SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS Prophet 5 v3.3 w/MIDI & Extended Memory Bank SN 3625

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SN 3625
"Synth was purchased from Main Drag Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn after full check up and minor refurb by their amazing tech, Takeshi. The synth was previously owned by the musician Joy Askew, who played with such artists as Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Joe Jackson, and others. Many of her presets are still on the synth! In addition to the standard 8 banks/8 presets = 64, the 3.3 upgrade gives this Prophet 5 TWO MORE BANKS OF 64 PRESETS EACH. That is a whopping 192 presets!. Accessible by holding down bank button while pressing preset button 2 OR 3. The MIDI on this synth is flawless and works perfectly. BRILLIANT with hardware or software arpeggiators. All hardware - knobs, switches, LED, etc - works perfectly. Wood and all surfaces are in excellent shape."

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Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus

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"This is the Vocoder Plus, version 2 with Jupiter 8 buttons. If you've seen Chariots of Fire or winced at Laurie Anderson's "O Superman," then you've heard the VP330. Not to be underestimated is the Choir section, best demonstrated in the unicorn dream sequence in Blade Runner. The built-in sound generator also makes it ideal for processing drum loops and such."

SN 182326

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OscilloScoop for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

YouTube Uploaded by ssnibbe on Apr 20, 2011

"Tap, slide, and stretch your fingers over OscilloScoop to create an infinity of electronica, dance, hip hop, and techno tracks. With OscilloScoop you make real musical grooves by simply gliding your fingertips over spinning crowns; then sequence them into a real-time performance with a few taps. As effortless as a toy, OscilloScoop gives you the same tools pro DJs and musicians use to create intricate tracks—but with an intuitive interface inspired by video games and animation. OscilloScoop is an organic, generative way to make music in a process that's more like dancing than composing: it's addictive, fun, and original.

OscilloScoop features continuous tone melody; 16- and 32-beat quantizing; low-pass filter; volume control; selection of loopable beats in techno, hip hop, electro, and house; tempo control from 60 to 140 beats per minute; in-app purchase of additional beat sets; preset saves for live performance; and fine-grain editing when you tilt into landscape.

OscilloScoop is designed by Lukas Girling, a creator of interactive musical interfaces who has worked with world-renowned musicians and music technologists including Laurie Anderson and Max Mathews. The app was created in collaboration with interactive artist and programmer Scott Snibbe, author of the bestselling apps Bubble Harp and Gravilux; and Graham McDermott, noted video game and app developer.

http://snibbe.com/store/oscilloscoop"

Scott Snibbe Studio, Inc.
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Music for a found Launchpad - O Superman

YouTube Uploaded by evenfloyd on Apr 18, 2011

"Launchpad x 2 / iPad / UC33e
Ableton / mlrV / TouchOSC

extracts from:
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
Main Theme (from the Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind OST) - Jon Brion"

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Launchpads on eBay


The source:

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

GH2: Vintage Synth Series Announcement

GH2: Vintage Synth Series Announcement from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

follow-up to this post "The keyboard footage was shot in 720- 50p and the interview was shot in 1080-50i with the 14-140mm lens. Maybe I am just imagining this, but I think the AF seems to be working slightly better in 1080-50i than 24p.

The video is an announcement of our upcoming Vintage Synthesizer Series. It is a collaboration between Michael Junck of klangkombinat.de and myself, Ralph Baumgartl of baumgartl.de
We will be comparing the original analogue Synths to their software equivalents."

Panasonic GH2 Microphone Test with ARP 2600 from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

Panasonic GH2 Auto Focus Test with Roland Vocoder from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

"The Roland Vocoder VP-330 Plus was built from 1979 to 1980. Around 2000 pieces were produced. Underworld, Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Laurie Anderson and Phil Collins among many other artists were using this vocoder."

Modded 1974 Moog Music Minimoog Model D

via this auction
"An original Moog Music Minimoog Model D Synthesizer from 1974, serial #3853. The item is in excellent operating condition (just serviced in 2010 by EARS - expert audio repair and services) and includes a 30 day warranty. The synth has several desirable mods including LFO Rate, LFO waveform selection, a 4th LFO, a bend input and gate input keyboard cutoff switch. It still has factory plastic on the faceplate.

Originally owned by Grammy Award Winning record producer and songwriter, Walter Afanasieff, and later bought by 39th Street Music in NYC where it was used by the likes of Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson and many others during the 1980's - 2000's. This is a great, warm and fat sounding vintage analog synth!"

