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Raymond Scott Archives Remembers Bob Moog

"Of course Bob Moog was a brilliant engineer and circuitry expert, but he was also among the most modest and unpretentious people we've met. We're thrilled that through the efforts of his daughter, Michelle Moog-Koussa, her dad is receiving the recognition he deserves. He was also an Advisory Board member of The Raymond Scott Archives, and was always a great supporter of RS, and of all our efforts. Here are Moog's memories of his old friend and colleague"

Don't miss this one. It's a really nice look back on some of the history and influences of Bob Moog directly from the man himself. Bob Moog on seeing Raymond Scott's workplace for the first time: "So there my father and I were with our mouths hanging open! It looked like heaven to me. My father was an electrical engineer who worked for Consolidated Edison, and I was a twenty year-old electronics nerd who found himself on the track to becoming an engineer... Raymond then brought us into the big room downstairs where he had music synthesis equipment."

via Jeff E. Winner on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Synthesizers.com Tribute to Bob Moog

"Bob Moog:
We are forever
grateful for your
contribution,
your innovation,
and inspiration."

http://synthesizers.com/

Moog Ladder Filter Schematic Tattoo

flickr By MukSys

& a Moog T-Shirt

TiltingAtWindmills - All Yamaha CS80 Track

TiltingAtWindmills by Drooo
"This entire cue was done with only one synthesizer--an actual Yamaha CS80. All melodic and percussive sounds (even the kick) were done on a real CS. For the drum kit, the CS was sampled and loaded into Kontakt. It was multitracked to Digital Performer, and there are 47 stereo tracks in the mix.
I spent a year of on and off work restoring this infernal machine, so I thought it was time to actually write something for it. Normally, I wouldn't want to do an entire cue with just one synth, because that one instrument's character often overwhelms the mix (sort of like doing a symphony for 48 clarinets and nothing else). The CS80 is an instrument with a very broad, expressive range. There is a vague futility in doing pure synth cues these days, especially with a monster like this machine, so the proper name for this piece iof music is:

"Tilting At Windmills," Drew Neumann c2012, ASCAP"

via Drew Neumann on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge in memory of Dr. Moog's Birthday.

KiwiTechnics KiwiSix Upgrade for KORG Polysix In the Works

via KiwiTechnics

"In development and coming soon The KiwiSix Upgrade features:-

• A complete replacement board for the troubled Korg Polysix KLM-367 circuit board. These are usually battery damaged which can render the synth unusable.
• 1024 Tones can be stored and edited. It is also possible to temporarily edit any Tone. Tones are selected using a two button system. The first button selects the high digit (1-8) and the second button the low digit (1-8). This allows 64 tones (1-1 to 8- 8) on any bank. There are 16 banks that are selected using the A-D bank buttons. The high digit of the tone is displayed as a flashing tone button and the low digit is a steady light so the selected tone can be viewed at a glance.
• MidiCC support for all parameters, Midi Sysex support for Tone Dump & Load.
• Midi In & Out Channels can be separately set.
• Patch Editor Control of Parameters (requires PE v 5.0 or later)
• Two styles of Polyphonic (7th note override or 7th note ignored) and Last note priority Unison Key Assign Modes
• Chord Mode. Any chord with up to 6 notes can be set and played from any key
• The Arpeggiator can be clocked from the internal/external clock or midi clock divided by 3,4,6,9,12,18,24,36,48,72,96,128,144,168 or 192.
• Arp modes are Up, Down, Up and Down, 0, 1 or 2 octaves and can be controlled via midi
• Key transpose allows transposition to any key Up or down up to 2 octaves
• Arpeggiator can be Started, Stopped & Continued using Midi Commands
• Appeggiator will Output Midi Data
• Internet update system
• The Upgrade comes with a replacement metal plate for the power cord. This plate has an IEC socket for a standard power cord (note - Power cord is not supplied), screws and space to mount the Korg Serial Number plate and midi in and out sockets are mounted. An internal cable is supplied to plug into the KiwiSix Upgrade board for Midi I/O.
• Installation is simple and the only soldering required is for the Power wires to the replacement plate. Full installation instructions will be in the User Manual.
• Future plans are for other features to be controlled via midi. Due to the lack of control buttons it will not be possible to add further options using the front panel controls so these will be available using midi control only.
• Compatible midiCC control set for all Kiwitechnics products
Full details, prices, release date and manuals will be posted here as soon as they are available. Please do not email about these in the meantime as time spent answering questions will only delay the product."

Korg MS-20 tutorial: External Sound Processing

Korg MS-20 tutorial: External sound processing Part 1

YouTube Published on May 23, 2012 by demokid2000

"I have read some posts on forums how to process external sounds thru a Korg MS 20. Yes it is very easy but some forget that you have to trigger the envelope to hear the processed sound. This can be done manually by playing the keyboard or via CV/Gate.
I decided to make a short tutorial how to process external audio thru the MS-20 playing the keyboard live. This is the easiest way to start.

In this demo the Elka Synthex plays a string sound and is controlled by MIDI.

You can also use the MS-20 Trig Out in the External Signal Processor section to trigger the envelope. You need some patch cords to achieve this. I will cover this in 'Korg MS-20 tutorial: External sound processing Part 2'."

Update:

Korg MS-20 tutorial: External sound processing Part 2

YouTube Published on May 25, 2012 by demokid2000
Audio comes in after one minute.

"This is part two of the Korg MS-20 external audio process tutorial. In this video we use the Trig Out in the EPS to trigger the Korg MS20 envelope. It's a bit trickier since you have to use two patch cords but it's quite easy.

In part three we use the envelope follower in the EPS section to control the envelope an external audio processing.
For more videos sizer, visit
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64FF4515A3048822"