Mike Mareen - Love Spy (1986) Instrumental Cover

video upload by KOSmusic

"I have been wanting to recreate this beautiful Euro-Disco music for a long time and I finally managed to make it come true!! I loved 'Love Spy' of 1986 ever since I heard it for the first time (along with other great Mike Mareen songs from the 80s like 'Agent Of Liberty' and 'Dancing in the Dark', but also the 70s). Check out his official channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpnwyllnz10CAwVbWBku9g

As is often the case, for many songs/soundtracks there is no information available on what the composers used to create these music. It is not the first time that I have relied on intuition, experience and in particular my ear to try to understand with what and how to recreate all the sounds of this track. I worked hard on each sound to try and make my version as authentic as possible. In the end I was very happy with the final result and I hope you enjoy watching this video :)

You can hear the sound of the CS1x (preset 105_Jupiter) at minute 0:15 and at minute 0:48.

Unfortunately there is no official video of the 1986 song (there is only the one created for the version "Love Spy - Reloaded 2004"), but a user here on YouTube uploaded the video with the original track of "Love Spy" and the result is great!! A little curiosity: in the video you can see 2 fantastic synths... a Roland JP-8000 and a Yamaha CS6x."

NAMM: ROLAND ANNOUNCES KC-110 STEREO KEYBOARD AMPLIFIER

"Los Angeles, CA, January 14, 2010 — The latest addition to Roland’s industry-leading KC-Series keyboard amplifier lineup is the KC-110 Stereo Keyboard Amplifier. It combines two industry firsts for a portable keyboard amp—AA battery-powered operation and true stereo sound—with a host of additional features that make it flexible for a variety of performance applications.

The KC-110 features 30 watts of stereo power driving two 6.5" woofers and two tweeters. Most modern keyboards feature stereo sound output, and the KC-110 enables musicians to experience the full, rich stereo sound of their instruments while using a small amp. Power can be supplied with eight AA batteries (including NiMH rechargeable types) or AC power, and there’s even a removable battery case for quick and easy battery replacement.

Featuring a multi-channel mixer with a Mic/Line input, two stereo inputs, and two AUX inputs for connecting devices such as MP3 or CD players, this versatile amplifier is suitable for compact PA applications as well as keyboards. High-quality stereo digital effects are also built in, allowing performers to sweeten their sound with reverb, chorus, or a special “wide” chorus effect.

Compact size, battery operation, and superb stereo sound make the KC-110 the perfect portable keyboard amp for nearly any playing situation, from primary amplification duty in intimate settings such as coffee houses, restaurants, or street performances to personal monitoring on large stages. The KC-110 also features an integrated tilt stand for enhanced sound projection, as well as a pole mount for use with the optional ST-A95 speaker stand when maximum coverage is needed.

The KC-110 is scheduled to ship in February with a suggested retail price of $499.00. For more information, please visit www.RolandConnect.com."

Remco Sound FX Machine CV Experiment with Eurorack

Published on Jan 26, 2015 Introvertmusic

"For a more enjoyable listening experience, use headphone or bass friendly speakers.

If you like my noises you can keep in touch and find more stuff here:
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This began as me just experimenting with my heavily moded Remco Sound FX Machine with an added CV input talking to my eurorack for the first time. After a bit of playing things evolved into this and I kinda liked it... so I decided to record it and share it with you good people.

This was created using only Eurorack other than my CV controlled Remco Sound FX Machine and an Eventide Space reverb pedal.

