Sacré bleu!... TD live in Paris in 1973

via The Archive Plus where you will find everything Tangerine Dream.

EMS Synthi

Model 15 Calibration procedure

YouTube via petergrenader.
"A step by step audio/visual guideline which details the proper procedure for calibrating your M15' to 1V/oct tracking."

Mighty Boosh Season 2 Episode 2 Priest and the Beast 1 of 3

YouTube via pradera. Sent my way via Ben Shannon.

worrydream - Bret Victor's website

Title link takes you to worrydream, Bret Victor's website. Bret created the synthesis engine for the ION, Micron and Fusion.

via mhz

Triadex Muse Sample

Sample of the Triadex Muse sent into AH via Scott. Posted here with permission. Big thanks to Scott. This is the first time I've heard one. Note the Triadex Muse is considered to be the first digital synth. It was produced in 1972. One is also featured as a prop in the movie Brainstorm staring Christopher Walken. You can find more info on the Muse via the Triadex (Muse) link below as with all posts. You can download the mp3 of the above here or here.


Click on the MORE Triadex (Muse) link directly below for more posts on the Triadex Muse.

Buchla 200e-12

The inside of a Buchla 200e case. Title link takes you to more shots. Looks like it and a Neuron VS are for sale.

Dr. Device

Dr. Device is now available.

"Dr. Device is two (two! two!) hi-octane analog-style effects in one. First in the chain is a multi-mode filter, featuring our own private reserve 4-pole lowpass, along with 5 other tasty musical modes. Then, your audio takes a trip through our true-stereo analog delay. Couple these effects with a two-node XYZ pad, motion recording, and kinetics (you have to see it to believe it) and you've got an effect well-suited for both live performance and studio tweaking.

Dr. Device is available as a VST effect for Windows, and as an AudioUnit/VST effect bundle for OSX Universal Binary. Note that you must have OSX 10.3.9 or greater to use the Macintosh version of this plugin."

Title link takes you there. You'll find samples and more.

Synths in TV and Film

Note: some of the videos below have been pulled from YouTube, but I'm keeping mention of them up as a reference that they are out there.

Let the page load before scrolling - it's a long one.
Be sure to see the Synth Movies list and see the Synth Movies and Synth TV and Film labels for more.

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Synths: ARP 2500 played by Phillip Dodds, head of ARP Engineering, Yamaha CS-?.


2. Fame Synths: ARP 2600, MOOG Minimoog

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Breakin' - Turbo's Broom-Dance

YouTube via retropunk.
"Turbo's famous broom-dance to Tour de France by Kraftwerk
Trivia - Turbo has been credited for teaching Michael Jackson the 'Moonwalk'"

Synth content? A while back I heard synths were featured in the film Breakin' and/or Breakin2' Electric Boogaloo. I think it was mentioned on a gas-station thread. I was wondering if anyone out there has seen the movies and can comment on any synth content. These along with Fame are on my list of movies with synth cameos I must see one day. Hmm... Synth movie list post coming up...

Solar Powered Modular

via bugbrand on electro-music:

"I had some old posts mentioning synths on batteries and with a view to solar. Well, through developments I've worked some things out and really should post some ideas/findings up -- I've found it interesting working out a system and how things work (or don't) and now I'm looking forward to doing some more shows with such a system (hint - it chucks out ever evolving techno-wobbles!).

So, here's a picture of my latest frame (..and the frames have been changing a lot over the last months - but this one was built from scratch so finally made to measure)

Finally outside! ..I just need to build a power amp into this frame.!. &, actually, this pic is a little faked --> the solar panels (big'uns!) feed into external charge controllers & SLA batteries before powering the frame.

52 frac unit space! & it should be possible to take it on a flight tomorrow as a carry on musical instrument!"