Crazy Analog

Title link takes you to Crazy Analog, a S. Korean dealer site with loads of gear shots. This one came in via Ken MacBeth, of MacBeth Studio Systems. BTW, if you are on the hunt for a brand new boxed M3X, at a discount, these guys have a few.

They didn't have a nice shot of the M3X, so here's a Moog Source from them instead.


Via Ken MacBeth on AH:
"Hi All! Many people on this list have asked me or made enquiries regarding the availability of the M3X synth that I used to build- I met my S.Korean dealer, Lee, in Frankfurt- to my surprise, he told me that there are 11 available from midistation in S.Korea and a very good price- they were $2200.00USD- but now Lee has dropped his price to $1450.00USD which is a great deal for those who want a brand new, boxed (un-opened) M3X- these one's are special too- featuring blue led's instead of the orange ones! Crikey- remember when blue leds were in fashion!!"

OHM+ The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

Reed posted a link to this in the comments section of this post on Laurie Spiegal. You can can order it from The Relaxation Company, or if you prefer Amazon, click here.

"Special Edition 3CD + DVD

New Collector's edition of this historic collection!

Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip—inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot,electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers—and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression.

This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music.

Three CDs—42 original music tracks from 1948–1980

112 Page Book—extensive artist interviews, commentaries, and archival photographs

Special Edition DVD—over two hours of rare performances, interviews,animations, and experimental video."

The Bob Moog Doll - New Flickr Shots

flickr by uetsu. Title link takes you to more.

Alpha Centauri

Shot sent my way via Fredrik Segerfalk.



Here's a shot of the full system on Audio Playground.

Monome

Cool button based MIDI device. Title link takes you to the Monome site with video. Via Analog Industries.

Suzanne Ciani

This one sent in via Tony Saunders. Title link takes you to the Early Suzanne Ciani webpage with video clips including Buchla. Make sure to track back to the root of the site for more on Suzanne Ciani and don't miss this page on Buchla. Thanks Tony!

Update: John Simmons was checking out the site and found this gem. It's a video of Suzanne Ciani creating the sound for the pinball game Xenon. Note the Xenon was released in 1979 according to this site. You can see the NED Synclavier used to sample the sounds in the video and then the guy inserting the chips with the samples in the pinball machine. Pretty cool. Thanks John!

EMS Soundbeam

Title link takes you to a video of the EMS Soundbeam from this auction. Via Sandro. Thanks Sandro!

Weird S**t Wednesday - New Flickr Shot

flickr by fiilinc. Also check out fiilinc's blog, Kriton Music.

Micron - New Flickr Shot

flickr by Sameli.

Laurie Spiegel and the Bell Labs Programmable Digital Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by MusicMouse on Jan 26, 2007
Audio on left channel only.
"Concerto for Self-Accompanying Digital Synthesizer. The instrument is possibly the first realtime digital synthesizer, built at Bell Telephone Labs, NJ by Hal Alles and team, with C language software written by Laurie that processes the player's live input into an ongoing accompaniment that will continue to be played live against.

This is a legal copy uploaded by the owner of the original tape. The OHM DVD's video was taken from this.

For more info on see http://retiary.org/ls/obsolete_systems

For tech info on the synth see:
http://www.matrixsynth.com/blog/media/misc/spiegel/Alles1.pdf"

Laurie Spiegel's website: http://retiary.org/ls/.

Laurie on Wikipedia

Update embeddable video and description above sent my way via Laurie Spiegel, and via Reed in the comments before the embed: "She's playing a digital synthesizer built by Hal Alles of Bell Labs. Somehow it found its way to Oberlin College in Ohio, where it has remained broken & unused in the basement for over 20 years. (The video, btw, is from the new Ohm DVD compilation). "

Update via Andrew Dean on AH:
"Here's the credit for the Spiegel trackl on the DVD:

Track 12: Laurie Spiegel Improvisation on a 'Concerto Generator'
(2:40) Music, Performance, and Interactive software by Laurie Spiegel,
1977

So, "Concerto Generator" it is. Probably early digital by Hal Alles."

Update: PDF on the instrument. Via ivan on AH.

Update: And more from steve sloan on AH.

Update via Loscha: You can find the patent for Laurie Spiegel's machine here.