A Four and a Half Hour Eurorack Jam Session

Day 5: Playing with Friends - Eurorack Jamsession FT Maarten Vos

Streamed live on Apr 28, 2016 Colin Benders

I had a few readers in the past ask me if it was possible to somehow have the videos on the site autoplay in order. That unfortunately is not possible the way posts on blogs like this work. This one is for them.

The video description:

"I was gonna edit the highlights into separate videos but then I did not want to.
I suggest those of you watching this shout out the timestamps you like and I will copy them to this description. enjoy!
Next one is Thursday +- 17.00 GMT +1 3/4. sort of.
See you there! and bring friends!"

Dälek Soundscapes Sound pack for Analog Rytm

Published on Apr 29, 2016 Elektron

"Dälek, pioneers of abrasive and distorted hip hop, have teamed up with Elektron for the Dälek Soundscapes Sound pack."



"Dälek, pioneers of abrasive and distorted hip hop, have teamed up with Elektron for the Dälek Soundscapes Sound pack. The samples are results and outtakes of the late night studio sessions giving birth to their geniously intense seventh album Asphalt for Eden.

Broken, melodic, beautiful: this is a brutally honest testament of both the creative process and aural aesthetics of the grinding machine known to man as Dälek."

A Quick EMS Vocoder Demo via the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio in Melbourne Victoria, AU

The awesome awesome EMS Vocoder 2000. Use it now at MESS! #messltd #ems #vocoder pic.twitter.com/8gpBVCLMG7

— Mess Ltd. (@mess_ltd) April 29, 2016

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"The awesome awesome EMS Vocoder 2000. Use it now at MESS! #messltd #ems #vocoder"

Pics and Build Notes on the Knob Laden noystoise YAMAHA PS3 V2

You might remember the knob laden Yamaha PS3 V2 video posted here. For those interested on how it was done, noystoise just posted some pics and build notes here. Beautiful work. It's hard to believe there is a Yamaha PS3 under there. It looks like a Roland JD-Xi on steroids.

Neuronics Sneak Preview Video

Coming soon from Neuronics...

Published on Jan 19, 2016 Neuronics

"A public message from a freshly hatched circuit."

Our first sneak peak of what's coming from Neuronics, the new company from Leon Dewan of Dwanatron and producer Josh Humphrey. You'll find their new website here: http://neuronicsinc.com.

This on in via the comments of this post. Thank you Anonymous person!

BSEM - The Boston School of Electronic Music Website

This one in via an anonymous comment:

"Everyone should check out this link for info about Boston School Of Electronic Music, founded by Jim Michmerhuizen, who also wrote the original Manual for the ARP 2600. Somewhere at the site is a pdf with a graet patch for the 2600 by Jim in 1972. A SAMPLE/HOLD PATCH THAT SWINGS.
http://2little2late.org/BSEM/"

via the website:

"The Boston School of Electronic Music was "founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in May of 1972 by Jim Michmerhuizen, BSEM was the first independent school of electronic music in the United States.

Closing in 1978 as the result of a catastrophic fire, BSEM was a focal point for those interested in electronic music synthesis. This site is an attempt to preserve some of the history and culture, and to document that unique moment in the late 20th century..."

An interesting side note according to this post, "a former ARP engineer told me that this was a side project of a ARP/Aries engineer for the Boston School of Electronic Music."

I'm curious if this was Jim Michmerhuizen's or Dennis Colin's, the engineer behind the ARP 2600 and Aries modular. If anyone knows, feel free to leave a comment below. A search for Jim Michmerhuizen on the site brings up a couple of previous posts but no mention of Aries.

Updates via the comments:

Fletcher Ingram:
"The person in question is Ron Rivera. I can't find where I saw that he was evolved in the ARP techy stuff department, but the following link: "http://www.gentleelectric.com/AriesMusic.html" indicates his having done work for Aries Music and that he did fix, clean, restore all things synthesizers. In his dining room was either a Moog 55 or 35 continuously being worked on, or it was the dining room table. You also had to be aware of the rabbit droppings throughout his apartment. He help with the Aries analog Sequencer & Sequential Switch. He offered modified ARP2600 & Minimoogs, adding Sync and other enhancements. I work with him several times doing menial work. I attended & resided at BSEM for several years before it closed as a student, house keeper, office boy, and Lab assistant. I may have embellished a few things here, but I was indeed involved with most things going on at BSEM in the middle to late 1970s. BSEM was a hell of an experience that I will remember till I go to be with Lord. If further info and corrections are needed:
Fletcher Ingram
626.768.8784
fletcher_ingram@yahoo.com
YesTalesRSOG74@yahoo.com"

Michael Wm. Gilbert
"According to Jim M. this synth predated Aries. Per Jim:
'This is a picture of the big synthesizer BSEM built for Wesleyan University around 1974. This was basically Bob Snowdale's initiative; he came to us from W.U. having studied with Alvin Lucier there. Later, of course, Snowdale went on to found Aries.'

Somewhere there was also a big customized Moog synthesizer that we (BSEM) installed at UMass Boston in the mid 70's. Bob Moog himself came, and after it was set I enjoyed driving him back to the airport and hanging out with him while waiting for his flight.

For Fletcher - Ron Rivera's bunny was named Pummel :)"

nonlinearcircuits squid axon 2

Published on Apr 28, 2016 cirtcele

"The squid Axon is fed a fast clock from a VCO and samples a tri-wave from an LFO, 2 CV outputs are to VCOs and 2 outputs to a 'scope in X-Y mode. It makes a nice lightshow."

Sometimes the Feels

Published on Apr 28, 2016 Dudadius

"Ambient Eurorack Modular improv."

RHODES CHROMA ANALOG SYNTHESIZER ARP 8/16 VOICE VINTAGE SYNTH SN 551

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MOOG ROGUE SN 9022 with Original Box

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