Silicon Machine | Daniel Miller & Alexander Hacke in conversation | FFOSSO

video upload by FFOSSO

"We sat down with Daniel Miller and Alexander Hacke to talk about the sounds, machines, and ideas behind Silicon Machine, a new FFOSSO instrument sampled directly from Daniel's own collection of original synths and drum machines.

Daniel traces the lineage back to the earliest days of Mute Records: the Korg 700S that powered "Warm Leatherette" and 'T.V.O.D.,' the rented Space Echo, the four-track sessions where everything was played by hand because there was no other way to do it. Gear that wasn't prestigious, wasn't expensive, and wasn't supposed to sound like much, and did anyway.

Alexander curated the collection, with patches designed and programmed by both Alexander and Daniel for FFOSSO. As curator, Alexander brings his own perspective: a musician whose practice spans decades of Einstürzende Neubauten's industrial explorations, finding music in unconventional sources and understanding intuitively what happens when machines are pushed somewhere they weren't designed to go.

Together they talk about limitation as a creative force, the character that comes from imperfection, and why the rough edges of early DIY electronics can still feel more alive than many things made today. Silicon Machine is the result: cold basslines, broken rhythmic pulses, stark analog textures — raw, mechanical, and quietly menacing.

Available now on FFOSSO

www.ffosso.com"

Warm Leatherette

video upload by The Normal - Topic - 869 subscribers

"Provided to YouTube by Mute

Warm Leatherette · The Normal

Warm Leatherette

℗ 1978 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

Composer: D. Miller
Composer: Miller

Auto-generated by YouTube."

Ladytron - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

video upload by KEXP

Some synth spotting with Ladytron. Cool to see a Kawai K1 and not one, but two Roland D-10s. Also a Korg Delta in there. Spot the rest...

And of course, enjoy the performance.

"http://KEXP.ORG presents Ladytron performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded June 6, 2026.

Songs:
Metaphysica 00:40
A Death In London 05:34
Secret Dreams Of Thieves 10:31
Destroy Everything You Touch 14:59

Helen Marnie - Vocals, Keys
Mira Aroyo - Vocals, Keys
Daniel Hunt - Keys, Guitar, Vocals
Peter Kelly - Drums
Andrew Hunt - Keys, Percussion, Sax

Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Julian Martlew
Guest Audio Engineer & Mixer: Daniel Woodward
Mastering Engineer: Matt Ogaz

Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Leah Franks, Luke Knecht & Ettie Wahl
Editor: Leah Franks

https://www.ladytron.com
http://kexp.org"

Niagara - Soleil d'Hiver, cover by Valmont & Angèle Borscha

video upload by Valmont

"A quick aside from the ongoing LP works : through one of those quirks of my tech sidejob, I ended up with a LinnDrum and an Emulator II in my bedroom at the same time :) My project singer Angèle and I couldn't resist putting them through a fun functional test. So here goes our first cover of a French band we really like. The song is called 'Soleil d'Hiver' by NIAGARA. Simply faithful to the original, because why not? x) And while we're at it, happy birthday to Daniel Chenevez, who co-wrote this song with Muriel Moreno :)))

Also involved in this live tracking: URSA Major Stargate 323, Dynacord PDD14, A/DA MB-1, Alesis XT:C, Dynacord VRS23, Publison Infernal Machine 90, Roland SIP-301, MXR Dual Limiter, Klark Teknik DN780, Yamaha R1000, A/DA MP-1 and BiAmp Model 42.

Angèle's instagram : / angele.brc

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My name is Valmont, I'm 24 from Paris! I compose/produce music, take sound on movie sets and repair instruments :)
After a double bachelor in musicology and mechanics in Sorbonne, I ended up doing the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière.
I wrote my thesis on Publison and Early Digital, which ultimately tied together my long-standing fascination in vintage machines, servicing and technical demystification with my personal attraction to these instruments.
I tend to hope for a unified low-level approach to music production guided by DIY values. This Youtube channel is a form of its realization!
Join the gang : / valmont_naudin
Listen to my stuff : https://iconism.io/frame/valmont"

Tiptop Buchla system / Modular synth for breakfast

video upload by Daniel Mana - sound designer & composer

"I woke up with an idea and I decided to film it, I had this kind of format in my had for a while and I decided to give it a try. I am very very curious to know what you guys think about it, please write me some comments, I'd love to hear your feedback."

