AudioWeevil07 First batch released 31st Oct 2007

"The AudioWeevil has finally undergone an upgrade to 07 version.

The heart of a Weevil is the two lofi squarewave Oscs that get quasi-ringmodded together for crash'n'scream sounds. What we do with the AudioWeevil version is to take an input audio signal and turn it into a squarewave that can then replace one of the internal Weevil Oscs - so your squared input gets ringmodded with one of the internal Oscs for supremely gnarly ringmod and tremolo effects. The effect works best with monophonic sounds - guitar picking or keyboards - the sounds are extreme!

This new version ups the stakes by building in a mixer stage which allows blending of the Dry audio, Squared Audio (a very overdriven version of the dry input) and Ringmod (Weevil) output before it is passed through a powerful resonant LowPass filter. And now there's also a modulation LFO to sweep internal Osc1 and the filter cutoff. This LFO has two speed ranges (right up into audio rates which work great for filter modulation) and three waveforms - ramp, tri and sawtooth. The LFO is one of the nicest features of these new Weevils!

Another fun feature is the internal mini-amp/speaker. This allows you to make noise on the move and the sound is pretty different to what you get from the line-out, so there's possibilities for nice creative recording experiments. And it can chuck out quite a hefty sound - though, be aware that it can chomp through batteries pretty quickly when the amp is driven hard..." click here for more info including more details, images and sound samples.

NASH THE SLASH

YouTube via TheLittleDevil. Sent my way via LDT: "this is from 1978 or so. He plays electric mandolin and violin but also used back then lots of analog goodies and beat boxes. His main keyboard was a Crumar Multiman which he controlled with some sort of pedal arrangement."

Spot the synths. Be sure to check out a bit of each if you can't make it through the full videos. There's a bit of a Halloween vibe going on in Parts 2-4, so enjoy.

Video Descriptions:
NASH THE SLASH & FM live 1985 part 1
The success of Nash The Slash's 1984 album 'American Bandages' (he would receive a CFNY-FM CASBY Award nomination for single of the year) that brought about a reunion of his old band FM -- Martin Deller and Cameron Hawkins make cameos on the album. Slash needed to tour the album but double bills with The Spoons seemed ill-suited for the bandaged one's eclectic noodlings, so FM hit the road doing their old standards and Nash doing his proven solo material.

Nash's label, Quality, were impressed enough to offer FM a reunion album and so 'CON-TEST' was released with a promising single/video "Just Like You" to establish the '80's FM as Canada's answer to The Cars. Alas, as was FM's karma, Quality decided to eliminate its recording division just as 'CON-TEST' was gaining momentum and the album hung in limbo. MCA records jumped in to save the day and re-issued the album without missing a beat but the momentum had been lost. Martin Deller had decided he'd had enough and decided to finally retire and spent more time with his family.

NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN 1978 part 2 - 4
This is a rare find!!
NASH THE SLASH didn't even know this still exsisted and I got this copy from an old beta tape loaned to me by his brother.
This was before the bandages so I have obscured Nash's face.
I hope you all enjoy!!!
A TV Ontario special, entitled 'Nash The Slash Rises Again', featuring paintings by Robert Vanderhorst set to the music of Nash The Slash aired in 1978. Live performances by the two artistes soon followed and included a one hour "pulsed, multi-screen audio-visual show" entitled 'Bombardier', (a reworking of a similar project from 1976). Nash would release musical segments of this production on his first two solo records, including the first EP, 'Bedside Companion' (1978). Robert Vanderhorst's cover art may have been instrumental in starting the mystery of Nash The Slash's appearance by deliberating obscuring his face.

Happy Halloween via Lenny the Lemur

Ron West sent this one into the AH list. You gotta love Lenny.

BTW, if you have any Halloween synth content, feel free to send it in. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Quantix8 - 4Mb SRAM Quantizer / Wavetable oscillator demo 1

YouTube via papareil1024. via Nusonica.
"Beta version of the Quantix8 in action. This video show how the ZeroCrossing detector work ...The sound is also made with the quantix8 with but come from a previous audio recording....

Quantix 8 will be available soon ...

To learn more go here [Papareil Synth Labs]."

x0xb0x Vids via matrix12x

No, this is not me and there is no affiliation with Matrixsynth.

Matrix x0xb0x


x0xing


x0xb0xV2

"Playing with my x0xb0x and Electribe and a boss DS-1 distortion box. Music is better and so is sync, recorded using crap little mic on video camera. So you hear me everything I do, like click on the damn Boss.
Hagedorn's "camera"
does not have a line or mic input, so it is what it is."

YouTube via matrix12x. via Nusonica.

Lesser's Craft | San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

flickr by solsken (click for more).

full size

Blacet Modular

keybdwizrd - Avebury (original)

YouTube via keybdwizrd

"Original composition featuring Access Virus TI Polar and Korg Micro X synthesizers."

Metasonix TM-3 Tube Oscillator

images via
this auction.

via brian c.

Mystery Sequencer

Currently up for auction on VEMIA. If you know more about this one, feel free to comment.

"Retroverb on Acid", Modular Synthesizer and Spring Reverb

YouTube via pepemogt.
"Here is an Oscilllator square wave sequenced by the Doepfer MAq-16/3 and analogue systems joystick the output was feed directly into the retroverb (spring reverb)[Vermona]. (no effects, recording directly to sound card) enjoy! (original sequence extracted from Latinsizer live at Mutek.mx CD)"
You might remember Latinsizer from these previous posts (be sure to scroll).