Rough Patch explanation: So the master clock is a Delptronics Triggerman running 7 different sequences. Most of the tracks are being sent off to random modules for different clock divisions. One track from the Triggerman is triggering side 2 of a Make Noise Maths MK1 which is controlling the VCA on one channel of a Cwejman MX4S mixer which has channel 2 of the DPO running in creating the Kick/Bass drum. The higher melodic reverbed pad sounds are coming from the Qubit Nebulae which is shuffling through various chord I played on my Roland Juno 60. This is then run into the Make Noise Erbe Verb to change up the character a bit. The high pitched squeals and sweeping non-melodic squelches are coming from my Remco Sound FX machine that has been moded to have a CV in as well as some other cool tricks and expanded voice capabilities. The Melodic part that comes in at 2:40 is an Analogue Solutions Vostok MK1 using all 3 oscillators and is being sequenced by the Audio Damage Sequencer 1. The Vostok is being run into the Eventide Space reverb to add some stereo depth to the mix. There are 2 snare drums running: One is the Tiptop Audio SD808 and the other is from the Mutable Instruments Braids running the newest OS adding incredibly flexible and pitch-able 808 sounds. The "high hat" sounds were created by running the noise source from the Vostok into the Malekko Borg 2 filter and is being triggered by the Triggerman. Some of the strange chaotic noises were created by running a Make Noise Mysteron sequenced by a Make Noise Rene into a Make Noise Echophon and then into the Make Noise Phonogene set to the constant record mode... Tons of parameters are being tweaked by multiple modules for the highest level of unpredictability and variation. Other noises "cymbal style" compliments of The Harvestman Piston Honda MK1 run into one side of a Double Andore MK1 to create some more hat style sounds. Microbe Modular Equation Composer added some other weird blips and bloops as well percussion sounds. Microbe Modular Equation Composer is being modulated by the Modcan QuadLFO. Mungo Enterprises g0 expanded with Macro Machines Storage Strip is mangling some of the drum sounds in this patch too... I think thats about it :)

Thanks!! And as always, THANKS FOR LISTENING!"

"100%" Series

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Playlist:

1. 100% DX7

A track by Rob Parker featuring the Yamaha DX7 as the sole sound source. Processed with an old Lexicon MX300. This was the first "100%" song I did in 2011 and was released on a short EP I did in 2014 called ""iMinimalist."

2. 100% Minimoog Voyager

A track by Rob Parker featuring the Moog Voyager as the sole sound source. NOTE: If you're listening on a phone or anything with a mono/summed mono device. Somehow, certain sounds like the snare are out of phase between left and right channels. I no longer have the multi-track files of this song so I can't correct it. Put in some earbuds, headphones, or best of all, some decent speakers on a desktop to get the best experience. It's Moog after all; you wanna hear that girth.

3. 100% MS-20 Mini

A track by Rob Parker featuring the Korg MS-20 Mini as the sole sound source. I'm not sure what I was going for here. Is it dubstep? Anyway, nothing will ever top the MS-2o Mini song by Koishistyle - check that out!

4. 100% Gaia SH-01

A track by Rob Parker featuring the Roland Gaia SH-01. What an awful name for a synth, let alone a song. I really should have left it out, but this was on the first trip-hop record I did called "Fathomer," which is here on the channel. This was my first knobby synth along with a blue SH-101.

5. 100% M1

A track by Rob Parker featuring the Korg M1 as the only sound source. When I think of the M1, I think of early 90's house/dance music. Thusly, I made the most stereotypical 90's dance track possible...

6. 100% K1

I tried shooting for an 80's EBM feel for this one. The K1 can be a difficult synth to work with but the sound is certainly unique. Like it sounds good until you try to use it in a mix, but when it does work, it's great."

BillTMiller ARPCHIVES

Alan R. Pearlman Foundation

"From The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation:
A fantastic visual feast through Bill Miller's ARP Journey! (ALERT: A few strobe lighting effects for those who are sensitive.)

Musician / Recording Engineer - Producer / Filmmaker - Photographer - BILL T MILLER has been on the quest for SOUNDS and FUN ending up on a path to ARP SYNTHESIZERS starting with a TOY PIANO on his second birthday, then a bit of tinkering on his grandfather's grand piano, then scoring MAGNUS CHORD ORGAN and an ACETONE ORGAN in his early teens in the late 1960s with his band THE ELECTRIC ONION where he played guitar/bass and a bit of drums and keyboards.

By late teens (in 1975) he ended up at COLLEGE for RECORDING ARTS in San Francisco (in Golden State Recorders Studio) where he studied recording engineering production and took synthesizer classes. Walking into the first synth class revealed ARP 2600 in person..... luv at first sight.

Shortly after graduating and moving to Hollywood with hopes of buying a 2600.... reality set in and he scored a USED ARP ODYSSEY MK1 1974 model, that was purchased in late 1976. Some of the recordings you hear in this video are part of those BTM Bungalow Bill Sessions 1976-77 (although Bill had been playing music for over a decade at that point, those ARP SYNTH tapes are the earliest surviving BTM recordings in existence.)