Moog Rogue Demo

video upload by Daniel Farris

From the future!

"This is a demo of my Moog Rogue synthesizer. Recorded on 12/13/24. The synthesizer sounds excellent and is in excellent cosmetic shape. It was extensively professionally restored a few years ago and has rarely been used since. It is missing one slider cap from the envelope section, but everything works perfectly.

The signal path was synthesizer -- passive DI box -- Midas Heritage D console -- Pro Tools. Any reverb or delay effects have been added in post. There are some pops and glitches in the audio, but those come from video transcoding errors, not from the synthesizer."

Moog Voyager improvisation

video upload by Daniel D

"External reverb and delay added to additional creamy"

Behringer Model D Analog Synthesizer Module Review

SweetwaterSound
Published on Aug 9, 2017

"It's all there. Sweetwater's Daniel Fisher demonstrates the three punchy oscillators, classic 24dB/octave voltage-controlled filter with resonance, envelopes, LFO, portamento, and more. All instantly familiar — only smaller. The Behringer D is a Eurorack-sized reincarnation of the legendary analog monosynth that started it all. From fat pulsing basses to searing leads to celestial pads: the Behringer D puts a world of musical expression under your fingertips."

Moog Minimoog Model D Demos Uploaded by Mike Godlove

Published on Jul 20, 2016 Mike Godlove

"The new Moog Model D. Performance by Allan Schierbaum (Joe Bonamassa) , Daniel Fisher (Sweetwater Director of Production Optimization, Pink Droyd), and Alfredo Ortiz (Gogol Bordello, Beastie Boys)"

Playlist:
Moog Minimoog Model D - Head like a Hole
Moog Minimoog Model - Tom Sawyer
Moog Minimoog Model D - Thriller
Moog Minimoog Model D - Flashlight
Moog Minimoog Model D - Shine On Crazy Diamond

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

New Moog Minimoog Model D Synthesizer Demo

Uploaded on Jun 13, 2016 SweetwaterSound

https://www.moogmusic.com/products/minimoog/minimoog-model-d

"Sweetwater's resident synth geek, Daniel Fisher, takes you on an exhaustive sonic run through of every parameter of Moog’s Minimoog Model D Synthesizer reissue. Those of you deeply interested in hearing its raw sounds (without any talking) can start at 3:05 for over 21 minutes of pure sonic demonstration.

During parts of the video, Daniel runs the minimoog Model D through a TC Electronic Flashback Delay set to a non-colorized ping-pong delay."

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

Korg Officially Announces minilogue; Four-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synth

Korg Minilog: PlugInGuru Quick-e Tour

Published on Jan 14, 2016 PlugInGuru

The details are in. You'll find Korg's Press release with hi-res pics and specs below, but let's start with a few videos. Click here for new posts that have gone up in order.

"Under 2 min and you’re going to want to own one of this amazing synth. The RAW POWER and the WARM analog tone is incredible. Makes every software synth jealous as well. :D"

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Toddler on a Minimoog Model d

Published on Dec 23, 2014 Daniel Levy

Modular Classics vol. 9 by Daniel Philipp Stotz

Published on Nov 19, 2014 Stotz Daniel Philipp

"The new CD, performed on Modular Synthesizers, contains the 2 first Partitas of J.S. Bach (B-flat Major and c-minor), The Italian Concerto (complete), from the Musical Offering Ricercare 3 and 6, the fugue of M. Ravel from the suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, Passapied and Jardins sous la pluie from C. Debussy, sonata 11 of D. Scarlatti and from F. Schubert op. 94 no. 4. More than 78 minutes of music. Viz http://www.danielphilippstotz.info/?p...."

