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RIP Thomas Kurzhals

Moog Behind the Iron Curtain - Interview & performance with Thomas Kurzhals

Uploaded on Apr 12, 2009 MoogMusicInc·256 videos

"In a short interview, mixed with performance clips, Thomas Kurzhals, keyboardist for the East German rock band KARAT talks about his experiences playing Moog in the days before the Berlin Wall came down."

moog synth solo, part 1, Musikmesse 2009

Uploaded on Apr 5, 2009 Travis Nobles·22 videos

"thomas kurzhals plays an awesome moog solo"

We lost Thomas Kurzhals this past Thursday on January 2.

via Wikipedia: "Thomas Kurzhals (13 December 1953 – 2 January 2014) was a German keyboardist, composer and rock musician, best known as a member of the bands Stern-Combo Meißen and Karat. Kurzhals died from liver cirrhosis on 2 January 2014, aged 60, in Glauchau, Saxony.[1]"

You can find his work on discogs here and a tribute page here: http://www.overlight-tonstudio.de.

The above interview is from Moog Music.

Below is a video tribute from Dirk Kroegers.

RIP THOMAS KURZHALS Published on Jan 2, 2014 Dirk Kroegers·2,611 videos

"Thomas Kurzhals, geboren am 13. Dezember 1953 in Ronneburg bei Gera, spielte jahrelang bei der Stern Combo Meißen und bei KARAT. Heute gehört ihm ein eigenes Tonstudio vor den Toren von Berlin. In seiner musikalischen Karriere hat Thomas Meilensteine der Deutschen Rockgeschichte geschrieben.RIP 01.01.2014
http://www.deutsche-mugge.de/zeitzeug..." [Googlish - scroll when you get there]

""Thomas Kurzhals, born on 13 December 1953 in Ronneburg in Gera, played for years at the Stern Combo Meissen and at KARAT. Nowadays own recording studio he owns on the outskirts of Berlin. During his musical career, Thomas milestones wrote the German rock history. RIP 01/01/2014"

Sonic Alienator by Frostwave - Rare with PS

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"Sonic Alienator bit reduction and filter device by Frostwave. These are rare, no longer made and the best of the bit reduction tools in the market. Comes with power supply (110VAC US adaptor) . In excellent condition from smoke free studio. If bit reduction is what you want this unit is the shizzle!

There are a bunch of YouTube videos you can view to hear how this thing works. Basically a decimator combined with a low pass filter which is configurable via the orientation button to apply the filter to either the input prior to the decimator, the output following the decimator, filter alone, or decimator alone. The decimator itself is the core effect on this unit, it basically digitally degrades/distorts a signal to varying degrees depending on the position of the center knob/switch. Something on the order of 24 different decimation settings are available, some subtle, others more severe, though at times there seem to be only small differences between some settings. - half the settings for the central switch are labeled "magnitude decimation/binary decimation (flashing)" while the other half are for "fold" and "swap". Seperate control for sample rate which controls the amount of degredation, controls for "input/drive", which adds a bit of overdrive to the signal at higher levels, "output", and "cutoff" and "reso"(resonnace) for the LP filter. Inside the unit you can adjust a jumper to make the output control either overall effect volume, or mix of straight signal and the effect. No bypass switch on the unit, but this prob can be solved by using the mix setting on the output. This is a mono in and out device."

Metasonix TM-6 filter pedal SN TM6-57

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"Metasonix TM-6 tube analog filter - the real deal , serial number 57. If you know what it is you want it. Not sure - see YouTube videos. You can get the manual off Metasonix site, not that you really need one. Don't mess with pussy DSP or digital filtering , man up and use tube analog. Comes with power supply. Very low usage hours from smoke free studio, this unit is ready to f@$#^ up your sound. It is in fabulous cosmetic condition. It is used so there is no guarantee other than it will not arrive DOA..."

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Return of the sequence

Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012 dudeohyeahable·173 videos

"Loverly happily"

Red Roland SH-101 & Modcan modular.

InsWorks Added to List of New Makers in New Years Post

See Update3 in the post here.

InsWorks Sine Demo

Published on Jan 4, 2014 Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez Vera·57 videos

Siggi's Super Formant Synthesizer - Sound Monster

Published on Jan 4, 2014 Art Motion Emotion·8 videos

"Siggi's Super Formant Synthesizer ist der weltweit einzige und grösste Formant Synthesizer mit einer Vielzahl modifizierter und speziell angefertigter Baugruppen.
Anfang 2013 hatte ich eine der wenigen Gelegenheiten Siggi bei der Arbeit filmen zu dürfen.
Die dabei entstehende 'Musik' bezeichne ich als Organische Maschinen Puls Musik.

Siggi's Super Formant Synthesizer is the world's only and biggest formant synthesizer include a variety of modified and specially manufactured modules.
In beginning of 2013 I was able to film one of the few occasions Siggi at work.
The resulting 'music' I call it Organic Machine Pulse Music."

Dayum... 1st exclusive post of 2014.

Moments Lost Modular Challenge by Ritchie

Published on Jan 4, 2014 Ritchie DeCarlo·134 videos

"This is my submission for the Challenge

Moments Lost is a crowdfunded project with new music and art inspired by Blade Runner.
Read more here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mom...

The Challenge
We want your take on the background sound of Los Angeles 2019 to use on the Moments Lost record. The automated environment with bleeps, servo motors and hovercraft passing by, or maybe the sound of an android factory working 24/7 to provide workers for the off-world colonies - the choice is yours, go wild! The winner will be featured on one of the tracks and published on cd, vinyl, picture vinyl and digital download.

How?
Patch up your modular and record. Make a video or/and snap a photo of the modular setup.

Rules
- Modular hardware synthesizers only. No software allowed.
- You can use effects for your public presentation, but please also record a version without reverb. This is very important.
- Record in 44.1 khz/24 bit
- Live tweaking is allowed
- Multitracking is not allowed
- photo and/or video of patch required.
- Only new, never before unpublished material accepted.

Deadline January 7th, 2014"

MIDI Designer Pro Roland JD-990 iPad Editor by Popup

Roland JD 990 MIDI Designer Test

Published on Jan 20, 2013 SpinningWondercake·2 videos

"A very basic test of the excellent MIDI Designer app on Ipad with the Roland JD990 editor Template I created for it. Latency seems almost non existent with WiFi (really) and it is pretty easy to use the template to quickly create patches. Although the video is cut, it was only trimmed to get to the point."

You can find the template at the MIDI Designer website here.

And the app on iTunes: MIDI Designer Pro - Confusionists LLC

"Open up and explore the JD. Wirelessly, from your iPad. Create complex patches easily. Manipulate multiple controls at the same time and MIDI Designer's control overlay feature makes editing the JD fun.

Features:-

- Makes understand and creating patches on the JD990 easy.

- Every parameter of the JD patch mode mapped inc. all Waveform names and from every Expansion Card.

- Save full patches as presets on MIDI Designer and recall or switch between them instantly!

- Makes use of the excellent split screen feature of MIDI Designer allowing you to keep controls you need nearby.

- Control all four Tone Layers at any time. Change active layers with a swipe.

New to 1.6.0:-

- Extensive graphical upgrade

- Releases for every SR-JV80 Expansion Card"

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