Working in California doing recording and live sound from 1975-1980, he ended up back on east coast (where he had spent first two decades of his life.) Eventually ending up in BOSTON (1984) working at Daddy's Junky Music (selling recording and sound gear) while doing freelance sessions at studios (PolyMedia, Newbury Sound) and live sound at venues (The Rat, Bunratty's, The Channel) and starting his own semi private project studio HEADROOM.

Fast forward to early 90s... a band BTM had recorded before called CHEATER SLICKS popped into Headroom and said meet our new bass player DINA... and then pointing to BTM's ARP ODYSSEY (that he had hung onto since LA 76 era) said something like... DINA's father's company created YOUR SYNTH....meet DINA PEARLMAN... daughter of ALAN R PEARLMAN. wow. cool. We chatted a moment about how much I luved my Odyssey and she spoke very briefly of her father and some ARP adventures (mentioning Pete Townshend and more) = but then we jumped right into recording the garage punk band tracks where she nailed solid bass guitar for a raw live session.

So... jump way ahead and BTM continues creating experimental music with his own bands... Out of Band Experience (OBE), Kings Of Feedback, Drum Army, King Of Slack, Orgy Of Noise, Zonkulator and recording and photographing tons of OTHER artists (hardcore, garage, punk, metal, noise genres.) All the time digging further out into weirdo land with circuit bent toys, and custom electro acoustic instruments, and of course synthesizers. Always hanging onto that original icon ARP ODYSSEY and his Roland JX-8P and adding an ARP 2600 and modular eurorack synths and more to the mix. Active in various Boston synthesizer synthfests/meetups playing live synth concerts at the DAVID FRIEND RECITAL HALL at BERKLEE in Boston. Then he attended the "Alan R. Pearlman - Everything ARP Symposium" at Berklee finally saw DINA PEARLMAN again with her father and mother and all the ARP family in a sort of THIS IS YOUR LIFE celebration of all things ARP. A moment in ARP history that is beyond words.

Much respect to DINA PEARLMAN for the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation and ARP ARCHIVES carrying on the ARP family legacy in memory of her mother and father and all the ARP family who created and played and sold and loved ARP Synthesizers over the now 50 years. Dennis Colin and David Friend are two of the people that have contributed so much to the ARP legacy, but there are so many others who were there in essentially what amounts to the golden 70s decade of ARP that made it all happen. Now with the help of Dina's love and devotion ARP lives on and on.

Bill T Miller has always LUVED ARP and his first synth the ARP ODYSSEY is still the centerpiece and heart of his studio HEADROOM in BOSTON.
Always exploring the weird sonics and basically ignoring the create a patch on a synth to simulate "real" instruments thinking and going for
the outer space blip bloop sample and hold I hear a new universe of unreal electronic music.


more nfo on BILL T MILLER via
http://billtmiller.com/arp
http://BTMTV.com
http://OrgyOfNoise.com


THANX...
Alan R Pearlman / ARP Archives
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org"

NAMM 2020 Viscount Legend '70s Stage Piano w/ Swappable Front Panels

Published on Jan 16, 2020 Kraft Music

Don't miss the demo of the modular front panel.  This is interesting.  New modules may come in time. I really love the idea of this - a customizable hardware synth not restricted by panel layout. Sleeper hit from NAMM? Imagine if Roland did this for all of their vintage synth models. Imagine a Jupiter-X or Xm with swappable hardware controls. No more having to mentally map synth engines to front panel controls - you just swap out the real panels and arrange them however you like. It would allow you to explore vintage synth engines as they were originally designed for a more authentic experience. Size would be a factor of course... Regardless, this is an interesting design worth some consideration.

"Save money with Bundles and get a great deal on your next Viscount instrument with Kraft Music!
https://www.kraftmusic.com/brands/vis...

In the new Legend '70s line, Viscount offers a unique range of digital pianos with a vintage aesthetic. Designed to let the musician customize their instrument, these digital pianos feature tops composed of single modules (17x8 cm) that can be assembled and dismantled, allowing pianists to create the instrument that best suits their needs and tastes. The Legend '70s line offers two sizes: the 73-key Legend '70s Compact (starting at $2,290), weighing 35 pounds, and the 88-key Legend '70s Artist (starting at $2,560), weighing 42 pounds. There is also an 88-key edition with a wooden keyboard, the Legend '70s Artist W (starting at $3,060), at the same weight. All models come with a free editor that makes it easy to modify parameters and settings."