Depeche Mode - PHOTOGRAPHIC - Re-created w/ Arturia Arp 2600V

Published on Aug 19, 2014 peahix

"For the latest in my series of Speak & Spell era Depeche Mode re-creations, I decided to do 'Photographic' as an excuse to learn a bit about the ARP 2600 via Arturia's software emulation, the 2600V. The original track was done mostly, if not entirely with an ARP 2600, so I wanted to see how close I could get to the original sounds. The answer? Not very. I'm sure much of this is due to my lack of programming skills on the 2600, which I'm just learning. But I also suspect alot of it has to do with the shortcomings of the 2600V. Either that, or Daniel Miller & EC Radcliffe compressed the hell out of those sounds (or something)! The basic issue is that I couldn't get the 2600V's envelopes to sound anywhere near as snappy and punchy as the sounds on the DM track. I could get the patches in the ballpark, but mine all just sounded too mushy and wimpy. The kick drum in particular gave me trouble- I couldn't figure out how to get anywhere near Mr. Miller's famous 2600 kick. If anyone knows how to get it on the 2600V, please enlighten me!

Anyway, the one thing I am really proud of here is my reverse-engineering of the little randomized sequence heard throughout the track. Since the 2600V also has an emulation of the ARP 3601 sequencer (which was used extensively on the original track), I delved into the old user manual for the 3601 and worked out how this sequence was put together. The still image in my "video" shows the patch for this sequence. I was actually going to transcribe the entire part from the original (which would have been twice the job, since there's two passes of this sequence in stereo), but despite being able to hear it clearly much of the time, it was drowned too much in the mix at other times, so I said screw it. I decided instead it was actually more interesting to work out the 3601 sequencer settings for this part, even though inevitably the random notes that my sequence played are different from the original track. The note series is the same, though, which is the same note series as the little riff that plays under "I take pictures," making the random sequence a variation on that sequence. The gate switches are set such that half of them don't re-trigger the envelope, so you get note changes in the decay tails. I transcribed enough of the original part to verify that every other note in the sequence is switched differently. Plus, I got the actual 2600V patch reasonably close for this sound. The squelchy little hi-hat type sound runs on the same sequence just with a different patch.

OK, that's all I feel like typing about this one. Kinda lukewarm on it, given that in theory I should have been able to get alot closer with the 2600 sounds. But oh well. Let me know if you'd like my patches- maybe you can improve upon them!"

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Elby Designs AVR Synth 16 Review on modularsynth.ru

via Dimitry on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Yet another Elby Designs module reviewed: this time it is 16-bit version of well-known AVR Synth. It is available since 2005, but I didn't find any really detailed review, so I decided to translate my Russian article about DIY-kit, history of the instrument and some projects-successors."

"The AVRSYN project was started by Polish experimentalist Jaroslaw Ziembicki in the year 2002 as the experiment of making a complete synth on single chip. I’d like to say that slavic people are talented with low-level programming and can get 250% efficiency from obsolete technologies. Initially, the synthesizer was built around 16-bit Atmel AT90S8535 MCU. In 2005—2006 project was continued by Paul Maddox and Laurie Biddulph. Eventually, they developed the PCB, the program code was ported to modern ATMEGA16-8 and the comments were translated to English. At the same time, Biddulph started to sell synthesizer as the Elby Designs product that is still available today.

The project was developed to number of forks like 32-version made by Daniel Kruszina. His version has extended functionality, partial MIDI-control and even the wavetables. This version is also available at Elby Designs. In 2010, James Grahame with a few friends and also, supported by the original developers, made a completely new project, that is called MeeBlip..."

Check out the full review on modularsynth.ru here.

This Tuesday in Seattle: An Engineer's Perspective on Analog Modular Synthesis

For those of you in the Pacific Northwest, Daniel Casado will be giving a presentation on modular synths. It will be held at Shoreline Community College (map) in room 818 of the Music Building. The talk is open to the public.

via http://www.aes.org/sections/pnw/

"AES MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED.
AES PNW Section
September Meeting Notice
The Circuit Is The Sound
An Engineer's Perspective on Analog Modular Synthesis

With
Daniel Casado
Tuesday, September 24th, 7:30pm
Shoreline Community College, Music Building, Room 818
Directions to Shoreline Community College

Modular synthesizers offer endless sonic potential, but they require a deeper level of understanding than most instruments. The intuition of the musician must be complemented by the insight of an engineer.

