1930s Russian Drawn Sound

Playlist:
1. 1930s Russian Drawn Sound: La Suite Caburateur
"Drawn sound composition by Georgy Rimsky-Korsakov, realised by Evgeny Sholpo on his 'Variophone' (1932)."

2. 1930s Russian Drawn Sound: Evgeny Sholpo's 'Variophone' (1932)

3. 1930s Russian Drawn Sound: Nikolai Voinov's 'Paper Sound'
"Nikolai Voinov (1900-1958) demonstrates the techniques of Paper Sound and the creation of music for animation. The demonstration includes two short animations:
'Rachmaninov Prelude', 1932 (1:07)
'The Dance of the Crow', 1933 (2:11)"

4. 1940s Russian Drawn Sound: Les Vautours
"Drawn sound composition by Igor Boldirev, realised by Evgeny Sholpo on a later version of his 'Variophone'."

5. 1930s Russian Drawn Sound: Arseny Avraamov's 'Ornamental Sound Animation'

Similar to the Optigan which has optical disks with the actual waveforms drawn on them. See the Variphon label below for more.

Virtual ANS - New Cross Platform Synthesizer From the Creator of Sunvox

Published on Sep 19, 2013 Alexander Zolotov·113 videos

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

Playlist:
Virtual ANS: Intro
Virtual ANS: Sound to Image and Vice Versa
Virtual ANS: Image to Sound Conversion
Virtual ANS Universe
Virtual ANS Live Jam: iPad + Android Phone + Monotribe

Update: If you are not familiar with the ANS, be sure to see this post. It is an incredible pice of synth history. "The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957..." Also see the ANS label below.

Prophet-10 Rev 4, Prophet-5 Rev 2, Jupiter-6, OB-X, OB-6, Memorymoog Plus, & Super Gemini Demos

video uploads by Evgeny

8 quick synth demos by Evgeny. You can use the controls to skip around, or just listen in order as they are relatively short.

Playlist:

1. Prophet-10 rev 4
2. Prophet-10 rev 4 2nd demo
3. Prophet 5 Rev 2 Sounds - legendary synthesizer from 1979 w/ SSM filters
4. Roland jupiter 6, Demo Sounds
5. Oberheim OB-X
6. DSI OB-6
7. Moog Memorymoog Plus
8. UDO SUPER GEMINI

Synthesizer - Fish Synth (Mushsynth-8) by Carlo / VOSKHOD-2 reverb / DRONE DARK AMBIENT by GIPNOZER

video upload by G I P N O Z E R

"Just the other day I received a long-awaited parcel from Rostov-on-Don from Evgeny Carlo. This is a fully analog eight-voice synthesizer for a DIY project. Evgeny has invested a lot of time and effort in its creation, for which I am very grateful to him and wish him success in his wonderful work! At the moment, only 6 synthesizers have been made. And tonight we managed to record the first AMBIENT DRONE with its use in a compartment with the VOSKHOD-2 reverb from Universe Zen Audio."

See this post for additional details on the Muschsynt-8.

Spectral Techno

Published on Feb 15, 2015 Alexander Zolotov

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

"Made in Virtual ANS spectral synth: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans
Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX."

Virtual ANS: Making a Brush from the Voice

Published on Dec 10, 2013 Alexander Zolotov·115 videos

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

First Public Performance Featuring the New Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

our new Polivoks in the first public appearence

Published on Mar 20, 2016 Alex Pleninger

"Mister Kuzmin [the original Polivoks creator] plays it! others on the stage - Lidia Kavina (Thereminvox) and Evgeny Voronovsky (original Polivoks via LittleGPTracker). the event took place at Art-Aura 2016"

Eduard Artemyev, Coil, and the ANS Synthesizer

Mr. Array wrote in after coming across this gem. "I think the original score was written in the 70's, so the photos of the Emulator and such are a bit anachronistic. Cool track. This theme was later remixed in 2001 by the group PPK"

Eduard Artemyev - Siberiade theme

YouTube via gobodrodiont

"Эдуард Артемьев - музыка к фильму Сибириада"
"Eduard Artemiev - music for the film Sibiriada"

After a little digging Mr. Array found an interesting bit of history regarding Eduard Artemyev. He was one of the few composers that used the ANS Synthesizer.

