Theremin World and Spellbound iPod Nano

Trip. Theremin World and Spellbound are having a contest for a 2G iPod Nano filled with Theremin music. Title link takes you there. Groovy pumpkin logo, btw.

Zork.... I mean Quoth

Title link takes you there. I ain't gonna ruin it for you. Start with the demo and then click on huh? I think I'm still in a state of huh? but it was worth it. I will definitely need to check it out more.

Site Update

Well, I am officially done! What a crazy two days that was. All 594 posts on the old blog have been migrated over, links have been updated, and I've set up redirects from my old site to here. Now I can focus on what I like to do, browse the net on synth stuff and post it.

I want to thank Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music and Tom Whitwell of Music Thing. They both contacted me offline and offered their help. Thanks guys. It really made a difference.

Now, back to blogging! : )

Oh, and a plug for Blogger/Blogspot.com. So far it rules! Super easy to use and more importantly, I feel much safer knowing it can handle the load. I was back up in about an hour and fully up in two days. It literally saved my blogged. Cheers.

Mind the Puppet - New Flickr Shots

Bdu has some new pictures up on Flickr. Title link takes you there. Enjoy.

Stolen gear: Jim O'Rourkes Synthi AKS

In via AH. Spaces in email and @ to AT intential to prevent spam bots from picking it up. Make sure to correct that if you send email.

"Jim O'Rourke's EMS AKS Synthi was stolen last week in Gothenburg, Sweden.

"Please contact joachim AT idealrecordings.com if you have ANY information or
you can leave the synth at Nefertiti Jazz Club. No questions asked."

http://www.idealrecordings.com/01.php

So please be cautious if offered a Synthi from Sweden.
I am sorry i don't have any more info than this.

Johan"

Yamaha Analog Delay

Another one via Craigslist Seattle. Never saw one of these before.

Synergy for sale - Craigslist Seattle

Title link takes you there. You don't see these for sale too often. I once played one at a local music shop. It's all digital, but it had a certain organic quality to it. It sounded beuatiful for what is was.



From the post:
"Digital Keyboards came out with this instrument called the Synergy. The Synergy is a push-button machine and it doesn't offer any programming like the GDS, but it has some interesting aspects to it. One is that it has a sequencer. It was the first keyboard that had a sequencer anything like this. The sequencer allows you to overdub and play on top of the sequence. It is real easy to use. The Synergy provides the ability to be able to control multiple sounds [up to four] simultaneously from the keyboard - also a first. You can do that with some analog synths, but you wouldn't actually know which key was going to play what sound, and have absolute control over that kind of thing, with the synergy. It can track your hands up and down the keyboard. You can get six floating split zones, and there are all kinds of different modes for assigning sounds to keys. There are various other features of the synergy that make it a useable peice of music history "

Wiseguysynth

This is a tough post to write. I posted on Larry Hendry's passing just yesterday. Someone posted a link to this page on what Larry did for his day job. I hadn't been to his site before. I back tracked to an amazing site rich with modular synth content. It's an odd feeling having missed his site for so many years only to discover it with his loss. It also makes me wonder what will happen to his site now that he is gone. I hope it lives on as a tribute to his love for synths.

MOTM 300 VCO

Aemit Modular

In via AH. Title link takes you to more including full specs and a few more shots.

Carbon111's DSI Evolver Resource Site is up!

Includes samples, the definitive guide to the Evolver, wallpaper, and... WAVETABLE CHARTS!!! Wow. Carbon111 has been busy. Click through title link for more.