Arkanoid Re-Created

Lawrence Eldrige posted a track centered aroudn the C64 and SID sound. He is working on building a uCApps C64 MIDIBox. For this track he had MIDI working and that's about it. Knobs will be coming next. I thought the track was pretty well done and as he listed the synths used, I asked him if I could put it up. He gave me the go ahead, so here it is. Title link takes you to a 6.94M mp3 (right click and save). Note's below from Lawrence. It's a really cool track. Enjoy.



"So, I've been re-living my past love for the SID sound, and decided to
re-create the C64 theme tune to Arkanoid... using analogue synths. :)

http://www.obscuresounds.com/obscure_track2_f.mp3

Roland SVC-350 (main melody, verby sound @ 0:51)
Octave CAT (bassline @ 0:10)
C64 (beats, computer blip @ well, err, all over.)
ESQ1 (beats, main melody, pads @ 0:10 & 2:13)
ARP 2600 (guitar accompaniment, bass @ 2:13)
Mellotron Choir @ fading in & out throughout.
Rhodes Chroma (loading noise at start @ 0:04)
Solina String Ensemble @ various points.
MS-20 (white noise) @ 0:03


Hopefully I have the mixture just right!

...sadly the SID sound is either love or hate :)

Modular Planet

Title link takes you to the Modular Planet website. The sites hosts a bunch of mp3s and patch mappings to make these sounds on a Doepfer modular. Pretty cool. Click on the Patches link when you get there for the full list. Gotta love the retro site desing. : )

ARP 2600 Patch Book

Right title link and save. If the file won't open post a note in the comments.


Via Dave Manley on AH.

Vintage Analog Advert Scans

Analog Industries has a couple of posts up on some nice scans of old vintage analog advert scans. One. Two.

Musical Instruments in Japan Exempt?

Update2: Rumor has it musical isntruments may not be exempt after all.

Udpate: Via synthetic in the comments:

"He tells me that this article says musical instruments and photo development machines are not affected by the law. The reason is that equipment might become damaged during PSE testing, or the owner may claim that it became damaged during testing The government doesn't want to be held liable for paying the replacement cost on these expensive items."

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Anyone know Japanese? Title link takes you to an article in Japanese on the Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law that goes into affect on April 1. Someone on AH pulled the following translation from the article which sounds like electronic musical instruments and photograph baking machines will be exempt. : )

"The economic industrial ministry on the 14th, decided that the used electronic musical instrument and the photograph baking machine etc are designated as outside the object of electric supplies safe method. Including the used item, it shows safety, sale of the electric product which does not have the “PSE mark” is prohibited from April 1st. Assuming, that as for the electronic musical instrument and the photograph baking machine etc during electric leakage inspecting there is danger where the equipment breaks down, it makes outside the object, also after of the April continues and can transact in the old market."

Antenna of Doom

Modular theremin video by REwire. His cat makes a guest appearance. Via this post on VSE. Also check out this video if your into cats, or not. A covered Korg M1 makes an appearance.

Rare Kenton Controllers - Videos on Sonic State

Title link takes you there.

Rough Mixes on Gnostic Rocket

Title link takes you to a couple of cool mixes on Gnostic Rocket. The gear used is listed including this ARP 16-voice electric piano and of course, the Springboard Dub. I particularly like "a huge blubbery creature with piggish eyes." Both solid tracks in the making.

sendling

Title link takes you to more shots put up by softfreak of his first electronic improv concert as sendling. The synth in the shot below is a Yamaha RS 7000. Via this post on electro-music.com. Shots by anne rosset.

Anykey Studio and the Andromeda A6

Title link takes you to Anykey Studio with tracks featuring the Andromeda A6.



"The A6 is used on every track, but also the S.E ATC-X. ATC-X do a more
of the vintage sounds, leads ,drones etc. But I also us the DX200, it's a
nice contrast to the analog sounds."