Buchla Phases out 259e & 249e?

Via the Buchla list.

Bryan notes:
"Looks like the 249e might be gone as well. Both modules have been removed from the systems on the price list. I bet there aren't as many orders for them now that the 261e and 250e came out. I haven't got my hands on either of the DARFs yet to prefer one over the other but I do like the 259e just as much as the 261e. Maybe more..."

Two prior posts specifically mentioning the 259e Oscillator (I didn't find any I put up for the 249e):
Buchla Breaking the Mold
Buchla 200e Analog vs. Digital

Update via Ezra Buchla:
"- something very much like the probability fields in the 249 can be
programmed with the 250 and the lower section of the 266. try it!

- keep up the feedback. it is not impossible to make more of these,
especially the 259. i love that module, because i love crazy extreme digital
sounds. these very same sounds have been bad-mouthed a lot in the press, so
if you enjoy them, let us know.

- the 249 is a beast to assemble, and we've had few enough orders that it's
hard to justify continuing firmware support for it (a lot of work would be
needed to really root out all the bugs.)"

Another update from Ezra:
"hi everyone, a couple things:

- we're not taking orders for either of these modules right now (and here
are good reasons). we will fill orders on the waitlist. i can't say if we
will make more of them ever.

- if you were considering ordering a 249, i would not dismiss the 250. it
lacks some functions but adds other important ones: 32x stationary knob
bank, 16x sample and hold, new voltage integration uses... if you miss the
259's probability fields, it is possible to program the same behaviors with
a 250 and 266 combo."

The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music

Newsletter #2:

"Greetings from The Bob Moog Foundation! Thanks so much to all of you who helped make the launching of our website a success. We've had over 6,000 visitors to the site and over 1,100 downloads of our podcast featuring the band Perpetual Groove. The podcast series has also helped us to reach out to the community of musicians playing Moog instruments.

Over the past month, we have been hard at work building our base of support and we need your help! We are planning to distribute brochures about the Foundation to music venues across the U.S. to put backstage, encouraging bands to get involved. In order to accomplish this, we need to raise $5,000.00. Please consider making a $50.00 gift to aid in this effort. Every contribution counts. We need yours.

As we continue to work at cultivating support, we also have a couple of exciting Moogcasts coming up. Look for a podcast featuring Aron Magner, keyboardist from the Disco Biscuits, coming soon. Upcoming artists include progressive rock legend Keith Emerson.

We all miss Bob, but in these podcasts we get a chance to see the music live on through these great musicians.

We thank you for joining us in supporting the Moog legacy of electronic music innovation.

Moog lives. Rock on.

Michelle Moog-Koussa
Director, The Bob Moog Foundation

Spread the word!

Like Michelle mentioned, it's critical that we spread the word about The Moog Foundation in key music venues and studios around the country. With development, printing and production we need to raise $5,000 to make this happen. Will you help?

Donate Now

Moog in Japanese?

Thanks to our good friend Keiichi Goto, we now have translations of several key components of the www.moogfoundation.org translated into Japanese.

Look for the site to be updated in the coming weeks. Down the road, we hope to launch a Moog Foundation Japan site.

Thanks Keiichi!

What do you think?


We've gotten some amazing stories from friends, family and admirers from on our website. We are collecting these anecdotes and memories to put in a new section of the site.

Do you have a good Moog story? We encourage you to get involved by sending us your story today.

Submit your story."

matrixsynt(h) on Kaoss Pad 3

Via Martin:
"I did this one is on my brandnew KP3. (wonderful gizmo)
Sorry for the missing "h" on "synth", only 10 characters are possible
for scrolling text.. ;-)

keep on the good work,
i love your blog.

cheers from germany,

Martin"

Stuff like this just makes my week. GIANT GRIN : ) Thanks Martin!

AH California 2006

Via Brian Comnes:

=====Announcement ===========
Analogue Heaven - California announces its 2006 annual synth gathering to be held Sunday November 12 , 2006 at the Student Services Center of the College of Marin in Kentfield, CA. Doors open at 9:30 AM and the venue will be open until 8:00 PM. The event is free but there will be a donation bucket to offset possible janitorial fees.

Parking on campus on Sunday is free.
Take out and delivered food can be brought to the venue. There are plenty of places to get food within a few minutes of the campus. The campus prohibits alcohol.

