve Oscillators Dancing With Each other, Blissful Tones Of the Bruel & Kjaer's

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"HEADPHONES OR SPEAKERS RECOMMENDED. A follow on from the video the other day setting up this room! here are some sounds. Download the WAV of the sounds here, amongst many more sounds including samples from this setup! :- https://www.patreon.com/posts/107342279"

Shimmers and Echoes (soundscape) for VCS3, Arp 2600, Clavinet, Mellotron and Gong.

video upload by R. Reger

"All VCS3 patches played through an Empress Echosystem. Arp 2600 patches played through a Boss RE-20 Space Echo. Clavinet played through a Fairfield Circuitry "Randy's Revenge" ring modulator. Mellotron played through an MXR 10-band EQ and Boss RV-5 reverb."

Walkthrough The LARGEST Test Equipment Music Studio - Willem Twee

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"Today we went to Studio 1 At Willem Twee Studio's
Download the Audio WAV from this video here :-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/1016424...
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BOOK A VISIT AT @willemtweestudios8239 :-
https://www.willem-twee.nl/"

3/30/24 Pasco Scientific WA-9307A Fourier Synthesizer (modified) + Lexicon PCM 70 (3.0 Concert Hall)

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"This Pasco Scientific WA-9307A Fourier Synthesizer was just modified with a global pitch control. The 10K output goes to a Low-gain Electronics format jumbler (banana to 1/4” TS), then into a Lower West Side Studios Triple Attenuator module, and then into the Mackie Onyx 1640 mixer, where it gets reverb from the Lexicon PCM 70."

Test Equipment Sample Pack - Obsolete Soundlab

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"The Obsolete Soundlab Presents -Test Equipment Sample Pack Vol 1 - OSL006

Purchase here: https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.c...

We sampled a few pieces of our test equipment collection and ran it through some choice effects including the new LMNC MegaCat (modified tape echo)! Volume 2 coming soon!

All sounds in the video below are included in the pack, including a few added extras from our other sample packs!

Sample Pack Includes:

150+ Short & Long Sounds.

All Samples are 48Khz 24bit

All proceeds go towards maintaining and improving the museum.
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All TMINO Sample Packs Available here :- https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.c..."

HAINBACH: A Filter So Good I Kept It a Secret

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"For three years now I had the HP3581A Wave Analyzer in my studio, and I only told selected nerds about it. Now its time to show what this beautiful piece of test equipment can do when used for music. This and the UBM are the only pieces I got four of, simply because both are wonderful instruments.

Music, Soundpack and thanks:
https://www.patreon.com/hainbach"

BABY TEST EQUIPMENT - A Cornucopia Of Noises - Feedback Devices Education Test Equipment.

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"Feedback Devices Test Equipment Noise! #synthesizer #sound #experiment
See the mentioned videos and download the mentioned song and audio! here :-
https://www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomp...
Patreon is a massive enable to making videos, the larger DIY projects would be a lot more strung out without it! so i cant thank my supporters enough."

BUILDING A MUSICAL TEST EQUIPMENT SETUP FOR THE MUSEUM!

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"This week, @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER & @hackmodular built a sweet test equipment setup for the museum!

#testequipment #bruelandkjaer #noise

Obsolete Soundlab - Elka Drum Machine Sample Pack - Out Now :-
https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.c...
----- if you'd like to Support the museum here :- https://www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomp... https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lookm..."

How To Make a Test Equipment Drum Machine

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"Test Equipment was for me always an experiment: using unmusical science, medical and engineering tools for music is Dark Souls level of synthesis difficulty. Coaxing tones out of them requires dedication and patience, but is very rewarding, both in developing new skills and musical results. I tried to stay to true to the tiny test equipment music world, shunning easy solutions to make it music, like using it with regular sequencers, sampling the wall or excessive editing in post. But after a few crucial pieces died off and repair costs sky-rocketed and I decided to combine it with Eurorack modular. I was very surprised by the result.

LOOPS FROM THE WALL OF TEST EQUIPMENT:
https://www.patreon.com/hainbach"

12/5/23 (300, 500, 1000 lullaby) Northeast Electronics Corp. TTS-4ANH & 4XDV + Peavey DDL-3

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"A lullaby, a duet! Three selectable frequencies (300cps, 500cps, 1000kc) on the NEC TTS-4ANH are alternated with the send freq switch, and fed into the Peavey DDL-3 digital delay pedal to overlap and sustain. No reverb is used so that the odd character of the NEC TTS-4ANH can be heard, but the highs and mids are boosted on the little Mackie Mix8 to bring out the distortion, harmonics, and switch clicks. Shot in the last few minutes of daylight."