ROLAND VP-330 vocoder plus MK1

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"ROLAND VP-330 vocoder plus MK1 from '70 years, EXTREMLY rare and in MINT conditions with a cool MIDI Kenton modification inside... the MIDI upgrade was very expensive: 470 gpb plus + professional installation service costs. Working status is perfect!

The VP-330 found favor with many key players and is especially prominent in Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman (For Massenet)” on Big Science... also was used by William Ørbit, BT, Styx, Kitaro, Underworld, Meat Beat Manifesto, Überzone, Air, Royksopp, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, and many more. The VP-330 has a choir and string systesizer sections which can be mixed with the vocoder! You can mix any line signal also with an external input or.. you can play it also as a classic string machine. The vocoder shapes its envelope and filters by any sound source fed into it, your voice or even a drum loop can be used which is then applied to another sound source, typically a synth pad. This creates a very unique and famous robot-like sound, I think THE BEST VOCODER-STRING-HUMAN VOICE EVER!!

Polyphony: 49 voices Oscillators: 3 (string machine mixing), Filter: 18 VCFs: 54db/oct bandpass; 1 VCF: 54db/oct lowpass and highpass filters; 20 VCFs: 18db/oct lowpass filters; VCA: separate Mix Levels for Vocoder, String and Voice section and 20 envelope followers; LFO: Vibrato depth, delay and rate Effects: ensemble (chorus)"

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LAURIE ANDERSON - LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS

YouTube via stockhausen. via brian c. Luarie on Synclavier II and Prophet-5 in background.
"from HOME OF THE BRAVE 1984"

And my personal favorite. According this post, the vocoder was a Roland VP-330.

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Drum Buddy Demo

YouTube via freshkillsflagship

see the labels at the bottom of this post for more.

http://www.drumbuddy.com/
"(update: this Drum Buddy was auctioned on Mardi Gras Day, 2007)
Available at Fresh Kills for auction preview, the Drum Buddy is a 4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating drum machine and the invention of renowned New Orleans musician, Quintron. One of only 10 produced, Serial #1 from the 2008 New Line Cypress Drum Buddies is now being auctioned on eBay. The auction ends Tuesday, February 5th (Mardi Gras Day) at 11:00pm EST. New York City musician, Laurie Anderson and Nels Cline of the band, Wilco have acquired 2 of this limited run of Drum Buddies. All others have been sold. Visit quintronandmisspussycat.com and freshkillsflagship.com for more info, images, & music."

laurie spiegel - appalachian grove I

YouTube via zulutron.
Update: Re-Published on Feb 13, 2015 PermasmokeSoundLab

via A Brief History of Computer Voltage Control on The Stretta Procedure. Be sure to see that post.

video description:
"The main intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep-minimal-dub techno/house and sounds from detroit/chicago.

well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others. constructive comments are highly appreciated!

- support the music : buy vinyl -

track: appalachian grove I
artist: laurie spiegel
label: 1750 arch records / sonar kollektiv (S-1765 / SK096LP)
year: 1977 / 2006

taken from ame's "...mixing" LP, originally released on "new music for electronic and recorded media" LP in 1977. for more info on laurie spiegel:

http://retiary.org/ls

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Laurie+..."

Update via fluxmonk in the comments:
"Originally from "New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music-1977", which included:

Johanna M. Beyer
Annea Lockwood
Pauline Oliveros
Laurie Spiegel
Megan Roberts
Ruth Anderson
Laurie Anderson"

Laurie Anderson - Home studio (late 80's)

YouTube via AouretVolkenVisage. vocoders... vocal processing.

Laurie Anderson & Laurie's clone - What you mean we (1986) - part 1

"Directed by Laurie Anderson (1986)
Collected Videos (1990)"

ROLAND VP-330 "Vocoder Plus" Mk2

YouTube via retrosound72.

More vids by retrosound72 here.

"vintage gear demo by RetroSound

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mark2 (1979)

For me the best analog-strings ever...

... and used by Vangelis (Blade Runner, Chariots Of Fire, The Bounty, See You Later...), Tomita, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tony Banks, YMO, Laurie Anderson and many more."

