Will Wright and Brian Eno - Generative Systems

YouTube via ForaTv.
"Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=451. Via ThisIsNotALabel.

Game designer Will Wright and musician Brian Eno discuss the generative systems used in their respective creative works. This clip features original music by Brian Eno.

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Will Wright and Brian Eno on "Playing with Time."

In a dazzling duet Will Wright and Brian Eno give an intense clinic on the joys and techniques of "generative" creation.

Back in the 1970s both speakers got hooked by cellular automata such as Conway's "Game of Life," where just a few simple rules could unleash profoundly unpredictable and infinitely varied dynamic patterns. Cellular automata were the secret ingredient of Wright's genre-busting computer game "SimCity" in 1989. Eno was additionally inspired by Steve Reich's "It's Gonna Rain," in which two identical 1.8 second tape loops beat against each other out of phase for a riveting 20 minutes. That idea led to Eno's "Music for Airports" (1978), and the genre he named "ambient music" was born.

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years - The Long Now Foundation"

Top 20 Greatest Synths – Extra Bits

Title link takes you there.

The Salty Fisherman's Lament

YouTube via drewtoothpaste.

FYI, I switched the comments below for those that want to watch and wonder what a salty fisherman is before reading. Don't read below unless you want to know.

"I make comics at http://www.toothpastefordinner.com and http://www.marriedtothesea.com. If you're not doing anything tonight, why not make up a couple Salty Fishermen, and kick back for some internet videos and comics? You work hard. You deserve it.

A Salty Fisherman is a drink made from 1 tsp caviar and 2 oz chilled vodka. Substitute rum for the vodka if you're feeling extra salty."

Roland Jupiter-4

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar

via this auction.

Details:
* KILLER 12/24 bd filter, low, band, high.
* Two OSC with standard waveforms and Additive Synthesis capabilities.
* Arppegiator and Sequencer that send midi.
* Mono synth but polyphonic keyboard controller with midi options.
* 36 Patch Mem locations, 8 User Waveform Mem locations.

Waldorf Q+

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Sheffield Techno item featuring LFO-1990

YouTube via chrisf242.
Re-Published on Aug 1, 2012 gez varley

Via sequencer.de. You might recognize bits of this from this awesome video.
"Short but interesting item about the growing Sheffield techno scene in 1990.Features LFO (a young Mark Bell who now works with Bjork) and Warp records."

synth

flickr by Mercédes.Jacques.

Guess the synth.

Glitch VST demo video

Remember Glitch? Here's a video of it in action.

YouTube via illformed. via AudioLemon.

"Just a quick demo video I made to show off some of the features of my Glitch VST plugin. I let a simple breakbeat sample play on loop while I go through and tweak various parameters in realtime. It's difficult to see all the details thanks to YouTube's low res video, but hopefully you get the idea.

You can download the plugin for free from:
http://illformed.org/glitch/"

dAdA-iNN live (in the dark)

YouTube via Moogulator.
"EA Party III 2006, www.dada-inn.de - lo quality recording but live."
That's Moogulator of sequencer.de in the black T. Click here for more vids via Moogulator.