Modular Synthersizer Attacks on YouTube

Embedding is disabled on this one, so you'll have to click through to get to the video.

via Frederic

Chrome by Feraillus

Remember this Elektron Monomachine track? Title link takes you to the full EP available for download (track links on the top right when you get there). Great showcase of the Monomachine and great tracks in general.

Behind MiniMusic's BeatPad

I absolutely love MiniMusic's BeatPad. You can see some of my previous posts on BeatPad here. Here's a post of BeatPad driving a Moog Voyager and Roland TR-909.

Simon Gatrall sent the following to AH. It's great to know where the design came from.

"I based the analog line portion on the EML 400, and the drum portion on an X0X style machine. I designed Beatpad and Minimusic did the coding/support/etc.

I have a prototype of the "analog" portion of the sequencer built in Max, but it doesn't have the same pattern storage tools or the start point changing.

Some day I'd like to reproduce or expand on the concept for a Mac based version.

I also ran a company called Swivel Systems which developed a General MIDI add on for earlier Palms, but I have to say that the concept of Beatpad was what got me started with the whole thing."

Cheers to Simon and MiniMusic for creating such a cool piece of software. Now we just need a Mac and PC version for the tablet. Title link takes you to MiniMusic.

Moogerfooger1 - New Flickr Shot

flickr by GeschnittenBrot.

M-Audio Unniversity

"Welcome to M-Audio University. M-Audio University offers free online classes and tutorials that help you get the most out of your M-Audio gear. Learn software and studio tips and tricks from the experts. Tuition is free with a simple registration. M-Audio University is pleased to present the following classes and tutorials at this time[Ableton Live, General Audio and Recording, Pro Tools M-Powered 7]. New materials are being added continually, so be sure to check back often."

Pretty cool. Title link takes you there.

Yamaha 4-Op Factory Patches

Title link takes you to the post on Failed Muso.

Automat and the ASE MCS70

Another via Frederic. Automat is an old electronic album from 1978 that featured the ASE MCS70. You can read more about the album here where you will find a number of samples. You can find more on the MCS70 on Synthmuseum.com where the image below was pulled from.

via the Automat page:
"When I saw my incoming mail box in 2000/October/01 I had a great surprise. A message from Mario Maggi (the man who idealized and constructed the MCS70, the sinthesizer used to do "automat"). Once again, my thanks to Sergio A. Simões. He found the Mario Maggi´s e-mail, contacted him, and told him about my page. To receive a message from Mario Maggi and all creators of "automat" is one of my great objectives. Naturally, I had (and still have) thousands of questions. We change a few messages, and I´ll continue changing. Now you can see a few questions. The first message was from Mario Maggi to answer questions for Sergio. The main subject is about MCS70, but there is a lot of information regarding 'automat'." Thanks Frederic!

Siliconsequences (Extended) on YouTube

Remember Siliconsequences? Here's the extended version. Via Frederic.

CS80_OPENED - New Flickr Shot

flickr by CountLovE.

SEKU Analog Sequencer

Title link takes you to a couple of shots. Via Sigma:

"We are an Ambient/Electronic-music duo from Finland and have something we would like to share other synth/DIY-fans.

SEKU is a self made 2 x 16 step sequencer with slider-pots as in ARP-sequencer. Length of the sequence can be set to N by patching PULSE-OUT from N+1 step to RESET-IN jack. When no clock is connected to CLK-IN sequencer can be manually stepped from STEP button.

Each row has CLK-IN, CV-OUT, GATE-OUT and RESET-IN jacks. You can mute any one of the 1-16 steps with the STEP-MUTE switch. Each step has also a PULSE-OUT jack.

Slider potentiometers for STEP-CV adjusting are used because they are more informative.It is also possible to draw waveforms with the sliders when SEKU is clocked with audio-rate clock.

SEKU and Korg MS10 combination is something very special. When you patch first row CV-OUT to Korg VCO-CV-IN and second row CV-OUT to Korg CUTOFF-FREQ-IN (modulation wheel is patched to INITIAL-GAIN-IN so that VCA is open) you always get something very musical.

Here is YouTube-link for video-demo of SEKU-MS10 combination with additional noise-drum from Roland S100M: link

Our new CD "Music With Analog Improvised Soundscapes" is based on this SEKU-MS10 combination and can be purchased from CD-Baby: link"