In this presentation Daniel will briefly review basic electronics (so we're on the same page) and then apply those concepts to the operating parameters of a synth module and how it interconnects to others in the system. He will also discuss important points to be aware of when mixing modules from different manufacturers. Joins us for an evening of sources & signals, modules & modulators, controllers, sequencers, and patch cords, lots and lots of patch cords.

About the Presenter

Daniel Casado was a PNW AES Committee member until his job got in the way. He recently retired, having just completed a stint as Director of Engineering Support for McCauley Loudspeakers and is now able to serve again. Previous to that, Daniel was the N. W. manufacturer's representative for a number of leading audio manufacturers. With over 30 years in the professional audio industry, his experience includes front of house for national acts, mixing live performances for radio & television broadcast, sound system design & installation, manufacturing, R & D, and teaching electronics & audio theory. Daniel has extensive studio experience, and is a musician as well, with a life-long interest in electronic music."

Monkeys + Synthesizers - Voltfestivalen june 9, 2012

YouTube Published on May 25, 2012 by voltfestivalen

"Monkeys + Synthesizers is a project where 6 different spieces of monkeys (and some others) were given different synthesizers. Do monkeys like music and do they enjoy creating music?

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Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest

YouTube Uploaded by BaltimoreSDIYGroup on Mar 17, 2012

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest 02/25/2011 aka
Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One by the Baltimore SDIY Group

http://sites.google.com/site/baltimoresdiygroup/Home/group-shows/baltimore-el...


Playlist:
Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One concert on 02/25/2011 (video 1 of 5)
"This is the 1st of 5 videos featuring Keith Sinzinger aka 'Fast Forty'. This is from our first 2-night performance at the former Hexagon in Baltimore MD which unfortunately closed down in May of 2011. This was to be our last time performing at this great venue even though this show was a great financial & ticket sales success, --Logan Mitchell Sr - Baltimore SDIY Group's leader & founder--"

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One concert on 02/25/2011 (video 2 of 5)
"This is the 2nd of 5 videos featuring Dave Vosh & Frank Vanaman aka 'International Electromatics'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One concert on 02/25/2011 (video 3 of 5)
"This is the 3rd of 5 videos featuring Joseph Meyer aka "Jehrome Spye" & Daniel Hulter aka 'Imijasis'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One concert on 02/25/2011 (video 4 of 5)
"This is the 4th of 5 videos featuring John Sullivan, Ed Baldi, Jeremy Berlin & Colin Barnhill aka 'The Duc D'Angelos'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest One concert on 02/25/2011 (video 5 of 5)
"This is the 5th of 5 videos featuring Michael Cobaria aka 'micFreak'."

Update 3/18/12:


Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two

YouTube ploaded by BaltimoreSDIYGroup on Mar 17, 2012

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest 02/26/2011 aka
Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two by the Baltimore SDIY Group

http://sites.google.com/site/baltimoresdiygroup/Home/group-shows/baltimore-el...

Playlist:
Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 1 of 8)
"This is the 1st of 8 short videos featuring Jeff Bagato, Richard Sheehe & Daniel Barbiero aka 'Mercury Fools the Alchemist'. This is from our second 2-night performance at the former Hexagon in Baltimore MD which unfortunately closed down in May of 2011. This was to be our last time performing at this great venue even though this show was a great financial & ticket sales success.

--Logan Mitchell Sr - Baltimore SDIY Group's leader & founder--"

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 2 of 8)
"This is the 2nd of 8 short videos featuring David Rickert & Davis White aka "RDK" featuring Jeff Barsky aka 'Insect Factory'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 3 of 8)
"This is the 3rd of 8 short promotional videos featuring Stuart Rosenzweig & Ken Donnelly aka 'Tangent' featuring Mike Jeffries."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 4 of 8)
"This is the 4th of 8 short promotional videos featuring Richard Desimone aka 'Stillybard the Poet' & Logan Mitchell Sr aka 'Synth Tech Project' performing Richard's 'I Wish' poem."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 5 of 8)
"This is the 5th of 8 short promotional videos featuring Richard Desimone aka 'Stillybard the Poet' & Logan Mitchell Sr aka 'Synth Tech Project' performing Logan's song 'Mayday Mayday Mayday'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 6 of 8)
"This is the 6th of 8 short promotional videos featuring Jason Mullinax aka 'Pilesar'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 7 of 8)
"This is the 7th of 8 short promotional videos featuring Jason Higgins aka 'JasonH'."