Regarding the ANS via Wikipedia [per GNU Free Documentation License]: "The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957. The technological basis of his invention was the method of photo-optic sound recording used in cinematography (developed in Russia concurrently with America), which made it possible to obtain a visible image of a sound wave, as well as to realize the opposite goal - synthesizing a sound from an artificially drawn sound wave.

In this case the sine waves generated by the ANS are printed onto five glass discs using a process which Murzin (an optical engineer) had to develop himself. Each disc has 144 individual tracks printed onto it, producing a total of 720 microtones (discrete pitches) available to the user. These are arranged vertically from low frequencies at the bottom to high frequencies at the top. The convolved light is then projected onto the back of the synthesizer's interface.

This consists of a glass plate covered in opaque black "mastic" which constitutes a drawing surface upon which the user makes marks by scratching through the mastic, and therefore allowing light to pass through at that point. In front of the glass plate sits a vertical bank of photocells which send signals to band-pass amplifiers, each with dB trim switches.

The glass plate can then be scanned left or right in front of the photocell bank in order to transcribe the drawing directly into pitches. In other words, it plays what you draw. This process can be aided with a step geared motor drive (strangely similar to an engineering lathe) or can be performed manually. The speed at which the score scans has no relation to pitch, but serves only as a means of controlling duration. The ANS is completely polyphonic and will generate up to all 720 of its pitches simultaneously if required.

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Virtual ANS: Fractal Sounds

Published on Apr 9, 2014 Alexander Zolotov·121 videos

"Converting some fractal images to the sound.
Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Spectral DnB in Virtual ANS (live with iPad)

Published on Nov 11, 2018 Alexander Zolotov

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

EBM Бас "Звуковой Объект №5" / Analog synthesizer "Sound Object N5"

Published on Dec 19, 2017 Evgeny Gurov

New Soviet DIY synth. Link to the workshop: https://vk.com/sound_objects

Playlist:
EBM Бас "Звуковой Объект №5" / Analog synthesizer "Sound Object N5" EBM Bass
Жирный Бас "Звуковой Объект №5" / Analog synthesizer "Sound Object N5" Fat Bass
Жирный Лид "Звуковой Объект №5" / Analog synthesizer "Sound Object N5" Fat Lead
Небольшой обзор аналогового синтезатера "Звуковой объект №5"

Some pics:

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Spectral Techno #3 (new music genre?)

Published on Feb 17, 2015 Alexander Zolotov

"Made in Virtual ANS spectral synth: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans
Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX."

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

Virtual ANS 3 for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, & Android

Published on Jun 2, 2019 Alexander Zolotov

"Demo of the new Virtual ANS 3.0 spectral synth. Now with MIDI mapping, polyphonic synth mode, AUv3, and many other new features!"

via http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram (sonogram), without live instruments and performers. It was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers in their experimental works. You can also hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker.

The simulator extends the capabilities of the original instrument. Now it's a full-featured graphics editor where you can convert sound into an image, load and play pictures, draw microtonal/spectral music and create some unusual deep atmospheric sounds. This app is for everyone who loves experiments and is looking for something new.

Key features:
unlimited number of pure tone generators;
powerful sonogram editor - you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time;
any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa;
support for MIDI devices;
polyphonic synth mode with MIDI mapping;
supported file formats: WAV, AIFF, PNG, JPEG, GIF;
supported sound systems: ASIO, DirectSound, MME, ALSA, OSS, JACK, Audiobus, IAA."

Mushsynth 8 (DIY synth) by Eugene Carlo /// video and sound by GIPNOZER

video upload by G I P N O Z E R

"About six months ago, I purchased this DIY synthesizer from Evgeny Carlo. He rethought, refined and assembled a small batch of these wonderful devices and I was lucky enough to be one of the owners. As a sign of respect, I created this video for his brainchild, on which he spent a huge amount of time and effort. And now it's time to share this video with you, friends.
Thank you very much, Carlo!!!
. . .
-
-
- Mushsynth-8 by Carlo @EugeneCarlo"

See this post for additional details.

BALTIYSKIY-32

Zharkov Artem

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Some vintage Soviet synths: Polivoks, Elektronika EM25, Maestro, and Junost-21.

