Light Harps

"The 'Light Harps' are an immersive installations using movement and laser light to trigger sound. The use of light instead of a physical string plays with our perception of space and matter. What is physically not there (the virtual string), responds as if it were."

via Analog Industries.

ARP 2500 Brochure

Scans are courtesy of Bill Sautter.

Roland RF-303 Vocoder Samples via Chris Strellis

Via Chris Strellis on AH:

"I haven't played with many vocoders before but I've got simple and effective results from my Roland EF-303. Here's the vocoded section from one of my tracks in isolation: link.

I'd be interested to here what other vocoder it most sounds like. There aren't many controls on the EF-303 to alter this sound much but I think it's pretty decent enough. The EF-303 can do a fair Air's "Kelly watch the stars" at times.

BTW the song it comes from can be downloaded from here.

As a comparison, I have also used NI Vokator which is absolutely brilliant. I used it in another track of mine called Skylab.

Vokator_Solo.mp3
Vokator_Poly.mp3

The full track is here: link.

Over and out
Chris

www.strellis.com
www.voynich.co.uk
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www.chromic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/strellismusic

Fourier Synthesizer

Anyone know what this is?

via Synthesizer-Magazin.

Update via cornutt in the comments and confirmed by Moogulator: "I see a Pasco logo at the bottom right. Pasco Scientific makes instruments and lab equipment for classroom use. They've got some interesting things on their Web site like lab power supplies, function generators, ripple tanks, and decade boxes. This box was probably used with a scope to teach students about Fourier analysis and sum-of-sines."

Korg MS20 patch panel

flickr by DavidMenting.

Gearp*rno Galore! on Sythesizerforum.de

Title link takes you to a thread on synthsizerforum.de with currently 53 pages of gear shots. Note the forum is one of Moogulator's many sites including sequencer.de and synthesizer-magazin.de

Furious LFCO (low freq. chaotic oscillator)

This one in via Gerald:
"In this one, X is modulating a CGS Bi-N-Tic filter, X-dot-dot is modulating a Blacet StonZ phaser, and X-dot is modulating the mix of these two sources. A Bleep Labs Thingamagoop is hanging out, communicating on some primal level with the oscilloscope. Unfortunately, his squelches aren't audible this time - he's just there to look ultra-cool.More details / schematics, and a PCB layout at: link."

Another video:

"A video, and some audio recorded later of the Furious Low Frequency Chaotic Oscillator. The audio is of the x and x-dot-dot outputs modulating a lowpass and bandpass filter respectively, while the x-dot (first derivative) mods the PW of a square-wave. The freak knob is adjusted, then the offset knob."

M-Electroworks Samples

Remember the M-Electroworks? Title link takes you to samples and a bigger shot.

"Hi Matrix,here as promised some 18 soundsamples made with the new M-electrowork modules. They where directly recorded onto an Tascam Pro CDR without any processing and next converted to mp3 in the PC. On some I have used an Roland 104 Sequencer. There is still no website ATM, but for any questions abouth price or ordering there is an e-mail (change [AT] to @)."

DSPaudio Nortron

Soft synth version of the Latronic Notron. Note the extra "r."
Mac only.

"A software sequencer inspired by classic hardware, Nortron goes further into new sequencing dimensions while retaining tight timing, quick navigation, and instrument like playability. Through IAC and CoreMIDI, Nortron controls Softsynths and standard MIDI devices. Nortron breathes new life into old instruments and otherwise dull synthesizers by playing them in ways not previously possible."

Title link takes you to more info and samples. Seen on Music Thing.

16 Step Sequencer from Music From Outer Space

Via the man himself, Ray Wilson, on AH: "Sequencer boards are back (new and improved)"

Features
Improved PC board (far less kludging).
Produces sequences of 4 to 16 steps in length
Modes include stop at count, reverse at count,
reset at count and random 16 mode
Each step has switchable gate/trigger
Accepts external clock and start pulse.
Simultaneous outputs with and without portamento.
Forward and Back step controls ease sequence set up.