A New Synth Toon by Dave

via Dave of one of our synth favorites, The Packrat, as well as numerous other tunes and music on umop. You might also recall him from some of his more, let's say, "interesting" artwork for Metasonix.

"The Daily Toon I just sent along to you was made using actual art my brother made back in 1978 when he was 11 years old.

From time to time I scan in old artwork from his "Kiss Story" cartoons that he made back in the day, "embellishing" them for contemporary consumption. This consumption can lead to some serious gastric side effects, so please consider yourself at risk. Anyway, this time out I unearthed some pretty amazing-looking synth rigs he drew. Most amazing of all is how little either one of us knew about synths back then; being a Peter Criss fan, he primarily made these toons as an excuse to draw drums and spaceships.

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--Dave
http://www.umop.com"

Metasonix Puzzle Take 2

This one via sean. You can see sighups' here. Put the two together and you get closer. The individual images are going up on umop.

Arlo Guthrie & Doug Dillard

YouTube via jguth3. via baghead.
"DUELING BANJO & SYNTH.
August 1983 we got together with some friends in our living room. Doug Dillard was among the many pickers. This is at the end of the night. Penny Nichols, John Pilla, most of the pickers went home.

BTW, that's Cathy on the phone. She is now Vice President of our Record Company. Reuben Taylor is some executive for a digital film company out in LA. Annie runs the record company with Cathy and Sarah Lee is still running around and singing to this day.
www.risingsonrecords.com"

Eminent 310 and Solina-V Reaktor Emulations

You can find samples and the dowloads (free) here.

via hugo

KNECT YAMAHA CS80

click here for a site on the Yamaha CS80. The site includes the following:

Introduction
CS80 Features
CS80 User Manual
CS80 Overview Block Diagram
CS80 Overall Circuit Diagram
CS80 Service Manual and Circuit Diagrams

Mort Garson Has Passed Away

Mort Garson born July 20, 1924 passed away on January 4, 2008. He was an electronic musician that worked primarily with the MOOG (modular) Synthesizer. One of his most recognizable albums is pictured below.

Mort Garson on Wikipedia
Mort Garson on Space Age Pop Music

Recordings via Space Age Pop Music:
* Bossa Nova for All Ages (by the Continentals), Canadian-American SCALP-1009
* Symphony for Soul (by the Total Eclipse), Imperial LP-12353
* Sea Drift (by the Dusk 'Til Dawn Orchestra), Elektra EK 4008/EKS 74008
* Zodiac Cosmic Sounds, Elektra EK 4009/EKS 74009
* Electronic Hair Pieces, A&M SP 4209
* Signs of the Zodiac: Aires, A&M 4211
* Signs of the Zodiac: Virgo, A&M SP 4212
* Signs of the Zodiac: Gemini, A&M SP 4213
* Signs of the Zodiac: Leo, A&M SP 4215
* Signs of the Zodiac: Scorpio, A&M SP 4218
* Signs of the Zodiac: Sagittarius, A&M SP 4219
* Signs of the Zodiac: Aquarius, A&M SP 4221
* Signs of the Zodiac: Pisces, A&M SP 4222
* Wozard of Id, A&M SP 4156
* Do Not Disturb (soundtrack), Columbia 4-43459
* Lucifer : Black Mass, United Artists UAS 73111
* Music for Sensuous Lovers by "Z," Sensuous Anthem-5800
* Ataraxia: The unexplained, electronic musical impressions of the occult, RCA Victor APL1-1217

Blacet Hex Zone SS2800 Sequential Switch

Sneek Peek.....
Advanced 16 Stage Sequential Switch with many extras!
* Bidirectional +/-15V low R switches
* Microprocessor Control
* Backlit LCD Display
* Two CVouts with 1V/Oct over five octaves
* Variable Gate out on each step with 1-99% of step width plus Hold and Rest
* Loop on any step
* Internal or external Gate (Stop/Start) and Reset
* Set active switch on any step plus Random function
* Memory holds 32 Sequences

* Sequences can be Chained with 60 Chains available
* Chains can be Chained
* A second Chain can be edited while another is playing
* Sequences or Chains can be copied and pasted
* Internal wide range clock or external clock plus dividable Clock Out for either clock source
* All settings saved automatically including last active sequence or Chain

Blacet

REDSHIFT at HJ2 in UK - Excerpt 2

Video of Redshift. Embedding is dissabled on this one, so click here to check out the video. via fischek.

TB-303 Meets Sherman

E13H posted a cool sample of the Roland TB-303 dry followed by being run through a Sherman Filterbank. via this VSE thread:

"I just got a TB-303 and a Sherman Filterbank 2 and they hung out together tonight. Thought I would share their conversation with you.
Nothing but a 303....

I know it's kinda a long track, about 10 minutes but hey I was having fun so check it out...

I think it sounds pretty cool....

the TB-303 was talking to me by the end of the track.....

Let me know what you think, and if anyone adds anything to the track let me hear it....

I'm gonna start doing some full tracks with the TB-303 after I get my midi to dinsync converter this week......

here it is:

http://www.masterdevice.net/tracks/TB-303-meets-Sherman.mp3

if you want to hear more of my music just go here:

http://www.masterdevice.net
http://www.myspace.com/e13h"

Vocaloid PRIMA

"PRIMA is a virtual female vocalist modelled on the voice of a professional soprano singer.

Once PRIMA is installed into your PC she will allow you to create synthesized singing of unprecedented quality and remarkable realism.

Prima will hit those high notes every time with perfect accuracy.

Whether it's soaring leads, harmonies or backing vocals, Prima can sing any word from the English language (and other languages too with a little work).

Prima is also very well suited if you want to be adventurous and experimental, since her voice can be easily modified and shaped in many ways." Hmm...

click here for more info and some pretty impressive samples.