Update: pics and additional details via Viscount:

"The new LEGEND '70s offers an unprecedented ability to customize your instrument with several Sound Modules equipped with state-of-the-art Sound Generators, including physical modeling. The Modules can be easily positioned and swapped on the front panel, according to your personal musical needs.

Currently the following modules are available to enhance the piano, while others will be available in the future in “Always Growing” family."

There is a Sound Collection module not pictured separately with the others below. You can see it with the numerical display on the right in the group shot. It has High Definition Sampling (HDS) with Pad, Strings, Choir, Brass, Keyboard, Organ, Bass, Guitar, Bells, Marimba and Other sounds, and 128 note polyphony.

There is also an E.Piano in the group pic instead of the CLAVI below. It features 5 Rhodes models, 2 Wurlis, and an Electric Grand.

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Nevo Analogue Machines Deep Tech Demo, for Kontakt 5 and Logic Pro

Published on Oct 22, 2013 Samplephonics·26 videos
Roland SH-101 style skin but samples from other classic analogs as well (see below).

"A little deep tech track we made in the studio for the Nevo Analogue Machines sample library, available to download here: http://store.samplephonics.com/produc..."

"Our goal was to create something as close to the analogue sound as possible, and keep it simple, functional, and straight to the point. We wanted all sounds to be solid and ready to use. Put simply, we wanted it to sound HUGE!

And we think we've done it! We're extremely proud of this hybrid synth and have found it an incredible experience to build, and to use. We teamed up with renowned producer Yoad Nevo, and spent months sampling away at his various analogue synthesisers. We owe a big thanks to Yoad for his expert synth advise and programming, and to everyone else involved in the production of this, especially Phil from Samplephonics, whose attention to detail and scripting expertise has enabled this idea to become a reality.

So after a year of programming, recording, editing, looping, designing, scripting, head scratching and preset building, here's what we ended up with:

Over 17,000 sampled analogue waveforms from a Mini Moog, JX10, SH-101, Oberheim M6R, Juno 106 and a Korg MS10.

Over 1000 presets

Multiple round robin layers

Analogue style sequencer, arpeggiator, chord generator, custom stereo and chorus effects, envelopes, LFO's and more!

Custom Kontakt 5 Interface, Logic Pro channel strip presets and a Reason Refil (available to download separately)

All sounds are 100% royalty free and available to use instantly!"

Roland MC-202 with semi modular modifications

via this auction

MC-202 with Analogue Solutions mod

"Personally the most useful part of this mod is the added cv and gate inputs. These inputs bypass the 202's cpu. By doing this you can then send cv and gate into the machine without the lag an unmodified unit would experience. This means you can control this beast very easily with a cv based synth or even over midi with a Kenton. You can also patch the second channels cv and gate out into the channel that is already playing allowing for more than one sequence to be usable."

Happy New Year! The Year in Synths 2013

Happy New Year Everyone!

What a busy year it has been in the world of synths.

This is going to be one doozy of a post, so bear with me. This post is a review of the year in synths for 2013. We begin with Tributes to Those We Lost This Year, followed by New Manufacturers & Makers, Older Manufacturers Added to the Site, New Gear Announcements, Top 10 Posts by Traffic,  My Standout Posts for the Year, and finally This Years' Synth Events. I did my best to keep things as short and concise as possible.

Let's begin with the hardest part of the post.

Tributes to Those We Lost This Year

RIP Bernard Parmegiani - Electronic & Acoustic Composer
Lou Reed RIP
RIP Dick Raaymakers aka Kid Baltan
RIP George Duke - DreamWeaver
RIP Ralph Dyck, Sept 28, 1941 – May 20, 2013
RIP Ray Manzarek

All missed and never to be forgotten. Take a moment to remember them.

