Hands Off 2007

"Some news from the UK... A group of UK thereminists have organised a weekend-long theremin get-together for the end of July just outside London, and have now made tickets available.

Cost is £150 for the whole event, which includes meals and 3 nights' accommodation.

So far we have got the great Lydia Kavina booked to do a masterclass, as well as Jon Bernhardt (of The Lothars - who has a nice 'Video Killed The Radio Star' on Youtube), Barbara Bucholz and Carolina Eyck appearing in concert. There will be demonstrations by commercial theremin makers, workshops and individual tuition available. All in all a must for anyone serious about the theremin - beginners and experienced players alike.

And just to sweeten the pot - anyone booking before June (with a 50% deposit) will be entered into a prize draw for a Prosonus Firepod!

Full details at - http://www.theremin.org.uk"

via Jonathan Bisset.

keybdwizrd - NightLife (original composition)

YouTube via keybdwizrd

"Instruments used: Virus TI Polar, Moog LP, Roland JV1080, Waldorf Micro Q, MOTU MachFive Sampler."

Roland JX-8P

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. I chose these for the post to show an interesting accessory that came with both the Roland JX-8P and JX-10 - a magnetic strip that you could place virtually anywhere accross the surface of the synth. The strip on the JX-8P contained the "Preset Sound Chart" while on the JX-10 it contained the "Edit Map" for setting up the dual synth engines in the JX-10. The JX-10 is virtually two JX-8Ps although many who have had time with both state they sound different - the JX-8P being warmer and more raw, and the JX-10 cleaner and more refined. If you have had experience with both, feel free to share your opinion on this in the comments. Both synths had the "Tone Edit Map" printed on the surface of the synth containing individual voice parameters including OSC, Filter, ENV, and LFO settings. You can see this in the second image. Note this was not a magnetic strip and was actually printed on the surface. BTW, I checked my image archives and couldn't find any real close-ups of either the magnetic strips or the "Tone Edit Map." If you know of any feel free to comment.

KORG Wavestation Expansion Cards

Title link takes you to shots of various KORG Wavestation Card Sets via these auctions. Pictured is the WSC-3S "SYNTH and TIME SLICE" 2 Card Set.

Details:
"These card sets are rare and highly sought after because of the PCM waveform data they contain. This is the easiest way to add new Multisounds to your synth and thus increase it's sonic capabilities.

The SYNTH and TIME SLICE Sound Card Set consist of a WSC-3 (PCM) card and a WPC-3 (Program) card. The cards contains 49 Performances, 34 Patches, and 31 Wave Sequences."

The others include:
WSC-1S "Piano"
WPC-15 "DANCE/TOP 40"
WPC-14 "ANALOG & VS"
WPC-13 "PERFORMANCE 3"

All contain 49 Performances, 34 Patches, and 31 Wave Sequences.

I'm guessing these were released for the original Wavestation and included in the ROMs of the later Wavestations and the newer Korg Legacy Wavestation. If anyone knows, feel free to comment.

Tyco Hot Keyz

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Lightning Bolt Keytar. The buttons and volume knobs remind me of Waldorf. I love the old album, cards and speaker in these shots as well.

Yamaha SK50D

images via this auction

Roland Jupiter-4

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
Details:
"The synth's oscillators are switchable between sawtooth, square and square with PWM waveforms. and include a sub-oscillator and noise generator. All 4 oscillators can be stacked together for a fat, monophonic sound. In the filter section, the Jupiter-4 offers a hi-pass VCF, as well as a resonant low-pass filter. There are two ADSR envelope generators - one for the VCF (invertable) and the other is for VCA. The LFO features sine, square and ramp up/down waveforms, with sample/hold. It can be routed to the VCO, VCF, VCA or PWM. The Chorus button doubles the fatness of the synth sounds..."

Minimoog Wood Case by Synthwood

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
Synthwood

Dancing - www.punkdisco.co.uk

YouTube via punkdiscoUK. Warning: Partial nudity in this one.

"MonoMachine Demo Video. Leah on vocals. Single live take"

For just the mp3 go here.

Mok Space Upates

Title link takes you to Mok's space on Twango. You will find new images and samples since my last post on Nov 11.

"I've uploaded some stuff recently to my page on Twango, including pics and a cool arpeggiator demo of the Jupiter, more XBase and Alienator stuff, a demo of the 'Infinte Reverb' from my Lexicon 200, more Multimoog demos, and some examples of an Omnichord in action. I'll try to get more solid stuff from the Jupiter up there soon - I sit there and play on it for hours and lose track of time and forget to record any of it!" Sounds awefully familiar. : )