Tenori-on Sampling Experiment one - Braindead

Tenori-on Sampling Experiment one - Braindead from sidecars on Vimeo.
"My first experiment with sampling of vocoded sounds from Vsynth XT. The Tenori-on can do more than dance or club music. Here why blood bleeds friends wound oh no stop."
Reminds me a bit of Laurie Anderson's O Superman.

The Buchla

"As well as being a University of Victoria music professor, Andrew Schloss is a musician who has played with everyone from Laurie Anderson to Jimmy Page.

At the university, he teaches students to play a rare vintage Buchla modular synthesizer. The California instrument produces the classic bleeps, whirs and blips one associates with early synthesizers. Inventor Don Buchla and Robert Moog each invented modular synthesizers in 1963."

You can find the full article on the Times Colonist.

The Incredible Sounds of the Synclavier II

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"Ultra rare private pressing demo record on clear blue vinyl, an artifact of electronic music history originally given out to prospective buyers of this innovative classic synth. It contains a montage of brief melodies and unique sound effects showing off the amazing capabilities of this system that combined sampled and FM synthesized sounds and was designed by legendary electronic composer Jon Appleton at Dartmouth College. The music and programming on this disc is credited to Denny Jaeger and Bill Keenan, plus there is an excerpt of a synthesized version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Patrick Gleeson (member of Herbie Hancock's 70s-era electric funk band). The Sync II has featured prominently in the recordings of Pat Metheny, Michael Jackson (who pretty much swiped the synth intro to "Beat It" from this lp!), Laurie Anderson, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Soft Cell, Marc Almond, Bronski Beat, ABBA, Genesis, Chick Corea, George Duke, Sting, Tomita, and Stevie Wonder."

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A Drumbuddy Going up for Auction

Remember the Drumbuddy?

It looks like one will be up for auction on Jan 26th. I'm guessing this is indeed for 2008 as there is an update for 2007 on this site. You can read more about the Drumbuddy there, including more images of the 2007 Drumbuddy's, but DO NOT miss the official Drumbuddy site.

Austin Powers impersonation: Yeah... Baby. And don't miss the video (click on the image and watch it through).

snip:
"Only 10 Drum Buddies were made - all in New Orleans, Louisiana - and the one for sale (in the photo above) is serial #1. It is also the instrument which was originally intended to belong to Quintron. He has decided to let this one go and give 10% of all profits to the New Orleans Musician's clinic. The starting price is $5000 and the ebay auction will begin on Saturday, Jan. 26th @ 11:59pm and end on Tuesday, Feb 5th (Mardi Gras day) @ 11:59pm All 10 of the Drum Buddies except this one at FRESH KILLS have been spoken for -mostly by New Orleans Swamp Tech DJs. New York City musician Laurie Anderson has acquired one for her band as well as Los Angeles guitarist Nels Cline - famed improve music guru and latest member of the band Wilco."

How to Make Your Sound Sing with Vocoders

"The vocoder has been a novelty staple (if that isn't an oxymoron) of pop music for more than 30 years. Even if you've never heard the word vocoder, you've heard the smoothly sexy yet oddly alien sounds that emanate from this device. In the '70s and '80s, vocoder was used on songs by Kraftwerk, Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, Donna Summer, Phil Collins, Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, Styx, and many other artists. (See the "Famous Vocoder Songs" sidebar.) In more recent years, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Beck, Britney Spears, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, and other pop icons have dialed up the sound of the vocoder."

click here for the full article on O'Reilly Digital Media

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

YouTube via bchfj. Anyone know what synths and vocoder she used for this track?
via Phoebe.
"Aside from making music, she is also credited with a couple of inventions: the tape bow violin, and the talking stick, which uses granular synthesis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_anderson#Inventions"

Update:

Laurie Anderson's Gear on Ebay

For you Laurie Anderson fans. Title link takes you to her Yamaha DX7 and more on the bay. Via Loscha.

Electronic Musician Spotlights

Title link takes you to Electronic Musician's Spotlights page. EM Spotlights are articles on featured people. There's a bit of synth content worth checking out including analog conent on Steve Roach and Wendy Carlos. Via Peter Grenader of Buzzclick Music on AH.


The list includes:

Steve Roach
Wendy Carlos
Negativland
Malcolm Burn (String Cheese Incident)
Yoko Ono
Pierre Shaeffer & Pierre Henry - pioneers in sampling
Toby Marks (Banco de Gaia)
Tim Pagnotta
Roger McGuinn
Laurie Anderson
John Cage
Phillip Glass