The 5000 square foot facility should have plenty of room for all but if you plan to plug in , extension cords and outlet blocks are probably in order. The room has plenty of tables and chairs.

A campus map is at: link. Attendees should enter at Laurel Avenue and park in Lot 4 for load in and load out.

From Highway 101, take the San Anselmo exit (northbound) or the Sir Francis Drake Blvd. exit (southbound) and follow Sir Francis Drake Blvd. to College Ave. (seventh stoplight off 101). Proceed a block to Laurel, turn left and go to Lot 4 - see map.

Updates on the event will be posted to the Analogue Heaven mail list To subscribe to that digest, e-mail:
analogue-digest-subscribe at hyperreal.org

Hope to see you there!!

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Accces Virus D - BLACK HELICOPTER

BLACK HELICOPTER

This is what comes up for product=virusd on the Access site. Anything else not released comes up with broken gifs.

Update: Check out the comments. Apparently this page has been there for some time, and I wouldn't be surprised if I saw it before. Too much to track and so much to forget, however:

"From Access Music email newsletter:

On a lighter note, we will celebrate the Virus' 10th anniversary starting 1st of November. Watch our website - you won't regret it ..."

A6 Demos by PaulSop aka Doktor Future

Three Andromeda A6 Demos by Doktor Future.

"Overflowing the A6 MIDI buffer causing odd sounds with Numerology: link

"I did this the day I got the A6 live with it's nifty Mix Mode and arpeggiator/sequencers: link

"A Cutsy riff inspired by a Pogues song played live: link"

Kendall Wrightson Loops a Linn 9000 and DX1

Been on a looping kick recently if you haven't noticed. Chris Strellis did and sent the following to me. What's funny is I have his Synth History DVD collection and this is the exact video clip that inspired me to finally get off my butt and actually start exploring the world of looping.

"I edited a section of the Synth History Revisisted DVD where Kendall Wrightson makes a track in one minute using a Linn 9000 and a DX1. This was for a guy who was interested in buying my Linn 9000 but I thought that it would be appropriate for everyone to see it. From 1985......... This clip [2.93M] comes from this DVD where more vintage synth fun can be found."

BTW, the DVDs? Absolute synth crack, and a blast from the past. Definitely recommended. You can find some of it on YouTube, but it's not the same as kicking back and watching it not only in better resolution, but full screen without interruption.

Update: BTW, check out Chris Strellis' MySpace page for some good music and a gear p*rn slideshow. Makes a good show while listenning to the music. You might recognize some of the shots from previous posts I put up from Chris.

Update via Chris in the comments:
"This video was shot at Syco Systems in London. In that area there's a rare Fairlight IIL (it has a hard drive!), a Kurzweil 250, a DX-1 and a Linn 9000. The most advanced hardware at the time. It just lacked a PPG with Waveterm - oh and a Synclavier ;)

Since that video, Kendall had written prolificly for Sound On Sound and other magazines and lectures on Music Technology in the UK's North East. link."

Reminder: 2n Annual Austin Analog Synth Meet This Sunday

linky.

Yamaha FVX-1

Remember the FVX-1? Brian Comnes found an FVX-1 site with specs.



- very rare programmable 8-operator FM synthesizer expander released in 1988
- 64 editable parameters - 22 direct + 42 with DOS based editor
- DSP - 11 effect algorithms Stereo-Chorus, Stereo-Pan, Symphonic, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Tremolo, Digital hall, Celeste and Wah.
- 5 LED dsplays + levelmeter
- 4 x 8 voice blocks (4 part multitimbral)
- 248 ROM, 248 RAM presets, 16 performances
- 2x MIDI IN (front and back), 2x MIDI OUT (front and back), MIDI THRU, Headphone OUT, Aux OUT Stereo, Main OUT Stereo, Main In Stereo Cinch, Main Out Stereo Cinch, Aux In Stereo Cinch, Aux Out Stereo Cinch, Pack Port
- 14 Buttons + 1 Coarse, 4 endless controllers, 1 Main Out volume knob, 1 Aux Out volume knob, 1 headphone Out volume knob

Quandace Andromeda A6 Demo

Title link takes you to a 15.8M demo of the Alesis Andromeda by Tuomas Poikonen on Quandace.com. It's a pretty impressive demo. He also did a killer XTK demo previously posted here.