Ken MacBeth's Studio

via Ken MacBeth:

"Hi Matrix- just thought I'd drop you a line! I think that the matrixsynth blog is great and keeps people well in touch with everything synth- I visit everyday to see what's going on! Anyway for your interest or others- here are some pics of what I use and record with mostly. As you can see, it's pretty minimal- but none the less fun! When I get the time, after building, this is not only where I test what things sound like, but it's an opertunity to record too. Hopefully people will recognise some of the stuff I use. There are also, in the pics, other interesting devices- notably Function Generators which are serious fun to use with modular gear- or infact, any gear with CV inputs- I see them as way complex modulators- ebay is perfect for getting this stuff cheap! Look under Test and Measurement in the electronic parts dept! On my next run of M5N, I hope to have one myself! Kind Regards to All, Ken"

Thanks Ken! Click here for more shots of Ken's studio and of course check out MacBeth Studio Systems.

The Con Brio Rises! - Update

I just updated this post with some interesting info from Brian in the comments. Be sure to check it out. Scroll down to the red Update at the bottom.

EMS Synthi E and Synthi 100

image via mono-poly

EMS Logik

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AHMW Year 10

"Analogue Heaven Midwest Get-together

April 12th, 2008

The TENTH annual Get-Together will be Saturday, April 10th at the PHHS Media Center. I'll have the doors open at 9:00am. All synthgeekgearheads are encouraged to join us and spend some time with awesome gear and great people.

Past gear includes:
All sorts of Modulars (MOTM, DotCom, Blacet, Metalbox, Wiard,Doepfer, Cynthia, Modcan, etc), Voyagers, PPG, SunSyn, Evolvers, Prophet T-8, ARP, XOX & DIY gear, and much more!"

WNAMM08:Novation's Nifty Nocturn Controller

Be sure to see the write-up on Sonic State.

Modsynth1/31/2008

flickr by sduck409 (click for more)

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Roland SH-101 Brochure.

flickr by Neil Vance


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Where are they now? IRCAM’s Buchla

Barry Threw dropped by this prior post on the IRCAM Buchla. He actually found it.

"Last week I was down in San Deigo working on some ongoing projects with Keith McMillen (of the BEAM Foundation) and Miller Puckette (of Max and pd fame), and ran into this gem, the Buchla 100 from Ircam, in a spare bedroom."

You can see and read more about it on his blog.

Udpate: see the comments of this post for more info as well. I removed the references to 100 from this post so there is no confusion.

Recording a song with only Mellotron sounds

YouTube via RothHandle. Parts 1 - 7
"A short series of films from my sessions recording music for a documentary on probably my favorite instrument, The Mellotron. The idea I had was to record music solely using the Mellotrons at the studio and the Rhythmate (more on that later). So far I have recorded two pieces and this is the third one.

My name is Mattias Olsson and I am a Swedish musician and producer. My studio is located in Stockholm, Sweden. I have collected weird and odd instruments for almost ten years now and the Mellotrons, Optigans and Pipeorgans have a tendency to show up on almost all of the albums I work with. It isn't a museum but an alive and creative workplace for bands and artists who want to record "real" sounds away from computers and digital synths.

I filmed it holding the camera with my left hand with my old sony digital camera and playing with me right hand. So if you find the camera technique annoying...blame me.

For more info on the studio and the music recorded there please visit...
www.roth-handle.nu
http://www.myspace.com/57224022"