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New Manufacturers & Makers

Starting last January, I decided to keep a running list of every new manufacturer and maker introduced to the site during the year.  This is something I haven't done before and I thought it would be interesting to see how many there were in the year.   It's easy to focus on the big synth announcements throughout the year, but what about all the new makers and brands? I shouln't have to go considerably into the significance of new designers on the scene, so I'll just say two things regarding them.  One, the number of new makers is a direct reflection on the interest in our scene, and two, these are the creators of new gear which directly translate into new designs not previously available to us.  Think about that for a moment.  These are makers and designs that did not exist before.  They are part of our synth history.  So what is the total count of new synth designers for the year? A whopping 113. Think about that a bit. One hundred and thirteen new synth designers and brands this year alone.

Here they are (note a handful date back to 2012, but 2013 marked their momentum and availability):

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RC-808 in Dommune Setouchi 2019 & a New Update

video upload by vector criterion

Featured above are some sound demos from an interview with the Analog Mafia on the RC-808 in Dommune Setouchi 2019. You can find the full hour and 45 minute interview below. The Analog Mafia are the creators of the original Roland x0x series. RC-808 is a newer project which just got an update you can find at https://rc-808.com/download. You can find additional posts featuring the RC-808 here. The first post with some history is here. They are also a supporting member of the site.

Description for the video above:

"Tadao Kikumoto, together with DJ Hisashi Saito, and galcid Lena, demonstrates how the RC-808 Re-Create the 808 software Drum Synthesizer sounds like.

Tadao is the leader of Analog Mafia who are the original R&D team who developed the MId-O Series like TR-808, TR-909, TR-606, and TB-303. The RC-808 was developed to express full respect and gratitude to all the fans of the Mid-O Series, and also to show how actually the Analog Mafia wanted the 808 to be.

Find out more details such as development episodes, secrets behind the Mid-O Series, and download the RC-808 on Re-Create the 808 website, the only resource from the true originators themselves!! https://vector808.jimdofree.com"

And the full interview:

RC-808 in Dommune Setouchi 2019
video upload by vector criterion

"Tadao Kikumoto gets interviewed from DJ Hisashi Saito, and galcid Lena, about how he and his R&D team tried to develop the legendary TR-808.

Then they delve deep into the RC-808 Re-Create the 808 drum synthesizer to actually see, hear, and experience the real original intention behind developing the TR-808.

This was originally live streamed as a part of Dommune Synthesizer Academy Part 5 on Aug 22, 2019 from below channel.

http://www.dommune.com

Big thanks to Naohiro Ukawa from Dommune for providing us the video, together with DJ Hisashi Saito and glacid Lena for the awesome interview, to let our memeh spread through the wold wide web.

Find out more details such as development episodes, secrets behind the Mid-O Series, and download the RC-808 on Re-Create the 808 website, the only resource from the true originators themselves!! https://vector808.jimdofree.com"

Manual Advance by BENGE from the album ARPFORMS

zack dagoba

"The track is taken from my album "Arpforms" - every sound on the album was made on the Arp 2500!

2020 saw the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the ARP 2500. This video is an homage to this amazing machine

https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album...

instagram: memetunestudio"


Download includes 12 page PDF booklet

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the ARP 2500

Introduced in 1970, the 2500 was Alan R Pearlman’s first commercial product, being sold under his company’s name Tonus Inc. Alan had come from an engineering background, having worked as a designer for a company providing equipment for NASA, which was used on the Gemini and Apollo space programmes. Indeed, some of the circuitry and hardware that was sent into space was actually used in the 2500 synthesiser, giving an indication of the quality and precision of the instrument he was responsible for creating

The team that developed the 2500 must have put much time and thought into the development of the system before it was finally put into production. Contemporaneous equipment consisted only of modular systems, and therefore the concept of the pre-wired keyboard synthesiser had not yet been formed, and the only instruments (other than electric organs) that were available were fully or semi-modular in nature

With the 2500 the decision was made to do away with the patch-cord method of interconnecting the various signals and control voltages, replacing them with a series of matrix-switches to make the connections. There are several advantages with this design philosophy, but there are also a few disadvantages which I will describe later. The biggest advantage I can see is that it makes patching the system very neat and tidy, there being no cables to work around when building sounds. On a conventionally patched system, the amount of cables can build up very quickly to become a mass of tangled wires, which can obscure the control surface and legending on the synthesiser, making it hard to see what is going on. On the 2500 the controls are always kept clear

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