Video description:

Кавер на советских аналоговых синтезаторах
Оригинальная музыка — Дмитрий Ковалёв (DNK), 1997 год
Другие чиптюны автора: http://zxtunes.com/author.php?id=355

Запись и исполнение — Евгений Переяславцев
Видео — Артём Жарков

Googlish:

Cover on Soviet analog synthesizers
Original music - Dmitry Kovalev (DNK), 1997
Other author's chipuns: http://zxtunes.com/author.php?id=355

Recording and Performance - Evgeny Pereyaslavtsev
Video - Artyom Zharkov

And a Polivoks demo from the same channel:

Поливокс - крутой советский синтезатор

Virtual ANS Now Available

VirtualANStestsound1003
Published on Oct 3, 2013 ryouichi harada·38 videos

まだ、テストです。　もう少しこなれたら雰囲気出せるかもです。

iTunes: Virtual ANS - Alexander Zolotov

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The instrument was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers.
You can hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker.

While the other similar programs are just fun toys, the Virtual ANS is a full-featured professional tool which allows you to create unusual, deep, atmospheric sounds. With this app you can draw a complete piece of music, or convert sound to image (sonogram) and then make some complex sonogram modifications.
Actually the potential of the program has not been explored yet, so it (as well as PixiVisor) is more appropriate for people who are searching for something new, not afraid to experiment with sound.

Key features:
• unique Virtual Analog sound engine;
• unlimited number of pure tone generators;
• powerful sonogram editor - you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time;
• any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa;
• MIDI Input;
• supported file formats: WAV, PNG, JPEG, GIF, VNS (Virtual ANS 1.x);
• Jack and Audiobus support;
• iTunes File Sharing;
• Wi-Fi Export/Import;
• Virtual ANS is also available for Android, Windows, Linux and OSX;
• more functions in the next Virtual ANS updates...

Official Virtual ANS homepage:
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans

Please try my other apps:
* PixiVisor;
* SunVox;
* PixiTracker."

TONEWHEELS HURDY-GURDY(VIELLE A ROUE OPTOÉLECTRONIQUE)

TONEWHEELS HURDY-GURDY(VIELLE A ROUE OPTOÉLECTRONIQUE) from macumbista on Vimeo.

"This optoelectronic hurdy-gurdy was commission by the Acces(s) Festival, Pau France in October 2012.

TONEWHEELS is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music inventions, such as the Light-Tone Organ (Edwin Emil Welte, 1936 Germany), the ANS Synthesizer (Evgeny Murzin, 1958 USSR), and the Oramics system (Daphne Oram, 1959 UK). Transparent tonewheels with repeating patterns are spun over light-sensitive electronic circuitry similar to that used in 16 & 35mm motion picture projectors to produce sound.

The TONEWHEELS Hurdy-Gurdy presented at Acces(s) is not an "interactive" artwork in the common sense. While it does not reward the impatient museum visitor with flashing lights and noises at the simple touch of the button, it does invite participation in the process of technological music creation. Although it first appears to be a very traditional instrument known to many folk-music cultures, it functions in a very different way which can only be discovered by playing it.

The artist would like to thank Tobias Traub of Oroborus Customs e.K. and Carlo Crovato for their invaluable assistance in creating this instrument. Circuits designed by Jessica Rylan and Eric Archer are also used within the system.

More information on this project can be found at http://macumbista.net/?p=3020"

BBC Radio's The Sound Hunter and the ANS Machine

Fascinating. The ANS was developed by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 - 1957. You draw on the surface to produce sounds similar to a theremin. The worlds first touch interface? Title link takes you to the BBC session. For more on the ANS, see Wikipedia. Also check out The Moscow Altermedium Electronic Music Festival. Via this post on electro-music.com.



Update via the comments:

"Coil did a full album using nothing but the ANS, well worth checking out.

More info here: http://thresholdhouse.greedbag.com/release/~ans/"

Virtual ANS: Drawing the Music on iPad (with MIDI Keyboard)

Published on Sep 19, 2013

"Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic microtonal/spectral musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958.
The app is cross-platform and available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and OSX.
More info: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans"

See the ANS label below and scroll for info and demos of the original ANS.