Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween folks!

Have a spooky but safe day.

The synth should be easy to ID, but in case you need some help and for fun, you can find some more pics here.

E-Mu E-Drum Modules

images via this auction. via Matthew.

"2 E-MU Systems, Inc. Model 8000 E-Drum Digital Percussion Modules
7 Hard-To-Find Sound Cartridges:

8102 - Rototom2
8107 - Tympani 1
8111 - Grand Piano 1
8113 - Gong
8114 - Bass Drum 1-4
8115 - Rock Ride Cymbal
8117 - Claps

Controls include: Pitch, Sound Selector (for carts with multiple sounds), Pitch Sensitivity, Decay, Bass, Treble.
Features: Trigger Input, Audio Output, DC In, DC Out (allows you to chain the modules with a single power supply), can also be battery powered.
Can be mounted on drum stands"

Yamaha TG33 with Three Voice Cards

images via
this auction. via matthew.

"Yamaha TG33 Tone Generator with Dynamic Vector Synthesis
Original Yamaha Power Supply
3 Hard-To-Find Voice Data Cards:
VC3301 - Stage Selection
VC3302 - Studio Selection
VC2203 - Shofuku (I may be wrong about the number on this one)


The TG-33 sound module is a slightly enhanced key-less version of the SY-22. It is a digital synthesizer that employs frequency modulation (FM) synthesis combined with low-fi (12-bit) ROM samples. However, this machine is not low quality (especially for the electronica-oriented musician). Its preset sounds are a bit thin, however using the joystick controller you can manipulate and combine the 12-bit samples with the any of the 256 FM vector voices. This gives it a range of tone and sound that is as dynamic and mysterious as other vector synths such as the Korg Wavestation and ProphetVS.

Also available is a drum kit, effects, 8 part multitimbrality for layering sounds and 32 note polyphony! Definitely a powerful little beast that can create pretty nice sounds with lots of motion and character. With its wide range of sonic possibility, the TG-33 has what it takes to create unique sounds that will keep you and you're music sounding a little different from the rest!"

i3L v0.2 preview - MIDI for the iPhone

"Based on the forthcoming aka.iphone3, i3L v0.2 will support:
- Multiple screens
- Transition effect
- Accelerometer
- XY slider
- Vertical and horizontal sliders
- Large and small buttons
- OSC port configuration
- Sending and Receiving values
- New protocol (over OSC)
- Multiple iPhone support
- No multi-touch support
- No GUI configuration
Note: No ETA on this. Just a heads-up that it is in the works."




MIDI comes in with i3L MIDI BRIDGE for the iPhone.
"i3L (pronounced "i thrill") is Freeware, and was developed using Max/MSP from Cycling74 and is a support application for aka.remote by Masayuki Akamatsu i3L receives pre-defined UDP messages from aka.remote.app running on the iPhone, scales the values to MIDI, and allows you to configure the sending MIDI channel and control change message number. While this software was developed to work seamlessly with our Real-time 3D VJ software Thrill, ( http://thrill.artificialeyes.tv ) you can use this program with any audio or video software which receives midi messages."

click here for more info and screenshots. via CDM where you can also find a VJ app for the iPhone.

Halloween Modular Track via Drew

Via Drew on the AH list. I asked him if I could put this up here and he gave me the a-OK.

mp3 here

"Happy Halloween -

Last year I set up a big modular patch (Blacet & Metalbox), ran the mess thru some long delays for extra spaciness and left the thing running (at high volume) while we took the kids out trick o' treating. As we walked down the road I could still hear it 8 houses away :)

There are several repeating elements in it, but most everything was clocked by separate LFOs, sequencers, etc. Before I shut it down, I recorded about a half hour of it. Here's an mp3 (36mb):

http://www.ph.k12.in.us/~drew/20061031.mp3

enjoy,
Drew"

tyme sefari

"Voltage-controlled 8-bit sampler/audio buffer.

This circular sample buffer enables digital harvest of external audio, with fine control over loop playback and direction. Perform a sound of thunder with expandable data mutilation options and chaotic buffer addressing, or act as an 8-bit digital delay with flexible source and feedback blending.

I built this thing so I would never have to use buffer~ again.

A prototype has been constructed and efforts now focus on firmware development. Check back later for sound clips and demonstration video.

Expandable with a series of switches for "circuit bending" the behavior of the module, model 1973A "sound of thunder".


specifications
-Voltage-controlled sampling rate/playback frequency.
-Voltage-controlled loop marker positions.
-Manual or trigger-controlled playback direction, loop enable, record/playback
-Input attenuation control
-Feedback amount control, switchable polarity
-Wet/dry mix control
-32kB internal RAM, 2sec _minimum_ sampling time when loop points and sampling rate are at maximum

+/-12V Doepfer-style power connector
-5V power supply encouraged. Onboard regulator available otherwise, 5V power source selectable by jumper.
-Panel size: 15HP" [link]

With the orange and black, I think The Havestman modules win the best Halloween Vibe award. That and the Halloween Thingamagoops of course, and the Microwave XT... and...?

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]."