Baltimore Electronic Music 2011 Winterfest Two concert on 02/26/2011 (video 8 of 8)
"This is the 8th of 8 short promotional videos featuring Chris Sevanick aka 'Grains of Sound'."

Also see:
Logan Mitchell Sr. & Baltimore SDIY Group Featued in the Baltimore News

I created a new Baltimore label. Click on it for some related posts. You can also search for city names in either search box on the site (top left and top right) for events in your area.

Astronauta Pinguim Live in SESC Pompeia

Welcome to the central lab

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 14, 2011

"'Welcome to the Central lab (to Dr. Robert Moog and Peter Zinovieff)' - from Astronauta Pinguim's third album "Zeitgeist/propaganda" played live in SESC Pompeia on september 29th, 2011

Astronauta Pinguim: Minimoog model D, Moog Prodigy, Korg VC-10 vocoder, Crumar Toccata organ, voice, programming

Pamiro Rissetti: drums

Carlos Romero: Minimoog Voyager"

Girls just wanna have fun

Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 14, 2011

"Astronauta Pinguim & Daniel Belleza singing Cyndi Lauper's "Girls just wanna have fun" - live at SESC Pompeia on september 29th, 2011"

Huba and Silica - Supermarket feat. Dynamike, Jahricio & The Angry Chicks

YouTube Uploaded by roedor2 on Nov 14, 2011
Update: video re-uploaded on Nov 22, 2011 (pics here and here)

"All analog, no digital synths! All synth lines by Moog Voyager RME & Minimoog Model D. Bassline and analog percussion by Vermona DRM1 MK3 Mastered by Simon @ The Exchange."

"In loving memory of Mike Cuevas (Dynamike) // 1977 - 2011

SUPERMARKET VIDEO • A Sabipluslanoire film • Directed by Sebastián Arburola and Sofía Rojas • Produced by Massiva • Coproduced by RKSTR Studios • Art Direction by Ernesto Bolaños & Andrés Carranza • 2nd Camera by Juan Caliva • Styling by Marco Barquero • Clothing by O Tesi Osorio • Hair by The Cool Hair Band • With talent from Independent Model Management

SUPERMARKET EP • Huba&Silica feat. Mike Cuevas, Jahricio & Sol from theThe Angry Chicks. A Killing Machine Records release, coproduced by Piloy & Esteban Howell, including remixes by Ed Garro Ufo! and many more. In stores soon!

Models. Cata Freer, Natasha Fleming, Valeria Ureña, Fanny Obando, Maia Miranda, Zoe Polson, Irene Rossi, Karley Fu, Camila, Trisha, Daniel Chang & Pamela Alfaro.

Thanks: Massiva • Cushe Footwear & IQ Channel"

Update via Ernesto in the comments: "A little video of us recording Supermarket with the Minimoog Model D: http://www.facebook.com/v/2744103765500"

Soniccouture Omnichord for Japan Relief

via Soniccouture
"This offer is only available until 30th April 2011 - 100% of all payments taken for the Omnichord instrument will be donated to the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami appeal.

An Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for major, minor, and diminished chords. The most basic method of playing the instrument is to press the chord buttons and swipe the touch plate with a finger or guitar pick in imitation of strumming a stringed instrument.

The Omnichord we have sampled here is a ‘System Two’, and it has a great synth tone, which sounds ‘cheap’ in all the right ways. You can mix two different tones, one straight, and one modulated with a basic LFO. While not sounding much like a plucked string, it does have a pure character all its own, which won it many fans, such as Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, to name but two.

We’d like to thank UK producer Neil Davidge for the loan of this particular Omnichord unit."