MATRIXSYNTH

Coachella 2007: Air

flickr by headphonic.

Title link takes you to more.

Roland VP-550 Vocal & Ensemble Keyboard

PAiA 4700

Title link takes you to a few larger shots of the PAiA in this Craigslist post. Via Noah. Click the image to the left for a bigger shot.

YouTube jkjelec. Via Kyle.
"Bob plays a modular synthesizer using two HotHand controllers from Source Audio. Sorry about the sideways part; it goes to a normal orientation about a third of the way through"

Update via Dave in the comments: "Bob Chidlaw is a legend and it was really cool hanging with him... a bit daunting maybe. It was like, 'Hi, I was the chief scientist at Kurzweil for 20 years." "Oh hi... I draw hamsters.'"

Some detail on the HotHand:
"The patent-pending Hot Hand™ family of products allows you to control audio effects through either hand or body motion. Consisting of a small feather-weight motion sensor and a floor-based control box, Hot Hand gives you a completely new means of expressive control without being limited by a pedal. Each unit groups a family of similar effects with enough selection and control to create hundreds of different sounds. Each product features a simple user interface, so there is never a difficult learning curve. These are our first 3 products, and there are many more to come."

Peace, Love, Bob

"Greetings Friends,

It has been a very exciting month for the Bob Moog Foundation! As we continue build our organizational and financial base, we are gaining the support of many different and diverse groups.

Let me first thank Sound Tribe Sector Nine (STS9), a rockin' jam band, who donated a portion of their ticket sales from their April 27 show at Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium to The Moog Foundation. Ever the socially-conscious group of guys, STS9's donation go to support the foundation’s outreach program which will bring

electronic music to disadvantaged kids. We are thrilled and grateful to have STS9’s support--thanks guys!

On the other end of the musical spectrum, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra is dedicating their May 19 concert to Dad. Along with Haydn and Milhaud, the orchestra will be performing Gustav Holst’s “Planets”, using six Moog Little Phatty Synthesizers in the final movement. Innovation and creativity link these three composers, who were known for pushing the musical boundaries of their day. A fitting tribute to Dad, without a doubt.

In other news, we are excited to announce that Moog Foundation Gear is on our website! We are now offering Foundation T-shirts and bumper stickers as a free gift when you donate. Our classy t-shirts are very cool and have a lot of personal touches. The concept came from my sister Renee, the design was created by Jenny Greer of SoundMindMedia, who also designed our logo. The pocket on the t-shirt has a special meaning of its own. To find out what it is, check it out on our “Foundation Gear”! Please show your support by donating today and wearing this great shirt!!!

Get your Moog on.

Michelle Moog-Koussa
Executive Director"

Barry Schrader Interview

The following interview is up for live streaming. Title link takes you there.

"Outsight Radio Interview: Barry Schrader This 25 February chat with Barry Schrader covers his '60s and '70s innovations with early Buchla models and the animal kingdom input of a bird ("Fallen Sparrow") and a musical pot-bellied pig ("Duke's Tune"). (Barry Schrader has generously made his albums Available as a Member Premium (In Limited Quantities) for your Membership Support of this series - Click Here)" [link after the hop]

BarrySchrader.com

243 Programmable Pulser

flickr by verbos2002.

"Finally finished and working. This is my custom designed and built Programmable Pulser. It's based on a 246 core, but with changes to make it easier to source the parts. The LEDs are real pretty. Like a Christmas tree. What's great about this is that there is a pulse out and pulse in on each step. So there is no need for a reset input. Any step can be the start and any one can be the end. A row can be fed into the stage 1 pulse input to make a reset row. The analog input sweeps between steps with a 0-15 volt CV."

Pacemaker Pocket DJ Mixer and Looper?

Almost didn't put this one up not seeing the synth connection. I then read the features include loop and sound effects. And get this... 120 GB. Yeah, I think I'll make an exception for this. Nice design as well. Title link takes you there.

via /oscar.

Update: I could be reading into the looping aspect. Time will tell. Regardles 120 GB of recording space for your synth experimentations would be mighty nice. Simon says...

Waldorf MiniWorks EQ-27

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"Extremely rare Waldorf EQ-27 programmable EQ. Has stereo in/out, MIDI in/thru, and comes with manual (german) and power supply. Has 14 bands that can be configured to boost or cut by 24db each. Save your presets and scroll thru them via CC if you want. Provides radical tone shaping with the sweet sound waldorf is famous for. Intuitive interface operates similarly to Pulse and Miniworks filter. Easy to use and sounds fantastic on the outputs of a synth or MPC."

BOSS PC-2 Percussion Synthesizer

via this auction.

Details:
"This item is slightly larger that a standard Boss guitar pedal, and makes some very cool electro bloop and bleep type percussive sounds. There is an LFO with both depth and rate, a pitch control, sweep control, decay and sensitivity controls. Very versatile for its size. You can tap or hit the blue pad, or there is an input jack in the back that can be used to trigger the unit as well. I've used my guitar to trigger some pretty bizarre laser gun sounds. Very cool and unusual pedal."